I'm a scruffy, unkempt alcoholic with a cute face because I only sleep 5 hours a day, I'm all scratched up because I skateboard and just enjoy active recreation, and I completely disregard cuteness, spitting on the floor and saying "Aga" instead of "Nya."
But I still enjoy watching good anime, and I have a "cute" avatar, and now I'm being labeled an "anime fan."
Why do you call people who like to watch good movies (and anime is also a movie) "movie fans" or "cinephiles," since they also have characteristic features?
And I don't know why these so-called "anime fans" bother you so much (I don't consider myself one of them); they cause less harm than, say, metalheads. But when someone says they got drunk with punks and smashed a neighbor's car with a sledgehammer, it's considered normal, but when someone says they like to draw in an anime style, people start saying "anime fan" and making faces.
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P.S.
Sorry for my "French."