>>39 I forgot to mention why it bothers me that my friends give me otaku stuff: though I am into anime and manga, I have never actively collected any posters, no figurines and very few mangas and original DVDs. I only printed a few images of off deviantart and pinned them. I never actually got any negative feedback for this hobby of mine, even my mother liked the stuff I drew, and my father never bothered me to much about the "cartoons".

When I started to receive otaku related gifts it felt kinda strange. As the stuff pilled it got weird. And after I saw what otakus keep in their rooms on their shelves I noticed suddenly that my room is starting to look like an otaku room without me actually actively collecting the stuff! As I've explained it the previous paragraph I never collected any of this myself.

And then I saw Densha Otoko. The movie and the drama. It clicked in me - noooooooooo way I want this livestyle :O_o"" So I rolled back to the way I used to be before all of this started and am now trying to keep my interest into anime for myself because I really don't need my friends to give me this stuff. It's scaring me. I'm into it for "cartoons" and illustration - I'm not quite the stereotype otaku.

So that's why I got so upset with all of that.