Elira almost got 𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗘𝗗 as a WEEB!

[@zlababababan]

People are always like: "yeah, just put your music it's not a problem" but then they hear anime and it become a problem

[@richter1934]

It's not so much as your problem but more on theirs for asking if you alredy warned then declined them once.

[@FerunaLutelou]

@@richter1934 no, its your problem, cause while they may be at fault for what happens, but you're the one who they will blame and you will have to deal with the consequences. The world is unfair like that, but there is no changing it.

[@GrumpyMann]

Friend: "I don't think I've ever heard the music you listen to, I'm sorta curious" Me: "You sure? I don't think you'd like it" Friend: "Yeah don't worry about it" Me: "Okay, don't say I didn't warn you" *renai circulation plays*

[@o5v3]

@@GrumpyMann That's when you whip out "Everybody's Circulation" to assert dominance by showing your level of culture.

[@xian829]

I just straight up tell them that it's full of anime openings and jp songs that they won't understand. If they still want to hear it, cool not my problem, if not, they can just change it. lol

[@Random_Fanguy]

This is why you have a decoy, "Normie" playlist just in case.

[@Eliima00]

That’s exactly what I have! I have two separate playlists for whenever an occasion like this happens

[@otato5237]

Well in my case, I have the weeb playlist, and then I have my 'normie/musical' playlist that's full of English songs hAHAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@FerunaLutelou]

Wow, your social life is active enough to bother with a decoy list... Must be nice.

[@otato5237]

@@FerunaLutelou It's not having a social life. It's called avoid being an embarrassment when people suddenly call on you for aBSOLUTELY NO REASON.

[@byird7459]

So true

[@sadcatisnotexcitedforawhil3250]

Well at least Manager-san saved Elira unlike me who got embarrassed because I'm the only one in our group that has a kawaii songs playlist...

[@PendorasBoxie]

us both my dude.. us both.

[@tntkit]

us three my dude.. us three.

[@nonlmao]

I was the only one too, not anymore muahahaha

[@nonlmao]

welcome to the rabbit hole to all the normies in my group

[@sinnombre7404]

I also got presurred 2 days ago to show my tastes of music, lucky enoght, I was able to escape it

[@LckD008]

I always have a "Socially Acceptable" playlist at the ready for such occasions

[@SaganTheKhajiit]

I have a samba playlist because I'm Brazilian so no one here judges samba.

[@dafaqu694]

Am I the only one who don't put their favorites songs on playlist? Whenever I'm in my normie circle I was like, ALL RIGHT GONNA PUT SOME BEATLES SONGS I GUESS

[@Panther-chan]

that's actually genius though

[@Andareas]

Plot twist: The manager was the guy who always won the anime quizes Elira attended.

[@kirbycakes1020]

"I listen to everything, just play your music" "Please....you don't understand ;_;"

[@DianaProudmoore]

"My playlist can last a whole week without repeating a single song, are you sure about that~?"

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

2 kinds of people exist in this world: 1) "Oh no. Uuuuuuuh...we don't have to." *frantically rummages to find Normie playlist* 2) *already syncing it up* "Ay yo. How high do these speakers go?" *looks around comments:* "Oh. It's just me..."

[@Nippontradamus]

I'm the second one. You have a comrade here

[@Reyn.Istheone]

I'm the second one lmao. Feels like i want to corrupt the others

[@bellchloche]

This is the reason i made a playlist called ‘Normie’ to use in those kind of situations

[@zaid5398]

Thanks for the advice

[@masterjkc35]

Bruh same

[@anthonyrebuffo9509]

Her o my gah is so iconic

[@mr.sum1]

That is why my two playlist would be one anime and the other one being a playlist of fender rhodes jazz lmao

[@lj2767]

Had my phone in my pocket and I guess I didn't hit the off button so my thigh decided to open up KZbin and play on full blast a random vtuber clip. And on that day, I found out that all of my friends were closeted simps. Proof that 2020 is secretly a blessing in disguise, isolate enough people and everyone becomes weebs.

[@lj2767]

TLDR: expose yourself and you'll be surprised just how many people there are that share the same interests.

[@SaganTheKhajiit]

That's why you should always have a metal playlist for emergencies.

[@raddaks2039]

In the first week of my new job, my boss and one of my coworkers started talking excitedly about the anime they were watching that season. And that's how you know you're working in the right place.

[@singwithme2186]

Yup. A playlist you randomly download, randomly turns out to all be anime opening. Yup. Sure. It happens to anyone of us.

[@ACuriousBookworm]

God I just flashed back over a decade ago to being in the same situation in high school. I'm not explaining the context, but I did just need a few minutes to get over the embarrassment again just now.

[@Loxer150]

Thank God my whole school is a weeb so I don’t have to hide anything. Even in online meetings, many students use anime profile pictures without shame.

[@Nomans_Nomen]

Purely out of curiosity, are you from the U.S.?

[@Loxer150]

@@Nomans_Nomen Nope, I’m from Asia Specifically Southeast Asia

[@Nomans_Nomen]

@@Loxer150 I thought so. Anime is a borderline taboo here in the US, largely due to being broadly disliked by either political party, and partly because it was trendy to hate it in the west for a while. Still a lot of weebs here, but we tend to keep to our own, or stay in the closet. I envy how open SEA is about your love of anime.

[@n_aniki]

@@Loxer150 SEA Gang

[@akifnorzaimi]

@@Loxer150 thought so. Prove: I'm a southeast Asian myself

[@alphatwo84]

Elira who speaks fluent Japanese and can easily be like, "yeah I like Japanese music" lol.

[@thepickle6927]

Exposing my anime playlist to nomies is easily one of my biggest fears

[@BknMoonStudios]

I've found that K-Pop and Korean love songs are way more socially accepted than Japanese music. Here in Mexico, I've even heard K-Pop being played *_in the public bus._*

[@EsmeraldaVids]

At least she found other weeb (or at least her manager know anime), they could be friends

[@Yawnz2]

This is crazy relatable. This is why I keep multiple playlists on my phone lmao. Typical stuff, anime stuff, lofi stuff 😂

[@otato5237]

And this is why I don't bust out my weeb playlist and have another ready

[@VON_WA]

Oh, so this is pretty recent. I thought this'll be like late 2000s early 2010s since elira is, you know, ancient

[@cottoncandyFRIZZ]

lmao as an a3 fan i get it www i mean there are some bops in there (some of my favs are q to ju and orange heart), but theres this rly wacky song about a guy who's kind of like a wackier kaoru seta and his song is just pure comedy (but lyrics sad lol), and one where the salaryman-by-day-gamer-by-night character is just talking about his video games. kinda hard to explain to others LMAO

[@fero7579]

you can hear the pain and embarrassment in her voice LMAO

[@tyto9786]

Ok in Elira’s defense, Eraser’s opening goes hard

[@Jacksonforeversprout]

In these instances you must lure the manager to a secluded room and silence him in cold blood.

[@VictorHuff]

If a co-worker asked me to play my song playlist over the speakers at work, I would simply respond: "Do you want us all to get fired today?"

[@opon_]

It's funny because it's so relatable. I dread thinking about the day when my work colleagues will see some random Japanese stream notification on my phone, or some youtube thumbnail for a video that I paused.

[@ArjhonOctavio]

"And that's the story of the reason I never played the Playlist again" - Elira Paindora

[@vincenta1886]

i will be excited to play my playlist to my non weeb friend to see their reaction but shy at the same time

[@Creatural]

happened to me once at highschool, after that day i fear nothing I'm gonna listen whatever i want

[@andrey2001v]

At least in this case people can evade the problem somehow. Back in the school days I was often listening to music on full sized headphones. Later turned out that it had halfopen-back design and everyone heard my music. I'm not sure which was worse - anime openings or 's3rl - h**tai' that was in my playlist...

[@Nippontradamus]

I unironically listen to the Panty and Stocking OST. Go figure.

[@LoveRenamon1000]

This remind me while working at one lasercutt fabric; I was along my CoWorker drawing some new vectors, then, to keep from falling asleep, my coworker started singing the opening of Hantaro (the portuguese version) louder as he can in the shed. and I was "what?" Then the sector mananger came with "what heck are you doing!?" and he picked a plastic ball (used for blow machines) and throw at him, the ball broked and he: "Oh not, I didn't caught him", he launched another one and since it won't broke, so he screamed "Hell yeah, I caught a Fernando!" Man what crazy days.. At end we didn't fall sleep while working.

[@silverwolf3625]

The worst is in the car when you have a 6 hours trip and you're in charge of the music. Except the driver hates 98% of the songs in your playlist. Two songs on loop for 6 hours is soul consuming.

[@sheogallvoidgazer2423]

Lol I had a similar situation, but I had that decoy playlist ready for this moment

[@Isabel-bo4vg]

That's the reason why I have two playlist and I switch between them depending on the person in my car lol

[@sigmas3293]

I can feel you elira.....i can feel ya

[@JotaceLIVE]

this is why I have a playlist of trendy songs that I can tolerate apart from my ACTUAL playlist.

[@-Raylight]

Elira too relatable, why is my playlist only anime songs? xD Don't worry they're all normies, they shouldn't know that those are anime songs... right? Should have get closer to the manager so Elira will get her wages raised xD What's A3 tho?

[@yuukibloodthirsty7544]

Pretty sure A3! is a game. It's a Training Otome game, with 24 theatre actors boys. There are various songs with each theatre play (there are also group songs, solo songs and etc etc)

[@rasbora7804]

Well i dont have Spotify since i'm always listening to KZbin lmao. My playlist consist a mix of Japanese song (either from anime, artists, bands, Vtuber, etc), OST game and a lot of Metal song (mostly from BMTH, Slaughter to Prevail, Lorna Shore). Recently i also listening to some phonx remix

[@leonguyen896]

I like playing my Anime 2 OP/ED playlist. If you recognize the songs, you outed yourself.

[@LunarEdge7]

Another reason I'm glad to have learnt to love some EDM songs through Monstercat Though nowadays I find more comfort in the older tracks, some new ones still rope me in, just less often now

[@carlosandreX20A]

I keep a very random playlist full of western music just incase something like this happens. You just never know when someone might want to see your music playlist

[@Slayerzard]

And this is why I don't play my playlist out loud. I even have a "safer" playlist I fall back on if I'm forced to, composed of songs that I KNOW the average person would at least recognize.

[@hornivore467]

this happened to me on college lol luckily some of my firends likes 90s anime songs reason why I now have a set playlist of Bruno Mars songs 🤣

[@discordinc]

As someone who listened almost exclusively to anime and video game mp3s she downloaded off of Kazaa in college, I understand her pain. I would have been mortified to share it with my normie coworkers

[@arararagi-san]

Meanwhile, while I was still a high school student my friend would bring a speaker then play anime songs during break time.

[@kroniisapostle1]

Me, having like a 100 different genres in a single playlist: oh no

[@team4star1]

This is why I have a meme songs playlist, an oldies playlist, and a persona playlist. Because I love music I don’t want people judging me for any of the songs I listen to which is all just anime or games. If I can say one thing, thank you fallout and guardians of the galaxy for making me like oldies, you have helped me avoid many awkward conversations.

[@tonton9598]

oh god, I need to update my socially acceptable playlist as well

[@NaviJ98]

At my new workplace, when asked the question what i listened to i actually just said that i don't wanna tell. However after a while they exposed themselves to like anime so luckily i'm safe now

[@piratemonkey1035]

Elira is weeb that hates other weebs

[@tysonfontanez]

I don’t know why but the fact that it’s specifically Erased makes that interaction 100x funnier

[@ajch22]

Can relate, was once buying a jacket to make a budget costume for Halloween as David Martinez from Edgerunners, and the lady who was selling me the jacket was like "Oh, is this for a costume? Edgerunner? What show is that, is it on Netflix? Can you write it down on this piece of paper? I might check it out later!" and so I did and never went back to that store.

[@carbkafv]

Always keep a normal playlist in your phone, always

[@elytrapendora4415]

Everybody's gangsta 'till kira's theme start to playing

[@archerkratos]

Her manager is cultured to. Rarely see that.

[@nicolasa.3192]

As both a fan of heavy music and a weeb, my Spotify is filled with landmines. That's why you gotta have an extra playlist that's safe for normie ears.

[@NeinBreaker]

If I ever got in that situation, I’d purposefully play inappropriate songs to troll the coworkers. Have fun concentrating while I’m blaring Judas Priest!

[@sapphicace6192]

Lol, that's why you need to create a playlist with the trendy songs, you don't need to listen to it, just play if this kind of situation happens to you. Thankfully my grandmother is japanese, so people would assume that i liked japanese songs because of her, but they had no idea that i never lived with my grandmother.

[@gntyh]

Chad manager Virgin weeb Elira

[@gaidenlee]

JOKES ONE SOME PEOPLE.. MY PLAYLIST CONSIST OF... STUFF..

[@artimund]

Oh my God. This me with my vocaloid songs in high school

[@EdgardR.]

Imagine not having your anisong playlist consisting of Duvet, Kiri, Never, A Lost Dog and Beats of the Rain, Kouya wo Aruke...

[@dorian4646]

Thank god i have at least 1 playlist that those riajuu can find it as acceptable

[@GoukenGassenarl]

Good thing I have a wiiide selection, from my favorite game music, to anime, to VOCALOID, to early 2000s goods like Snoop Dogg, Linkin, Eminem, to Daft Punk stuff, to oldies my dad used to sing like Hotel California

[@zoinksscoob6523]

EMBRACE THE WEEB

[@Aurora-lk8gh]

just thinking about that scenario made me cringe into oblivion

[@Medic99z]

If I play my Playlist you'll either get deathcore or any metal, rap, country, nightcore, or some anime cover. It's like Russian roulette with music

[@AlexReTard.]

Damn, i had same situation. When i turned on Ennio Morricone i got like 5 pairs of eyes saying to me "what a boomer" even tho everyone stayed silent

[@Exorcistdz]

Thats why I got my anime playlist, normie playlist, dark metal playlist and Latin Chant playlist ready ,you know just in case

[@Angel-Neo]

by that i have a "weeb" playlist and a rock/pop playlist

[@enjuai4295]

this is why I balance my music list with some english songs and Japanese songs

[@archise3191]

Unless it's Cowboy bebop, people would just assume you like jazz

[@sachitechless]

I mean, one of my co-workers banned me from using Spotify at work for a week for putting on Cruel Angel's Thesis. We now all play anime OPs at work though so who really won in the end?

[@FreinHowe]

Probably just me but I'm open with my anime hobbies at work before the pandemic ruined my life. I managed to recommend several anime titles to totally down to earth normies and they got hooked. I casually ask if they like hard action with good plot or something with high fantasy. Both questions result in me recommending Shingeki no Kyojin or Isekai Slime

[@tntkit]

Based and anime-pilled manager

[@DIO.S_STANDAH]

Eliraaa

[@LoneWolfOtaku]

Riajuu Bakuhatsu-Shiro!!!

[@zazor701]

I either always listen to anime openings or to a Swedish metal band (mostly Sabaton). There is no in between. In that situation I would probably play some Swedish historical war themed metal music.

[@diatomicfawn1141]

This always happens, sometimes I put weeb music and other jazz or metal, so they insist in hearing what I like, then after a minute of any of the songs I play that tell me to stop it, and then everyone wonders why do I always use headphones

[@harmless-kun]

My playlist is just a mix of whatever song i like... sometimes i just play it on bluetooth speaker... ahh... ssshit...i just remembered how i downloaded 3 erotic asmr mp3s. The proprietess ara ara one... the tsundere childhood friend... and a young high school girl succubus.. i was at the bathing and left behind my playlist playing on the bckground when i heard the proprietess starting her introduction and idle talk before the deed... i jump out of the bath run to my room shut it off... thnkfully no one is at home so... close call... haha

[@espada1123]

people said this already but this is why besides my 4 japanese/korean playlists i have one playlist that's strictly fucking drake, kendrick, jcole, etc lmfaoo

[@bmanpura]

Well, it depends on the context. I think everyone in my church knows I listen to anisong and read manga. And they chill. And the manager probably: "one of my kind?"

[@wyrw]

I was listening to a my iPod with a class mate, and shuffled all forgetting that I had Taylor Swift. One of her songs came up, then he looked at me and I thought oh shit. To my surprise he just said "Taylor Swift, nice" and we just chilled for the rest of the journey.

[@dankengine5304]

Some people need to learn how to say no 💀

[@kinganondorf]

should have just been like i dont have spotify or use it

[@Doug.0305]

We'd always play jpop/anime ost whenever someone ask us. We don't care whether they like it or not, they have to😀 lmao

[@liztaylor105]

I agree with her I would never do that at workxD, the only person that has to put up with my anime music is my mum. Which she says it all sounds the samexD

[@haiqalamri5763]

Damn elira play amq as well

[@hytrader3241]

relatable 😂😂😂

[@catmandu5226]

1:54 debut elira laugh doesnt hit the same as proper elira scream laugh lolol

[@sapilaut2]

Am i glad to work in a place where the majority are weebs

[@nepgeardam6807]

Even my anime friends get weirded by my playlist cause *Gundam/Mecha OST playlist*

[@marineo7184]

A3! has the best songs not gonna lie

[@Viewahh]

Oh shit I remembered when My phone accidentally played. Good thing it was Rainbow Nisha's op. They thought I was a metalhead but I said Im an all rounder. I guess thats better XD.

[@abc73250]

Lol I have a public playlist if I were ever the DJ or shotgun. lol idk if most people can handle my real playlist which is a mix of rock metal, jpop, kpop, and retro/classical stuff

[@MiniArts159]

times like this I keep a backup normie playlist just in case.

[@roy7973]

You guys have playlists? I just have every song I like in one playlist.