Note: This story involves mention of an Islamophobic comment in a group setting.
Hello everyone, and welcome back to another long-overdue edition of my anime club storytelling series. Since it’s been quite a while, I’ll reiterate that I wanted to start a blog series about interesting and positive experiences I’ve had as a long-time member of a certain university anime club, because most of the material I see online that’s related to anime clubs is dismissive or derisive. Obviously in environments where many people come together over a shared hobby, there will always be some conflicts; having one thing in common doesn’t automatically mean people will end up being best friends with one-another. But I think there are good reasons to join an anime club or an anime-related group (whatever label you want), and I want to use my voice to speak for that side of the argument.