It isn’t easy being a Nigerian anime fan.

First, there is the fact that as far as anime and manga are concerned, you live in a virtual black hole. No means of buying your favorite anime or manga in any shop in the country. Your bookshop does not stock manga. Nor does it stock anime. Online shopping sites like Jumia and Konga do no stock anime or manga. And DSTV and Startimes do not have channels devoted to anime. At all.

Then there is the streaming sites. For starters. Hulu, Funmation and all the other streaming sites do not stream in Nigeria . Crunchyroll does……until you try to watch that new anime you have heard about and get a ”Not licensed for your region” message. And you want to pay for premium….until you find out that your budget for the month is tight, the government has restricted dollar spending, and Naira denominated cards are not accepted anymore for international transactions.(And shipping from Japan would eat most of your salary before you can say Konichiwa!)

So, Mr Lawabiding citizen has no choice but to turn to illegal streaming sites, and illegal downloading sites, and illegal scanlated manga sites. Sad. But what else can one do.? You hit those sites, enjoying the now doubly guilty pleasures of life….and realizing at the same time that you are contributing to the problem of starving anime of funds….which means that in the next ten years anime might become extinct.(I need a hug right now…).

And the fact is….Africa as a whole (the continent , not the country) is not a big market for manga and anime. So putting out a petition on Change.org to ”get a legal streaming site just for Africa”..won’t just cut it. (But if I won $400million in The Lottery…I would totally fund it. No?)

And then it can be lonely. You are the only fan of That anime that you know of. You do not want to tell your friends, colleagues and family that at your age you are still watching cartoons.(It is not cartoons, it is anime). You do not want to go round telling your friends about your waifu. And all those weird esoteric things like ”Yaoi, yuri, ecchi, ”….which would make your parents monitor your internet like the KGB if you are of a certain age.You do not want to talk about how that anime character is the ideal woman or man for you(because it might make your parents have another reason why you do not have a girlfriend/boyfriend at your age). And finally….it is strange.A strange hobby.

But , despite your dabbling in bad things on one side, and your fear of being caught out watching cartoons (It is anime!) on the other….you still get into a whole new world, you learn lessons that still help you, and you laugh, you cry and you grow. You get your mind off your problems, and your worries for thirty minutes every day. You dream. You love. And you get ideals.

I guess that being a Nigerian anime fan is ……somewhat fun.

But somehow…..we still need that legal streaming site!

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lol.....alot of people are now watching anime though

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