Ruby and Weiss sat at the computer, scrolling through various posts and other things. Suddenly, they came across something strange, making quite a statement. It purported to be able to say whether or not one truly loved anime. Ruby and Weiss gave each other a quick meaningful glance, and then decided to check it out.
Real Anime Lovers: Know at least more than 10 series.
Fake Anime Lovers: Know only Naruto.
Weiss scoffed. "As if. I know way more series than that."
Ruby gave Weiss a disbelieving look. "Really? Which ones?"
Weiss blinked, unused to being questioned. "Uh... well... there's Fruits Basket, Ouran High School Host Club, Card Captor Sakura, Sailor Moon, Shugo Chara and... others. Plenty of others."
Ruby held up her hand, showing five fingers. "To meet the quota, you need six more."
Weiss was starting to sweat. "What? No. I'm sure that was more than ten. Um, well... I didn't watch more than one or two episodes, but there's Dream Eater Merry. Um... fine, okay, I got some. Binbogami ga, Watamote, Nyaruko-san, and Mahoromatic! Done!"
Ruby thought for a moment. "Well... that's ten. You need one more."
Weiss grumbled before responding quietly. "Captain Kangaroo."
"What was that?"
"I said... 'The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya'."
Ruby nodded. "That's what I thought. On to the next one, then."
Weiss glared at her. "Hey, but you have yet to prove that you know that many!"
Ruby shrugged nonchalantly. "I don't need to. People will believe me."
Steam was starting to come out of Weiss' ears. "Do it anyway!"
Ruby rolled her eyes. "Fine. I'll humor you." She took a deep breath, and then... "Quantum Leap, Babylon 5, Greatest American Hero, MacGyver, Heroes, Lost, Supernatural, Doctor Who, Future Diary, Knight Rider, and Sliders."
Weiss threw her arms up in the air. "None of those are anime!"
Ruby quickly grabbed the mouse and opened another tab, typing 'Future Diary' into the search bar. She pointed at what came up. "See? Anime!"
Weiss just stared at the undeniable proof on the screen. "But... the others... I was absolutely sure Heroes wasn't an anime."
Ruby put her arm around Weiss, smiling. "A lot of people thought that, but it sure was. It was just so confusing that no one noticed. Same with Lost."
Weiss put her hands to her forehead, checking to see if she was getting a fever. "Why am I starting to consider that a possibility? Why am I starting to believe you?"
Ruby laughed, clicking back over to the other tab. "Well, let's continue then. Screw Naruto anyway."
Real Anime Lovers: Learn Japanese from watching anime.
Fake Anime Lovers: Don't even bother to learn Japanese.
Weiss clutched her head insanely. "No. That's not true! I can't even make out what they're saying! There's a reason I watch subs! Dubs if they exist!"
Ruby giggled. "With your family, you could probably fund a bunch of high quality dubs."
Weiss calmed down and sighed, turning her head away from Ruby. "Could, and did. I have no regrets. My dad was angry, but I didn't care. I had season five of Sailor Moon in English."
Ruby stopped giggling, suddenly staring at Weiss in shock. "Wait, what?"
Instead of giving an answer, Weiss grabbed the mouse. "Okay, next one!"
Real Anime Lovers: Are secretly dating one of the anime characters.
Fake Anime Lovers: Don't even know the characters names!
Ruby sighed dreamily. "Not secretly at all. Oh, Ragna!"
Weiss rolled her eyes. "Right. Me? Dating an anime character? That'll never happen."
Ruby grinned. "Neptune's hiding on the ledge outside our window, isn't he?"
Weiss gasped. "What?! No! Shut up! You're so immature!"
Neptune's voice called from outside. "I heard that! I am not an anime character!"
Ruby called back. "Your hair is blue! Of course you are!"
Weiss groaned, upset that Ruby had found her out. She had been spending some alone time with Neptune, playing Portal 2 together. Their stay-at-home date had been ruined when Ruby entered the room, and Neptune had had to hide on the ledge outside the window. Then Ruby had invited Weiss to scroll through some silly stuff on the internet, and the young heiress had almost forgotten about Neptune entirely.
Weiss just moved on. "Let's finish this quickly, okay?"
Real Anime Lovers: Know almost 10 song opening lyrics in Japanese
Fake Anime Lovers: Wouldn't probably bother to even listen to a song.
Weiss just stared at the screen in contempt. "I refuse to be forced to learn any language. I wish I could just know every language right from the start and not have to worry about it. I mean, using my father's money to secretly fund dubs is great, but that only goes so far. I do like listening to the songs though. Why isn't there any middle ground on this thing?"
Ruby couldn't hear her, as Ruby was loudly singing the opening to Attack On Titan. Weiss just moved on again, scrolling down to the next one.
Real Anime Lovers: Have at least 1 Manga.
Fake Anime Lovers: Claim they have more Manga than you.
Weiss made a pouting face, ignoring that Ruby was still singing. "All I have is the Trigun manga. I'm not really a big reader. At least Vash is hot."
Ruby finally stopped singing. "I have Kitchen Princess! All the tasty foods she makes... uuuu..." Her mouth started to water, and Weiss wisely moved her chair a few inches further away. Ruby continued her tirade. "And Captain Tsubasa, and Evangelion, and Cowboy Bebop, and Garfield, and Guru Guru Pon-chan, and-"
Weiss cut her off. "Hold up! Garfield?"
Ruby disregarded her. "Well, anyways, I have a pretty big collection. It's all at home, though."
Weiss waited a second or two while Ruby settled down, then shouted at her. "GARFIELD?!"
Ruby just stuck her finger in her ear, cleaning it out. "Maybe we should move on, though."
Real Anime Lovers: Were born to adore anime.
Fake Anime Lovers: Claim to have known anime for their entire lives.
Weiss was incredulous suddenly. "But I have! I may not have much manga, but my anime experience is incomparable! Why... I even went out of my way to find Sally The Witch!"
Ruby blinked at her partner. "Sally the wha...?"
Weiss turned and shouted at Ruby. "Sally The Witch is probably the first Shoujo anime ever!"
Ruby stuck out her tongue. "Eww. No one cares about Shoujo anime. "
"I care!"
Ruby turned back to the computer. "Okay. Sure, Weiss. You enjoy that. I like it, born to or not. Next!"
Real Anime Lovers: Cry when a character dies.
Fake Anime Lovers: Think the show you watch is very strange.
Ruby frowned. "Only when Satoko died after surviving the Hinamizawa disaster, actually. She was so peaceful just before it happened, I couldn't believe the writers would do something like that. Normally she's such a bratty little kid, but that time..." She looked over at Weiss. "Um... no one died. Why are you crying?"
Weiss wiped the tears from her eyes, but more only came to replace them. "It made me *sniff* think of *choke* Mami Tomoe! WAAAAAA!"
Ruby gasped, as if Weiss' words had triggered a hidden memory. "Sayaka-chan! WAAAAAAA!"
They suddenly and uncharacteristically hugged each other and wailed together. "Madoka-chan! WAAAAAA!"
Neptune's voice came from outside. "I can't believe this."
Real Anime Lovers: Would comment, like and repost.
Fake Anime Lovers: Would keep scrolling.
Wiping the tears out of their eyes, the two girls finally settled down. They read the last bit together, still sniffling back the memories. After a moment, what it was saying sank in, causing Weiss' mood to foul up again.
"What? That's stupid! It's just fishing! And even worse, this site doesn't have any way to comment or like a profile! What idiocy is this!"
Ruby looked over it, examining it carefully. "Well, do we repost then"
Weiss crossed her arms defiantly. "No way. Just keep scrolling. This whole thing was a waste of time."
Ruby smirked. "Nah, I'm sure we learned something."
Weiss narrowed her eyes at the younger girl. "Like what? That these things do nothing but make light of your emotions?"
Ruby spread her arms wide, exclaiming the correct answer with pride. "We're otakus! Sisters forever!"
Neptune called in from the ledge outside. "You're both weeaboos! Are you done yet!"
Weiss and Ruby exchanged glances, and then spoke together. "Close the window."
Author's Notes: In no way is any of this chapter intended to represent the feelings, beliefs, or opinions of the author. I mean, sure, some... but not all.
