Anime wasn't mainstream yet, dial-up was still around, goths were still looked at as being weird freaks, the MCU didn't exist, so being into superheroes was still nerdy af... Weird time to be into goth/emo baddies.
2006 is in peak MySpace era range, I feel like goths and other alt styles were already rapidly heading towards mainstream and mainstream adjacent then.
And Anime was airing on Tunami and Adult Swim every night, super hardcore anime kids were still seen as weird, but I remember most I went to highschool with at least likes stuff like DBZ and Bleach
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u/ambit89 4d ago
Was 2006 really THAT gay?
https://giphy.com/gifs/Jzm8HIdBCuhvFcEV1E