(This happens at the hotel breakfast of an anime convention. My friend is not an early riser.)

Friend: *is trying to feed her glass of orange juice a muffin by pressing it on the side*

Me: “What are you doing…?”

Friend: *looks at me* “Eating a muffin…”

(We look at each other, and then I look at her hands again, still prodding the muffin against the glass. She looks down too.)

Me: “That’s not how you eat a muffin.”

Friend: “I have no idea what I was trying to achieve.”

(I’m at an anime convention, and I’m hanging out and flirting with a guy I met there, who happens to be named Mike.)

Me: *frustrated at messing up something simple* “Oh, for the love of Mike!”

(He and his sister both look at me in shock and horror.)

Me: “…oh, not you!”

(I’m a bystander at a convention where three of my friends are dressed as characters from a very popular ninja anime. One of them is dressed as a character who works with snakes a lot of the time and half the time can be seen with one draped over his shoulders. My friend shows up with an ACTUAL boa constrictor, about four feet long, wrapped around his neck. It is very even-tempered, so it looks like a fake snake hanging there. We’re at the concession area of the convention center and it’s still early, so no one has noticed the snake around his neck.)

Cashier: “Hi, welcome to [Restaurant]. Can I help you?”

Me: “Yeah, we’d like [menu item].”

Friend: *in character* “Do you perhaps have any mice for my friend, here?”

Cashier: *seems to recognize the character and laughs* “Sorry, [Anime Character Name], I’m afraid I’m all out. Love that thing by the way; I thought it was real for a minute there.”

(We almost got away with it, but my friend had a bit of a creepy streak and actually uncoiled the snake from around his neck, revealing it to be very much a real snake. The cashier screamed, staggered backward, and then bolted out from behind the counter, taking off down the aisle. The four of us made tracks out of the convention center before we were personally escorted out. I gave my friend a whack before we all started laughing hysterically.)

(I’m at a relatively small anime convention. It’s my first time going to one, and my first time cosplaying. I’m dressed as Ryuk from ‘Death Note,’ and I’m trying to find my friend, who I’ve lost in the crowd, when I run across a very large group of Narutos.)

Naruto #1: “Hey, Ryuk! I love your costume.”

Me: “Thanks.”

Naruto #1: “Can I hug you?”

Me: “Okay…”

(She hugs me.)

Naruto #1: “Can I sell my soul to you?”

Me: “Uh, I don’t think I can…”

Naruto #2: “Can I give it to you for free!?”

(Thank you so much, Narutos! I was grinning for ages afterward!)

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(I attend an anime convention in a city that I’m not familiar with. Towards the end of the evening I run out to grab a sandwich. It is dark at this point, and it isn’t until I am halfway to the sandwich shop that I realize how long of a walk it is and how many creepy, possibly coked-out people are just lurking in the corners to whistle at me, and I think one was following me for a bit. On my way out of the sandwich shop I see two large, imposing men cosplaying in full armor with giant foam weapons. I run after them and stop them.)

Me: “Hey, are you two going back to the convention center?”

Guy #1: “Yeah, why?”

Me: “I want to walk with you, please. I don’t want to end up running into some complete weirdo!”

(Both guys look each other up and down for a minute, and back at me.)

Guy #2: “If you think we’re not complete weirdos I can’t imagine who you’ve been running into all night!”

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