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Originally Posted by YukisUke
Oh, there it is again. You know, insulting me or whatever you're doing in your native language isn't right. Just come out and say it like a man. 
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He's not insulting you; JF is a bi-lingual board and not everyone can contribute easily or as fully as they want to in English. Just cause YOU can't read it, doesn't automatically mean it's either about you or that others can't read it. And actually, I kind of agree with some of his points.
Like other media, anime and things in Japan are age-orientated, most of it being aimed at school kids, and if you're still into kid's anime at university and beyond, that's a) Really Otaku and b) really juvenile.
End of the day middle-aged naruto-holics and pokefans will only be truly accepted by other naruto-holics and pokefans and you can pat each other on the back and say it's ok as much as you like, for many non-invested people it's still rather like finding an office worker who only watches CBBC/Cartoon Network. Somewhat sad at best, and outright perverted at absolute worst. Unless, of course, the person in question works for CBBC/CN.
As for 'grown-up' anime/manga, and the social acceptability thereof, well considering a lot of manga/anime aimed at adults is porn, that's a whole other kettle of fish to wrangle with.
Not to say that you ~should~ stop, but after university age anything more than mere dabbling in it definitely stops being so much a simple leisure/hobby activity and the more it becomes a lifestyle choice, and like every other lifestyle choice, it comes with social limitations.