One thing I love about anime is how it’s so easy to connect with it, showing us people, places and situations we can relate to. Sometimes characters even say things inside anime that we’ve heard ourselves in real life. Let’s look at some examples of when anime characters spoke to us, seeming to break the fourth wall and address us directly. As always, thanks to J-List’s awesome Twitter followers for their hilarious submissions!
Here we go with 19 times anime characters spoke to us…
Post something that a person has actually said to you. Anime is Cop Craft. pic.twitter.com/FdaVD6Cn0i
— J-LIST (@jlist) October 5, 2019
![Konata Izumi Studying](https://blog.jlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/konata-izumi-studying.gif)
They reinforced the importance of bettering ourselves through education.
![Trinity Seven Now Go Pee](https://blog.jlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/trinity-seven-now-go-pee-1200x675.jpg)
When we forgot to take care of life’s basic necessities, they reminded us.
![Beyond The Boundary](https://blog.jlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/beyond-the-boundary.gif)
They reminded us that everyone is perverted, at least some of the time.
![To Love Ru I Hate Perverts](https://blog.jlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/to-love-ru-i-hate-perverts.gif)
And that we all have physical needs.
![What Kind Of Person Would Fap To Anime Girls](https://blog.jlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/what-kind-of-person-would-fap-to-anime-girls.jpg)
They sometimes shamed us for our kinks.
![Asuka Evangelion Eat Ass](https://blog.jlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/asuka-evangelion-eat-ass.jpeg)
Or sometimes they went the other way, treating us like prudes if we weren’t into what they were into.
![O Maidens In Your Savage Season Why Arent You Hard](https://blog.jlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/o-maidens-in-your-savage-season-why-arent-you-hard.jpg)
At other times anime characters spoke to us, they hassled us when things didn’t always go as planned.
![I'll Never Forgive Your Mushroom](https://blog.jlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Ill-never-forgive-your-mushroom.jpg)
And even teased us for things we can’t control.
![Anime Seiyu](https://blog.jlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/anime-seiyu-1200x687.jpeg)
Sometimes they took us to talk for perfectly normal otaku-related habits.
![Nyaruko San Crime](https://blog.jlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/nyaruko-san-crime-1200x675.jpg)
They did have a few concrete suggestions about how to get through life.
![Bunny Senpai](https://blog.jlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/bunny-senpai.jpeg)
Sometimes when anime characters spoke to us, they said things that led to a better understanding between the sexes.
![Asuka Pathetic](https://blog.jlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/asuka-pathetic.jpg)
Sometimes they judged us harshly, just like our parents.
![Are You Going To Lick Me](https://blog.jlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/are-you-going-to-lick-me.jpg)
Or put various ideas in our heads.
![Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Keep Sleeping](https://blog.jlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/idolmaster-cinderella-girls-keep-sleeping.jpg)
Sometimes they inspired us to never give up our dreams.
![Being Dull Is One Of Your Good Points](https://blog.jlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/being-dull-is-one-of-your-good-points-1200x675.jpeg)
And other times they brought us down to Earth.
![Koufuku Graffiti Lower Your Expectations](https://blog.jlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/koufuku-graffiti-lower-your-expectations-1200x684.jpeg)
Because managing life’s expectations is an important part of getting through each year.
Of course, everyone can get lucky every once in a while.
We just can’t always choose who we get lucky with…