One of my greatest challenges as an Otaku life coach is helping people to experience a relatively normal first date. Sure you might think that sitting down together to build Gundam models is an enchanting evening, but there’s a decent chance that your date would use a smoke bomb and escape. So, here’s some tips on how to have a successful first date:
- don’t bring a French Maid outfit with you, nor ask her to refer to you as master
- don’t have your first date at an anime convention
- don’t bring cat ears with you and ask her to wear them and say nya
- don’t compare her to your last girlfriend the entire time (also, Haruhi wasn’t really your girlfriend.)
- don’t take her to a maid cafe where all the maids know you by name
- don’t start venting about Endless Eight
- don’t bring a nendoroid with you
- don’t bring any other figures with you
- don’t bring a bunny girl outfit with you and ask her to wear it
- under no circumstances during any part of the evening should you pout and say “Mikuru would have done it”
- don’t argue in favor of Rapelay (or mention it at all)
- don’t bring along bloomers and ask her to wear them
- don’t ask her to call you oniichan
- don’t fall into the belief that buying her a can of coffee / juice constitutes a full date
- don’t grope her and excuse it by saying you just wanted to check the quality of your oppai mouse pad