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Both anime and sport are hobbies, and similar in their basic composition. Both require time and effort to watch. Both may leave you broke from buying merch. Both can lead you to meeting life long friends because you have the same interests. Both have fans who, when they get talking about their hobby, get extremely compassionate. And BOTH have their dark sides - for anime that is shows like boco no pico, for sport that is the violence that takes place between fans of different teams. The fact is saying one is "not normal" is declaring the other to be the same as both are hobbies with, as we can see from the comments, very passionate fans. I'm not saying either side has to accept the other, I'm just saying that respect goes a long way.