Anyone here actually interested in a relationship?

I am! Except I probably won't find it here (#WOMP). As much as I hate to admit it, Mai Otaku is more of a close-knit community/forum despite what the site and advertisements say... You're better off joining another dating site for anime folk. Maybe give your college/university's anime club a try? New York probably has a ton of meet-up groups judging by the dozen or so in Jersey. *checks profile* -------> "Watertown, NY" Okay nvm you're not gonna find anyone there (#LAUGHTRACK) :p "So you can imagine that putting myself out on a site like this, one that is listed as a dating site and getting nothing for months makes me feel like there's either something wrong with me as a person, or not very many people are looking." I don't think there's anything wrong with you; you actually seem like a decent person! BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT judging from your profile I'd say--("NO SHY NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN!!!") I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS SHORT!!! You haven't provided enough details about yourself! If you ask anyone what they thought about you based on your profile, they'd think... "Well, apparently this guy bought his first manga..." but then, WHAT DID YOU BUY?!?! If I were to say something from Junji Ito or "Franken Fran", it shows I like horror (I actually hate horror but I love Franken Fran. Probably cause she's kawaii #WOMP) Then others who love horror will hopefully friend request me... BECAUSE THERE'S A COMMON GROUND!!! SIMPLY SAYING YOU LIKE ANIME OR CRUNCHY ROLL DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE'S GOING TO THROW THEIR PANTIES AT YOU!!! YOU GOTTA THROW A BIGGER BAIT!!! A DELICIOUS ONE!!! PERHAPS SOMETHING LOW-CALORIE ("C'mon Shy...") (my bad) (#WOMP) Or maybe someone randomly reading your profile sees your anime/manga recommendation, watches/reads it, then comes back and says "Hey I saw your recommendation on your profile and IT WAS AMAZING!!!" and then you have something to talk about! Except that never happens since otakus don't like to admit they didn't discover something first (#WOMP) Or that they TOTALLY saw it the moment it came out (this is getting off-track tho...) Basically, whenever you decide to join a new dating site or join your local anime club, convention, comic book store or what have you, you gotta put yourself out there. They don't know you exist unless you show them, and your profile screams "I'm not interesting please don't contact me" all over it. What else do you like? Write specific examples. Do you have any goals or dreams? A favorite anime that changed your life? Be honest! If you read your own profile in its current state, would you be inclined to contact yourself? ("Wait a sec... IS THAT WHY YOU TALK TO YOUSELF ALL THE TIME!?!?") <---Uh... IGNORE HIM!!! (#WOMP)

In short, WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST MANGA?!!? I GOTTA KNOW!!! IF THIS WAS YOUR PLAN TO MAKE PEOPLE CONTACT YOU IT'S WORKING!!! :P

@ shytaku it was attack on titan colossal edition. I'm absolutely addicted to AOT and I would like to thank you for being so brutally honest with me. My profile is really bland, but that's because I'm really new to being an otaku and I don't have much about me that would interest someone in this community. But honestly thank you. You gave me the kick in the pants I needed to go today and join my college's cosplay club. Maybe I'll get lucky.

Yes I am but not here. I have my RL contacts and friends for this. There is an option to get a relationship here but it has to go hand in hand with RL. Exchange of phonenumbers those kind of things. Getting into contact. Talk about serious stuff not just superficial small talk or attention whoring (in the worst case). Serious topics not like some kind of BS to keep someone at attention.

@Leo: Not brutal, just honest! :> I think what I've realized, and eventually what you'll begin to realize as well, is that our otaku-cred doesn't mean anything... or else I would've had a girlfriend by now (#LAUGHTRACK) So don't feel bad that you're still new or haven't watched/read as many titles. We don't fall in love because we like the same anime. I learned that the hard way... It's just a conversation starter. Also, you'd be surprised what others find interesting. Write down whatever you like, even if it's not anime! In my opinion, the more diverse you appear, the better chances you have at finding a date! ("But Shy you've never been on a date ei--") (shh! He doesn't need to know that!) (*dons chuunibyou eyepatch*) (#WOMP)

I am, and at the same time I am just looking for friends. (I'm not looking at anyone as romantic interest until I get to know them, and see if there's a mutual interest.) I'd love it if I found a significant other who shared my interests but I also have been lacking in friends who share similar interests. Sadly this site isn't as great at finding romantic matches. Adding anime to our list here is very odd as there will be multiple entries for the same anime. xD I think I would be better off listing myanimelist to anyone interested than to manually add them all here. I feel like getting discovered by someone who would be interested as well based off the current system is unlikely although the forums definitely seem to be the way to go. TLDR Version: Relationship, and/or friendship is what I hoped to find here. So far I have met a lot of really nice people so it's been worth. A lot of really great friendships that I didn't have before thanks to this site.

It's not something I'm actively pursuing as i'm enjoying the single life atm, but if someone was to come along I wouldn't be against it.