Most weeaboos who actually went to Japan end up hating it because itβs not what they expected it to be. Talk about Paris Syndrome.
The reality is that the anime culture in Japan is larger, but actually similar to the US; itβs basically made up of two major groups: Middle school / high school kids. Weird social introverts (otaku) For middle school / high school kids, most of them grow out of it by the time they hit college.
A Japanophile can be anything from a person who has interest in Japanese culture to a person with an obsessive, almost appropriative interest. It depends on which side of the curtain you're on.
Also, weeaboos pretend that they are Japanese, for whatever reason that is . In a gymnastic lesson outside of school, a girl pretends that she is Japanese. She is Chinese, so she definitely passes as Japanese. Anyways, we had a new coach and she only spoke English that day.