Talk:"Ancient Japan's Got Talent!"/@comment-99.25.32.150-20131129194310/@comment-9768812-20131130022117

I can half understand how you feel. The other half... not really.

My parents were pretty similar to yours.

Rural China --> No money --> Super smart --> Only people to make it out of China. So they're not exactly the nicest about Ayakashi

What I do (since I'm technically not allowed to play) is hide the app. You NEED to get a phone, a tablet, an iPad, a computor or something. Then unless your parents decide to scroll through ALL your apps, you should be ok.

For playing Ayakashi at night. DO NOT TURN ON THE LIGHTS. Put blanket half over your face, put ayakashi half under a pillow and DO NO TURN ON SOUND!!! Keep door closed, and LISTEN. At the first sound (no matter how un-threatening), slide the device under pillow and pretend to be asleep. Since they know that you're insomic, say that you're attempting to go to sleep if they walk in. Don't forget to check the time. Your level of caution should depend on your safety timezone. (My "death zone" is from 11-4am. I go to school early so at 4:30 I can say that I wanted to wake up a bit earlier today/ "huh? what? It's THAT early. I'm going back to sleep. See ya in 1 hour.")

I don't really have any tips about getting your phone taken away. Sorry.

Honestly, you should make some friends. I'm really awkward before you get to know me so I usually make friends in... 2 months. Your problem is that you can't find anyone with similar intrests with you. Try speaking to some of you classmates. If you choose the right person, you could be friends for a long time. Go for the ones who sit by the side awkwardly. I asked a girl who was drawing pictures in her binder to be my lab partner... 3 years later, we're singing the Mahou Shoujo Madoka opening together in L.A

For the whole "Below my level thing".... Yeah you're not mean. Some people ARE like that. This one idiot in one of my classes decided that it'd be fun to put staples INTO HIS FLESH!!!! He just took the stapler and yeah.... I don't even want to describe it. Then when I try to staple my homework, the stapler is out of staples BECAUSE THEY'RE IN. HIS. SKIN. Gosh, I rather have no friends than friends like that -_-

But not ALL people are like that. There are plently of nice people (like my lab partner). One of my friends was the one who introduced me to Ayakashi and now I can talk about it with people ^_^ Just try and see if there are any quiet people around you. Or (this will sound kind of creepy) Look at their phones/paper. If they're drawing anime characters, have an anime backround, or better yet. Are playing ayakashi. Make up an excuse to talk to them.

You seem like a really nice person so it's all about who you're with. In some of my classes, I'm one of the most social people ever, in others (the class I have with the guy who staples himself) I don't talk to people at all and my teacher thinks that I have... "issues".

If you make some friends you'll have people to play ayakashi with, or talk about anime with. You could even say to your parents that you found some friends BECAUSE of the game and that you really need to play it. As harsh as asian parents are, they will probably let you play in order for you to have friends. If not, just go on about how the world requires social skills, friends can help you, blah blah blah (you're smart so you can probably think of some stuff).

That's honestly the best advice I can give you. The nice people on the internet have to come from somewhere right?