As you can see, getting into manga has gotten me out and about. Not only that, I’m usually catching conversation with people as I thumb through the choices on shelves at my library or local stores.
As a writer and happy-to-be-a-word-nerd, I’ve found that strangers are just friends who have not been asked for their opinion yet. A response to an anime DVD in its case may need more specialized knowledge, but you can open a book and turn it over and start discussing it with just about anyone near you as you flip it in discovery together, or to select pages.