Aaron-Lagann
Banned
For me, it's not that a girl would need to even like games/anime for us to get along. But as long as she accepts the hobby and doesn't bash it due to ignorance. that's all anyone can really ask for
Yeah, the idea of not dating someone for not liking the same thing as you is silly, but with anime, it's literally like 90% of what I watch and if she wasn't interested in it, then she'd either be bored and miserable, or be harping at me to not watch it, making me miserable. So it just goes back to that baseline of compatibility. While shared interests aren't the only factor, their absence can negatively impact the relationship in a very real way.
The downside of shared interests, though, is that you'll be closer to that person in a friendship type of way, which can make ending a bad relationship a thousand times harder than it should be.