Anyone feel disconnected from their culture?

Hey, a little backstory. I always felt like I didn't belong in my culture. When watching movies, I couldn't bring myself to relate to any of the characters, while people around me could. It like this for everything until I started watching anime. Anime connected with me in a way that other media didn't and I could relate with the characters. Anyway, I was wondering of anyone else felt like this? Where they feel like they don't belong in this country. Not that they belong in Japan or an anime, but more they always felt like they didn't belong /here/.

I haven't related to anything more than the anime Aggretsuko. However, I haven't really struggled in feeling connectivity to other forms of entertainment. I don't necessarily have to relate to the characters to enjoy the story. I can very easily get sucked into things and suspend disbelief for that purpose.

I'm Asian-American, but I feel more disconnected from the American pop-culture, like it isn't as relatable or it makes me feel kind of outcast. It's probably part of why I'm into Asian pop-culture more.

It doesn't have anything to do with anime. I just become way too degenerate over years because of the fact that society is so fricked up that you'd not even want to be part of them by any means. What i mean by any means is that their ideology & religion etc. Seriously, most of peoples makes me want to puke on the toilet.

I have three cultures that I keep to. The Russian, the Filipino and the American. Oddly enough there isn't overly much difference between all of them. Basic concepts such as hard work, family and being polite are shared. Filipinos do point with their lips because pointing with finger is rude or reserved for something that needs immediate attention so that is one thing different. However a big thing that is different between American culture and the other two has more to do with the nature of food than anything else. In Russian and Filipino culture, food is something precious that you should be very thankful that you have. Historically food in Russia and Philippines was something that was scarce. It is something that people alive today can clearly remember during the USSR days and the days of the Marcos period of martial law in Philippines. There was even a time where I had to go days without food and give it to my mother and sister growing up. So if there is a way to save and eat every last bit of food, it is done. Bring home the food you couldn't finish from restaurants, turning berries and fruits into jams or kompot, salting the meat to preserve it. When I was working in a food factory I was greatly disturbed to find out that over 2 metric tons of food was thrown out every day due to it not looking satisfactory. There are some old world superstitions that I still adhere to. Like not sitting at the corner of a table because it is bad luck and putting the finished vodka bottle under the chair, it became more automatic than anything else. I think that one of the reasons the US is good is because I can carve my own little corner in society. If I lived like a Russian in Philippines, there would be several questions on the small things that I would do and vice versa which would probably lead to alienation at the worst, or a raised eyebrow at the least. The good news is that in all of these cultures, anime is generally known and in Philippines it is seen as completely acceptable. Even in Russia they don't really care what is going on as far as these Japanese cartoons go as can be seen here, where the father asks "Why is it cold?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB3EIwyq__M

Before my great grandmother died I got kinda connected I've learned some of the native american dances and I learned from grandmother african american dances and I have some of the headdresses and dresses that my great great grandmother wore tenically I am related to african royalty :> Now that my great grandmother passed away I do feel disconnected from my roots a little but I still try and I took some of the things from her apartment and I know how to sew native american blankets and trying to do others. My grandmother is also helping

@nekouki Yeah, thats really similar to what I feel. But especially in the past I didn't have asian culture to relate to, only the American. It definitly made me feel like an outcast.

@liloreo That is rather interesting. Do you want to talk mode about it? I would love to hear more about native american culture and how african american culture plays in especially.

Culture isn't part of my identity so I don't really care what my "culture" thinks or says or expects of me. I see culture from a very outside perspective. Determined by history and geographic location. It's not intrinsic to anybody.