I have never heard of "stan" before, not in this context at least. Can someone please enlighten me?

A stan is a diehard fan. It came from the Eminem song of the same name.

EDIT: Missed opportunity to use "Do your Rubesty" on page 22

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Hmm why does do they have English first names?

I've never heard of that either. I do remember the song though.

A++ douj

I'm not a robot and I'm challenging you
I'm not a phantom, I'm in your face and I'm here to see it through

Wait, wrong franchise

Found it hard not to relate every mention of Stan to Stan Lee

I assumed that was what it was referencing but I can't say I've seen it used like this before.

it's pretty common, especially in idol discussion, and it's as close to an exact translation of the jp oshi as you can get

They said stan... multiple times...

I'm okay. This is fine. Meme talk invading my precious lesbian doujinshi? Sure, let's get yeet up in this bitch too.

lol if you think doujs are meme-free and without slang in the jp

Sarah x Chika? That's news to me.
On another hand, I'm surprised nobody in Japan has thought of Sarah x Dia.

A stan is a diehard fan. It came from the Eminem song of the same name.

EDIT: Missed opportunity to use "Do your Rubesty" on page 22

Wait, when did that became a term? That song exists for ages. I even kinda forgot about it. lol

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That was great, loved it, thanks! Funny how it's almost become a tradition for the rival center to be a fan of the main group's center.

Also thanks to the commentators for explaining that odd word.

Thank you to all for enlightening me on "stan".

(If a "stan" is a diehard fan... does that mean Stan Miller is obsessed with shitty beer? :P)

Huh, people haven't encountered "stan" before? I guess that makes sense, you don't really see it used outside of pop music fans. I only know about it because a lot of the people I follow on twitter are really into Beyonce, and that's the kind of person who talks about stanning musicians and pop idols. It's a pretty apt comparison.

you definitely hear "stan" in sports as well, usually for individual players

Good I guess. I just wanna read Yoshiko Chan

I appreciate the use of "stan" here because "am an obsessive, all-consuming fan of" wouldn't fit in the bubbles. (I thought the meaning was pretty clear from context, though I also had to be reminded of the song.)

It can be jarring if only because the general run of internet translation tends more towards the slavishly literal, though thankfully the days of "Just according to keikaku" are mostly behind us.