Choose another highshool. Reputation of a school is not everything. Reputation can be good, but it doesn't mean, that your schoolmates and teacher are nice.
Maybe try to find some additional friends with the same interest in manga as oneself, instead of friends (who are btw really really nice) have absolut zero interest in Anime/manga/popculture/g...... reply
I'm speaking german, english and chinese (cantonese and mandarin). I had to learn french for 5 years in school and after graduation I never ever used it again, so bye bye. Well, my chinese is just so-so. Someday I want to learn spanish and train my chinese for a better understanding. reply