「 About Me 」

She/Her • '99 • Blue Sky's profile
• You can PM me for my Steam and Discord username:)

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Hey there! I joined MAL in 2016, but I've been watching anime ever since I caught Dragon Ball Z on broadcast when I was younger and became a fan of the medium. Currently, I'm a bit burnt out with seasonals and only sporadically watch whichever title catches my fancy. I'm more into manga now.

I like creating stack lists, writing reviews (when inspiration strikes and I feel like I have something worth to say), sharing cool/fun/silly panels/clips (not that active, but I do so in my bsky account!), and exchanging recommendations with like-minded people. Oh, and I like cats a lot.

Feel free to drop a PM/profile comment if you think we share interests or just want to say hi. Sometimes i'm not that quick replying but I definitely do get back. I really value respectful and thoughtful interactions.

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「 Interests 」

ANIME & MANGA: Generally speaking, I try to watch/read as many different things as possible before forming an opinion on anything. I don't discriminate against genres or themes in themselves; I've found hidden gems in the seemingly insipid catalogues of mainstream shounen and CGDCT, just as I've discovered subpar 'cerebral' sci-fi and avant-garde/experimental productions. I pick stuff to read/watch in a very simple way: by reading the synopsis. If it interests me, I give it a go. That said, I do have a soft spot for mythology and Japanese folklore, coming-of-age stories, slice-of-life-ish works, and the rarely well-done horror in anime (but usually great in manga). Moved on from nekketsu series, despite having liked a lot of them when I was younger. I always make space for shoujo/josei series in my PTW/PTR.

—Among my favorite anime directors (to name a few, as this list could easily get extensive) are: Hayao Miyazaki (simply unmatched); Satoshi Kon; Kunihiko Ikuhara; Takahiro Oomori; Mamoru Oshii; Isao Takahata.
—Among my favorite mangakas are: Osamu Tezuka; Okazaki Kyoko; Matsumoto Taiyou; Moto Hagio; Asumiko Nakamura; Keigo Shinzou; Junji Ito; Usamaru Furuya.

VIDEOGAMES: I primarily engage with narrative-driven games. Point'n'Click; walking sims; visual novels; RPG; roguelike; all types of horror videogames.

MUSIC: I'm an omnivore when it comes to music, I listen to everything. However, I do enjoy the most classical, and like jazz, noise rock; all the "weird waves", and psych/avant-prog.

FILM DIRECTORS: David Lynch; Nagisa Ooshima; Andrei Tarkovsky; Stanley Kubrick; Guillermo del Toro, Luis Buñuel; Takashi Miike; Fritz Lang; Suzuki Seijun; Wong Kar-wai; Alfred Hitchcock...

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# 「 Rating System 」 I use the whole scale from 1 to 10. I give a lot of thought to what to rate titles I've read/watched. Sometimes I change the ratings depending on how I feel later on certain titles. Although I like to form opinions by myself and rarely reviews by others sway my opinion, I do like hearing what like-minded people think of titles I may not resonate with but they do, and similarly, hearing what they disliked of titles that did resonate with me. Helps to check on my biases and makes me reflect on my own reading analyses and habits. > 10 - ★★★★★ Watching/Reading this was a once-in-a-life time experience of sorts.

9, 8 - ★★★★

Outstanding watch/read. Little to no issues to
nitpick at.

7, 6 - ★★★☆

I had a good time watching/reading this.
That's all there's to it, though.

5, 4 - ★★☆

Meh. Either this was not my cup of tea or it didn't
meet my expectations.

3, 2 - ★☆

Not one single redeeming quality. From 3 to 2
the only difference is how muchI wanted to get
done with it.

1 - ★

Reserved for the most infuriating pieces of garbo.~~~

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