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About

About Me

Hi, I'm a fan of various anime and manga and started watching anime in 2022. I like to buy manga physically and continue to fill my bookshelves. I try to watch and read a variety of every genre and demographic, but I'm especially drawn to sci-fi, drama, and action. I'm a believer that an anime needs both great art direction and animation regardless of how strong its narrative elements are.

I love older anime and cel animation, and I'm particularly fond of the ability on display from many 80s and 90s OVAs. I prefer to watch them on my CRT TV.

I never drop anime or manga. If I ever do, I'll remove this line from my profile and replace it with one saying that I'm a loser. I will watch anything if I have to for an AWC challenge.

My profile picture is Xellos from Slayers.

Ranking Scale

10: Masterpiece
8 - 9.5: Great
6 - 7.5: Good
4 - 5.5: Average
2 - 3.5: Bad
0.5 - 1.5: Terrible

I almost never rate anime that are shorter than 25 minutes, and I do not rate unaired episodes (this excludes separate OVA projects related to a show). Doing so skews my mean scores for everything since I very rarely rate them above a 5. I do not rate music videos.

I almost never rate manga that are shorter than about one volume in length. This can be subjective depending on the type of work.

I try to limit my favorites to around 25 for anime and manga and around 30 for characters, though that is not an absolute rule. These numbers will increase as I watch and read more.

My Custom Lists

Immersion Practice: Anything that I used for learning Japanese. Typically watched without Japanese subtitles.
Makes Me Cry: A list of all the anime I've watched that have made me cry at least a single time. This does not serve as a recommendation since I can cry at anything. There is some real garbage on this list.
Rewatch Candidates: A list of all the anime I think are worth a rewatch. This could be for various reasons, such as needing a rewatch to fully form my opinion or just feeling really nostalgic. I will update this list whenever I feel the need to rewatch something new. I remove from this list when I rewatch something on it.
Things I've Watched Dubbed: Anything I watched not in its original language (usually English or Spanish).

Challenges

AWC

I like to participate in AWC challenges! Click on the widget below to check out my AWC profile!

## Re:Solution Not sure if I'll ever finish a Re:Solution. I think they're better as suggestions for stuff I want to try to watch without the expectation of completion.

Failed

Re:Solution 2025 - I added way too much and got in over my head.

Ongoing

Re:Solution 2026 - The theme of this year is "I want to watch as few anime released after the year 2000 as possible."