Two years ago I caved in and told Joe that I was interested in watching the Dragonball Super: Super Heroes movie because it looked fun. He had been watching it on his computer and I saw it up on his monitor. We ended up watching the movie together and that was it. I jumped headfirst into anime.

Gone were those feelings of needing to not be *that* kind of a nerd. Gotta love how my brain wanted to protect my image and avoid being made fun of. Anyway, now I’m in my ‘do whatever the hell I want’ era, I’m so elated to have gotten into this shit. I have watched so many different anime and eventually I started to read manga as well. I own a complete set of Fullmetal Alchemist, Fruits Basket, Wotakoi, Demon Slayer.. of which 3 of those were all bought individually over many months while hunting solely at Half Priced Books. What can I say, I enjoy a challenge and a never ending supply of dopamine this would supply me with.

Anyway, I’m sad my younger self was too insecure to get into something new. I remember enjoying Spirited Away back in 2004(?) as well as another anime that a friend (ex?) had shown me.. I even went and bought the US disc version of Spirited Away off eBay so I could rewatch it.

I’m having a blast.