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The bulk of my leisure time is spent reading on my phone. I track my reading habits primarily on novelupdates and royalroad, but I'm making an effort to be more diligent with making use of the manga side of mal. Seriously, I read a ton of web fiction. Lately it's been English original litRPG webserials, but I've gone far down the rabbit holes of isekai novels, cultivation novels, and even webtoons. Although as a guilty pleasure I'll definitely still read the occasional trashy isekai.

I used to play League of Legends to an unhealthy degree, and was very invested in the game to a point beyond even the surface level. That involved spending hours theory crafting builds, having e-sports watch parties, listening to parody songs on repeat, and on occasion watching fan made animation skits. As for the game itself, I was a Morgana/Karma gold tier support main, peaking at low platinum. And if that means anything to you, then you have my sincerest condolences.

Due to the nature of my gaming habits, I've listened to many anime soundtracks and personal playlists on repeat. And though it's been years, I'm still partial to soundtracks from Angel Beats!, Bleach, Chihayafuru, Code Geass, Death Note, and some others. Although I rarely just listen to anime soundtracks anymore, I still make a point to keep track of the OPs, EDs, and even entire OSTs I like with tags on my list. On that note, I'm really into listening to piano covers on youtube for anime soundtracks, and also playing some of the easier ones myself. Again, both to a lesser extent these days.

As for actually watching anime, I'll usually read the synopsis and some reviews in hopes of avoiding beginning something I'm not going to enjoy. I don't like dropping anime, but not to the extent of having a no-drop policy; I'm willing to start watching something on a whim. Really it's that I enjoy the act of looking for something new to read or watch, to the point that trawling through recommendation lists and researching titles is in and of itself an enjoyable pastime.

As for the content I'm into, I mostly just pretend to have standards. Intellectually: I'd like for the characters to have layers to them, for the plot to be intriguing enough that I have trouble predicting it from the start, for romance to develop naturally over the course of the story rather than from contrived scenarios, for the soundtrack to build on the ambiance of the anime and enhance it...Realistically: if I find the visuals pretty and enjoy the music, that's often an 8/10 on that basis alone.

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