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Hello, you've made it to my profile. No clue as to how you got here, since I'm not one to write reviews, but hey! You're here.

I'm an ex-anime watcher turned manga addict who grew up watching Studio Ghibli, and later came to acknowledge that yes, I am a weeb.

I used to be heavily(ish?) into anime, but after watching all of Naruto in a month with fillers, I destroyed what was left of my patience. Nowadays it's difficult for me to watch a full season. I've switched over to manga, where, for the past couple of years; anything and everything goes. One-shots, doujins, Twitter comics, or serialized series, I'll read it all.

With COVID-19, I realized that I'd finally have time to log all my series, and made a MAL account. With that in mind, don't trust my manga count as MAL doesn't list many of the series that are out there. Whatever my list says, it's probably much more.

I'm a completionist/stubborn, so expect me to finish any series on my list. If a manga series is on hold/dropped, I either lost interest or don't have access to the remaining chapters. Most anime that's on hold/dropped suffers from me not being patient enough to finish an episode.


Favorite Genres?
Most stuff goes. If it's well written or has good art, I'll likely enjoy it. I'm always down for romance regardless of genre, Shounen is good for dumb fun and great fights, comedy is generally accepted, Ecchi is widely acknowledged, and Doujins are likely to have the launch codes saved.

Least Favorite Genres?
Yaoi, Yuri. That's pretty much it. I'll read this genre on recommendation, but I won't go out of my way to find new titles. Admittedly, all genres have their exceptions, but I tend to stray away from these in particular. Also, the 4-Koma format tends to rub me the wrong way.


Rating scale:
10. Masterpiece, a favorite, a must-read; if you haven't read/watched it, I will find you and change that.
9. Top-notch. These are all around great series. Maybe it'll have a flaw or two, but it'll be overshadowed by the rest of it.
8. Very Good. Now we're getting somewhere. It has at least one strong element; while it definitely isn't perfect, it's likely to satisfy an itch.
7. Pretty good. Worth more praise than normal, had a fair amount of good moments. Not necessarily going to re-read or re-watch.
6. Good. Nothing too much to say other than good, I was content reading it. Better than average, had its moments
5. Average. (pretty much the only rating that corresponds with MAL). You can read it if you want. I won't tell you no.
4. Bad. wasn't fun to watch, but I'm a good sport, and I finished it, though it might've been unenjoyable
3. Really bad. Probably had to force myself to watch/read it, it might be fine, but I might have found something about it to be unbearable.
2. Trash. I probably didn't finish it. If I finished it it'd be because I'd already put energy into it, but something was incredibly wrong with it, probably a drop in quality or a terrible ending.
1. Garbage. Probably read a chapter or watched an episode and decided I was done. Unless they were scarring, they probably won't make it up here since there's a high chance I forgot about it.

I'm stingy and value consistency, but take these ratings with a grain of salt. My scores, especially the worse ones, are entirely subjective. Many are decent series that had horrid endings, and thus warrant a much better score. However, if it has a bad score and I dropped/put it on hold, something's definitely wrong. Many of my on-hold/dropped series aren't necessarily bad, I'm just unlikely to pick them back up.

Honorable Mentions for Manga Favorites:
1. Do Chokyuu Kareshi x Kanojo
2. Girigiri Saegiru Katagiri-san
3. 5-Toubun no Hanayome