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Sword Art Online

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This should helpfully tell you nothing. So, after I went to Kentucky to dispose of my uncle's ashes with my family, I went to King's Island with my cousin, Steph (I may have called her Stevie in past posts). While we were walking around, I tried to convince her to watch Baccano! , and she responded by telling me to watch some show called Sword Art Online  or SAO. Well, last time I tried to get her to watch anything, she wanted me to watch Firefly  which I refused to do out of pride or silliness or something.  She then refused to watch Doctor Who  until I finished Firefly ... which was motivation enough for me to know to watch anything she tells me to watch besides the fact that I know Steph has great  taste. What did she tell me about the series? "It's about... a bunch of people who can't leave a video game until they win it... and then it becomes a love story." Now, I should warn you that the only videogames I ever really played were Mario Brothe...

Death Note

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Seeing this increases the dopamine levels of your brain... Interesting... When I was in mortuary school, I moved into a one bedroom apartment with a girl who was into anime, manga, and Japanese culture. She had this huge  bookshelf with all manner of different mangas with only two small lower portions for other books (art books and her limitted regular fiction intake). She also had other books stored under her futon and in her closet. I stored all my books at my mother's house and in stacks around my bed... and stacks around the front room at random. If a person were to put me in a room with a bunch of books I've never seen or experienced before, I would eventually get around to looking at them. During this time period, I started reading Fullmetal Alchemist , Bleach , Fruits Basket , Kitchen Princess , Mars  (I think that's what it was called), Ouran High School Host Club ,  Death Note , and many, many others. Some I liked and they really stuck with me for a lo...