Warning: Lots of fangirling ahead.
I came upon this realisation about myself recently. You see, I like reading manga and watching anime. Of course in recent years where I need to juggle these hobbies with other interests as well, I could not focus on these things as much as I like to. Nevertheless, I like manga and anime. If there is a chance, I'll definitely want to make time for them.
There are many titles to read from, and so I did. However, I noticed that certain manga/anime (let's stick to manga as I read more of them then watch anime) appeals to me more. What I mean is that while reading the story, some titles make me want to read more and more and I simply can't stop. Some titles just does not make me feel like "I've GOT to see what happens next!" Usually if these manga are still in publishing, it takes a long time for me to pick it up and continue.
Due to this, often I have to answer to why I am just not as interested to continue Toriko or HunterxHunter. But I think I've got it all figured out now. I need to have at least one character that attracts me physically. Like, I found out that very often if I were to read something and I go "So handsome!" or "So cool!"... most likely, I will be motivated to pick up the storyline again.
In other words, there needs to be something for me to FANGIRL about. ...
IT ALL MAKES SENSE!
Okay, I don't have to go hardcore fangirl at all. Many characters that I am going to list below ended their charm on me when the series ended too... maybe just lasting till a week after :P As long as the "attraction" is there while I'm watching it. That's all.
Here are the various manga/anime that I've been reading in the last two years... Of which within the first few episodes I found someone to fangirl about.
Full Metal Alchemist (I know right... what took me so long to watch this awesome work?)
I was watching Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood (a long awaited promise that I made to myself years, years, years ago). All of a sudden, I feel the spark of fangirlism. That's when I remembered that once upon a time, when I was still watching Full Metal Alchemist (the original), I had a small fangirl crush on Edward Elric. How can such a small guy have so much charm?? :3
Needless to say, I'm charmed by Edward Elric's seriousness whenever he fights.
Ao No Exorcist
I love this anime, and love the manga more (Why aren't they publishing the translations quickly!!) Absolutely started fangirling when Rin declared that he'll defeat Satan. Renzo Shima and Shura are also my favourites.
Sidenote: Oh crap. I believe I just stumbled upon a spoiler in the wiki. NOOO!!!
One Piece
Zorro and Sanji are my favourite characters (I like everyone though!) Sanji was the very first character I saw while first watching a random episode in the anime. But upon reading the manga at last, I saw Zorro, and instantly I was like "So cool!!!"
Fairy Tail
Natsu. Grey. Super mainstream. But who could dislike them? Even though I've stopped reading Fairy Tail, I don't mind picking it up again, for this reason among others.
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Ah. Seriously, the best manga I've read in its time. SDK was one of the first shounen manga that I've read and I seriously love it. But oh wait, we are not reviewing it. I must admit though, I may not like this manga as much without the presence of my dear scatterbrained Hotaru (bottom right).
Here's a shoutout to all SDK fanfiction writers, the people who were the first few to read my serious fanfiction works.
MAGI (Recent anime and manga that I've started)
MAGI is currently a series that I feel a lot for, but that's for another blog post if I ever got a chance. Yep, needless to say, Alibaba is just so handsome :D Okay, Alibaba also happens to be someone whose character development and portrayal is awesome. That probably adds more points, in my opinion.
Sharrkan is cool too, but let's just focus on one now, alright?
*sigh*
Finally, who can forget?
Final Fantasy VII
EDIT: Apparently two pictures of Reno show up when I publish it, but I don't know how to get rid of it. Oh well, I'm not complaining.
If you do not know that I'm fangirling over Reno, you should seriously go back and read my fanfiction agian.
There are many more, but we shall not list them all, haha! Hmm, I should totally do a post on reviews of the anime that I've watched too. Like, a short paragraph describing... okay, I'm digressing.
Ah, looks like I'm out of time. I will post another post on anime/manga that I could not begin to like or chase after despite its popularity.
Thanks for sticking with me through the fangirling. Hopefully I've recommended you some titles to try too :)
Pictures taken from:
FMA
Ao No Exorcist
One Piece
Fairy Tail
Samurai Deeper Kyo
MAGI
Alibaba
Reno
