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180 · 10-23-2007, 07:50 AM

I understand how you feel. And I think a lot of other anime watchers probably do too.

I dream and dream about the day that the world be overtaken by monsters and I'd be the dashing hero, saving children, putting my life on the line. Now this seems pretty average. What I haven't told you is that this put me into serious depression. I day dreamed about it again and again and again. Dreams at night, dreams at day... I projected that dream into high school, then college...

Well now it's past college, no monsters, demons or aliens yet. Now I was depressed, A LOT. I mean I used to think... whats the point of living? All I'm doing is living day by day with no purpose. I always felt like.. THAT is my purpose to save the world, but the opportunity hasn't happened yet.

Well here is my problem (and you may feel the same way after you read this). There is a purpose in life. Just because there aren't any physical demons or monsters we battle, there are challenges for me out there. Real life ones. And I just need to be strong, go out and find them and conquer them.

We live comfortable lives. It is VERY good and anyone in the world would agree that we have the high life... Some people have never even seen TV, have a computer. - But we've grown accustomed to monotony, humans were designed by nature to tackle challenges, strife, climaxes... which is why we have anime in the first place. To take us to a place where a challenge exists and we overcome it.

Now all you have to do, is with ultimate passion, obsession and focus. Find one thing in real life you HAVE to do. Make it your purpose. if you search yourself you will find one. Think of an anime. Maybe you like Inuyasha. or maybe you enjoy Death note, etc. These animes actually hold the key to your life purpose. One of them that you really like reveals more about yourself than you could ever imagine.

I would like to know though:

What characters do you like?
What about the story do you like?
What does anime have that makes it so compelling over real life?

10-23-2007, 07:50 AM	#5 (permalink)
180 Family Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,356	I understand how you feel. And I think a lot of other anime watchers probably do too. I dream and dream about the day that the world be overtaken by monsters and I'd be the dashing hero, saving children, putting my life on the line. Now this seems pretty average. What I haven't told you is that this put me into serious depression. I day dreamed about it again and again and again. Dreams at night, dreams at day... I projected that dream into high school, then college... Well now it's past college, no monsters, demons or aliens yet. Now I was depressed, A LOT. I mean I used to think... whats the point of living? All I'm doing is living day by day with no purpose. I always felt like.. THAT is my purpose to save the world, but the opportunity hasn't happened yet. Well here is my problem (and you may feel the same way after you read this). There is a purpose in life. Just because there aren't any physical demons or monsters we battle, there are challenges for me out there. Real life ones. And I just need to be strong, go out and find them and conquer them. We live comfortable lives. It is VERY good and anyone in the world would agree that we have the high life... Some people have never even seen TV, have a computer. - But we've grown accustomed to monotony, humans were designed by nature to tackle challenges, strife, climaxes... which is why we have anime in the first place. To take us to a place where a challenge exists and we overcome it. Now all you have to do, is with ultimate passion, obsession and focus. Find one thing in real life you HAVE to do. Make it your purpose. if you search yourself you will find one. Think of an anime. Maybe you like Inuyasha. or maybe you enjoy Death note, etc. These animes actually hold the key to your life purpose. One of them that you really like reveals more about yourself than you could ever imagine. I would like to know though: What characters do you like? What about the story do you like? What does anime have that makes it so compelling over real life?