So I got introduced to a new ‘friend’ called Anime
(which is a Japanese Cartoon but with
more mature storylines) for me it started off as a hobby – you know
watching them for the sake of ‘passing time’, later it became an addiction.
I would get hooked on the plot twists as some
storylines were related to my life like Naurto (one of the characters of Anime)
was a lonely person, just like me. Then I liked the cute romantic storylines as
it’s something I desired (to be in a relationship), or I would even watch the
comedy themed Anime to help me forget my troubles, mistakes and help me to be ‘happy’
– for a moment at least. I found my new best friend, my crutch because compared
to any movie or any soap, Anime is all based on the drawing of the storyline
(manga). Therefore meaning as long as they can draw it, they can do it whatever
they like on the storyline whereas movies and soaps always seem to be the same
old storylines and pretty soon it all becomes very predictable. Now suddenly
reality was no longer important for me, I was seeing reality so predictable and
so boring my reality was predictable & boring…not as exciting and thrilling
as the Anime I was watching. As the possibilities were just endless, my
imagination took me anywhere I wanted, far away from everything that was
bothering me. So I closed the door of reality, I didn’t want to face it.
I was giving more time to Anime, from 2 hours it
increased to 8 hours straight of watching Anime, I think the most I watched was
around 200 episodes from one Anime show (each 20 to 30 minute) in a week, plus
I moved to read the rest of the storyline in the cartoon books which was less
than 100 chapters. However, all things come to an end
as I was realising that I was finishing Anime after Anime, the amazing storylines
were fading. I wasn’t satisfied I wanted more. That’s when I
discovered the other side of Anime, the sexual side to it, I didn’t realise this
before as they would show hints & flashes of sexual scenes. These small
scenes grabbed my curiosity but I didn’t care. I would feel ‘deprived’ if I didn’t
watch Anime…
This was happening during my final GCSE exams, I
would make an excuse of watching them as a means to de-stress from all the
pressure of my studies, so imagine - my concentration span was divided. Watching
them seriously impacted on my frame of mind, scene after scene of Anime would
re-play over and over again in my mind.
As the saying goes ‘’curiosity killed the cat’’ – well in my case ‘’curiosity killed my innocence’’…
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