Things I like most in Japan

ANIME

Without anime I won’t recognize Japan. All things I like in Japan started with Anime.

My favorite anime character is Hiei of Yuyu Hakusho. 

Hiei (飛影^?) is a male fire demon born to a race of female Ice Maidens. The Ice Maidens reproduce every 100 years aually, always giving birth to a female. A male child is born only if the Maiden has had with a male, which is forbidden in their society. Hiei was born as one of the twin children of the Ice Maiden Hina. As her children were born, Hina wept two tears which crystallized and were given to the babies. Hiei was thrown from the floating Ice Domain by Hina's closest friend Rie, to his supposed doom. He managed to survive, though, and grew up in the wilderness where he developed a thirst for killing. The only times he found peace were while looking at the tear-gem from his mother. He later decided to find the ice domain in order to take revenge on the women who cast him out. He loses his tear-gem during a battle and, realizing he must now find the stone as well as the Ice Domain, went to the Osteopath Shigure and has the Evil Eye (Jagan in Japanese, referred to as the Jagan Eye in the English anime dub) implanted in his forehead which gives him many powers, including hypnosis,telepathy, and clairvoyance or remote viewing. Even with the Jagan Hiei cannot find his tear stone, though he easily finds the Ice Maidens' glacier home. When he gets there he finds his mother's grave and his lust for revenge fades. He is told his twin sister has run away and decides to search for her as well. Hiei is an expert with a Katana due to the environment in which he grew up. He also has superhuman speed and can produce and control fire. During the Dark Tournament he taps into the unruly fires of hell, known as the Dark Flame of the Overlord, or in the English dub, "Dragon of the Darkness Flame", which he eventually masters. At the end of the manga, he is assigned as one of the guardians of the portals between the human and demons realms.(wikepedia)

I have loads of favorite anime shows (and manga) but Dragon ball Z will always be my no. 1.

I always dreaming to be a saiyan girl back then (hehe)

Gravitation is part of my top ten. If I wouldn’t watch this anime I will be forever a hater.

The story surrounds an aspiring singer, Shuichi Shindou, and his band, Bad Luck (formed with his best friend Hiroshi Nakano, who is on guitar). Shuichi wants to become Japan's next big star, and follow in the footsteps of the famous idol Ryuichi Sakuma, lead singer of the now-disbanded legendary group Nittle Grasper. One evening, Shuichi is looking over lyrics for a song he was writing when his paper is blown away by the wind and picked up by a tall, blond haired( light brown in the manga)stranger. The man dismisses Shuichi's hard work as garbage, which hurts Shuichi deeply. Despite his anger, he is intrigued by the stranger. This will be their first encounter as Shuichi becomes fascinated by the stranger, who soon turns out to be the famous romance novelist, Eiri Yuki (real name: Uesugi)(wikipedia) (this is my inspiration for my fanfic Lucky star)

I fell in drawing and writing fanfics because of anime.

When I was in High School I always draw manga but I stopped due to busy schedule in college. My favorite among my manga is Wicked Witch a story of a prince who asked his elf friend to find him a wife. The elf recommended the most beautiful princess who was captivated by a wicked witch… they decided to save the princess but the prince found himself in love with the witch…

My other favorite is “I’m not afraid” the longest manga I drawn (about 60 pages) though I didn’t afford to buy and use ink…

In fanfics, my very first title was… I really can’t remember… I started when I was nine. All of them included anime characters, and it was written in my native language. I started writing English fanfics when I found this site.

Another thing I like in anime is music. I really love anime songs. I always like gravitation soundtrack esp “In the moonlight” by Kotani Kinya, Arigatou by Kokia, songs of Chihiro Yonekura and many more to mention.

In mangaka, of course it is Akira Toriyama. I love him for creating DBZ… I also like Higuchi Tachibana who made Gakuen Alice and M to N no shozou.

All in all, I like everything about ANIME!!!

Cherry blossom           

Yes, I want to go in Japan to see a real Sakura tree.

Tokyo tower          

   Another reason why I want to go in Japan… I want to see this Tokyo tower, and also Ebisu Garden place where DomYouji and Makino’s first date happened. I also want to visit Yamaa park where Maotsujun rumored to be dating.

Sushi          

   This is my favorite Japanese food. So far I only tried making tuna flavor.

Arashi

            Need to explain? ^^,  I love their songs!!! Aside from that they are all gorgeous! For me Jun Matsumoto is the most handsome among them.Ninomiya is the best actor. Ohno is the number one dancer and singer! I also like him for his talent in drawing! -so sugoi!. Lastly is Aiba… the clown in the group! I really like his character in their variety shows, plus his singing voice is winner for my ears

And oh… how can I forget SHO SAKURAIi!!! He’s my Ichiban! For me HE GOT IT ALL haha!!! I like his hosting!

1 liter of Tears           

I love Japan for making this drama. The time I wanted to give up (most especially in love) this drama helped me to continue!

Quotes from this drama:

"As I think about the past, the tears will come out. Reality is too cruel, too brutal. I don’t even have the right to dream. As I think about the future, the tears will come out again.”

“I’m glad I came (to Higashi High School again), because it reminded me, the 15-year old me, was indeed, alive here.”

“The flower petals are opening up, each one more than the other. The flowers will once again blossom in full glory. Knowing yesterday what will happen to them today, made me happy.”

“Just that one sentence, ‘I won’t leave you’, encouraged me a lot. Doctor, thank you for not leaving me.”

ep.3: Why did the disease choose me? I cannot carry it, if it’s just for the word “fate”.

Episode 4 : I want to build a time machine and revisit the past. If it weren’t for this disease, I might even be in love. I want to cling to someone’s arm so badly.

Episode 5 : Regret. Pitiful. It’s okay if I’m in pain by myself. But I’m also bringing trouble to the people around me.

Episode 5 : I really don’t want to say things such as “I want to go back as how things were before” . I recognize how I am right now, and I will continue to live on.

“Just being alive is such a lovely and wonderful thing.”

Sometimes I feel like my body doesn't belong to me. What's happening to me?

"To be able to smile and tell everyone this; i have, at least, cried one litre of tears. "

* I really don't want to say things such as "I want to go back to how things were before". I recognize how i am right now, and I will continue to live on.

* Even though I have been hurt before by those heartless glares this also helped me to understand that around me, there still exists some gentle glares. Therefore, I definitely won't run away. That's what I'll do. Definitely. Always.

* The quiet classroom after class; The view outside the window; the wooden floor of the corridoors; Talking in homeroom; I like all these. I'm likely to only cause trouble for people and it might not really do me any good to stay here. Even if it's like that, I still want to stay here. Because this is the place where I am.

* To be able to smile and tell everyone this; i have, at least, cried one litre of tears. Therefore, even when i leave this school, I definitely won't think that some things have ended.

* If you look up at the sky after falling down the blue sky is also today stretching limitlessly and smiles at me...I'm alive.

* For those people who are really listening, they will definitely understand. * People shouldn't dwell on the past. It's enough to try your best in all that you're doing now.

* Reality is too cruel, too brutal. I don't even have the right to dream. As I think about the future, the tears will come out again.

* Where should I head towards? Even if there isn't answer, I'll feel better by writing it down. I've looked for a pair of helping hands but I couldn't feel them, couldn't see them. I only face towards darkness and hear hear the sounds of my hopeless screams.

Inoue Mao        

    I really love Maotsujun. Until now there are rumors about them dating. I really want them to be together in real life or in a drama (with different storyline from HYD)

If they don’t end up together, I’ll continue supporting Inoue Mao. I like her more than I like Jun Matsumoto!

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I remembered when I heard the news about the tsunami last March (correct me if I’m wrong) I cried… Others said they don’t want to go in Japan anymore—my thinking didn’t change!

This country is my second favorite place.

No. 1 is my country Philippines

No.2 is JAPAN

No. 3 is Paris France where my sisters resided

No.4 Salt Lake Utah where LDS temple is located

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