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    • bennyb
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      Partially in response to people who think watching cartoons or reading comics is a waste of time, or to those soulsearching as to a purpose in their life, I will share 2 of my positive experiences with the mediums of anime and manga.

      1. Motivating interesting in a physical activity - Just like Eyeshield 21 reminded me why I loved to watch football, watching Slam Dunk really brought back my passion for the game of Basketball. Ever since I began watching it I've been incorporating playing Bball more into my daily workout. I imagine this can work with almost any sports-themed anime/manga

      2. Motivation to learn a language - My interest in Japanese language and culture was also provoked by anime and manga, as I'm sure is the case with many people who really decide to study the language. If all goes well, I should be doing a year internship next year in Tokyo or Kyoto.

      So anyone w/ positive stories, share your experiences! (and stay posi)

      Daily grind got you down?

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      • Taleran
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        its fun?

        seriously this is the only reason I'll ever need

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        • igalsfy
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          the whole "when there's a will there's a way" in nearly each and every anime/manga can't be bad for people or youngsters.

          discovering new interests (thanks hikaru no go).

          my weekly one piece fix helps me to end the week with turning crazy.

          often leads you to discover japanese culture which leads to learn stuff about asian culture.

          and… yeah, the girls are hot, it can only have positive effect ^^;

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          • taboo
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            It made me want to be a better artist. xp

            YGO made me want to be a chess master, Digimon made me want to be a fast soccer player, and Pokemon made me want to be an obsessed nerd.

            ![](images/smilies/ipb/heart.png "Heart")![](images/smilies/ipb/heart.png "Heart") ![](images/smilies/taboo/tabs.png "Ron Swanson")

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            • Local-chan
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              It highly boosts your creativity factor, I mean, One Piece and Doctor Who rekindled my love of writing again, so yea…

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                Pokemon made me want to be an obsessed nerd.

                Really positive indeed!!!

                For me, watching anime and reading manga have kept me out of trouble. The time I used to spend doing….err....other stuff, is now being spent on anime/manga, so I guess it's a positive for me. However, my personal life does seem to be suffering. Hmm........

                Rather live a coward than die a man.

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                • captain usopp
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                  well the charicters will to never give up, does inspire me to keep going, even when my life sucks, but then again, if I did not watch TV, or hang out here all day, my life would be so much more productive. like…I should be doing my taxes right now,, but instead, I feel the need to respond to a meaningless thread about the benifits of an obsessive hobby I have. XD

                  (no offence to the thread, but in the big picture of life, really, is this going to help me)

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                  • Taleran
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                    Hotblooded Manly Courage if Fuel for LIFE!

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                    • I
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                      Well, it's reading. Most kids don't even do that anymore.

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                        ok, THAT! is a very good point. (gives israfel a cookie)

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                          Yay for cookies!

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                          • Buuhan1
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                            You learn tons of ways you could kick someone's ass, but actually pulling the moves off is another story..

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                              Well, Rurouni Kenshin sparked my interest in Japanese history and culture, and I have a weekly discussion about it with the Chinese teacher at our school (who is Japanese oddly enough). My interest in Japanese history led to me discovering some really amazing authors, like Natsume Soseki.

                              Anime also introduced me to my favorite band, the pillows.

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                              • Local-chan
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                                Anime gave me Robin to obsess over…..no wait, is that really a positive thing?.....hmmmm....I dunno, yes I think lol

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                                  Art… You should have seen my drawings before I encountered this stuff.

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                                  • Cr4zy
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                                    Positive Effect: It helps me masturbate. o.0

                                    On seriousness, it's just something to keep me happy.

                                    ~My Deviantart Page~

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                                      Tales of Symphonia (It's a video game, but hell, it clearly anime/manga inspired…) gave me a definate idea of what I wanted to do in the future. And got me interested in other manga/anime.

                                      Originally Posted by FUNimationRules

                                      Teenagers watch crap like Family Guy and South Park and make insults like fuck you and some does drugs or play sports or play video games.

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                                      • Ramza
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                                        @Israfel856:

                                        Well, it's reading. Most kids don't even do that anymore.

                                        lol i know what u mean….

                                        Youtube...One Piece Ep ###

                                        Random Dubbie: hey can u put the english one piece? reading suck!! follow up by a bunch of flaming from others

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                                        • Impel Down
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                                          Sanji has helped me remember body parts in french, and Robin helped me with spanish numbers.

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                                          • captain usopp
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                                            such valuable information XD

                                            I'm not mocking, I just find it humourous.
                                            (i'm no better)

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                                            • Aoi Neko
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                                              • One Piece inspired me to become a great manga-ka like Oda. ❤
                                              • Looking through the manga in Japanese makes me want to learn the language.
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                                                caused me to be more creative with writing stories…the anime stuff... i combine what i have watched (all the anime) watch and write stories hehheh

                                                Life is nothing more than game that you can only play once.

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                                                • Cap'n Carter
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                                                  A good way of forgetting about the girl at the taco stand rejecting your advances

                                                  the bigot who thinks being an asshole is actually worth shit

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                                                    Reading and watching manga simply gets me in a good mood. I also get pumped up artistically, although I can't draw anything manga-like without a model. I've tried and I suck big time. 😁 Life has thrown lots of crap at my face, but for many years manga & anime has been able to cheer me up. 😄

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                                                      jojo teaches me a lot XD

                                                      -planning strategies for killing
                                                      -life facts XD

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                                                        I had a science test and there were some questions about water pressure and I remembered Sanji vs. Kurobi and I got it right.

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                                                          @Impel:

                                                          I had a science test and there were some questions about water pressure and I remembered Sanji vs. Kurobi and I got it right.

                                                          Hehe, that's quite funny actually.

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                                                            @Impel:

                                                            I had a science test and there were some questions about water pressure and I remembered Sanji vs. Kurobi and I got it right.

                                                            lol could u tell us the question? 😁

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                                                              I watch it mostly because it is fun but every once in a while something good will come out of it.

                                                              1. Seeing Haru or Zoro training to become stronger motivates me to start working out again.

                                                              2. They have a lot of good "don't give up" kind of pep talks which actually help when things are looking grim in my life.

                                                              3. It helps me by giving me ideas for drawings or stories that I am writing.

                                                              (Thanks Jeece)

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                                                              The long awaited sequel

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                                                                  Watching One Piece in particular and Luffy's past to be even more exact made me realize how much I wanted to show everybody that I too could be someone by scarring myself at the ripe age of eight.

                                                                  Now, the whole strong mind and willpower he has is something I also repossessed through reading/watching OP, as well as the constant optimistic view of life and everything, and to goof off tons.

                                                                  With Keroro Gunso, it made me realize that even the worst, selfish, lovable person (or frog) in this case can be a great leader given the right situation. :3

                                                                  "Livin' the Asian life, one stereotype at a time."

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                                                                    Shouldn't this be in the anime forum? :x

                                                                    There are tons and tons of good points I can give. Thing is most people here don't realize anything because they look for the bad things, I can strongly say here that if anyone here was to know about my little hobby, at least 10% of my social life is gonna be ruined. Good points crash that fact though:

                                                                    1. ENGLISH. Man I suck at languages so much, I hardly got my own language. I got so much better in the English I hated for so long it's amazing, and even though I might suck at English here I got 100/100 in English at school.
                                                                    2. UNCOMMON STUFF THAT NO ONE CARES ABOUT. Yeah, no one cares about it, but it's always interesting and nice to know alot of facts that came up in anime and manga. I get to know so much things other wouldn't, and when the teachers point it out in class I'm the only one to know what they're talking about really. And like I said, it's interesting.
                                                                    3. MOTIVATION. HnG, Major and some others motivate me alot. I got baseball as a subject to do a huge school work [without anime I don't have any other sport] about. Go got my memory up, seriously, although I'm 2d and I quit for studying my memory is firmed. AND I HAVE BELLY SQUARES! HELL YEAH!
                                                                    4. It keeps me from getting bored. I was normally someone who wouldn't do anything and it really changed that, I'm not a lazy ass anymore.
                                                                    5. Many other stuff I'm proud about.

                                                                    lol, I was waiting to say all that. I was keeping it for so long. 😃

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