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Hey everybody, I had a crazy idea just now. One that I think could be pretty fun and cool. Let's begin with this post by shirayuki75. In it, he comments on the very-interesting LB analysis by Isaac and comments that it's something one would expect to see in a VN literary journal. ... Then I started thinking: Maybe it would be fun to put one together! I've been editor on a handful of journals (though most were poetry journals), and I think it's a no-brainer that we have a lot of really interesting material here on the forums. Would anybody be interested in helping compile (or write anew!) interesting content and/or design the first-ever Fuwanovel Forums Literary Journal, Volume I (title a work-in-progress )? If not... No problem. Just seemed like a fun project we could do. I think we could have a good time with it. Let me know in the poll above, or by responding to this thread!

They say every modern writer begins with fanfiction XD

Finished Dengeki Stryker, and I have to admit it is pretty underrated. The characters are pretty good and the story is very enjoyable for what it was.

Ive been watching anime since August of 2012. And when I started, I thought it was interesting and a fun thing to watch. But for months, I never would have called it "important" to me. Anime was just another type of entertainment that I enjoyed which I mixed in witch other TV shows, gaming, and reading. But it all changed when the Anime-Haters attacked. It was one early March morning, when I went out with a group of friends to hang out. We rented a movie, forgot what it was, but it had traditional Japanese themes in it. Needless to say, I got into the movie (Girls in Kimonos, come on, nothing sexier than that). Then my friends, joking around would start to make fun of my fascination with the movie. And throughout the movie, I hear quirks like "Hey Vibrantblade! A girl in a Kimono! Oh wait, isnt she underaged? Like those Anime shows you usually watch?" stuff like that really, joking around, not really meaning it, just trying to get me heated up. They started to make fun of anime in general and the people who watch them, stereotypes really. But every time they remark about anime in general, I found myself a bit...heated? I started to aggressively defend anime and other Japanese Media (like JRPGs). I didn't see it as one of our usual fun arguments, I took it personally. But once they noticed I wasn't taking things as jokes, they backed down. Once I went home that day, I looked at my anime, looked at my small collection of downloaded shows, and that is when it hit me...Anime isn't some medium I use to enjoy my time. It was more than that. It was important to me. It started to become a lifestyle. Something that will take hours of my free time. And that is when it ultimately hit me...that I am an Otaku.