For we must all learn to howl.

I don't know if I've ever talked about this before, but anime saved my life. It's when I watch anime that I don't hear the voices, that I don't hear my dad commenting that I eat too much, that I don't remember the numbers on the scale. When I watch anime, I don't feel fat - because in anime I can at least pretend that if I were in that world with all those characters it wouldn't matter. When I started out with Death Note, it helped me channel the voices and made it easier to cope with the everyday urges to hurt myself or do stupid things to myself. When I watched Prince of Tennis, the Seigaku boys felt like a huge family that would welcome me back no matter what, and didn't care what I thought about myself - I was a part of them either way. This is why I watch anime. Because when I watch anime, I can pretend for the duration of each episode that I don't feel the fat endlessly pressing against my sides, my legs, my arms, my face. ...