As I get started with this blog I thought I might nab this clever "30 Day Manga Challenge" that has been floating around Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr. Here are the questions for each day:

Day 01 - Your very first manga
Day 02 - Your favorite manga
Day 03 - Your favorite mangaka
Day 04 - A character you feel you are most like (or wish you were)
Day 05 - A manga you would recommend to everyone
Day 06 - Your favorite character
Day 07 - A manga you disliked enough to stop reading
Day 08 - The most annoying character
Day 09 - A manga you’d like to see more of
Day 10 - A manga that makes you fluffy and happy when you read it
Day 11 - Your first manga crush
Day 12 - A manga you used to love but don’t anymore
Day 13 - The most epic scene ever
Day 14 - A manga that makes you cry.
Day 15 - The saddest scene
Day 16 - A manga that isn’t licensed but SHOULD be.
Day 17 - A manga that you feel embarrassed about liking
Day 18 - Favorite BL/yuri couple
Day 19 - A manga that you disliked at first but came to enjoy later on
Day 20 - A manga you started out enjoying but ended up not liking as much
Day 21 - A manga that deserves more recognition
Day 22 - A manga you wish didn’t exist
Day 23 - Best anime villain
Day 24 - The best long manga series
Day 25 - The last manga you read
Day 26 - The best manga oneshot
Day 27 - A manga you would never buy
Day 28 - A manga you think is so brilliant it’s like literature
Day 29 - A manga you read that was just plain weird
Day 30 - Your favorite anime opening/ending theme

Here I am reading the latest (as of July, 2014) volume of
Naruto at Lake Tahoe. Reading on the beach in style.

I was vain enough to start this blog after catching myself talking about the most recent chapters in Naruto. After explaining something that, I felt, was simple and warranted a short, opinionated rant I noticed that I had actually been talking for nearly half an hour. I thought that maybe, just maybe I could bring these explanations, reviews, and rants to the Internet where everyone cares (or doesn't). I hope to bring more than manga to this site and I will challenge myself to discuss more than what I am interested in and bring new ideas and opinions to otherwise forgotten or unheard of series.

Currently, I am not the most impressive individual but I have done plenty that I am proud of. I have graduated from a university with a B.A. in Journalism, I have studied abroad in Japan, and I have had the internship of my dreams with a company in San Francisco. I aspire to work towards a career I will truly enjoy and can contribute my best work to. This has involved some soul searching, some networking, and some hard work gaining valuable experience. Perhaps you, the reader, will assist me in accomplishing my goal.