Which anime or manga influenced you the most?

[noname223]

My favorite anime is Death Note. I always wanted to be as smart as Light Yagami and I studied hard to reach that goal. I think though I am done with re-watching it. The last time is many many years ago. I loved the sequel with Twitter 2020. I think this was the biggest manga highlight in the last 5 years for me. I wished they would bring another sequel. I hated Platinum End though. It was trash for me and a big disappointment.

Another anime I loved is Ghost in the Shell. The political plots interested me and the strong philosophical undertone. I am very curious for the new anime that will be released 2026.

I am still reading One Piece and Case Closed/Detective Conan and I loved both. I think both influenced me a lot. My favorite gacha game and I love to watch the new DC episodes on German. We are far behind Japan sadly.

I think Yugioh and Dragonball also influenced me a lot. Pokemon too.

What about you?

 

[CaptainSunshine!]

Baki the Grappler. I've been watching and reading it since I was 14 or so. I think I got into exercising from it. I began to love the human will and strength due to the anime. I find everything about it very cool and take everything seriously (as in, I don't laugh at the things people unfamiliar with it laugh at). I've completed the whole franchise (including the manga) like two or three times.
I've given it a break, but I might pick it up again one day.

I now just can't help but believe that the human mind and body is capable of anything. I just find that so cool. Of course, I know that that is not possible in reality, but it's a fun idea and mentality. I think Baki has influenced my personality a good deal. Probably because I was young and alone.

 

[ABadPerson]

I read Oyasumi Punpun and No Longer Human when I was younger, the former when I was extremely young, and I feel as though they subtly changed my perspective of the world early on despite not having grasped the concepts behind it fully at the time.

I have read a lot of dark novels, mangas and watched dark animes but those two genuinely warped my views and such, so I hold them in a special place in my heart.

Gantz also shaped me a lot, I really loved the series and it weirdly made me try to see through even the "worst" of people.

I always felt like I was more shaped by fandoms of indies more, but those 3 really incapsulates my mind. Especially No Longer Human, I would say that it has affected me the most as the original novel was a semi-autobiography who's author felt extremely relatable in his struggles in understanding humans as though he's simply not one.

 

[KenDuh]

It would be Sonny boy, the saddest thing is not being able to watch it like it is the first time, but even after that I'm thinking on rewatching

 

[Leonard_Bangley39]

i love one piece. i love the idea of being the freest man on earth, free to go wherever and do whatever