Some girls out shine everyone. Some fade into the back ground, but secretly hope one day they can shine too. Then there are girls like me. The invisible girls. We don't try to fit in with the "populars", or the "preps", or whatever you want to call them. I know there are many invisible girls out there, but I am not only an invisible girl. I am also an otaku girl. Well, relatively an otaku girl. I love manga and anime. I also love J-pop and Vocaloids. I am insanely in love with the Japanese outburst. Though, many Americans have learned to adore this amazing gift from Japan, I can't seem to feel the impulsive need to scream it to the world. The only problem? I am invisible.
Now, I am sure you know that I am not really invisible, and this is just a metaphor of sorts. If I was really invisible, I wouldn't feel as invisible as I do now. Luckily for me, there is one thing I can always turn to to help release this feeling of unimportance and feel... There. Manga and anime are my sweet escape. I can dive into them and not have to seek refuge from the dark real world I belong to. At the drop of a hat I can be mentally captured in the world of manga and anime. Reading about Hikari and Kei having their first true kiss, sending my heart racing. Watching Tamaki jump off a bridge to be with Haruhi. Listening to cheerful speech and down pouring sorrow. Hearing the music flowing from the speakers, streaming all through out my mind. Manga and anime are not just some interest for me. It is my escape from reality. It is the place I seek comfort. It is the place with feelings I don't know. It is the world I wish to be apart of when the reality comes crumbling down upon me. Manga and anime.... Simple things. Drawings, and writing... Voices and music... Things that are so simple... But when combined. It creates my sweet and safe haven away from the real world. It creates my fantasy.
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