So, this got really tl;dr. Just read the bold print if you don't want to wade through everything. This is inspired by two things - a comment made to me on Pinterest, and the fact that last night NyQuil stopped making me sleep and started preventing me from sleeping, and my mind needed something to occupy itself while I finally did fall back to sleep. So, here you go. If you've never really delved into anime other than Pokemon, and maybe being forced to watch Ponyo by an overenthusiastic preschooler, but you'd like to become familiar with it, this thread is for you. BTW - hey fellow otaku,