UPDATED 11/25/2024

First off, I am not a writer, and probably will not post a single story on this site. But, I have been reading stories and novels for over XX years, let's just say awhile. I have always been a kid at heart, and thus a manga and anime, and now fanfiction fan, for about 22 years or so. Prior to that I read almost exclusively hard sci-fi novels from greats such as Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Alastair Reynolds, Stephen Baxter and the Master, H.G. Wells.

Due to major health issues, I have lots of time to read. Because of my love of manga and anime, this led me to fanfiction and this website and others. I really enjoy these stories by new and accomplished fanfiction writers trying to hone there craft. I WISH TO THANK EVERY WRITER WHO POSTS THEIR WORK HERE. Whether or not I like it is irrelevant, they spent hard worked time for no money to post here and get reviews. Please help them out as much as you can. Like everybody I have my likes and dislikes.

I Dislike: We. (I live in the USA) seem to be only english-speaking country, at least, able to rehash shows with tons of cruddy prequels, sequels, and superheroes, the bane of so-called animation, though I personally don't think they qualify as real animation. They have worn out, idiotic storylines and writers who can't even seem to come up with any new ideas. We in the USA have zero creativity. Hollywood testifies to that fact. We used to go to the movies all the time, now there is nothing that justifies the high ticket and food prices? How! And most any decent film is anime or produced by Netflix and shows at home!

I Dislike: Most Isekai and Harem anime. Most isekai storylines are thought up by chimps and almost all of them are identical to every other one. Harems tend to be sexist and very unbelievable to any thinking mind.

I Dislike: Critics who are too damn worried about people's use of proper English spelling and grammar. English is not everybody's first language and I would rather see them work first on story structure, storylines, plots, etc. before english spelling and grammar. I have yet to read a story in rough english that I couldn't follow.

REVIEWS: If I review a story, I review from the aspect of a reader. I try to be honest and I try to explain the reasons for my comments. There are times when I have had a bad day or I start reading a story that makes no sense at all or which should have warnings which do not appear in the summary. Though there is no rule that says you must have warnings if certain behavior such physically or emotionally abusive acts, rape, torture, non-consensual sex (its rape), bdsm (sex abuse) and so on, I feel appropriate warnings should be in all these stories that the author in no way condones such criminal acts or something to that effect as young kids can access this website. Many writers do have warnings which is great, but I see many who do not. I don't believe in censorship, but rather responsibility. And if I wish to review a story, I don't care if it's new or old. Someone may see a review I do of an old story by another author and it may help them when writing a new story. I do not tend to write reviews on very many older stories though as a habit as most things have already been said.

OKAY, FOR FUN STUFF! I am a huge yuri fan! I think most yuri writers' stories have much more depth to them than hetero writers. Too many hetero writers stories are pretty much the same boring guy is dumb, or somehow lacking, but by the end he saves the girl or girls and is the hero because even though the woman/women were more than capable of doing things on their own, by the end they are hanging on the guy cause only he can make things right and the girl or harem are drooling all over him and just can't do1 a thing without him doing it for them. Geezer, that is so worn out. Thankfully anime is changing and yuri I think has caused part of this change. If you know of anime or manga with yuri writing that has Pairings I have not listed below, please PM me with the info as it seems many of the good older fandoms are dead or not very active in yuri stories, such as Sailor Moon. I'm not current on everything, so any yuri help is much appreciated.

Favorite Yuri Pairings & Related Anime/Manga: Chikane x Himeko (KnM), Nanoha x Fate (MGLN), Shizuru x Natsuki Mai x Mikoto Haruka x Yukino (Mai Hime), Michiru x Haruka Rei x Minako Ami x Makoto Hotaru x Chibi Usa (Sailor Moon), Neviril x Aeru (Simoun), Mato/BRS x Yomi/Dead Master ((BRS), Hotaru x Komari (Non Non Biyori), Mireille x Kirika (Noir), Mariko x Akiko (Girl Friends), Any pairing by mangaka Morinaga Milk, Mew x Donut (Lily Love), Ice x Ploy (Lily Love 2), Mel x Lynn (Pulse), Kase-san x Yamada (Yamada & Kase-san) Ruby x Weiss, Yang x Blake (RWBY), Sister Meg x Angela (Tetragrammaton Labyrinth), Fumi x Akira (Aoi Hana), Touko x Yuu (Yagate Kimi ni Naru), Moritani x Murakami (Fragtime), Utena x Anthy (RGU), Sumika x Ushio (Whispered Words), Homura x Madoka (PMMM), Kanade x Yukino (Candy Boy), more to come...

Favorite Hetero Pairings & Related Anime/Manga: Shota x Sawako (Kimi ni Todoke), Mina x Akira (Dance in Vampire Bund), Soushi x Ririchiyo (InuXBoku SS), Mei x Yamato (Say "I love you."), Takeo x Rinko (MY love STORY!!), Nagisa x Tomoya, Tomoyo x Tomoya (Clannad), Renji x Chihiro, Yu x Yuko (ef a tale of memories & melodies), Usagi x Mamoru (Sailor Moon), Tada x Kaga (Golden Time), Hakuya x Kobeni (Engaged to the Unidentified), more to come...

Favorite Japanese singers: Mizuki Nana, Elisa, Radwimps, Remedios, Yanagi Nagi (thanks to A. Zap)

FAVORITE AUTHORS & STORIES: I list these for really my own purpose. There are many stories I read again and again. I can't always remember the names so I keep these list. Anyone can use them, but they aren't meant to be my only recommended stories, just ones I want to read multiple times.