Taken from animeyume with small adjustment, I like writing up list like this.
Didn’t know what to put so I chose a fanart of my favourite character from my favourite artist – Banpai Akira
Larger branches
-Fan art: I like fan art, I used to draw tons of fan art. As I drew less, my love for fan art decreased. For now I guess it’s about 4. When I can get back to drawing regularly, it’ll be a solid 5.
-Fan fiction: Don’t like, don’t read, don’t write. Some short sarcasm/parody once in a while is fine though. 1
-Blogging/running a website: The first time I made a blog was back in 2006, I wanted an online diary and it has always been that way. I blog about anime/manga because I like them, not because I wanted to have a anime/manga blog. So I guess it’s a 3,5.
-Games: I love playing games. More often than not they took away my time to draw/watch anime/read manga. I’m just a casual gamer, I know little about games, doesn’t stop me from being a big games fan though. 5
-Anime music: Basically I’m tone deaf, I like catchy songs and whatever sounds nice. I like music in general and anime music is a part of it, it’s like how anime blogging to blogging. Another 3,5.
-Buying/Collecting: I used to buy manga every week, I used to buy posters and putting them all over my room, I used to go to every stores I know to buy art books, postcards, key chains, etc. It used to be a big 5. Now I don’t believe in the translation quality of manga in my country, my room is a big mess, the stores are full of those young fans that I don’t like, and I’m skeptical about those merchandises quality. I still buy figma and manga once in a while though. And I’d really want to buy art books again. For now it’s 3.
-Anime Conventions: For one thing, it’s too crowded, I feel like I’m on a bus at rush hours most of the time, they should try to rent a bigger place. For the other thing, I don’t have anyone to hang out with, and it’s impossible to have fun alone when it’s hard to move around with crazy fangirls screaming everywhere. Another of “it used to be” but a lot less dramatic than buying/collecting. 2
-Japanese language: I’ve failed to learn Japanese countless times since I first started to try in high school because I’ve been an emo from the end of middle school until like, the middle of this year. I’m free from that curse now though, and totally ready to give it another go. While Japanese culture is interesting, I don’t want to know more about it since if I know, I’ll probably use it in my fiction/manga and the world doesn’t need another Japanese setting. 4,5
-Self-made manga/fiction: I’ve been doing this from elementary school, I’ve never finished one and can’t even make a story at my current state but I will definitely do it, it’s a part of my life. 5
-Visual novel: It’s different to normal games I play so I put it in another branch. One of the biggest thing I want to get into so much but couldn’t because I failed to learn Japanese. I don’t know why but visual novel is just so fucking attractive, I even follow some eroge bloggers just to read their blabbing about delicious bishoujos and wacky story. 4,5
Smaller branches
-AMVs: It’s fun to watch once in a while but I don’t really care. 1,5
-Doujinshi: I only read hentai doujinshi. And some doujinshi I randomly feel like reading which is pretty rare. I did draw some doujinshi back in middle/high school though. 2
-Fansubbing: Don’t know anything about fansubbers, and don’t have motivation to know more. 1
-Cosplay: I did it once and I want to do it more but it’s not something I can/want to do alone, so unless I have a partner nothing will be done. 3,5
-Other animation: Will watch if it’s convenient for me, otherwise pass. 1,5
-Anime/manga related contest/ranking: Saimoe for example, I followed it when I first knew about it in 2007 but it isn’t until this year that I understand, have fun reading about Saimoe and even want to write about it. Japanese Saimoe is the only one I care about though, I don’t give a damn to other silly saimoes. There are also best anime, character of the year polls on some forums, ranking for top best selling, most favourite anime/manga/character from some Japanese magazine, sources. While I don’t actively find for those, I always have fun reading/bashing when I see them. 3,5
-Fandom of specific titles: The biggest reason why my fanart and collecting came to a halt – I have no fandom. Whenever I see some nice art book, a beautiful figure, a cool DVD box set and think having something like that is great, I always stop and ask myself “Do I even like that series?”. The answer most of the time is no. Whenever I feel inspiration after seeing some pretty fan arts and open photoshop to draw something, I stare at it for a while then leave it there because I can’t think of a character/series to draw. I want to like something, I want to get into a series like it’s serious business but I couldn’t. Hope I will be able to find it in the future.
So my top:
1. Self-made manga/fiction – Games
2. Visual novel – Japanese language
3. Fanart
4. Blogging – Anime musics – Cosplay – Contest/ranking
