What book/anime/movie made the biggest difference to your life?

@lamby ahahaha, oh yeah, I really love PMMM a lot!! But there's a lot of underlying stuff in the technical aspect that are not so good. But this isn't the time or place to go into that LOL. But yeah, if PMMM wasn't enjoyable or didn't mean something to me in some way, then it wouldn't have helped me the way it did!

Hmm, the first one I'd have to say would be Yu Yu Hakusho. I got pulled in when it was on Toonami when I was a kid. It introduced me to anime as a whole and I identified a bit with Yusuke back then, a troubled kid with a good heart under all the roughness. I really dove into anime and animation in general after that to find an escape from my parents divorce.

If I'm allowed to include video games, the Final Fantasy VII, easily, by far. Bleach was the first anime I ever watched subbed, but FLCL was probably what really opened my eyes into thinking that weird and outlandish things could be amazing. That basically meant those two things shaped my entire anime watching world, which is fairly large in my life. I can't attribute much more to any other thing in my life. As far as morals are concerned, I pretty much intrinsically had good morals, though the things I viewed did refine them a bit. As a whole, entertainment has expanded my horizons. In the beginning I was fairly close minded, which is foreign to me now or at least I like to think so.

I can name some books/series that inspired me deeply. Mans Search For Meaning opened my eyes to a lot of things that being in my position I would have not known. It expanded my capacity to understand peoples reasons for suffering and how they developed ways to get around the problems they were dealt with. Outliers was enlightening on what made people overall successful. Sherlock Holmes the entire series helped further my interest and curiosity in understanding things around be it the smaller things that go unnoticed or the things that we often look at. It also gave me a large sense of thrill as a kid. The Alchemist was a grand journey one that I couldn’t have done without I would say it helped me dream more than anything. Fountainhead made me think a lot about my own actions along with the very reasons I had certain thoughts or metacognition. The Call of Cthulhu made me question fear itself and how important our own mind is in creating the fear around us. The Last Lecture was something I read as a adult but nonetheless affected me in a way. It taught me about accepting situations for what they were even if the outcome wasn’t necessarily positive or in my favor. One of the main quotes I use for motivation is in this book. "We cannot change the cards we are dealt just how we play the hand". Lastly quiet a old book but one that I believe is still applicable today Meditations. Theres a plethora of wisdom and philosophy in that book it helped me build character more than anything. As far as anime is concerned I would say monster did that the most. Along with march comes in like a lion and cowboy bebop.

Ghost Girl is my favorite book about an abused girl and her caretaker and rich dad poor dad >w> A manga that changed me? Tokyo fucking Ghoul, taught me the world is shit and the mangaka is sadistic af, but it's a very heartwarming story and i got too attached to the characters to drop it.

Definitely Rich Dad Poor Dad. I'd recommend it to any of you. Also the four hour body is a good read. Would not have made it this far without them. As for anime, no contest, Hajime no Ippo. It helped shape both my personality and taste in anime. The animation, character development, attention to details, applicable fitness and fighting advice, and a stream of clever and silly simple humor. I will resist the urge to start to rant but i can talk about this show for hours. As for film, whilst demolition man is my favorite movie...the one that had the biggest impact on my life growing up...I'll get back to you on that.

Kung Fu Panda 3. Nope, I am not joking. About six months ago I was in a really bad place; lonely, crap job screwing me around, self-hating, mega depressed, etc. I've had an issue with hating myself my entire life, and I think I kind of peaked around May. Then at some point I saw Kung Fu Panda 3 was on netflix and just kinda watched it for the hell of it. There is kind of a theme in the movie based on the question "Who am I?". I don't know why, but that question stuck with me for some reason. I began asking myself that question, but I had no idea how to answer it. I spent months searching for the answer to that question, and in time I began to hate myself less and less; for the first time ever I was getting to know me. I even made a few really cool friends in the process. Lately, after a long history of self-hatred, I've finally managed to come to accept myself, to realize that I'm not the horrible person I've always accused myself of being. The fight with myself hatred isn't over, but I feel like I've made more progress than I ever have because I have been asking myself that question that I learned from that silly ass movie.

In terms of books; - "The book of five rings" by Miyamoto Musashi (Taught me strategy, to be perceptive, to control my temper, and so much that helps me on the daily in life.) - "The meditations" by Marcus aurelius. (Taught me stoicism, perseverance, temperament, and true-optimism.) - "The prince" by Machiavelli. (Taught me to be to value both side of morality, but also the benefit of selfishness and being an overall businessman, It also taught me to negotiate, and to never be afraid to get what I want out of anything." - "The art of War" By Sun Tzu. (Taught me Strategy, Tactics, both I implement in my daily life." I also enjoy works from Robert Greene, and Robert G. Ingersoll. Theres so much actually, but those four are the greatest ones I thank for the changes in my life today. -