#cosmic-ink

i strongly recommend it! i never thought id be into a cars anime but the story really gets you hooked and all the characters are pretty well developed and distinct in personality! so far im really appreciating it and even the “bad” guys stay after theyve been beaten and dont just disappear into the void. the protag is pretty interesting, he’s not that passionate about cars, ironically and he’s just pretty spaced out and unemotional in general and i like him a lot

you have some really good friendships in there too! like the ones i mentionned earlier, bunta and yuichi, theyre old friends and you see lil scenes with them just chatting late at night and stuff.

takumi (the protag) and itsuki also have a nice friendship, its the classical “calm vs loud” trope but they support each other and they’re really nice!

there’s also iketani and kenji altough they’re more of supporting characters and you see a bit less of them but you can still see theyre best friends

uhh takumi develops a relationship with a girl and so far it’s well thought out, he actually thinks about her every so often and it takes a long time for him to get attached to her which fits with his general personality. the girl is also a great character and she has a good story

my friend sent this

I feel alone, unimportant and unnecessary in a threatening world. The only thing I’m certain of in all this chaos and turmoil is that if there is any purpose, any direction our lives are meant to go in, that I have utterly and irreparably lost and wasted mine. My past is an inescapable weight around my neck, and my only hope for the future is that I’ll temporarily have work dangerous enough to be able to put it from my mind for a few blessed minutes. It takes every ounce of my willpower to get up in the morning rather than just hiding in a corner and praying there is no life after death.

So, all in all I’d say I’m still doing better than you.