1,4,22,24 for the dgm ask!
1. How did you discover DGM?
When I was younger, they used to air two anime series on our free-to-pay TV here at 11pm-12am on weekdays (one ep for each series) and I was a huge fan of watching the anime that they aired. DGM started airing after the previous series ended, and since I was already tuned in anyway, I decided to just give it a try. At that time, the first season was almost/already complete, and the second season was airing iirc, so we got like weeks of it to watch. I ended up being fascinated by it, and in December 2007 the broadcast had caught up with the Japan broadcast so it became one episode per week. I remember it was a big deal then because we had same-week broadcasts and it was my first time ever watching an anime on the same week that it aired in Japan - the episode aired on Tuesdays in Japan, and on Fridays here. It was a good time.Â
4. Did you read the manga first and then watched the anime, or vice versa?
I started reading the manga very shortly after I started watching the anime, since I was very curious about everything and at the time it was an absolute pain to watch anime online. I started reading on onemanga.com (wow that name is ancient), and at some point I began buying the tankobon volumes.
22. When did you join the fandom?
This is⌠up for debate depending on whether you count fandom as âcreating fanmade contentâ or âinteracting with fellow fansâ.Â
I wrote my first DGM fanfic in September 2007, took a hiatus from animanga fandom between 2010-2014, then came back in 2014 and never really left. I also remember using DGM fansites and communities back then, but I was never an active member of those fansites and forums and usually only lurked on them. I mostly interacted with people on fanfiction.net & my own RL friends who were also fans of the series.
If you mean âactive meta discussions & interaction with fellow fansâ then itâd be March 2016 when I came back to tumblr for a K-drama and ended up getting sucked back into DGM with the hype around then-Chapter 222.Â
24. If something worries you, to which character would you go to to talk about your worries?
Kanda. I usually just need a listening ear when I get worried, and as weâve seen, Kanda canonically is good at doing that. Heâll also be super good at calming me down and telling me my fears/worries are unfounded if I end up extrapolating too much.