Like many other kids, I liked watching anime.

Kids get influenced by other kids.

Like other kids wanted to become firemen or astronauts, I wanted to make people laugh.

I was the kid who was too geeky for the other kids.

When I was little, I guess I was just an ordinary kid. But then things changed when I was in junior high. You know, kids that become geeks become one because of something. Like, they aren't good at sports, or girls don't like them. I, too, for some reason, got into things like science fiction and, well, especially science fiction as an escape.

Other kids had more talent, but I was the most focused.