


My teenage world consisted largely of cars, motorcycles, baseball, snowboarding, and watching shows like Mythbusters or Monster Garage, not necessarily in that order.

But for some reason – perhaps my lack of interested friends and my inability to access the internet consistently until college – I did not fall down the rabbit hole of comics, manga, or even card games like Yu-Gi-Oh or Pokémon. I have heard of a few handfuls of the biggest names thanks to casual mentions or their placement in other popular media. In the extremely popular world of Japanese manga and anime I am essentially clueless because I have next to no exposure to any of the source material behind the most popular properties.
