DAY 10: Sanosuke Sagara

I used to be a huge anime fan back in high school (although I was extremely picky about which ones I followed). This is what opened me to the world of J-Pop & J-Rock, and eventually K-Pop because Korean artists penetrating the Japanese music scene, like BoA (yes I liked her, don't judge me!). I was thankful I went through that phase during the time when Korean music companies were nurturing a few great acts as opposed to churning out random groups every week. But I digress.

Apart from my broadening my musical world, watching anime also helped me a lot in my Japanese foreign language class and my Asian history class. The show that was most useful and enjoyable was Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X, whichever you want to call it. Great story, well-developed characters, and I learned a lot. Plus I had the biggest crush on Sanosuke--he was tall, brooding, good-looking, and funny. I was dead set on finding someone who looked like him (and this is probably why it took me so long to get a boyfriend :D).

Almost a decade later, still no real Sanosuke. Although I did manage to find someone who is tall, occasionally broods, is good-looking, and extremely funny; he gave me that Sano plushie.