I swear anime actually ruined my life. When I first got into it as a teenager, I thought it was just about big titty waifus and cool fight scenes. But the more I watched, the more I noticed that I didn’t care about the male characters at all. I kept identifying with the girls, and it wasn’t just that I wanted to date them, I wanted to be them. The cute slice of life shows in particular made me feel like I was missing out on something I could never have.

At first I thought it was just a weird fetish or brainrot from watching too many cartoons. But the feelings never went away. Every time I saw anime girls doing normal stuff, I felt this pit in my stomach, like that should have been me. Eventually I looked it up and realized what I was feeling lined up with gender dysphoria.

I ordered estrogen online just to try it, thinking it was going to be a mistake. But the crazy part is it actually made me feel better, calmer, like something clicked into place. Now I can’t stop thinking about how anime basically gave me gender dysphoria and pushed me onto this path.