Daniel Blackworth

Boku dake ga Inai Machi / ERASED: 
"Every day, the words cross my mind. "If I had done this back then..." but they don't take the sincere form of regret. The words are just an excuse that come to my mind then disappear." - Satoru Fujinuma

"Thinking it's your fault after the fact is just pointless." - Sachiko Fujinuma

"The essence of good deeds and evil is the same. They're both no more than a person's actions to make up for a defect in themselves." - Yashiro Gaku

"The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." - Satoru Fujinuma

@Amethyst, I've seen that you like ERASED from your tumblr, what parts and aspects of ERASED did you like?

I honestly love the quotes from this manga/anime; I'd place more, but I want you guys to seriously read/watch this for a better effect. So, Boku dake ga Inai Machi is a seinen manga (which means a more mature manga), featuring Time Travel as a theme. The main character, Satoru Fujinuma, has the ability to go back in time for bits of time and he uses this to save lives. His life was going pretty normal but the events of the kidnapping and murders 18 years ago haunts him; a lot of things happen such as the real serial killer at the time kills his mother and he's framed for killing his mother. Suddenly, he's brought back to 18 years ago, the time before the serial murders happen. He uses this opportunity to stop the murders of two of his friends and a girl from another school, but he fails initially and is sent back to the present. Still, he changed things slightly and after a few troubles regarding the heroine of the present and his current circumstances, he is able to go back to 18 years ago and this time, he tries his best to avert the serial killings for real. He is able to avert the first girl's death, Kayo, by fixing her family problems, and he later turns to the other two potential victims' welfare. What's really unexpected is that you don't expect that 'that person' is the actual killer, but Satoru realizes it at the very last point, and the villian is able to throw him into the frozen lake. He wakes up 15 years later after being in a coma, and continues the struggle with the main villian. He is able to successfully arrest him, and lives happily, knowing that he stopped the murders from happening. I quite enjoyed this manga, although I'm a bit confused as to why the main character really has that ability to time travel, for its mature theme (which was portrayed well by the illustrations) and really complex and deep story, but what I liked the most from this manga is the excellent villian, who was well executed by the story writer. I also liked how time travel was greatly used as a tool to portray the character's growth as he learned to improve his human relationships and trust in others.
[5/7/17]

If you haven't read/watch ERASED, check at your own risk:

"There's a place you just can't reach unless you have a dream too large to bear alone. We call everything on the ice 'love.'" - Yuuri Katsuki from Yuri on Ice!

Yuri on Ice! was a really good and enjoyable anime. It completely showed the beauty of figure skating in its entirety due to the deep emotions expressed by each figure skater in their own performance, their feelings towards the different people in their life, and their passion and love for the sport itself. Yuri on Ice! features a dynamic protagonist, Yuuri Katsuki, one who grows throughout the anime. The story starts out with him placing last in the Grand Prix Finals, and he is heavily depressed due to the humiliating defeat he had. Things change suddenly when Victor Nikiforov, Russian World Champion, decides to be his coach when he is inspired by Yuuri's imitation of one of his performances. Yuri Plisetsky, another Russian skater, becomes jealous and goes to Japan to convince Victor to coach him instead. They both compete for it and Yuuri's performance on 'Love: Eros' is able to move the people more. Yuuri is officially coached by Victor Nikiforov, and they both fight to win the Grand Prix Final. Over the anime, Yuuri grows both as a person and as a skater, and grows in the two fundamental Ls, Life and Love. The ending is kind of bittersweet, but it was able to finish the series beautifully and gracefully. Another thing I liked about this anime is that it didn't only focus on the main protagonists, but it also gave good backstories and motivations for the other skaters, dealing with realistic themes such as anxiety, determination, and will to fight. The performances were also executed well, each one unique and beautiful in their own regard.
[5/6/17]

Best figure skater theme song:

This is so true