What got you into Bleach and how did you come to love Izuru so much?
I got into bleach when I was about…..15, so twelve years ago. I devoured the anime, which was still ongoing at the time, so when I ran out of episodes, I started reading the manga and I loved that even more.
And bc the anime/manga were still ongoing, the community was really active when I joined that (on livejournal back in the day). And I just loved the community so much, and had such a good time. Plus I was still enjoying the manga so much.
And like that it just kinda became part of my life. Like clockwork I’d watch the new episode, and read the new chapter every week. And then talk about it on livejournal, and I’d spend like, entire days, on lj talking about bleach, and making icons, and macros, and reading fanfiction.
And the thing abt livejournal is that it was really good for if you had a favorite character, because you could make separate community blogs for them, JUST for fans of that character and people would constantly be posting on it. Sharing discussions and art and icons etc. It was really nice.
Also at the time, bc I was so into manga, my interest in drawing got way intense, and let me tell you, there’s nothing better for your art than being so into a character that all you wanna do is draw them day and night. Which I did.
And still do, bc even after all those years I still love drawing Izuru, and I love him so much as a character, and I love bleach, and I love my memories and experiences in the community.