having done rl, animanga and animal rp and enjoyed them all, i think it's safe to say that for all of them, they scratch a different itch. that being said, i understand why people are uncomfortable with using rl faces for rp. it always made me feel a bit....weird also, but the vibes in rl rp spaces is simply so different than it is in our community that you kinda just get over it if you want to be apart of the community. i was only ever in it bc i wanted to write with a friend of mine, but i enjoyed my time there, and there are things about the rl rp community that i enjoy- and that i'm glad to see are starting to be incorporated into ours as well (such as the main profile app, the shipper app, etc)

i started off in animal rp, and i always come back to it bc it's a comfort for me. but i've always considered animanga rp to be my home. anime was such a safe space for me as a severely depressed teenager, and that's what def drew me to it for rp. i was already a rper by the time i discovered anime, so it was a natural leeway for me to start writing animanga roleplay. i definitely enjoy using pretty anime characters for faces, and i love the creativity of our members in the coding animanga community. i'm inspired by others constantly and it makes me want to be a better writer and coder for sure.

also i've been doing it for over a decade at this point and i feel like it's too late to change up LMAO