Hello and welcome to Keba's Anime and Manga Place (KAAMP for short)! Here at KAAMP, I write about anime and manga that I have seen/read as well as my views on them. I'll also post about my original stories from time to time.

Just beware that some of my posts contain spoilers. I'll put them in spoiler tags just in case.

KAAMP's history: KAAMP was created in July 2002 by yours truly. It was a sloppy-looking website on Yahoo's now defunct Geocities. I posted my anime fan art on that site. Also, for a time, I posted my thoughts on the few anime series that I had seen. Now that I look back on it, my thoughts were rather ill-informed (is that even a word?) because I had only seen bits and pieces of anime dubs. Now that I've seen more series, I think that my commentary on various anime will be a little better than before.

So, come on in and stay awhile! KAAMP is now in session.

Showing Off

Here's some artwork of my OCs that other people drew. I just wanted to show my appreciation to the artists. Conus vs. Pikachu by kita mikichi ...

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Oooooooooops (Updated)

I forgot about OCtober for the past two days! O_O I'll catch up, but I think the next couple off sketches will be headshots.

Update: Well, I've had as many days off as I've had on. Something tells me I'm not going to finish this. I'm considering wrapping up my Destination characters' sketches and calling it quits. I hate to say it, but I'm a bit burned out. Also, my wrist started hurting again.

Already Slipping Up

Well, guys, I don't have an OC drawing for today. I had to attend a memorial service for a family friend (my aunt's boyfriend's father, to be exact). I just wanted to show my support for my aunt's boyfriend and his family. Now it's almost 8:30 and I don't have much time for a sketch... unless I start now and post a half finished one.

So I'm going to redouble my efforts for tomorrow and try to get two sketches in. This may not end well, but I'm still going to try. Wish me luck.

My OC October Plan (Maybe)

I have a plan for what I'm going to do for OCtober. I'm going to sketch them out using Clip Studio Paint, and however far I get is what I post. My goal is to have at least a clean sketch of each character. If I get to inking, even better. Coloring is better still, but I doubt I'll get that far. Once OCtober is done, I can finish the drawings and re-upload them.

Now here's the problem. I'm 10 OCs short. Yeah, my current stories don't have large casts, for the most part. I mean, Destination has literally six characters, and two don't even have names!

So, what do I do? I have a few ideas. Add minor characters, add old OCs (which I'd rather not do), or do some concept art for new characters. What do you guys think? Feel free to chime in if you have any other ideas, too!

OCs, RPs, and Qs

How's that for alphabet soup? *Shot.*

I'm seeing a lot of original character crossovers lately. Same with RPs. From time to time, I actually lurk in the OC Universe RP World and check out character profiles. I've also noticed a recent trend where people are interviewing OCs. Personally, I find this very intriguing.

I'd love to join in on the fun, but there are a few things holding me back. For one, I'm not great at RPing. In all my life, I've only been involved with one RP in which the objective is to be as silly as possible. So I've never done a serious RP with an OC. And if my OCs were to meet anyone else's, they might be freaked out by characters. I mean, I've got people with powers, people that aren't people, demons that somewhat look like people, inhabitants of other planets that hardly look like people, and a stick figure.

Second, I'm not familiar with everyone's stories. In fact, the only original story that I've read on theO is Kita Mikichi's So Distant (which I enjoyed despite the fact that I cried puddles). I'd like to read more, but I don't know who has stories and who wants me to read what. So, who's got a story they want me to read? I don't know how long it'll take me to read it, but I'll read it.

Then there are the interviews. Do you have to be a part of the OC Universe to ask questions? Also, do you have to be a part of it to have your OCs ask questions? What I'm trying to say is that I'd like to participate in asking questions, even though I'm not a very good RPer. I also think it would be fun if my OCs could be interviewed since I want to develop them better.

Thank you for your replies, everyone! I'd comment individually, but I'd be saying the same thing over multiple times. I think I'll join OCU if someone would be patient enough to show me the ropes. And don't be surprised if I spam everyone's comment boxes with questions.

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