Hi!

I'm ManaMerci. Welcome to my page!

Here on Fanfiction.net, I mostly like to read other people's work. While I haven't put much of my stuff up on here, it'll become evident pretty quickly that my preferences lean towards one thing - the development of "what-ifs" and "potential story threads". Heartful stories that adhere to the rules of canon, fitting within that universe without the need for OCs. Expansion, basically.

As a writer, I'm pretty passionate towards a lot of things. As with many others on this fanfic site, my main passion leans towards Japanese stories. Particularly anime, from Evangelion & Cowboy Bebop to Made In Abyss & Houseki no Kuni... To have such a blend of unique, engaging stories, mixed in with beautiful music, impossibly engaging art, and most of all, taste of humanity, it's all just so captivating in a way that satisfies me every time I think about it. Even the shows considered mainstream, a la Attack on Titan, One Punch Man, My Hero Academia, still manage to find ways to be both intelligent and heart-pounding - and STILL not lose sight of that humanity. Manga, light novels and especially visual novels tend to take that a step further, proving that even the beauty of anime is merely a watered-down version of yet more powerful narratives the Japanese are capable of telling. The level of emotions I went through playing Fate/stay night and Muv-Luv Alternative, for instance.

In the past, I found myself constantly asking the question:

"What am I best at?"

Stability. Financial gain. Acknowledgment. Yeah. The more you grow up, the more responsibility you assume, and the more you have to make hard decisions just for the sake of proving your own existence. At the end of the day, it's way too easy to get caught up in the trap of normality.

But now, lately, I've been asking myself a different question:

"What do I really enjoy doing?"

I don't know what it is about fanfiction. But it's... really nice to be around this site, and to do stuff like this, you know? Feels like it's worth holding onto!

Thus, here, where I have the freedom to write what I want and love what I write, I'd like to slowly discover myself. To improve, to be better, to leave a slightly larger mark on the world than I did before. All I really know right now is that I want to keep climbing on and on. I wanna keep working hard, to meet my own satisfaction. Is it pretentious or selfish of me to say that? No idea. Who knows. But if I'm enjoying myself so much, and if there's people who enjoy that content, I'm pretty sure that can't be wrong, you know?

So yeah.

That's basically my current mentality. I'm gonna strive to write more. Upload chapters on a regular, weekly basis. Be consistent, and improve, improve, improve! That's my declaration to all you online strangers!

Right now, my focus is on Kreise Der Spiralen. It's a Madoka Magica fanfic that develops the concept of "what if Homura woke up without any magical girl powers?".

If you do check it out, or any of my other work, feel free to leave a review! They bring me joy and feed my soul - comments and feedback alike are appreciated, and it's always nice to hear what other people think of my stuff~