She handed him the notebook. "That’s your starter deck. From there, you find your own path: the epic pirate journey of , the mind-bending time travel of Steins;Gate , the romantic comedy of Kaguya-sama: Love is War ."

"Then, when you're ready to cry your eyes out but also feel incredibly alive, read . It’s about an immortal shape-shifting orb that experiences loss, love, and what it means to be human. Devastating. Beautiful."

"But what if I want to just… feel things?" Kaito asked. "Like, happy-sad?"

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He felt a chill. That sounded dark. And awesome.

That night, Kaito didn't sleep. He watched three episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist . Then five of Jujutsu Kaisen . By sunrise, he wasn't just a guy who had watched some anime.