A character I feel kinship with is Hinata from Haikyuu!! When I first watched the series as a 13 year old, I was at a point where I didn’t know what I wanted. I didn’t feel like I had any sort of talent or strength and it felt like everyone around me just knew who they were. I had friends who were better artists, better students, or better socializers than me. So, when Haikyuu!! opened up with Hinata’s monologue about the obstacle that keeps him from his greatest passion, I felt an immediate kinship with him. His outlook was more positive, filled with infectious energy that I couldn’t help but be affected by. Watching him grow was like watching someone I truly loved become their best self and it motivated me to try harder and think more about “when” and not “if”. We didn’t have similar personalities by any means but I felt deeply compelled to care less about what others thought and more about doing things I wanted to and growing at my own pace.