Anime made me who I am now

I was just a normal girl who first knew anime pretty much like a majority of people: from local television that happened to broadcast some anime series. Before I knew anime, I had things that I loved, but I couldn't be crazy about it, I didn't feel like bragging about it to people, I didn't feel the need of buying merchandises or anything at all - just that I liked it, and that was all. But it all changed when a friend of mine recommended me to watch Sword Art Online. I began to felt the things that I've never felt about anything at all before: my heart would race with excitement, I'd shriek happily every time a new episode comes out, and I became more and more interested in the anime world, especially voice acting world. Thanks to SAO (and Asuna's voice actress, Tomatsu Haruka), I found my passion, the place where I belong, and a new dream: to go to Japan and be a voice actress. I was shy and introverted, but now I've found confidence and a totally new self, a better self.