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Comment author: Tenoke 25 March 2013 05:59:51PM 2 points [-]

I agree with this and I will simply copy a relevant comment that I've made before:

A somewhat related thing that I do is to read/watch stories with clever/intelligent/rational (or whatever I want to be) characters such as Death Note/HPMOR (I have a bunch of other examples) which both seems to prime me to think a bit like them (or to enter in a mode where I think that my narrative is similar to theirs) and also gives me role models on which I can fall back to in some situations (like in your Naruto example). This has definitely at least partially worked (might be placebo) as I almost always have more motivation on which I act to study/do productive things after watching/reading such a story.

Comment author: bbleeker 26 March 2013 01:46:48PM 0 points [-]

Where can I find this Death Note? And other examples? I love HPMOR, and I'd love to read more like it!

Comment author: Tenoke 27 March 2013 11:37:16AM 3 points [-]

My other examples are mainly other fanfics (like Luminosity) and anime (like Code Geass). Also in terms of Tv shows things like Sherlock and Doctor Who can work in this way.

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 26 March 2013 02:37:38PM *  1 point [-]

It's an anime series: http://web.hi10anime.com/death-note/
I'd also recomment the two live-action movies (http://web.hi10anime.com/death-note-movies-e2/) which I believe to be slightly better than the anime, for reasons that would be spoilerish to talk about.

The site I linked above has a few problems recently with accessability due to ads. I've lately had best success downloading when I use Firefox.

Comment author: ygert 27 March 2013 12:39:26PM *  1 point [-]

Incorrect. That anime series and the movies were based off of Death Note, but are not the original Death Note. The original was a manga, which you can read here. If you want to watch the movie of the book or the TV show of the book you may, but in general in cases like this (and in this cas in particular as well) I find that the original is much better. Death Note is so good, however, that after reading the manga through to the end you may want more. If so, then go to the anime and the movies, but I very strongly recommend you start with the original.

Comment author: David_Gerard 01 April 2013 12:35:15PM 0 points [-]

License Note. Read only after you've read Death Note.

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