Opal Kaharis

About me

Writing for me is a way to get ideas and thoughts out of my head, but it’s also a way for me to look at the world from different angles. I’m not a very worldly person as I much prefer the comfort of my own home to the outside world, but that doesn’t mean I have nothing to say or share with the world. And much of that comes in the form of the stories I’m telling on this website.

My name is Nick and during the day I am an English teacher in secondary education. I try my best to teach a bunch of 12-16 year old children how to write a sentence in English, but if you were to ask for their opinion I mostly just rage-bait them.

I started this blog not long before COVID turned the world upside down and it has been a great motivator for me to keep writing even on days or weeks that I don’t feel like it. I write about many things, but I mostly write about (my) mental health, anime & manga and about fantastical worlds inhabited by real people. Well, I try to make them feel like real people.

Growing up with undiagnosed autism meant that a lot of the world around me was difficult to understand. I was bullied as a child and have gone through my share of depression and severe anxiety. I am in a much better place now and part of what I want to teach people – be it through my job or this blog – is the possibilities of life that you can grab a hold of despite your disabilities. That sounds very noble, but a lot of it is just me ranting about how unfair the world is, so don’t think too highly of me.

As I said before, the main things you’ll find here are anime and manga reviews, random blog posts and my stories. There is currently one story that I’m actively posting on here – and have been for almost 5 years – while another is currently being worked on. If that seems interesting to you, have a look at the menu at the top of this page and navigate to the “The Hesitant Hero” page. There’s more to come, but if you want to start there, that would make me quite happy. New updates for the story are on Tuesdays and the story goes on break around August-October when the volume ends and I need to prepare for the next volume in January. You can usually expect one more post each week or more if I’m feeling creative. I hope you enjoy my little blog and if you do, don’t hesitate to leave a like or comment as it brightens my day.

The red cat is my old cat Kokkino who passed away in 2019. The white and gray cat is Nami who we got shortly afterwards.

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