My first anime was a plethora of hayao miyazaki films (if you count anime movies) and if you dont then it was Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh!. My dad was a huge Miyazaki fan when he was in his late twenties, early thirties and would have me watching him when I was at his house. I didn't really read manga until about 4 years ago when I met my current group of friends that introduced me to a few free online manga reading sites (http://www.mangahere.co) and (http://mangafox.me) although mangafox is blocked in the US. My first manga was probably something slice of life (I dont remember to be honest) and the kind I tend to read is either slice of life or action. I live in a very small town that has next to nothing to do and all my friends live 3,000+ miles away. I don't have the means to move as of right now so I think that subconsciously I gravitate to SoL because it allows me to live vicariously through them in a sense.
Not really :P . The older I got the more I didn't get it and grew out of it. I think its more just flashy for the kids than anything.