Semester exams and I'm panicking, but Appa goes to sea at 3am not knowing if the catch will come. Suddenly my 'stress' feels small. Still opening the textbook though, for him.

Allwin, 19, from a coast town near Kanyakumari. First in my family to go to college, still figuring out everything. I know anime, the sea, and not much else yet — teach me things?

First time living away from Nagercoil and the hostel mess sambar tastes like sad water compared to Amma's. Made three friends over shared Maggi at midnight though. That's the real syllabus here.

Village network makes online ranked matches a horror show. I've lost more games to lag than to skill. One day I'll play from a city with real wifi and finally climb out of Silver, I swear.

Grew up watching the sea every morning, so One Piece hits different for me — Luffy chasing the horizon is just my appa's fishing boat with better music. First in my family to relate to a cartoon this hard, ha.