Society is a very interesting thing, it provides many essential services to humans, but unconsciously we end up sacrificing more to it , than we take from it majority of the times.

I was such a person who sacrificed everything to get acknowledged by it, I succeeded but at what price. The price was everything, just got acknowledged by the society to get forgotten by it without as much as to enjoy the fruit of my struggle.

I was little when my parents divorced, I was left with my father who was not much of a tolerable person for me. Drinking all day whatever he earned, gambling with his so called friends, yelling at me all the times many a times beating his frustration on me. I endured, Thinking about some of the protagonists in anime who were my idols, they fought hard and achieved what they wanted.

Well it didn't last long he passed away due to smoking while I was in my teens. What did he left for me a million dollars debt, and that too from a loan shark.

And my struggle really started, I worked part times all over earning enough to live by and pay the monthly loan.

Beatings i took a lot of them from the loan shark thugs, mental stress and despair i felt it many times, disgusted looks from the society I got a lot of them. A large portion of my life was spent in this darkness, but the hope in my heart never died it shone as brightly as it could.

I swore I would change the way society looked at me I will prove myself. Throughout all of this life went on I manged to earn money and get rid of the loan but it took more than a decade of my life in return.

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There were easier ways to earn the money rather than to work nonstop like joining the thugs as I was quite strong physically, robbery etc. sometimes my brain did think about all this but my heart never agreed.

After managing to move on from these shackles I was born with, I studied. Learning was one of my favourite activities and I wanted to get my mark here.

I learned through various ways, I took classes for management, for buisness, for other things and for the next two decades I was lost in the world of Learning and managing my own startup.

With the education came knowledge, with knowledge came maturity, understanding and wisdom. But alas it came a little late, I understood the ways of my life till now took a toll on my body and now I was laced with illness many health problems one after an other emerged.

I realised that instead of getting acknowledged by the society as soon as possible I should have took some care of my body too. But never did so due to the pressure and limits from the society, Now that my buisness had grown I had made a little name for myself but my body could no longer keep up with me.

After conquering one type of darkness another entered my life. I now understood that the society should be used by a person to help his life , not for getting oppressed by it and ruining itself due to nativity.

My days were numbered, but there was a feeling of fulfillment in my heart, there was satisfaction in my eyes along with a little regret and curiosity. At least I fulfilled my promise to myself and ve like my idols. So I finally started to live my little life left, in peace and fulfilment mentally. Embracing this new darkness into my life and making it a part of myself. Afterall darkness in one form or other had accompanied me my whole life, it was my teacher and the maker who molded me into myself.

I lived on the terms of others and the society but atleast my life would end on my terms. The light in my heart was shining brighter than ever before being fueled by knowledge and accomplishment. This brightness has never left my heart and protected me from all the darkness all around me and within me. I never fell to the eternal slumber of darkness due to it. And for it I have to thnak the people who made , Naruto , One Piece and masterpieces like these with such bright characters.

Finally before reaching 50 my life reached its end. But for my surprise, destiny had something else in store for me, as I woke up here in this strange world in the body of a teenager.

And now I am not Max but William, William Astor from the Astore house.

Life sure played differently with me.