Grass and Dragon are my favourite types :p as you can plainly see by my username :P My top three favourite Grass types: Torterra, Mega Sceptile and Serperior. My favourite Dragon types are Dragonair and Goodra.
I love listening to altos sing. I don't know...there is just something about an alto's voice that captivates me. I can sing tenor and baritone.
I mostly read fantasy too! My personal favourites are The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini and Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan. I just finished reading The Throne of Glass by Sarah Maas and it was wonderful!!! This is what it was about: After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.
I enjoy manga and anime. Familiar of Zero, Fairy Tail, Dragonar Academy, Kill la Kill are just a few. I'll have to look into the ones you talked about. I'm always needing a new manga to read.
I'll let you know what I think of Silent Rain after I read it.