Well whatever works to make a good design. ^^
I like it too but mostly because I agree about its design. Other then that I just never been much into it.
Yeah, life can get a bit suckish sometimes.
I dunno honestly, probably just it's desgin and the fact that I found it easy enough to incorporate it's redness of it's wing throughout my profile scheme.
Both of them were childhood animes of mine. I still watch them to this day. As for which I like better I would say Pokemon by only a little. Though Yu-Gi-Oh is very close runner up.