omg random enemy encounter*rages* that's stopping me replaying FFVIII and FFXI, altho they're my favourites in the final fantasy series.

the persona series anyone?
strangely it's the most anime-ish jrpg I've ever played, but it made me look out for RPGs again in general, simply because they're so hilarious (minus grinding, but hey they made me interested enough to overlook that). the final fantasy series stopped being fun starting at FFX because....I can see their faces and they stopped being wacky. oh and i fell asleep after an hour of playing so yeah.

clearly i don't mind unrealistic jrpgs