I discovered manga and anime shortly after I was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and I think it really helped me and continues to do so.

Live and let live - so many of these comments essentially come down to people going ' how dare you like something that I don't like or understand. You're weird!' .

i do love manga and aname but i dont go over the top like others who do cosplay, fill their room with the anime, manga, figures and anime character pillows

I find that the highly codified facial expressions of manga characters are facilitating the understanding of emotions, which might be explaining the interest of people on the autistic spectrum for this type of art.

"There's no subtlety in manga", really ? If you speak about Pokemon, Dragon Ball, Fairy Tail, Digimon, it's true, but if it's Berserk, Gunnm, Ghost In The Shell, Fate franchise, Evangelion, Madoka Magica, and the list goes on, I really doubt that.

Didn't knew that Fardad Farahzad was manga and anime fan.

I know hentai

This is very true of many fandoms. Autistic people tend to find and connect with something significant to them, and this can lead them in contact with others who think the same. It's often good for their social development.

the only 'spectrum' manga is on is the fun spectrum. Maybe some autistic people do like manga but they can also like football and cooking, it just doesnt have anything to do with the subject.

BBC, please. Manga and anime is not only appealing to autistic people, and neither is the other way around. Both things are not necessarily related at all, even if people sometimes wear very, very crappy cosplay outfits.