If you link to my site with a text link then I will do the same. If you link to my site with a picture link then I will do the same. You must get a decent amount of hits corresponding to about how many hits Anime Soul gets. Your site must have a decent layout and color scheme and look like you put some effort in it and that it took more then 2 minutes. You must have original content, which is NOT stolen.
Affiliates are more than people who have each other's button's on their page.
Affiliates must help each other out if in need and talk at times.