Dear Christian VTubers and Streamers, You are doing important work. Whether you realize it or not, you are serving on the front lines of digital ministry and missions. Through streams, videos, conversations, Discord servers, and social media, you are reaching people that many churches never will. Some of the people who listen to you are… Read More An Open Letter to Christian VTubers and Streamers
Another anime season is upon us, and that means it’s time once again for our first impressions! Over the next several weeks, our writers will be sampling a wide range of new and returning shows and sharing their early thoughts—what excites us, what surprises us, and what might be worth adding to your watchlist. This… Read More Summer 2026 Anime First Impressions
Ryusei is NEET who spends all his time holed up in his room playing video games. He’s also a reincarnator from a fantasy world, where he was known as Demon Lord Scarlet Eyes. Then one day Meteor Hanaori, a self-proclaimed “rich, popular, beautiful young woman,” bursts into his room and declares she’s going to kill… Read More First Impression: Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life
The Tanabata Festival was celebrated this week—it’s one of those traditions that holds some romance and mystique, but which may have passed you by. So as a reminder of it, here’s a lovely fanart piece of Hatsune Miku taking part in the celebration! ★ 【ののこ】 「 🎋 」
Have you been watching the World Cup? Apparently, Frieren has, too (or she’s been playing in it and we missed it?!)—and she’s an Argentina fan. ★ 【Snegovski】 「 VIVA ARGENTINA!!!💙🤍💙 」
After her mother’s death, village girl Miya Nakamura is sent to live in her father’s household, the noble Kounokura estate. Being an illegitimate child, she expects the worst from her new stepmother and stepsisters. However, while they look scary, Miya’s new family members immediately endear themselves to Miya and waste no time pampering and spoiling… Read More First Impression: My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren’t Wicked
Two superpowered teams of teens compete in a parkour-style capture the flag game, and the territory goes to the winner. This time, fortune does not smile on young Araki’s team, the “Polis Hoppers” (is this a reference to the polis, the ancient Greek city-state, or to the police, or to something else?), and their insignia… Read More First Impression: Mebius Dust
Disaster has been averted, and life returns to normal in the capital—or so Beryl assumes. But Lucy has other ideas in mind and, bringing Ficelle along, requests that the middle-aged swordsman help his former student teach a class. Beryl isn’t so sure, but goes along with Ficelle anyway to observe—her teaching, the students, and whether… Read More First Impression: From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman II
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