Ninja and gokudo (yakuza) have been warring over Japan’s underworld since the Great Fire of 1657 wiped out two-thirds of Edo. Three centuries later, two strangers are brought together on the streets of Tokyo’s central business district over a shared passion for the anime Flash Princess, when one saves the other’s phone—clad in a limited… Read More First Impression: Ninja vs Gokudo
The ambulance siren wails as Yumeko Koda breathes her last, reflecting that she deserved to die for loving a handsome man despite being overweight, and hoping that if she is reincarnated, she will be more… She flatlines before we hear her dying wish. But it’s ok, because actually, she survives! The plot device of choice… Read More First Impression: Plus-sized Misadventures in Love!
Co-ed pop group SI-VIS has been dominating the Japanese charts for three years now, but that doesn’t mean they can reach even higher heights! Indeed, the Idea reading for tonight’s live event is at a record-breaking 30,000 as over 100K fans gather, which also breaks the record. (Later, these records will be broken with even… Read More First Impression: SI-VIS: The Sound of Heroes
Sometime in the future, when gas engines are a rare sight, two young women tour across Japan on their Serow motorbikes, hitting all the popular tourist sites and local attractions. What a stunning country it is! As the camera lingers on the landscape, the swelling soundtrack shifts into something more intimate, and the sound of… Read More First Impression: Touring After the Apocalypse
Ichitarou, heir to an Edo-era noble family, has been sickly since childhood, just like his older brother, who sadly perished. So it’s no wonder everyone around him—his grandfather, mother, and more household servants than you can shake a hishaku at—are concerned for his health, and never let him do anything a normal boy would do.… Read More First Impression: Shabake
A demure young lady is enjoying a picnic alone on a park bench when a middle-aged man with a retinue approaches her, mouth watering, and asks her a question: Can he eat some of her sandwich? Unperturbed, she opens up her picnic basket to reveal a second sandy, delighted that someone should enquire after her… Read More First Impression: Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!
Athanasia has blue jeweled eyes from her father and a bold name and dying blessing from her mother. She also has only one person in the whole world who loves and cares for her, her mom’s best friend, Lily; that is, until Lily manages to replace all the horrible maids with nice ones during one… Read More First Impression: The Fated Magical Princess: Who Made Me a Princess
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