Two samurai, a baby, and a betrayal as the younger warrior tries to stop his senpai from allowing the babe to live. Cut to present day. A teenager surrounded by military grade automatic weapons (surely they’re models? This is Japan, after all) laughs snarkily in his bedroom as he tells someone on the phone about… Read More First Impression: Tougen Anki (Legend of the Cursed Blood)
It’s a high school bowling club competition, and Mai’s turn is up. She steadies her breathing, focuses on the center pin, and releases the ball. It’s a strike! That makes a turkey or three in a row for Mai and Rina, her partner in the doubles event. But when Mai tries to follow up with… Read More First Impression: Turkey!
Wada is soooo quiet and strait-laced, she totally thinks she’s better than everyone else. And Yamamoto is just plain scary—gyarus just are, right? Her glare can kill you at a hundred paces. At least, this is what everyone in class thinks about these two! But in reality, Wada is a complete spitfire of a gamer… Read More First Impression: See You Tomorrow at the Food Court
A yakuza messenger on a motorcycle carries out his final “delivery,” paying off his debt and lining up a new chapter in his life. Except that the new “Second Head of the Family” isn’t so keen on letting him see the dawn of a new tomorrow, and sends a fleet of gun-toting snarky yes-men to… Read More First Impression: Hotel Inhumans
There once was a hero who was incredibly shy, particularly in the presence of the opposite sex, though this didn’t stop him from developing a killer punch that could slay a spider dragon in a single blow. There were also three deadly women—a diminutive magical girl (daughter of the Demon Lord), a voluptuous priest with… Read More First Impression: The Shy Hero and the Assassin Princesses
A punk, a high school girl, and a strong, silent type who looks like he’s faced death once or twice before are running for their lives inside an abandoned warehouse. The horrors chasing after them close in, pushing at the doors, scraping at the windows, crawling in the air ducts, their inhuman braying getting louder… Read More First Impression: Nyaight of the Living Cat
Ruri likes bright, shiny things. So when a crystal pendant catches her eye at the shopping mall, she begs her mom for an advance on her allowance, dancing on the spot and whining like a three-year-old, though she’s probably more like thirteen. When mom tells Ruri that grandpa used to come home with those “pointy… Read More First Impression: Ruri Rocks
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