We descend from the clouds and hear the sound of a siren. The 20th century has just begun, and Lili Ichijoin is arriving in Edwardian London on an elegant steamboat after a long journey. Lili is a painter, and she’s here to represent Japan at the prestigious St. Thomas Art Academy. Starry-eyed, determined, and perhaps… Read More First Impression: Love Through a Prism
A girl of noble birth is playing hide-and-seek in a wooden palace in 1758, Japan, when a fire begins. Like dragons, the roaring flames consume the place. Those who have escaped the inferno despair of saving the girl’s life, but when her father cries out in anguish, Gengo Matsumana hears his call. The young samurai… Read More First Impression: Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix-
A high school girl is being pushed by the multitude exiting a train when a stranger with bright violet eyes stands up and takes her to safety. Yoi Takiguchi has a slender frame, a boyish face, and a serious, no-nonsense personality, and will always come to the aid of someone in need. It is no… Read More First Impression: In the Clear Moonlit Dusk
Yashiro, a man in a striking orange trenchcoat, wanders under the streetlights of Tokyo, heading to a card game. He shivers at the thought of the money he has lost already and the cost of food, rent, and taxes these days. But his night is about to get more complicated: Suddenly, a bloodied high school… Read More First Impression: Scum of the Brave
The bells of St. Mark’s Square summon the multitude to witness a bloody public execution. Scarlett Castiel, a fiery woman in chains, faces the roaring crowd and curses it. But she changes her expression when Constance Grail, a young kid who has stumbled upon the scene, starts crying in compassion. The dead woman walking tells… Read More First Impression: The Holy Grail of Eris
Once, Van was two years old. His father told him to study day and night, or he’d be useless. Once, he was two years old…Wait, what? You see, every day, our protagonist would take a train to his computer job, and every night, he would barely catch the last train back home. It is probably… Read More First Impression: Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord
According to our narrator, in this world (a steampunk-flavored one), there are two kinds of people: Those who read comic books and perhaps even believe in nonhuman monsters, and those who do not. Enter young Louis Hartmann, who runs upstairs with this week’s installment of Wolf-Man Comics. A series of photographs tells us a story… Read More First Impression: The Case Book of Arne
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