This series premiered with the first three episodes combined into one huge episode, but I’ll break my summary up into separate “normal length” episodes here. Ruby Rose visits her mom’s grave to report that her big sister is going to attend Beacon Academy to become a Huntress, a warrior who defends humanity from the malevolent… Read More First Impression: RWBY: Ice Queendom
Anime and light novel protagonists who own slaves are a dime a dozen, and while these depictions of slavery can range from barely tolerable all the way to highly problematic, it’s pretty unusual for me to encounter an instance of slavery in fiction that reminds me of what the New Testament teaches on the subject.… Read More When a Great Cleric Becomes a Slaveholder
Second-year high school student Izumi sets off on the first day of the new school year. His mom’s warning as he leaves sounds like a joke…until we learn he’s some kind of bizarre accident magnet. Even when he avoids an accident, he just winds up on the cusp of a different pitfall. Fortunately, he has… Read More First Impression: Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie
It’s sakura season, love is in the air, and…the hero and villainess are on a date?! Fudo is Red Gelato, field leader of the hero group Freezing Sentai Gelato 5. Desumi is the Reaper Princess, an elite warrior fighting for the villainous Secret Society Gecko. And here they are discussing whether to try holding hands… Read More First Impression: Love After World Domination
A destroyed modern city. Why the destruction? I have no clue. Cut to former hero Leo Demonheart trudging through the snowy mountains to the ruin of Demon Queen Echidna’s castle. He marches into the throne room, and before her and her four great generals…applies for a job. After being summarily thrown out, Leo meets with… Read More First Impression: I’m Quitting Heroing
In a world much like our own, except with musical magic, Kana is a first-year high school student and a new apprentice healer: one who sings to magically heal illness and injuries. We meet her fellow apprentices Hibiki and Reimi, as well as their master, and see the clinic where they work, getting a taste… Read More First Impression: Healer Girl
Blackmailed (?) by his little sister into playing an otome game to 100% in order to unlock all the cutscenes for her, a Japanese man engages in a multi-day gaming marathon. The game never decided what it wanted to be when it grew up though, so besides the otome game romance aspects, it has magic,… Read More First Impression: Trapped in a Dating Sim