Japanese alternative rock band, Enfants, returned to SXSW this year to play the TOKYO CALLING × INSPIRED BY TOKYO SXSW 2026 event, one year after debuting at SXSW. Besides that showcase, Enfants performed at seven different venues during their few days in Austin. Before hitting the stage for the TOKYO CALLING set, which was well-received… Read More When the Music Transcends Language: Enfants Return to SXSW
It’s 2045, and technology has made life very comfortable and, seemingly, better. But with all the advances, there’s one restriction that’s quite unusual: People are outlawed from singing, playing, or even composing music. That’s why Seria finds it so unusual to hear someone in an alley singing a tune. Chasing down the voice, she instead… Read More First Impression: GHOST CONCERT : missing Songs
He is risen! On Beneath the Tangles, we love to talk about the power of storytelling. And on Easter we remember the greatest story—a true one about one who was both man and God, who two thousand years ago was executed in humiliation and agony. From the outside, it looked like the end of that… Read More He Is Risen! Happy Easter to the Doubters, the Failures, and the Thieves
Nanoka Kiba is a normal third-year middle schooler—well, normal except for the intense trauma she’s gone through. She was found by rescuers at the bottom of a sinkhole, bloody and not breathing; her family had fallen in while driving when she was a first grader. Now, all these years later, Nanoka finds herself at the… Read More First Impression: Mao
Ascendance of a Bookworm season four starts with a quick recap of Myne’s life prior to becoming a noble, before she moves into the home of her new father, Lord Karstedt. It’s a packed home: Rozemyne will also be living with his wife and sons, and she prepares for her second baptism. Thankfully, all three… Read More First Impression: Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke
When, during their introduction, Bertia Ibil Noches tells her fiancé, the genius 10-year-old Prince Cecil Glo Alphasta, that she is a villainess who will “rip Your Highness and the heroine away from each other,” his response is one of interest and confusion more than incredulity or shock. He’s even further intrigued when Bertia explains herself:… Read More First Impression: An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess
Outsuki Sakuya, the son of the greatest detective in history, is not quite as renowned. In fact, his father doesn’t even recognize him as a detective. Nonetheless, he confidently takes on cases with this assistant, Lilithea, at his side. The newest case involves following a film producer on a cruise ship to see if he’s… Read More First Impression: Killed again, Mr. Detective.
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