Leon returns as an NPC in the otome game of his nightmares, but having won (and totally dominated) a massive battle that’s one of the main events in the game, any hope he might have of going under the radar is gone with the wind. In fact, now wary of him, the kingdom’s nobles have… Read More First Impression: Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs Season 2
Jooheon Suh has been betrayed, but maybe he should have seen this coming. Once a poor orphan, Jooheon’s life changed when the tombs opened and relics—powerful items from legend and lore—were found within. Having discovered a powerful one, and built up his body, the skilled Jooheon is hired by Taejoon Kwon, the owner of a… Read More First Impression: Tomb Raider King
Sheena’s roommate has died—not in some accident or because of a health reason, but because she’s a soldier in war, as are all the students at the National Warfare Sorcery Weapon Training Institute. But while the teachers and her classmates see such deaths as part of their daily lives, and continue to focus on building… Read More First Impression: I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day
Aya is on scholarship at Kuromi Girls’ Academy, where her goal is simple: to become a proper ojou-sama. However, such is easier said than done. Kuromi can’t get used to the fancy French cuisine, monologues in her head using foul language, and sometimes even lets her not-too-refined thoughts slip. Still, the girls all seem to… Read More First Impression: Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games
Of the many Chinese restaurants in Japan, Gobancho’s in Ginza stands above the rest for its high-quality meals, as demonstrated by its signature dish, “golden fried rice,” cooked to perfection by a trainee, Kiriko—who also happens to be the heiress to the restaurant. But not every chef is as hard-working or talented as Kiriko, even… Read More First Impression: Iron Wok Jan!
One year after American Independence, a mermaid is born in a palace of light. A peculiar child, she chomps everything around her—from tiny fish to statues of her father, the King Rowan. But there’s something even more worrisome about Lara. While she grows up to be a beautiful and kind girl, she is obsessed with… Read More First Impression: Goodbye, Lara
Our man on the ground, T.R. Racki, watched the world premiere of the second season of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, the first episode of which screened at Anime Expo 2026. The series drops this fall. Visceral. Chaotic. Traumatic. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 throws the audience immediately into a high-stakes heist that goes violently, spectacularly wrong. There are no… Read More First Impression: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 (Anime Expo World Premiere)
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