Author: negativeprimes

Dr. Steve, aka NegativePrimes, was introduced to anime while working on his Ph.D. in literary studies, when the local anime club showed Naruto’s fight against Zabuza and Haku on an auditorium big screen. His favorite anime series include FMA: Brotherhood, Erased, Snow White with Red Hair, and Gate, and he also enjoys computer programming, gaming, and technology. Where he finds the time for these, after prayer, work, and raising several children, remains something of a mystery.

First Impression: Life With an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated Into a Total Fantasy Knockout

Two “old guys” (32-years-old) go to a mixer to meet girls—or so they claim. Actually, Tachibana secretly hopes Jinguji will finally fall in love with a woman and get hitched. You see, Jinguji is so attractive that no women will give Tachibana the time of day when they’re together. And they’re always together, because Jinguji… Read More First Impression: Life With an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated Into a Total Fantasy Knockout

01.11.202201.11.2022 negativeprimes4 Comments

First Impression: The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest

Are you tired of the same old isekai formula? Bored of seeing a person from our world die and reincarnate in another world, overpowered and underestimated, surrounded by a beautiful/handsome yet strangely unwanted harem? Have we got a show for you! The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest mixes it up by… having a person… Read More First Impression: The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest

01.08.202201.08.2022 negativeprimes3 Comments

First Impression: The Faraway Paladin

Greetings, friends! It is I, NegativePrimes, your resident isekai aficionado! Always on the lookout for an X-in-another-world story that stands head and shoulders above the pack. And in The Faraway Paladin, we have one that indeed stands out. How so, you ask? First, it doesn’t have a title like “That Time I Was Reincarnated in… Read More First Impression: The Faraway Paladin

10.09.202110.11.2021 negativeprimes4 Comments

First Impression: Restaurant to Another World (Season 2)

Back when Restaurant to Another World dropped its first season in 2017, I fell in love. I was not affiliated with Beneath the Tangles at that time, other than having contributed a single guest post; but the “Western Restaurant Nekoya” inspired me to write a second post for BTT. RtAW, it seemed to me, portrayed… Read More First Impression: Restaurant to Another World (Season 2)

10.02.202110.07.2021 negativeprimes3 Comments

First Impression: The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace

So yesterday I was looking for something new to watch, and remembered I hadn’t yet tried this new series, The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace. Since it isn’t an isekai, it slipped lower on my priority list; now there’s actually two episodes out. So I’ve seen both now, and, um, wow. It’s an experience. The… Read More First Impression: The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace

07.28.202108.03.2021 negativeprimesLeave a comment

First Impression: Drug Store in Another World: The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist

Long-time followers of Beneath the Tangles or my own blog Curiously Dead Cat may know that I have a thing for isekai. I will watch all but the trashiest and most offensive new releases if they include a poor(?) Japanese sap who gets whisked off to a fantasy setting and—oh, the horror!—finds himself or herself… Read More First Impression: Drug Store in Another World: The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist

07.08.202107.07.2021 negativeprimes6 Comments

First Impression: To Your Eternity

Ok, it’s my fault. I knew what I was getting into. I’ve read the manga for To Your Eternity (by the same author as A Silent Voice) almost to its present chapter. And yet, Episode 1 moved me almost to tears. Great stories have thematic phrases that sum up a key element of their tale,… Read More First Impression: To Your Eternity

04.12.202104.13.2021 negativeprimes5 Comments