Runa Shirakawa is the prettiest girl in the school and to Ryuto Kashima, a geek with few friends, she is completely out of reach. Even when a brief interaction makes him fall for her, he knows all he can do is admire her from afar. However, when his two friends dare him to confess his… Read More First Impression: Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me
Allen is a powerful, misanthropic wizard who lives by himself in a forest. One day, he encounters Charlotte, the former fiancee of a prince from a neighboring country who is now a wanted criminal. Allen does not believe for a moment that the claims of her criminal acts are true, and he takes the girl… Read More First Impression: I’m Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness
Note: This post covers episodes 1 and 2. In another world, Yohane is a small-town girl with dreams of making it big as a singer in the big city. Unfortunately, she’s not only failed all of her auditions, but is nearly broke, and now her mother wants her to return home to watch the house… Read More First Impression: Yohane the Parhelion -SUNSHINE in the MIRROR (a Love Live fan’s perspective)
At a certain idol production agency, a new division is created, and several promising elementary school girls are selected to be in this division, while a hot-blooded staff member is selected to be the group’s producer. Among the girls of this division is Arisu Tachibana, a girl who doesn’t like to be treated like a… Read More First Impression: The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls U149
Yuna is back in her superpowered bear pajamas, continuing to help the orphanage kids run a cafe, and helping out with various monster issues that crop up. This time around, a horde of orcs have appeared by a tree full of bees, preventing people from harvesting honey. To make matters worse, the orcs are threatening… Read More First Impression: Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear -Punch!
On a trip to the convenience store, Kazuya Shiina is killed trying to protect some girls from a knife-wielding hooligan and ends up reincarnated into a fantasy world as the 3-year-old Cain von Silford. As a light novel fan, he gets excited at the prospect of exploring this fantasy world, and learning magic in particular;… Read More First Impression: The Aristocrat’s Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far
Maple and her friends are back in New World Online, ready to make mincemeat of the game with their hyper-specific builds! Their first order of business is defeating the Level 3 boss, which Maple defeats single-handedly with her impenetrable defenses and special skills. Afterwards, they access Level 4, an area full of traditional Japanese aesthetics,… Read More First Impression: BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, So I’ll Max Out My Defense. S2
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