We all know what it’s like to have that one annoying co-worker. For Futaba, that would be her senpai, Harumi, who is always headpatting her for doing a good job, treating her to meals, staying late to help fix her mistakes… wait a second, isn’t he a pretty awesome co-worker? Sure, perhaps he treats her… Read More First Impression: My Senpai Is Annoying
In this story set in the Taisho period (the 1910s-1920s), Tamahiko is the second son of the well-off Shima family, but when a car accident makes him unable to use his dominant hand, he is deemed useless to the family and is exiled to a villa in the mountains. Brought into a deep depression from… Read More First Impression: Taisho Otome Fairy Tale
Somewhere in another world, some girls infiltrate an aristocrat’s illegal slave auction and lay waste to the participants. But before we get too far into this, we’re shown a grizzly old assassin in the modern world, finishing up his final job before he takes up a post to teach up-and-coming assassins. However, it turns out… Read More First Impression: The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat
“Kept you waiting, huh?” Better late than never, as they say. My apologies if you have been waiting for the blog post for our Light Novel Club discussion of Tearmoon Empire, Vol. 4, which happened over August. As a reminder, all our discussions are held publicly on the Beneath the Tangles Discord (email beneaththetangles AT… Read More Light Novel Club Chapter 33: Tearmoon Empire, Vol. 4
Kanon Shibuya loves singing, but she has difficulty singing under pressure, which led to her failing the audition to get into Yuigaoka High School’s prestigious music program. Enrolling in the school’s general program, she does some no-pressure singing on the way there, and encounters Keke Tang, an overseas student from China who wants to start… Read More First Impression: Love Live! Superstar!!
Welcome to our Light Novel Club discussion of Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2! We had a fun discussion of the first volume earlier, and with the anime adaptation giving this series some more attention, why not discuss the second volume? After all, this volume shakes up the story a bit and shows that there’s more… Read More Light Novel Club Chapter 31: Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Vol. 2
So I have a confession to make: I just received the memories of having lived through a bad future in which the world was destroyed, and the only way to prevent catastrophe is to cover a second light novel about a princess going back in time to avert a bad future! …okay, so I don’t… Read More Light Novel Club Chapter 30: Reset! The Imprisoned Princess Dreams of Another Chance! Vol. 1
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