An adorably small Shima Rin gets off the train at a countryside station to meet her grandfather. No, this isn’t the latest installment of Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, it’s actually a flashback sequence running through Rin’s mind as she goes on another of her solo camping trips. Back in 4th grade, her grandfather gave… Read More First Impression: Laid-Back Camp Season 3
Our boy Shiraishi Junta is a ghost. Not literally, as he is very much alive, but his extremely low-key personality keeps him so far under the radar that his classmates think he’s a school legend. Spotting him is so rare that it’s said to bring good luck…even though he has a perfect class attendance record.… Read More First Impression: Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible
After more than three years of waiting, it’s finally here! Yukimura Makoto’s historical fiction manga epic receives its continuation with an anime adaptation of the “Farmland Saga” arc. This part of the story features a major tonal shift from what was seen in Season 1’s “Prologue” arc, and to demonstrate that fact the story opens… Read More First Impression: Vinland Saga S2
The story opens with our protagonist Dariel, a low-ranking soldier in the Demon King’s Army, in a bit of a bind. There has just been a major force restructuring and you know how those go—a pack of new officers come in with a load of bright ideas for how they’re going to whip this sorry… Read More First Impression: Chillin’ in my 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King’s Army