IWD 24: Celebrating the Women of the Anime, Manga, and Light Novel Industries

A warm welcome back, everyone! Here we are again, for the third year running, celebrating some of our favorite women creatives who work in anime, manga, and light novels. Now, anime is known for its cute girls and strong female protagonists, and some incredibly talented women seiyuu voice them. But on International Women’s Day, we… Read More IWD 24: Celebrating the Women of the Anime, Manga, and Light Novel Industries

First Impression: 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!

Emperor Arnold Hein storms a castle, killing the knights who defend it, including Rishe…who reverts back to five years earlier, on the night when her fiancé Prince Dietrich dumped her. But this isn’t the first time she’s died—it’s the sixth! Each loop begins when Prince Dietrich annuls their engagement and her parents disown her. She… Read More First Impression: 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!

Win Twwk’s Manga: Cheat Skill, No Longer Heroine, Sunbeams in the Sky, and More!

Welcome to the first edition of “Win Twwk’s Manga,” where I give away like new and new copies of manga and light novels! With the help of two of our reviewers, Laura and sleepminusminus, I’ve developed six questions for you to answer for our contest. These are the volumes up for grabs, all to be… Read More Win Twwk’s Manga: Cheat Skill, No Longer Heroine, Sunbeams in the Sky, and More!

Profanity, Euphemisms, and an Archdemon’s Undesirable Friend

My upbringing was, in certain respects, relatively sheltered. Of relevance for this post, I hardly ever heard anyone use profanity in real life. It might occasionally show up in a TV show or movie, but we mostly avoided works with such language, and in any case, those were fictional. Indeed, the fact that I practically… Read More Profanity, Euphemisms, and an Archdemon’s Undesirable Friend