Chosen as the hero to lead her party to fight and defeat the demon lord, Flum Apricot starts her journey with great hope, but that quickly changes. Her affinity, “reversal,” locks all her stats to zero—meaning that she’s useless on the battlefield. All Flum can do is cook and clean for her much stronger party… Read More First Impression: Roll Over and Die
Luna lives with her many animal familiars in a mushroom (champignon) house deep in the Black Forest, where she spends her days making medicines for the nearby townsfolk, though they know it not. If they did, they wouldn’t use the medicine, no matter how effective it is at curing any and all ailments. That’s because… Read More First Impression: Champignon Witch
The bells of St. Mark’s Square summon the multitude to witness a bloody public execution. Scarlett Castiel, a fiery woman in chains, faces the roaring crowd and curses it. But she changes her expression when Constance Grail, a young kid who has stumbled upon the scene, starts crying in compassion. The dead woman walking tells… Read More First Impression: The Holy Grail of Eris
“Tokyo is pandemonium.” After the battles between the cursed spirits and the jujutsu sorcerers led to skyscraper after skyscraper being knocked to the ground, and with Sukuna gaining control of Itadori’s body and killing hundreds of innocent victims, Itadori has been sentenced to death. Hunting him is no less than Okkotsu, a special grade sorcerer… Read More First Impression: Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3
In a world full of unusual beings like aliens and animal/human hybrids, Tonome is a detective who is also an invisible man. While he can make it so that people at least see the clothes he wears, he can also go fully invisible, which certainly helps with his detective work, though it can cause minor… Read More First Impression: The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife
Lisel is dressed, coiffed, and accessorized like a noble, but no one can tell he is one unless he tells them. That’s what he thinks, anyhow, as he determines to keep his identity secret while ambling through a sparsely populated town market he later describes as “lively.” After selling some of his accoutrements for the… Read More First Impression: A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation
When it comes to our favorite anime, I believe we’ve all experienced hoping for that sequel or that next season to come out after a hiatus. But imagine my shock when I heard that a sequel to the original Samurai Troopers was to come out after a hiatus of thirty-seven years! The original 1989 Samurai… Read More First Impression: Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers
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