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

First Impression: Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte

Kobayashi (girl) dragoons Endo (guy) into doing a Let’s Play of her favorite otome game for their school broadcasting club. The game has the standard setup: commoner Fiene attends the aristocratic magical academy and meets various cute guys. And then there’s Lieselotte, a rival character (“villainess”) who’s actually just a tsundere who is tragically incapable… Read More First Impression: Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte