The cicadas are singing a summertime symphony when they are suddenly disturbed by a thudding sound. The dull thump repeats over and over, displacing the indolent hum of the insects from the soundscape with a driving rhythm to give the early morning hours a sense of direction and purpose. Gradually, we draw nearer to the… Read More First Impression: Ippon Again!
Being a demon lord in Dickensian London is no fun. The extremely bored, quite friendless, and eternally young Marbas, one of the Thirteen Calamities, is hanging around Big Ben and wishing his life would just end already when he comes across Wisteria, a young silver-haired beggar girl who has the ability to see his kind.… Read More First Impression: The tale of outcasts
Different couples express their love in different ways. Some give gifts and leave little love notes for each other. Some find fun activities to do together. And some bully each other relentlessly. Such is the relationship between Nagatoro and her senpai, Hachiouji. And they’re back for more. One day after school, Nagatoro finds her senpai… Read More First Impression: Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro S2
Akira may be a bit of a curmudgeon (as far as perky 17-year-olds go), but he’s a good son and devoted friend. He’s just been a little bit on the outs since he failed in his pursuit of baseball. Luckily, his friend, karaoke partner, and former teammate Kacchan is there to tell him like it… Read More First Impression: UniteUp!
A young woman plummets off a cliff toward certain doom, screaming that she doesn’t want to die. Repeatedly. It seems to work because in the next scene, she wakes up in the middle of a field of grass! Shaking off her confusion, Mitsuha searches her memory for advice from her big brother about what to… Read More First Impression: Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement
In all fiction, characters come along who stand the test of time and make an impact like no other. Such a character is Catha Crunoah of the Anos Voldigoad Fan Union…and of course Anos and the other main characters of the series. And they’re all back, still feeling the effects of the war that ended last season. Students… Read More First Impression: The Misfit of Demon King Academy Season 2
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
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