Tsuyoshi Mukōda is a 27-year-old Japanese who has become as familiar with the isekai genre and its trappings as you, dear readers, no doubt are by now. When he is suddenly summoned to a medieval-looking fantasy kingdom to fight the demon lord with three or four young compatriots, he knows what to expect. A floating… Read More First Impression: Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skills
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
Ayakashi, apparitions that often resemble cute but unusually-mutated animals, are all around us. However, they’re visible to very few. Suzu is an exception, seeing, touching, and joyfully communicating with the spirits since she was a child. Rejected by classmates who claim she’s lying about her supernatural vision, she bonds with Matsuri, a boy who can… Read More First Impression: Ayakashi Triangle
The aged Hero-King Inglis lies on his deathbed surrounded by white-clad devotees. He has lived a good life—as in, a noble, sacrificial, servant-hearted life, defeating the oppressive powers of the world and establishing a kingdom where people could thrive in safety and plenitude. As he breathes his last, the divine one who had empowered him… Read More First Impression: Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire
Blood is flowing from a sharpened metallic umbrella as our protagonist, Hyoma, watches in disbelief, the inflicted trauma reflected in his eyes. His older brother and sister, members of an order that deals with spirits tied to physical objects, have just been killed by one of them. Cut to the present, where Hyoma disregards the… Read More First Impression: Malevolent Spirits: Monogatari
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 best place to keep a valuable treasure stowed away is in a castle, on an isolated island, guarded by machine guns and heavy armor. Or so you would think, but a team invades the sanctuary and steals the valuable suitcase, only for it to break open in the midst of their escape, releasing poker… Read More First Impression: High Card
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