At a luxury hotel, Princess Sisbell encounters her older sister Alice and proclaims that they are rivals, both to inherit the throne and to secure the loyalty of their knight in shining armor—Iska. He and his comrades Nene and Jhin, who were supposed to be on vacation, discuss the trouble they’ve gotten into. Meanwhile, in… Read More First Impression: Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World, Season 2
When bookish, compassionate Jun moves into the house next door, young Rumi is instantly lovestruck. As the years go by, it is clear that they are opposites in every way: she is into sports, he is a living encyclopedia. He loves to talk about authors and books, she cares for appearances. She fails to stop… Read More First Impression: Love Is Indivisible by Twins
Trigger Warning: This anime deals with the topic of suicide. Though played in a humorous manner, it does depict methods. If these affect you negatively, you’d better skip this one. In a gray world, deluged by the rain, a writer only known as “Sensei” is heading towards a turbulent river to die with his lover.… Read More First Impression: No Longer Allowed in Another World
Convenience store clerk Byakuya is secretly a magical girl, as we see when she transforms in stereotypical magical girl fashion and then smites a dragon. She confronts the Evil Lieutenant who unleashed said dragon, and he is lovestruck. Roll OP. At the evil castle, a council of evil lieutenants questions Mira, the eponymous Evil Lieutenant,… Read More First Impression: The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies
Masaki is a former member of a popular Newtuber trio (Newtube is Mayonaka Punch’s YouTube) and has always been passionate about creating viral content there. But her recent violent outburst against her group members during a stream was the last straw, after which she was fired. Now all alone, Masaki’s not sure about what to… Read More First Impression: MAYONAKA PUNCH
Our fun slate of manga and light novel releases this week includes the latest volumes of 7th Time Loop, A Condition Called Love, Medaka Kuroiwa, and The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl! We’re also reviewing the new volume of Dandadan, set to release next week, and a throwback, too—a short story collection from Full… Read More Reader’s Corner: A Condition Called Love (Vol. 8), The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl (Vol. 5), and Dandadan (Vol. 8)
Takumi Kayano is a regular 28-year-old guy who suddenly gets warped to another world. The first person he sees there calls himself a god, and tells Takumi that he accidentally killed him. The god’s explanation for how it happened is hard to follow, but Takumi doesn’t really seem to mind that too much. After all,… Read More First Impression: A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring
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