A Japanese woman dies of overwork. (Speaking of, what are the odds that Overwork-chan will someday eclipse Truck-kun as the number one cause of getting isekai’d? I feel like we see it more and more.) Young Dahlia learns about crafting magical items from her dad Carlo. Inspired, she decides to become a magic artificer too.… Read More First Impression: Dahlia in Bloom
Sakuna-hime of the Lofty Realm may look like a child and act like a child, but she’s actually a genuine grown-up adult goddess of the harvest. Or at least she should be. In reality, she’s been loafing around her whole life, deep in her cups, relying on the hard work her parents—the previous goddess of… Read More First Impression: Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
For two years, Kaito Takagi has been struggling at the lowest level of explorer, farming slimes while avoiding being caught by his childhood friend Katsuragi, who’s made him agree not to explore the dungeons. But finally, he’s reached a milestone—his 1000th kill, and a gold slime at that! Maybe it’ll drop a rare gem or… Read More First Impression: A Nobody’s Way Up to an Exploration Hero
Kobato and Osanai have a deal. The socially awkward boy and quiet girl will help one another “become ordinary.” To do so, they will follow a series of rules for what it means to be an ordinary person. Having been classmates in middle school and now attending high school together, the two will work together… Read More First Impression: SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary
After many years, the Monogatari series has finally returned! The “author” of the first episode of this Off & Monster Season is Yotsugi Ononoki. She has been tasked with keeping an eye on Tsukihi Araragi, who on the outside might appear to be Koyomi Araragi’s little sister; but in reality she’s a phoenix, an immortal… Read More First Impression: MONOGATARI Series OFF & MONSTER Season
Young Tokiyuki Hojo is a consummate master at hide-and-seek, which wouldn’t be that strange if he wasn’t also the heir to the Kamakura Shogunate. The year is 1333, and Tokiyuki prefers hiding in treasure vaults, jumping from roofs, and running in front of his bodyguards to archery training or his lordly duties. Some at the… Read More First Impression: The Elusive Samurai
Nikola lives in a farming village. And then the frog-dragons attack! She meets a strange man named Haga who seems to be some kind of researcher. Nikola gives us a geography lesson. The villagers speculate that Haga is a King’s Seeker, a kind of elite investigator (a theory he later confirms when Nikola visits him… Read More First Impression: Quality Assurance in Another World
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