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
Second-year high schooler Makoto Hanaoka is waiting in the classroom at the end of the day for the author of a mysterious note to show up. Who will it be? The note almost sounds like it could be the lead-up to a confession, but that’s impossible, right? Sigh. Just as Makoto decides to give up… Read More First Impression: Senpai Is an Otokonoko
Three years ago, Clay’s father, a powerful thief and adventurer, disappeared while venturing into a dungeon. Since then, Clay has worked hard to follow in her father’s footsteps—and things are going well. She’s on a dungeon floor lower than any surviving adventurer has passed, and she is able to fight powerful monsters by herself. But… Read More First Impression: Dungeon People
Meet Noor, the well-beloved local strongman of a big medieval town. He has been digging all night to clean the sewer of a small street. Noor is big and frank, with scars all over his face and arms and a smile always on his face—the product of fourteen years of fruitless training, cultivating the minor… Read More First Impression: I Parry Everything
Second-year high school student Masamune Okumura is a guy who has sworn off the 3D world with regard to women. Having been abandoned by his mom at 8 years old, having his feelings rejected by a girl he liked in grade school, and being labeled a gross otaku by girls in his class, Masamune passes… Read More First Impression: 2.5 Dimensional Seduction
As a little kid, Toka Mimori would be kicked around by an abusive adult who laughed and laughed like the Joker. Meanwhile, his mother just looked at the TV, her back to them. Time has passed, but Mimori’s world still plays by the same rules: in the present, his classmate Oyamada (who looks a bit… Read More First Impression: Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells
This summer hasn’t delivered as many big movies (or had as many big receipts) as previous ones. Despicable Me 4 has premiered, so maybe that’ll help the season, and another animated movie, Inside Out 2, has been a huge hit with audiences and critics. Animation, huh? This piece recalls Top Gun Maverick, which released two… Read More Fanart Friday: Top Gun Furina
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