It’s a difficult day for Lady Vermillio, a powerful fire sorceress with an administrative position in the Demon (Oni) Realm. After the death of Lord Demon Thor, the customary gladiatorial games were convened to appoint a worthy successor. A human hero, Helck—kind, muscular and good-natured—has taken advantage of the rules to participate and may become… Read More First Impression: Helck
In this week’s Reader’s Corner, we continue to press forward with later volumes of a number of manga and light novels. Haven’t yet tried them out? Not to fear, as our largely spoiler-free reviews will give you a taste of things to come! But we do also take a bite of a couple of new… Read More Reader’s Corner: Helck (Vol. 4), Usotoki Rhetoric (Vol. 3), and Rascal Does Not Dream of a Nightingale
Welcome to the future: murderous robots run wild in a Japan full of ruins and toxic rain. Enter Tokio and Kanata, a team consisting of “Drifter” (read “mecha pilot”), and tech expert who collect relics of the past from cities overcome by nature, and transport them to the dome-protected “Nests”. They do so with the… Read More First Impression: SYNDUALITY: Noir
With the help of his supportive childhood friend, Eiko, Kietaro has taken great strides over the past two years. He’s the top-scoring student at his new school, has been working to overcome his social anxiety, and is even taking on a new job as a tutor. But little does he know that his first student… Read More First Impression: Dark Gathering
Akira Tendo is a corporate slave. He is so badly sleep-deprived that he looks like he could blend right in with the hordes in the late-night zombie movies he watches every three or four days when he finally makes it home for some cup noodles and a bit of kip. Things weren’t always this way… Read More First Impression: Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
Welcome to Academy Island, a maritime complex owned by the stark and merciless Mr. Saionji, a Silicon Valley-type mogul who sits cross-legged on the top of a skyscraper, looking down on a web of boarding schools he has built. Every last schoolboy and schoolgirl on the island owns a phone created by his company and… Read More First Impression: Liar, Liar
Part two of the “Thousand-Year Blood War” arc opens with a baby—revealed to be Yhwach—being lifted up in the air and worshipped by thousands of reaching arms. As the episode proper begins, Yhwach in the current time looks out at the Quincy and announces that it’s time to destroy the Soul Society—and one more thing… Read More First Impression: Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 2: The Separation
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