A young elf woman wakes up in a manor surrounded by trees, ready for another day. The brick is showing through in the walls; has this manor seen better days? She then wakes up Zenos, who sleeps in the other bed. As she hums and cooks, we learn that we are in the magical Kingdom… Read More First Impression: The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows
A refined classical melody floats through the air as the ojou-sama of Oushin Girls’ Academy move sedately about their campus in pairs, their long Victorian dress uniforms practically sweeping up the rose petals that carpet the ground. Holding court in the dining hall is Lilisa Suzunomiya, who expresses her preference for Ravel’s ‘Pavane for a… Read More First Impression: Rock is a Lady’s Modesty
Cyber Inspector Echika begins a brain dive. Her assistant, it seems, is an android—or rather, an Amicus—and as such, he is imprinted with the Laws of Respect, aka Asimov’s Laws of Robotics. Cut to a montage of confrontations in dark, seedy alleys and dead-end streets, and then to a St. Petersburg shopping mall, where Echika,… Read More First Impression: Your Forma
King Grey is the most powerful ruler in a world with advanced technology. But one day, he suddenly collapses and is reborn in another world as a baby named Arthur. Distraught by the situation, Arthur tries to learn as much about this world as he can, presumably in order to continue where he left off… Read More First Impression: The Beginning After the End
More important than the final score are the sounds and sights of a baseball game; the people who contribute to those, from the players to the security guards, the beer hawkers to the fans in the stands, create a collective feeling that feeds the warmth of being at the ballpark. At MotorSuns Stadium, a “corporate… Read More First Impression: Catch Me at the Ballpark!
Meg the apprentice witch gets up in the morning, makes tea for her master, Ms. Faust, and feeds all the pets. Then her master drops this bombshell: “You are going to die in one year.” Apparently, Meg has a curse (which isn’t a hostile attack, but more like a congenital magical health condition), and it… Read More First Impression: Once Upon a Witch’s Death
Kurt does the chores for an elite party of adventurers…until they kick him out for not contributing enough. He gets some part-time work doing construction and astounds the supervisor with how much he accomplishes (though Kurt fails to realize this). Next, he takes a mining job from a cute girl named Yulishia. He flirts with… Read More First Impression: The Unaware Atelier Meister
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