Tomozaki is a gamer. In fact, under the handle nanashi, he ranks first in online play in Japan for a fighting game rendered in the the light novels and Japanese dialogue as “Atafami,” and in the subtitles as “Tackfam.” (Both are abbreviations of “Super Attack Families,” a clear nod to Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. series.)… Read More First Impression: Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki
Everyone who is really good at something—from Olympians down to kids playing video games—has to start somewhere. For Rin in developing her aptitude in camping, it began by receiving a package from her grandfather and unwrapping it to find a tent, which she assembles inside her house. Bitten by the bug, her dad drops her… Read More First Impression: Laid-Back Camp (Yuru Camp), Season 2
Remember that episode of The Magic School Bus when Miss Frizzle took her students inside the human body? Well, Japan looked at that particular episode and asked, “Hmm…what if we did this…but BETTER? The answer was Cells at Work, the literal personification of what makes our bodies work and keeps us healthy. It was a… Read More First Impression: Cells At Work!! Season 2
Originally, this should have been done by the end of the first season back in 2019, but the combination of a lack of writing motivation and the manga providing even more supplementary material for this article than expected (and many more potential ones in the future, really) has led to this being finished in time… Read More Grace for the Lying Traitor
This is the Holy Era, a 14th-century France-style fantasy kingdom. Before his daughter’s eyes, the king of Hortensia dies. He has been betrayed by Duke Rugis of Camellia, who has made a deal with dark forces from other world, a deal which allows him to become a wolf-like monster. At the same time, his warriors… Read More First Impression: Hortensia Saga
In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth. Then He created the animals. Or so it was supposed to go, but it got too tedious so He outsourced it. That’s literally the introduction to the first episode of Heaven’s Design Team. Shimoda, a new angel assigned to said team, will be the go… Read More First Impression: Heaven’s Design Team
Yen Press provided a review copy of one of their newest light novels, The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, Vol. 1. and so, for all intents and purposes, this is a review of that light novel. That said, my thoughts on this light novel are more personal and somewhat less review-like. ~ stardf29 Amane… Read More A Review and Musings on The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, Vol. 1
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