On the surface, Carole and Tuesday are as different as can be. Rich and naive, Tuesday runs away from a sheltered existence to a city she’s never been to do something she’s never done. Carole has no family from which to escape, but lives more carefree and open, a very part of Alba City where… Read More First Impression: Carole & Tuesday
In a world of fantasy, a young boy, recovered from a carriage incident involving a demon, learns the way of magic from the wise man, Merlin, who once saved the land during a time of evil and war. Born into this world after apparently dying in a car accident on earth, Shin is anything but… Read More First Impression: Wise Man’s Grandchild
Since TWWK already did a First Impression post for this show (which you can check out if you want a synopsis), I’ll mainly be angling my impressions as someone who is familiar with the source manga. (Full disclosure: the source manga is not yet licensed in English and I’m reading it via scanlations. Trust me,… Read More First Impression: The Helpful Fox Senko-san (stardf29)
Nakano is in a rut. A young, single man, he works long hours dutifully at the computer, and then goes home to an empty apartment, empty even of food. He doesn’t have time to call his mom or visit home, even on days commemorating his beloved, deceased grandmother. But into this frustration arrives relief in… Read More First Impression: The Helpful Fox Senko-san
The situation on the planet is getting bleaker—stronger villains are appearing and more of them, with the Boros incident revealing the strength of some of these enemies, as well as of the superheroes that fight them, and especially Saitama, the bald, unmotivated, forever poor Class B Hero who can seemingly defeat any one with one… Read More First Impression: One Punch Man 2
Intro Welcome back to my read-through of Dungeon Meshi by Ryoko Kui, my favorite current seinen series and the absolute best place to find out what would happen if you had to eat your way through a fantasy dungeon, one delicious monster at a time. Our heroes are… Laios Thorden, Skilled but Naive human fighter… Read More Reading Dungeon Meshi, Chapter 2: Tart
Takezō is the president and only member club of his school’s Kota Club. Not exactly the most popular extracurricular on campus, its namesake is the 13-stringed wooden national instrument of Japan. Neither does he really seem to know what he’s doing, dedicating himself to club in memory of beloved senpai who poured their heart into… Read More First Impression: Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life
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