Spy x AX: Code Otaku (Daily Dispatches from Anime Expo 2025)

Waku waku! It’s summertime! Which means all the excitement of Hollywood blockbusters, new anime series, shaved ice with beans, and anime conventions. This year, we’re dispatching our usual Beneath the Tangles “inside man,” Agent T.R., to North America’s premier anime convention, Anime Expo 2025! His mission, should he choose to accept it? To get us… Read More Spy x AX: Code Otaku (Daily Dispatches from Anime Expo 2025)

Reader’s Corner: Veil: Calming Noir (Vol. 2), Nue’s Exorcist (Vol. 1), and Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale (Vol. 2)

Check it out: We’ve got volumes of three spin-off series this week—two from a popular isekai and the other from a beloved shoujo—in addition to premiere volumes and more! Check out our reviews below and let us know what you’ve been reading this summer! Nue’s Exorcist (Vol. 1) • Sacrificial Princess and the King of… Read More Reader’s Corner: Veil: Calming Noir (Vol. 2), Nue’s Exorcist (Vol. 1), and Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale (Vol. 2)

First Impression: Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter

Allen has failed the court sorcerer’s exam, and accepts a job tutoring a duke’s daughter. He meets Tina (the aforementioned daughter), the butler, a young maid named Ellie, and Duke Walter Howard (Tina’s father). Plot twist: rather than preparing Tina to attend the royal academy…Walter secretly hopes Allen will convince her to give up on… Read More First Impression: Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter