Yuu is a good girl. She takes care of her parents, she helps the neighbors, and she does well at school. But she’s about to leave that life behind to turn to the dark side and become…a bad girl! What’s the cause of this drastic change, which includes wearing clip-on earrings and drinking tea on… Read More First Impression: Bad Girl
Sakura’s freshman year at college appears to be as normal as any other: He makes friends, attends classes, and goes to mixers where he meets girls. Of course, Sakuta is not normal—he’s the boyfriend of Mai Sakurajima, one of the most beloved celebrities in Japan, and he and his loved ones have experienced Puberty Syndrome,… Read More First Impression: Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus
We open with Lloyd getting kicked out of his party, then get what seems like a flashback(?) to some past event that involved him. Then we get a montage of young Lloyd growing up and learning magic from his mentor. Eventually he tires of her somewhat draconian methods and sets out for the city on… Read More First Impression: Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer!
Marie is the oppressed younger daughter of an impoverished noble family. One evening, Marie meets a dashing nobleman and enjoys chatting with him. Now her beautiful older sister Anastasia is set to marry a Count Granado. Unlike their despicable parents, Anastasia actually seems like a kind, caring person who wants to help her sister, trying… Read More First Impression: Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex
The night calls once again with vampire in potentia Ko Yamori and the voluptuous vampires that surround him. As a refresher: After a nighttime stroll results in an encounter with the real-life vampire Nazuna Nanakusa, Ko develops a desire to abandon his ordinary life and live as a vampire at night. There’s just one problem:… Read More First Impression: Call of the Night (Season 2)
Naoto Watari is a dude who has had a lot put on his plate the last couple of years…and due to the actions of a former childhood friend, he doesn’t have a lot of garden fresh produce. After the death of their parents, Naoto and his little sister Suzushiro (Suzu for short) had been passed… Read More First Impression: Watari-Kun’s ****** is About to Collapse
Sixteen-year-old Monica is the youngest of the Seven Sages, the greatest mages in the Kingdom of Ridill. She’s also got crippling social anxiety—indeed, she nearly flunked out of magic school because she would get too nervous to say incantations. To get around that issue, she did something unprecedented: She invented silent spell casting, no incantations… Read More First Impression: Secrets of the Silent Witch
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