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Category: First Impression

First Impression: TONIKAWA: Over the Moon For You (Season 2)

Time to fly to the moon and dance among the stars with the girl from the moon and the boy with a stellar nomenclature as TONIKAWA kicks off its second season! This time around, the newlywed star-crossed couple are having a movie date, during which time our lavender-haired bro ruminates about the shifting moods of… Read More First Impression: TONIKAWA: Over the Moon For You (Season 2)

04.07.202304.08.2023 JoshLeave a comment

First Impression: Magical Destroyers

A dozen armed thugs, unwashed and sickly of complexion, are huddled in a transport vehicle of some sort when the announcement is made that they’ve reached their destination. The scrawny bespectacled leader takes his place at the cargo door and prepares to launch the assault when suddenly, a twin-tailed red-haired girl oozing punk rocker vibes… Read More First Impression: Magical Destroyers

04.07.202304.08.2023 claireLeave a comment

First Impression: The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses

Hayato, who studies at Tokyo University, comes to visit his grandmother’s café during the break. His grandmother has passed so he was notified that he now owns the Familia Café. As he walks through the empty restaurant, he remembers how run down it was, when suddenly he’s interrupted by five young ladies—mostly naked and confused… Read More First Impression: The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses

04.07.202304.07.2023 Samuru1 Comment

First Impression: Otaku Elf

Koito is a miko at a traditional Shinto shrine…inhabited by an actual, genuine elf! Her name’s Elda, and she’s a shut-in otaku. Then a surprisingly catchy OP plays. Afterward, Koito struggles to get through a ritual prayer with the ridiculous “goddess.” Later, at school, a worn-out Koito talks to her friend Koma. For all Koito’s… Read More First Impression: Otaku Elf

04.07.202304.07.2023 JeskaiAngel1 Comment

First Impression: Rokudo’s Bad Girls

Rokudo is the “chew toy” for the delinquents in his school and finds himself being picked on every day by those who consider him weak. It doesn’t seem to matter what he does—if it’s looking at a girl or just walking to school—he and his friends, nicknamed Chief and Colonel, always find themselves in situations… Read More First Impression: Rokudo’s Bad Girls

04.07.202304.07.2023 Laura A. GraceLeave a comment

First Impression: Mashle: Magic and Muscles

There do be dragons in these hills! And plenteous magic among the folk too. The setting is Ye Olde Fantasye Land, and ’tis a world so steeped in wands and wizardry that everyone bears a Harry Potter-esque mark upon the face, bespeaking their magical lineage. Everyone except, that is, for Mash Burnedead, which is why… Read More First Impression: Mashle: Magic and Muscles

04.07.202304.08.2023 claire1 Comment

First Impression: My One-Hit Kill Sister

After using his body to shield a young girl from an out-of-control car, Ikuba Asahi’s consciousness rises above the carnage, viewing the scene before being pulled in by a light. Ikuba reawakens in another world where he begins to learn about the currency, applies to become an adventurer, and, well, does all the other stuff… Read More First Impression: My One-Hit Kill Sister

04.07.202304.07.2023 TwwkLeave a comment

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