A family of three—Tetsuo Tosu, his 18-year-old daughter Reika, and his wife Kasen—are living a normal life as Reika goes off to school to practice music and start her career. She plays the piano well and even composed and recorded a song for her father, who is protective of her—as any decent father should be… Read More First Impression: My Home Hero
Some kids can be jerks. There, I said it. Some kids can be real jerks. Case in point: the students that think it’s a riot to make fun of Akane Nishimura. Why? Because she has piercing, glaring eyes and wears dark clothes. So naturally, they decide to call her “The Grim Reaper” and go out… Read More First Impression: My Clueless First Friend
As he reads a “murder encyclopedia,” a boy reflects—”I’m really messed up in the head.” And indeed, Ichikawa’s inner life is filled with a voice speaking murderous intentions toward the boys and girls all around him in class, but specifically toward the beautiful Yamada. However, circumstances keeping putting them in each other’s path, and as… Read More First Impression: The Dangers in My Heart
A heroine already having her heart broken by her longstanding boyfriend isn’t the happiest way to start off an anime, but that is exactly what happens to Akane in My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999! Not only did her boyfriend break up with her, but he broke up with her for a girl in… Read More First Impression: My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999
It’s feudal Japan and a man is about to be parted from his head. As the executioner raises his blade high, a narrator informs us just how difficult it is to behead a man, and just how ugly this is likely to get before the deed is finally done. But as the sword-bearer hacks away,… Read More First Impression: Hell’s Paradise
Was the winter season a little slow for you? Well then, you’ll appreciate the spring 2023 anime season, with more than 50 anime series airing (not including shorts and children’s series)! As you can imagine, the set list of series is diverse, from cutesy shows and historical dramas, idol series to those featuring wizards and… Read More Spring 2023 Anime First Impressions
A man armed with a sickle battles to overcome a vicious beast in the forest, saving the life of a little girl at the cost of his own. With his dying breath, he tells her the name of his dog, Kanata, who has fought just as fearsomely as his master. This is no simple, if… Read More First Impression: The Fire Hunter
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