Disaster strikes for Minami when the mobile game she was so invested in gets hit by the dreaded end-of-service notice. Encouraged by her friend to find a club to join, she tries several, but her lack of physical skills discourages her from sticking with any of them. While looking for something out in town to… Read More First Impression: Sorairo Utility (TV)
A human-like doll named Doloris is surrounded by dolls, each speaking in whispers, wondering if she, too, will come alive on this “Night of Awakening” as they take on “temporary lives.” But as the camera pans back, it’s all revealed to be an act. This is a concert by Ave Mujica, a girls’ band soaring… Read More First Impression: Ave Mujica – The Die is Cast –
Perhaps the biggest action series of last year returns with…a parent-teacher conference? Season two of Solo Leveling begins with Jinwoo attending his sister Jinah’s conference in place of his comatose mother and being asked by the teacher to look out for a different student—Jinah’s friend, Song-Yi. So he does, deciding to go the tough love… Read More First Impression: Solo Leveling Season 2: Arise from the Shadow
As everyday salaryman Tsukasa Atsumi walks home from work one night, he looks up, startled by a loud noise, and sees steel beams falling from atop a construction site. Thinking that this is it for him, Tsukasa is surprised to instead witness a beautiful kunoichi saving him. Even more peculiar, is her explanation that the… Read More First Impression: I’m Living With an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!?
Tasokare (twilight) is a fitting name for this hotel because it’s for guests who are unsure whether they’re dead or alive. Tsukahara suddenly arrives in this place without knowing anything about herself. The peculiar-looking but friendly enough hotel manager informs her that she can discover her identity and fate by investigating her hotel room. She… Read More First Impression: Tasokare Hotel
Two high school students are married, and they don’t like it. Rewind. Akane (girl) gets on Saito’s (guy) case for sloppy work on the daily class record. They bicker until their classmate Himari (girl) comes over and asks why Akane gets on Saito’s case so much. She doesn’t have an answer. Another student, Shisei (girl),… Read More First Impression: I’m Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class
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