Whether it’s a young child suffering from a Vitamin A overdose or an old fisherman in pain after a fishing expedition, the patients of Teniki General Hospital can rest easy knowing that if their hard-working resident doctors can’t solve their ailments, the Department of Investigative Pathology—headed up by the brilliant yet eccentric director, Dr. Takao… Read More First Impression: Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
Takumi Iruma is the unfortunate victim of a summoning mistake by a goddess from another world. Goddess Norn intended to summon a group of heroes, but Takumi is merely an ordinary salaryman. After apologizing for her mistake, Norn addresses something important: she can’t return Takumi to Earth anymore. He takes this news better than most… Read More First Impression: Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time
Snowfield, Nevada. A young blond woman, Ayaka Sajyou, walks into a convenience store asking for a recommendation for a cheap motel in the neighborhood. She’s looking pretty shell-shocked, which is borne out even more as the conversation continues: she knows she’s from Japan, but can’t remember where exactly; she wants a motel with an elevator… Read More First Impression: Fate strange Fake
Another year overAnd what have we done? Well, if you’re a Beneath the Tangles patron, you’ve done plenty. So much, in fact, that you’ve been a critical part of helping this ministry run and allowing it to grow! We’ve grown in number this past year with many more community members joining in 2024, but more… Read More Thank You, Patrons!
The day has finally come! Light, accompanied by his friend (and love interest?), Lena, will find out today if he’ll be able to live out his dream of being an adventurer! To do that, he’ll need to earn a battle skill, which is given when he eats a special “fruit.” Lena goes first, however, and… Read More First Impression: Bogus Skill <> ~About that time I became able to eat unlimited numbers of Skill Fruits (that kill you)~
Happy New Year’s Eve, friends! As the clock counts down toward midnight, what will you be doing? Dancing the night away at some posh event? Watching staid music performances on TV that were recorded hours ago? Watching the ball drop in a city a thousand miles away? Let’s get serious—you’ll be watching anime and reading… Read More Reader’s Corner: Dandadan (Vol. 10), Zom 100 (Vol. 16), and Fool Night (Vol. 3)
New Year’s Day is a bit of a sad holiday for many of us—Christmas is over and the promise of a new year isn’t always that hopeful. Well, one thing that’ll surely help the malaise if you’re feeling it is new anime—and lots of it! The winter 2025 anime season begins in earnest right as… Read More Winter 2025 Anime First Impressions
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