Noriko frequently dreams of another world, an alternate universe of green hills and vast forests, and of a golden bird flying through. But when the bird shows up in reality, Noriko chases after it and finds herself transported to the world she’s dreamed of, except this universe has dangers she hasn’t imagined: monstrous creatures who… Read More First Impression: From Far Away
Ever since her grandmother passed away, Rose, the “good Witch of the Lake,” has been brewing potions in a little hermitage all by herself. She’s able to get by just fine, but her heart aches for a man she met four years ago, Harij, who probably doesn’t even know she exists. This has been troubling… Read More First Impression: Hello, I Am a Witch and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion!
The second season of Blue Box picks up exactly where the first one ended. After the emotional ending of the first season, Taiki has definitively made his choice, and he is moving forward, being rewarded for his decision with a kind of date! Once all the misunderstandings have been cleared, Chinatsu-senpai has agreed to go… Read More First Impression: Blue Box Season 2
Nagi Taira was the city’s greatest assassin until the day he took a bullet to the head while rescuing his sister, Shizuka, who’d been taken hostage. Since then, he’s been unresponsive, alive but unable to interact with Shizuka or the world around him—that is, unless someone tries to kill him. When he feels a killing… Read More First Impression: TANK CHAIR
Fia Ruud is the second daughter in a family of knights. When it’s time to choose her occupation, she quickly chooses the same profession as her brothers: knighthood. However, those same brothers are opposed to the idea because they judge her chances of surviving the rite of passage to be alarmingly low. On the other… Read More First Impression: A Tale of the Secret Saint
Stella Online: a game set in the vastness of space with an equally wide variety of options for players. What if this game wasn’t just an escape, but your new reality? That’s the situation for Hiro, a programmer who finds himself the captain of a speedy, powerful ship. After fighting pirates in his first battle… Read More First Impression: Reborn as a Space Mercenary—I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship!
The first episode of Suikoden: The Anime drops us right in the middle of the action with Riliu and Jowy finding themselves being chased through the forest by a group of armored men shortly after graduation from the Unicorn Youth Brigade. Despite succeeding in their daring escape, the two young men are separated from one… Read More First Impression: Suikoden: The Anime
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