Ryusei is NEET who spends all his time holed up in his room playing video games. He’s also a reincarnator from a fantasy world, where he was known as Demon Lord Scarlet Eyes. Then one day Meteor Hanaori, a self-proclaimed “rich, popular, beautiful young woman,” bursts into his room and declares she’s going to kill… Read More First Impression: Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life
Ever since he was little, our nameless protagonist has been terrified of ghosts of all stripes. Luckily, ghosts do not exist, and on realizing that, he became invincible! Or so he says. In fact, any rumor is enough to send him into a frenzy and cause him to do the most absurd things to avoid… Read More First Impression: Let’s go KAIKIGUMI!
Hayato Kirishima and his best friend Haruki Nikaidou lost contact after her family moved to Tokyo. However, before they said their final goodbyes, they promised to stay friends even as they lived far apart. Now, after many years, family circumstances have brought Hayato to Tokyo as well. Hayato constantly thinks about the possibility of meeting… Read More First Impression: Oh Boy, Was I Wrong About Her
Arnold is seventh prince of the Adrasia Empire—but he moonlights as the elite SS-rank adventurer Silver. There is currently a bloody power struggle for the throne raging among the empire’s numerous princes. While playing the part of useless lout in public, Arnold is secretly backing Leonard, his younger twin brother. In his guise as Silver… Read More First Impression: The Insipid Prince’s Furtive Grab for the Throne
There is no way that Mizuka Tsurumaki will work at anything having to do with a circus. The visuals may fill us with wonder, the music may be epic, the chief performer may mention how there’s a smile on every face, but she is not buying. You see, Mizuka is the daughter of a legendary… Read More First Impression: Grow Up Show: Sunflower Circus
Itsuki Tomonari is a high schooler working to support himself, but his deadbeat gambler parents steal all his money and skip town. Then he happens to witness a girl being kidnapped, so the kidnappers grab him too. The girl, Hinako Konohana, is unflappable, behaving like a selfish slob even in the faces of her kidnappers.… Read More First Impression: Rich Girl Caretaker: I’m Secretly the Caregiver of the Most Popular Girl in This Rich Kid School
An imaginative little girl named Ai Yasumi discovers manga and falls in love. Flash forward seven years and Ai is in high school, still reading manga. A grumpy teacher named Teshima reprimands her on the way to school for engaging in such an immature pastime. Also along the way to school, Ai helps out some… Read More First Impression: Draw This, Then Die!
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