Noel’s grandfather is a legendary seeker, known for slaying numerous beasts that came from the abyss. After his grandfather dies in battle, Noel wants to follow in his footsteps. There is one problem though, his role is to be a Talker, which means his combat skills are worthless. The only way he could become a… Read More First Impression: The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World’s Greatest Clan
Six childhood friends make a pact to become hunters when they grow up—er, at least five of them do. Krai is a little…noncommittal about it all. Flash forward to a dreary city street as Krai, now a dreary young man, face obscured by his hood, voices a dreary monologue as he queues up outside the… Read More First Impression: Let this Grieving Soul Retire
It’s been fifteen years since Akira Ono, a man whose eyes are always pixelated, created Infinity Game, his vintage MMORPG passion project, and put it out for the world to enjoy. Back in the early 2000s, it took the video game scene by storm. His anonymous NEET friend told him to share a little when… Read More First Impression: Demon Lord Retry! R
Trigger Warning: This anime deals with the topic of suicide. Though played in a humorous manner, it does depict methods. If these affect you negatively, you’d better skip this one. In a gray world, deluged by the rain, a writer only known as “Sensei” is heading towards a turbulent river to die with his lover.… Read More First Impression: No Longer Allowed in Another World
What do you desire the most? Riches? Power? Truth? All those things await you at the top of the Tower! Our protagonist has rejected that idea, yet he continues to climb, trying to comprehend the incomprehensible. The first season told us the story of Rachel, the girl with golden eyes who left everything to climb,… Read More First Impression: Tower of God S2
Meet Noor, the well-beloved local strongman of a big medieval town. He has been digging all night to clean the sewer of a small street. Noor is big and frank, with scars all over his face and arms and a smile always on his face—the product of fourteen years of fruitless training, cultivating the minor… Read More First Impression: I Parry Everything
As a little kid, Toka Mimori would be kicked around by an abusive adult who laughed and laughed like the Joker. Meanwhile, his mother just looked at the TV, her back to them. Time has passed, but Mimori’s world still plays by the same rules: in the present, his classmate Oyamada (who looks a bit… Read More First Impression: Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells
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