Being a prison guard for death row prisoners is not easy. You spend long periods of time interacting with the prisoners and in the end, have a hand in ending their lives. This is the conundrum faced by the young guard Shimoda, who has gotten to know the prisoner Satake, as the two often discussed… Read More First Impressions: The Human Crazy University
Drones hover in the bright morning sky as a driverless bus pulls to a stop in a cheery watercolor town. The mood is peaceful and full of promise. Or at least it would be, if Serufu had not spaced out and messed up her high school entrance exam, much to the chagrin of her neighbor… Read More First Impression: Do It Yourself!!
What is the “Eminence in Shadow”? Desperate to embody this enigmatic idea, “background character” Kagenou trains day and night while blending in at school. But Nishino sees him—after all, Kagenou is different from all the others who praise and adore her. Kagenou looks right through her, interacting with but not really seeing the school’s most… Read More First Impression: The Eminence in Shadow
Ittoki is a good boy, an overachiever who listens to his mom and excels in, well, basically everything. He’s athletic, good at school, kind, and did I already mention athletic? Ittoki is fit to the point that he’s able to do backflips over an out-of-control truck careening in his direction. But he’s also entered that… Read More First Impression: Shinobi no Ittoki
Well, no one lost an arm and a leg in the opening, so we’re off to a happier start to an alchemist tale, and on October 3rd, no less! This alchemist story opens with a quick flashback to an eyeless Sarasa bidding her equally eyeless parents farewell as they go to work. But being anime… Read More First Impression: Management of a Novice Alchemist
There are some PRODIGIOUSLY strange goings on around the old housing complex in the seaside village of Kurosaki. The old folks in the run-down apartment building seem to live out their lives complaining about the heat and doting on nine-year-old Kimi, a young girl whose bubbly personality has charmed the old residents. During a journey… Read More First Impression: Housing Complex C
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and Uzaki is looking to hang out with her senpai. The first episode of season two starts with a nice little montage of the two of them spending Christmas together, but before we can plan out a new entry in the 12 Days of Christmas Anime, the… Read More First Impression: Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out S2
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