Life has been prodigiously hard for Taiyo Asano. Having lost his entire family to a tragic car accident, he lives his life of self-imposed isolation, refusing to connect with others. The only person he allows into his inner circle is his childhood friend Mutsumi Yozakura. One day, while the two are eating lunch, the school’s… Read More First Impression: Mission: Yozakura Family
Shouzou and Ine Saitou are an elderly couple that have been married for over 60 years. Many older people have thought about what they’d do if they were young again, but for these two, that has become a reality. A golden apple from the tree they planted when they got married gives them their youth… Read More First Impression: Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again
Mito Yamamoto has had a really hard-knock life. Orphaned at a young age and then abandoned on the streets after middle school, he now finds himself a victim of his pretty looks, which makes him unemployable. Heck, at the start of the episode, our little bro is fired from the ramen shop he was working… Read More First Impression: Vampire Dormitory
Rudeus returns! And unlike the introduction to part one of season two, he has a smile on his face… Oh, right—the first cours of season two ended with Rudeus being “cured” of an ailment that was more than just physical (but certainly was that!) by his childhood friend-turned-lover Syphiette, and now he’s excited to let… Read More First Impression: Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2 Part 2
We join the story thirteen years in, after a giant floating fortress appeared in the sky and a horde of formidable monsters…challenged humanity to a stadium battle? Earth’s heroes, the colorful Power Rangers Dragon Keepers and their Rangers Force, have been defeating the wannabe invaders on a weekly basis ever since, and now it’s time… Read More First Impression: Go! Go! Loser Ranger!
Thugs are dropping like flies in the dark, dank hallways of a sketchy apartment block. The cause? The Fable—a legendary professional hitman who has taken out 71 big fish over the past six years. Every profession has its geniuses, and he’s the genius of underworld assassination. In fact, he may be just a little too… Read More First Impression: The Fable
Being President of the Kitauji Concert Band is hard work, especially if you have a tendency toward the kind of inarticulate splutters and awkward gestures that get you mixed up in all sorts of highly melodramatic situations, like Kumiko Oumae. Flanked by her best friend, the cooly confident Reina Kousaka, as Drum Major and the… Read More First Impression: Sound! Euphonium 3
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