“I guess she wasn’t cut out for it.” With those words from her manager, Fuuka Miyazawa’s childhood hopes of idol fame are soundly put to rest. Truly, she’d tried her hardest to excel as an idol, throwing herself into practices and spending late nights practicing her routines. But she simply wasn’t as good or as… Read More First Impression: The aquatope on white sand
Long-time followers of Beneath the Tangles or my own blog Curiously Dead Cat may know that I have a thing for isekai. I will watch all but the trashiest and most offensive new releases if they include a poor(?) Japanese sap who gets whisked off to a fantasy setting and—oh, the horror!—finds himself or herself… Read More First Impression: Drug Store in Another World: The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist
Tohru is the best maid out there. It’s simply an unquestionable fact—as a dragon, she’s best at everything she does, whether it’s destroying worlds or folding loads of laundry for Kobayashi, her human master. So when the local maid cafe boasts the best maids in town, Tohru can’t help but feel slighted. She decides to… Read More First Impression: Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
Makoto Misumi is a good-natured, calm, pretty average guy. But, as the son of a fantasy writer and an archery club member, he is also a well-read, well-prepared isekai expert. So he’s in the perfect position to appreciate his own bad luck! Before being sent to the goddess of this new world, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, a considerate… Read More First Impression: Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy- (Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu)
Malnourished and maltreated, the orphan Rio awakens with a clear story in his head of a him in another time, but instead of living in the slums of a fantasy world of magic and knights, this other version of himself, named Haruto, in living in the modern world until he dies in a bus accident,… Read More First Impression: Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
Ex-gymnast Uramichi is the high-energy, always-smiling host of the children’s show, Together with Maman, and joined by his fellow actors / musicians, including a couple of kohai dressed as abunny and bear mascots, he performs in front of and with an audience of kids, Barney the Dinosaur-style. But something is a little off—namely, the advice… Read More First Impression: Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan
Hey guys, Josh here, and….hoo boy…do I have a one for you. I should’ve known that this new series would be something…special…when even after much discussion, NOBODY at Beneath the Tangles volunteered to take it on. But me being the foolish dope I am, I jumped at the chance…and I now question everything. You would… Read More First Impression: Girlfriend, Girlfriend