On the occasion of her 16th birthday, Himari Momochi receives a gift from her deceased parents: they’ve bequeathed their daughter an estate. The problem? It’s already occupied. By a naked guy. And a couple of other dudes too. And that’s not the only issue. Residents of the area speak of Momochi House as being haunted… Read More First Impression: The Demon Prince of Momochi House
Corporate drone Sasaki-san is a good senpai. He also loves cat videos. Now that he’s “staring down the barrel of his forties,” as he says, perhaps it’s time to reward himself humbly for his hard work and get that pet he’s always wanted to have! Just his luck though that he ends up with an… Read More First Impression: Sasaki and Peeps
Chained Soldier wastes no time getting started. We immediately join our two main leads in flashback: ambiguous memories that are supposed to give us some kind of motivation for the characters play across the screen—complete with a stock film reel overlay to emphasize that what we are seeing is in the past! The main credits… Read More First Impression: Chained Soldier
Rentt Faina is in the second-lowest class of adventurers, bronze, despite working in the profession for a decade and training another ten years before that. But he likes his life and as someone who lives cautiously, he can survive well enough with the pay he makes while also avoiding major dangers in the labyrinths. That… Read More First Impression: The Unwanted Undead Adventurer
We join our heroes in mid-battle against a fearsome red-scaled dragon, somewhere deep in the bowels of the earth—or rather, some other earth. Distracted by his empty stomach, the leader realizes too late that the entire crew has been wiped out, and his little sister consumed by their foe. It’s kinda ok though, cause they… Read More First Impression: Delicious in Dungeon
As Yogiri Takatou dreams of his violent childhood, violence surrounds him once again. But no worries for Takatou, who must be wrested from his sleep by Dannoura, because he has an ability that will help the two survive in the world they’ve apparently been isekai’d to with their classmates. Except that the vast majority of… Read More First Impression: My Instant Death Ability is Overpowered
It’s the first day of school in a vaguely medieval Ottoman-like world (with robots) when timid Yuno first encounters Lucelles, the sparkling, confident girl who quickly becomes her best friend. They bond over a Word Arts training montage and dream about the peaceful futures that lie before them now that the Demon King is dead.… Read More First Impression: Ishura
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