Mari Asaka is your typical high school girl engaging in that timeless high school girl pastime: being late to school. The only thing missing is the toast in her mouth. Of course baby girl is late on this special day. As it turns out, a new transfer student is enrolling in her class. Exposition-Sensei explains… Read More First Impression: With You, Our Love Will Make It Through
“Do you think humanity should be erased from this universe?” This is the second thing Yuri hears after awakening in some kind of medical pod. The first thing they hear is, “Do you understand?” The one asking the questions is Setsu, who quickly leads Yuri to what may be the control room of the spaceship… Read More First Impression: GNOSIA
What’s that aroma in the air? Ah, it’s delicious gyoza! Mukohda is cooking up yet another yummy dish for his familiars—the Fenrir named Fel, and the slime, Sui. But the smell also attracts another animal, a miniature dragon known as a pixie dragon. And before he knows it, Mukohda has added another familiar to his… Read More First Impression: Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill Season 2
An eye underwater, the moon in the day sky, nostalgic piano, uplifting violin. A male voice, five female voices, one after the other. Surrounded by high-school imagery, we see flashes of our main characters, who express their life philosophies in terms of “the blue,” the obstacles in life, and the way we try to find… Read More First Impression: Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle
Futami is a 25-year-old mangaka who is published in a shoujo magazine, and kinda meets the stereotype—she’s stressed out, works late, has imposter syndrome, and is hopefully head over heels for her editor. Uh, wait, what was that? Yes, the overly anxious Futami can’t stop thinking about her quieter, more elegant manga editor, Sato, to… Read More First Impression: A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace
The ambulance siren wails as Yumeko Koda breathes her last, reflecting that she deserved to die for loving a handsome man despite being overweight, and hoping that if she is reincarnated, she will be more… She flatlines before we hear her dying wish. But it’s ok, because actually, she survives! The plot device of choice… Read More First Impression: Plus-sized Misadventures in Love!
Alma is a lean, mean, kawaii fighting machine built in the body of a young girl. Her name is short for “Autonomous Learning Military Android,” and baby girl is the secret brainchild of recluse scientists Enji Kamisato and Suzume Yobane. All seems to be going well until after a series of experiments, Alma looks at… Read More First Impression: Alma-Chan Wants To Be a Family!
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