A girl gets summoned to another world to be a Saintess, but those who summoned her think her Skills are worthless and she gets forcibly teleported into the wilderness. It might be a familiar start to the story, but the girl, Rin, decides to make the most of her new circumstances and begins setting up… Read More First Impression: The Forsaken Saintess and Her Foodie Roadtrip in Another World
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
A demure young lady is enjoying a picnic alone on a park bench when a middle-aged man with a retinue approaches her, mouth watering, and asks her a question: Can he eat some of her sandwich? Unperturbed, she opens up her picnic basket to reveal a second sandy, delighted that someone should enquire after her… Read More First Impression: Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!
We open with a review of S1. Aoi is a college student who can see spirits. An ogre showed up, claiming her late grandpa had promised her hand in marriage as collateral for a debt. She begged for a chance to work off the debt instead, cooking at the ogre’s inn in the spirit realm.… Read More First Impression: Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits- S2
A college freshman named Mako watches a cooking show on her phone. She loves food but is extremely shy and timid and can’t bring herself to venture into crowded restaurants alone. Later, on campus, three college girls seek to register a Food Culture Research Club, but they need a fourth member to be allowed to… Read More First Impression: Food for the Soul
Tomoatsu Naoe has an interesting new client at the health spa he works for. For starters, she’s a little on the plump side as she has a habit of grubbing on unhealthy foods. For another, she’s an actual elf. Unfortunately, she cannot return home through a dimensional portal due to her newly acquired weight being… Read More First Impression: Plus-Sized Elf
Somewhere in Arizona The Imperial Army is caught on the back foot when a gargantuan monster suddenly bursts onto the scene, but the Princess who commands them is undaunted: that big green guy’s just saved them half a day’s walk coming to him! She strides out confidently and slays the beast in a single blow.… Read More First Impression: ‘Tis Time for “Torture”, Princess
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