First Impression: HELL MODE: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing

Yamada Kenichi is a hardcore gamer, but he’s sick of games that end their service after a few years, and he scoffs at the hardest level of most games, deeming them not challenging enough. But his curiosity is piqued when he discovers a game that is said to go on perpetually and offers a “hell… Read More First Impression: HELL MODE: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing

Reader’s Corner: Imitation (Vol. 2), Sunbeams in the Sky (Vol. 3), and Looks Are All You Need (Vol. 2)

What is the essence of being a muse? Are looks all you need? And what conjecture exactly is associate profession Akira Taktsuki making? Spoiler: the volumes we’re covering in this week’s column don’t exactly answer any of these questions, but a number of them bring up multiple more new ones—some have us squeeing in excitement… Read More Reader’s Corner: Imitation (Vol. 2), Sunbeams in the Sky (Vol. 3), and Looks Are All You Need (Vol. 2)

Reader’s Corner: No Longer Heroine (Vol. 4), Issak (Vol. 2), and I’m Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness (Vol. 1)

We’re so excited for this week’s column as our reviewers give their thoughts on more than a dozen light novels and manga, including the first volume of I’m Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness in both its adaptations; the second volume of multiple series that we’re following and enjoying;… Read More Reader’s Corner: No Longer Heroine (Vol. 4), Issak (Vol. 2), and I’m Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness (Vol. 1)