Tougo Asagaki, better known as Red Ranger, is a hero who died an honorable death fighting for love and friendship. But death isn’t the end for him, because he gets a second chance in a new world. Unlike most protagonists in this situation, he uses the exact same abilities he had in his own world,… Read More First Impression: The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World
Have you ever wanted to get isekai’d without truck-kun separating you from this life forever? Well, Kazuhiro is living the dream, literally. Every time he goes to sleep, he wakes up in a fantasy realm where he gets to kill monsters or, slightly unpleasantly, be killed by them, though thankfully this simply brings him back… Read More First Impression: Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!
We gaze into a dark, bottomless abyss placed in a cavernous underworld. A desperate man is looking down alongside us. The path is here. “This…This is my fault, for being so weak.” Dark music, choir, violin. The man is falling. He wonders in his mind what purpose his life held, then disappears into the darkness.… Read More First Impression: Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest
Kenichi is a 40-year-old single man who suddenly gets teleported to another world. Immediately upon his arrival, he attempts to use magic abilities he remembers from the isekai anime he watches regularly. Surprisingly, it works exactly like in the show, which results in him testing out the full extent of his power. He finds out… Read More First Impression: The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World
Have you ever wondered how being a close relative of an isekai’d person would feel? Imagine a little brother of yours asking about things nobody has taught him, or looking serious and meditative at the tender age of three. Active, sporty tomboy Marie, a daughter to small-town gentryfolk, experiences this with her little brother Shion.… Read More First Impression: Magic Maker: How to Make Magic in Another World
Today’s collection of reviews is all about beginnings and climaxes, as Twwk reviews the opening volumes of four series (including the excellent initial volumes of RuriDragon and Luciole Has a Dream) and climactic ones of two others—Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki’s Conjecture and Rainbow Days. You’re in for an exciting ride with all these manga and… Read More Reader’s Corner: RuriDragon (Vol. 1), Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki’s Conjecture (Vol. 5), and Before the Tutorial Starts (Vol. 1)
The last thing our MC remembers from his previous life is that he went out to get a drink. Now inhabiting the 12-year-old body of Liam Hamilton, he doesn’t have long to reflect on what happened that night—he must learn about his new way of life quickly, and he’s probably right to think that it… Read More First Impression: I’m a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic
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