Botan Kamiina is an earnest, cheerful girl. When Ibuki, the RA at her dorm, goes off by herself during the girls’ visit to Hitsujiyama Park, Botan goes after her, only to discover that Ibuki is purposely drinking alone. Botan, however, asks to join, and Ibuki soon discovers that Botan becomes a little less quiet and… Read More First Impression: Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk
“Is there any point in reaching the top by stepping on other people?” first-year Wakana asks her new roommate Kinue, to which the older girl responds, “Platitudes won’t get you anywhere.” The world these girls have entered is a difficult one. Wakana, Kinue, Wakana’s new friend Momoko, and others are attending Awajima Opera School, where… Read More First Impression: A Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMA
Gero is a master assassin. As a son of the Poison Clan, he uses his knowledge and abilities to carry about assassinations (though he only targets “human scum”). He has a problem, though, and it has nothing to do with contract killings—it has to do with marriage. His grandmother intends to make either Gero or… Read More First Impression: MARRIAGETOXIN
It’s been a month since school started, and the fateful day when shy, introverted Nakamura spotted happy-go-lucky Hirose at the opening ceremony and fell in love at first sight. Since that time, he’s been trying to build up his courage to develop a friendship with his crush, but Nakamura can’t even say one word to… Read More First Impression: Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!
Chosen as the hero to lead her party to fight and defeat the demon lord, Flum Apricot starts her journey with great hope, but that quickly changes. Her affinity, “reversal,” locks all her stats to zero—meaning that she’s useless on the battlefield. All Flum can do is cook and clean for her much stronger party… Read More First Impression: Roll Over and Die
Seiichiro Kondou is a diligent salaryman who wrestles with receipts from day until night, even on his days off, so that before he knows it, he’s closing in on thirty with no life to speak of. One night, as he drags his weary body home after yet another futile battle, he hears a girl screaming… Read More First Impression: Isekai Office Worker: The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter
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
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