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First Impression: A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation

Lisel is dressed, coiffed, and accessorized like a noble, but no one can tell he is one unless he tells them. That’s what he thinks, anyhow, as he determines to keep his identity secret while ambling through a sparsely populated town market he later describes as “lively.” After selling some of his accoutrements for the… Read More First Impression: A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation

01.08.202601.08.2026 claire1 Comment

First Impression: This Monster Wants to Eat Me

Hinako’s days run endlessly together. She rises in the morning, joins her friend Miko on the way to school, and endures another day of school and sleep. But today is a little different. Miko is unable to join her friend, and on the way to school, Hinako looks out into the sea and sees something… Read More First Impression: This Monster Wants to Eat Me

10.02.202510.02.2025 Twwk1 Comment

First Impression: Babanbabanban Vampire

Mori Ranmaru lives and works at a bathhouse, and has done so for ten years now, ever since he fell in love at first sight with the five-year-old son of the house. Uh huh. He’s waiting until the boy is 18 though, so it’s ok. Thirteen years isn’t that long to wait either, in the… Read More First Impression: Babanbabanban Vampire

01.11.202501.11.2025 claire1 Comment

First Impression: How I Attended an All-Guy’s Mixer

University buddies Tokiwa, Hagi, and Asagi are a little nervous. They’re about to go to their first grown-up mixer, at the invitation of a cute girl, Suo-san, no less. Only, when they rock up to the restaurant, there’s a bunch of handsome dudes sitting at the table?! When one of them calls out, though, it’s… Read More First Impression: How I Attended an All-Guy’s Mixer

10.04.202411.02.2024 claire1 Comment

First Impression: Senpai Is an Otokonoko

Second-year high schooler Makoto Hanaoka is waiting in the classroom at the end of the day for the author of a mysterious note to show up. Who will it be? The note almost sounds like it could be the lead-up to a confession, but that’s impossible, right? Sigh. Just as Makoto decides to give up… Read More First Impression: Senpai Is an Otokonoko

07.06.202407.06.2024 claire1 Comment

First Impression: Twilight Out of Focus

Second-year high school students Mao Tsuchiya and Hisashi Otomo have a very interesting living arrangement at their all-boys school dormitory. The two boys live within three rules: Mao never reveals that his roommate is gay and has a boyfriend; Hisashi never develops romantic feelings for Mao; and if either of them needs…ahem…personal time…they will offer… Read More First Impression: Twilight Out of Focus

07.04.202407.05.2024 Josh1 Comment

First Impression: Tadaima, Okaeri

To say that Masaki and Hiromu Fujiyoshi have an unusual relationship would be an insult to the word “unusual”…and it’s not because they’re both males. In this world, people are given the classification of being Alphas or Omegas, with Alphas seen as a higher social class than Omegas. Marriage between the two divisions is extremely… Read More First Impression: Tadaima, Okaeri

04.09.202404.09.2024 Josh1 Comment

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