Tenka’s first day as an idol trainee at LJH gets off to a rough start when her nemesis, Jiwoo Jang, turns up, and the two of them have to form a search party to find the third and final new trainee, Minchae. When the three newbies finally make it back to the training facility, they’re… Read More Manga Review: Girl Crush, Vol. 3
Co-ed pop group SI-VIS has been dominating the Japanese charts for three years now, but that doesn’t mean they can reach even higher heights! Indeed, the Idea reading for tonight’s live event is at a record-breaking 30,000 as over 100K fans gather, which also breaks the record. (Later, these records will be broken with even… Read More First Impression: SI-VIS: The Sound of Heroes
Tenka and Sato only have a couple more days left in their trip to Seoul, but it’s clear their paths have already diverged: While Sato is riding high on plans for another audition before take off, Tenka has given up and just wants to enjoy the Korean BBQ. She’s satisfied with having tried…right? Sato convinces… Read More Team Review: Girl Crush, Vol. 2
Little children are playing happily in the park, swinging without a care in the world—until they turn to ash and blow away! Kafu is the only child left standing, er, swinging, and she races home in understandable panic, passing burned-out, crumbling corpses along the way, only to find her parents in a similar state inside… Read More First Impression: Kamitsubaki City Under Construction
Imagine this: You’ve worked hard to be the “perfect” girl in high school after completely changing your image and crushing the rumors of your mom’s affair from when you were in elementary school. You study and work hard in every area of your life, especially when it comes to dancing. You are idolized everywhere you… Read More Team Review: Girl Crush, Vol. 1
A high school girl stumbles into a flower shop designed by Shaft Studios and is met with a blue rose, a fast-talking pink-haired girl, the promise of a song, and…a fight among the employees? Just what exactly is this place? Cut to the outside world. Yuina, she of the pink hair, is the kind of… Read More First Impression: Maebashi Witches
Welcome to the Gloria Academy, a series of Hogwarts-like white castles in the middle of a city where students wear a punk version of 1700s attire. A red-haired transfer student decides not to wait for his assigned teacher and explores the facilities instead. He’s fierce, impatient, and a passionate boxer exiled from the ring after… Read More First Impression: Classic★Stars
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