First Impression: Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru (My Wife Has Become an Elementary Schooler)

Keisuke Niijima used to be a productive salaryman on the sales team; he used to have a little joie de vivre too, as did his adult daughter, Mai. But ten years ago, the light of their lives was snuffed out when wife and mother Takae was killed in an accident. Then one evening, as the… Read More First Impression: Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru (My Wife Has Become an Elementary Schooler)

First Impression: I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History

Like her friends, our heroine is a big fan of a certain otome game. Unlike her friends, she would choose to be reincarnated as the villainess and not the goody-two-shoes, lip service-spouting commoner heroine. No sooner does she think it, than…she wakes up as seven-year-old Alicia Williams in the world of the otome, destined to… Read More First Impression: I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History

First Impression: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Season 3)

Rimuru, freshly recognized as a demon lord, dines with his new colleagues before returning home. There he is greeted by various people, including the demon going by the name Diablo. The bulk of the episode is a flashback to all Diablo’s machinations in the kingdom of Falmuth on behalf of Rimuru. There’s a bit of… Read More First Impression: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Season 3)

First Impression: The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases

Allen is the son of a duke, but only for about thirty seconds, before he’s promptly disinherited by his blatantly villainous father for being level 1 and receiving no blessing from the gods. Secretly, though, Allen is the reincarnation of a long-dead hero and he’s super OP. He chances upon Princess Lise as she’s in… Read More First Impression: The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases

First Impression: I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability

In a flashback, some nobles gang up on a commoner and, after mocking his puny magic, murder him. Even as he burns to death, he can’t stop admiring how cool the nobles’ magic is. He wakes up as Lloyd, the infant seventh prince of the kingdom. The OP plays, and then we’ve flashed forward a… Read More First Impression: I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability

Manhwa Review: Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom Vol. 3 – Team Edition

The latest volume in this joyous series takes a more serious turn while flipping the script completely on the cold, distant Sabrian, who until now has been Blanche’s father and Abigail’s husband in name only. Crucially, this volume reveals the root of Sabrian’s aversion to women, and tragically, it lies in childhood sexual abuse. The… Read More Manhwa Review: Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom Vol. 3 – Team Edition

First Impression: The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash

A little girl in ragged clothing collects a variety of objects from hidey-holes in the woods. She also engages in dumpster diving (hence the bit in the title about picking up trash). She’s on the run, fleeing a village that wants to kill her. She casts aside her old name, Femicia, in favor of calling… Read More First Impression: The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash