Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do, even if it means pretending to be a robot for a rich heir who absolutely hates people who lie? Marie decides to take this risk in order to help pay off her parents’ debts. After all, being a strong MMA fighter and not showing any emotion has its advantages!… Read More First Impression: Mechanical Marie
At 167 cm, Sae “Iwa” Iwata is the tallest girl in her class, and always has been, since elementary school. But the athletic, feisty kid has become an insecure teenager who sees herself as a heavy giant, a being of a different species than the slim, petite girls in her class. This has made her… Read More First Impression: A Star Brighter Than the Sun
If you’ve yet to read The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity, you should! Trust me, it’s the most precious series—and thankfully, Cloverworks is bringing it to life in anime this year! Artist moshimoshibe also brings it to life with this kawaii illustration of the lovely and too-cute Waguri Kaoruko! ★ 【moshimoshibe】 「 kaoruko 」
If you’re going to change the things you don’t like about yourself— the things that led to relentless bullying during your middle school years and kept you from making meaningful connections—you ought to take steps forward just a little at a time. But what if you’re too afraid even to do that? This is exactly… Read More First Impression: Honey Lemon Soda
Leticia is a young girl who spends her days laughing with her pet dog, John, and enjoying the beautiful outdoors with all the carelessness a young child should have. All that changes though when her parents receive a notice that she is to take princess lessons at the royal castle and become a mature young… Read More First Impression: I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons
Does anyone think of “vulnerability” and “trust” when they think of Christmas? Perhaps not, especially when we turn toward anime, which emphasizes the holiday as an occasion for romance. At first glance, Kimi no Todoke’s season three Christmas episode (not to be confused with season one’s) seems to fit the lovey-dovey mold, as not one… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 4: Kimi ni Todoke and a Vulnerable Christmas
My Happy Marriage is back, though briefly, with the series’ first OVA. Opening with Miyo putting future sister-in-law Hazuki’s etiquette training to use at a party, this episode is a more in-depth take on the finale of season 1. This time, rather than using the party to focus on Miyo’s growth as in the finale,… Read More First Impression: My Happy Marriage (OVA)
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