It’s Day One of the new relationship between former class loner Amane Fujimiya and his classmate/next-door neighbor, the class “angel” Mahiru Shiina, and things are adorably awkward. Having confessed their love for each other, our two dorks now find themselves with the enviable task of deciding how exactly to act around each other and how… Read More First Impression: The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten2
Another anime season is upon us, and that means it’s time once again for our first impressions series here at Beneath the Tangles. Over the next several weeks, our writers will be sampling a wide range of new and returning shows and sharing their early thoughts—what excites us, what surprises us, and what might be… Read More Spring 2026 Anime First Impressions
Welcome to a spirited edition of Throwback Thursday! Yes, we’re joining the “Spirit of Christmas Past” today as we cross TBT over with our 12 Days of Christmas Anime series! We’ve been doing this series for more than a decade now, resulting in more than 100 posts about Christmas anime. Can you believe that? And… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 8: Throwback Thursday and Favorite Christmas Posts
A study from late last year discovered something many of us know intimately to be true: Christmastime can be incredibly lonely. The survey indicated that 55% of Americans are “experiencing sadness and loneliness during the holidays.” While it’s perhaps helpful to know that the majority of Americans may be feeling like you are, it’s little… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 1: The Angel Next Door Knows the Christmas Blues
Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of July 2nd! Uvie delivers the news our the latest episode, which you can check out through our player below, or by subscribing to us on Apple, Spotify, or SoundCloud, where you can also find… Read More Doki Doki News: Anime, Manga, and Gaming News from Anime Expo 2023!
An adventure tale centered on questions of morality. A businessman who transforms into a magical girl. Another young man who is reborn as a vending machine. And of course, the multiple layers to the fantastic series, Oshi no Ko. Things are most definitely not what they seem in this week’s selection of manga and light… Read More Reader’s Corner: Oshi no Ko (Vol. 2), Zom 100 (Vol. 10), and How to Grill Our Love (Vol. 1)
Before there was Chainsaw Man, there was Mermaid Rhapsody, Little Sister’s Elder Sister, and Tatsuki Fujimoto other one-shots. We look at another collection of his early manga today, along with series about cute would-be couples, surviving the zombie apocalypse, an assassin charged with killing isekai’d humans for the church, and much more! Hit the links… Read More Reader’s Corner: The Eminence in Shadow (Vol. 6), Dandadan (Vol. 3), and Love’s in Sight! (Vol. 1)
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