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Spring 2025 Impressions: Shin Samurai-den Yaiba, Kowloon Generic Romance, The Gorilla God’s Go-To Girl

Shin Samurai-den Yaiba Short Synopsis: A young swordsman raised in the jungle is shipped off to live at the dojo of his father’s rival. Lenlo: You know, there’s something almost nostalgic about an almost 40 year old Shounen. It just feels… fun, like it lacks a lot of the self-serious trappings so many modern series …

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Summer Pockets #01 — “…………” Went the Conversation

  Boy, I forgot how insufferable Key protagonists could be. Impressions: He can barely go a minute without announcing some pretentious purple prose BS. “Aah, this truly is the springtime of a melancholic boy’s wounded youthful rennaisance.” “Huh?” “Oh, golly gee, ma’am. Don’t mind me. I’m just Billy Everyteen, contemplating the weight of existence.” No, …

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First Impressions Digest – Shin Samurai-den Yaiba, Witch Watch, Shoushimin Series 2nd Season

Shin Samurai-den Yaiba – 01 Shows like Shin Samurai-den Yaiba are all the rage these days. Old chestnuts are being rebooted at an astonishing rate. And some of them (like P.T. Bon, for example) are not exactly household names these days. The mangaka of Yaiba – Aoyama Gosho – certainly is one. But that’s because …