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My Wife Became a Fourth Grader #01 — Illegalities

  Why are we making this a constant point of conversation? Impressions: I’m not sure that the strategy of constantly announcing how illegal and creepy the premise is is a good one. Ignoring that probably wouldn’t have been the right move either. Better to have just circumvented it entirely and not done it rather than …

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Fall 2024 Impressions: Re:Zero S3, The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World’s Greatest Clan, Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister

Re:Zero S3 Short Synopsis: Season 3 of Re:Zero. Lenlo: The premier Isekai is back, with a triple length pilot episode! And you know what? It was… alright. Probably didn’t need to be an hour and a half, and some of the issues from the previous season like characters not shutting up and getting to the …

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First Impressions: Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite (Orb: On the Movements of the Earth)

OP:  “Kaijuu (怪獣)” by Sakanaction (サカナクション Before we begin, a partial list of the awards Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite has racked up in manga form: Tezuka Award 2023 (won) Seiun Award 2023 (won) Manga Taisho 2021 (2nd) Manga Taisho 2022 (5th) Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2022 (2nd) In short, the manga is one …

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First Impressions – Kimi wa Meido-sama (You Are Ms. servant)

Nope, still no idea why he’s doing it. Rarely has one person so exclusively been the reason a show is on my radar – and mid-table to boot – as with Kimi wa Meido-sama. But it really wouldn’t be there if it weren’t for Watanabe Ayumu. Everything about this series looks, frankly, as generic as …