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The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases, Vol. 1
By Shin Kouduki and Chocoan. Released in Japan as “Dekisokonai to Yobareta Moto Eiyū wa, Jikka Kara Tsuihōsareta node Suki Katte ni Ikiru Koto ni Shita” by TO…
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The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases – Episode 1
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Spring 2024 Impressions: Re:Monster, The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases, Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf
Re:Monster Short Synopsis: Man dies and is isekai’d as a lowly goblin, proceeds to level up Slime Isekai style only worse in every conceivable way. Lenlo: Look, I…
Re:Monster, Spice and Wolf, The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases
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First Impression: Kotaro Lives Alone
Almost out of funds from the prize he won for a young mangaka contest, and with nothing much else on the horizon, Karino is nonetheless satisfied with living…
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Autumn 2021 First Impression – Banished from the Hero’s Party…
Streaming: Funimation Episodes: 13 Source: Light Novel Episode Summary: Red is a quiet man, well-liked among the citizens of Zoltan, but with a personality that leads many to…
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First Impression: Muteking the Dancing Hero
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First Impression: I’m Standing on a Million Lives
One day after class, Yotsuya Yuusuke finds himself in a game-like fantasy world, along with the popular Shindou Yuu and shy Hakozaki Kusue. Shindou was actually the first…
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First Impression: My Home Hero
A family of three—Tetsuo Tosu, his 18-year-old daughter Reika, and his wife Kasen—are living a normal life as Reika goes off to school to practice music and start…
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First Impression: The Legendary Hero is Dead!
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First Impression: Reincarnated as a Sword
The moon. Blood. Someone has died in a car accident, but don’t you worry! As the images of flocks of flying dragons and strange chameleon-like creatures suggest, our…
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The episode opens with a brief recap of the previous season, but after that, we hit the ground running! Hawks, still working undercover, has a fun little conversation…
First Impression: My Hero Academia Season 7
Izuku Midoriya is recovering from the last months, hanging his clothes to dry and reflecting as his country becomes a failed state. The comforting presence of his classmates…
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First Impression: Seven Knights Revolution: Hero Successor
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First Impression: How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
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Don’t Get the ‘Banished Hero’ Anime Mixed Up…
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Fu on drums, Itsuki on keys, Karin “Nibosshi” on bass, Togo “Wasshi” on…biwa? And Sonoko thrashing on a Les Paul, roaring out “Udon! Udon! Udon! Udon! Rawwwwrrrr! Tasty!”…
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First Impression: The Fable
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First Impression: Level 1 Demon Lord & One Room Hero
Max the hero leads a party of adventurers in defeating the demon lord, who swears to return one day in vengeance. Flash forward ten years, and the demon…
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First Impression: Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon
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First Impression: The Greatest Demon Lord is Reborn as a Typical Nobody
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A Former Hero Reincarnated Yada Yada #01 — Cleric of Wagons
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First Impression: Burn The Witch
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First Impression: The Heike Story
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First Impression: The Fire Hunter
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First Impression: The Elusive Samurai
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First Impression: The Marginal Service
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First Impression: The Great Cleric
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First Impression: Vazzrock the Animation
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First Impression: THE NEW GATE
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First Impression: Bocchi the Rock!
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First Impression: The Faraway Paladin
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In Defense of Hades: Not as Bad as He Could Have Been
Hades is a bad father, but he’s not the worst, I guess.
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First Impression: Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire
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First Impression: PLUTO
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First Impression: Revenger
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First Impression: Re:Monster
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First Impression: BULLBUSTER
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First Impression: Tonbo!
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First Impression: Kakushigoto
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First Impression: Opus.COLORs
Two adults doing tai chi while wearing high-tech goggles and hand gear are watched by three enraptured boys. When they’re done swooshing their arms and tiptoeing through the…
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SK∞ (First Impression)
“Reki, a high school sophomore and skater, is addicted to “S,” a highly secret and dangerous downhill skateboarding race that takes place in an abandoned mine. The skaters…
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First Impression: Cue!
Action music. A deep blue sea with emerald green coasts. Pursued by their enemies, a boy and a girl are entering the fantasy world where she was born.…