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Winter 2022 First Impressions – Life With an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated Into a Total Fantasy Knockout
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Manga Episode Summary: Tachibana and Jinguuji have been friends since childhood, but couldn’t be more different. Jinguuji is tall, handsome, and go…
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Winter 2022 First Impressions – Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department
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First Impression: Tribe Nine
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First Look: TRIBE NINE
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Second Impressions – Sabikui Bisco
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First Look: Sabikui Bisco
In post-apocalyptic Japan, a phenomenon known as the Rusty Wind leaves its victims infected with a seemingly incurable disease. Bisco Akaboshi, known as the “Man-Eating Mushroom,” is a…


First Impression: Sabikui Bisco
Disease runs rampant in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo, particularly among the impoverished who must contend with poisonous creatures, a lack of food, and worst of all, the rusting, a…
Sabikui Bisco, Vol. 2
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Winter 2022 Impressions: Sabikui Bisco, Koroshi Ai, Kenja no Deshi wo Nanoru Kenja
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Winter 2022 First Impressions #2 – Moeronpan
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EXTREEEEEEME BASEBALL: Tribe Nine: AniTAY Early Impressions
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Winter 2022 Impressions: Tribe Nine, Sasaki to Miyano, Tensai Ouji no Akaji Kokka Saisei Jutsu
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Author Update and Tribe Nine Review
Update; feel free to skip to the review if you don’t want to read this ramble. I know it’s been a long time since I last wrote an…


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Winter 2024 Anime First Impressions Part 2
I have limited love in my heart, or indeed enthusiasm. All of that enthusiasm shall be directed towards Bravern. There will be no enthusiasm left for anything else…


Winter 2024 Anime First Impressions Part 2
I have limited love in my heart, or indeed enthusiasm. All of that enthusiasm shall be directed towards Bravern. There will be no enthusiasm left for anything else…


Winter 2023 Anime First Impressions part 2
My expression as I sit through more isekai anime before I finally have enough episodes of Vinland Saga stacked up to watch in one big cosy sitting. Except…


Tribe Nine – Episode 1
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My level of concern is now higher than it was after episode 1, and as we get into how this episode has fallen out, I will explain why.…
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「タッグ」 (Taggu) "Tag Team" If she leaves you for another, there’s always her brother.
Sabikui Bisco – 01
「八十万日貨の男」 (Hachijuuman Nikka no Otoko) "The Man Worth 800,000" Get ready for the oddest and most inventive dystopian action show of the season.


Sabikui Bisco – 03
Sabikui Bisco isn't exactly spellbinding yet, but it's solidly entertaining and it scratches an itch. Read more


Sabikui Bisco – 04
First time I've seen a panda ride a crab. Read more


Sabikui Bisco – 05
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Sabikui Bisco – 09
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Sabikui Bisco – 08
「外道の罠」 (Gedou no Wana) "Fiendish Trap" I used to be a Mushroom Keeper like you. But then I took an arrow to the arm.
Sabikui Bisco – 07
「奪われた錆喰い」 (Ubawareta Sabikui) "The Stolen Rust Eater" That's such a Blood Type B thing for you to say, Bisco.
Sabikui Bisco – 04
「蟹に乗る」 (Kani ni Noru) "Ride the Crab" “My saddle's! Waitin’! Come and jump on it!.”


Sabikui Bisco – 08
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