Who doesn’t love can-do country bumpkins? I for one can’t help but be endlessly charmed by them as I vicariously watch them navigate the Big City for the first time, full of gumption an…
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First Impressions – Heroines Run the Show!
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First Impression: Heroines Run the Show
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[Review] Heroines Run the Show
When something comes along you didn’t even realize you needed, much less wanted, the ensuing satisfaction and affections are that much more memorable. Heroines Run the Show appeared…
Heroines Kinda Run The Show
Heroines Run the Show is an odd mishmash that has a lot of great elements but never really comes together. At least in my experience.
Heroines Run the Show – Episode 1
A shoujo-esque coming-of-age series? Idols with art deco aesthetics? And its production has more than a ham sandwich to its name? Is it my birthday?
Heroines Run the Show – 10 – The Stir
The rumors of a LIPxLIP member romance around going away, as evidenced by the appearance of the photos on television, with Hiyori’s face pixelated. That makes it so…
Heroines Run the Show – 05 – Their Juliet
Hiyori’s foot injury isn’t something that goes away overnight. Like Embiid being out with a fractured orbital, it ruins any chance of coming close to touching her goal.…
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Heroines Run the Show – 09 – Whose Girlfriend?
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Heroines Run the Show – 08 – Photo Finish
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Heroines Run the Show – 04 – Two Grooms
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Heroines Run the Show – 11 – The Mask Falls
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Heroines Run the Show – 02 – Oh My Crêpe!!
At first it looks like CEO Tamura and LIPxLIP manager Uchida have played a cruel prank on an unwitting Hiyori (whom Uchida misnames as “Hiyako”…maybe on purpose?!). Aizou…
Heroines Run the Show – 07 – Always My Heroine
Nagisa knows who LIPxLIP is, and it doesn’t take long to get Hiyori to admit that she’s working as their manager-in-training. It still doesn’t explain why they accompanied…
Heroines Run the Show – 12 (Fin) – Feeling the Love
A little while after punching Hiyori, Chizuru starts eating alone. The feelings that led to her taking photos and causing a scandal have subsided, but she feels both…
Heroines Run the Show – 03 – Princely When it Counts
It was only a matter of time before LIPxLIP warmed up to Hiyori’s wholesome country charm. Yuujirou and Aizou were hostile towards her initially simply because they didn’t…
Heroines Run the Show: The Unpopular Girl and the Secret Task
Heroines Run the Show: The Unpopular Girl and the Secret Task is currently streaming on Crunchyroll....
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Heroines Run the Show – 06 – From Crap Creeps to Cute Crêpes
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