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First Impression: Heroines Run the Show
If an anime not already on my radar is going to pull me in, sport elements, I’ve discovered, are the way to do it. During my lunch break…
Heroines Run the Show – 01 – (First Impressions) – Clearing Every Hurdle
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…
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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 – 09 – Whose Girlfriend?
After what felt like a relatively sedate field day detour, HRS kicks back into gear, though there’s a bit of lag as the first half or so of the…
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In order to continue pursuing track and field, Hiyori left her small hometown and moved to Tokyo. After her father gets injured, she takes a part-time job
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.…
Heroines Run the Show – 08 – Photo Finish
With the departure of Nagisa (and, it would seem, Hiyori’s makeover) the show moves on to something else…Field Day, which always ends up a lot blander than the…
Heroines Run the Show – 04 – Two Grooms
Clearly more moved than she expected by their princely defense of her against the vile Yumeru, Hiyori has a dream about marrying Aizou and Yuujirou, and the two…
Heroines Run the Show – 11 – The Mask Falls
Our episode opens on someone we haven’t met before: an extremely enthusiastic café maid adding her love to her customer’s omurice. When she removes her wig and puts…
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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I usually don’t like talking about an anime series or making an opinion about an anime until I’ve watched the first season or at least 12 episodes of…
Heroines Run the Show – 06 – From Crap Creeps to Cute Crêpes
If Aizou is out of shampoo, Hiyori has no problem walking into the boy’s shower to get him more. It’s steamy, and it’s not like she’s in there…
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Ideal Women Throughout the years we’ve ventured into several heroines, who personality is no different than a old perverted man. I’m talking smelling your underwear, stealing nude pictu…
14 Perverted Heroines
Ideal Women Throughout the years we’ve ventured into several heroines, who personality is no different than a old perverted man. I’m talking smelling your underwear, stealing nude pictures…
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The Divine Speaker – First Impressions
After much anticipation, indie studio Two and a Half just dropped their 18+ fantasy boys love visual novel, The Divine Speaker!
First Impressions: The Gymnastics Samurai
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Boys on the Run
This manga is not one that is supposed to make you feel happy or satisfied, at least not long term. It does have moments that may seem to…
Boys Run the Riot
A manga about a teenager transman Ryo who struggles with finding acceptance from the world around him. He teams up with the new transfer student Jin to start…
Boys Run The Riot
Initial Thoughts I enjoyed how our main character faces challenges, that we see in depth, and how he overcomes them. I feel when covering subjects like these it…
Boys Run the Riot
Ryo has a secret and it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep it under wraps. Ryo is a boy, and yet, here he is forced to wear the…
Boys Run the Riot
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First Impressions – Deaimon
I have a soft spot for any Kyoto-based anime, for obvious reasons. Read more
First Impressions – Listeners
I can't help but feel a certain nostalgic fondness for Listeners. Read more The post First Impressions – Listeners appeared first on Lost in Anime.
First Impressions – Sakugan
Sakugan has the aura of a roughly-sewn together quilt of different influences, without anything of itself to anchor it. Read more
First Impressions – Mononogatari
No, it isn't part of that franchise. Read more
First Impressions – Revenger
As Baloo said to Kit Cloudkicker, "Take-offs are easy - it's the landings that are hard". Read more
Hyouka First Impressions
It’s not just a slice-of-life any more, it’s literally real life. No, I don’t mean that in a good way.
First Impressions – Jigokuraku
I had a tickle in my brain telling me this one was going to be good. Read more
First Impressions – Gibiate
Global pandemic? Yeah, right. Read more
First Impressions – Kakushigoto
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First Impressions: Gekidol
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Griftlands manages to be both fun mechanically and rewarding on a story level.
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First Impressions – Dorohedoro
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