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5 min read
Gekijouban Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san / 劇場版 からかい上手の高木さん (2022)
Takagi and Nishikata's last summer vacation before starting high school is coming up. Both of them, in their minds, are looking for an excuse to get together outside of school activities. Then they find an abandoned kitten and decide to take care of it, setting up a temporary cat bed on the grounds of a nearby temple they often pass by. Since neither of them can take him home with them, they come up with the idea that they will find a family for the kitten together.
4 min read
Kiniro Mosaic: Thank You / きんいろモザイク Thank you!! (2021)
Not long ago, Oomiya Shinobu was waiting for her friend Alice Cartelet to arrive from England to start high school with her in Japan. Now they are already in the last third grade.
6 min read
Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko. / 変態王子と笑わない猫。(2013)
Yokodera Youto is a master at hiding his true nature. He realizes that this creates a problem because he can't honestly say what he thinks. Hearing rumors of a statue of a cat that can remove an undesirable personality trait, he finds it and prays for its façade to be removed. Unfortunately - every wish comes at a price, and the unwanted traits are transferred to someone else.
6 min read
Nagasarete Airantou / ながされて藍蘭島 (2007)
Touhohin Ikuto has a fight with his father that led him to make a rash decision to run away from home. He boards a ship, deciding to go on vacation alone, but the ship unexpectedly gets damaged by a powerful storm. After regaining consciousness, he realizes that he is still alive and has found himself on an isolated island. Soon after, he notices that the residents are exclusively beautiful girls.
6 min read
Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-Kun (2007)
Ninomiya Shungo is an average high school student who lives at home with his older sister Ryouko. However, Shungo's life changes when a cute girl named Tsukimura Mayu arrives on his school grounds in a military helicopter. It turns out that Ryouko sent her, along with her older brother Mikihiro, to live in their home.
3 min read
Yabuki Kentarou – “Venus” To LOVEru Darkness (Shueisha, 2012)
Yabuki Kentarou - a creator who probably doesn't need to be introduced to most. Best known for his record-breaking popular manga To LOVEru. Venus is another collection of his illustrations from the continuation of that series, To LOVEru Darkness.
6 min read
Eiga Yuru Camp (2022)
Kagamihara Nadeshiko and her friends entered adult life after finishing school and finding jobs. This resulted in the fact that they no longer had as much time to spend together on camping trips and excursions. In fact, they haven't seen each other for a long time due to the distance separating them. Everything changes one night when Oogaki Chiaki invites Rin to an izakaya.
3 min read
Nemesis – B-style 1/4 – To LOVE-Ru (FREEing, 2022)
As soon as I saw the announcement of this figure, I instantly wished to have it in my collection. Even in the first pictures it already looked brilliant. Unfortunately, I forgot to pre-order and after the release I already doubted whether I would be able to buy it at the price the manufacturer suggested.
7 min read
Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu/ 乃木坂春香の秘密 (2008)
Nogizaka Haruka is the most popular student at the prestigious Hakujo School, not only for her beauty, but also for her innate talents and her family's influence. However, Haruka harbors a secret, the revelation of which could destroy her reputation.
2 min read
To Aru Kagaku no Railgun T – Visual Book 1 & 2 (Kadokawa, 2021-2022)
This review will cover two artbooks, as they belong to the same series. Both publications contain the official illustrations of the third season of To Aru Kagaku no Railgun showing the series' heroines in various situations.
2 min read
Akasa Ai – Red Queen (Kadokawa, 2022)
The artbook named Red Queen published by Kadokawa is a collection of original illustrations by Akasa Ai. It counts 128 A4-size pages printed in full color on excellent quality paper. Print quality is impressive - especially when viewing the whole thing live. The publication is divided into eight chapters. The penultimate one shows the author's creative process, while the last two pages show thumbnails of all the pages.
6 min read
Shine Post (2022)
Nabatame Haru, Seibu Rio and Tamaki Kyouka form an idol unit called TINGS. Unfortunately, despite almost a year of activity, they are unable to gather crowds. The director of the agency they belong to, Hinase Yuuki, gives them an ultimatum - if they can't fill Nakano Sun Plaza in its entirety, their unit will be disbanded.