Hate the movie. Not because it's bad, but because of the thing.
“Beneath the clear May sky, I lay in a grassy field, drowning.”
I like that. Perfect example of a great first line.
I think there was happening quite a lot in this volume that drives the plot. Very little filler apart from those different POV chapters. From big battles finding and freeing a attacked village (and the rescue mission for the survivors) to finding long looked for allies, to working through a demon coup d'etat in the capital and saving the saint from assassination attempts. All in one volume. If you think all this is just skippable then I really don't want to know what volumes meet your expectations.
Tearmoon Empire and Frontier Lord for sure.
<Isekai Walking. Vol. 2> - The volume progesses at a good pace and the story was keeping me interested throughout apart from a few instances where diffrent POV chapters were thrown in. Those chapters broke the flow somewhat and reading the afterword they seem to be added for the novel version which would explain why they stick out so much. But they were very short so it wasn't too much of a bother. If someone else picks up the volume I would suggest to just skim those chapters since they literally add nothing of worth to the plot. 7/10
<Kusunoki’s Garden of Gods, Vol. 1> - I expected something comfy, but was mostly bored. The writing is as predictable as it gets. Every single time MC notices something wrong, some deus ex machina appears and fixes it immediatly for him. 4/10
<A Cozy Life in the Woods with the White Witch: Volume 2> - This was comfy but the adult MC that gets all flustered because a girl is looking at him archetype is grating. 4/10
Did I spot a wild Rin there?
And now there's a Chiaki.
Aoi with her little sister as well.
And a Nadeshiko to make the main cast set full.
It's more along my line of comfy soul-food.
I recommend AnoHana. It is also a drama but with a splash of supernatural instead of romance.
Another easy recommendation in the fantasy genre is Frieren which is currently the highest rated anime on MAL, so it's hard to go wrong there.
My personal favorite anime is Haibane Renmei but after that, there isn't much worth in watching anything else anymore since it's only downhill from there, so I suggest to only watch it once you got your fill.
I thought about it, but she looks up only the last 10 posts anyway and it's easier to just jump into those 10 posts and remove the duplicates than to add some function to the script that is of use only once at first run.
I love ruthless characters that aren't tearing mindlessly through hundreds of minions just to then say that it would make them evil when it comes punishing the mastermind. It's one of my most hated tropes. The equivalent of a transparent moon in anime. Both can really get me started on an hour long hate triade.
A good MC in that regard is Alicia from <The Otome Heroine’s Fight for Survival> or Victoria from . Both are good and kind characters but if they encounter someone who needs killing they don't hesitate to get their hands dirty.
[META] Just a heads up. I will proably this or next week bring the updated Myne live. This will proably trigger her to react to old posts again. I will try to clean up after her, but if I miss something you know why she's reacting again. But as a bonus we get a lot of cool new features. (if everythign works)
What a sweet episode. I hope that announcer player ship will sail.
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Yankee & Carameliser
Creator: Chiuko Umeshibu
Summary
Take one influencer and one bad boy extraordinaire, whisk in a sprinkling of sweets, a scoop of social media, and you get...? Maki and Akito's love story, hot out of the oven! After all, even though Maki might have a bit of a bad rep, the guy must be just as gooey on the inside as the glorious goodies he posts all over social media. So when Akito gets a taste of how dangerously delicious his desserts are, he can't help wanting a taste of the man himself...
Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku!? (Otaku ni Yasashii Gal wa inai!?)
Creators: Norishiro-chan (story), Sakana Uozumi (art)
Summary
Meet Takuya Seo, an otaku who sits behind the popular gals in class, Ijichi and Amane. Since they're people from different “castes,” you wouldn't expect them to have much in common. But when their worlds collide over a borrowed eraser, Takuya slips up about his favorite anime, and Amane...is rather quick to correct him. She says she's not a fan, but her familiarity with the series suggests otherwise. Could she be...a fellow geek?!
Magical Midlifer (Mahō Chūnen) Creators: Maki (story), Nemumi Haiba (art)
Summary
Magical girls—guardians of the people, vanquishers of witches, and defenders of the innocent, all while putting smiles on the faces of children in a flashy spectacle of mass-marketable entertainment. However, things aren't always so family friendly behind the scenes! When the villains get too gruesome for Saturday morning cartoons, these youthful protectors are, in turn, protected by...grizzled middle-aged men? They may be a bunch of old farts, but these geezers have one job: to use their wealth of experience (and some kick-ass magic) to support the mystical maidens from the shadows!
D.N.Angel New Edition
Creator: Yukiru Sugisaki
Summary
He was an ordinary boy. Seriously, Daisuke Niwa cannot stress it enough—he was just a regular guy with a normal crush on one of the pretty girls at his middle school, end of story. If only that were the case... Instead, he's stuck body-swapping with a daring phantom thief every time he sees the object of his affections, and his totally average life has been turned upside down by the people chasing after him in some crazy game of cat-and-mouse!
Monster-Colored Island (Kaijū-iro no Shima)
Creator: Mitsuru Hattori
Summary
Middle school student Kon Chigawa has never left the small island she was born on, nor does she expect to. Shunned by her classmates, Kon's always alone, and she hasn't ever been in love, either. That is, until she encounters the city girl Furuka on a cliff—and ends up resuscitating her after they fall into the ocean! Upon waking, the two mysteriously find themselves in front of a cave said to house monsters, a place Kon often spends time by. And with that, strange occurrences begin to happen on the island...
The Maid is a Vampire (Maid-san wa Kyūketsuki)
Creator: Yasushige
Summary
Fifteen-year-old Alfred Sainoji, the heir to the prestigious Sainoji family, spends his days becoming the perfect gentleman. His only solace from the strict lifestyle his family expects of him is his maid, Magly. However, this cool and collected maid has a secret—not only is she a vampire, she's a naughty vampire.
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Home Alone (Seishun Buta Yarō wa Orusuban Imōto no Yume o Minai)
Creators: Hajime Kamoshida (story), Tsukako Akina (art), Keji Mizoguchi (character design)
Summary
The manga adaptation of the ever-popular Rascal series is back with another installment! Sakuta's shut-in sister, Kaede, has been content always being at home after the bullying incident that put her there. Plus, that's where her favorite onii-chan is! Yet, slowly but surely, Kaede's feelings are beginning to change as she looks to the world beyond the four walls of her home
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Lira and the Winds of War novel
Creator: Sayuri Ueda
Summary
Lira, a Polish girl who lost her parents during the Great War, now lives in a mansion with an immortal being known only as the Count. After witnessing the tragedies occurring across Europe along with Joerg, a German soldier who serves as her guard,she resolves to use the Count's powers in a desperate bid to protect her homeland. Meanwhile, Joerg must make a choice of his own, with the fate of mankind hanging in the balance. Conflict after conflict, humanity's history and deeds are filled with an endearing foolishness.
Divine Incursion (Ryōkai Shinpan) novel
Creators: Oumi Kifuru (story), syo5 (art)
Summary
In this world, there exist divine beings beyond mortal comprehension. They scoff at the binary of good and evil. Some cast their own flesh down to the earth, others encroach upon the sanctity of dreams, and yet others warp the very fabric of reality. These beings threaten peace across Japan, and humans are completely at their mercy. Agent Katakishi and his junior partner Miyagi belong to a secret government organization tasked with investigating these incidents. But even as they work to oppose these deities and the dangerous humans who worship them, Katakishi has a personal mission to pursue: He wants to track down the whereabouts of his missing wife, even if it forces him to confront a terrible truth...
Bone Ash novel
Creator: Tow Ubukata
Summary
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga is an investor relations manager at a large development firm that's currently in the process of constructing a new high-rise building. After claims surface online of fires breaking out, illness spreading, and human bones unearthed at the site, he ventures there himself to find out whether there's any truth to the rumors. During his search, he detects an eerie dryness and the distinct smell of a person burned completely to ash, bones and all. Eventually, Mitsuhiro stumbles across a mysterious ritual space with a huge hole not on any blueprints—and inside it, a man in chains. Mitsuhiro flees aboveground in a panic, only to quickly learn it is but a taste of the terror that has begun to plague him and his family!
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I Want to Be a Saint, But I Can Only Use Attack Magic!
Creators: Fuyu Aoki (story), Bodax (art) Release Date: June 30 (digital), physical version at later date
Synopsis
“You're always alone.” From the bottom of her heart, Yuffie Abisus desperately wants to be a saint for one reason only—so no one will ever say those aggravating words to her again. Fortunately for her, she's been blessed with an extraordinary supply of mana despite being a commoner. Determined to succeed in her mission to become a saint and have everyone fawn over her, she enrolls in the Academy of Magic where she's sure to free herself from her gloomy life. However, Yuffie has a secret. For whatever reason, she can only use attack magic, which itself falls strictly in the domain of men. Meaning she's incapable of utilizing healing magic, women's magic. Maybe that's why she ends up being labeled a second-rate student and isolated from the rest of her cohort from day one.
So begins the tale of a girl who's a smidge socially inept, disheartened by her struggle to make even a single friend, and once more mired in the drudgery of a loner life. A girl who, in spite of the challenges she faces, pushes herself ever onward to achieving her goal of sainthood!
Welcome to Monstrous Miss Sophie's Enchanted Salon of Healing
Creators: Sachi Konzome (story), Harenochihareta (art) Release Date: May 31 (digital)
Synopsis
Meet Sophie Olzon, the only daughter of a wealthy merchant family, cursed from birth with a mysterious skin condition. With her rough, bark-like appearance, Sophie has been cruelly nicknamed “The Monstrous Miss” by her peers and bullied relentlessly at school until she could bear no more. Forced into isolation, she retreats to her family estate and dedicates herself to mastering her peculiarly weak brand of magic that can only heal surface wounds.
One fateful day, when Sophie nearly succumbs to the weight of her condition, a forgotten truth hits her—she once lived a life as a single mother in modern-day Japan! With renewed purpose, the Monstrous Miss opens her heart and doors to those seeking her unique brand of healing.
The Hired Heroine Wants the Villainess to Gloat
Creators: Hanami Nishine (story), Rin Hagiwara (art) Release Date: July 31 (digital), physical at later date
Synopsis
One day, a white cat who calls himself the messenger of a god comes to scout Nina Scaglione for a certain role. The prince, whose heart she's meant to capture only to be thrown aside by him, is obsessed with farming. The villainess, who's meant to gloat over the heroine's failure, is a seemingly perfect noble girl with hidden flaws—one of them being an inability to effectively carry out a plan. Once Nina takes on her role as heroine, she encounters another character: a handsome boy with silver-white hair.
Nina must work hard to make sure the villainess gets a satisfying triumph or she won't get her payment, but can she pull it off?
Welcome to Olivia's Magic Jewelers
Creators: Rinrin Yuki (story), Suzaku (art) Release Date: May 31 (digital)
Synopsis
After coming home one day after working herself ragged, Olivia finds her engagement called off by her fiancé. What's more, her adoptive sister claims Olivia's jewelry designs as her own while Olivia's adoptive family chases her out of her own home and store. Having lost everything, she tightly grips a letter of introduction her late father wrote and heads to the capital, all alone. There, she works hard and manages to start her own shop.
This is the story of a girl who hits rock bottom then climbs her way back to happiness through her own hard work, showing the people who took everything from her that she can't be kept down.
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