Author: negativeprimes

Dr. Steve, aka NegativePrimes, was introduced to anime while working on his Ph.D. in literary studies, when the local anime club showed Naruto’s fight against Zabuza and Haku on an auditorium big screen. His favorite anime series include FMA: Brotherhood, Erased, Snow White with Red Hair, and Gate, and he also enjoys computer programming, gaming, and technology. Where he finds the time for these, after prayer, work, and raising several children, remains something of a mystery.

First Impression: My Gift Level 9999 Unlimited Gacha: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, I’m Out for Revenge!

Light says goodbye to his family and sets off to become…wait for it…an Adventurer! This looks like a pretty typical lighthearted (ha!) fantasy story… Oh, humans are treated like scum by the other races and have a pathetic literacy rating? Ah, but surely his OP gacha gift will turn things around… Oh, it’s literally pathetic… Read More First Impression: My Gift Level 9999 Unlimited Gacha: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, I’m Out for Revenge!

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First Impression: Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online Season 2

After LLENN, her beloved gun P-chan, and her teammate place second in the Second Squad Jam in the VRMMO Gun Gale Online, what is there left for her and her acquaintances to accomplish? A lot, evidently. Namely, the Third Squad Jam is about to launch, and there’s more than a few old friends looking for… Read More First Impression: Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online Season 2

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First Impression: KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world! Season 3

Kazuma, the isekai’d antihero at the center of the Konosuba story, is going through a midlife crisis (as a teenager, no less). He reflects on how close he’s come to romance/getting laid in the previous two seasons, the movie, and the spin-off Megumin-focused series (providing a convenient flashback of his adventures for us, the audience)… Read More First Impression: KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world! Season 3

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First Impression: The Faraway Paladin: The Lord of the Rust Mountains

The Faraway Paladin, Will, is back—older and with a deeper voice than ever before! Yes, a couple of years have passed since our technically isekai’d protagonist accepted a position as governor over the Beast Wood, and now his city of Torch Port is thriving; but Will is thinking ahead: Right now they’re making money by… Read More First Impression: The Faraway Paladin: The Lord of the Rust Mountains

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