The final episode of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End season 2, which aired last Friday, closed with small stories of the travels that Frieren, Stark, and Fern are on. And like many of the others, it conveyed stories that hold real meaning—and so were an appropriate way to end the season of such a meaningful show!… Read More The Bridge That Saves: Frieren, Gehen, and the Hope of Good Friday
Another anime season is upon us, and that means it’s time once again for our first impressions series here at Beneath the Tangles. Over the next several weeks, our writers will be sampling a wide range of new and returning shows and sharing their early thoughts—what excites us, what surprises us, and what might be… Read More Spring 2026 Anime First Impressions
Nanoka Kiba is a normal third-year middle schooler—well, normal except for the intense trauma she’s gone through. She was found by rescuers at the bottom of a sinkhole, bloody and not breathing; her family had fallen in while driving when she was a first grader. Now, all these years later, Nanoka finds herself at the… Read More First Impression: Mao
Minato, who can see benevolent spirits but not wicked ones, becomes caretaker of an abandoned house that belonged to a distant relative. As he cleans up, he unwittingly drives out the negative spiritual energy infesting the place. Soon he also meets Yamagami, a mountain god in the form of a large talking canine creature. The… Read More First Impression: Kusunoki’s Garden of the Gods
Yuru and Asa, “the children dividing day and night,” are twins. One of them was born at the end of the night, the other with the first light of day (so far, we don’t know which is which). Consequently, their fates are as different as can be. Asa now spends her life indoors in a… Read More First Impression: Daemons of the Shadow Realm
Ascendance of a Bookworm season four starts with a quick recap of Myne’s life prior to becoming a noble, before she moves into the home of her new father, Lord Karstedt. It’s a packed home: Rozemyne will also be living with his wife and sons, and she prepares for her second baptism. Thankfully, all three… Read More First Impression: Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke
Winter has come. Over the campus of Babyls, the school for demons, a trumpet plays a jazzy tune. But who is playing? As we return to the scene that season three ended on, we find Iruma—secretly the lone human at Babyls—and his classmates in the midst of their shock at discovering that they have had… Read More First Impression: Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 4
When, during their introduction, Bertia Ibil Noches tells her fiancé, the genius 10-year-old Prince Cecil Glo Alphasta, that she is a villainess who will “rip Your Highness and the heroine away from each other,” his response is one of interest and confusion more than incredulity or shock. He’s even further intrigued when Bertia explains herself:… Read More First Impression: An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess
Outsuki Sakuya, the son of the greatest detective in history, is not quite as renowned. In fact, his father doesn’t even recognize him as a detective. Nonetheless, he confidently takes on cases with this assistant, Lilithea, at his side. The newest case involves following a film producer on a cruise ship to see if he’s… Read More First Impression: Killed again, Mr. Detective.
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