First Look: Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs

Dull protagonist, an exorcist, moves into a room at a hot springs because it has cheap rent. There he finds himself living with a variety of quirky women who all seem interested in him, even though he’s very boring. He doesn’t exorcise a ghost despite being an exorcist, because she’s cute.

First Look: Mr. TONEGAWA Middle Management Blues

Before he met Kaiji, Tonegawa Yukio spent his days watching over operations at Teiai Corporation. However, the president of the company is bored and throws a spanner into his day-to-day, making him organise a ‘game of death’ . It’s up to Tonegawa, and the subordinates he manages, to keep the president happy.

First Look: Captain Tsubasa (2018)

Ōzora Tsubasa has loved playing football (soccer, whatever) since he was a kid, even having his life saved by one. Now aged 11, he’s moved to the city of Nankatsu to attend elementary school, as well as further his football career.

First Look: The Ryuo’s Work is Never Done!

Kazuryuu Yaichi becomes the youngest player to hold the title of Dragon King, one of the most prestigious titles in shogi. While getting water during that game, he promises a young girl that he’ll do anything she wants if he manages to win it. A year later, she shows up at his house and asks to become his disciple. Then she gets naked. 

First Look: Record of Grancrest War

Men of all ages compare and wage wars over the size of their crests. Our hero has great ambitions to serve as a lord and protect his people from monsters, something which the current rulers aren’t doing, but his crest is too tiny. Fortunately, a mage in a miniskirt helps him out.

First Look: Blend S

Sakuranomiya Maika is desperate for a part-time job, as she’s hoping to save up money to travel abroad. Unfortunately she has naturally scary eyes, so potential employers end up too frightened to hire her. She’s eventually hired at a themed cafe, and told to be sadistic to the customers. 

First Look: Konohana Kitan

Yuzu, a fox girl, has been employed at a hot spring inn run by other fox girls. It’s a popular place for the visiting yokai to stay, so the girls are always meeting interesting people, and hearing curious stories.

First Look: Final Fantasy XIV Dad of Light

Akio has fond memories of playing Final Fantasy III with his dad as a child. Many years later the two have grown distant, rarely talking to each other even though they live in the same house. With his dad quitting his job and retiring to everyone’s surprise, Akio hatches a plan to get the two on good terms again. Akio will go on adventures with his dad in Final Fantasy XIV, while pretending to be a stranger. Only after beating Twintania together will he reveal who he’s been travelling with.

First Look: Million Yen Women

Shin Michima is a published author with a few books to his name, but his unpopularity has shattered his confidence. He returns home after grocery shopping to discover that five women have been invited to live in his house, by someone unknown, for a million yen in rent per month, per person. 

First Look: Elegant Yokai Apartment Life

After his high school accommodation burns down, Inaba Yuushi is left scrambling for a new apartment to avoid commuting to school from home. Fortunately he manages to find a place at a good price, but he’ll have to get used to some regular visitors.

First Look: Anonymous Noise

The crank is turned on the office gacha machine, and out plops a small ball. Opening it up, we see two small slips of paper, each with a single printed word. The first of these slips says ‘music’. The second says ‘pretentious’. Challenge accepted, shouts Brain’s Base.