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The best way I could describe Once Upon a Witch’s Death is sweet, sentimental, and inoffensive.
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Once Upon a Crime – Glitz, Glamour and … Murder?
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Hello everyone,The year is 1978. The place: a high school in Seoul, South Korea. The film: Once Upon a Time in High School. The Heroic Purgatory Asian Cinema…
Once Upon a Witch’s Death Episode 2: Life
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Review: Otome Yokai Zakuro Episode 9: An Innocent Game and a Tipped Hand
Quick Summary In Otome Yokai Zakuro episode 9, “Joy of Love,” Lieutenant Hanadate brings the Ministry of Spirit Affairs a new case. Young women pining for love have…
When a Man Loves an Otome Game(s)
Il Fado de Rie, a fallen angel from a science fiction version of Heaven, is probably the best character in Café Enchante. He’s soft spoken and sort of…
Once Upon a Witch’s Death #02 — Harassing the Dead
And dying. And animals. Impressions: I'm still rolling my eyes at the characters and stories here, so this may be as far as I go. They're lacking…
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Once Upon a Witch’s Death 3+4: Chilly Cuteness
Back to the usually heart wrenching world of Meg Raspberry we go!
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The promotional material for this anime gave me strong The Journey of Elaina vibes. Fast forward to a few days before the premiere episode and what did we…
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Domino’s Japan Once Again Stiffed Christmas Eve Pizza Eaters
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[otome game] Tsundere *S Otome
Mirai has recently updated their website with the official site for their new 18+ otome game project titled Tsundere *S Otome, which is getting released sometime next year.…
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Record of Lodoss War: Once Upon a Time in a Fantasy
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Unnamed Memory Volume 4: Once More upon the Blank Page Review
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Day 10 of Otakutober: Robots Can’t Love? More Horror Otome Games – Love Shore
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Weekly Round-Up, 9-15 2024: Disability Studies, Hot Gimmick, and Horror Otome
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My Otome Game #TranslationWishlist
#TranslationWishlist has been going around in the otome community on Twitter recently, so I thought that I would post my own wishlist here in a quick post. Taisho…
Otome Game Review: 9R.I.P.
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Day 11 of Otakutober: I’ve got a date with a Vampire! -Horror Otome Games
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Mother of Mercilessness: Everything Everywhere All at Once
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Free otome game translation project!
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Otome Game Review: Beast Darling
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