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Scandal at Omiya Sonic City
What would a Japan holiday be without a Scandal concert? This was on my 2nd last day and the last day was the Ultra SF4 location test. Wish I had time to go to the Tokyo Motor Show to check out the...
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Mano Erina 2014 Calender
Went to Hello Project Shop building at 11, went up to the 6th floor and found out it opens at 12. WTF.Had half a mind to go to Shosen Book Tower but I had to buy it straight from the HP! shop. Emded up...
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Japan 2013 trip 2 loot
Finally got a 3DS LL. Was very tempted last trip but I didn't really need the upgrade for Bravely Default. The Project Mirai 2 demo gave me reason to upsize. 3DS is too uncomfortable for music games....
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JFF 2013: Blindly in Love review
35 year old public servant Kentaro, has no friends, lives with his parents and his only hobbies are playing Rumble Fish 2, saving his money and his pet frog. His parents join this matchmaking thing...
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JFF 2013: The Apology King and Shield of Straw
THE APOLOGY KINGThe first 2/3rds of The Apology King is freaking brilliant. Abe Sadao steals the show as the guy who runs the Tokyo Apology Center, helping people apologise. The Apology King presents...
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JFF 2013: The Devil's Path / Kyouaku
I can't really make up my mind about The Devil's Path. The movie starts off with this yakuza Sudo doing bad things to a few people before he gets captured. One day, reporter Fuji played by Yamada...
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I need to rant about useless Fedex. Was supposed to receive Project Mirai 2 on Monday from Play-Asia according to tracking. Fedex deliveries usually arrives at my workplace around 2pm. Nothing arrives....
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JFF 2013: Orpheus' Lyre / Sakura Futatabi no Kanako
At the beginning of Orpheus' Lyre, we see Hirosue Ryoko and Inagaki Goro at their funeral of their daughter. Then we get a 10 minute flashback of this once happy family as we wait to see how their...
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JFF 2013: The Ravine of Goodbye / Sayonara Keikoku
Let's great straight to the important bits. You get to see a lot of Maki's Yoko's boobs including a very nice sideboobs from behind. No nipples though. Did I mention that there are quiet a few sex...
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JFF 2013: A Story of Yonosuke and The Great Passage
A STORY OF YONOSUKEAs the title suggests its the story of Yokomichi Yonosuke (Kora Kengo), this earnest, carefree and awkward university student from Kyushu and the various people he had an impact on...
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Link
Link is an ambitious WOWOW dorama about a bunch of people who are connected to bank robbery. You have Omori Nao (who was awesome in The Ravine of Goodbye) as a former policeman now bodyguard, Tanaka...
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Fruits of Faith / Kiseki no Ringo
Abe Sadao grew up in Aomori as a child who loved disassembling things to see how they worked and wanted to work continue living in Tokyo until he had an omiai with old classmate Kanno Miho. Anyone...
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Dandarin eps 4-11
Since I've been back, this is the only dorama that I've been making time for. Looking back at the series, its interesting how Dandarin basically follows the rules of the GTO conventions yet it never...
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Kanata no Ko ep 1-3
Kanata no Ko was the next dorama on my to watch list after Dandarin based on the fact that its directed by Omori Tatsushi who directed The Ravine of Goodbye and of course its a WOWOW show which means...
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No Con Kid eps 1-4
While Yuusha Yoshihiko was a great love letter to Japanese RPGs, No Con Kid is a love letter to Japanese gaming in the 80s. While I did not grow up in Japan, Japanese games and 80s anime and tv shows...
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No Con Kid eps 8 and 9
OMFG, there is so much I want to write about this dorama. No Con Kid is a story of friendship using the history of gaming in Japan to tell the stories. There are just too many gaming references that...
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WTF Iryu 4 is coming?
I can't believe Fuji TV is making another Iryu after the haphazard 3rd series. Having an original story by the writer of the very boring Zettai Reido series is not a good sign. I think I have Perfect...
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Otto no Kanojo 1-5
Wife thinks husband is cheating on her with younger girl but husband is actually helping the girl who is his colleague with her exam to be a full time employee. Wife and girl meet up, get into an...
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Amachan eps 1-12
I finally got started on Amachan, my first asadora after all the recommendations. Its the story of a young girl, Aki who for some reason doesn't enjoy living in Tokyo and begins to fall in love with...
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