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Onomichi, Hiroshima
I am in Onomichi Hiroshima for one reason and that is because Onomichi appeared in Yakuza 6.This is the first time I'm not meeting up with bframe in Japan. :(I didn't see this in Yakuza 6. OK, this is...
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Wagyu yakiniku Nunogami in Osaka
Went out with Yukimi and Megumi on Monday. Megumi's quit Hakushe but Yuka-chan from the good old days of gift has taken over over so its all good. Gyu tan with wasabi on top. Yum.Nunogami won this...
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Wagakki band at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
If you've never heard of Wagakki band you need to watch this.I started listening to them a year ago and now their songs are some of my favourite to karaoke.Someone was passing this out to people lining...
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Rest of Japan 2017 pictures
With Remu-tan in Akihabara.Taking note of the days when Butayarou in Nakano are closed. Eating places usually close one day a week, which you can easily look up on tabelog but if they are doing more...
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Honjitsu wa, Ohigara mo Yoku Eps 3+4
What a disappointment. After an interesting two episodes the show goes completely dumbed down. It become a stupid black and white political show where no policies are discussed, stupid slogans are...
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Rakuen
One day an old couple's house is burned down and the father confesses to the police that 16 years ago, he killed his teenage daughter and buried her under the floor. The statute of limitations on the...
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You should only watch Tokyo Tarareba Musume if.....
1) You can believe that Yoshitaka Yuriko, Eikura Nana and Oshima Yuko are 30 something girls. (All 3 are not even 30 and non of them look older than 25.)2) You can believe your average Japanese guy...
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Okaasan, Musume wo Yamete ii desu ka? Episodes 1-6
I was going to ignore 'Mom, May I quit being your daughter' because of Haru. I hated her casting in Border as she was way too young to be playing a coroner. I just hate the way jdoramas always age down...
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Why Quartet episodes 6 and 7 are must watch
1) Sakamoto Yuji might be the greatest jdorama writer ever. He bloody gets character.How the hell did he managed to think of these four quirky characters put them together and make them so fun.2)...
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Thrill!! Aka no Sho and Kuro no Sho Eps 1+2
Thrill!! feels like the spiritual successor to Trick with its dry humour and similar characters. First, we have Komatsu Nana (Yume wo Ataereru) in the Nakama Yukie role an OL who works in the general...
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Gantz : 0
I have been waiting for this for a long time and its finally here! As a Gantz manga fan, this CG movie scratches the Gantz itch for ordinary people being placed in crazy situations and doing...
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Quartet Episodes 9+10
1) Matsu Takako has basically guaranteed herself the best actress award from 2017 The only way she would lose is if Mitsushima Hikari or Ando Sakura played the lead role in another Sakamoto Yuji dorama...
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Ubai Ai, Fuyu Episodes 1+2
Ubai Ai, Fuyu is the trashy 'adult' show of the season and man is it trashy. The acting is horrible, there is no chemistry between the leads whatsoever and the dialogue is cringeworthy.I think I might...
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A Silent Voice / Koe no Katachi jmovie review
I first heard about Koe no Katachi last year because it won a whole bunch of manga awards. Intrigued, I read through the whole manga a deaf girl Shoko and her tormentor in primary school Shoya. I...
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Jdorama ramblings 14/4/2017
OKAASAN, MUSUME WO YAMETE II DESU KA? Eps 7+8Surprisingly watchable series that I saw through the end and I didn't even mind Haru who was not miscast unlike in Border. Ho-hum ending but I did not skip...
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What jdoramas should I watch next? (Spring 2017)
FINAL FANTASY XIV: DADDY OF LIGHTI'm going to pay for one month of Netflix to watch this. Osugi Ren plays MMO with son without knowing its his son. As someone once told me, its better to keep your...
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How Crisis Episode 1 completely lost me with its first action scene.
Crisis starts off with terrorists wanting to kill a minister on a shinkansen. First off, I like that they've gone with a more Jason Bourne fighting style instead of the usual tokusatsu style where bad...
View ArticleWhere to download jdoramas now?
Once upon a time, a jdorama addict could get all the shows from the d-addicts tracker. Unfortunately one day it had to close and we had to download our shows from multiple places:1) jdramacity - Only...
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Nyaa is dead! Long Live Nyaa!
As everyone on the internet knows by now, the biggest free anime tracker nyaa is gone because a Dutch court ruled that fansubbing is illegal. While nyaa was mostly known as an anime tracker, it was...
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Onna no Naka ni Iru Tanin
Based on a 1966 movie, The Stranger within a Woman is about a wife (Tanuma Yuriko) who finds out her husband has accidentally killed his lover who happens to be the wife of his best friend and instead...
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