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Gibo to Musume no Blues Episodes 1-6
WHAT IS IT?Its a family dorama about this career woman played by Ayase Haruka who gets married to Takenouchi Yutaka who has a daughter and the story is about the relationship between stepmother and...
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Takane no Hana Episodes 5+6
After 6 episodes I still don't get Takane no Hana. So Kazunobu Mineta loses his virginity to Ishihara Satomi and the next thing we know they are getting married? Did I somehow skipped a couple of...
View ArticleD-addicts subtitles are going down!
Just saw on @keiko1981's twitter that d-addicts will be removing subtitles due to always getting DMCA notices. We got two weeks to download all subtitles so download all subtitles for all series that...
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Subtitles for Mosaic Japan Episode 1+2 are out!
Once, there was a great jdorama written by Sakamoto Yuji called Mosaic Japan. It was a brilliant show where he got to explore the Japanese porn industry and its many contradictions.However, it was a...
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The Apocalypse has been cancelled!
Great news! Jdorama god Ruroshin has decided to cancel the apocalypse and not destroy the the d-addicts subtitle forum (and fansub map?) thereby destroying the English speaking jdorama fandom. As the 5...
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87% My 5 Year Survival Rate Episode 1-4
When I first saw that keiko1981 had uploaded this to nyaa, I was intrigued by the cast of Natsukawa Yui (KDO), Motoki Masahiro (Departures) and Furuta Arata (Yami no Bansosha). What fun to watch these...
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Kenkou de Bunkatekina Saitei Gendo no Seikatsu Episode 1-3
Once upon a time, Fukakyon was in a jdorama about welfare workers called Silent Poor and it was so bad I could not even find the words to describe it. Since then, I don't think we're had another...
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Kenkou de Bunkatekina Saitei Gendo no Seikatsu Episode 7
Episode 7 is my favourite episode of the series for a couple of reasons. Firstly Yoshitsune is not the main character of this episode. Kurihashi is a much better character to tell stories through...
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Gibo to Musume no Blues 7-9
It took me a bit of time to continue watching this series because I was very afraid my biggest fears about the character that Kenshin aka Satou Takeru was playing would come true.Happy to report that...
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Eerie Mienai Kao
Its been a while since I can remember WOWOW doing a show that was outside their usual police show with corrupt bosses or the cover up conspiracy story. Eerie Mienai Kao is more of a suburban suspense...
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Sachiiro no One Room Episodes 1-4
Most jdoramas are wish fulfillments of some kind. The suburban housewife wish fulfillment, the schoolgirl wish fulfillment. Sachiiro no One Room is basically a loli wish fulfillment that is horribly...
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Dele Episodes 4-8
Dele starts off as a show with an interesting concept as its about a company that deletes people's data after they have passed away. Somewhere down the line, Dele turns into a benriya/detective agency...
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Shinhannin
From the pretty good Eerie Mienai Kao, we go back the to usual WOWOW/jdorama staple; an old murder mystery where every few minutes someone will utter the world the 34 year old murder incident, everyone...
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Blanket Cats Episodes 1+2
Blanket Cats is a show about Nishijima Hidetoshi trying or rather being very difficult about giving away the 7 cats left by his late wife. He wants people to adopt the cats for the right reasons and...
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One more month to JLPT N3!
The end is near! Winter is coming! Last year I chickened out and went for the much easier N4. This year I am doing the much harder N3. Harder as in I actually need to study.My initial strategy was the...
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Champon Tabetaka
Its taken me quite a while to get around to watching Champon Tabetaka. Nothing about the poster makes me want to watch this show. Not the guy from Dele nor the guy with the most punchable faced in all...
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Kareshi wo Ron de Kaimashita Episodes 1-5
Kareshi wo Ron de Kaimashita is an interesting show not because its an OL wish fulfillment show about getting an ikemen slave aka Kimi wa Petto but because this is a satire about receptionist doing...
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Koi wa Amearari no you ni movie review
I rather enjoyed the Koi wa Ameagari no You ni anime. It was a light and fluffy show about a high school girl Akira, who falls in love with her middle aged workplace boss. In other words, Japanese male...
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Inuyashiki movie review
Finally, my JLPT N3 is over so I can finally get back to catching up on my gaming, jdoramas and movies. First off the bat is Inuyashiki which I really enjoyed as a manga and anime. I tried not to keep...
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Tabloid Episodes 1+2
With so many jdoramas to watch after being freed from JLPT, I was drawn to Tabloid for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it had been sitting unwatched in my HD for a very long time and secondly,...
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