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Dai Renai Episode 1
I was eager to try Dai Renai out because who doesn't want more Toda Erika in their life and I was intrigued by Merebu from the Yuusha Yoshihiko series being the main male lead.Anytime someone who...
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Kemono ni narenai watashitachi Episodes 1+2
In Kemono ni narenai watashitachi, Aragaki Yui plays a sales assistant who is used and abused by her boss and useless colleagues. She's like this very capable office manager who knows how to do...
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Suits Episode 1-7
I am liking this wave of American tv shows being remade in Japan. There are Tropes in Jdoramas that have always annoyed me like police shows always having corrupt and useless bosses, having 100...
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Japan 2018/2019 Trip Part 1 : Sushi and Shinjuku Gyoen
Apologies for no updates over two weeks, I was back in Japan with my girlfriend for our long awaited 3rd trip and did not have time to blog. Pictured above was our first meal, sushi at Sushi Uogashi...
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Japan Trip 2018/2019 Part 2 Kyoto Gyukatsu and Hanamaru Udon
Judge Eyes posters at a karaoke in Kabukicho. If you have not heard of Judge Eyes, its basically Kimutaku in a yakuza game.I'm pretty sure jdorama fans can recognise the actors in the posters. I'm...
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Japan Trip 2018/2019 Part 3 : Anata no Warehouse
On the third day of the trip, the main destination was Anata no Warehouse in Kawasaki.Stopping at 7/11 for Nanachicken. For a long time, famichicken was my favourite chicken snack and during the...
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Japan Trip 2018/2019 Part 4 : Kanazawa Day 1
There are two bad things about going to Japan at the end of the year. First is that many eating places are closed except for the chain places.The second is that all shinkansens out of Tokyo before the...
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Japan trip 2018/2019 Part 5 : New Year in Kanazawa
New Years day in Kanazawa and most shops are closed.What to do besides join the Japanese and welcome the New Year at Oyama shrine!We had to queue up to the side to get into the shrine.It started to...
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Japan Trip 2018/2019 Part 6 : Shirakawago (guest post)
Hello, I will be making a guest post for this day of the trip spent in Shirakawago. This is my first blog post, so please be gentle!--Shirakawago is a rural village tucked away in the Gifu prefecture,...
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Japan Trip 2018/2019 Part 7 : Hida Folk Village and Hida Takayama Teddy Bear...
We left Shirakawago on the 17:20 bus that we had pre-booked for Takayama to stay at Ryokan Murayama. I did not think 2~3 hours was enough for Shirokawago so we spent about 6 hours there. Surprisingly,...
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Japan trip 2018/2019 Part 8 : Takayama Showa Museum
So we said goodbye to the teddy bear museum,and hopped on the bus to downtown Takayama.One thing you will notice in Takayama is lots of places selling Hida beef skewers and sushi and I have plenty of...
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Passed my JLPT N3!
Results came out today!!! Somehow I got perfect score for reading and listening although when I was studying for the exam, I usually got half my comprehension questions wrong and there were a few...
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Suits Episode 7-11
I am gonna take a break from writing about the Japan trip and get back to writing about Jdoramas which I have been slowly catching up on. I just finished Suits today.Bframe has indicated that the...
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I''s jdorama Episode 1
I did not have any expectations for I''s after what happened with Video Girl Ai. I''s is my favourite shounen romance manga after Maison Ikkoku. (I know there's a dorama version of it but I never...
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I''s jdorama Episode 2
I'm loving this show so much, I just want to post screencaps because it looks and feels so much like the manga.I''s is a teenage wish fulfillment show but its a very well done teenage wish fulfillment...
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Sumu Sumu Episodes 1-3
WHAT IS IT?Its a comedy show where Bakarythm, some entertainer called Wakabayashi and Nikaido Fumi play themselves and its the show is about their interactions in Wakabayashi's apartment.IS IT GOOD?I...
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Kimi ga Kokoro ni Sumitsuita Episode 1-3
This is Ogawa, the main character of the story who works at a lingerie company and has really low self esteem. She's also got this annoying habit of braiding her scarf as a sign of her low esteem.Mukai...
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3 nen A gumi Episodes 1-4
The premise of 3-nen A gumi is simple, the non wheelchair guy from Dele is a teacher who takes his class hostage close to uncover the truth behind the death of a student. I was half expecting the...
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Nusumareta Kao
Nusumareta Kao is a WOWOW police dorama starring Tamaki Hiroshi with an angle I've never heard of before; Tamaki Hiroshi is a recogniser, a police officer with an incredible memory of faces who just...
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6 things I loved about Harassment Game Episodes 1-5
1) The lawyer's look towards Hirose Alice at the end of episode 5 is gold. I just had to screencap and write about it straight away.2) As a show about workplace harassment, Harassment Game is very...
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