Kore wa Keihi de Ochimasen! Episode 6
What a good episode. First off is Noguchi Noriko's annoying character Asabuki Mika who loves speaking English, will find fault and question everything and loves chasing the rabbit more than Tabe...
View ArticleKore wa Keihi de Ochimasen Episodes 7-10
I just want to say two things. Firstly, to declare that Kore wa Keihi de Ochimasen is a must watch workplace jdorama comedy that is very well written and acted and runs rings around Douki no...
View ArticleHakuoki Episodes 1-6
Its been a while since I've watched a jidaigeki. Not counting Neko Samurai which I would not count as jidaigeki, the last one I enjoyed was Yoshiwara Urodoushin by the great Ozaki Masaya.Hakuoki is a...
View ArticleSaint Young Men jmovie review
I think I've seen a bit of the Saint Young Men anime. It was an ok anime based on a manga about Buddha and Jesus having a vacation in Japan and living the slow life.For some reason, someone decided to...
View ArticleHakuoki Episodes 7-11
I am ashamed to admit it was not until episode 10 when I finally put 2 and 2 together and realised that Hakuoki is based on a certain famous samurai story, except it is from the other side.No idea how...
View ArticleHamsapsukebe Jdorama Awards 2019
Finally finished Ryu ga Gotoku 7 after 95 hours. Time to get my life back to normal aka watching jdoramas. But first, let's look back at what has been a very good year because we have had a lot of...
View ArticleRyu ga Gotoku 7 / Yakuza: Like a Dragon Review
WHAT IS IT?Yakuza 7 is the seventh main line game in a long running action RPG series set in the world of organised crime. It is also the first main line game with a new main character in Kasuga...
View ArticleTheseus no Fune Episodes 1~4
Theseus no Fune is a time travelling dorama where Tamura Shin, the son of a mass murderer goes back in time and tries to change the past. Its basically Boku dake no Inai Machi aka Erased which I have...
View ArticleAlibi Kuzushi Uketamawarimasu Episodes 1~3
I very much enjoyed Hamabe Minami in Pure, a new version of Trick made by NHK last year. Someone at TV Asahi must have thought the same and now we have Alibi Kuzushi Uketamawarimasu which is sort of...
View ArticleByouin no Naoshi Kata Doctor Arihara no Chousen Episodes 1+2
Byouin no Naoshi Kata Doctor Arihara no Chousen is a jdorama about a doctor (Koizumi Kotaro) and a banker (Takashima Masanobu) who team up to try to save the hospital that Koizumi's dad founded which...
View ArticleHarassment Game SP 2020
Harassment Game was probably my favourite jdorama of 2018 and the show is back with a jdorama special. Jdorama specials are just an excuse to get your favourite characters back together again and to...
View ArticleHigh Position 1986, Nidome no Seishun Episodes 1-6
From the derivative time-slip suspense of Theseus no Fune, we have another time-slip jdorama this season with High Position. High Position is the story of a 46 year old married man who hits his head in...
View ArticleNaruto Hichou Episodes 1-3
After watching Hakuoki, I decided I needed more jidaigeki in my life and settled on Naruto Hichou, another Yamamoto Koji show. Similar to Hakuoki, Naruto Hichou is about lots of people either trying to...
View ArticleTenki-yoho no Koibito Episodes 1+2
WHAT IS IT?Tenki-yoho no Koibito is a 3 way relationship dorama between Sato Koichi who works at the weather bureau and two women, Fukatsu Eri and Inamori Izumi who are not who Sato Koichi thinks they...
View ArticleTop 10 feel good jdoramas to watch during corana quarantine
Everyday its bloody corona this and corona that. Supermarkets are empty, its feeling like a zombie movie in real situation, everyone is stressed and there are all sorts of quarantines going around....
View ArticleBefore the Coffee gets Cold Jmovie review
It seems to be the season of time travelling stories for me. First it was the blah Theseus no Fune and the ok High Position and now Before the Coffee gets Cold.Before the Coffee gets Cold is set in a...
View ArticleInnocence - Enzai Bengoshi Episodes 1+2
Innocence as can be surmised from the name is a legal show about proving people's innocence which is interesting considering Japan has a 99% conviction rate.You've got a main character Kurokawa who is...
View ArticleRIP Shimura Ken
The corona virus today took one of Japan's greatest comedians, Shimura Ken. I bloody love the above video where he sneaks into the hotel bedrooms of the Morning Musume members and great fun ensues.One...
View ArticleChichi to Musuko no Chika Idol SP
Chichi to Musuko no Chika Idol is basically Kodoku no Gurume taking over as the manager of an underground idol group when his estranged son gets into an accident and is in a coma.Chichi to Musuko no...
View Article10 no Himitsu Episodes 1~3
10 no Himitsu's tagline is that everyone has secrets which is 99% of all jdoramas anyway, except they are not usually so blatant about it. 10 no Himitsu has Mukai Osamu aka Mr Kuninaka Ryoko play the...
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