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Rest in peace Saito Yusuke
 Just when you think 2020 can't get any worse, Saito Yusuke has passed away at age 69 from cancer that he kept quiet about. If you are one of the 10 people that visit this blog, his face should be...
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BG ~Shinpen Keigonin~ 2020
 Someone wrote that there are a lot of comments saying BG2 is better than 1. While by no means was BG1 Gaiji Keisatsu, it was the first decent Kimitaku dorama in a long while and I wanted to see...
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Rest in Peace Takeuchi Yuko
Someone please cancel 2020. I went on youtube and staring me in the face was a news clip saying Takeuchi Yuko has passed away from suicide.  This can't possibly be true. We just lost Ashina Sei and now...
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Strawberry Night Episode 4-11
 Still can't believe Takeuchi Yuko is gone. I didn't know what to do so I decided to finish the one Takeuchi Yuko series I never got around to finishing: Strawberry Night. Strawberry Night Night...
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Strawberry Night 2013 movie review
I rather enjoyed the Strawberry Night dorama series but this 2013 movie to cap off the Himekawa (Takeuchi Yuko) story, not so much. The movie starts off with some exposition talk between Himekawa and...
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First Love jmovie review
Miike Takashi. No other director has directed so many movies that I love: Zebraman, Gyakuten Saiban, Taiyo no Kizu, Salaryman Kintaro, Ichi the Killer and yet created so many bad movies like Laplace's...
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Fukushima 50 jmovie review
Fukushima 50 is a movie about 2011 Tohoku disaster starring Watanabe Ken and Sato Koichi from the perspective of the workers of the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant.The earthquake and tsunami happens and...
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35-sai no Shoujo Episodes 1+2
I don't normally go for Shibasaki Kou doramas but she did a great job with Saka no Tochuu no Ie that she is no longer in my actresses to avoid list. If you have not seen, Saka no Tochuu no Ie, I...
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Siren no Zange Episode 1
Wow. It has been a while that a first episode has gotten me really excited. Siren no Zange is of course a WOWOW production Araki Yuko from Suits. More importantly, the writer Shinozaki Eriko wrote...
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Gokushufudo Episodes 1~3
 Tamaki Hiroshi was getting beat up by yakuza in Ryuu no Michi, now he plays an ex-yakuza in Gokushufudo. The catch is that he is now a house husband who is very good at his work.The concept kind of...
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Hohoemu Hito
Hohoemu Hito is a jdorama special that came out this year that had been sitting in hard disk for a long time until I was randomly looking for something to watch and gave it a go. I only remembered that...
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Shinya Shokudo season 5 aka Midnight Diner Tokyo Stories 2
I did not realise that Netflix had released season 5 last year until someone asked for where to download season 4. I looked for season 5 on a whim and lo and behold, there it was. Thank you anonymous...
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Shichinin no Hisho Episodes 1~3
 When I started episode 1 of Shichinin no Hisho, I got very excited when I found out the concept: seven secretaries working for various important people in Tokyo working together for whatever reason.My...
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Plage jdorama review
WOWOW has done it again. Plage (pronounced puraajyu) is show about people with criminal records. Hoshino Gen is the main character who through bad luck finds himself taking drugs. Having a criminal...
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35-sai no shoujo episode 5 makes me uncomfortable
 35-sai no shoujo is about a 10 year old girl Nozomi in the body of a 35 year old because she was in a coma for 25 years. I thought it was an interesting premise because it was about having to grow up...
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Rewatching Rinjo seasons 1+2+The Last Answer
Whenever I review a police jdorama, I usually say at the end that it can't compare with the holy trinity of Gaiji Keisatsu, Gonzo and Rinjo.A few weeks ago, I decided to rewatch the whole Rinjo series...
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Siren no Zange Episodes 2-4
Siren no Zange is based on a novel by Nakayama Shichiri who also wrote the novel upon which Akuma no Bengonin was based on. If you have no seen it, seek out Akuma no Bengonin because its one of my...
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24 Japan Episodes 1-7
I am surprised 24 Japan has not been subbed yet. 24 Japan is the remake of the American tv show that become famous many years ago because it was set in real time, as in an hour on the show corresponds...
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Satsui no Michinori Episodes 1+2
Satsui no Michinori is a revenge murder dorama from WOWOW written by Bakarhythm. WOWOW you can normally associate with murder jdoramas but definitely not Bakarhythm and this is a very Bakarhythm...
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Yoru no Sensei Episodes 2-10
THINGS I LIKED+ Its got a lot of my favourite actors ie Mizuki Arisa, Renbutsu Misako and Yamamoto Koji+My favourite episode is Episode 8 about the old dude.MEH= Formulaic GTO style story with an...
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