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Love or Not season 1 review
I can't remember the last time I saw Motokariya Yuika. I always associate her with her role in Gonzo: Densetsu no Keiji and Lady Joker, two of my favourite shows so she is always in my good books.Love...
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Rikokatsu Episodes 7+8
I really wanted to like Rikokatsu. I thought Eita's Obara Koichi character could be an interesting source of comedy and juxtaposition of showa ideas of marriage vs modern ones.However Rikokatsu is...
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Dragon Zakura Season 2 Episode 1
Once upon a time, there was a study jdorama called Dragon Zakura with Abe Hiroshi shouting his famous line "bakas and busus go to Todai!" and it was surprisingly good jdorama despite the presence of...
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Otona no Otoko Jdorama Review
From Love or Not which featured 3 guys and 3 girls in various love triangles, we have Otona no Otoko, a jdorama from 1997 about 3 single guys who are turning forty and 3 women. The cast for Otona no...
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Nijiiro Karute Episodes 1~4 review
I never intended to watch Nijiiro Karute because the poster looks absolutely horrible. It looks like a horrible photo-shopped picture that looks like it was designed by a 5 year old. Can someone tell...
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Mistress: Onnatachi no Himitsu jdorama review
Mistress as the name suggests is about four women who are good friends with each other and each of them is involved in some sort of mistress relationship.Hasegawa Kyoko who looks even more plastic...
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Tenshi ni Request wo jdorama review
Eguchi Yosuke stars in Tenshi ni Request wo as a detective turned private eye who gets hired by an old lady into helping out with her last wish.Kamishiraishi Mone's younger sister is the detective's...
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Dragon Zakura Season 2 Episodes 2~10
I am happy to declare that the second Dragon Zakura is must watch! Enough time has passed since the first season that this glorified study tips jdorama wrapped up in a GTO coat of paint seems fresh and...
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Nile Perch no Joshikai jdorama review
Wow. What a show. I can't believe Nile Perch no Joshikai was made by TV Tokyo and not WOWOW. Mizukawa Asami plays Shimura Eriko, a career women who works at a trading company and seems to have the...
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Meiji Kaika Shinjuurou Tanteichou
Me like jidai geki shows and stories set during the meiji era ie after the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Plus, Meiji Kaika Shinjuurou Tanteichou is a detective show that reminds me of Dai Gyakuten...
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Karei Naru Ichizoku 2021 Episodes 1-5
A long time ago, there was a jdorama called Karei Naru Ichizoku about this very rich family and it was good except for Kimutaku who tried to make his character Manpyo Teppei the main character and...
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Kare Naru Ichizoku 2021 Episode 6-10 spoiler review
WOWOW has done it again! Better than the Kimutaku one. I was hooked from beginning until the end. I will be talking storyline spoilers so don't read until you have watched it. If you haven't, please...
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Semi-Double Episodes 1-4
From Nakai Kiichi's great acting in Karei Naru Ichizoku, we have this 1999 jdorama where Nakai Kiichi does his best to looks completely bored and no sell everything as a psychology professor who gets...
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Daifugou Doushin
WHAT IS IT?Daifugou Doushin is the Edo version of Meiji Kaika Shinjuurou Tanteichou, ie it is a detective show set in the Edo period. Like Shinjuurou, the main character comes from a privileged...
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Oshii Keiji and Yappari Oshii Keiji
Somehow I managed to miss Oshii Keiji which was subbed back in 2019. Like Daifugou doushin, Oshii Keiji is a detective show with a twist.Detective Oshii is very smart and has a 100% clearance rate for...
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Tokyo MER Episode 1
Tokyo MER is a medical drama with the gimmick of a Team with a large vehicle which can function as an ER hence the name mobile ER.Its a big budget show with Suzuki Ryohei, Naka Riisa and Ishida Yuriko...
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Cold Game jdorama review
WHAT IS COLD GAME?In the future, the world has frozen solid. Cold Game is set in a school shelter where a bunch of people have evacuated to and a politician is running this school shelter. In this...
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The Blood of Wolves jmovie review
I have so many jmovies to watch I don't know where to start. I need to be in a frame of mind to dedicate two whole hours to a story. With jdoramas, its just 45 minutes and I can pay half my attention...
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Kioku Sousa seasons 1+2
Just finished two seasons of Kioku Sousa recently. The reason I watched two season of this police jdorama is not because its I enjoy watching generic police shows or because Kamishiraishi Mone is a...
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Koi ni Chikara Episodes 1~3
I watched Koi no Chikara a very long time ago and I think its not one of the more remembered ones from the golden age of jdoramas unlike Love Generation or 101 Proposals. Recently GreGG released the...
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