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Mahoro Ekimae Bangaichi eps 2-12
Watched the rest of the series in one shot. Its a much better version of Shinzanmono. The benri-ya angle makes it easier to tell stories about people who live in a small town without trying to tie it...
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Minna Esper Dayo! eps 1+2
I worship at the alter of Sono Sion. He is my favourite jmovie director right now. Sadly I've not met one Japanese person who knows his movies. I wasn't so excited when I first heard of Sono Sion...
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Jmovie review: Mahoro Ekimae Tada Benriken
The movie that started it all. Tada Benriken is very much about Tada and Gyouten while most of Bangaichi is more about the residents living in Mahoro. You get to see how Tada and Gyouten meet up, find...
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Sennyu Tantei Tokage ep 1
Matsuda Shota's character dresses like a ninja so he can climb up the air vent in his room and place bugs and cameras all over the ships air vents. No idea what to watch this season. I think I've...
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Minna Esper Dayo! eps 3
As mentioned in the previous post, I found another source for this dorama which was pandora tv. The bad news is that you need to pay money to watch it in normal resolution. I don't mind paying money...
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Furuhata Ninzaburo season 2 eps 1+2
Took me a while to realise that Fansubs by Us have subbed two episodes of the second season of Furuhata Ninzaburo. Loved the first season and hopefully the second season is as consistently good as the...
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Tsuma wa Kunoichi eps 1-4
When I first read about this, the first thing that came to mind was a ninja version of My Wife is a Gangster. The dorama starts off with our simple-minded husband getting married to his ninja wife and...
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Things of note in Jdorama-land 5/5/13
1.. D-addicts is down for the second time this week. :(2. Looks like the fallout from Furransu 'I won't upload more episodes until it gets subbed' stance is that he's moved over to his own page,...
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Minna! Esper Dayo! ep 4
Episode 4 is here and this episode is about two things; introducing a new character who can see through things and finding out the colour of Mano Erina's nipples. While I'll never get tired of seeing...
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Kumo no Kaidan eps 1-4
Kumo no Kaidan starts out with a very interesting premise. Saburo (Suzuki sensei) who works in a one doctor clinic on a small island in admin, is not a qualified doctor but is so talented that Dr....
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Kirishima, Bukatsu Yamerutteyo
Kirishima, Bukatsu Yamerutteyo is one weird artistic movie. The title character Kirishima, captain of the volleyball team and most popular dude in the school never appears but what we get are all the...
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Minna! Esper Dayo! ep 5
Here comes the weekly gallery of pantsu shots. :) I should seek out the Japanese Mano Erina boards and find out her fans' reactions to this dorama. I can't imagine many of them being familiar with Sono...
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Jmoview review: The Land of Hope / Kibou no Kuni
Sono Sion's previous movie Himizu was altered and set against the backdrop of the Tohoku earthquake. Clearly the Fukushima disaster was something Sono Sion wanted to talk about and The Land of Hope is...
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The making of Love Exposure
Unfortunately, no Minna! Esper dayo! this week. Not having my week tousatsu fix is worse than not having Game of Thrones. Anyway, decided to watch something that I've been meaning to watch for a long...
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Haitatsu Saretai Watashitachi ep 1
Looks like Minna! Esper Dayo! isn't the only good dorama this season. You can always count on WOWOW to not settle for the mediocre. Eiji from KDO plays the main character Sawano, a father suffering...
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Minna! Esper Dayo! ep 6
Bad news is Furransu has stopped creating torrents for Minna! Esper Dayo!. Luckily we get to see a lot of Kaho this episode. :)Good news is you can watch good quality rips at dailymotion and download...
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Haitatsu Saretai Watashitachi ep 2
I really like this show. Not enough to call it must watch yet, but its certainly pretty good. Spoiler talk ahead if you haven't watched episode 1 which I urge you to do. You know how in jdoramas, there...
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Rinjo: The Last Message
I like the Rinjo series. Its one of the very few police procedural jdoramas that gets it right. Its your usual police maverick who oversteps his boundaries show but not everyone in the organisation is...
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Minna! Esper Dayo! ep 7
Episode 7 is a disappointing filler-like episode. First of, I just want to say I want to be a teddy bear when I grow up.Second of all, nothing really interesting is being done with Mano Erina's...
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Tsumi to Batsu: A Falsified Romance ep 5+6
I first watched this series a year ago and the first few episodes blew my mind. The last two episodes I didn't really like but didn't write about it since I watched there were no subs and lots of...
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