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Fence jdorama review
Ladies and gentlemen, Fence is the must watch jdorama of the season and probably of the year. Word of warning, Fence is not the feel good show you want to watch after a hard day's work. Fence covers a...
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Hayabusa Shobodan Episodes 1~5
I didn't even want to try Hayabusa Shobodan because the idea of an inaka fire fighting dorama did not sound interesting to me. However I tried it out and now I am seriously hooked into this story about...
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Black Postman Episodes 1~3 jdorama review
10 years ago Tanaka Kei was a postman. The reason he quit was that he colleague turned out to be the Devil of Neverland. 10 years ago there was a rumour that if children who were suffering because of...
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Hayabusa Shoboudan Episodes 6~9
I think the main reason I like Hayabusa Shoboudan so much is that it is basically 20th Century Boys set in a remote village combined with Abe Hiroshi's Trick. 20th Century Boys was a great manga/movie...
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Rikon Shiyou yo! Let's get divorced jdorama review
Kudo Kankuro is one of the best jdorama writers ever with Manhattan Love Story, Tiger & Dragon, and Ore no Ie no Hanashi and of course Zebraman. I reactivated my Netflix because the new Kengan...
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Sanctuary: Seiki jdorama review
There are not too many sports jdoramas out there. The ones that come to mind are the pretty good No Side Game, Kimutaku's ice hockey dorama Pride and Pro Golfer Hana which I never finished watching....
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Burn the House Down / Mitarai ke, Enjou suru
WHAT IS IT ABOUT? Burn the house is a revenge jdorama. Nagano Mei used to belong to the rich Mitarai family but is now after revenge because 13 years ago her mother allegedly burned their house down...
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Keibuho Daimajin Episodes Episodes 4~8
I like it when Miike Takashi doesn't go full Miike. The only time he really goes back to his violent slapstick ways is the final episode. Keibuho Daimajin is a story about our main characters...
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Rakujitsu jdorama review
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?Kitagawa Keiko is a new director whose first movie won best picture at an international movie festival. For her next movie, she wants to make a movie Tateishi Rikito who stabbed his...
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The Days jdorama review
The Days is another Netflix show on my list. It is a series based on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant starring some of the best actors in Japan with Yakusho Koji, Takeuchi Yutaka, Kobayashi Kaoru...
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Paripi Komei Episodes 1~2
WHAT IS IT ABOUTMukai Osamu is Komei aka Zhuge Liang aka Kongming, one of the famous people from Romance of the 3 kingdoms and apparently the smartest man in the story. Komei gets sick and dies and is...
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Toki wo Kakeruna, Koibitotachi Episodes 1+2
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?Yoshioka Riho is an art director who has not had much luck with romantic relationships. One day, she meets Eita who is from the future and is a time travel agent who has travel back to...
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Isoyama Sayaka retiring?
The big news out of Japan is not Johnny's changing their name to Smile-Up or the Unification Church being ordered to disband, it is Isoyama Sayaka saying she is thinking about retiring from gravure...
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Kenshirou ni Yoroshiku episodes 1~6
Hokuto no Ken or Fist of the North Star is one of the most famous and often parodied mangas of all time. The Japanese don't even need to have read the manga to know the story and characters because...
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Vivant Episodes 4~10
SARS fansub have finished subbing Vivant and the first thing I want to say is that not only does Vivant not suck, it is actually a pretty decent jdorama about uncovering a terrorist organisation. I...
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Uchi no Bengoshi wa Te ga Kakaru Episodes 1+2
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?Kuramae has worked for 30 years as manager for successful actress Kichise Michiko. She fires him out of the blue and somehow he ends up getting a job as a paralegal for youngest lawyer...
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Sorette pakuri jyanai? Episodes 1~5
I like jdoramas about jobs in Japan because it is the fun details that make a jdorama interesting. The one that comes to mind is Isharyou Bengoshi about a lawyer who specialises in getting compensation...
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My Home Hero Episodes 1+2
Kuranosuke Sasaki plays a father who is an aspiring mystery writer who dotes over his daughter. One day he notices bruising on her face caused by her boyfriend. He visits her apartment when she is not...
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News Sokuho wa Nagareta episodes 1+2
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?News Sokuho wa Nagareta is a 2009 Fuji TV dorama about a tv station where part timer Narimiya Hiroki receives a tip sms from a friend that a nuclear missile had fallen in Muroran...
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Gekokujou Kyuuji Episodes 1~5
Underdog sports jdoramas are the hardest ones to stuff up. That is because viewer empathy is already built in. The characters are not expected to win easily gains audience empathy by trying hard....
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