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Saitou-san 2 ep 1
I absolutely adore Saitou-san. Its the suburban housewife dorama to end all suburban housewife doramas because at the heart of it, its about Mano-san, played wonderfully by Mimura. Season 2 seems to be...
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Woman ep 4
Gah, D-addicts is down! Anyway spoilers ahead for those who haven't watched ep 4 of Woman yet. Just want to ask how come the kids are not bullied in school because their dad's a chikan? What happened...
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Further thoughts on Woman ep 4
Someone wrote a very thorough piece on Woman Ep 4 in the comments section. I was writing a response that became longer and longer and I though, screw it, I'll just write my response as a follow up post...
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Otousan wa Nido Shinu
How funny is it that Minamisawa Nao is doing two doramas in a row where her father dies at the beginning at the series and both series are about discovering the circumstances surrounding her father's...
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Woman ep 5
Awwwww, poor plant. They kind of pulled a bait and switch with the ep 5 preview. I thought Koharu was going to tell Usuda Asami about her leukemia and it turned into Usuda Asami telling Koharu that...
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Lady Joker ep 1
Applause for WOWOW. Once again, they have crafted a first episode that had me on the edge of seat figuratively even though I knew what was going to happen. There is something about WOWOW directing and...
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Lady Joker eps 2-7
Goddamit, there was no way I could stop watching after episode 3 and in the end jadefrost's review was very spot in. It starts off as a very exciting detective dorama but becomes overly ambitious in...
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Woman ep 6
It took me a while to muster enough motivation to watch this episode. For the first time, I did the retiming without really watching. I guess I'm still bummed out by the not-a-chikan thing. I did...
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Double Tone ~Futari no Yumi~ eps 2-6
I gave the first episode of Double Tone a must watch. The whole time travelling shared dreams with a mystery thing was brilliant. While in the end I can't rate it a must watch, I still think its a...
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Doctors: Saikyou no Meii 2 Ep 2 - 5
THE GOOD- Moriyama trying to be a good guy is funny. Watching his true nature trying to come out every time is a hoot. And Ghandi of all people? Lol.- Moriyama trying to hide his cat secret.- Sagara's...
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Keibuho Yabe Kenzo 2 eps 1-5
After Woman crashing and burning and Doctors 2 not reaching the heights of the first season, Yabe Kenzo 2 is turning out to the best dorama this season for me. Its kind of rare for a second season to...
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Limit eps 1-6
I was hoping for a Battle Royale lite dorama but Limit is less survival dorama and more about character archetypes and delving into their problems as the series progresses. You got Sakuraba Nanami as...
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Woman eps 7+8
Eps 7 and 8 are two very different episodes. Ep 7 is mainly about Oguri Shun going back to see his mother. There's this contrived plot about how he write a letter to Koharu and left it at the tuckshop...
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Namonaki Doku eps 1-5
Aren't you playing another boring housewife character in another dorama this season? Yes, I know I swore never to watch another dorama starring Fukada 'Can't Act' Kyoko but after Gekiryuu is so bad...
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Woman ep 9
What a great episode! Shiori leaves the house and Woman becomes even better. Maybe they should have called this Mother 2 instead of Woman since its more about mothers and daughters. Mother regains get...
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Power Game eps 1-3
Power Game is a very, very bad jdorama. It is set in the world of advertising where two rivals guy Shirosaki and Kuroiwa compete to suck up to the rich and famous and gain advertising contracts.Things...
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Sakamoto Yuji - Soredemo Ikite Yuku interview Part 1
When Chuks posted the link to the Sakamoto Yuji interview in the comments section, I knew I had to translate this thing. This is only half of the first part of the interview and it took me a couple of...
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Hanzawa Naoki Eps 3-7
With the crazy ratings that Hanzawa Naoki is having, I had to try to continue the series after giving up on ep 3 due to the acting. I gave up on Japanese subs cause it just too difficult. Is this...
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Woman ep 10
Damn you Sakamoto Yuji!! Why are you so good? Lol. There are a lot of elements in this episode which echo some points he made from his interview from Abiko. I still haven't gotten around to cleaning up...
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Sakamoto Yuji - Soredemo Ikite Yuku interview Part 1B
Second half of Part 1 of the interview. Apologies for shoddy quality. There are quite a few perplexing lines for me. I can read most of it but I have a hard time understanding his point so some lines...
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