Tokyo Tarareba Girls is a manga that was recently turned into a TV show. I read multiple reviews saying that while the show was good, it was toned down for TV and that the manga is even better. I find this a bit surprising, as I found the show enjoyable to watch, but maybe one…
Caution, Hazardous Housewife is the latest Japanese TV show that I finished on Rakuten Viki. The show is about a former spy who is trying to transition to life as a housewife. After faking her death, the main character, Nami Isayama, has been able to settle down and live in a comfortable neighborhood with her…
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Mischievous Kiss 2 is a sequel to the series I wrote about before, Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo. If you already watched the first season, the main cast is the same in the 2nd season. However, the plot and feel of Mischievous Kiss 2 is a little different than the first season. The show is…
99 Days with the Superstar is a TV show on Amazon Prime, but it is unique because it features a Korean female lead and a Japanese male lead. While the show is considered a Japanese drama because it takes place in Japan and most of the dialogue is Japanese, the diversity of the cast makes…
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Giri/Haji is a British/Japanese television show that was produced by the BBC, but is now shown on Netflix. The show has a half-Japanese and half-British cast, and it also splits time between the two places. The story is about the Japanese yakuza, the Japanese police, and the British police, and how a murder of a…
“7 hours of commercial free football starts now!” These are the famous words announced every Sunday by NFL Redzone host Scott Hanson, and I always look forward to hearing them. For those who have never heard of NFL Redzone, it is the ultimate football experience. Especially if you are an avid fantasy football player, Redzone…
Million Yen Women, or 1,000,000 Yen No Onnatachi in Japanese, is one of the first Japanese shows that I ever watched on Netflix. The main star in the show is Yojiro Noda, who is also a singer in the group Radwimps. According to some of my friends, he also sang most of the songs in…
Mischievous Kiss: Love In Tokyo is one of the highest rated Japanese shows that I have found on Rakuten Viki, with a rating of 9.3/10. It is also one of the older shows available, as the show came out in 2013. Just because it is older though, does not mean that it is not worth…
Atelier is one of the most popular Japanese shows on Netflix, and for good reason. Like many Japanese shows, the concept may seem a bit strange at first, but it somehow works really well. Atelier is about a high-end lingerie store, and the two main characters in the show are the original founder of the…
High Score is a new show on Netflix that was produced by the Youtube Channel Great Big Story. Great Big Story is one of my favorite Youtube Channels to watch, so I had high expectations for the series. So far, I have only watched episode 1 of the series, but I was really impressed by…
