Dangerless Detectives is one of the newest shows available on Rakuten Viki, as it was produced in September of 2020 (and only recently added to Viki). Dangerless Detectives is one of the funniest Japanese shows I have watched so far, although it is a really dumb and slapstick type of humor. The show is about…
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PLAY BALL! Today, in addition to being April Fools Day, is also the first day of the MLB season (not a joke!). While watching regular baseball is not always at the top of my priority list because of how long the season is (162 games), Opening Day is always a special event. In normal times,…
As a sports fan, I am always looking for sports-related TV shows to watch. The Japanese show “Baseball Brainiacs” (Yowakutemo Katemasu), translates to something along the lines of even if we are weak, we can still win. Baseball Brainiacs was a perfect TV show for me because it combined baseball, Japanese language, Arashi (it stars…
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Residential Complex was a really hard-hitting Japanese drama that had a lot of deep and complex storylines. Japanese romance dramas tend to be very standard, and they do not touch on a lot of difficult and delicate topics. Residential Complex was the complete opposite of most Japanese dramas, as it touched on topics such as…
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Once a year (except for last year), there is a magical sports period from the end of March to the beginning of April. You only need to say two words to get sports fans around the world pumped up, and those two words are March Madness. Today marks the official first day of March Madness,…
Paramount+ is the last of the major streaming services to be released by legacy TV networks. It used to be called CBS All Access, but it was recently rebranded to Paramount+. Paramount+ has all of CBS shows (past and present), such as The Big Bang Theory, NCIS, etc. It also has a lot of past…
Since I have been pretty busy recently, I have not had as much time to write new blog posts. While I am still constantly finding new things I love to recommend, I wanted to share some of my previous favorite recommendations. Over the course of this blog, I have now written over a year’s worth…
WandaVision is the latest show available on Disney+, and it is a 9 episode series focusing on the Marvel characters Wanda and Vision. I would say I still have mixed feelings about the show, as while I found it entertaining and worth a watch, I also did not understand some of what was going on.…
Ouroboros is a Japanese drama about two former “brothers” who grew up in an orphanage together. One has grown up to become a rising star in the police force, while another is continuing to move up the yakuza ranks. Although their daily jobs are completely different, they still keep in contact and are working towards…
After watching Hana Yori Dango, the next step was to watch Hana Yori Dango Returns. Hana Yori Dango Returns was made one year after the first season, and it has the same main 5 characters (Makino Tsukushi and the rest of F4). It picks up where the original season of Hana Yori Dango left off,…
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