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                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | junny 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2023 8:16 pm   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | Finished a few dramas, including Dakara Korosenakatta, Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san, and The Journalist. All pretty solid in their own rights. 
 Three episodes into Reversal Orchestra, and quite enjo ...
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                |  Topic: Got Something You Want To Say? | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
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 |  Forum: General Discussions  
                   Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2022 5:41 pm   Subject: 
                  Got Something You Want To Say? | 
               
                | 
 I’ve had Covid. It was pretty horrible, but not life threatening lol.
 
 How have you guys been? Looks like you’re the last ones standing.
 
 Glad you survived Covid. At the start it looked l ...
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                |  Topic: Got Something You Want To Say? | 
               
                | Anime Dad 
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 |  Forum: General Discussions  
                   Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2022 11:25 am   Subject: 
                  Got Something You Want To Say? | 
               
                | O Hisashiburi!!   
 Good to see Covid didn't get you.
   
 Or the fires.
   
 I’ve had Covid. It was pretty horrible, but not life threatening lol. We haven’t had fires near ...
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                |  Topic: Japanese Music - Requests/Downloads | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 2464
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2022 6:41 am   Subject: 
                  Japanese Music - Requests/Downloads | 
               
                | In what I can only describe as a fit of incredible stupidity, Book-Off has decided, at least here in the States to no longer carry JPop CDs. I'm one of those old geezers that likes holding his real al ... | 
                             
                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | junny 
 Replies: 27482
 Views: 14624107
 
 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:04 am   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | Kamakura dono no 13 nin is keeping me entertained, three episodes in. 
 Started Hakozume, very entertaining two episodes so far and I laughed a lot. Toda Erika is doing well as the stern, a bit scar ...
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                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | junny 
 Replies: 27482
 Views: 14624107
 
 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2022 10:08 pm   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | I started watching Saiai too, but it's not as good as I expected. Once I got the idea of what happened, apart from the two main characters, I don't know or care much about the rest of the characters.
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                |  Topic: SoCal News/Events/etc. | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
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 |  Forum: General Discussions  
                   Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 6:34 pm   Subject: 
                  SoCal News/Events/etc. | 
               
                | Put up $700 million and you can get pretty much whatever you want:https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32650662/staples-center-become-cryptocom-arena-rich-naming-rights-deal | 
                             
                |  Topic: What Makes You Happy? | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
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 |  Forum: General Discussions  
                   Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 5:33 pm   Subject: 
                  What Makes You Happy? | 
               
                | 
 And on the other end of the spectrum. Got something on EBay, took four days to go from Los Angeles TO Los Angeles.
   
 It was pretty surprising. The guy had told me expect about 5 busine ...
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                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | xploring 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:48 pm   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | Hakozume episode 1 was so much fun.  I didn't know police can be so funny lol. The ending was poignant as well, very much looking forward to the rest of this series now, and I wasn't really interest ... | 
                             
                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | junny 
 Replies: 27482
 Views: 14624107
 
 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:26 am   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | I am really enjoying Kikazaru Koi, which is unexpected (considering this is from the scriptwriter who did Koi Tsuzu, which was shit). The drama is hitting all the right notes for me, especially Yokoha ... | 
                             
                |  Topic: Health Advice/Discussion | 
               
                | bmwracer 
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 |  Forum: General Discussions  
                   Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:59 pm   Subject: 
                  Health Advice/Discussion | 
               
                | Actually, I got the Moderna which requires two shots. After the first shot, other than some aching in my arm, which is pretty normal after getting a shot, everything was okay. A month later, got the s ... | 
                             
                |  Topic: Health Advice/Discussion | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 1074
 Views: 469787
 
 |  Forum: General Discussions  
                   Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2021 5:52 pm   Subject: 
                  Health Advice/Discussion | 
               
                | Finally got the Covid vaccine 
 Actually, I got the Moderna which requires two shots. After the first shot, other than some aching in my arm, which is pretty normal after getting a shot, everything  ...
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                |  Topic: What Are You Reading? | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 1122
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 |  Forum: General Discussions  
                   Posted: Thu May 27, 2021 7:14 am   Subject: 
                  What Are You Reading? | 
               
                | Eyeyore wrote: Empress Masako has also been struggling with adjustment disorder since 2003.
 
 I read this book back when it first came out in 2007: https://www.amazon.com/Princess-Masako-Prisoner-Ch ...
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                |  Topic: How's the Weather There? | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 12730
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 |  Forum: General Discussions  
                   Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:35 am   Subject: 
                  How's the Weather There? | 
               
                | HAIL!! 
 It was raining pretty hard then I thought, "That doesn't sound like rain." And it was hail! Pretty small, about the size of a grain of rice. But hail is hail.
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                |  Topic: Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations | 
               
                | xploring 
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:28 pm   Subject: 
                  Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations | 
               
                | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10015418/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_9 
 Five Million Dollar Life (2019)
 
 Takatsuki Mirai suffered from a life threatening disease when he was young. Through donations and the co ...
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                |  Topic: JDrama TV Ratings | 
               
                | junny 
 Replies: 2138
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:47 pm   Subject: 
                  JDrama TV Ratings | 
               
                | This is a page showing taiga ratings over the years (from 2020's Kirin ga kuru to 2003's Musashi). It breaks down the ratings into various categories: average ratings, first episode, last episode, hig ... | 
                             
                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | xploring 
 Replies: 27482
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:46 pm   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | Oh My Boss episode 2. I thought apart from Mone chan, the rest of the characters were rather forgettable. Story telling was not as fluent as I would like. May stop watching. 
 My Daughter doesn't hav ...
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                |  Topic: Does anyone here watch SUMO? | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 11:06 pm   Subject: 
                  Does anyone here watch SUMO? | 
               
                | Over halfway and so far it's been the Daieisho show   
 M1w	Daieisho	8 - 0
 
 O1w	Shodai	6 - 2
 
 M7e	Meisei	6 - 2
 
 M8w	Kiribayama 6 - 2
 
 M16w Akiseyama 6 - 2
 
 Maegashira 1 is usually a pret ...
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                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | junny 
 Replies: 27482
 Views: 14624107
 
 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 2:29 pm   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | Started Isekai Izakaya Nobu, which seems like a food drama set in some isekai mediaeval European setting. Otani Ryohei is the chef and he's a sight for sore eyes. 
 Speaking of Otani, I'm also watchi ...
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                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | junny 
 Replies: 27482
 Views: 14624107
 
 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2020 6:12 pm   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | Started Shichinin no Hisho, decent opener that doesn't seem to be very serious. Also started Alice in Borderland - looks to be quite well made, but not hooked yet. Netflix recently announced a season  ... |