Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou review

Another drama series completed! Still going through my endless list of dramas to watch, it says I have about 45 more to go! 

Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou, a drama with a long name! It is translated to Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia's Case Files. I have reviewed the first episode of this series in the past in 2013, I got a positive impression back then. Now I have completed it and this is a full review~

Akumu-Chan Special review

I have fond memories of the original Akumu-Chan series back in 2012. It has come to my attention that the was a Special and also a movie!

GoodDrama.net Closure [It's back!]

Edit: After this scare yesterday, Gooddrama seems to be back in action. We do not know the cause of all this, but I saw rumours of hacking. 

Original Post:
This morning I went to the Gooddrama website like usual to be greeted by a message stating they have closed.

I was very depressed after the closure of DramaCrazy, it was my favorite website. I turned to GoodDrama after but even if it wasn't exactly the same, it was still good. Recently I stopped using it because it made ma computer extremely slow from all the ads. Even, the website I was using was linking to gooddrama videos I think. However, another drama website being closed down means we are loosing access to many hard to find dramas. Torrents are still available and maybe the best option to support the people who are subbing, however when dramas are old or unpopular like the ones I tend to watch, it is not a good option. 

There are alternatives to watch drama online. The one I recommend the most and I am guilty for forgetting about it is Crunchyroll. This site is legal and they pay to have the right to have the dramas. If you subscribe you have access to HD quality and no ads. I personally wished we could have all the japanese dramas on that site since it is legal, I feel like I do contribute to the people making dramas.

Dramafever is another legal option. Their japanese collection is abysmal in my opinion. Again it is a subscription services which would be worth it if they had way more titles.

Lastly, the website I have been using a lot lately is Drama.net. The reason why I like it is because of how clean it is. You can easily tell what is a korean or japanese drama. You can browse the titles and can select by genres as well. They also have good selection and mirrors. It doesn't look to me to be a very popular website yet, I hope they won't shut down anytime soon..

Saikou no Rikon review

Saikou no Rikon is an other drama on my list I really wanted to watch. It played in 2013 and it was my most anticipated drama at the time, I just had to watch it!

Kamo, Kyoto e Iku review

Still going through that unending list of unfinished dramas!
I have reviewed the first episode before, now this is the completed series review.
Kamo,Kyoto e Iku, Kamo is going to Kyoto, Review. 

Orient Kyuukou Satsujin Jiken review

This is a 2 episode Special drama which aired in January 2015.It's based on an Agatha Christie book. It has tons of known actors! Here's my review :)

Kekkon Shinai ep1 thoughts

 I have been doing a lot of self study of japanese lately and realized that I have been doing that for more then 10 years.  Today, I decided it was time. I have been relying on English subtitles for a decade, all my work while studying hasn't really paid off yet. So, I told myself I have to force myself to watch a drama with NO subs! So, I thought I should go with something I am very similar with a very very simple plot, going though my list of dramas I saw Kekkon Shinai. Sounds like something I have watched before, (watashi ga renai dekinai riyuu) so I tried to watch it (I was really lucky to find japanese subtitles) and I succeeded! So here is my thoughts on the first episode!

35-sai no Koukousei review

35-sai no Koukousei, a high school student at 35 year old, is a drama that aired back in 2013 when I was doing my thoughts about the first episode. Even though I am still very interested at doing the first episode preview thing, I realize I had over 40 unfinished drama series in my list. This is why I am doing bunch of reviews lately as I am going through the list.

35-sai no Koukousei was one of the most popular dramas in 2013, here is my review.

Nakuna, Hara-chan review

Nakuna hara-chan, don't cry Hana-chan, a drama featuring Nagase Tomoya. It is a romantic comedy , you can definitely expect tons of laugh! This one is hard to find too, so I will also be explaining how you can watch it.

xxxHOLiC review

xxxHOLic is the first title that I will review twice. I have reviewed the first episode previously. This one will be a complete 8 episode review.

Winter 2015 Season Download Links

I really wish I could contribute to Japanese drama community. I think a lot of people who stumble on my blog are actually looking for the dramas themselves, so I thought I'd put a summary of where you can download and watch dramas. Of course, I will do my best to put forward the actual fansubers links as all the credits go to them that we are able to enjoy dramas.  However if you are like me and that your bandwidth is limited ( I have a 100gig download and upload limit a month) , downloading or torrenting the episodes isn't an option. So I will include some easy stream website as well.

Please support the subtitles raw providing community! They are working really hard to get those episodes for us when Japanese drama aren't exactly super popular as it was. I want to say a big thank you to the subbing community for providing us awesome subs for Japanese drama.

Winter 2015 Season Preview

Wow it is already 2015! I recently started watching drama again after a busy 2 years. I am really exited about the new dramas! Let's take a look at each of them :D

This season, I feel it will be difficult to watch subbed episodes with the loss of d-addicts :( I think I will try my best to search around the net to find where we can find subbed episodes. 

Anything seems good this season? Have you started watching any of those? If so, please let me know what you thought of them ^^

Legal High SP 1 review

This review is about the first special which aired in 2003.
Legal High Special takes place after the Legal High drama series and before the second series. I watched it once in 2013 and a second time recently (I forgot I watched it already).
 

Hitori Shizuka review

Hitori Shizuka, 6 episode mystery drama review

It was playing on WOWOW in the same time slot as Bunshin and Magma. Those were short series as well with a more mature story so I decided to give this one a try.

Koukou Kyoushi review

Koukou Kyoushi (high school teacher) is a drama that aired all the way back in 2003, more than 10 years ago!! From time to time, I enjoy watching older drama series! Here is the review for the complete drama series~

Fujiki Naohito and Ueto Aya

Ooku ~Tanjou~[Arikoto Iemitsu Hen] review

After such a long break, I didn`t know what to watch!! So I went through the list I keep of all the dramas I have watched and I saw that I was almost done with this one. Please note, I watch the first 7 episodes 2 years ago and finally completed it with the remaining episodes this year. Hopefully I can remember to give this a good review.

Kamo, Kyoto e Iku ep.1

Kamo, Kyoto e Iku episode 1 review~~
This is a review I started writing after I watched the episode in 2013. I remember this one being worth watching a second time so I did so again!

 

Long Absence

Hello and Happy New Year 2015!!!!!!

I wish everyone happiness, health and fun for 2015.

Kagi no Kakatta Heya review

This will be a full review of mystery drama, Kagi no Kakatta Heya!
This was a really popular drama of 2012. If you are unsure about watching this, I invite you to read my review.