The world is a diverse place full of myriad emotions, and nowhere is this more evident than in the Japanese drama Strawberry Film.
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Category Archives: Japanese Reviews
“Jazz for Two” Series Review (Ep.3 to 8)
Grief … anger … confusion.
These emotions often go hand in hand. Human emotion is a strange thing. Movies, music, and television tend to focus the most on romance, on love and the buildup to it—the tension, the afterglow, the angst.
OSSAN’S LOVE – SEASON 2 – LOVE: IN THE SKY – 2019 – Japan – 8 Episodes & 2 Special Episodes
“Love is like online shopping, then? You can return the goods.” – quote from Ossan’s Love -Season 2
OSSAN’S LOVE (SEASON 1 AND LOVE OR DEAD) – 2018/19
“Soon we only started to see each other’s flaws. I was so afraid of destroying the relationship we had built…..Even if I die, I want to be with you.” – quotes from Ossan’s Love
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“Although I Love You, and You?” Series Review (Ep.3 to 10)
Love is an unpredictable journey that leaves a lot up to chance and complicated individual human emotions. We don’t choose who we fall in love with. Sometimes that leads to heartbreak. Other times, it leads to joy and healing.
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“Love is Better the Second Time Around” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)
New beginnings.
Second chances.
A fresh start.
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“Perfect Propose” Series Review (Ep.3 to 6)
Whether we realize it or not, we, as humans, are always looking for another person(s) to connect to. A person who understands us. A person who can become the place we come home to. A place to rest. A place to be.
Adapted from the manga of the same name by Tsurukame Mayo, the new Japanese BL Perfect Propose gives its characters a place to come home to—a place to be comfortable being themselves.
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“She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat Season 2” First Impressions (Ep.1 to 4)
Adapted from the manga of the same name, here comes season two of this really cute, and mature love story between two women. The prequel ended pretty well but on unclear note about what these two gorgeous ladies consider each other. We all got to know from Season One that they are also confused about their feelings, not for each other but the feeling of loving someone from the same gender as they have been told their entire life that only men and women can have feelings for each other; they still find themselves being shackled by society, even more being a women.
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“My Strawberry Film” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)
Love in the moment often feels like a beautiful thing. Stirring. Rich. Heart Fluttering real. Love, when remembered, is often nostalgically painful, even if it is full of joy in the moment rather than heartbreak.
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“She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat Season One” Series Review (Ep.1 to 10)
Synopsis-
Cooking is how Nomoto de-stresses, but one day, she finds herself making way more than she can eat by herself. And so, she invites her neighbor Kasuga, who also lives alone. What will come out of this impromptu dinner invitation?
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