/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>14030516
>Watching
Koinaka

>Watched recently
Gomen ne Seishun (Amazing)
Orange days (Really good)
Love Shuffle (Didn't like it)

>>14030516
Suggest me something.

>>14031656
Densha Otoko
Akai Ito
Koizora
Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu

I'm want to get into Dramas anything subbed that ain't over the top?

>>14032898
Try what OP suggested. It's hilarious but at the same time dramatic.
Easy to follow. A good one if you're a beginner.

I've only ever watched Kisarazu Cat's Eye. It was pretty good.

>>14032898
Mahoro Ekimae Bangaichi is laid back and very fun.

Any suggestions for period/costume dramas? I've found a few on YouTube but they don't appear to be subbed.

>>14034443
Not him, I really couldn't get into this show forced myself to watch the second episode due people saying how good it was but ultimately hated it.

I downloaded First Kiss and Ryuusei no Kizuna. Dropped both of them after first episode.

Hopefully I'll find something to watch soon.

I need more stuff with cripples apart from Orange days and Boku no ita jikan am I missing anything good?

I'm looking forward to Okitegami Kyoko no Bobiroku airing in October. I'm quite interested how Nisio's writing will work in a TV drama instead of an anime.

Also does anyone know what is happening with Hanzawa Naoki S2? It was meant to be airing in July but I haven't been able to find any news on why it wasn't aired.

>>14037155
Jin?

>>14041299
Zeni Geba was pretty decent.

Still busy watching Ryomaden.
On episode of 30 of 48 now.

Except for some minor issues its really, really good.
At some point the Main role jumps between cities with every scene it seems. It kind of takes away the sense of distance he must be covering by travelling. It also can be quite confusing at times like: 'Wait, what, where is he now again?' having you to rewatch a certain scene.

There arent any real fillers to speak of either so far. Infact many things happen so fast and in quick succession its hard to follow. I wish there'd be more scenes to just breath and relex from all that informative input.

Historical accuracy and information is astonishing. But I assume since its the purpose of this drama its to be expected.

The music is used very subtle, its great and you dont get bored by it.

If you enjoy historical stories around and before the meiji restoration I highly recommend to watch ryomaden. Its a really mature series.

I'm watching Mobile Detective Zenigata Yui and it's wonderful!

help me choose which to watch next, /jp/

nazo no tenkousei
vs
(the ever-famous) densha otoko

>>14042637
Densha Otoko, don't even ask!

>>14042637
Don't watch desha otoko. It's the worse show I ever watch.

Do we have a recommendation list of must-watches or something? If these threads become a regular thing we should make one

I started watching My Boss My Hero. It's obviously targeted towards younger audiences but it's still pretty funny

>>14042837
I was thinking the same. I haven't watched many tho, so if someone with a long list is willing to help it would be much appreciated. Also, we should make a list of sites where you can find raws, subs and stuff.

>Registration on AvistaZ will remain open all this month, to help old users register and sync their account. You might wanna share the news!

For those who don't know AvistaZ is the old AsiaTorrents, best drama resource.
It's a private tracker which commonly works with an invitation system.
Don't lose your opportunity to subscribe now.
https://avistaz.to/

>>14042960
+

Fully agree with everything.
I'll start posting when I am back home

>>14042868
My nigga. I remember watching this way back in high school. Thanks for reminding me to finish it.

>>14042978
It would be nice if they sent me the confirmation and if the request for a new one wasn't broken and asking me to wait for 10 minutes even though I've waited for like an hour.

>>14043145
Same thing happened to me. Use the "forgot your password" thing.

>>14043034
I'm going to make a download sites list. Here's what I use.
Feel free to reply if you have more. I'll then make a pastebin.

>>14047549
Don't forget to include nyaa.se for downloads too and d-addicts for subtitles.

>>14047939
Forgot about nyaa, thanks.
And yeah d-addicts will surely be in it.

Bump.

Could we discuss movies here too? I'm waiting on a good sub for Princess Jellyfish so I can watch it. Avistaz apparently has a decent 1080p torrent of the raw.

>>14030516
where can i get that kind of shirt?

>>14054249
Sure, movies are allowed too.

>>14054826
You need to ask someone to draw it for you because it's not on the web.
I got mine for ~5$ and soon I'm going to print it on a shirt.

Started watching Kekkon Dekinai Otoko.
Only a few minutes into the first episode and I already know I will not regret this at all...

A man enjoing his steak that looks like a kobe beef in absolute silence only to mention the movie blade runner a few minutes later and then casually explaining a random woman at a party the exact diameter of a spaghetti noodle.

I completely lost my shit.
Thanks for the recommendation.

Last drama i watched was My Boss My Hero I guess.
Other dramas I watched that I liked were Ikebukuro West Gate Park and Mr.Brain.

is my boy Nagase doing any dramas atm?

I'm reading /jp/sies be assholes to each other.

>>14060788

It's a nice drama.

>>14061987
>asks about yugioh
>63 replies
>none of them are thread related
kek

I have never really been interested in J-drama before but a book I liked is getting adapted in October (Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku), so I was looking for some info about where to find torrents etc. Thanks for the tips in this thread.

I was wondering though, for ongoing series where is it best to check for new raws? Do episodes usually get uploaded quickly like anime or do I have to expect to wait days for a release?

Misaeng is great

>>14066595
Korean shit.

>>14034422

Then you maybe give Tiger & Dragon a go

Not Otaku Culture, please fuck off to /tv/.

>>14034422

Then you should watch Tiger & Dragon, same staff from Kisarazu Cat's Eye

>>14066704
I'm bored of people like you

>>14066082
Yes, maybe not as quickly as anime but still.
Here's the pastebin I created for the download list:
http://pastebin.com/YtK9gFDb
I'm still waiting for >>14043034 for the recommendations list.

>>14067002
Meh, I knew I forgot something. I'll get on it in a bit.

>>14062666
Ask the faggot that got pissy about the other guy answering OP's question.

>>14031481
>Gomen ne Seishun
I always thought that japanese people can't write comedy. Iam glad I was wrong. Is there other drama similar to it?

>>14066964

Oh man, has /dg/ seen this new series?

It's even better than the last one.

>>14067494
This is the best series I've seen in a long time.

Better than My Boss is my Hero and Dekinai Otoko, 10/10!

>>14042868
Thanks for posting this, just checked the first episode and it was glorious

>>14067160
>>14067002
Ugh, I am just way to busy these days...
Anyway, lets get going.
Your list for Download and Torrents I have nothing to add to, since they include pretty much all of my sources aswell.

How about adding streaming sites to that list?
I know for many this is a no-go in here, but I am pretty sure some newcommers or guys with a slow connection would appreciate a stream over a download.

One very good one is probably http://www.dramanice.tv


Now, regarding the list of 'must watch drama'.
I've been thinking about that for a bit. Its no use if I just spam some drama names now.

How about we brainstorm some key overcategories in genre first and then sort them acoordingly after?
There are way to many different genres so we should probably try to bring them down to the most major ones.

-Romance, Slife of Life, Crime, Family, Action(?) etc?

Then once we figured those out we could get a list started at a place that autoupdates. Pastebin is probably not really good for that.
That way everyone can write down his favourite drama in each category. If one is already listed a number will appear next to it on how often it has been mentioned.

That way we can quickly analyze what everyones top favourite dramas are and those that get mentioned or listed the most are our official 'must watch list' then.

I dont really see it being done any other way since taste is something that varies from person to person anyway.

Any ideas? Everyone is welcome to join.

>>14073351
>http://www.dramanice.tv
The site is amazing. Thanks.

>>14073351
>guys with a slow connection would appreciate a stream
Why is that? I hated streaming when I had a slow connection. The buffering time was incredibly frustrating.

>>14030516
Watching Tamiou, but only 3 eps have been subbed.

>>14073351
We can use a site like mydramalist.com to track our progress and rate what we've seen so far.

An option instead of categories for each drama is adding tags for each one instead but I don't know with what platform we can regularly update such a list with a possible search function.

>>14042868
Agreed. It was awesome.

>>14042978
When did AsiaTorrents become AvistaZ? I had an account there for a long time and they didn't even email me of the change...

>>14075482
They decided to merge Asiatorrents with all the other websites they had to stop hosting them in different boxes and waste money.

If your account was at 0.00% ratio you can still legally register a new one since they don't force you to sync with Asiatorrent accounts.

>>14073351
Didn't think about streaming because I've never used it. This site looks nice, I'll add it to the pastebin, thanks.

For the list, I agree with you. What I intended to do was at least a list for beginners. As you can see in /dg/ usually people ask what's a good one to start with.
But yes, something where there's the title of a drama with the number of all the people who recommend it would be great. I can think of... a spreadsheet where people can make edits with the approval of an admin.

>>14075482
They started moving some months ago and it became official like 2/3 weeks ago.
You don't have to create any new account, you just need to login on AvistaZ with your old username and password. They automatically migrated everything for you.
If anything went wrong there's a link on the homepage to manually sync your old ratio and stuff.

>>14073351
>>14075501
I've also found this for streaming: http://www.gogodrama.org/drama-shows/#ca_jd
Seems to have even more titles than the one you said.

>>14075333
Hm true. If your connection is THAT bad then yes.
Before I got my 50k DSL I had a connection just fast enough to be able to watch streams without buffering but I could not load an entire episode in the time it takes to watch one, thus I was unable to watch multiple episodes without downtime.

Of course you could pre-load them but... oh well.

>>14075490
>>14075501
I couldn't log in with my old credentials. So I created a new account with exactly the same username/password/email and the migration page still wouldn't find my old account.

>>14075931
Well that's why they give you the option legally. In the rare case that you lost your account.

They will have to close down registrations soon, so you guys better hurry up.

Anyone know where to get JP subs for Aibou?
Only managed to find a incomplete sub for season 11..

>>14067601
wait, dekinai otoko or kekkon dekinai otoko?

>>14075501
>What I intended to do was at least a list for beginners.
That sounds nice, we could do that and put that in the OP for now. Along with your pastebin-link.
That should help a lot for a start to get things rolling.

Let me see, I think we should not recommend the top-notch dramas straight away as it would leave the viewer without any sense of progression if he only had to view worse dramas following our recommendation... but they should not be bad either. The struggle of first time recommendations, lol.

I'd say we should stick to one for each genre.

General Romance: OrangeDays
Its sweet, heartwarming and a bit out of the ordinary to keep the viewer interested. Also its among one of jp's favourites as it seems.

Slice of Life: Kekkon Dekinai Otoko
Easy to follow, amusing, and genereally pretty light weight. I certainly wanted more once I finished watching it, so thats a plus.

Family: I would have said 'Tonbi' but its possibly to hardcore plotwise. Certainly not casual for beginners. Maybe something more light like 'Marumo no Oktike' Thats a pretty cute one and easy to follow aswell.

Action: NO IDEA, you gotta help out here. I don't watch those.

Crime: NO IDEA either. The only one I've watched is 'Soredemo Ikte Yuku' - Its my favourite drama but I wouldnt say its very beginner friendly either. Not sure.

>>14077027
AH I Forgot about a genre.

Historical: I haven't seen many but some of the Taiga ones are really good. Possibly to long though for a starter. I can recommed a GREAT movie however.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hx759Axolw

You might stay away from YT comments... spoilers and such.

>>14077027
How about instead of one series for each genre we have several and leave it up to the reader to pick one?

We should include movies in the list as well to make the recommendation list more complete and allow more discussion.

>>14077027
For Romance should we include Densha Otoko? Lot of people started from it.
Blue Blazes for Slice of Life?
For the Family genre I'd recommend Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu.
And for Action and Crime I have no idea too.

>>14078040
>How about instead of one series for each genre we have several and leave it up to the reader to pick one?
That's what we want to do outside the bunch of titles in the beginner list.
>I can think of... a spreadsheet where people can make edits with the approval of an admin.
This is my idea.

Anyway, I haven't seen many movies but one I liked a lot is Koizora.

>>14077027
such a list would be nice, please hurry I need something to watch.

Which one do you use?
>mydramalist.info
>mydramalist.com

>>14083693
The latter. I tried using the former before, but adding entries is too much f a hassle on there.

>>14077027
>'Soredemo Ikte Yuku' - Its my favourite drama

Okay, hear me out. I rarely to never go out and post such a long impression about a drama but in this case I just have to.

So, I picked it up and watched it in 2 sessions now.
I am so glad I did. At first I thought its going to be rather cliché after I read the short introduction. Oh boy was I mistaken. Reviews don't do this drama justice.

The first episode had such an impact on me like in no other drama before. I was hooked almost immedieatly. Not to forget the main theme was sung by one of the most recognized voices from the 80/90s. Fantastic!

Overall, what an experience. I am going as far as saying to me this was the most well written and acted drama I know of.
It's a very dark but realistic story that felt believeable for a change.
Also, the story evolves and develops itself in such an interesting way that you think you know whats comming next but then an unexpected turn happens almost every damn episode. But not in a bad way, its all very realistic and detailed. Really refreshing.

The chemistry between the two main actors was impressive until the end, too.
I not only have a new favourite drama myself now but also a new favourite actress (pic).
Such an incredibly natural acting is very rare.

A true emotional rollercoaster and the very first drama I'd give a 10/10 out of the ~hundred I've seen so far. Go watch it!

>>14077027
>Let me see, I think we should not recommend the top-notch dramas straight away as it would leave the viewer without any sense of progression if he only had to view worse dramas following our recommendation
I kind of disagree here. The point of a recommendation list/chart is to get the all time classics / best of the best down, then when you're done with them you move into more niche things / favorite genres and so on. If you really like jdrama then you won't mind going from watching 10/10s to something like 7/10s.

Anyone here watched "Kazoku Game", "Mother" or "Hanzawa Naoki"? They seem to be pretty high rated dramas of recent years but I'd rather hear from you guys.

>>14085373
Hanzawa Naoki is one of the better acting dramas. Its' rating is deserve. The blatant bias toward bank industry is pretty shitty though.

>"Mother"
Pretty good. Certainly fiction as the plot is not that realistic but the story is very mature and cute at the same time.

I am not sure if the average rating of 8.9 is justified but its atleast a 7+

>>14085373
I recently watched Mother as a recommendation from an anon in the previous Dorama thread and thought it was really good. I would rate it a 8.0.

Yo niggers, what's the best resource for dramas? To download, and/or just to find some to watch?

I'm getting burned out on anime all the time.

>>14085448
http://pastebin.com/YtK9gFDb

>>14085373
Hanzawa Naoki is a really good revenge story but I would rate Kazoku Game the highest out of those three. It's about a home tutor mindbreaking a family and pushing them to breaking point. It definitely has the most interesting plot out of all the dramas I've seen.

>>14087277
>>14085417
>>14085404
>>14085396
Neat, thanks. Added them all to the backlog

anyone here has watched wakemonotachi?

I stopped watching somewhere in the middle of episode 3. Does this go anywhere?
Its quite boring...which is surprising since the cast is pretty much legendary.

I just feel to many thinkg happen at once and there is no real focus on anthing. Not to forget that 4 out of those 5 siblings have just such an overused storyarc tied to them. Its really unoriginal.

>>14085453
Is there anything I need to know regarding torrents? Never torrented before but it seems to be the only reasonable way of getting this shit...

>>14089226
A rare case of good acting in a jaypee drama, still this thing was pretty bad. Story revolves around modern jp society problems and family bonds, but the script feels too much like "a script". A lot of coincidences are used to solve every problem, it's too unrealistic for such a story. In my case I watched it till the end and can't say it was good neither was it bad. The fact that all the events are too staged to be true destroys perception of those events, thus serious drama fails to make you believe in what's happening and deliver any message along the way. As Stanislavski once said: “I don't believe it”.
Stumbled upon wakamonotachi when I searched one of those drama threads. Some guy posted his favourite latest dramas and since nobunaga concerto was high enough to believe in his taste I downloaded a number one thing from his top. Yep, it was wakamonotachi.
I hope the guy who posted a great opinion about soredemo ikiteyuku in this thread won't disappoint me. Going to download it now.
Also, finished watching akiba@deep. Man, that's the first time in life I've been so ashamed for watching what's happening on the screen. It's like somebody wrote an anime scenario but they had no money to turn it into cartoon, so producer went dorama way.

>>14089889
Meh, I guess I'll leave it be then. As a matter of fact I started loading soredemo earlier aswell. Lets see...

>>14089662
Yes, keep seeding the stuff you download.

can we discuss movies here too? just saw pic related, got hot over socially awkward erika todo

>>14092737
sure we can. But I am afraid many might not watch that many movies.

Can you recommend some? Family / Romance / Slice'o'Life stuff?

>>14030516
I really hate that streaming sites list dramas by alphabet when You pick japan as category. I would like to have option to sort them by how popular they are.

Just finished this one.

Honestly thought adaptation was better than the manga.

>>14093321
Dude, thats why you use other sited for like
mydramalist.com. I suggest you look for alternatives aswell, there is pletny out there.
Once you've done your research you go back to the streaming site and search for the one drama you picked.

or download it. - your choice.

bump

>>14093248
Kisaragi and Unmei janai hito were both great.

>>14093248
Just watched birigyaru too

has good sambomaster at end https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j6XgaTL46s

>>14096170
lel, I saw the tv commercial for that one a while back. Maybe I'll give it a go

Five Star Tourist got me good, I love historical places and I love episodic family drama shit and I love Kyoto dialect (all the dialects from Western Japan, really). Total blowout.

Though I'll admit that part of that is I spent the whole time looking at Takatsuki (really made me feel my age, I'm so much older than her I could cry)

>>14096359
Oh yeah I really like the landscape and scenery of Japan, any dramas where they travel to a lot of cool places? Most seem pretty isolated.

>>14096630
Not that I know of.

I mean to start with if two people know each other to be traveling across Japan together it's gonna be hard to get twelve episodes of drama out of that.

>>14096698
Alright let's take the "travel" out then, any drama with just nice comfy scenery? Shrines, villages that kind of stuff and where the activity is mostly outside instead of inside.

Anyone know if this got any subtitles yet? I can't seem to find any. I'd assume with it's popularity it would already have subs.

>>14096359
I liked Five Start Tourist at first but it became way too repetitive and predictable. It was honestly incredibly boring.

泣くな、はらちゃん
stupid premise but shes so cute

>>14096706
The currently airing Napoleon no Mura is pretty nice for that - set in a remote town in Tokyo prefecture.

>>14085215
Gave it a shot after reading your sum up.
Its certainly up there, a 9+ easily.

loved it

>>14042837
Problem is that tastes differ so much that one person's goat is another person's shit. People who like gritty wowow shows are not the same people who like fuji tv getsu 9 shows are not the same people who like nhk taiga shows.

>>14077027
Crime: Shinzanmono!
Abe-san is the best ughhhh
Recommending his entire filmography

As a plus when you finally get to Japan after reaching higher weeab power levels you can visit a bunch of the places in Ningyocho featured in the show

>>14075372

this show is absolutely hilarious I recommend it to everyone

>>14097323
>predictable
I don't think they really even tried. At times they posted the entire climax in the previous episode's preview, and some of the other foreshadows had all the subtlety of a dump truck on fire. Cheesy as shit too.

Now that I think about it I don't think a single actual development actually surprised me that whole damn show, other than Sakuraba pulling all the strings (which I should have seen a mile off but didn't), but even so I enjoyed the execution of it. We all know the guy was going to go back to his family but the way they did it was the sand was pretty cool.

But yeah, don't watch it for the developments.

>>14098723
There's those kind of things in every medium though. Think Breaking Bad, Code Geass, Fate/Stay night, just to name three examples from different mediums that are universally acclaimed and a lot of peoples "first".

You can not like a show and still say "That was done really well" is what I'm trying to get at.

Is that guy who also loves watching Mana-chan here?

I need to get back to watching those type of dramas. What other shows would you recommend?

>>14101522
I am here. And I am also that guy >>14085215
Its nothing like the mana-dramas but its great!
Maybe you should give it a try.

I am really not sure what I should recommend if you want something similar. Have you seen all with mana yet?

http://mydramalist.com/7188-woman-2013
Is probably not bad, havent gotten around watching it yet. Features Rio, she also played in 'Ashita mama ga inai'

http://mydramalist.com/5691-tonbi-2013
Tonbi was pretty good. Its also family-related since you seem to like that, too.
Its a bit different than your usual family-drama but it has a great message.

Not really a tear-heavy one but generelly very thought-provoking and cute.

>>14101620
Thanks for all the recommendations, I'll be watching all 3 shows in the next few weeks.

I really wanted to watch Rugged but there are no subs for it yet.

If anyone would be interested in an asadora, http://mydramalist.com/6182-amachan was a good watch.

>>14101646
>asadora
>good watch
Pick one.

>>14101670
This one was a treat.

>>14101646
>I really wanted to watch Rugged but there are no subs for it yet.
welp, same here... Hopefully soon.

Talking about non-subbed things, I'm dying to watch Mosaic Japan. Never seen a dorama about jav before, so this looks really refreshing.

>>14101984
It would have been picked up, along with all the other wowow shows, if the pay-tv networks offered closed captions as per japanese accessibility law. If you want this to change, you have to write to the Japan hearing disabled community.

>>14102007
Well, I've seen chinese subs for it so basically they can be used for timing, right? Too bad I found them only for the first episode, if only there were subs for all episodes I could pull through with google translated version. For some reason chinese->english ggl tl is actually understandable.

>>14102093
do you really want JCE machine translation?

>>14102162
No, but I have already an experience watching movies using CE translation and it was understandable.
Also for the most part all I needed is a translation of difficult words, since I'm only N3 level my vocab is lacking to understand every single conversation.
Anyway, there are no real alternatives besides going to forums and begging for tl. Or probably doing subs myself, sitting hours and hours, picking by ear every unknown word and trying to rewrite it looking for possible meanings.
In the end, yeah, any subs could really be helpful.

is d-addicts still around or has it been surpassed? im oldfag and been out of the game for some time

>>14103334
It's still around but only for subtitles these days. They removed all their torrents.

>>14101828
Turns out the girl in woman is also from Ashita, Mama ga Inai but she's not Mana-chan, she's Donki.

I hope they end this series with the movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hhubaJsENU

I also recommend Deka Wanko. It's pretty funny (maybe in a stupid way).

Ugh I feel like I've seen it all...
No matter what top-list I browse I've dont stumble upon anything of the top-league anymore.

Sure its fun to watch the occasional slice o life fun drama but I'd love to see something really heavy again, heartbraking, tear-eyed...

anyone an idea?

>>14107408
There is a lot out there, how many years have you been watching? If you really like this kind of stuff you can always try kdrama as well, I watch both.

>>14107415
>how many years have you been watching
Meh, on and off. A long time.

I've see a few k-dramas back then. Was not really my thing. Maybe I should try it again.
The sudden change of language felt awkward.

>>14107420
Yeah, you get used to it though and after a while recognize words, mannerisms etc and it'll feel natural. I've grown to like both languages a lot for their own nuances.

How much of the dialog do you guys understand without subs?

>>14108086
30% on average. sometimes more, sometimes a lot less. Depens on the difficulty and complexity of the dialog.

>>14108086
Usually at least 80% or so. Medical dramas are somewhat more difficult to understand but doable. Historical dramas are the hardest to understand for obvious reasons.

>>14108086
1-5%

emergency bump

Okitegami Kyoko no Bobiroku's promo trailer is released

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7naVVWiHYg

The wig looks awful

>Kazoku Game torrent from avistaz is going at 50kb/s

kill me

>>14114419
I downloaded mine from http://www.verified-torrents.com/e26562c64b313321d4e3043e6caf0ea53394ba7a.html#

Just posting to warn everyone that the Akagi drama has the EXACT same fucking cop out ending as the anime, so consider that if you were planning on watching it.

What's a good Rugby drama?

The Death Note drama looks interesting, is it any good?

And is it different from the anime or the exact same?

>>14114979
The manga is still ongoing, same mahjong game for the past 15 years, so I'm not sure why anyone expected any closure.

>>14115164
>is it any good?
No, it's just awful. I haven't seen the anime so I can't speak on that, but Christ, it's really shit.

>>14101620
I started watching Woman (2013) because that was the first download to finish. After watching so many Mana-chan series this one is coming off as too generic for me after having finished the first 2 episodes. I'll still finish it but I think it's about time I branch back out to other genres so I think Soredemo Ikite Yuku will be a good watch next.

Rewatching KDO after all these years. At the end of each episode it says "this drama is fiction".

Except it's my life.

>>14116050
oh really? well. As mentioned I haven't seen it yet myself. Guess I'll skip it then.

>>14116037
I agree, it was pretty shit, but Light's confession was GOAT, he deserves an award just for that acting.

>>14117724
>Light's confession was GOAT,
Which episode was that?

>>14030516
hey get that nazi out of /jp/ and back to /pol/

>>14107420
I watch a lot of jdramas and kdramas and I assure you most kdramas that have come out past the year 2009 are awful or meh.

>>14097317
yes it has subtitles on addic7ed.com
i watched it few days ago, 5/10

Recommend me some REALISTIC japanese tv show. I dont care about what's it about, can be crime or high school or family or another shit. I need it to be realistic, no fucking fake excitement and bollywood looking scenes, i want to see real japan.
Western equivalents may be:
-The wire
-Breaking bad
-The walking dead
-House of Cards
Is there something like those made by nippons? Realistic, cynical? I know their actor play is different than western counterparts, but maybe there is something similar?

>>14118724
Those exist, but they are mostly on wowow, and less likely to get subbed, partly because there's less interest from the arashi crowd, and partly because there are no closed captions for pay tv.

>>14118213
11, the last one. Even if you don't want to watch the entire thing, do watch at least that episode.

>that voice

>>14118724
Those examples ... realistic. Well.

Anyway. I guess your genre is slice of life then.
Those tend to be realistic and give a sight into japanese cultre/social structures and everyday life.

Which seems to be your goal.

>>14120141
>>14118724
wait... my fault.
TV SHOW? Those long ones? Typical television series?

Sorry, cannot help you here. Imo a story has to come to an end at somepoint. Those are to long for me but if thats what you are into then the taiga dramas are probably fine.

Many are ~ 50hours and historically accurate which makes them realistic.

Dunno.

>>14085215

10/10

Anything Eita in is most likely great.

If you liked Soredemo Ikite Yuku you'll love N no tame ni. Probably the best J drama I've ever seen.

>>14116050
Soredemo is amazing.

>>14118724
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Hirugao

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Sora_Kara_Furu_Ichioku_no_Hoshi

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Ryusei_no_Kizuna

>>14085215
where can i get this? doesnt look like jdramacity has it

>>14092737
Just started this. Want to see how will the it end compare to the manga.

>>14120651
https://kat.cr/soredemo-ikite-yuku-ep01-11-720p-x264-t6428222.html

>>14121204
I thought it was just insanely dumb. Very representative of popular Japanese movies in recent years.

>>14121204
It's a disappointing adaptation considering how well Takashi Miike handled the Ace Attorney movie.

>>14120432
Thank you!!!

Anyone else felt really uncomfortable watching the first episode of Kazoku Game? I don't dislike it, just the scenes feel uncomfortable at times

>>14122540
Have yet to watch that one.
But something that happens to me at times is that I just randomly pause the video because I know something incredibly cring-worthy is going to happen in the next few seconds. And I mentally prepare myself... or just go like 'WHAT' and pause the video. As in 'Did that really just happen?'

>>14122610
It's not really "cringe", just very uncomfortable. You'll know when you watch it.

>>14122540
I hated kazoku game.

>>14118693
Can't seem to find them. Could you point em towards them please?

>>14122319

This is the best drama of all time, guys.

>>14121410
just finished 1st season. Naoki's behaviour makes no sense, the character keeps being asshole to maintain that tsundere theme. The problem is dere part comes basically at the end of season. I am watching season 2 ep 5 atm and I don't like it so far. I might drop this drama if ep 6 doesn't improve things.

>>14123004
aha, glad I dropped it after episode 1 then.
Guess my prediction that this wont get better is proven as correct now.

>>14123597
well, it get's better, but never becomes anything remarkable. I guess it is more fun for girls, but for me it was just ok, mainly because of main characters behaviour.

>>14123814
Meh, probably for girls you might be right yea.

Anyway, I'd like to watch something now but I am not sure what... If I dont find anything to my tastes soon I probably start watching another taiga drama, lol.

>>14123999
I just got a full batch of Amachan, might be good one to watch.

>>14128538
I second Amachan, it was such a fun show.

Recommendations for historical dramas?
I watched Nobunaga Concerto as someone recommended it, but I want it more historical accurate.

Sengoku is a big plus.

>>14128586
If you dont mind longer dramas (around 50~ episodes) I highly encourage you to take a look at some of the taiga dramas.

Atsu Hime & Ryoma Den especially.

Those two already are 100x 45minutes of action packed and dramatically thrilling content.
Not to forget they put a lof of effort into being as historically accurate as possible.
Ryoma Den had zero fillers over such a long time - I found that very impressive.

And there is a lot more where this comes from.
About Minamoto, the 47 Samurai, Musashi etc.

>Sengoku period.
'Hideyoshi (1996)' probably.
Havent seen it though, not sure if its any good. But considering how the rest of the series are great I bet this installment is just as good.

>>14128586
>>14129646

If however what you want is something less academic and more for the fun of it as an enjoyment for a rainy afternoon, I recommend the following movies.

Very light-weight, entertaining but still histroically accurate.

- Ame agaru (pic)
- Twilight Samurai OST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hx759Axolw
- The hiddden Blade

Hope that keeps you busy for a while.
I am sorry I cannot really recommend something in the more usual lenght of 10-12 episodes.

Have fun.

emergency bump

Anyone watched Massan? Did you like it?

>>14132652
I watched the first two weeks. Way too cheesy for me, and I've seen well over 100 dramas so I'm no novice to Japanese acting.

>>14132900
Too bad. The story sounds interesting.

>>14129646
>>14129687

Thanks, started watching Ryoma Den yesterday and it was just what I wanted (minus sengoku).

How many of the taiga dramas are worth watching, if not all of them?

>>14131493
emergency bump #n2

>>14141558
this thread will never get off life support unless you attract an autistic fanbase capable of discussing the same episodes and the same girls for the 100th time, give it up

Is there anything good in the current/last season? I am running out of drama backlog.

Yo does anyone know of where i can find english subs for this? only found the first ep subbed.

>>14142992
Now there's two genres that I don't see together often.

>>14143245

When they're together it's one of my favorites. Horror and comedy are the best.

>>14141604
flowers for algernon adaptation

Is there any place where people talk about jdrama that isn't dead?

>>14144556
Tumblr? Reddit?

>>14144665
I checked reddit already, their jdrama subreddit is even deader than here.

>>14144556
well, what is ist that you want to talk about?
I am pretty sure that people will gather once this place fills up with an actual discussion.

Though I am wondering what it might be that you want to discuss?
Most of us are probably not viewing currently airing stuff given how difficult it is to get a hold of those. And what is it, that you can talk about if its age old dramas that have been discussed before.

Thus its mostly a recommendation thread.

>>14144757
I guess there's just very little people here, one line of post every few hours or so. I brought up a non-airing show before and it didn't really generate any discussion or any opinions.

We simply need more discussion beyond recommendations and and longer posts like this >>14085215 but I don't see it happening because the number of people here is probably less than 10~.

>>14144757
>given how difficult it is to get a hold of those
What are you talking about? Unless you're talking about some obscure shows, it's not difficult at all.

>>14144676

jdrama discussion is dead mostly because jdrama itself is dead, and the drama fansub scene is dead.

>>14030516
Is Akihabara@DEEP a drama?

I really like shows about otaku, are there any more like it?

Anyone watched D Note?

>>14145522
It's shit.

>>14145224
Princess Jellyfish has otaku but they're girls.

>>14145549
How is the drama?
I got the anime recommended and I liked it, even if I wasn't the targeted audience.

>>14145563
It's a movie http://mydramalist.com/9839-princess-jellyfish

It was a lighthearted comedy starring one of my favourite actors Nounen Rena. Watch it if you just want to relax and have some fun.

>>14145549
Seen it and love it

>>14145530
It's just different.

>>14145224

Blue Blazes/Aoi Honoo

Just finished Kimi ni Todoke. I haven't watched the anime so I can't compare, but for being a Live Action it was good.
7/10

>>14146681
Was there a love triangle

>>14146921
Kind of

>>14031481
>Gomen ne Seishun
I've picked it up after reading your post and just wanted to say thanks.

Any good depressing shit?

>>14148762
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/1_Litre_no_Namida

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Sora_Kara_Furu_Ichioku_no_Hoshi

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Over_Time

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Hoshi_no_Kinka

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Hitotsu_Yane_no_Shita


yes they're all old af and if you can't deal with shows that are dated, then just watch the first two links.

>>14148762
Kazoku Game came out in 2012 and fits that

>>14148762
>>14149522
I would add Akai Ito.

>>14148762
>>14149522

Try Byakuyakou. Old school romeo and juliet melodrama, feels a bit cliched today though.

WOWOW shows tend to be depressing in a gritty way: Shokuzai, Hitori Shizuka

>>14149522
>>14149525
>>14149590
>>14149852
Thanks guys

Well I just got done with Kazoku Game. I guess it was a pretty cool ride. Very unique.

It was very off putting in the beginning and at times you question how this was actually aired on television. It hits the viewer with some harsh realities taken to the extreme and is good at making you feel very uncomfortable. But you get used to it and it turns out to be really interesting. The big theme here is sacrifice and being able to change as a person. I recommend it.

>>14150325
glad you liked it. i thought it was preachy after school special bullshit.

>>14150411
I recommend the film. It's a million times better and much more jarring. Leaves quite the impression.

>>14145522
It's okay I guess.

Do I shitpost about Korean dramas here as well, or is there a thread for that in some other board?

>>14030516
nah

>>14153959
I don't browser /tv/, but I guess it should be there if somewhere.

>>14153972
Didn't see one there

>>14153973
Then I guess there's no place to discuss/shitpost about them.

>>14153959
I don't personally care since this thread is so dead anyways but there is gonna be one or two guys who will sperg about it because >not Japanese.

>>14153959
I talked about a Taiwanese drama in the last thread and what >>14153975 said happened.

What are some good comedies if you liked yusha yoshihiko and ao no hono?

>>14153959
I don't think so, chon.

>>14159902
I love both of those also.

I stopped watching dramas about a year ago, someone give me something recent.

why are old doramas really good but new ones suck ass so badly

like in deathnote the acting is so bad i had to close it after ep 1 and never look back

>>14161363
Hanzawa Naoki is pretty good. So are asadoras.

>>14161504
hanzawa naoki was so boring i couldn't even get through ep1

>>14161509
Yeah, first ep was boring but it gets really good later.

I watched that old Onizuka show.

Pretty good. I like that poison song. Especially the slow instrumental version.

>>14161363
I like new ones much better. Usually have less cliches and good production value.

>>14163203
Cliches only come to be because someone does it well and others copy it. I'd take well-executed cliche over bad acting and loveless production any day.

Has there been any drama that deals with neetdom or isolation?

>>14163944
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Slow_Start
http://mydramalist.com/5452-aozora-no-tamago
Found these with a google search

are there any good subbed jdrama from the 80s? I'm specifically looking for one if its about 80s idols but anything will do.

>>14163944
KDO is about a man who doesn't give a damn about fitting into society. Does that count

>>14163944
>>14167709
Probably doesnt count as neetdom but certainly isolation. Its very uplifting and comical though.
So nothing serious or dramatic. But hell, its well worth the watch. Great show.

Anyone watch tantei no tantei?

>>14168715
is it any good?

is kitagawa keiko any good?

>>14168863
I like her but she's only good sometimes which is weird. I liked her in Mop Girl and Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de. She was terrible in Paradise Kiss though.

>>14168863
It quite good, keiko is so cool and badass. I never watch any other keiko's show before but I think she fulfill her role in this one. Anh there were so many hint between 2 female characters.

I recently watched 'blue' and really liked it.

Anyone knows other movies with a similar type of feel/atmosphere?

>>14170483
>cool and badass
More like beaten and bruised who also needs people saving her ass every single time. BUt still overall an ok show.

Here is Mozu the Movie trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SiONhHX6o0

Jin and Jin 2 is a must watch drama.

>>14175966
I haven't seen the drama, but I'd reccomend also checking out the manga. That's pretty good too.

>>14170761
Fucking class S bullshit man I fuckibg hate it fuck that movie Japs can't into yuri live action.

Well I just finished Mother EP4 and saw the preview for 5.

I don't think I'm ready..

>>14167934
My only complaint is the christmas cake ending. That's how you know it's fiction.

Can't manage to read the whole thread, so I'm sorry if this was asked before.

I'm searching for dramas similar to IWGP, Vampire Host, akiba@deep, gyarusa. I'm all about the early 2000-2009dramas I think. Anything which is similar to these would be well. But no ott romance. I want sth interesting and or funny. Maybe with a little mystery. Gyaru/Host related. Hope someone can give me some recs

bump

>>14177051
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kudo_Kankuro

scroll down to writer, watch his works. Most recent is gomen ne seishun! and it has that same comedic feeling as IWGP even though the plot and setting is different.

Anyone has a source for this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozo_%28film%29
I can't find it anywhere.

>>14184060
Is there any alternative spelling for it?

>>14188964
I tried for Bocchan, Botchan and also for Hitori ni shinaide kure yo.
But nothing.

Finished Saya Samurai by Hitoshi Matsumoto a few days ago. While I can't really understand if it tried to be funny, or purposely failed to be funny, it did en exellent job at building the characters, and even though some parts of the ending felt forced, it was really a really good ending, specially when this happened (spoilers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvNWCm1mxzs

Ive been listening to this a lot the last days..

What's the opinion on Hitoshi as a director in general? I enjoyed Symbold a lot too, more so than Saya Samurai, when you consider all the symbols, the theme of the story and everything.