Suda, Kamiki, and Taiga from Konto ga Hajimaru shot a commercial with Aimyon for the theme song she made for the drama, 愛を知るまでは (Ai wo shiru made wa)! Can't believe the final episode is already coming up this Saturday...

Konto's final episode had so many little creative/emotional references to past episodes, from Haruto's brother falling for a MLM to the water trouble skit...everything really ended full circle :) Really hope this drama gets an award for how well thought out and artistic it was ❤️

Taiga in the new TBS Friday drama. Was confused since he called someone Shunpei and I thought that was his name at first. In Japanese it's so similar to Junpei, Taiga's character's name in Konto from last season, lol Compare the hiragana: しゅんぺい (shunpei) じゅんぺい (junpei)

Boku no Satsui ga Koi wo Shita - new NTV drama. Very dumb and silly, but mostly in a good way and I'm liking the balance of comedy / thriller so far. I do hope they try and develop the characters beyond a comedic level but this is definitely one to watch this season for me :)

Was watching the opening ceremony of the Olympics and they drew a へのへのもへじ face!! Reminded me of when Senka drew her little version in Edo Moiselle :3 (for reference, the blog post for that episode is here in case you want to read more: tapirutv.com/2021/04/02/edo… )

Remember how Edo Moiselle had those Hulu extra stories for the last 4 episodes? Well, after all this time I finally found a way to get kinda decent quality raws and *announcement* I'm subbing them! ~6 min each. It's been a few months now, but better late than never, right? ^^

Edo Moiselle Hulu extras are finished! Check the blog post for the links and extra cultural/translation notes. Glad I was able to revisit this again! :3 Hardsubs only for this, though - ran into too many headaches involved with the raws, sorry. tapirutv.com/2021/07/30/edo…

Omg Yokohama's Sea Paradise aquarium appears SO much in J-dramas. Saw it again in today's Boku no Satsui episode. Went back and checked, it literally has been used every season for the past year: -Koi wa Deep ni (spring) -Oh my Boss (winter) -Kono Koi Atatamesmasuka (fall 2020)

Wow, I'm impressed with Hyouchakusha, TV Asahi's Friday summer drama. So far it's a GREAT mystery/paranormal kind of story, and if I had to describe it I'd say it's like if you threw Trick, Signal, and Anata no Ban Desu together into one 😂

Never would've thought Konto ga Hajimaru would appear like this! From a quiz show this morning: question gave the names of skits (e.g. "Water Trouble") from a comedy trio and asked for the trio's name (Macbeth, from the drama). Jumped in my seat when I recognized and knew it :D

Idk what's with onions in these season's dramas. There's the one in Kanojo wa Kirei datta, in today's Hyouchakusha the police officers were eating them raw, and in commercials during BOTH dramas I saw an ad for an onion sauce (last picture), I wonder if that was on purpose lmao

Pretty satisfied with the Boku no Satsui finale today. More context behind Shiori's motives was given and that added some needed depth to a couple characters. Thought it would end in a not-cliche way, then it became cliche, but then it added its own humorous twist on the end :)

High hopes for this season's new dramas. All the ones I've seen so far are amazing! -Unlucky Girl: comedic but intriguing -Shinhannin Flag: same suspense feel as Anata no Ban Desu but different enough to be its own -Koi Desu: lovestory exploring how blind ppl are viewed in Japan