Guilty: Kono Koi wa Tsumi desuka? ep.03

We hope you enjoy this ep! Unfortunately, we won’t be getting new episodes for a while as the broadcast of Guilty has been delayed from episode 4 onwards due to the coronavirus situation in Japan. Guilty: Kono Koi wa Tsumi desuka? Shinkawa Yua, Machida Keita, Koike Teppei, Nakamura Yurika, Kamio Fuju, etc. Translation by TiduAura, …

Rental nan mo shinai hito ep.03

A few notes for my favourite ep so far hehe~ Enjoy! The proverb “tana kara botamochi” (棚からぼたもち), literally ‘a bean rice cake that fell down from a shelf’, means an unexpected piece of good luck, a sudden windfall, gain without pain. Shamisen – a three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument. Yamanote Line – a railway loop …

Guilty: Kono Koi wa Tsumi desuka? ep.02

A note for this ep: – Namero is a traditional dish of the Boso Peninsula, made from minced/pounded horse mackerel, or other local fish and seasoned with ginger, miso and other condiments. Guilty: Kono Koi wa Tsumi desuka? Shinkawa Yua, Machida Keita, Koike Teppei, Nakamura Yurika, Kamio Fuju, etc. Translation by TiduAura, everything else by …

Rental nan mo shinai hito ep.02

A couple of notes for this episode :- 大福 (daifuku) is a Japanese confection consisting of a small round mochi stuffed with sweet filling, most commonly sweetened red bean paste. 豆大福 (mame daifuku) is a variation where soybeans or red beans are mixed in with the mochi. 千切り (sen-giri) literally means “a thousand cuts”. This …

Announcement

We are picking up a third series this season — “Guilty: Kono Koi wa Tsumi Desuka?” starring Shinkawa Yua. This drama is adapted from the manga “Guilty: Nakanu Hotaru ga Mi wo Kogasu” by Okaue Ai. TiduAura is our guest translator for this series! Synopsis (by jdramas.wordpress.com): Ogino Sayaka (Shinkawa Yua) has a rewarding job …

Rental nan mo shinai hito ep.01

A couple of Japanese proverbs were mentioned in this ep :- 縁の下の力持ち (en no shita no chikara mochi), literally “someone that supports the entire house from under the floor”. This is someone who works in the background, people who do great deeds but get little recognition, people who do thankless jobs or simply unsung heroes. …

Announcement [Dropped]

[15 July 2020] UPDATE: We have dropped this series as Viki has picked it up for subtitling. We’ll be picking up a second series this season — “Peanut Butter Sandwich” starring Yahagi Honoka and Ito Kentaro. Looks like the team behind this dorama tokku series is largely the same one that gave us CoffeeVani and …