holy fucking shit! if you speak english, like me, those might be the words that come out of your mouth when you watch erina mano's latest drama "all esper dayo!" whenever i watch a new japanese drama, i try to be aware of my "american tourist syndrome". that's what i call the shock that a westerner like myself might feel when experiencing the crazy antics of japanese tv and movies. you start getting desensitized to it after a while. when i watched "hanbun esper", i was confused on so many levels... like "is that guy wearing a wig?" "isn't that her real name?" "do they even have a script?" "is this real?" well, over time, that feeling faded, i became a little wiser, a little more jaded, and looking back, i said to myself, "i guess hanbun esper wasn't that weird, compared to all the other CRAZY FUCKING SHIT that i've seen since. nothing surprises me anymore." then i watched "all esper dayo!" when i found out about it, i thought "oh erina mano really likes espers! she always looks so innocent and wholesome, let's see what her new show is like." that's when i felt it come back. the "american tourist syndrome". this is me watching it: "are you serious?" "they can show that?" "oh no, that's nasty, noooo....." "nooo... are you serious?? noo... awwww... oh my god........ awwwww...." "is that a real thing? what? do people really... awwww nooo......" now i know there's tons of hentai ecchi themes in japanese tv and manga and movies and whatnot, i know about all that. but this show, for me, really took it to the next level. literally every 10 seconds there's a penis, someone jerking off, someone humping something, upskirt, panty shot, talking about jerking off, naked guy, boners, weird fleshlight toy, more jerking off, boobs getting groped, sex sex sex, someone's ass, more talking about jerking off, more fleshlight, more panties... i'm not kidding you, it's like every 10 seconds. i think what caught me off guard was not only the quantity of perversion, but the fact that erina mano is the star. i guess it was the production of the whole thing. maybe it wouldn't have made such an impact if it looked more like a dirty indie movie made by some art school dropouts. like before i watched it, i assumed it was a show for kids about teenagers with superpowers starring a pop idol. i was not expecting it to be one of the most perverted shows i've ever seen in my life. and you know what? i think it's awesome. so she graduates and decides that she wants to get rid of her clean wholesome image. either that or she said, "this show is called all esper! i was already in half esper! i have to do this show no matter what!" and i say fuck it, erina mano, go do your thing. and really, in the show, erina mano is still playing the same type of character she would be playing anyway, the cute popular girl that the protagonist is in love with. there's a couple scenes too where she gets all serious and really gets to show off her acting skills. after getting past the shock of it all, and really thinking about it, it's cool as hell that erina mano would do this show. i think, she must actually be really cool in person to be down to do a show like this. like, if i took her out on a date, i could tell her a bunch of dirty jokes and she'd be into it. it's also a bit ironic that she's probably one of the most "innocent" looking idols i've ever seen. the show itself... is actually pretty good. but you won't know it unless you get past all the perverted stuff. it's easy to be shocked by this show and not look past the surface, but underneath is a pretty good storyline, with good writing and characters. it's based off a manga, and you can totally see it with the way the pacing is and the characters talk, it definitely feels like a manga. it reminds me a lot of x-men, or maybe heroes, and sometimes they do cool witty things with their superpowers. the show seems to revolve around "tenga", which is this jerk-off device that looks like a weird can of orange juice. the show isn't really about tenga per se, but it seems to pop up in almost every scene. they are constantly doing gags with tenga or talking about it. yes. it's fucking gross. but that's how it is. also, there's a dude who is just constantly grabbing his wife's breasts in every scene. like hardcore groping. and there's another dude who gets naked whenever he uses his teleportation power. like, really really really naked. and this doesn't just happen once like, "haha i can't believe he got naked, that's crazy", no he's naked pretty much the whole time. i wonder how awkward the set would get with this naked guy's raw junk in everyone's face. also, there is a cameo from jyonmyon pe, who was the main character from the movie "last days of the world", which is a really fucked up movie in its own right (and a really good one too, i definitely recommend it if you like fucked up movies). seeing him make an appearance in this show was priceless, that guy is awesome. now what i am really curious about is the reaction of erina mano fans. i've been trying to read up on it, but haven't found too much in english really. i know japanese people are probably all desensitized to this kinda thing, what's crazy to me is hardly anything to think about for them, but this show is pretty extreme. there's gotta be some kind of reaction to it. please tell me i'm not the only one in the world that found erina's new role to be a bit "shocking"? and i'm not saying it's bad, i love seeing gross perverted things, i think it's funny, i get a kick out of it, i'm a bit fucked up in the head myself, so for something to shock ME out of all people, well that just makes it even better. waiting for the rest of this show to be subbed, i watched the first couple episodes with subs, and the rest without. check it out if you haven't already!
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