Timing and Translation by Patonyan

(Second Half online June 23rd)

Everyone knows by now the best way to test the fidelity of a friendship is not by necessarily entering a trying situation together. For example, getting lost in an unknown city with both phones running on low batteries. That may be a challenge, but not one too difficult to overcome. A better example and something we see here in this delightful SOD release involves everyone's favorite mobile set with a view, a Japanese take on truth or dare, and...SEX (of course!).

Don't let the unexpectedly tame trailer fool you (really, with no skin showing at all yet running over two minutes, I wonder what was going on when the editor decided to cut it this way!), MAGIC MIRROR - REAL FRIENDS WITH SECRETS COME OUT THANKS TO TRUTH OR DARE goes from happy go-lucky hugging and kissing through cling wrap to very passionate sex in just enough time to keep realism alive. It's an intimate release by all accounts and those who are arriving here perhaps after seeing how SADISTIC VILLAGE makes use of the studio may be in for a surprise: instead of the wild larger group vibe we get there, SOD, the pioneers of the set, generally have used for for more comparatively muted affairs.

This time each of the there extra long scenes sees two friends, one off camera host serving as a guide, and the game itself playing out to its logical sexy conclusion. Yes, the dares start tame and that trailer seems to mainly focus early on, but when things begin to heat up the host wisely leaves the room so to friends can become something quite a bit more than friends!

In a way, this feels pretty similar to the people monitoring movies by PETERS. Not so much the set itself of course, but the pacing. Yes, things move slowly with 'sexy times' generally taking thirty minutes to kick in, but trust me, more now than ever that journey is worth it. A slight negative per the latter part of each scene should be noted before closing this out: to enhance realism, it's shot at a distance. Thus, again for fans of Magic Mirror ala SADISTIC VILLAGE, those super up close and for a lack of a better word "JAV" angles are absent. In their stead, what happens here camera-wise has many a similarity with the BLIND DATE movies also by SOD shown not too long ago. Come to think of it, those were filmed in the same mobile studio (albeit without the view) and otherwise are near identical to what happens here. Thus, for fans of realistic people monitoring JAV with a sliver of ice breaking erotic challenges, here's another one for you.