JAV Confidential

The social side of it. Many actresses are on social media just being normal people and it's great to have that sort of parasocial relationship and enjoy them outside of purely looking at them naked.

S1 and Madonna. S1 has quickly become the new Oppai with the amount of omega busty actresses they've added to their roster. Madonna has managed to grab so many actresses, including many of my favourites back out of retirement.

While many jaded JAV boomers may disagree, I still say Moodyz is the top dawg. They're very consistent with their production values, boast some interesting setups, and feature the most ambitious collabs in the industry such as the BakoBako Bus series.

I prefer ones that seem simple and realistic, like a lady next door or your coworker. There's also always a soft spot for teacher because we all had that one hot teacher. And my number one is cheating with your girlfriend's sister, particularly when they get caught.

One of my favorites is the "getting seduced by the girlfriend's sister" setup. Mostly because it allows the performer to really flex their seduction skills. It serves as a true test to any actress.

Chemistry does not just mean chemistry between performers. An excellent JAV performer knows what is erotic, and they show it masterfully on the screen, regardless if they are playing a submissive character or a dominant one. Chemistry can sometimes salvage an otherwise subpar concept or production.

Bizarre, intense, and creative videos always piques my interest. I love it when performers and producers get imaginative and push themselves to do something new and exciting.

Definitely actresses. I have a long enough list of favourites that finding my favourites in themes I like is easy.

I enjoy how dependable the industry is. I can always expect monthly releases, great new debuts each year, and the steady stream of everything I've enjoyed for years and years. Especially as my favourites get older, so too does my preference for older women, allowing me to enjoy both new and familiar faces

Soapland unless it's starring one of my absolute favorite actresses. They're usually very dull with overly bright lighting, repetitive setups(always with the copious nuru gel play) and samey settings.

Pegging. I came to watch him penetrate her, not the other way around. Thing is, there are so many pegging videos that otherwise look great what with the dominant actress but the pegging just doesn't do it for me and I skip a lot of videos I'm sure are otherwise great.

When I got into writing about JAV, I was never thinking about making any sort of high-level criticism or analysis. It was purely just about sharing my love and appreciation for the genre. Sharing what I like and occasionally don't like about something. JAV reviews should do the same. Inform what something is about, what might attract you to it, or what might detract from it. Simple as that.

I want to know why the video is good, which means actually analyzing the video. What decisions did they make that you disliked and why were they wrong? Actually point it out, tell me what you would do different, and let me decide if the review came to sound decisions.

Nana Ogura, Yuri Honma, Remu Suzumori, Karen Kaede, Kana Yume, Ria Aise, Niko Kawagoe, and many others. We'll get along if we have similar tastes.

For me it's actresses who have strong performing skills while also having particularly strong styles or unique quirks. Kurea Hasumi and Nao Jinguji are great examples.

I start by filtering to actresses I like first and then try to find a theme that I like. As I like such a large number of actresses (I look at releases from close to 100 actresses each month), it's usually easy to find what upcoming releases are interesting. I then use trailers to narrow down to the 5-10 I'm genuinely interested in.

Censorship isn't strictly a bad thing. Everyone seems to talk about how you can't see anything and it's terrible, but I argue that there are benefits that come out of it. Some plots don't work when you know it's obviously fake, and sure you know it's fake either way, but the censorship helps mask some of it. Or maybe someone doesn't look good down there and you can ignore that. But more than either of those, I think the industry had to adapt and be creative because they couldn't just focus on some close up shot and call it a day. Say what you want, but complex plots and wacky Rocket videos are a big part of the industry that I think we wouldn't have without censorship.

To appreciate that they make movies, not singular scenes. Their videos are meant to be enjoyed as a whole, to be watched in progression. Watching the scenes develop, the plots build up, the scenarios change; it can all add to your enjoyment of a video. Not just something you should fast-forward right to the action. Enjoy the feature length.

Big tits, always big tits, it's my kryptonite. Whenever I'm not sure what to watch or just not feeling it, the simple go to is always just someone with obnoxiously huge boobs. Z cup here I come!

I have been into JAV since about 2008. Although at first my knowledge was extremely shallow. I didn't even know about ID codes until a few years later.

A pretty face and great figure is secondary to me. If they have a good grasp of eroticism, and are confident and masterful enough to show it to the camera, they will grab my attention. Actresses who enjoy having sex will always be memorable.

It's hard to pin down exactly what got me into JAV, but I would have to give credit to Kaede Matsushima. She didn't look like anyone I've seen in porn before. Even though I couldn't understand the language, her face was so expressive and emotive. To this day, I'm a big fan of good performance and slender bodies. She made me not just a fan of her but of JAV itself. Shoutout to Sakura Sena and Maria Ozawa too.

I've always enjoyed huge boobs and I randomly stumbled upon Anna Ohura years ago. We're talking before even the modern era of JAV. However I sort of just bounced around randomly if I stumbled on a film here and there. It was really my love for Hitomi that got me into it. Like many I was watching things here and there until I thought to myself that there had to be more. I went down the rabbit hole so to speak, found out there were many others like her (well not quite like her but you know, many other wonderful Japanese women) and the rest is history.

Hitomi Tanaka. A wonder of the world! At the time I first noticed her she wasn't as well known as she is now. So I wanted to spread the love of Hitomi and JAV and made my debut on my Twitter account, OPPAI_Lover69.

Passionate kissing. When I first started watching I was only watching super busty actresses, the kind that tend not to kiss very much because the focus is on their boobs and so you need to be away from them. Over time I started enjoying kissing far more as I branched out.