All comments of User Drk

I find the lack of comms by DMM to be the worst thing. No timelines, no official reason, just 'technical reasons' BS excuse that would be acceptable if they had an outage for a few hours. And unless DMM (the corp) decides to move R18's library back to motherbase (DMM.co.jp), using both libraries is a pain as both have the same file format (.dcv), so you'd need to remember which file comes from where and manually select the correct player. (not to mention the pain of having to manually remember which movies you already own on the other platform). I wonder why they decided to stop adding new works, the power users would still be able to get their DMM points (via VPN + DMM or japanese amazon) and the costs of translating movie titles is essentially 0, so it sounds like they voluntarily gave up on that income stream.

For me: If Iori Kogawa made it to 'potential nominees,' then Mana Sakura should 100% make it to the main list. She has everything what Iori has (10 years and counting at SOD) and she is one of the rare examples of the fabled 'AV-> mainstream' transition. She's made herself into a regular TV person and quite an accomplished writer. (I'm biased but) AIKA: in the 12th year of a very respectable kikatan career - maybe not quite the same weight class as HibiHata, but definitely above the likes of JULIA. Also THE #1 GYARU of all time and one of the more recognisable actresses overseas (from the active ones it seems to be mostly her, Hatano and Shinoda if you look at sales rankings).

In response to ZENRA's comment

I hope that you are right, but tbh taking a look at dates of contract, shoot, and release is too easy to do...

How likely do you think is some backdoor revision of the law in the near future (say months)? For example making these timelines apply only to the 18-19 year olds?

In response to drk's comment

Apparently 'raw' (without PayPal wrap) foreign VISA/MasterCard still work on DMM as of this week (maybe only via a VPN). I find the whole situation to be a very unforced error by DMM/R18 and as a 100% legal watcher I find it super frustrating, especially the unclarity.