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I've read you for years and years Oppaira and your list is consistent with what I've come to expect of you, but Julia at number 2 is a genuine, and welcome surprise. I think after all this time Julia is still somehow underrated. I think people just always expect her to be there, but once she's retired, people will finally realize how much she has contributed to the industry - kind of like Tsubomi. Julia's longevity is no fluke; she's genuinely good. I've seen people bemoan her inexpressiveness, but they make the classic error of mistaking reservedness, or introvertedness, for inexpressiveness. What's more is watching Julia break through her own reserved shell is one of the greatest thrills in all of JAV; it's almost as if you're seeing something authentic (almost - I'm not that naive LOL). Julia can do dramas as well as anyone, and better than most, because Julia to this day is one of the few actresses who can genuinely convey earthy womanly sexiness. So many actresses - even some of the best - inevitably become caricatures of what a porn actress is supposed to be, or even of their own personas, including Julia herself sometimes; but when Julia is in the zone, which is to say happy with the project she's doing, she exudes playful sexiness in a truly unique way.

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Thank you, although I probably went a bit overboard LOL. I just appreciate content of substance like this. JAV stars are of course major sex symbols, but before they're anything, they're just human beings doing what we're all doing: folks trying to make the best possible decisions for their lives. I very much appreciate this kind of content. Please keep it coming, especially since JAV stars and just adult entertainers in general make for such interesting subject matter: they're mavericks of society, forging their own paths.

Thanks so much for this amazing interview. I've been wondering for a good while now what Tsubomi has been up to since retirement; as a fellow introvert, I know it can get tough when we retreat into our natural element of "solitude" - you can get so used to it you wouldn't even know you're regressing in quite mammoth ways. That slacker line of Tsubomi has me a bit worried for her longtime well-being, but I'm glad that in the short term at least she sounds like she's doing quite well. I love how levelheaded, almost to a cynical degree, she comes across in the interview, while at the same time being so low key charming in that way that her fans know her to be. I remember a few years ago I saw that Japanese poll from 2012 that ranked the greatest JAV stars of all time and saw that "Bud" was at the top, with my all time favorite Yuma Asami in second (a more predictable outcome in my mind). Not even knowing who "Bud" was at the time, I looked her up and was amazed that this plain, not especially beautiful girl with a relatively average body compared to JAV goddesses like Yuma Asami and Julia was rated the greatest of all time by the Japanese JAV buying public. As I delved into her back catalog over the years, Tsubomi slowly, but surely crept into my heart to where she's now and immovable Top 10 of mine, and I can't even say for sure how that happened. I think the thing that makes Tsubomi an all time legend above and beyond even other all time legends is the air of mystique around her: she just had this deep interiority exuding from the deep pools of those incredible eyes of hers that sucks you in. She might look "plain" in that traditional way that the Japanese are purported to love (although her curves are and have always been all-woman), but compared to the more naturally beautiful JAV stars of the past and present, she is not especially physically noteworthy as an all time great. I truly believe it's those eyes - hands down her best and most intoxicating feature. Those eyes, and the shy smile that goes along with them. Tsubomi is quite clearly an introvert, yet she did perhaps THE most extroverted thing in all of the entertainment world for almost 2 decades, and she did it unapolagetically - almost defiantly. That dichotomy makes her an endlessly fascinating person, and an absolutely electric performer when she's at her best. I don't think any image in the past or future of JAV will ever supplant my absolute all time favorite image from this corner of adult entertainment: Tsubomi, tongue stuck out with some dude's freshly ejaculated load collected on top, staring defiantly into the camera and showing off the efforts of her labors - staring right into your soul with those infinitely dark pools.

Very respectable list. I'm glad Akari Mitani at least makes the honorable mentions, although she of course deserves more: she's just great in anything she is - even some miscalculated concept pieces - and has been for years and years now. I hope you really delve into her catalog a lot more, as you hint here that you might do, because it's immensely varied and there's hardly anything bad in there. She's just such a captivating presence, and despite the intensity of her fucking, she's always such a bubbly figure who truly looks like she enjoys just being on a porn set. There is one major omission on your list, however - Kana Morisawa. The hard working actress celebrated her 10th year in the industry in 2022, and my goodness if it wasn't her best year ever. She just nailed every single project she participated in. I don't think anyone in recent memory has perfected the "not quite MILF" archetype quite like she did this past year, and yet that was hardly all she did. Virtually everything she touched turned to gold. I can't recall such a wildly consistent year in the last five years or so. Anyways, if you haven't, please check out her content from 2022. She in all likelihood will be featured in a future article of yours. Thanks for the solid content, as usual.

These are the lists I always enjoy the most: deeply personal ones where personal biases are just let loose without restraint. Thanks for the extremely entertaining read, and for some recommendations that might never have crossed my radar. For me personally, some of my "for-lifers" right off the top of my head are DV-1166 ("Yuma Asami learns English in bed" - the chemistry she has with the second actor almost makes the sex seem natural); any gokkun title with Tsubomi, quite frankly; DVAJ-0033 ("My Big Sister Lounges In Her Lingerie" with Tsukasa Aoi); IPTD-999 ("The Affair I'm having with my girlfriend's Sister Rio"); ABP-899 (Nagase Minamoto’s Finest Brush #28); and MIRD-136 ("Miku Ohashi ‘s Final Fan Thanksgiving Day – A Massive Orgy Tour With Fourteen Amateur Men").