Top 5 Worst JAV Trends That Need to Stay in 2023

Embracing innovation has always been part of a creative industry like JAV and 2023 has brought a lot of great things to JAV. From the introduction of 8K VR, to new labels and the use of AI. Pushing the envelope has always kept JAV interesting but like all trends not all of them really work out. With that in mind, here are five trends that, in my opinion, is better left in 2023.

Another JAV that was delsited by distributors was the parody of the BREAKING DOWN martial arts event, TEKOKING DOWN. BREAKING DOWN is a martial arts event that grew its popularity by having fighters with unique background and having outrageous pre-fight antics. It even attracted some AV stars to audition such as Chanyota, retired actress Shirahana Kou and Ayaka Mochizuki. The AV parody TEKKOKING DOWN was delisted after the founder of BREAKING DOWN replied to the director that the JAV violates their intellectual property rights. Unfortunately unlike the Colabo parody JAV, I haven't seen anyone else selling the two TEKOKING DOWN films and I have only seen pirate sites hosting digital videos of it, which I assume they managed to get a copy of while it was still in circulation. The thing that irks me about this trend of subjects trying to take down their parody JAVs is that they are invoking the Streisand effect and is giving more attention to things that they supposedly do not want people to know.

While h.m.p. foray into AI with their actress Ai Kihana (get it?) actually used the proper technology, it still without a doubt takes the cake for worst "AI" JAV of the year. It was just a normal JAV footage that they ran through an AI filter. What's worse is that the shots are very static because the machine still couldn't handle camera movement. You can even see the footage going awry when the actress makes even the slightest movement. And the cherry on top of this horrible JAV was that in only lasts 34 minutes yet they are charging the same price as a proper JAV. I frankly don't understand the eagerness of studios to jump on the AI bandwagon when clearly the technology isn't there yet. Hopefully studios put more effort into making better films rather than chasing the next LinkedIn buzzword.

SODstar new actress Yuko Haruno still hasn't released her 3rd film

An example of this is Haru Shinonome who debuted in May 2023. I kept an eye on her due to being intrigued with her J-cup breasts but months flew by until I realized that her followup film was released just this December. Major studios also found it hard to maintain a proper release schedule for their newbies, case in point: SOD's Yuko Haruno who debuted in July and only had one other release in September. Even S1, the studio whose debuts had constant releases, found themselves with Ren Gojo only releasing her debut film in 2023. She even did a livestream just to inform fans that her second film has finished shooting this late December. I still wish that this situation will improve but I don't see things changing anytime soon.

The second ego driven JAV was Taku Yoshimura's "How to Sex" two-part series. I was actually kind of excited for this films not only because it featured actresses that I like, but I also find Taku as a fun actor to watch. It made it so much more disappointing when the film itself featured the most clinical and robotic sex I have ever seen in JAV. I also found it amazing that even with the premise of a veteran actor giving tips, it was still not enjoyable the watch. Taku felt more like a guy in a multi-level marketing video trying to convince you that this was a good buy and he isn't scamming you at all. I could only hope that studios veer away from producing more JAVs this self-indulgent.