All comments of User Slamdunx

In response to Oppaira's comment

Thanks for the acknowledgement. No worries; we all miss stuff sometimes. I'm intrigued by what you say here, though: "She too could have been a big name". Isn't Yuma one of the most obviously huge names in JAV history? Wasn't she voted number 2 after Tsubomi as the most popular of all time by fans in Japan? Am I missing something? If I'm not mistaken, that poll was conducted in 2012, and Yuma left the industry in 2013. So she was voted as the Number 2 of all time the year before, which means that she basically left at the height of her popularity. There might be a gap in my perspective here, so I just want to know what you meant by what you said. It could be that my view of Yuma being one of the greatest of all time is just a subjunctive reinforced one, but I genuinely thought she was as massive as a JAV star could get before social media took off and stars could cultivate their own followings directly. Anyways, I also want to use this opportunity to simp for Tsubomi, who I started investigating after I heard of that poll, and wouldn't you know, she's fantastic. An easy Top 10 for me. Thanks again for engaging with me.

In response to ZENRA's comment

Awesome to hear. Keep up the great work.

I know it'd be somewhat silly to add Yuma Asami since she had a career spanning more than 5 years, but she had arguably the most famous (and in many respects most tragic) reason for cutting her career prematurely short. Who knows how many more years Yuma would have gone on if it wasn't for her very unfortunate illness. She didn't seem burned out psychologically, and although in her last two years you could see she started to regress physically, the quality of her work didn't show any marked decline. Had she not gotten sick I think she probably would have hit the decade mark. Her friends like Aki, Rio and Aino Kishi were still going strong, so I think Yuma would have continued for some time and we might even have seen her expand into things and characters we hadn't seen up to that point. So unfortunate, but at least we have more than a hundred Yuma titles to treasure.

Congratulations on the first year of the blog. Thanks so much for creating this space where English lovers of JAV can get together and share their appreciation and love for the genre. It's an awesome place to visit on the regular, especially with the high quality writers you guys have as contributors.

In response to ZENRA's comment

Not sure. Is her butt even "real"? That's kind of important. I might be wrong - probably am wrong - but it looks as if her butt might be augmented. Butt-wise, it's gotta be Kurea Hasumi. Her butt isn't just a great JAV butt; it's an all star in all of porn. I'm not really the fetish type, so I can't just zero in on one outstanding aspect of a performer and let that be my entire reason for liking them; they have to have many qualities I find appealing. They need to be a sort of all-round package, if you will. I don't mean to disrespect Shiori Tsukada, but she doesn't really appeal to me, nor do I know if she has wide appeal. If she does indeed enjoy wide appeal - even if that appeal is based around one thing - God bless to all. And you're damn right I'll fight for Yuma-chan. She's been my number 1 from the start. I've discovered many performers I've come to love over the years - many of them recommended by you guys, so thank you on that front - but Yuma has never vacated that number 1 spot for me. She's just too unique, for many reasons. She's kinda like Messi - an all time legendary great, but somehow still feels as if they're underrated.