We start with a farewell. Mariko Sata is hanging it up after a 5-year-long career. The Milfy babe first started in 2020 with SOD sublabel Kirei before being promoted to their main SOD Stars label and later on joined Madonna. A nice and rock solid Milf with good performing. She wasn’t a wild performer or great looker nor was she well-endowed, but she had a mature charm that resonated with fans. Tamer, more vanilla, more normal: not everyone has to fit the porn mold and Mariko filled that niche.

Her retirement film is a long documentary travel vlog with her visiting her hometown. Lots of talking and interviewing, fans who follow her closely might like it as she has been very open and honest about her personal life. Sex wise it’s pretty tame and vanilla outside of a fun blowjob in an AV shop and a scene that takes place in an open bathtub. Overall, it’s a quiet farewell film from a quiet actress and that suits her just right. I’d only recommend it to fans of Mariko.

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We say farewell to Mariko and hello to Futaba Otani or should I say Uni Shiokawa. It looks like Uni has re-debuted with a new face and body, and it is some transformation. I still can’t say with 100% certainty this is Uni because of how different she looks with a brand-new face, bolt-on tiddies, and she seems to have put on a few too. While as Uni, she was known for her hardcore videos and skinny petite body. Now she comes back with a plastic curvy vengeance with a more filled-out and fit body.

The video, as debut videos go, is quite good. It’s hard fucking from top to bottom as Futaba/Uni shows her experience. She was a great performer and picks up from where she left off. Her blowjobs, cowgirls with reverse ass pounding were especially nice. I was a fan of Uni before, but never saw her appealing to a wide audience. Hopefully, this upgrade gives her career the boost it deserves.

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We had a farewell, a comeback, and now a never gone with Ichika Matsumoto. Many had fears that Ichika’s best days were over once she left the freelance game, and I have to tell you that she’s as good as ever. Sure, her output and rankings might be dropping, but she’s still churning out a decent rate of videos as a multi-exclusive and more importantly, the videos are quality. The devilish petite is still pumping out great videos as her latest Das title shows.

Ichika plays a household wife in the middle of a hot a muggy summer. As her AC breaks down, so does Ichika when she gets a look at her AC repairman. A plot plucked from your standard Western porn plot that is performed to excellence by pink Ichika. I’ve said it before but Ichika can fuck and suck and ride with the best of them. She can do more than be a cute face in silly videos. Which this straightforward title does away with and just lets her bang to her heart's content. A rock-solid video with great sex that shows Ichika is going nowhere.

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Speaking of still here, we have Karen Kaede who has been quietly killing it with her videos. She’s finally back on a regular pace after a few rocky patches that saw her career start and stop. Here she plays a teacher who becomes the sex pet of an evil man. An over-the-top title with lots of spit, ahegao faces, and over-the-top reactions from Karen. Her performing here is something else: wild, playful, and nasty. Karen can play the nasty nympho so well when asked to, and it shows up as the horned-up teacher.

A title that veers into messy sex with spit, sweat, squirt, and sperm abound. Karen has always been good at giving little details and flourishes. How she licks dick while slowly rubbing on her face as if she’s savoring the experience. Her cum dumb acting is top tier especially in the final scenes. A dark drama that is powered by Karen’s sublime performance.

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Next up is Sora Erena, also known as Nana Misaki, now with Faleno. She’s a cute face with a nice body, but up and down performing and career. Her latest with Faleno is a nicely lit and nicely acted title where she plays a carnivorous trainer. It’s a good video except for one glaring flaw that makes the whole video so unenjoyable. That damn camera.

This has to be one of the worst cameras I’ve seen in JAV in a while. Mostly handheld shots that go out of focus and poorly frame the action way too often. On top of that, they favor really low angles for their static shots. It was like the director was trying out new styles and angles to shoot for the first time. Just an absolutely terrible experience for the viewer. I can’t recommend this mainly because of the horrible camera, and what a shame because Sora actually puts on a good show. You just can’t see it.

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Kanna Misaki is a veteran actress that has been getting some more play lately. A fine actress who can put out terrific sultry performances while using her thick plump lips to great effect. We see both in this Hot Entertainment plot about a woman who awakens her desire to have sex with strangers. She and her lover enter a club where they have sex in front of another couple, and soon the pair swap partners.

Soon after, Kanna is giving herself up to groups of strange men at the club and loving every bit of it. I really like Kanna’s performing as it’s a bit more subtle and subdued compared to all the loud and showy screamers out there. In fact, it’s when she’s quieter that I enjoy her the most as her simmering facial expressions and reactions are the highlights of the film. A lesser-known actress with a lesser-known known in a hidden gem of the video.

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This video is absurd for a couple of reasons: the totally insane photoshopping that fools no one, the fact that this isn’t a newbie and the actress has already debuted, or the odd reference in the title to the manga Kingdom. Shame on SV, but I do want to take note of the actress Noemi Yagami who debuted earlier this year with Moodyz in the rare anal debut title. Noemi isn’t muscular as the title suggest, as she has a more normal weight and only a little bit of muscle. Skip this and watch her anal debut instead. It’s an interesting title that not only has anal but rough sex and deepthroating.

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Now this is the Ayaka Mutou I want to see more of. Ayaka plays a married woman having a secret affair in this Madonna drama, a typical cheating wife setup up but Ayaka being at the game party gives this a whole different vibe. She is far more into her affair than her lover who is pressed into service as her personal fuck toy. Ayaka plays so many submissive and passive roles and sings when given the chance to dictate the action.

This was a blast to watch Ayaka work. She isn’t a very aggressive or loud performer and instead works more slowly and tenderly. Her character is more like a Yandere character, kind of a scary obsessive, but also really hot. Her tongue work is fantastic as she uses it to explore her lover’s body. It’s easy to dismiss actresses as poor performers, but that can be largely due to title choice. With the right video or the right role, they can surprise you. And this is the right title for Ayaka.

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While being a gentle dom might fit Ayaka, the willing Sub fits Kokoro Asano. Since debuting in 2023, this cute face girl next door type has quietly been a gem at the star-studded roster. Hidden behind her modest face is a banging body with decent tits, a flat tummy, and a fat booty. Kokoro is a fine performer who is really suited for quieter and reserved characters. A quiet character like the student she plays in this S1 video.

Kokoro plays a student who is a doormat and says yes to whatever her horny classmates want to do with her. The first scene, which is the best of them all, best exemplifies this. As Kokoro willingly and easily allows the man to use her however he pleases, and he does so quite roughly. Letting him stick his fingers in her mouth and play with it or grabbing her fat ass to spank. It’s so hot seeing her getting used while being so docile and pliant. Another quiet banger from one of S1’s best performers and proof that being a good performer doesn’t just mean being the wildest.

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This Back to the Future parody, which also takes its title from the movie The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, immediately caught my eye. And lost it when I got to actually watching it. The cover and trailer make the title look more fun than it really is, but it has none of the humor or creativity of the source materials and the sex is just your typical rough stuff. Pretty disappointing, though the star Minami Maeda is quite cute. This is, like a Back to the Future remake, not necessary.

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The day ends with Hibiki Natsume as a bartender who strikes up an affair with a salaryman. Hibiki is a name that goes under the radar at SOD but she’s been with them for a while now since 2020. A lady with a mature face, a good body, and nice round ass. Hibiki’s natural aloof facial expression makes her well-suited for the character of the cool and mysterious bartender. A mystery beauty that loses her composed vibe as soon as the action starts.

When the pair head on over to the bedroom, Hibiki switches from cool mode to slut mode. Becoming a nasty little slut who can’t wait to pound her new fling all night. The most inventive part of the movie with the ice cube scene. In the bar, Hibiki takes an ice cube and uses it to tease and moisten her lover’s body, all while using her eyes to draw him in. This is a great showing from a now veteran actress who could use more love.

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