To be blunt, are there any Japanese dramas including really steamy scenes? Or is that something unheard of for television (even late-night shows), given how emotionally reserved the culture is. No offense.
American television hardly has any censorship anymore. How strict is Japanese television...
Wow. Not a single Author I like is up there. Where't Poe and Steinbeck? You're missing the Bronte sisters, Toni Morrison, H.G. Wells, and Hemingway!
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(I really don't like reading book that were published before 1980.)
Edit: Actually, I have read one...