It is. Very.

Raw horse meat in Japan, basashi, is very, very good.

With the dramas, the running joke in my house is to see who can guess when the first crying episode will be. Usually it isn't too long as it seems that it isn't a Japanese drama without copious waterworks.

Yeah, if you're actually a teenager. Not so much if you're in your 40's, like Mr. Beach Slang.

Trust me, chief, Americans couldn't care less about an introduction to the band.

And you're being generous. I have no idea why this band gets the amount of press it does. Warmed over, extremely derivative, boring shit.