Zenra.net (0)
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Current Member for over 2 months (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
*I am re-reviewing sites I have scored 100, in the past, to see if those perfect scores still hold true*
- Zenra offers one of the largest collections of subtitled Japanese porn.
- Japanese models are some of my favorites and fall into that, nearly all are very attractive group.
- Fun, quirky porn is a trademark of Japanese porn and there is some available on Zenra.
- Exclusive Japanese DVDs you won’t find anywhere else.
- Very good download speeds (85% my max).
- Billing uses CCBill |
| Cons: |
- The complicated process of picking a membership. It’s enough to make some people not what to join it. I will explain it in the Bottom Line
- Download limits combined with memberships that only allow access to parts of the catalog, makes for some frustration unless you join the most expensive option for 3 months but even then, you still have download limits to deal with.
- A few other Japanese sites have started using subtitles and that evens the playing field out when compared to Zenra. |
| Bottom Line: |
Subtitled Japanese porn was a surprise for me. I don’t even think I ever thought about subtitles until I joined Zenra, a few years ago. Once I watched scenes with subtitles, it started becoming clear to me how much creativity the subtitles give the producers of the scenes. It’s not like the subtitles have to really say whatever the model is saying in Japanese. Some would know, but they would be native Japanese speakers. The subtitles, alone, was enough to push my original score of Zenra to 100 and to become the first ever site I rated a 100. It was that different. It made the scenes more exciting and fun, even more intense.
Zenra does something rarely talked about. Japanese porn is scarce here in America and it’s either censored or in all Japanese with no subtitles. Making it less accessible to those of us who want to know what the models are saying or who hate the censored mosaic. They don’t stop with the subtitles. Zenra also uses very familiar and trusted billing processor CCBill and unlike many Japanese sites, Zenra has very good download and streaming speed. Which is a completely different form of making it accessible.
The different subscriptions are still making it less accessible. They have a streaming only option that is $29.95. They have a downloads and streaming option that is $39.95. But, there is only streaming access to their “VIP” scenes even if you pay $39.95 for downloads and streaming. Whether I can get around that or not, that should have been a 5 point deduction. If you want to download everything including the VIP scenes, you have to join the $39.95 option for 3 months. You then have to send an email to their customer service and request VIP access. To me, that’s just a bit much to go through while paying $109.95.
The quirkiness that makes Japanese porn unique is available in some of the scenes. You’re also going to get a full selection of some of the prettiest models from Japan. The newer DVDs have up to HD downloads and they are still updating with new DVDs. An oddity for a porn review and site is the site comes with relatively unbiased reviews of each DVD. How unbiased? One of the newer DVDs has these cons according to the Zenra staff, “Missing male moron classmate. Movie felt a bit quiet without one.” and “MIHINA NAGAI is pretty, but needs to stop the stuttering sex freak dialog. We apologize for the subtitling quirks of her scene.” That is at least honest and tells some of the things you may wonder about when watching a scene.
The different types of memberships are confusing even for someone who has joined it before. The exclusive DVDs are near 600 and that’s around 50% of all their DVDs, The only option for downloading those is joining for 3 months at $109.95.
Really, joining any of the memberships except the 3 month one. You’re going to miss out on way too many scenes you’re going to want to download.
I don’t regret scoring Zenra a 100 when I did. At that time, it was arguably the most unique site I had ever joined. It’s even still very unique, but a network like Japan HDV comes to mind, with subtitles and uncensored scenes too. If Zenra improved their subscription options and made those easeir to understand, the site would be a legitimate threat to score 100 but those problems stop it from being a perfect site.
It is a top of its class site. Japanese DVD sites are relatively rare, and even rarer to find one that has subtitles. The censoring doesn’t bother me any more but I know it may bother others. I have theorized why I believe the censoring mosaic requires the producers to be more creative and I do believe that. My last thought is I just wish they made joining the site as accessible as they have presented the content. You’re looking at a $109 membership to have downloads available of all the scenes. I would like to see them offer a 45 day downloads included membership for $55. The 3 months membership is longer than most of us porn fans join sites, but is required if you want those VIP downloads. I am going to score it a 94 this time. |
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