metichemsi I have all my jav auto translated and while not perfect you can completely follow the story and most of what is said. From that I can tell the stories are often very creative and diverse and understanding them only makes it more intimate imo (would be insane if Japanese is your native language).
Totally agree on the intimacy part. The best JAV scenes are still so much better in that than the best western counterparts. Not that there aren't any intimate scenes around here it's just another level and much more prevalent. I think generally more of the scenes here should take a lesson.
I don't think it's just one thing that makes JAV more intimate either. It's a lot of little things like: not rushing, how the girls are often comfortable and present, warm, not over acting, over moaning, fucking like a gf instead of a porn star, etc. Then there is the camera placement, how the girls are often very close to you, the kissing, licking, positions, pacing, role play, scene build up, creative scenarios, scene length, not trying to push in every position in roughly the same sequence every time. The girls that do JAV are also just better in doing these kind of scenes I think.
Still hoping SLR will take more lessons from JAV. I think these kind of scenes will also work extremely well in passthrough.