If these participants are generally unknown by name, regular viewers may still recognize some familiar faces in 18A8, which continues to offer cherry Japanese girls, in decidedly vanilla encounters. It comes as no surprise that the couples are fairly reserved in the sack. Given the nature of Japan's overall emotional/cultural repression, their notion of unbridled lust is simply... different. (Ironically, for a nation steeped in artisans, the producers fail to craft that most basic of porn set pieces - a hot facial pop shot.)

Production values are minimalist. The videography is often less than explicit ... but at least the players create an atmosphere of genuine mutual attraction. They kiss, they fondle and, most importantly, they don't look like dollar-conscious porn stars punching a clock.