I joined recently so it may be too early to review, however, with that being said, I can review a few things with confidence.
1. There are gold farmers on JC, most seem to be Chinese in origin. Usually they will try to get your email and after a few email conversations they will try to get you to sign up on fatemeet and some other site.
2. It is VERY hard to get a response. People, keep your expectations LOW, or you will easily be crushed. For me it doesn't matter if anything comes of JC or not. The fact of the matter is JC like any other form of online dating can be super unforgiving.
3. The site is fairly simple and easy to navigate. Naturally it helps to be a paying member. I paid for a full membership, either way women will cost money at some point.
4. Again keep your expectations LOW, and I mean VERY LOW!
I personally can say with 100% confidence that I will not be finding a Japanese girl here, but that's the reality of online dating. Your milage may vary, good luck!
Pros
Simple
Cons
Beware of fakes and gold farmers.
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I was on that crappy site for two years and gave up quickly. They were either really old Japanese men or really old black/white men that would talk to me. You had one or two Japanese or Korean men on there, but they don't want to do anything but keep talking to you online and never meeting. A lot of the gold members are extremely desperate, stalkerish, crazy, or the bottom of the barrel that no one will give a time of day. I had better luck in real life or ohmyjapan. Stay away from this site!
Even with a subtle approach, your mileage may vary. As I mentioned in my own review, there seems to be gold farmers trying to get unsuspecting members onto other sites that cost to communicate. It's much the same way as JC, you pay to communicate, but why on earth would you migrate to another site to pay and communicate there, when you already paid JC to be able to send messages. Something seems afoul, but I don't think JC is behind it.
No one ever said finding the special would be easy lol
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