Using a real swap magic plus 3.6 USA loader. Works on other backups fine.
The only Japanese one I'm trying is "BLOOD PLUS, ONE NIGHT KISS"
but I can't get it to work.

The disk is burned on the same type media I've used for USA games just fine. I also burned it at 2X speed just to make sure.

A screen in Japanese comes up.. The options are "yes" and "no" in Japanese.

Seems not to go many places as I get an "error" type sound no matter waht I pick. It goes to a next similar screen giving me yes an no options again and then dead ends.
I can go back by pushing circle, but no matter what I pick, I get similar results.

The text on the screen says blah blah blah "Memory card" blah blah blah all in Japanese.

So I made sure I had plenty of space on both my cards (PLENTY) and tried again but no go :(.

****What am I doing wrong?
****Can I not play a Japanese games using a USA version Swap Magic disk?

*bump*

My Japanese reading is not very good.
I think you are correct.

But I am using a memory card with much space on it. I tried two memory cards and deleted a lot from them. One of them is almost completely empty. I still reach a dead end.
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Whoops... Let us see if this works.. I didn't know how to use the linking button.

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It will not proceed :(
It makes an error type sound.