Originally Posted by goodandclassy

There may be three things going on
1) No advanced seat assignments for people booking through travel agencies, etc
2) Flight times might not be particularly convenient
3) Not a whole lot of HND traffic - as NRT would be the likely connection choice

Wit that, my run to HND was a pleasant surprise due to cabin loads. I had sets of three seats both ways, bulkhead (unfortunately, could not lay across) and a regular EC row - and I slept all the way. It was a great, great flight

if you can get yourself on a row of four in the middle, you're golden!