Thanks to Shingo, I rushed to purchase a copy of Comptiq Heroines Vol.3 (2007 Spring). Amazon.co.jp then just had to flag Megami DELUXE Vol. 8 (other people who bought X also bought Y…) with Asa-senpai in all her waitressing glory on the cover. As moyism sayeth unto us: Evil I tells you.
And this, ladies, traps and gentlemen, is the reason I spent more on postage than the magazines themselves. orz Back home, at Kinokuniya, the evil things tend to sell out faster than a taikayi stall under attack by an army of hungry Ayus so I wasn’t prepared to take any chances.
Other than the fact that it’s Asa, it’s Asa x Kaede yuri! Much better than the half-nekkid Sia x Nerine symmetrical docking on page 22 of the Megami DELUXE IMHO. Besides the ero-ero, there’s a sense of mystery about the picture that really intrigues me. Kaede’s gone psycho on Asa before (once in Ep 19 and also in Memories 12) but she looks almost coyly affectionate, reaching out while leaning in for a cuddle. If this were tagged under the late lamented danbooru rules, ‘aftersex’ would probably one of those applied. And Asa-senpai looks like she’s in the equivalent of the ‘male’ position with Kaede’s head resting on her arm. I thought her expression seemed vacant when I saw Shingo’s photo as well as a scan. But having seen the real thing on glossy paper up close, it looks more like quiet compassion. The way I’m currently reading is its the aftermath of threesome with Rin Tsuchimi the lucky bastard (who is mercifully absent from the picture) in the context of a harem ending and the two erstwhile rivals are indulging in some skinship and pillowtalk. Not yuri then. Bah.
As for the Megami DELUXE, it collects together most of the posters over the past year, either as one or two page formats (no fold-outs). My favourites include the Haruhi girls doing bunnygirl (p.8), catgirl (pp.10-11) and gothloli (pp.12-13) cosplay, hot n’ bothered Asa-senpai in those leaf-side-tie panties (p.23), black bikini Eri in her wicker throne (p.42), Shana as a miko (p.71) and StrikerS Nanoha x Fate back-to-back, butt rubba and blushing 4tw (p.76). The surprise was this 104 x 38 cm poster:
Haruhi is on the reverse side but, forgive me O-Haruhi-sama, Yuki wins pantshands-down. I’m particularly weak to this swimsuit design and Yuki just has to take it over the top with her two finger-adjustments and the surprising presence of the expression of surprise which charms-up her moé by 100 points. Am even thinking of framing it up but there’s no way I’m taking this to the framing shop. To repeat the wise words of our avatar of the goddess of spending: ‘Evil I tells you.’ OTL
Well I guess another one in the anime blogging sphere fell to the traps of the mags you mentioned. Honestly when I initially saw Shingo’s post, I was about to order them myself but could not rationalize the insanely high S&H costs from AmJ…
… even if the Haruhi & Yuki swimsuit poster is FRICKIN’ AWESOME ;_;
(And if it makes you feel any better, just got F/SN LE for the PS2 plus Comptiq Selections Vol.2 that was all about F/SN. The mag and S&H was like $35USD… which ironically is bout the same if I had gotten one of the two magazines you bought Zyl. Heh)
I picked up the Megami as well, but it was at a convention, so S&H! Didn’t see the other mag though. And the Yuki side of the poster is a bit much for me–I’d be nervous putting it up the wall! :3
Hmm… I have an enlarged version of that pic of yuki and haruhi if want… hmm…
The second pic of kaede and asa too…
du5k: can you post a link to the pic of the yuki and haruhi poster?Going to see if it’s worth buying Megami for that ^^
Waiting for my Megami Deluxe Vol.8 to arrive in the mail! Can’t wait. Getting both mags would have been a little too much, though…cursed S&H. :(
I’m still waiting for my friend to ship me Comp H. gah! it just looks too good!
As I was saying at the last Hontouni staff conference… allow me to refer you to pages 24 and 61 for evidence that Mizuho (Otoboku) is 100% woman. No, I’m not holidaying in Egypt now. XD
I thought the Kanon section was great too :)
moyism, indeed the Yuki swimsuit poster is FRICKIN’ AWESOME 4TW!!! \(^_^)/
DS, I’ve already put it up on my wall. -_-;;
Ashram, the S&H was JPY 4,000 for one mag and JPY 4,000 for two mags. So two mags it was.
TedFox, paiseh about the spam karma moderation again. Don’t know why the whitelist didn’t kick in. Have turned made some more tweaks - SK2 shouldn’t penalize you again. Hope you get your Comp H soon!
Bro, Kanon section in Megami Deluxe was quite boring for me. Much prefer the Mai x Sayuri hand-holding, graduation kimono pic in Comp H. And why you so liddat about Mizuho? ç”·å汉大丈夫，敢fap敢当。 You got trapped by Mizuho, I got trapped by Jun-chan. Quite even methinks. LOL
Sorry or the late reply, here’s the link to the pic
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/mewjw/moshposter.jpg
Sorry about the size but it wasnt very legal to put it on the original size…
which series is the green haired girl (Asa-senpai?) from?
SHUFFLE! - I’ve got a tonne of screecaps of her. ;)