you really think so?
I haven’t been following Hayate no Gotoku for a while already. But Mentar’s praise and Stripey’s exuburent squeals piqued my curiosity and I can easily see her charm. Despite the fact that she is the younger sister of the crazy teacher chara, she’s no imouto-chara - her role as school council president and caring friend to Hayate makes her oh-so-oneechan. :D Plus she’s voiced by Shizuka Itou. :D
Just slightly late to the party but slightly late was still almost too late when it comes to pre-orders, or so I thought, so I resorted to Ebay to get my hands on Max Factory’s Ryoko Asakura - also via a Japanese reseller but, thankfully, without having to pay any significant premium over the release price. My guess is that the seller’s margin came from the 20-30% discount that Japanese online shops often give so, potentially, this was a pareto-efficient outcome where everyone got a good deal out of this situation.
The delay (and non-pre-order during the pre-order window) had a lot to do with my belated conversion to Ryokoism. Though, of course, I stress that my allegiance is still first and foremost to St Nagatochi. And you can see both of them together towards the end of this fantastic digirama [add: and review post]. Here’s the link to a Yuki gallery too. This type of figurine photography is simply the stuff of legend!
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