I don’t normally buy these two magazines because they just don’t have Megami’s evil pulling power (or increasingly Comp H’s). Got them in exchange of gifts between friends, with me drawing from my ComiKet loot pile; really glad to get these magazines, some of the feature articles have lovely illustrations as well as some sweet goods.

Like this Konata fan that came with Newtype. Konata’s Haruhi dance still brings a smile to my face. Like the original ED and then full dance sequence, I could watch it again and again. Lucky Star-style Nagato is also so cute.

Reverse side of the fan package. Needless to say, I won’t be opening it. Konata shokku at the twins’ dress-up (You started without me!?), what would she say about Tsukasa crawling into Kagami’s bed?

Maria Katsuragi 4TW. The only Rei-ish thing about Hayate would be his hair colour though.

Men’s dress shirt (buttons on the right) 4TW. I just keep thinking of that company kouhai of Saeki in the Strawberry Sweet Shake manga. A little miffed that they broke up the pairings though.

Interview with Hayate Yagami in Animedia (pp.24-25). Question Six asks about Nanoha x Fate love-love but Hayate manages to give a suggestive but still non-definitive answer.

Kitchen works – I thought this is one domain where Konata trumps Kagamin hands down. Pencil board not as good as Comp H’s previous two I have to say.

Moshi moshi?

No contest – Siesta > Louise. Hard time now that Henrietta has been thrown into the mix. Happy memories of Fumoffu episode when Tessa transfers into Chidori and Sousuke’s school. Ayako Doctrine might have tipped the balance but I like the idea of Horie Yui gone bad. Therefore Siesta is still my top ZnT girl. Well, actually I don’t really have a good feel since I’m following ZnT2 purely on the basis of Omni’s entries.

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I think this is the first time I’ve ever bought Animedia magazine (GBP 6.80 at Japan Centre, Piccadilly). Perhaps I’ve been spoilt by Megami’s gorgeous posters and generous fan service as I found Animedia much less satisfying than my recent purchases of Megami and Comp H – even when including their exorbitant shipping and handling. Needless to say, it was still a testament to covergirl StrikerS Nanoha’s pulling power that caused me to fork out for this.

The highlights inside this issue for me were:

Cute sticker sheet of SUNRISE characters from GSD and Code GEASS. Anything with Lunamaria in it is good.

Who needs a wedding dress when you can have school uniform + veil? As well as two brides??

Apparently it’s big news that Maria is 17. I’m somewhere between Jason/Ender and Mentar on this one. Likes: Breaking the fourth wall with that narrator who sounds like Mikael from Pani Poni Dash!, Rie Kugimiya as Nagi, Rie Tanaka as head meido Mariel Maria, MELL’s ED. Dislikes: The ‘見せられないよ！’ sign, the other rich girls, Maria not evil enough, KOTOKO’s OP (unhappy memories of the second Shana OP augh).

Ayane has a surprisingly gentle expression while Suzu *finally* shows some signs of jealousy – to be honest, Nagaserete is starting to drag for me… The headline also just screams how Ikuto, Suzu, Ayane and Yukino are all definitely under-aged. orz

Some kind of Gundam SEED Destiny fanwork called SEED SUPERNOVA? And the score of SECRET AMBITION as well as a whole bunch of other songs. Since I can’t read music, it just went totally over my head.

Posters from Kamichama Karin and Saint Beast. I haven’t watch either series but I think I’ve been corrupted by Megami to the extent that such posters don’t even appeal to me for the art style.

The cover didn’t dare to show Nanoha’s Fate-coloured pantsu which is remedied inside. No footwear either. The body of text above her head is speculating about whether Nanoha x Fate are love-love!? Great to see that Japanese fandom are keen on NxF 4TW too. LOVE-LOVE DESU!!

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