It was a welcome surprise to see (and acquire!) Sega Toys/Chara Ani 1/8 Misumaru Yurika at a local anime goods store recently, given that I’m still slowly watching my way through my Nadesico DVD boxset.
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「覗ãã¯çŠ¯ç½ªã§ã™ã€‚ã€ã€€says　Asakura Ryoko ever so sweetily as she prepares to eviscerate you for peeking at her darling Yuki while she’s changing into her swimsuit.
After a seemingly interminable wait, Alter Yuki (Swimsuit version), based on that evil MEGAMI poster, is finally in mine Zaku grips! MEGAMI tends to up the ero-level relative to the anime but this works really well in terms of having great appeal to both to silent girl moé and erojiji crowds (crowds may overlap, batteries not included).
For much better photos and reviews, see:
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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