you really think so?
…was what I would have liked to say about yesterday’s expedition to the Holy Land. Instead it was more appropriate to describe it as Akiba raids Zaku wallet. I would orz but I also saw this marvellous sign in a basement shop with a big red circle around and line across OTL - orz is forbidden! Photography was also forbidden in most places; I had to sneak most of my shots from just outside the shops or in the corridors and stairways.
Art thou hear the angels sing, Yuki has come home today. And her fans will live forever more, because of St Nagato-chi. My most anticipated (and, so far, only) figurine purchase for 2007 has finally arrived!!
I blame Stripey. Getting me to watch Nanoha was the first step. Leading by example. But I’m still going to buy him a beer, after the whole long mother goose saga, for this recommendation. All that matters now is that Alter Fate is home, guarded a chain made by the hands of shing silversmith.
Due to lack of luggage space, I could only bring one figurine back to London with me. Without a doubt, it had to be the MegaHouse RAH.DX Lunamaria in mecha pilot outfit. Now she’s the centrepiece of the Lunamaria corner of the apartment and I often glance fondly in her direction when I’m working at my desk. The poster is the loveliest hardcopy picture I possess, courtesy of good ole bro Stripey. I liked its soft water colour texture so much that I actually went to buy a 40 x 30 cm photo frame for it.
Introduction
1. Watching anime often spawns other related, resource-hungry hobbies such as the purchasing of anime merchandise such as DVDs, artbooks and figurines. This directive codifies the hitherto unarticulated and informal decision-making procedures used by Zyl to regulate anime figurine purchases but does not cover the budgetary aspects directly. The main heuristics covered include no impulse buying, one character only, gatekeeping and no active seeking.
2. Assumptions of this directive are that: (a) Zyl is generally not interested in figurines of anime series that he has not watched or has watched and disliked intensely, regardless of how beautiful the figurine is; (b) Zyl is a character worshipper and is more likely to purchase characters to whom he has offered worship (in the form of dedicated screencaps and anime blog posts e.g. Lunamaria Hawke for GSD, Asa Shigure for SHUFFLE!, Yuki Nagato for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya etc).
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