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AkibaFads introduces a hot item in Akiba, and this week, we recommend the figure "Nagato Yuki –Seifuku Ver.- (school uniform ver.), which will be released in March 2009. It should be better than "Nagato Yuki –Swimwear Ver.-," which was released in April 2008 by Alter! It's a must item!

An adult comic, Imoten by Kohaku Saegusa was released on the 17th in Akiba. According to its comic's information, "the series of 'Onegai Sister' that Kana-chan, who really loves her older brother, plays an active role by wearing swimwear and bloomers, Tsun younger sister, life-time friend younger sister, brother complex younger sister, a bit stupid younger sister, and sexually excited younger sister appear. It's an ultimate Imouto (younger sister) book." The catchphrase written on the back cover said "please♥ Do whatever you wanna do, my dear brother♥"

Sofmap AM Branch put a panel of Saber Lily from PS2 Fate/Unlimited Codes, which will be released on December 18th. Like the armpit poster I saw at Sofmap Main Branch, on this panel, Saber Lily has a Caliburn on top of her head. The height of Saber is 154cm (5-05ft), so the armpits should be very close to the real size.

The most read article of this week on AkibaBlog Japanese version was a collection of poses for illustrators and comic artists, " Character Portrait Hime no Ichinichi ." Comments for the book were… Konseki-shoukougun-san: "of course, we're gonna use it for other purpose, right!?," Sarasiru-san: "yes, we can use it for sure," etc. It was sold out at Tora 1st Branch already. By the way, among photos shown in AkibaBlog, most people were attracted by the pose of " opening legs without wearing anything.

Mandarake Complex sold "Maid Jiru (unopened but used)" (Maid Soup). The soup is "vaginal lubrication of a lady." And according to Wikipedia , it is "the naturally produced lubricating fluid that reduces friction during sexual intercourse." "Maid Jiru" has an illustration of maid on its label and is in a clear bottle. Looked like the color was pretty clear, and the liquit was not sticky at all.

From November 14th (Friday), Manseibahi Police Dept. started to control distribution of handbills at the electric town exit of JR Akihabara station, and the announcement was out. From the 14th, maid who distribute handbills for a business, "dating with maid" disappeared from the electric town exit . However, they were distributing handbills at a different place, and a person who is in the business of dating with maid commented about the control of handbills (by police): "some people who are in charge of controlling the streets are just enraged."

Macross F Album "Nyan-tama♀," which will be released on December 3rd, is, according to information of Macross F , "a collection CD album of girls +α. Full of songs; 2 CDs are in this album." The total of 32 songs are recorded, and the cover illustration is " Sheryl throwing a kiss." POP of that "Nyan-tama♀" at Sofmap Main Branch was "a bit early Christmas present for yourself♪"

An announcement of taking preorders of CrossDays from November 22nd, which will be released in February 27th, from Overflow, was out, and now, Sofmap and Gamers displayed "information of the first limited version" and "an announcement of a campaign for making preorders." The campaign of CrossDays is to give "48 kinds of bookmarks" away, and the first limited version comes with "Kotonoha-sama figure."

Lustful Berry #2 –Owari to Hajimari no Ame- by Circle Garakuta Shoujo is a doujin digital comic that is "lines of female characters are of course full-voice: full of vulgar words." Melonbooks put POP at the section of Doujin Soft, "its heroine, Hisako Yamanouchi gasps! Gasps! Gasps a lot! It's hell erotic more than some adventure games out there." The voice of her gasping is like this .

Poplar Publishing Co., Ltd., which is known for publishing books for Children and Moe picture books, released the second volume of "Fushigi Tsushin Toilet no Hanako-san," which is now being serialized in Comic Bun-Bun, on the 15th. It is a ghost manga that says "this is the ghost story of today! That is, scary but cute." Toilet no Hanako-san (Ms. Hanako at Toilet) is Tsundere ghost heroine of the new century. POP at Tora 1st Branch was "the special MOE education for gifted children by Comic Bun-Bun!! Poplar Co., you guys did it, huh ww."

A poster of PS2 Fate/Unlimited Codes, which will be released on December 18th, was out at Sofmap Main Branch. It had an illustration of Saber Lily with a new costume, having a Caliburn on top of her head. The catchphrase was "an oath of her, with her new appearance." Saber Lily's back is erotic and sexy, but in this poster, her armpits are also shown.

The printing order deadlines of doujinshi for Comic Market 75 were written in Nekonoshippo and Kyoshin Insatsu. A section of materials at Toranoana 1st Branch put POP of "the deadline of a manuscript for Comike 75 is almost here!" During this time, fantasy books that are related to weapons, a myth, and small arms are selling well. But, "Moemoe Lingerie Zukan" was selling more than any of them.

A new book of November by GA Bunko, "Cho Jitakukeibi Shoujo Chinori" was, according to the book's information, "a huge slapstick comedy of an annoying girl who stays at home." On a message card (?) at Melon Akihabara, "getting a lot of electric waves every day, I could write such a savory novel." POP wrote "womanizing Hikky (social withdrawal), this story was created!"

No.1 doujinshi on doujinshi ranking of this week at Tora 1st Branch, Messe 3rd Branch, and Melon Akihabara were doujinshi of Tora Dora!, Sailor Moon, and Nanoha. The illustration shown on the left is doujinshi of "Toaru Majyutsu no Index," " Index no Bakushin ," which was only sold at Melonbooks. It was made by 5 circles, and a poster displayed on the ceiling of Melonbooks Akihabara wrote "their gags exceed Majyutsu (magic)!"

An official guidebook of anime Hidamari Sketch & Hidamari Sketch 365, "Hidamari Sketch Album" was released, and POP was displayed at Tora 1st Branch. According to the book's information, the producer Akiyuki Shinbo as a head, its staffs talked, talked, and talked, and its casts also talked a lot. It's a must Hidamari book for fans." POP at Tora 1st Branch said "the strongest and the best anime guidebook."

Yaranaika T-shirt that Gigazine also talked about was released on the 15th at Sangatsu Usagi 1st & 2nd Branches. According to POP, they are " sold only at Sangatsu Usagi," and there are 3 sizes such as S, M, and L. Each one is 3,990yen. On the front, Mr. Abe who opens a zipper, on a cuff, a logo of Bara-zoku, and on the back, an illustration of Mr. Abe, are printed. Seems like the number of the T-shirts is few.

Comic Rex -December Issue-, whose bonus is Kannagi drama CD, was released on the 8th. For the Comic Rex, an urgent announcement of reprinting Comic Rex was out by Ichijinsha, and NewAkiba.com reported- "Comic Rex –December Issue- will be reprinted urgently. On Amazon, it has risen." At Tora 1st Branch, Comic Rex -December Issue- was sold out on the 11th (?) or 12th (?), and when I looked around stores in Akiba on the 14th, I couldn't find any Comic Rex at all.

Sofmap AM Branch put an announcement of starting to take preorders of Cross Days from the 22nd. Cross Days will be released on February 27th by Overflow. The POP had illustrations of the main character, Yuki Ashikaga, the main heroine, Roka Kitsuregawa, Makoto, Kotonoha, and Sekai. According to the Dream Party held in Osaka (?), "the main character is not Makoto Ito," "the time is same as School Days," "a person dies," etc.

An extra issue of Kairakuten –December Issue-, Comic Shitsurakuten was released on the 14th and some stores sold it in Akiba. The cover illustration was written by Bosshii- a female teacher who wears a jersey without wearing underwear, and she is sweating. The catchphrase of the cover is "Omanpiiiiiii (pussyyyyyy)" & "a dangerous signal! An extremely maniac special issue!" At one of the stores, "Uho! What a good new issue. Do you wanna buy?" was written.

Dream Tech " Yoko Space-look Ver. " figure by WAVE was released on the 14th. Its product information said "such a daring Yoko shown in the climax scene of 'Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann' became into a figure already as a Space-look version!" The normal version wears a white cape, and the limited version wears a clear cape and shows bare thighs.

As I reported, movable figures of Nendoroid Rin & Len Kagamine by Good Smile Company came with a faceless face that you can make a face as you like. And now, POP of an example of a faceless face was out at Lammtarra Akiba. The POP said "please write a face by a pen! *It comes with stickers," and the store created "Tensai-Bakabon-like" ( The Genius Bakabon ) Rin & Len Kagamine.

Character Portrait Hime no Ichinichi by Akane Shinsha was released on the 13th at Toranoana 1st Branch and Melonbooks Akihabara. According to book's information , "from waking up, changing clothes, to a scene of taking a bath, it's a photo collection of girls who show different kinds of face expressions." Character Portrait Hime no Ichinichi is a book of postures for illustrators, designers, and comic artists. Tora 1st Branch wrote "being fascinated by the photos, don't use it for another purpose!"

PS3 action adventure game, " Samuraidou 3 " was released on the 13th. According to Dengeki Online , "it is an action & adventure game that players can experience the life of Samurai freely. It's the new work of "Samuraidou" series. This 3rd volume made it possible to have more scenarios as well as the system players can intervene anytime." Sofmap Main Branch wrote "the way of real men: do Dogeza as many as you want."

Nendoroid (ねんどろいど) is the series of character figures of anime and games. The most noticeable characteristic of it is its size- it's really small. Nendoid is made by a mysterious group of molding artists called "Nendoron." Figures made by them are well made regardless of its size: it's carefully made and they are really cute. Nendoroid comes with plenty of accessories among figures, and it's really popular. The fact is that since Nendoroid appeared in 2006, the total of 50 kinds of figures have released, and the cumulative total number Nendoron sold already reached 500,000. It is really popular that whenever new Nendoroid comes out, it's already gone in Akiba.

PC Ver. and Xbox 360 Ver. of " Call of Duty: World at War" (Imported Version) were released on the 13th at Asobit Game City. According to 4gamers, "it's about World War II: the Pacific War, a battle between the Allies and Japanese Military & the Battle of Berlin, the Soviet Union did an invasion of Berlin. In the movie of FPS (First Person Shooting ), you'll witness a scene of appearance of Mr. Hirohito (Emperor Showa) and hear a line, "Tennou Heika (Emperor), Banzai!"

The first figure of Tears to Tiara -Kakan no Daichi-, " Riannon" was released by Kotobukiya on the 13th. According to the product information, Takeshi Nakamura, who is in charge of its character design, wrote an illustration for this figure." It is a figure GA Graphic wrote that "becoming into a figure, having a mysterious mood of Miko (maiden) and special and unique costume!!"

Two CDs of Jimang, one of the support members of Sound Horizon, was released only at Toranoana on the 11th, and POP was displayed at Tora Main Branch. According to Wikipedia, Jimang has the very unique and special voice that once a person listens, he/she will never forget," "it's a questionable voice, which is a way to speak highly of Jimang among fans." At Tora Main Branch, "he is the person who has the god's voice that rings in your ears endlessly."

Mei Shoujo , which will be released in December 12th, is, according to My-news-game-flash-san, eroge that is full of loli spirits of makers. Asobit Game City displayed the announcement of Yoyaku Tokuten that was a B2-sized "Bukkake Waterproof Poster" whose illustration was "Kupaa" of a niece, Sara Kurayama. You can use it in a bathroom, and it can be "cleaned up easily." If you pour hot water, the black part may disappear!?

Yoyaku Tokuten for Kannagi Vol.6 at Tora was a changeable cover of "Zange-chan 100yen/each". Through internet, some people talked about "Zange-chan 100yen/each," and some of the comments were "the signboard was nasty," "between 'Zange 100yen/each' (Zange = confession to god) and 'Zange-chan 100yen/each,' the meaning is totally different," "I knew it would be like that [breathing hard]," "I'm the one who is yuck for imaging something shameful w." Kannagi Vol.6 at Toranoana 1st Branch was sold out by the night of the 12th.

Tanaka Kunihiko Artbook -Ryukotsu- was released on the 12th. The special page of Fujimi Shobo explained about the artbook as "illustrations that became hot from light novel, game, animation, etc, are covered in here! Some illustrations that are difficult to get right now are printed in here as well!" The book was printed only for preordered number , whose deadline (to pre-order) was the end of August. Melonbooks Akihabara said "a miracle artbook!"

Sofmap Main Branch still kept the demo of DS Valkyrie Profile -Toga wo Seoumono- (which was released on November 1st) and put "a recommended game of this winter." Both sides (left and right) of its demo monitor had strip of papers, and one of them was a goddess, Lenneth. I'm not sure if those POP for Valkyrie Profile -Toga wo Seoumono- were there since its release day, but Sofmap Main Branch created "Lenneth, the war of not wearing" based on a word said by its staff.

Shounen Gangan -December Issue- was released on the 12th. The cover illustration is of " Toma to Index " from "Toaru Majyutsu no Index," and the bonus is a mouse pad of "Toaru Majyutsu no Index." POP at Tora 1st Branch was "Index-tan's soft cheek is damn good! That's exactly what we wanted, SquEni! It's a 500-yen magazine but comes with a bonus! Completely caught up! Attrac… (ry)."

The cover of a quarterly magazine about figures, "Replicant Vol.34" was a completed version of "Chen" Resin Cast Kit (a sample), which was out in the Wonfes Summer 2008 by Yoshi (Torepang) , who is a molding artist of " Armpit Miku ," etc. On the 11th, Tora 1st Branch wrote on its POP: "since a person who is in charge loves Chen, we put his magazine in the front," "Cheeen! CheeEen! This is a good Ai-sama Hoi Hoi."

A poster of a hug pillow cover of ToHeart2 Xrated Tamaki Kousaka Maid Ver. , which will be released in January was out at Asobit Chara City (no announcement when to start taking preorders). The illustration of "Tama-sister with maid costume" was written by Tasuku Iizuki , who also wrote Queens Gate "Iroha" and Iraira Yokubo 2 –Kasumi Ver.-. One side of this hug pillow was Tama-sister lying down on a bed, and the other side was Tama-sister holding her huge boobs.

Nendoroid Rin Kagamine & Nendoroid Len Kagamine were released on the 11th. According to the product information, "some face expressions that were created from customers' ideas, the first of Nendoroid series, "faceless face & stickers of face parts," etc, lots of accesories come with those figures. On top of that, between Rin and Len, you can change their face parts!" Asobit G wrote on its POP: "we can't be defeated by Miku Miku forever!"

Hello AkibaBloggers! From this month, we are gonna start "Akiba Fads." This introduces today's "hot" products from Akiba! The very first product we introduce is eroge "Wizard Girl Ambitious," which was released on October 24th.

Nendoroid Shana -Enpatsu Shakugan Ver.- was released on the 11th. According to the product information , "'Shakugan no Shana' has become Nendoroid with Enpatsu Shakugan style! (her hair and eyes are hot-red like burning). You can enjoy different kinds of 'Shana' by changing her face expressions (3 kinds) and arms." Lammtarra Akiba put "leave me alone! Silly! Go to hell! A bald head!"

"Jyagan Tantei Nekuro-san no Jikenbo –Seiyoku Obake Jiken-" was released on the 10th. It was written by Akira, and illustrated by Sakura Kinoshita. The story was being serialized four times (?) in Comic Blade. According to its comic's information, "a bishoujo detective has special eyes (Jyagan) that can see anything what other people can't see. Her nickname is Jyagan Tantei Nekuro-san!" (Tantei = a detective). The cover illustration is a bishoujo detective who shows the cleavage of her breasts, brushing her cheeks.

Comptique -December Issue-, which comes with a bust of Haruhi Suzumiya was released on the 10th. The figure is Haruhi having ponytail hair, and the " bust of Haruhi Suzumiya" is a figure that is able to interchange with "Fraulein Revoltech Suzumiya Haruhi -Seifuku Ver.-," which comes with Wii soft, " Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekidou (DX Pack) ." This is the second figure after the one came out with The Sneaker -December Issue- no long ago.

The preorder ranking of Bishoujo Game at Asobit Game City announced that the deadline for making preorders of bishoujo game Yosuga no Sora by Sphere would become earlier- November 16th. Usually, until right before a bishoujo game is released, the store takes preorders, but for Yosuga no Sora, Asobit Game City will stop taking preorders two weeks before its release. According to a person in Asobit, it was just because "the number of preorders was too many."

I found Gundam 00 doujinshi, "Soushuhen Datenshi Kinryouku –Graham-san ga Special na Ken ni Tsuite-" by Circle Jyuo Hochikisu at Messe 3rd Branch. These days, a collection of Tieria Erde's pictures was released, and in Gundam 00 doujinshi, scenes of a womanized Tieria, who wishes "internal cum shot," holding Rockon's thing in her mouth and being licked and feeling good were written.

A handbill of a bishoujo game by Clockup, Samen Security 2009, which looks like "an antivirus software" was out at shops of bishoujo games in Akiba. The handbill was also look like a handbill of an antivirus software: the catchphrase was " Safe, Easy, Light." The game is… "in order to get rid of virus, making love with humanized email software or web browser" (according to Galge.com).

The most read article of this week on AkibaBlog Japanese version was about " Genso Shuki -Moete Oboeru Kagaku no Kihon-," whose POP at Toranoana 1st Branch was "Moe Territory is Unguessable Elements! w." The book was published by PHP Kenkyujo (which established by Kounosuke Matsushita). It's a Moe book of humanizing elements. It was talked in Itai News and Mantan Web, and also, it once became No.6 (?) selling book on Amazon.

A list of buying back prices that included manga that became into anime in this term such as "Tora Dora," "Kannagi," "Toaru Majyutsu no Index," "Kurogane no Linebarrels," "Hyakko," etc was out. Prices were from 200yen to 350yen. Among those books, "Uho!! Iiotokotachi. Yama-Jyun, Perfect" by Jyunichi Yamakawa (Yama-Jyun) got the highest buying-back price.

Danmenzu (a cross section) is one of the ways to write a scene of "inserting" in adult manga, and it appears in doujinshi of Eva or other adult manga. And I found a model that is good for people who are Moe for a cross section at Akibaoh 2nd Branch. It was made in Italy (?), and "kit simulazione dissezione rana" was written on its package. POP was "for people who are Moe for a cross section. Net is boundless…"

I saw a cosplayer of "Nanoha Takamachi" purchasing a comic at K-Books Akihabara on the 9th. She wore the barrier jacket of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS. That was the 3rd time to see Nanoha's cosplayer in Akiba. Nanoha Takamachi was looking for a comic with that costume, and some customers didn't pay attention while some stared at her.

Kannagi Vol.6 by Eri Takenashi was out, and Tora 1st Branch put POP for that. Plasma-dash-san commented for the 6th volume of Kannagi: "when Jin and Tsugumi were junior high school students, they were really cute." Gekka-san wrote "the message of 'don't even touch my Jin!!!' was like BL and funny w." Tora 1st Branch was "armpit! Small boobs! Thighs! Young, fresh, and energetic Ms. Nagi!"

TMA'S cosplay AV, Clonnad got comments : "[general comment] silly (^^). I can't find any other word better than that" (by Chodai-blog-san )," "it's too serious ! (^^) TMA, 'til where you wanna go (^_^;)" (by BSOno-homepege-san ). A staff at a store said "it's selling pretty well. Selling more than Ever Re-take."

An adult bishoujo game, Idol Revolution , which will be released on the 28th from Siesta is, according to GaneStyle , the game of "let's bring five girls up as the top idols!" In the section of "I-Revo" at Toranoana Main Branch (basement), a sample of "I-Revo" package that looks like PSP version of Idol Master SP was displayed.

At the night of the 8th, I saw policemen going to the Game Center Taito Station Akihabara Branch from police car. So, I followed them. When I got to the 2F of Taito Station Akihabara Branch, 4 policemen were already there, and they surrounded a man who is probably in his thirties. That man was gotten into a police car right away, and probably, he was sent to Manseibashi Police Station.