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Gamers Main Branch was getting ready for a release of PS2 ver. of "Haruhi Suzumiya no Tomadoi" which will be released on the 31st. Gamers put an introduction of its bonus, Nagato's telephone card as well as a message "moe to Nagato." Also Goro who appears in Cosplayer AV Cosplayer AV "Haruhi Suzumiya no Yuutsu" was there.

Bishojo game "Kamipani" by Clochette is going to be released on February 29th, and its panel was at entrance of Medio Akihabara. The illustration is Mizuki Kahara, one of its heroines (CV: Furi Samoto), not wearing underwear, and the store says "it looks like we did not fix it, but if you take a close look, there is mosaic. Mosaic was there, but you barely can see it.

In July 2007, Nendoroid-series Yuki Nagato came out and sold out in a second. On the day of its release, none was left at stores by that evening. Now, the Nendoroid Nagato comes back! A staff at a store said Nendoroid Yuki Nagato (for its re-sale) was pretty popular, and there were only 5 left at Toranoana Main Branch by that night, and none was left at Sofmap AM Branch.

"Tech Gian Super Prelude ToHeart2 AnotherDays," which Asobit Game City said "before ToHeart2 AnotherDays comes out, you should study with this book while being lost in wild fancies, was released on the 30th. Its official website says you can get information about ToHeart2 AnotherDays before you get the actual one. There will be 3 posters as its bonuses.

At Asobit Game City (basement), there is a section of ToHeart2, displaying all kinds of ToHeart2 related figures. On the 29th, the section was still getting ready, but on the 30th, the number of figures became about 60: all kinds of figures and dolls are there.

Yoko makes her debut as a gravure idol! Yoko photograph collection that originally plans to release on February 1st was at stores in Akihabara on the 30th. Toranoana Main Branch, which has played Yoko's DVD before, writes, "Yoko shakes her boobs, bursts her boobs! We recommend this more than any other photograph collections!"

Fuko Ibuki (from Clannad) Figure by Kotobukiya was released on the 29th. The product information explains that her smile and the posture of having a starfish in front of her chest really show her character. Asobit City creates a Fuko section and says on its pop, "come here, masters of Fuko."

"Moeyo! Rikuji Gakkou" (try to be "moe" in a school of ground self-defense force) was released on the 29th. This is another story of "Moeyo! Sensha Gakkou" (try to be "moe" in a school of a tank corps). The story tells us about equipments of ground self-defense force with illustrations: about ground self-defense force itself, self-defense officials, its management, etc. Compare to "Moeyo! Sensha Gakkou," there are more manga in "Moeyo! Rikuji Gakkou" and there is a colored illustration of a character who wears only an apron.

"Neko Cafe Neko Jalala" (Neko means cat in Japanese) was opened on the 25th at Akihabara. I visited there on the 29th. The place is close to the cafe called "Poisson Rouge" (ladies cafe) I reported before: on the Shoheibashi street and back of Horin Park. The Neko Cafe has real cats, and it's for customers to relax with cats.

4 light novels by Famitsu, which got grand prize awards of the best entertainment light novels, were released on the 28th. One of these 4 novels, "Sergeant Grizzly" is a story about a miraculous beautiful lady whose head is a stuffed toy bear with macho body, wearing military uniform. Melonbooks says, "Grizzly- 'moe' of a light novel has come to this point..."

There was an announce of "Dengeki G's Festival! Deluxe vol.2" at Asobit Game City. It will have a special story about ToHeart2 AnotherDays, according to Mangao Club, and its bonus is going to be a mouse pad of Tama-sister. Asobit Game City says "it is not a problem for you to be irresolute whether you want to buy it or not. It's about marriage!"

"ToHeart2 AnotherDays" got #1 for the bishojo game ranking (reservation) at Toranoana Main Branch. As I reported, it was probably because of its bonus of Tama-sister's telephone card. On top of that, probably because of eroge festival was going on, and many customers came to Toranoana, the number of its reservation has gone up 3 times more than the number that was already recording the highest of # for reservation.

As I have reported, Cuffs released "Garden" with an incomplete condition, and the price has decreased. When I checked its price after the last weekend of January, the price has become 3,980yen ($37.22=106yen).

Hakufu Sonsaku Black China Dress (from Ikki Tousen) figure was released on the 28th. It is a different color version of her figure, which was sold from Comicgum through internet. Its illustration is from its book vol.1. The package in the store has a picture of her, looking like she doesn't wear anything. And inside the package, she also looks like she doesn't wear anything.

Akibaoo 1st Branch sells a set of 3 treasure boxes. It is painted with a color of dark brown, and it has a rivet as well as leather on the box. Like Matryoshka doll, the biggest box has a smaller box in it, and the smaller box has the smallest box in it. When you open the box, it has teeth-like Mimic from Dragon Warrior.

"ToHeart2 AnotherDays," which will be released on the February 29, starts taking reservations. Its bonus at Toranoana is a telephone card with an illustration of Tama-sister covering her body with a towel. As soon as Toranoana announced about the bonus, the number of people who made reservation has rapidly increased: the number of people made reservation in a week became the highest in the history.

On the 27th of a vehicle-free promenade at Akihabara, there were cosplayers of Lucky Star, Haruhi, and Clannad. All of them were not for advertisements or anything: they were normal people. The picture on the left, according to Asagawoblog-san, shows the most popular cosplayers on the day: Konata & Kagami.

As I have reported beore, bishojo game "Garden" by Cuffs, which has been decreasing its price, has decreased to 2,000yen ($18.8=106yen) on the 27th. Its original price is 9,240yen ($86.9=106yen), and the % of its "buy back" is as low as 22%, which is the lowest among bishojo game.

At the night of the 27th, there was a truck in front of Ishimaru Denki PC Branch. The truck was for advertising CD of an idol group that made its debut from Fuji TV. Probably the truck played the CD really loudly when it was staying in front of the store, the store called police.

On the 27th of a vehicle-free promenade at Akihabara, Mizuki Hatsune who wore costume of maid with cat ears & a tale was there. A man who was with her was distributing handbills, saying she has worn costumes at Akihabara before, and she want to be an idol.

"Saint Oniisan vol.1" (St. Brother) by Hikaru Nakamura is, according to its information, a story about 2 "gods" whose names are Buddha & Yes. They, after living the end of the century safely, share an apart in Tachikara, Tokyo while having a vacation. It's a comedy manga. Toranoana 1st Branch says on its POP "just have fun, laugh a lot. You are not gonna suffer for it."

CD "Batou 30 min" by Nao Mochida from bishojo game "Step x Steady" by Loversoul (released at Winter Comike 2007) was released on the 25th. Toranoana Main Branch has its POP. In this CD, Nao Mochida, a Tsundere sister, (CV: Jyunko Kusayanagi) abuses you, so Toranoana says "if you don't want your parents to get angry at you, you should let Nao get angry at you!"

Bishojo game "Garden" by Cuffs tells on the day of its release (25th) that routes of 2 characters cannot be captured. Some of its responses are "cheating customers," "really vicious" etc. On the 26th, Trader 3rd Branch at Akihabara priced "Garden" down.

"Miku Hatsune & Rin Kagamine CV Series Official Fan Book 2007 Winter" was released with Miku's debut CD "Hoshi no Kakera" on the 25th. The book is like doujinshi, having a total of 20 pages. On the 26th, Toranoana writes "it may be cheaper than green onion."

At the demo section of "Natsu Kami" in Medio Akihabara Branch, a group of investigators researched about Natsu Kami. The research shows how dangerous Natsu Kami is, so the store says "as you can see, Natsu Kami is really dangerous, so please understand it before you pay for it."

About 30 eroge (e.g. Fortune Arterial, Sakura Strasse, Garden, etc) would come out on the 25th. At 7pm on the day, the line of buyers of those eroge at Sofmap AM Branch was from 8F to outside of the store (1F).

Miku Hatsune's debut CD "CV Series Vocal CD vol.1 Hoshi no Kakera," which has already come out at Winter Comike 2007, was released at stores on the 25th. Toranoana Main Branch says, "well, Finally Miku Hatsune makes her debut! We wanted to put fresh green onion as its bonus but..."

"Cho Cho Cho Daimahoutouge," (Very Very Very Magical Pass) whose original release day is 26th was released at Akihabara on the 24th. It is a story about a school life of Punie-chan, who is a queen in a magic land. This is the 4th book of its series, and Gamers Main Branch says "the cover is totally different from former series... but the back cover is the same as normal-!"

CD "Melt" by Supercell was at Messe Sanoo on the 25th. It had an early sale at Winter Comike 2007. It is on the internet and in a month and a half, it has been played more than 1,100,000 times (YouTube). This CD has 2 songs: "Melt" and "Kimiwo Wasurenai" (I'll not forget about you). Messe Doujin Soft Branch plays the demo, saying "Miku is going to melt your heart!"

"Akane Suzumiya Samba ver." figure from Akane Maniax was released on the 24th. The product information says a heroin, Akane Suzumiya, from anime Akane Maniax became into a figure. The version is "Samba" that Akane got a strong impact from. Dengeki online explains that Akane Suzumiya shows her nice & healthy body.

"Golcome Winter Festival 2007" (doujinshi of Winter Comike 2007) by circle Golcome was at Melonbooks and Toranoana 1st Branch. This is a doujinshi that Golgo 31-san, Yamakamu-san, and some other people who are in the Manga News Site talk about Manga, and its sub-title is "a text to have fun of manga."

DVD "Gundam OO vol.1" was released on the 24th. According to mantanweb, it is a story about a group called "gundam master" which is made by 4 young men. They challenge to fight in order to stop wars. The 1st story had a lot of big boobs. Nevertheless, on the day of its release, I didn't see any boobs' POP at Akihabara.

PS2 ver. of "Lucky Star -Ryouougakuen Outousai-" was released on the 24th. With DX pack, you can get a Sailor blouse and skirt as its bonus. At Akihabara, a person says "there are so many bonuses; tears come out from my eyes with happiness. Mr. Abe asks you "do you want to buy?" Sofmap Main Branch, which was doing Misao Festival, puts a sample of a sailor blouse and skirt, and I saw some customers who checked the blouse.