New Doujinshi of Comitia, "Ninjya Anthology" was released on the 7th, and Melonbooks Akihabara puts POP. It's a doujinshi of "Ninjya," which Touhou Bougetsushou –Silent Sinner in Blue- has written about & Aki Eda from Circle Rocket Nenryou 21 was in a responsible position. POP at Melonbooks Akihabara says "A Mysterious & Luxurious Doujinshi! What's Nin (Perseverance)!"
In January 2008, 5 Chinese people who were selling bootleg were arrested. Since then, there was no Chinese who distribute handbills for 1-2 months, but now, different Chinese ladies & a Japanese man have started distributing handbills of bootleg, "Used Business Soft."
Akihabara's vehicle-free street was reported as "going wild" on TV, and the highest number of mass media came to Akiba no long ago. Those TV shows have not reported about bicycles, but it should be another "going wild." Even though police gave a warning, some people completely ignore police- so, police stopped them by holding them. Another guy, getting warning from police, says "look, the guy is also riding bicycle!"
Twotop Akihabara Main Branch sells oppai (boobs) mouse pad of Zatsuon Itou or Chiyu Nakauchi at 1,000yen ($10=100yen). It's for you to put your wrist between Oppai (boobs) in order to relax your wrist when you use a mouse. Inside the mouse pad is jelly, so it's soft. POP says "boobs are our Utopia." & Tokikko's " can't return to work…"
Doujinshi “Icha Icha Rail Gun!” by Circle NtyPe re-arrived at Melonbooks Akihabara on May 3rd. Circle NtyPe (May 5th) writes that "when GW started, the doujinshi was sold out. What a timing! But somehow, it has arrived to the store again!" As of 5th, there were about 130 of the doujinshi at Melonbooks Akihabara, but in just one day, it was sold out.
I have reported about people who took pictures of asses of ladies or boobs of foreign ladies, but this time, I saw a guy, holding his camera around his chest, who took pictures of lower bodies (legs?) of ladies from behind after passing each other. On April 27th, I saw him for the first time, but a staff told me that he comes to Akiba all the time.
I have reported about Otaku foreigners before: French person who wore anime T-shirt or Italians who bought many figures, spending 110,000yen=$1,100 ($1=100yen). Around the GW Holiday, I saw some foreigners who are maybe Otaku. They bought the whole series of Teniss no Oujisama, looked for drama CD of Hanayori Dango, bought Sengoku Tenseiki, etc.
"Kin no Tamashii –Ryakushite Kintama-" by Toshihiko Kon, a manager of unify of Messe Sanoo Akihabara, was released. This is a collection of columns from Ge-maga. At Messe Sanoo Main Branch, the book is sold at the cashier. On the 6th, I found it at Asobit Game City, but I have not yet seen any store that can be compete with Messe Sanoo. A staff at a store says "when we put it in our store, we feel like we are the looser."
There are some fishy DVD stores in Akihabara, and in November 2007, two stores were exposed. Many of those kinds of stores put a signboard at the most, but the one just opened on the Chuo Street writes "DVD" grandly. The store sells bootleg DVD of Japanese adult anime & bootleg DVD of overseas edition of adult anime. The overseas edition is no masking.
While reporting about Asuka Sawamoto, a group from TV Asahi, as I have reported, didn't care about people they interviewed or the traffic. On the 5th, the same group of people tried to interview some locals of Akiba. One of the people raised a loud and weird cry, so people from TV Asahi got nervous!?
Doujinshi of "Karen no Doku Denpa Channel –Summarizing an Entire Serial-" by Circle Komaizm, "Special Side" & "News Side" were released a while ago, and on the 5th, I found it at Melonbooks & Messe Sanoo. A comment on its band of paper carrying a blurb placed over the dust cover is written by Zephyr from Circle Makegumi Club & Matsuri from Circle Sakura Nigou: "Kinoko Nasu Be Enraged!" on one book, and another one says "Takashi Takeuchi Brings a Charge Against Nasu!"
I'm gonna report about Akiba on the Children's Day since I reported about the day in 2007 . As I wrote about what was going on in the first half of GW Holiday such as Akiba’s Vehicle-free Street: the Highest # of Mass Medias Came , A Vehicle-free St. in Akiba on the 29th: Nothing Happens- Mass Medias Cry, and maybe because of some people have started patrolling on the vehicle-free street in Akiba, the Children's Day of Akiba this year was totally different from last year: there was almost no performers or cosplayers.
From April 29th to May 5th, again, an article of Asuka Sawamoto (30) who showed her ass being arrested was #1. The article that got the most access except showing ass was comic " Nobosete Miteyo!" by Futabasha, whose story is just to "make love" (no age limit). It's a manga of "having sex without condom!?" & "having so many thick sperms."
In Akihabara, the real Akihabara Idol, ex Nuko, is well known, but a different Neko (cat) was sleeping on a signboard of an emergency guide board, and people who took pictures came one after another. There are so many people write about the cat: Goto-Natsumi-blog-san says “the Nuko (cat) was just sleeping, but it was somehow really popular. Although around the cat, there were maid…”
A new doujinshi of Comic1 2, “Icha Icha Rail Gun!” by Circle NtyPe is a consignment good of Toranoana & Melon, and at Melonbooks Akihabara, this was sold out once but re-arrived on the 4th. The main character is Mikoto from “ Toaru Kagaku no Choudenjihou,” and it’s doujinshi that even the editorial staff of “Toaru Kagaku no Choudenjihou” says “Good! Do it more!”
