Fri 1 Aug 2008
Random filler: Small-time otaku shopping
Posted by issa-sa under Weeaboo Chronicles
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KUKUKU MAID GUY FREEZE VOICE !!!
Now you can’t turn your eyes away from another worthless filler picture post!
Nice to see more ef in Melonbooks.
This random filer picture post is brought to you by the lack of bloggable i.e. easy to make fun of series this season my latest trip to Den Den Town (For those who’ve not heard me blab about this place, it’s like Osaka’s version of Akihabara)… 2 weeks ago. Don’t ask me why I never got round to posting it between then and now…
Basically, we (me and my giant robot plastic model building friend, it’s amazing how well we get long) walked around bit and made random purchases, etc. nothing interesting to say, hopefully pictures make up for that:
Here’s a SUPER belated birthday present to DS, who is sadly, seems more intent on playing some golf game than his attempt at next year’s Best Blog Related Comic Award…
This one’s for saimaisama ;P Or well, to whoever wants a Fuuko T-shirt… (Wooden starfish not included)
This one’s for Omisyth =P 全力買えZenryoku Kae! (BUY WITH ALL YOU’VE GOT!)
Caitlin, you were absolutely right.can’t ask for something better than Yuzu ice-cream on a freakin hot summer’s day
After Den Den Town:
Remember this place? Perhaps it’s not clear from the pic, but that’s the famous giant crab somewhere in the middle, while on the right is that kuidaore (Eat till you drop) restaurant, which my friend tells me has shut down, but I think I still saw the kuidaore doll standing in front of the building. Anyways, if you haven’t guessed it, the only reason I took this picture was because of the random “FREE HUGS’ sign some poor guy was holding without much enthusiasm in the middle of the crowd
(No, I did not approach him to find out what the deal was)
More random lulz. This is a mini version of a large poster we spotted on the way to Umeda. One of the many random things that kept my mind off the fact that we were walking from Nipponbashi to Umeda on foot for no apparent reason than to not take the train for 4/5 stops -_-”
And finally the day’s spoils (on my side):
Finally found a Nodame Cantabile gachapon machine!!! Unfortunately, due to my shitty gachapon luck, I got the 2 things on my 2 tries I probably had at the bottom on my priority. Oh well, at least I have something to store my coins in now (the piano mini bag) and something to hang off my electronic dictionary (the mongoose is a bit too large for my cellphone)
I just couldn’t resist this Chi’s Sweet Home mechanical pencil XD I feel terrible though using it and then putting it into my pencil box, it’s like I’m imprisoning poor Chi >.<
Chi, please don’t hate me >.<
After my crud luck with the Nodame gachapon machine… I find a store that sells the items directly for the same price without the hassle of relying on luck ORZ. So I got the Chiaki strap that I wanted, yay! Too bad it’s metal, so it’ll probbaly scratch my phone if I strapped it there.
I think I mentioned this purchase a few days ago: 18 volumes of Aka-chan to Boku for under 900yen – I so love second-hand bookstores! Was a bitch carrying it back home, and I’ve not opened the shrinkwrap yet since I’ve till got loads of other manga to read, so it’s now standing on top of my wardrobe making my room look like the bookstore it came from -_-”
Honorary mention: Kamina phone strap (with drill!) from a Gurren Lagann gachapon machine. Nothing againt the guy or anything, but I was really hoping for a Yoko one, or a Simon one, or a Gurren one, or a Lagann one, or even a Gurren Lagann one… So yea, I’ve learnt that when I prioritize what I want from a gachapon machine, my shit luck delivers me the last thing on the list -_-” Well, I gave it to my friend in the end
Now I admit I kinda want it myself, but it looks better on his phone than on mine (Kamina would probably balk beng hung off a pink phone -_-”), so there.
In fact, I’ve actually set this post to publish a day late, so while you’re reading this, I’ll most likely be on the way there again to commemorate the start of Summer Break (!!!) That and well, I’m hoping to find this in store… *fingers crossed*
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August 1, 2008 @ 1:09 pm
Cute dangos!!!
August 1, 2008 @ 1:30 pm
Do I get that Maid Guy thing?
Your free hugs pic reminds me of how I sold out my old Free Hugs post.
August 1, 2008 @ 1:44 pm
-sees Fuuko and runs away- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!
August 1, 2008 @ 2:07 pm
I did get Miyuki from a Lucky ★ Star Gachapon in Akiba once. Christ, I wanted Kagami.
And that Maid Guy stand. Awesomecaek.
August 1, 2008 @ 2:12 pm
I want Kogarashi to be my president!!
August 1, 2008 @ 3:24 pm
Damn its baby Minarai. I was hoping for “Face Is So Cute It Makes You Want To Give Him Everything He Wants And He Is A Giant Swindler” Minarai. But still, those bunnies are soooooo cute ^_^
August 1, 2008 @ 4:13 pm
Ah…Shopping! ~<3 I should head down to my local shopping mall and shop too. The whole series of Aka-chan to Boku? You’ll be pretty occupied for the upcoming days, I guess. XD
August 1, 2008 @ 4:43 pm
w00t! shopping time! I envy you!! …just a little~
I got some Nodame Cantabile gashapon toys when I went to Japan. Got this mongoose purse and a piano purse too lulz XD
And hurray for Aka-chan to Boku! reminds me that I haven’t finished reading that manga XD
August 1, 2008 @ 7:35 pm
Give me a moment while i write you up a shopping list of things to smuggle back into your home country.
Other than that, we need another season of ef.
August 1, 2008 @ 9:20 pm
if you don’t want the piano mini-purse, i’ll be glad to off load you of that burden XD gachapon machines here sucks except for one store but they’re nothing like what you got!!! ;_;
August 1, 2008 @ 9:46 pm
There is definitely not enough bunny love in the world
August 2, 2008 @ 1:40 am
I want that Nodame phonestrap ):
August 2, 2008 @ 1:46 am
Haha! Nah, Kamina’s manly enough to hang from a pink phone. But then again, that giant drill actually could scratch your phone…
August 2, 2008 @ 3:28 am
yeah Kamina is easily comfortable enough in his manliness to wear pink. Nice scores though, even if you didn’t snag everything you wanted from the machines.
August 2, 2008 @ 10:47 am
Awesome Chi pencil! I really need to get my Chi stuff up…I only have the strap.
I know they’re releasing a plushie soon.
August 2, 2008 @ 12:48 pm
Wow, how I really wish I could go shopping on Japan now… That’s a lot of goodies… Here, all I can mostly find on anime stores are Haruhi, Naruto, Bleach and Death Note items only:(. That Chi pencil is so cute!!!
August 3, 2008 @ 11:19 am
I want that Fuuko shirt. DOZO~
August 3, 2008 @ 4:04 pm
@DS: If only they were edible…
@Baka-Raptor: Blame the Finnish who started it! Well, that’s what my Finnish friend tells me…
@saimaisama: I had the exact same reaction… After I saw the price tag.
@C.I.: My sibling got Tsukasa back home, and taunts my crud gachapon luck with it.
@EvilDevil: Even communists would
@Omisyth: Yea, baby Minarai’s cute and all, but nothing beats MARKERED EYEBROWS
@Hynavian: It’s just part of my expanding “manga I’ll probably never have the time to read” collection.
@usagijen: I’d have gotten the mongoose purse (I actually prefer it to the piano one) if I tried the machine again.
@Setsuna-san: w00t more ef coming this year!!
@biankita: I’ve grown rather attached to the piano pouch since I’ve got so many coins to handle XD
@blissmo: And you’re helping how?
@Shin: I want a Nodame one too to go with Chiaki =P
@Hoshi: The drill’s made of a rather soft material so should be safer than the metal one. Kamina still looks much better on my friend’s sleek black phone.
@otou-san: Yes, the machines hate me. Thank god I don’t play pachinko.
@Caitlin: I almost got the squishy Chi face ball strap, but it’s a bit bulky for my phone…
@kanzeon: Well, if you ever come to Japan, goes without saying to be armed with as much cash as you can muster ;P
@Yamcha: I’m sure you can get it online via Cospa or something. Ironically this shirt was being sold in the shop NEXT to the Cospa one -_-”
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