Hmm… why does Akira look so pleased?
That’s right! He has two Shukan Soine bishies sharing his bed tonight! lol~ XD
The two characters on the mini dakimakura hugging cushions are based on designs of Shukan Soine CD (週刊添い寝) character boyfriends (Weekly Sleeping Boyfriend). Priced at less than half the price of a full-sized dakimakura (7,000 Yen, w/o tax) by Black Butterfly. They were only sold during Animate Girls Festival 2011 from 23~24 September 2011.
Title: Mini size hugging cushion of all 6 characters ミニサイズの抱き枕
1) vol.1 翔 (See review of CD here)
2) vol.2 仁
3) vol.3 智哉
4) vol.4 壮介
5) vol.5 玲央
6) vol.6 和也
Price: 1,500 Yen (w/tax) each
Size: 30cm×15cm each
Available: Animate Girls Festival 2011 (Blackbutterfly/Honeybee Booth A-01)
Event goodies page: http://www.honeybee-cd.com/starrysky/2011agf/
There were a total of 6 characters released by that time. I didn’t have the money to buy them all, so I only bought the two designs that I like best, not that I don’t like the rest. A new series of characters are coming up in November 2011. BlackButterfly is planning to make full-sized dakimakuras of the new characters too.
Back to the review, these two mini cushions were vacuum packed which is great for shipping. Top features the character from Vol.4 Sousuke. I like the character design but didn’t like the scenario as much. Bottom features back view of Vol. 6 Ryou’s cushion. Unlike the full-sized dakimakuras, these mini ones are only half-body. Although they’re also double-sided, the designs on the back are different.
Top shows back design of Sousuke’s cushion and bottom shows Ryou’s front design.
Released from their packaging, the boys ♥ got bigger ♥ *dirty thoughts* puffed up instantly!
The printing and colours are very crisp and clear.
Copyright BlackButterfly. Can you see the sheen on the fabric? Yep, it’s smooth and soft.
Back view of both cushions. I think they’re simple but quite lovely.
Close-up of the rabbit for Sousuke’s design.
Close-up of the sakura blossoms(?) for Ryou’s design.
Illustrates the thickness. It’s about 8cm.
Extreme close-up of the fabric. The stitching quality is pretty good too. However, they’re stitched shut so there’s no way to change the inner stuffing if you have to. There are no cleaning instructions. I think we’re not expected to get them dirty?
Another close up of the boys.
For the size, I honestly feel that they’re not that worth the price of 1,500 Yen each. They’re definitely good quality items but I don’t know what I can do with them. Maybe use them as a neck rest or as a wrist support for a mouse user? I don’t use a mouse so that won’t be practical for me. So they’re just for decorative purposes. Nice to have if you don’t want to commit to a full-sized hugging cushion due to various reasons. But if you have no issues with full-sized hugging cushions, save the money for the real thing instead.
OH I know! We can use them for our 1/6 figures lol~
But… from the looks of it, they’re a bit too big ^^;;
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Now that you have the full version of Reo, would you consider selling me the smaller version? ; u ;
@plup: ^^;; erm I’ll think about it…
*Released from their packaging, the boys ♥ got bigger ♥ *dirty thoughts* puffed up instantly!*
LOL XD
love the pillows so much. i wouldn’t mind some small ones sense i don’t have much room. (can’t keep the togainu ones on my bed due to cat’s X_X)
<3 i love your Rahs, take more pics with them in it!XD
@Anonymous
Those pillows are awesome. Are there a bigger close up of them?(has never watched the inazuma 11 but wow~ *_*)
@sigma: I see… mmm I’ll watch out for the small version releases and alert you on that. The illustrations of the new guys look pretty fab.
I’ll try hehe of all the RAH I have, I love Lelouch the most. Come to think of it, he is technically the first RAH that arrived at my place although he wasn’t the first one I ordered. X3 My first RAH orders were the Death Note boys.
@sigma I’m that Anonymous xD
No, unfortunately :(. I actually feel kind of bad since those pictures are not mine, I just wanted to show them to the world *-*.
@ponytale Yeah *-*. Really? I this would be the first time I saw them, I would think they’re in their early 20, they don’t seem too shota for me xDDDDD.
It’s always good to have boys to look at *-*. Lampshaded by one of the female players of the team. In the third season, player from several teams decided to do a friendly match while two of the former Raimon female players (called Touko and Rika) watched. When Touko asked Rika why she didn’t join them, she replied “who wants to play when you can watch such a hotties?” xDDDDD (can’t remember the episode).
Touko (the pink-haired) herself is well aware of that too, as you can see here in 04:58-05:13, and 0:35-05:42:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzmSDmMk3AY
It’s just that she doesn’t break her head about guys as much as Rika does xD (Touko is tomboy-ish), doesn’t mean she isn’t enjoying being surrounded them herself xD.
@Asamisa: They faces are too cute XD that’s why they look kinda young to me :P It’s the drawing style heh.
Lol~ is that a fan service episode? Onsen! XDD
@ponytale LOL! Miyukiko it’s me, Asamisa XDDD I forgot put my name xDDDDDDD. But yeah, Miyukiko is awesome *-*
Actually, the first anime/3 games, they have about 14-15 years old; and in GO, the second anime/new games edition is set ten years later after the first story. I don’t think they look young XDDDDD, a little short, maybe xDDDD. And dear god, I wish Kidou would pic a different coat, the one he uses now makes his ass looks HUGE xDDDDDD.
Jail bait, but totally worth it XD.
@Asamisa: I think the poses look fab! :D but they’re still too shota-looking for me XD but I definitely appreciate cute boys like them hehehe
@Shirokaze It’s a mission! o_ó And a duty.
@ponytale LOLOL! Scared? No problem! They’re not jailbait, those are the TenYearsLater versions from Inazuma Eleven GO! They’re 24 there *-*. Dear god, and their seiyuus! (From the middle to left) Gouenji is Hirofumi Nojima and Kidou is Hiroyuki Yoshino! :D Not to mention that Edgar Valtinas from the England team is voiced by Sugita Tomokazu xDDDDDD Anyway, the voice cast is pretty awesome, and there’s more awesome seiyuu that I’m not gonna write here because I got to go now xD.
D: Something happens and the links broke! D: I’ll put the link to the blog entry, people who wants to see, just roll down the site a little xD
http://miyukiko.blog124.fc2.com/blog-entry-125.html
(pre-time skip in Bleach, the main characters had 15 and looked like THAT)
@Miyukiko: Lol~ they sure look young for 24 year olds XDD but very nice poses! <3
Thanks for the intro~ I'll check out your post XD And yeah… I wouldn't believe Ichigo was 15 OTL;;; serious jailbait material there. YABAII! DX
thank you (´ー｀)
by event, where do you exactly buy those? in japan itself (ΘεΘ;)
@mai-chan: Yep, from AGF event itself.
OMG THOSE DESIGNS ARE THE ONE I WANTED Q V Q. You sure have good taste = w =.
@plup: Lol~ so do you :D
waaaiiiii.. crying helplessly lol..
they aren’t sold online? i want sousuke reallllllyyyyyyyyy badly TT
@mai-chan: Try yahoo auctions :) you may find him there. They may print him again in the future when they have events again, so look out for him then.
@Asamisa
let’s raid the Ponytale!!!
and save aki-chan to return him to his rightful owner!
Ponytale, move Akira from there, or Shiki will come and off them, and we don’t want that D:.
Yes, they seem little. But hey, at least you got the boys you liked the most xD. I’m sure you will get the normal dakimakura, miracles may! xD
Talking about dakimakuras, and my recent obsesion with Inazuma Eleven, an artist that I follow on DA went to an I11 event. They had raffle prizes there and, well… *nosebleed*
SAKKA YAROU ZE!
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@Asamisa: :D~ the dakimakura designs are so HOT!!! But… how old are the boys again? lol~
Yeah I was wondering too but if the guys don’t do naughty things with Akira then nothing bad will happen right? ^^;;;
nooooooooo!!
akira! even tho ur in ur slutty version,
you’re only allowed to be like that with shiki!!!!! o.ó
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LOL!
lelouch killed me!
@Shirokaze: Lol~ Slutty version Akira can have all the men he wants XD
Pffft… Lulu looks awkward XD
Nice Dakimakuras! ;) Sousuke is very hot!
@MisakixUsami: yep he is cute :3
They cut the best part of the boys XD
@Mayon: Lol~ well-said! XDD
Dakimakuras are so expensive =_= more if they’re exclusive (I hate that word, really ¬¬). I am served with my TnC cushions *3*
@izas: I was too greedy :P Yes, TnC cushions are really more than enough XD
Did you have to use a proxy to get these? I am in awe of the special stuff you manage to get. Think I will wait for the new full size ones. Does Black Butterfly site ship international? (sorry to be filling up the comments with questions)
@Prettyvillian: Yeah I did cos I was going to get some other goods during AGF and its more worth it to get a bigger order. But you see the irony in it right? In order to try to save $ I have to spend more ^^;;
Yep, I suggest getting the full-sized ones instead of the mini cushions. Definitely more worth it although you have to fork out extra to buy the inner stuffing, at least they’re more useful. Hugging them to sleep is proven to be good for sleeping posture!
No, BlackButterfly does not ship international, so you’ll need a proxy for that.
Ahh, they are quite lovely! If not somewhat…small. I suppose at least at that size, they’d be a nice size for a ball-jointed doll! It’d be a little funny to have a BJD with its own dakimakura, though. P:
@Puchi: Thought so too… that’s why I think they aren’t worth paying 1,500 Yen each for :-\ Maybe they were produced in smaller quantities, and it made the final price higher. Ah~ seems like it! I don’t have a BJD so I can’t let them try the dakimakura XD
Aww cushions! They look pretty, but it is a hassle if you cannot wash them properly or adjust the filling :/
I rather like the simple back, because if you get visitors who should not see all the pretty boys, you can just turn them around and they look neutral, haha :D
@Sug: yeah, most of the cushions on sale are stitched shut like our normal pillows. But the cover material seems to be pretty good quality so washing should be the same as dakimakura covers.
I like the back design too and it has a very traditional / dreamy look to it. And it does serve as discreet side lol~