The Pandemic Upturn Shopping Spree 2021 Edition: The Cheapest Option

Hey I was just playing that transport simulation game, enjoying my work leave and yesterday was a public holiday, the pandemic situation in my country is getting worse so I may be able to work from home, and this package dropped by. I literally could NOT be any happier haha I gotta take a nap first though so I didn't immediately get to it lmao *dabs*

Still this big of a box I can't even
(That one on the left is my new poster drawer hehe)

"Fragile" yeah it's just a bunch of paper wrapped in plastic lmao

This is going to be a shorter write-up though in case you didn't notice, but you know, I still gotta explain why I did this again huh. *laughs* I mean, as long as I don't have an actual girlfriend my money has nobody to answer to haha hey Akarin *giggles*

THE ORIGIN

As hinted right above, yes it was because of Kitou Akari, regrettably, after I lost track of what I hesitated on which now I really want to cry on it now because we just talked about Akarin a couple of days ago. Here's a hint: It was someone in a magazine due to her 10th anniversary as a female voice actress. Okay, sounds like some people from the past couple of years, but this time around, it was supposed to be because of Kayano Ai, and yes, she does have bromides sold on my new favourite place for purchasing these called Suruga-ya, and after hesitating for like 2 weeks I see it disappear like a puff of smoke. (This is how I end up alone for the rest of my life huh) Haha nonetheless, a month or so passed by of me browsing through the catalogue EVERY DAY (Trust me, even in weekends) until I found someone else that could be a trigger for me to spend... just a huge amount of money once again, and this is what you know of today.

(Oh yeah, unboxing is done in tandem such that you won't just see a wall of text and leave)

Haha I like how the one doesn't want to be friends with the other 59 what
(I just checked none of them are 374yen even with tax how)

Again, it only took this much space and it doesn't come with bubble wraps

No really, this much only

Oh hey Mina-chan in her sexiest photobook years ago haha

I love that they had to print this list into (landscaped) four pages worth of items and written in English too haha hey Yamazaki thanks for validating and stamping this order I hope you didn't have a hard time finding all of them lol

THE COMPARISON?

Blah blah blah here's the comparison chart with respect to last time:

[Re-built with HTML Div Table Generator because Blogger can't do for shit-]

No. of items

63

27

60

Item Average

~370yen

~233yen

~335yen

Subtotal

23348yen

6280yen

20080yen

Service Fee(s)

21880yen

500yen

500yen

Int'l Shipping

0yen (Voucher)

1050yen

1155yen (-1000yen)

Grand Total

45228yen

7830yen

20735yen

Order Item Charges (%)

52%

80%

97%

Yes, I paid for like 100yen in shipping only because I spent the minimum amount to get the full off discount... if you don't count their service fee which is not even close to what I spent my money on, so I tell you, for buying this much, it's worth a deal but not that I would recommend anyone else to do so because I'm just a freak who likes photos of Japanese women with beautiful voices and I don't live in Japan lol (also this is technically illegal every single one wrote "not for sale" haha)

Here's the full order in case you want to tax audit me lol
(Uh oh gahmen no~) (Haha)

THE PACKAGE

So, this is basically the same as if you would recall, "PUSS 2020" as I lovingly named it back then because I still can't get any today haha (yes I would love some Akarin puss-) (not that desperate for Kayanon's though lol) and so, I ordered, no joke, exactly 60 bromides similar to last year hitting the surprisingly low quota of 20000yen which didn't even hit 21k with shipping, which also means this is WAY lesser than the *checks Excel file* 45228yen which I bought and accumulated from using auction sites through buying service Buyee, if you would recall. Again, that's only 3% on not item charges, people. Not even joking at this point I'm smiling from end to end hehe LET'S SEE THE CONTENTS!!

Sorry for the terrible shots and yes in their original packaging with tags maybe covering their faces

So in summary because it's funny every time I do it, (here we go, first name is correct or it'll be in square brackets) I got 5 from Asakura Momo/Momo Asakura which includes that one big one which I didn't notice it was actually an A5-sized bromide (which is not a normal bromide size FYI their "L size" is closest to B6 which is not A6 ugh) which is also shown twice in the photos above just because, 3 from Natsukawa Shiina/Shiina Natsukawa/夏川椎菜, 2 from Higashiyama Nao/Nao Toyama [Touyama Nao] because her music releases are all signed bromides which don't make of good photos in frames so I chose not those (hehe), 5 from Rika Tachibana/立花理香 [Tachibana Rika] because I can never get enough of her expensive photos lol market value through the roof, 10 from (Get it? Because her name) Amamiya Ten/Ama Amamiya (lmao)/Amemiya Tian/雨宮天 [Amamiya Sora] because I don't know why I want so much of her but I know I'm done for now with this run maybe, 1 from 富田美憂 [Tomita Miyu] because I can't see her in magazines and she's kinda cute my new girl now lol, 6 from Okubo Tommi/Tomomi Okubo/大久保瑠美 [Ookubo Rumi] because is her 10th anniversary already I want a photobook not a calendar please haha, 3 from 佐藤聡美 [Satou Satomi] but not those which are old until it turned yellow lmao, 1 from Rie Takahashi [Takahashi Rie] because I'm completing the "KanoKari" collection which I did miss Ten-chan's one along with Kayanon for this order so *cries again*, 4 from Aoi Yuki/Aoki Yuki/悠木碧 [Yuuki Aoi] as she was used to pad the order after some others fell through at the last minute, 2 from 木戸衣吹 [Kido Ibuki] because I think I missed a few from last year lol, 6 from Haruka Tomatsu/戸松遥 [Tomatsu Haruka] because I miss not married with one kid Tomacchan haha, 5 from Sumiko Sumiko(lmao)/Yukiko Kotobuki/Minako Kotobuki [Kotobuki Minako] because Mina-chan is still lovely if you haven't seen her YouTube channel before please do, 1 from TrySail because why not and black haired Nan-chan is so cute I can't even, 2 from 沼倉愛美/Ai Numakura [Numakura Manami] she was used to pad the order too like Aoi-chan, and 1 each from Inori Minase [Minase Inori], 鬼頭明里 [Kitou Akari] and 6086198 (lol) [Toyota Moe] which I really shouldn't considering how much I have bought from them already. I know; My most important priority is to ensure this does NOT conflict with my current stock haha I hope it doesn't I checked many times already if I missed even one I will cry I can't seem this no one wants this crap not even my bro haha (ugh)

I've mentioned before how I did get some which cannot be found and thus are in Japanese in this international store, it is because I now have an auto filter and sort of web crawler which can check the Japanese Suruga-ya website (the actual one) into the latest ones posted because I believe they always update there first as evidenced by this PERFECT NO MISSED ORDERS RUN lol they may have improved their stock update to the site already. Not so much for their orders though compared to last time this is order #75657 compared to like, #61122 just December they got twice the amount of orders compared to from September last year

And... I'm done. I may really have to stop doing this from now because I can't come up with a new title after this one lol. Also, a downside to doing all of this is that once I'm done with this I have to scan (AND EDIT) every single one of them tomorrow haha hey I'm just glad I had a long weekend to do these lol cya guys for Entertainment News on Sunday

P.S. I always get surprised by this so I guess I should talk about it: I imagine (If you can remember how my calendar is placed on my desk, above my monitor above a wedge of cardboard along the stand) that every time Minase Inori "falls" for me is when the calendar I bought for the year drops down and lands on me or in front of me with her face staring at me HAHAHA okay I'm done (Maybe I should find somewhere else to put her...)

P.P.S. Though a lot of them didn't have much of its history visible but we can find out more with BACKSIDE VIEW!! Okay Ten-chan has no butt so I don't know why I'm doing this lol

Some of these are pasted in front too but yes, they show some details of when and how much it was last sold to the store
(Also, they have an interesting way of finding items using their G-prefixed item codes)

I got scammed on this just a little though I got this for 580yen

Shout out to this dude because the only way I can find new friends is through these lmao
("I see you are also a man of culture" lol)

This Rika-sama one was sold twice before already goddamn how did they slap a 500yen price tag on this who is dumb enough to buy it- Ah.
(Hey good news dear bromide you're not going to be sold again haha)

This is the only visible damage I can see so far which is just a bend I hope it doesn't affect the actual image when I scan it

(Just go buy Sumipe trading cards man at least you can play rock paper scissors with them lol)

Klassic Note Welfare Package April 2021: Paying The Loyalty Programme

Yeah, I know the new volume of Douki-chan is released in May but I had to put them in this one because the next one... will take a while. Also, the topic's going to be different. We gotta pay more AFTER we sign up for a fanclub? What is even this madness?? lol me who is already deep in it

So for this run, as you can see, it's not a lot, I did not intentionally prepare for it, but I guess as I recently also signed up for the newly open Kitou Akari fanclub, I think I should also take this time to highlight some differences between hers and of course, the Minase Inori fanclub which I signed up so I can buy a calendar for this year lol. So you know, it's kind of like the Valentine Birthday Showdown but with membership cards lmao we'll talk more about them later

I guess this does count as a showcase of the stuff I follow nowadays so the title can be relevant now haha hey "Douki-chan" is no fanclub but if she opens an Instagram account just like that new DOAXVV character I won't even mind...

"inori machi chomin shukai 2021" Fanclub Event Goods

Fanclub Event "smile giving day vol.1" Goods

Ganbare Douki-chan Vol.4

I would say, since I didn't review any photobooks of any sort in this one, I thought the unboxing would be more important, so I guess we shall focus on that more. So!

No, I have NOT replaced my still functioning keyboard lol
(Also, if anyone wants to make idol-based keyboards knock me up with one haha)

Yes, this one DOES feature a poster which I do intend to hang it up because not like my parents will care now (or maybe they do?)

You see, my dad only sees wedding dress Akarin when he walks OUT of my room lmao

Ah, that's a nice touch: this poster holder is BY FAR the easiest to remove because all you need to do is press against the tearaway...

... and you can take it out without a scratch! Also, large circumference to prevent over coiling which is real nice I compensated it with package size lol (no my shopping fees...!!)

Actual contents without bubble packaging, great job as usual Japan

I thought I should share this because I have NO IDEA when I took this with my phone camera lol

So in case you wondered what I really got on my birthday ie. I placed the order on the day itself (FYI it's 19th February) it's Minase Inori fanclub event goods!! Hey, the event did happen just that I didn't buy the tickets to watch the livestream so... why not support her in the next best way I can?? Yes from clear files to bromides to my recent addiction to posters because I also bought a poster holder in anticipation for this to arrive (just that I had to buy another one which is longer to support the landscape one to prevent them from coiling haha) and do you know they are magnetic based now and doesn't require a full frame and is non-adhesive based? Yeah, China does those things decently now lol OKAY to the actual stuff!

Also, this package included, for free, the recent copy of the fanclub newsletter, which arrived just in time because as you can remember when I received it on the December 2020 package, this is not just the continuation, but it's also covering recent events which... I guess the website already did wonders but in case you didn't read everything which I honestly didn't... haha

I missed this envelope design to be honest.
You see, when you did fanclub for this long you will do your own packaging lol

Kiss you too, Inorin.
(Hehe)

I won't show all its contents inside so just one survey question of the fan base: What you do to destress
(Inorin's was the 7% [Eating], mine is the 37% [Immerse in Hobbies] specifically this site; Sample comments for the 37% were watching Anime, no surprises there)

Now that I look at this and my current setup I'm REALLY regretting of buying this instead of the other poster which is portrait

Okay nvm this is good enough can I hang this up?? Hehe

Candidate rank number 2 on my imouto list now lol
(Stop trying to guess number 1 you know who she is)

These will fuel me for a couple of months lol not until I scan them first
(lol)

Yes, her lying down with this expression is ONE HUNDRED PERCENT the reason I decided to buy this and THEN thought of a way to hang this up before the time it arrives

*gets crazy deja vu*

Next up, sitting on the other side of the fanclub fence, literally just opened shop in March 2021, it's Kitou Akari fanclub event goods!! Yes, it's THE FIRST fanclub event too, so that's new. Took her long enough to get a fanclub set up, took me long enough to sign up for it almost a month after it opened lol, and considering this is new, and if you recalled the last time we talked about Inorin's fanclub, this one... has a lot less to offer. For starters, the lack of historical catalogue is already evidence that you are wasting a good amount of monthly fees on her just to support the cause, but also because I love her (photos) too much (lol) and because it's relatively new, it's also monthly in subscription so I can quit anytime actually even right now, but I will not for another month just because they have long-term subscription rewards, which I would like to see my first for the 3-month continuous subscription. We shall see when that happens and after that but LET'S SEE THEM BROMIDES!! Haha also a couple of badges because why not and they don't have posters lol (You should've seen how much they wanted me to spend like minimum 8k yen to get an acrylic stand haha NOPE which explains the lack in abundance of goods seen below)

Also with this purchase, and also a disadvantage maybe for this fanclub, the membership card is optional so it's not included with the first membership charge which might be great (if you recall "Inori Machi" charges 1100yen for the card and a holder) BUT on the other hand they did not put in anything distinctive for the card. (In comparison, my membership number is on "Inori Machi" card which really makes it all worthwhile tbh) The case is too expensive to be worth keeping so I only got the card just because.

I know this looks great but...

...I thought it'll be as cool as the website man!!
Even Inorin's card looked good tbh even without her on it

Between out-on-a-date Akarin and in-house Akarin... I mean... there's a pandemic outside so...
(Hehe) (Serious talk though have you even seen the PR video she did for her hometown?? Haha date Akarin pls)

Okay lucky badges gacha time!!! Please no duplicates no duplicates...

Oh thank goodness I'll take the text but you know which one I liked haha
*MEGANE FETISH TRIGGERED*

And if you are fine with her images on social media or are fine without her then leave me alone let me enjoy her a little longer haha

When you realized Japan put in TOO much effort in packaging their stuff

TA-DA!! I had to flip the book over and around so...

Just in time for this year's summer, it seems

Last but not least, it's our regular and pre-ordered timely issue of "Ganbare Douki-chan" Vol.4!!! Yes, if you have followed my adventures buying these since last year, this is tights drawings and author Yomu-sensei's first and most popular manga work yet. It gained strong traction from posting them on Twitter too, and man the spiciness of the No-Face main guy chasing(?) the main girl who has nothing but cuteness (which I must argue is good enough) is just enjoying his work life because there be girls crowding ALL over him I won't say to what extent but you can see below to know lol

[As usual, you can follow the story along with fan translations on the author's official Twitter]

"(He) was shivering..."
Haha yeah that's how you know he nice dude
(Go to when I reviewed this last time for what happened)

And... he landed on top of someone else and the image is ruined lol
"She was shivering..." lmao

Her facial expression is only amplified with the book version of this series haha

Ah ya see bro, if you DO intend to stare at her you gotta compliment too

You know, how to repay someone from being saved from a fall lol

You're not into doujin illustrations until you stare at the details hehe
(kawaii)

Even in the lift the dude's jonk is getting a lift lol
(I meant his heart, he getting heart attacks from the death stare lmao)
(Yes, bottom intentionally cropped so I don't have to ban this site)

It's 5 months too early so Happy Halloween 2020 if I didn't remember wrongly
(I'll have the pumpkin thanks lol)

The kind of jokes I make at this blog lol

 

The series went from illustrations with minimal text to now full on manga I guess, so in a nutshell for this volume it's Douki-chan getting a chance to go to the beach thanks to the colleague giving the couple vouchers to a luxurious pool... not knowing what's ahead of them lol it's not only two vouchers btw lmao. This volume also introduced an even flatter kouhai but is more aggressive in nature towards the dude, but he can't jerk off to that so I wouldn't be as worried as... not-so-busty... Douki-chan... haha don't hit me

As usual, and that's why Toranoana, the special gift is perfect fit for its purchased contents
(It's like keeping the plastic bag when buying groceries)

And that shall be it!! As mentioned in the recent Entertainment News post, I will be reviewing another Suruga-ya run which I must say, is really quick in its speed and I'm more surprised at the speed of this thing because I didn't choose the fastest delivery option and it delivered within a week so I'm pretty sure this upcoming... bulk of bromides will be coming in just in time for my long weekend so YES haha cya guys then.

P.S. Maybe I should sign up for Tachibana Rika's fanclub soon lmao man Kouno Marika where is your fanclub why does Takahashi Rie get one and you don't (lol)