In which three men embark on an existential journey to the darkest heart of Akiba and come away laden with goods, yet unable to answer the question burning in their minds: where is the moe in Moe Burger?
I made the two-hour trek down to Akihabara today intent on killing several birds with a single stone. In no particular order, the birds were the following:
- Retrieval of the Comiket 70 CD-ROM catalog, on sale today (July 22nd). This mission was met with success.

the catalog itself
Toranoana’s sales promotion paired it with a stylishly-encased umbrella
a free pamphlet detailing industry booth presence at the event. Note: the Comiket staff member pictured here may or may not be representative of the actual con staff
- Also acquired were the Welcome to the NHK ED single,

- September’s edition of Hobby Japan (not officially on sale for three more days, whee – will scoop the contents soon),

- Kaiyodo’s BOME Ignis,

- Lilith MIST’s flagship title Ayame ([ERO], click for uncensored),

- and some dirty manga (click for uncensored again).

All of this shopping was done after the day’s main event, which consisted of meeting up with cohorts rabidkimba and sspoon and journeying once again to Moe Burger. Unlike the abortive attempt of a few weeks ago we arrived today to find its doors proudly flung wide, so in we went.
After the initial discomfort of being greeted by the obligatory “okaerinasaimase, goshujin-sama” and fumbling about in an effort to figure out the shop’s system (do we order now? later? when do we pay? do we seat ourselves? what?) the three of us settled down to what we came to agree was a rather mediocre dining experience.
The food itself was surprisingly decent, though expensive; the ugly stick did not afflict the wait staff with nearly as much prejudice as the site made it seem. That said, their performance as moe mascots was not incredibly convincing. I don’t know whether we felt more unease at their existence or they at the three unsightly gaijin tramping into their store, but our sudden appearance didn’t help their act any.
Added to that was the store’s ambiance, which seemed incredibly random (and that’s a charitable description). Like many stores in Akihabara, Moe Burger is a narrow dive with the cash register up front and tables in the rear – a small place, with seating for not more than twenty or so. The walls were adorned with… the crap in the background here is the only way to describe it. I don’t know if they were going for some sort of elementary school kitsch aesthetic or what but it didn’t work particularly well. There was a decent-sized plasma TV mounted on the wall, but it was playing – of all things – a Mr. Children concert DVD through most of the time we were there.
There will be time to cobble together some more coherent observations later, so I’ll leave it at that for now. I did pick up the store’s point card, though I doubt I’ll be going back any time soon…

Oh shi- I’m jelous :( I want a scan of comiket 70’s catalog :(((((
I really want that Ayame game. >.
I must know how do you censor those images.
And yes, futanari is very very dirty indeed.
Roobar and I were planning on going to one of the maid cafes when we went, unfortunetly running out of money didn’t help. Oh well, next time!
Wish I could go to an anime/manga convention sometime in my life. OTL
You’re kinda lucky to get a catalog to Comiket, and a CD catalog, no less.
I like the look of the art for Ayame, the little I’ve seen.
I didn’t catch what the cashier-girl at Moe Burger wrote on the point card next to your fourth heart – what’s that say?
SHINGOOOOO! Thanks for posting the comiket 70 CD catalog being out. It’s on its way to my harddrive as we speak. That’s a good price on the Ayame DVD, comparatively anyway. And AWESOME that you picked up the book with the Mogudan cover(590 yen, and they say Japan’s expensive. That’s some bakunyuu gold for under 600 yen, come on!). I just did an ero artist spotlight on him last night. Haha. I expect to see a review of Ignis later on, especially with you having all this free time.
And Drm, futanari is bad IN ALL THE RIGHT WAYS OMGOMGOMG. That is all.
Nice one …
I pre-ordered that Ignis figurine too … its so pretty
I’m downloading the Comiket 70 CD-ROM catalog right now because someone posted a torrent for it. I am looking forward to seeing it. I think I am going to hav to pick up the Ayame game myself . . . .
What’s wrong with Mr.Children? ;_;
Anyway… yeah, I understand. It probably didn’t fit the place :)
Oh, and please give me that Tessa’s figure, kthx!
Btw, some of the girls on the website looked cute, altough not particulary moe… :|
sweet stuff Shingo, i can already hear your bank account weeping ^^
Yes – I wonder who could have posted a torrent within 30 minutes of the store opening yesterday with the sale of the catalogue.
^_^;
I spent a good 4 hours going through the CD marking up my crap. Comiket will be bank breakening – I’m using the 18kippu to come down from Tohoku – a day on local trains. Jesus.
Maybe it’s the burgers themselves that are ‘moe’… Did you, by any chance, feel your motherly instincts flaring up when you looked at that patty?
I really didn’t care much for Moe burger. I just wonder what’s in the minds of the girls who staff the joint. Are they really cosplayers, or just there to earn a daily wage?
The only other good thing about Moe burger is that we don’t have to tip.
Why is it that the girls in that futamanga look an awful lot like Ogui and Ohno? Well, they look like them to me, anyway.
Oh SNAP. Where did you pick up the Goodsmile Ohno figure? That has been on order in my local import shop for like 3 months.
The one chick does look like Ogiue, but I’m not seeing the Oono resemblance. Though, who could complain? There isn’t enough (or any, that I’ve seen) well drawn Ogiue/Oono/Saki futanari stuff. MOAR PLX!
First picture, look at the G in “catalog”. Then look directly to the right. :)
Bunny-girl haruhi with guitar
http://pedolicious.livejournal.com/109528.html
sdf—-
That’s one I’ll buy if I can get my hands on it for sure . . . .
I wonder if Shingo died. >.>
He’s not dead. SOMEONE keeps setting the site to password only for a few hours a day.
Looking forward to the relaunch. Big time.
How do you know it isn’t the person who kidnapped and murdered him, looking to take over HD and eventually rule the world!? I’M PROBABLY RIGHT!
And how would you know so much about the HD/world domination kidnapping murder plot? Eh, Mr. Fitzgerald? IF THAT IS YOUR REAL NAME!
Clearly, we’ll need to devise some kind of test to make sure that the new site is run by the same Shingo and not some impostor. I’m open to suggestions.
[…] Tempted by what I saw on Heisei Democracy, I search every corners of the internet for a piece of AYAME. While Shingo paid 2100 yen for it, I managed to get it for free (I would have paid for it if I could ever get that on a plane to Singapore. It wasn’t so much about the game, but rather the art for it. […]
Hey, hey. I just heard something on the street, you know? Heard some rumors about Shingo calling the Yakuza pussies and saying he’d never give over his precious HD to them. That’s all. >.>
Heeeeyyy… that cut off half my comment. I insulted North Korea and everything.
My prediction is that Shingo has somehow achieved a higher level of consciousness and understanding, causing him to abandon the internet entirely in favour of letting the currents of his brain waves take him to entirely new places beyond regular human comprehension. Either that or he’s busy whacking off to AYAME.
So…HD is being commandeered by Kim Jong-Il?
I’m not dead …yet. I haven’t whacked to Ayame yet, either. :(
i want to buy Ayame
how can i do????