Kadokawa Shoten continues its assault on Megami‘s bishoujo poster magazine monopoly with the March 26th release of Comp H’s vol. 3. This latest installment offers the same high quality and great extras the previous two had to offer, at 750 yen to Megami’s 780, and if I were the latter I might consider switching to the brown pants right about now. (pictures below)

cover, featuring Haruhi and Lucky Star‘s Konata

extra #1: Haruhi school calendar (back)

extra #1: Haruhi school calendar (front)

extra #2: Haruhi / Konata pencil board

bonus post cards (Haruhi and Lucky Star)

Lucky Star

Saint October

freakishly well-drawn Shuffle

Rocket Girls

Kanon

Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo

Hidamari Sketch

Haruhi quadruple-wide centerfold

Manabi Straight

Sumomo mo Momo mo

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Sola

Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo

Code Geass

Seto no Hanayome

bonus post cards #2

chotto H’s na fukubukuro (sealed “lucky bag”) front

chotto H’s na fukubukuro (sealed “lucky bag”) back

I haven’t cut open the sealed “lucky bag” pages yet, and probably won’t – whether here or in Dengeki Moeoh I find this to be a rather lame gimmick, all the more so because it’s devilishly hard to cut the pages open evenly and you’re often left with a ragged, uneven mess that ruins some of the artwork inside. That aside, Comp H’s vol. 3 gets high marks in my book for several quality posters (the Shuffle, Sumomo and Higurashi ones especially) and extras that could practically be sold as separate items. While content-wise a bit heavy on the Haruhi and the Lucky Star there are no two posters from the same show, which Megami could learn a thing (or twelve, or thirty) from. God damn Sister Princess and Tenshi no Shippo and Da Capo and Negima…

Anyway, word is that Comp H’s will continue with vol. 4 scheduled for release at the end of May. I’m looking forward to it a lot more than the next Megami issue. :3