The process of filling in the gaps from the past two months has to start somewhere, and there could be much worse places to start than the esoteric world of the hug pillow. In addition to standard retail releases this summer’s Comiket once again brought a bumper crop of doujin works to the field, so many that it would be impossible to cover them all here – so I’ll content myself with hitting a few of the more awesome highlights:
Axia’s Kusugawa Sasara from:
To Heart 2
Character goods maker Axia produced this original To Heart 2 Kusugawa Sasara dakimakura cover for advance release at Comiket 74, with general release via online shops coming in late August. It features original illustrations by Urotan, comes in “smooth knit” fabric, measure 160 cm x 50 cm, and retails for 10,500 yen.
As Axia is a Cospa affiliate, their items are available internationally via such shops as CDJapan and Hobby Search (both of which appear to be sold out in preorder – watching their listings around August 31st might yield a few extra copies when the item goes up for retail sale).
Cospa’s Iseshima Aya from:
Zettai Shougeki Platonic Heart
Happoubi Jin is on design duty for this new all-ages OVA, and his original illustration work graces this pillowcase from Cospa as well, depicting the show’s heroine Iseshima Aya. As with other standard Cospa releases this one is 150 x 50 cm and retails for 9,450 yen, scheduled for release in late October. It’s available from Hobby Search here.
Cospa’s Lily Salvatana from:
Zoku: Satsuriku no Jango
Cospa follows up on the release of their Donne Anonime pillowcase with a case featuring the second heroine from Nitro+’s Niθ-designed eroge Zoku: Satsuriku no Jango. This Lily dakimakura cover features more original Niθ art, in the standard Cospa configuration (150 x 50 cm, 9,450 yen retail) and is scheduled for wide release in early October. It’s currently available for preorder from CDJapan and Hobby Search.
Empress’s Mitarai Yuuna from:
Starless
The Will games booth at Comiket 74 featured an original Sei Shoujo-illustrated pillowcase of Mitarai Yuuna, the main heroine from his upcoming Empress eroge project Starless. It was available for 8,000 yen at the con, but I didn’t find out about it until after the fact and ended up jumping through some very painful hoops to snag a copy on Yahoo Auctions. Anyone else interested is advised to hit up an auction proxy as soon as possible, as it’s unknown whether this item will ever see a wide release.
Several other new pillows have been announced over the past several weeks, the international availability of which can easily be checked at a glance at the CDJapan and Hobby Search pages devoted to the purpose.
The first 2 ones looks really great. However, if I love the face on the last one I’m not fan of the overall body shape… Strange feel.
I’d like to draw your attention on the Zettai Shougeki Platonic Heart Official Website you linked. The site is awesome, the character’s introduction page looks stunning, navigation is clear and easy. It’s rare to see some work like this on japanese websites. Japanese webdesign sense used to be awful, but this one is really good.
Where is the other half of Sasara Uncensored? LOL ….seriously. Please post it?
The Happoubi Jin one is tempting, but September is too tight for money, due to me having so many good figures on order! :P
Holy shit………….
Kusugawa Sasara is stunningly HOT- that’s one of the best one I have seen…..
/droooolssssssssssssss
Mitarai Yuuna is also amazingly gorgeous…..I LOVE the full body on her. She is fantastic too.
God…..I can’t start another addiction….I just can’t……..
but but but but but……they are so beautiful.
::SOB::
>>Dexter
From looking the item up on several online shops (as many as I could find), the picture included in the post was the only uncensored image I came across. If one that includes the lower half shows up I’ll post it.
Great to see new posts again! I would have missed out on the Mitarai Yuuna cover otherwise. Some really great releases coming up it looks like.
DARN…another hot dakimakura (Empress’s Starless Mitarai Yuuna) that’s not available readily from webshops…
Guess I’ve to count my blessings that Cospa’s Lily Salvatana is still available for pre-order from my regular webshop. And that Starless the game is also available for pre-order. 8)
100% Critical Hit on me thanks to Aya. Anyone have any luck getting hearts on the Zettai Shougeki site?
Mitarai Yuuna is epic.
>>Work_Ethic
Tell me about it. I feel your pain.