TYPE-MOON Ace 2 and Yahoo! Auctions purchases

I've been busy with the end of semester exams and works, so lately I don't go around on buying trips...Even this post is a dance with the devil due the huge amount of work I have to finish yet, but I feel bad for the (few) regular readers that I already have.

Yesterday I bought in the nearest bookstore TYPE-MOON Ace Vol. 2.


I still didn't check it thoroughly, so refer to more professional blogs like Akihabara Channel, Canned Dogs and Seasons Of Change for more info about it.

And today I received stuff that I bought in Yahoo! Auctions throught Shopping Mall Japan (yes, I still use them even if I'm already living in Japan).


The Queen of Heart '98 by circle Watanabe Seisakujo. Now I have all their doujin fighting games.


Extremely nice miko Saber wallscroll.
It was a WonderGOO exclusive if you preordered Fate/unlimited codes with them.

Tokyo trip: purchases at Comiket 75

I'm back from Tokyo. I will do a very quick review because I bought a lot of stuff, not only in the Comiket but also in Akihabara and Nakano...

First of all, the set from TYPE-MOON booth:


From the clear poster set, my favorites are:

The authors are, in order from left to right, Takeuchi Takashi (x2), toi8, Mori Shizuki, Sakamoto MineG and simosi.

From the other comercial booths:

Kara No Kyoukai groundwork books and movie tickets set, Canaan promotional material, Fate/Zero Drama cd 2 and the stuff from Capcom booth (Fate/unlimited codes and Fate/tiger colosseum Upper).


From the non comercial booth (except the Concept book, that I forgot to put with the rest of TYPE-MOON stuff):

T-Moon Complex X 04 and the bonus book and bag, from circle Crazy Clover Club.

Akarui Houhe, AATM and Fragments 4 from circle Shoujo Hyouhon.

Strike Ape and Baakiuka copy book from circle King Revolver.

Initial G copy books and gallery compilation no. 10 and 11.

The unofficial Touhou anime by Maikaze.

Aqua Blue 2 by circle Tear Drop.

Doll House 1 by circle Nakayohi.

Milk Hunters 1-4 Soushuuhen + Alpha and Milk Masters 1 by circle Kuroyuki (no new releases this time).


Outside the Comiket I bought:


Tenshi Kinryouku Shoushuuhen again by circle Kuroyuki.

Old Initial G copy books and gallery compilation no. 9.

Nagato Yuki Wa Usagi To Kame No Yume Wo Miru Ka?, i.D.M SIDE A and i.D.M SIDE B by circle U.R.C .

EVANGELIMOON, the first work of Mogudan outside the circle Nakayohi.

Juunigatsu No Kujira by King Revolver. Now I'm missing only one!

GameJapan and Gemaga magazines. Only for the nice Fate/unlimited codes covers and the shitajiki (the other side is Saber Lily from the SP-Box).

And from doujin software I bought:

Party's Breaker and Gleam of Force from circle Watanabe Seisakujo/French Bread.

Type A Demo 1 and 2 by my friends of circle Black Sheep Symphony.

Doujinshi purchases Part 3

The last stop in my Osaka trip was Toranoana Nanba.

They had a bargain sale, with a lot of their used doujinshi at 100 yen each (105 tax included). I didn't expected much since Toranoana is not specialized in used doujinshi (is kind of a "multi-purpose otaku shop") and usually the 100 yen corner is filled with leftovers that nobody wants.

I ended buying:
Applause, a Fate/hollow ataraxia fanbook, with several pin-ups from different circles.

Momiji-iro No Tsuki by circle Nanairo Koubou. Nothing to say about since I don't know the circle. Nice parody of Tsukihime.

Man in the Mirror by circle Black Dog.
He is known by his recurrent theme of "Sailor Moon team gang raped in a train", but in this doujinshi changing the "Sailor Moon team" part by "Kagami from Lucky Star". Despite beign repetitive, his drawings are top notch.

Outlet 3 by St. Different. I was fooled by the different To Heart cover, so I ended buying the same twice. Not familiar with the circle, and a bit dissapointed with the contents.


And 8 doujinshi by Neriwasabi, an old school author (active since the 80's) that changes the name of his circle forth and back (usually Jack-O'-lantern, Dedepoppo or Narusawa Hatsudensho).
He usually draw -among others- parodies of To Heart and Square-Enix games. Lately is very focused on Final Fantasy XI, so I lost insterest (Final Fantasy series is going downhill, and I find myself only playing the remakes on the handle consoles).

They also have on sale a small amount of doujin soft, also at 100 yen each. I found:

Shinuchi Oouso Disc. Contains the early flash works of Namikai Harukaze (circle Shunpuu-tei Koubou).
Before being known for Ragnarok Battle Offline, he was known by his flash animations, mostly Executioner Ciel and specially Glove On Fight, that was later remaked as a fighting game by doujin soft circle Watanabe Seikakusho (now called Frech Bread).

And speaking of Watanabe Seikakusho and his fighting games, I also found THE QUEEN OF HEART '99 and the Second Edition update disk.
Before MELTY BLOOD, this circle was already very popular with their doujin fighters featuring Leaf characters.
In the late 90's, Leaf was the main visual novel studio who set the trend to the rest.
Is evident by now, but before being a hardcore TYPE-MOON fan, I was hooked to Leaf visual novels, specially To Heart (the first one, I never played the "sequel").