A small tree planted inside the Kaiyodo Hobby store in Akihabara late last week attracted a good number of tanzaku (prayer cards) from the passing otaku customers.
The various wishes are almost entirely what one would expect given the usual clientele, including the words “My Bride” so often that Kaiyodo might have saved many pens if a pre-inked rubber stamp for those kanji had been provided.
Kaiyodo also did this interesting activity last year, with this one specifically promoting a new line of Revoltech “grown-up” stuffed animals. The normal Tanabata festivities do not begin for some weeks, but few customers likely complained about the discrepancy.
Instead, the the urgent business of claiming wives was attended to:
(From left to right)
“Ranka is my bride! Kira!☆“
“Mio is my bride.”
The right-most tanzaku’s writer apparently decided to have some fun, and someone else decided to join in:
(From left to right)
“Mio is my bride.”
“Don’t screw around!! YOU are my wife!!”
“Takuan is my bride.”
Takuan are pickled radishes, the yellow slabs of which Tsumugi was using for eyebrows and that Yui ate during her dream in the K-ON! finale.
Luckily, the more serious type of tanzaku wishes were predominant:
“I wish that this year Mamiko Noto will come to me dressed in a nurse uniform.”
(Mamiko Noto played Clannad’s Kotomi Ichinose, Haruka Nogizaka, among many other roles.)
“Nana Mizuki is my bride.”
“Minorin is my bride.”
He could either have meant Toradora‘s Minori Kushieda, or the seiyuu-singer Minori Chihara, but the first choice seems more likely.
“I wish that Haruhi will come to my house.”
No…wishes are meant to be big – you’re supposed to wish for them to become your bride!
“I wish that I can find a job.”
This person was obviously lost and had entered the wrong store, somehow.
“Economic Recovery. I wish for Nana Inoue to fall hopelessly in love with me.”
This one might have had a rough start, but quickly recovered in good form.
(Nana Inoue is a lesser known seiyuu, with roles in Tsuyokiss and Slap Up Party Arad Senki.)
“I wish that I can make a book and get into Comiket.”
Comiket often gets mentioned at this sort of thing, as seen below:
“I wish that I may become a good-selling ero-manga artist.”
Considering that the artist had but this crowded table to draw on, he did quite a respectable job:
Otaku.
In addition to the last tanzaku, there was another impressive offering that drew attention:
This is of course Nagato‘s mysterious tanzaku from the recent Bamboo Rhapsody episode.
Compared to the original…
Incredible! With this level of accuracy, we can only assume he had a reference image handy. If not, then we would be dealing with a Nagato fan of a truly epic scale…
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Rei Ayanami is my bride.
Silly otakus, they still don't know that Mio is already my bride since quite a long time, as well as CC... Polygamy FTW ! \(^^)/
she was my wife before K-on volume 2 and anime was out, how long is that?
She just doesn't want to break your heart by telling you the truth, isn't she adorable ?
she is sooo adorable is she not
how you feel when you are looking at her
Belldandy-Sama is my Bride.
Otome Asakura is MY wife!
Sanya V. Litvyak is MY bride!
Minato Nagase is MY not blood-related sister!
Kudryavka Noumi is MY Daughter
hahaha
weeeee...That nagato tanabata entry was fantastic!!!!
Azusa is my bride. :3
BLANC -tan become my wife !!!!!!
Nana Mizuki is my bride :3
Aisaka Taiga is my bride.
why is gloomy bear on all the cards?
maybe gloomy bear is going to destroy everyones wish.
just like gloomy did to pitty. :O!!!
Ranka Lee is a good choice for a waifu. Nice and flat.
Though, I enjoy Shinto on it's own. And wouldn't bring my otaku tendencies into it.
I want to become King of Mars!
Kokonoe Rin is my waifu! Lolis FTW!
lolzerz
Hinagiku is my waifu
isayama yomi is my bride!!
O RLY? http://www.sankakucomplex.com/forums/topic.php?id=903#post-20790
Lol, love the NND style "to the right" comments.
Kallen is my bride~
*claps hands and bows*
Your Mom is my bride.
The whole subber crew?
Lynette is mai waifu. Good thing no one owned her :3 I guess I should stick with my boyfriend as well :3
Sanshirou-chan is my wife!
Anna Tsuchiya is my bride.
So nobody has claimed Mugi yet? Cooly~~ Though, if she's going to dump me because of her yuri tendencies, i can still have Alice from Pandora Hearts, one of the coolest yet underrated heroine in this season :3
LOOOOOL this is so funny XD OTaku are funny AHAHAH Those mens ...
Nagi-sama is my bride... second hand, who cares? (er... I guess some people, but whatever.)
“I wish that I may become a good-selling ero-manga artist.”
This man should make an ero-manga about a ronery otaku who's wish for his favorite anime girl to be his wife comes true.
"Nana Mizuki is my bride.”
oooo that's my wish too..
Haruka Tenoh is my wife (l) xD
"If not, then we would be dealing with a Nagato fan of a truly epic scale…"
Maybe it was Nagato herself
you can't deny alien presence everywhere
For reference, Akiba Blog's English version of the first article is up now, though not the Nagato one yet.
http://en.akibablog.net/archives/2009/06/50849905.html
Nanoha is mine! XD
I'm the 1st to claim too :3
Takamachi Nanoha, i mean :p
Fuko
Nuf said.
mi is my bride and if possible also yui
Azusa is mai waifu~
Ai is my wife lol.
(Ai=Ai Uemura,a main char. of "Love Game"(a ero-manga by Towa Oshima.))
but multi and Karou is ok too,hard to decide who is the best.
(multi,a android in To Heart. Karou=Saionji Karou,a char in Squeez's eroge.)
Nia is my bride
No one called dibs on Miku?
Then Miku is my wife! =D
Dark Magician Girl is my bride
Setsuna from Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora is mai waifu
All of them should say. "I want a real 3d wife if possible"
Do not want pig disgusting.
finding a 3D waifu is eZ if you have no quams about character qualities or appearance. They should read 'i want a GOOD waifu' - thats hard to come bai
Since everyone is doing this..
Horo is my bride....
Over my dead body...
Until then, its mine. Horo isn't 4 sharing.
You don't need to die.. she wouldn't be interested in someone like you.. well i think she wouldn't..
but anyway Horo is mine... if she would have me.