

It seems the crazed maniacs who obsess over Kannagi heroine Nagi-sama’s virginity truly are on the fringes, or at least are counterbalanced by an equally obsessive contingent of the opposite persuasion, for we hear that in recent auctions membership cards for the official Kannagi Fan Club have reached prices of ¥20-25,000 ($250), with nobody quite able to explain why.
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Even Chinese net users are having difficulty stomaching these photographs, which seem to take the unique Chinese approach to respecting intellectual property to new heights (or depths):
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A major (36) in the Air Self-Defence Force has been arrested for nakedly buying pantsu and stockings in the middle of the night at a local convenience store, we hear.
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Lucky Star’s Tsukasa and Kagami seem to be the object of true mania for at least one 2channer, who shares with us the results of his obsession.
Hapless onlookers in the same thread begged to be told it was CG or otherwise, but the image below was the followup:
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It seems there has been a terrible mistake at Amazon.co.jp, and they have accidentally offered an improperly clothed set of Evangelion Goth Loli Asuka figures for sale.
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A little girl delving into places forbidden. If it’s just AV there then perhaps she’ll be disappointed…

A Lucky Star maniac on 2ch shares with us the results of his frenzied buying spree, where he spent over ¥100,000 on goods in one session (most of it in Sofamp it appears). He bought all the DVDs, the character songs, Figma and Nendoroid figures, etc.
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Should your lust for Idol Master merchandise not yet be satisfied, you may want to consider the possibility of sating it in true otaku fashion using this Idol Master Visa credit card, issued by major banking group SMBC.
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Some poor 2channer exhibits his rain soaked box; I know parcels being left out or used as footballs by callow delivery people is uneventful enough internationally, but in Japan? Unthinkable.
No word on whether his Quiz Magic Academy survived the disaster.
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A young lady doing a spot of shopping at a conbini; ‘striking’ would perhaps not do her choice of apparel much justice (perhaps eye-watering would be more appropriate). Perhaps if she were drawn she could pass for a vocaloid.
Via Heaven.

Using Kakaku.com, the extremely popular Japanese price comparison search engine, you can save a lot of money, but there are naturally a variety of caveats inherent. Here I present a guide to using Kakaku.com which will hopefully give you an idea of how to use it to best effect.
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A brief tour of robotics hobby shop “Robot Kingdom” (ツクモロボット王国), run by very reasonable Akiba PC chain Tsukumo, on the 3rd floor of their “パソコン本店” flagship PC department store.
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