
It seems some K-ON! otaku are irredeemably gripped by Tsumugi-mania – here one can be seen compulsively buying Mugi Takuan, with at least 100 packets visible and two boxes at the top of the frame.
And yet this is but the latest in a long line of such afflictions…
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Japanese game shops, lately burdened by a huge surplus of unwanted Xbox 360s they cannot sell, are now offering to buy used Xboxes for a paltry ¥500.
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The USA has condemned Chinese manufacturers for responding to a ban on lead in children’s toys by replacing it with cadmium, potentially even more toxic.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: Dec 7, 2009 04:53 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Cosplay, Fashion, Final Fantasy, Seifuku, Shopping, Upskirt, Xbox 360

Final Fantasy XIII’s Bible Black cosplaying Serah Farron has had her wardrobe dissected by 2ch, embarrassingly revealing her entire ensemble can be assembled from generic clothing outlet store Shimamura.
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A couple who daringly had sex in plain view of hundreds of shoppers atop a clock tower are currently being sought.
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Japanese fashion experts surveyed on what they consider the worst fashion choices a man could make have slated the rucksack as the most unsightly despite its handiness, also rubbishing a variety of other fashion blunders.
Curiously, their list all but mirrors the fashion most associated with otaku…
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When 8,500 Japanese women were asked what it is they found inexplicable about male behaviour, they came up with a list which might well be universal…
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Sony’s last hope for revitalising its flagging videogame business this generation is apparently a huge success, with a host of Japanese retailers selling out of the PS3 Slim completely before the general release has even begun…
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The flood of rumours about Sony’s apparently imminent PS3 Slim and PS3 Cheap are reaching a crescendo, with the latest cover of a Hong Kong gaming rag (supposedly reputable) the most recent in a long line of apparent leaks and concept designs.
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Idol groping adventure Idolmaster seems capable of exerting a fascination over otaku few other franchises can match, exemplified by the astonishing quantity and variety of Idolmaster merchandise seen in this otaku room.
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Sony has completely ceased shipping PS3 inventory to retailers, even ordering the removal of dummy display units; final orders cease in a few days.
The reason given is “maker circumstances.” Below is their letter to 7-11, leaked via 2ch…
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Another obsessed otaku demonstrates his mania here – he has seen fit to procure 29 boxes of IdolMaster figures, in this case Nendoroid Puchi The IdolMaster Stage 2.
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