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Otaku Goods<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

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I ended up bringing about 27kg of goods home. I would have loved to buy more, but there was a limit as to what I could physically carry and how much I could take onto the plane.<\/p>\n

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Leaf \/ Key<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

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Various Leaf and Key related books. On the bottom left is a classy cloth-bound WonderThree <\/em>book.<\/p>\n

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This particular Little Busters <\/em>anthology comes with a set of cards which can be used to play various games.<\/p>\n

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Haruhi<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

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Churuya-san<\/em> books on the top row and various Nagucha doujins on the bottom. <\/p>\n

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Nanoha<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

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Nanoha StrikerS<\/em> design materials and the Nanoha\/Nanoha A’s<\/em> Visual Fan Book. No one seemed to have volume A of the StrikerS <\/em>materials in stock, but I looked all over Akihabara until I found a big pile at Animate. <\/p>\n

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Various Nanoha doujin. StrikerS<\/em> seems to have been a hit, despite the reduction in loli power. <\/p>\n

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Some adult-orientated Nanoha books. What’s the point of going to Akihabara if you don’t buy some ero-doujinshi? <\/p>\n

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Touhou<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

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I bought a whole ton of these. I’m especially fond of the Youmu\/Yuyuko books near the bottom.<\/p>\n

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This charming Touhou storybook comes with a little book of birthday vouchers. <\/p>\n

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Touhou card games are all the rage lately. The one on the left is great in a crazy UNO kind of way. <\/p>\n

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A pack of Touhou hanafuda cards. <\/p>\n

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Other<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

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Various artbooks and doujinshi. I’m a fan of all three artists in the top row, but I bought the bottom ones on a whim. <\/p>\n

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Doujinshi from miko virtuoso Nagomi. I bought all the ones I could find. <\/p>\n

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Books by Harada Takehito (of Disgaea<\/em> fame). I loved his Kipple 1-4 compilation last year, so these were must-gets. <\/p>\n

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GOTO-P’s new club activities-based artbook. It’s kind of like an appendix to his School Girl <\/em>series.<\/p>\n

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Utsura Uraraka’s Waha compilation book.<\/p>\n

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I was expecting to see more Code Geass <\/em>stuff, but I guess there’ll be a revival when season 2 airs. <\/p>\n

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For those unfamiliar with it, Marin-tan to hanasou! <\/em>is a textbook for learning to speak English like the US Marines do. Not one for the kiddies. It comes with a CD in the back which I’m afraid to listen to.<\/p>\n

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A textbook on how to colour school scenery and uniforms. <\/p>\n

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Maid RPG is a tounge-in-cheek tabletop RPG.<\/p>\n

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Artbooks I bought at the Ghibli museum.<\/p>\n

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Tsundere karuta and the Hyakuninisshu <\/em>as read by Tanaka Rie. <\/p>\n

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Tsundere karuta is just like the traditional game of karuta where players aim to match the yomifuda <\/em>(‘reading cards’) with the torifuda <\/em>(‘taking cards’) before anyone else. Instead of proverbs or poems from the Hyakuninisshu<\/em>, however, each card features either a tsundere phrase or an associated picture. <\/p>\n

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I won these figures at Club Sega after a valiant battle against the UFO catchers. <\/p>\n

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Here they are standing next to my existing Haruhi figures. You can see they’re actually pretty big (1\/8).<\/p>\n

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I don’t have an Izumi figure, so here’s Yuki as a stand-in. <\/p>\n

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The box of little Lucky Star <\/em>figures I bought after giving up at the UFO catchers. <\/p>\n

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Here they are on my shelf. I got another set from the other five boxes, but alas, no secret figure. <\/p>\n

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Free Stuff<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

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Tora no Ana were giving away these lovely miko sticker posters and trading cards this month. There’s a whole series to collect, with your obligatory ‘secret’ items. <\/p>\n

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Some of the big stores in Akihabara will offer special exclusive postcards with certain manga, with each store having a different postcard. I think this Nagi card was from Tora no Ana, but there were also cards with Maria and Isumi at other stores. <\/p>\n

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Coasters from Cure Maid Cafe. The one on the left is the standard one, but the one on the right I received for ordering the Hinagiku cake. <\/p>\n

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A moves sheet from the location test of Fate Unlimited Codes<\/em>. You could pick these up from near the machine and study them while waiting in line. Everyone seemed to like using Sakura. <\/p>\n

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Fliers for various doujin events are available at practically every store in Akihabara. <\/p>\n

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These fliers are for Reitaisai<\/em>, a big Touhou event where ZUN usually releases new material. As you can see from the pictures, it’s being held at Tokyo Big Sight this year. <\/p>\n

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Niche events which revolve around certain franchises, attributes and even particular characters are increasingly common. This flier is for Poniket, a ponytail-themed doujin event. <\/p>\n

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