overlord – SoraNews24 —Japan News— https://soranews24.com Bringing you yesterday's news from Japan and Asia, today. Fri, 20 Dec 2024 15:00:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/05/en_rocket_1024.png?w=32 overlord – SoraNews24 —Japan News— https://soranews24.com 32 32 176746664 Nakano Broadway sells a fukubukuro lucky bag for foreigners, but is it a good deal or a scam? https://soranews24.com/2024/12/21/nakano-broadway-sells-a-fukubukuro-lucky-bag-for-foreigners-but-is-it-a-good-deal-or-a-scam/ https://soranews24.com/2024/12/21/nakano-broadway-sells-a-fukubukuro-lucky-bag-for-foreigners-but-is-it-a-good-deal-or-a-scam/#comments Fri, 20 Dec 2024 15:00:43 +0000 https://soranews24.com/?p=686694 
We get an expert opinion on the worth of the anime and voclaoid figures in the Kawaii Lucky Bag.
Tokyo’s Nakano Broadway was once a hidden gem, filled with anime and manga stores that flew under the radar before it became world-famous as an otaku destination, akin to the more well-known Akihabara. These days, Nakano Broadway is buzzing with more foreign tourists than locals, leading stores to put up signs in both Japanese and English to attract customers, and some of these signs recently caught the eye of our reporter Ikuna Kamezawa when she was in the area.
▼ She spotted them outside figure specialty store Nakano Factory Secret Base, which has two branches in Nakano Broadway.
The signs were attached to a few fukubukuro lucky bags outside the store, and the one Ikuna gravitated to read: “Kawaii Lucky Bag. This item is included. This lucky bag contains 4 figures“.
The lucky bags ranged in price from 3,500-4,500 yen (US$22.31-$28.68), with the Kawaii one costing 4,500 yen.
Despite not knowing anything about figurines, including the guaranteed-to-be-inside one pictured on the sign, it seemed like a good deal to Ikuna so she made her purchase.
The thing that sealed the deal was her curiosity to find out what was inside, as she wanted to find out if the store, which was obviously targeting inbound tourists as well as locals, was giving overseas customers a good deal or taking them for a ride.
Upon opening the bag, this was what she found inside:
・“Hatsune Miku Trio-Try-iT Figure – Outing Dress”
・“Overlord Trio-Try-iT Figure – Albedo Mini Dress ver.”
・“[Oshi no Ko] Coreful Figure Ruby Uniform ver.”
・“Omuro-ke Chokonose Premium Figure — Nadeshiko Ohmuro”
For Ikuna, the only familiar face here was Hatsune Miku, a vocaloid that’s become well-known outside of otaku circles, which prompted her to wonder why the sign hadn’t mentioned its inclusion in the pack.
▼ Surely Hatsune Miku would make for a faster sale over Albedo?
Looking over the figurines, she seemed to recall seeing Ruby from Oshi no Ko somewhere before as well. The series has been making news recently, following the final installment of the four-year-long manga in Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump in November, and the wrap-up to the second series of the anime broadcast in October.
As for the remaining two characters, though, Ikuna didn’t know the slightest bit about them, so to find out their worth she sought the opinion of an expert.
▼ Our reporter, and self-confessed otaku, Seiji Nakazawa.
Without disclosing any details of where and why she picked up these figurines, she asked him: “Which of these figures do you think would be the most popular?”
▼ To her surprise, this was the figure he pointed to.
Ikuna couldn’t quite believe that Seiji picked the same figure advertised by the store on the sign to promote the lucky bag. It’s not a figure she would’ve picked as the most well known or desirable, so she asked him to explain his reasoning.
He told her that although current trends might point to Oshi no Ko as the most popular series of the moment, Overlord has been popular for much longer, and Albedo is a very important character. Her look is perfectly suited to creating eye-catching figures, which is why she would be in high demand.
▼ And no, he’s not looking up her dress here, he’s admiring the purple details in her hair.
So in the end, Ikuna learnt a few things that day; for one, she knows nothing about anime figurines, and it’s not necessarily the most well-known characters that are the most valuable.
▼ She also learned that Nadeshiko Ohmuro is another popular character. Sorry, Nadeshiko!
The most important lesson she learned, though, was that Nakano Factory Secret Base is not out to dupe tourists, or locals for that matter. In fact, as confirmed by Seiji, this was a great deal that she was lucky to have come across, especially as the store she visited were only selling 50 of the bags, so both of them highly recommend picking one up if you come across them during your visit to Nakano.
Store information
Nakano Factory Secret Base / ナカノファクトリー secret base
Address: Tokyo-to, Nakano-ku, Nakano, 5−52−15 Broadway 2F
東京都中野区中野 5-52-15 中野ブロードウェイ2F
Open: 12:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Closed Wednesdays
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Japan’s netizens club together to crown fictional stars who are flies in your soup, pebbles in your shoes, peas beneath your bed, or just plain evil!
Whoever said a story needs to focus on the good guy? While in general people love to root for a plucky, kindhearted underdog, the huge media response to Breaking Bad‘s conniving Walter White or acerbic superhero icon Tony Stark shows that jerk protagonists are here to stay — love them or hate them. Anime and manga are no exception! While bright-eyed idealists are as popular as they ever were, plenty of us just can’t get enough of these characters who stumbled off the straight-and-narrow and ended up in the spotlight anyway.
A recent poll by rankings site Goo Ranking had users decide who their favorite liars, cheaters, murderers and swindlers were. Even celebrated morally-grey heroes like Elfen Lied’s Lucy (17th), Devilman Crybaby’s Akira Fudou (14th) and the Fate franchise’s Shirou Emiya (12th) failed to make the top ten cut, so these are truly the cream of the crop!
Please be aware: several entries contain spoilers!
10. Accelerator/Ippou Tsuukou (A Certain Magical Index)
https://twitter.com/BlackMoon2019/status/1206187287450701824
With his trademark devil-may-care slouch, sly grin and shock of white hair, Accelerator is one of the most striking characters in the A Certain… franchise for a reason — not least that he started out as an antagonist. This didn’t stop him seizing control of the narrative in multiple later stories in the series. His colossal amounts of psychic power, ruthless will and occasional sentimentality combine to make him a fan favorite to this day.
9. Black Jack
On this day, November 19th, 1973
Black Jack begins serialization in Weekly Shounen Champion. It is one of the best-selling manga of all time. Story and Art by Osamu Tezuka pic.twitter.com/NHRcQqdofE—
RetroCrush
(@retrocrush_tv) November 19, 2019
Osamu Tezuka’s medical mercenary set the mold for crotchety doctors long before Dr. House was thinking of studying medicine. Though the titular doctor has a heart of gold and primarily serves the destitute, the weak and those shunned by society, he has a penchant for charging his patients outrageous medical bills. His temper and off-beat humor don’t exactly endear him to most other characters, either, but he has a firm spot in our hearts! (Let’s hope he doesn’t cause a thrombosis while he’s in there.)
8. Sebastian Michaelis (Black Butler)
https://twitter.com/fuitbabie/status/1250603419712266241
He really is one hell of a butler, and Sebastian Michaelis proved his staying power by gracefully sliding into eighth place. Though employed as a butler to Ciel Phantomhive and sworn to obey his every command, he often shows an inhumane lack of care when his young master is kidnapped, threatened or otherwise endangered…and often is responsible for Ciel’s misfortune himself. You can’t blame him too much, though: he’s a demon in human form.
7. Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass)
https://twitter.com/fleur_jiyong/status/1250671031615807488
Lelouch was designed by darling manga artist collective CLAMP to win over viewers. His creators intended him to evoke “beauty” and “coolness”, modeled him on pop stars to give him that ethereal touch of charisma…and then granted him the powers he wields with his Geass, which allow him to bend an entire nation to his will. Lelouch’s penchant for war crimes and desperate quest for power may be tragic, but audiences still can’t get enough of him to this day.
6. Char Aznable (Gundam)
contrary to popular belief char did *not* come here to laugh at you pic.twitter.com/j64eFnC41E
— chess (@faunagrotesque) July 12, 2018
Char first appeared as a villain in Mobile Suit Gundam as a foil for classic hero Amuro Ray. His character does something especially wild, in that he becomes a major hero in sequel series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam before reverting to a villainous type in Char’s Counterattack. His attitude, sharp fashion and aviator shades just keep fans coming back for more, whichever side he pledges his allegiances towards.
5. Lupin III
https://twitter.com/BowlingForZoop/status/1250191861827936256
Blasting onto the scene with limbs flailing in every direction, accompanied by a swell of jaunty jazz, it’s the not-so-gentlemanly thief Lupin III! Lupin is so beloved at this juncture it’s easy to forget he’s actually a petty thief who’s constantly getting himself into tangles due to his weakness for women. He’s definitely a lot nicer than other entries in the list!
4. Light Yagami (Death Note)
https://twitter.com/animewrld/status/1251602137597050880
Admit it. You were expecting him, weren’t you? And it’s no surprise to see Light Yagami enshrined this high up in the list, as his ill-conceived moral crusade against crime and corruption turn him into a murderous, twisted monster by the end of the series’ run. Be that as it may, audiences love a dramatic tragedy, and Light’s constant plotting, quick wit and eventual downfall make him a deeply intriguing character to watch.
3. Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord)
Ainz Ooal Gown pic.twitter.com/neoapZ4XeV
— Vibes ❉ (@AnimeVibxs) April 21, 2020
Now for an interesting case: Ainz is actually the protagonist trapped inside his own in-game avatar — the overlord of a once-great guild. When the MMORPG he was playing shuts down and reality shifts to become the game itself, he takes his guild’s name as his new name and sets off to find any trace of the reality he once knew — and along the way causes countless deaths, because what need does a skeletal overlord NPC have for silly human morals?
2. Koro-sensei (Assassination Classroom)
https://twitter.com/tentacleteacher/status/1250589225646469122
This one’s a no-brainer: Koro-sensei is an evil alien who descends upon the Earth promising to blow it up. Classic villain behavior, right? But wait — Koro-sensei’s willing to give humanity a fighting chance. Not only does he give his students, a motley crew of social misfits and miscreants, a chance to assassinate him and win a cash prize, but he instructs them in how best to do so! He also teaches them their regular curriculum with kindness and aplomb, and is all around the best teacher you could hope for…aside from the genocidal alien part.
So here we are. Get ready! Who did the poll decide was the number one jerk hero?
1. Duke Togo (Golgo 13)
Golgo 13 is a classic anime movie in my eyes. The way It deals with everyone's view on Duke with him being this monster with no emotion while he goes through the whole move showing pity for people hes killed or couldnt save like Rita. Like the whole ending conversation with- pic.twitter.com/K5kfhuPjQu
— Naddy
(@Naddy47) April 20, 2020
This won’t come as a surprise if you know anything about just how passionate Japan is about Golgo 13. The longest manga still currently in publication, Golgo 13 follows Duke Togo, an assassin with a mysterious past; no one knows his real name or even his real nationality. Yet his stoic, somber form has made a huge impression on Japanese media, with popular shonen manga artists like Eiichiro Oda and Yoshihiro Togashi among his many fans.
Can’t get enough of arbitrary anime lists? Us neither! Check out some lists for nostalgic favorites, gorgeous guys, and awful adaptations.
Source: Goo Rankings via Otakomu
Top image: Pakutaso
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