Comic Market 86: Digital Lover / Yuka Nakajima / DL Action 88

Like a sex comic book machine

I am quick to hail Digital Lover's Yuka Nakajima as the hardest working person in the doujinshi business; seemingly every convention, major or minor, there's a new offering of some sort from the circle, and they certainly tend to go all-out with their offerings at the two annual Comic Markets.  C86 will certainly be no exception, with new works and career retrospectives coming to Odaiba next week.

Kantai Collection's Suzuya, Haruna, and Amatsukaze look a little tuckered out on the cover of DL Action 88, the circle's sixth KanColle erotic parody.  Perhaps most notable is Amatsukaze's appearance on the cover; this marks the first occasion of any of the kanmusu returning to cover duty.

The twintailed experimental one gets no break, either, appearing on a B2-sized tapestry entangled underneath imouto Shimakaze amidst a smattering of Rensouhou-chans.

Concurrent with the second season of Sword Art Online, Asuna Yuuki appears alongside spiritual sister Kuroyukihime from Accel World on the cover of DL AW & SAO Soushuuhen, collecting DL Actions 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 74, and 83.

Just in time for the new school year, SAO 2's Sinon and Asuna appear on a book cover.

Seizing the opportunity for a dash of self-promotion, Yuka Nakajima will also offer a 20-page non-ero booklet introducing the characters of Amagi Brilliant Park, the light novel series and soon-to-be-anime which characters she designed, with leading ladies Latifa Fleuranza and Isuzu Sento at the fore.

All these goodies culminate in a 20-page 20th anniversary memorial book, featuring characters from works the circle's parodied in the past, including Ragnarok Online, where the circle first made their hay, along with Trauma Center, Evangelion, OreImo, and more.

Comic Market 86: Arukamikad あるかみかど

Dis-dress signal

Dakimakurists Arukamikad have revealed their intentions for Comic Market 86, and will try their hand at storytelling for the first time, as well.  Their fifth Kantai Collection dakimakura produced this year features Ryuuhou...

...while Kagerou sisters Amatsukaze and Shimakaze seem, well, none too happy to find themselves on the cover of the circle's erotic parody release.

COMIC1☆8: Alpha to Yukaina Nakamatachi

DFC SOS!

Alpha to Yukaina Nakamatachi's realm is usually that of original stories involving that rare and blessed beast, the deliciously flat-chested naif, so it was something of a surprise when, back at Comic Market 85, Alpha defied both expectations by offering a Kantai Collection parody book featuring the somewhat endowed Tenryuu, not exactly the most likely choice of all the kanmusu candidates.  COMIC1 sees something of a return to form, however, as the decidedly more hydrodynamic Akatsuki sisters Inazumi and Izakuchi on the cover, with Akatsuki and Hibiki on the back, on the cover of the not-subtly-titled  Petit Lips.  The quartet gets chibified on a travel mug, there's yet another cryptically named omake book, and Shimakaze steps up to help you take it all home from Odaiba after the event.

NEKO WORKs to Release Kan Colle Parody

Catgirl sisters yield to battleship sisters

For months and months, I've been looking for an excuse to post something new and exciting from the wonderfully talented Sayori of doujinshi circle NEKO WORKs, but other than the artist's work on eroge, the circle has for years been entirely focused on besmirching the chastity of their darling original character mascot catgirls, Chocola and Vanilla.  After a sudden change of avatars on Twitter to none other than alpha kanmusu Shimakaze, circle leader Sayori revealed the circle's first full-length parody work since Comiket 79's Touhou doujin Eastern Garden 03, with Kantai Collection's Kongou and Haruna at the fore.  The book was previewed at Comiket 85 in December, but not ready for sale until now.  The 28-page B5-sized effort is available for preorder from Toranoana now (home of these images), with a release date of March 21.

Comic Treasure 23 & Raigeki-sen Yoi! 6: Shigunyan / しぐにゃん

Kansai's kanmusu fans served

Credit to Shigunyan for not abandoning the well-worn trail and foregoing the attention of Kansai's Kan Colle cravers, as the circle will have a presence at both Raigeki-sen Yoi! 6 in Tokyo and Comic Treasure 23 at INTEX Osaka this weekend, moving this weekend-exclusive omake book featuring a stripped-down Shimakaze on the cover and other ship girls in the mood to dock.

Comic Market 85: Tony Taka / T2 Art Works / Kantai Collection

Kanmuse can't be ignored, corner Tony into a parody at C85

Finally, a franchise that Tony Taka couldn't ignore!  For the first time since August 2011's Comic Market 80, T2 Art Works will offer for sale an erotic parody doujinshi, as Kantai Collection's Kongou-class sister-battleships Haruna and Kirishima find themselves entwined on the cover of the circle's offering for Comiket 85.  Tony has confirmed that this, like his last two books, will be an A4-sized release totaling 36 pages, 24 of which will be full-color.  The preview page suggests that the heavy cruiser Atago will feature heavily in the erotic content of the book.

The past several Comic Markets have gone by with Tony either focusing on original artworks or mining his own characters for content; the last parody doujin he produced was August 2011's Chitchakunaiyo'!!, starring Popura Taneshima of Working!!  It remains to be seen if it's just the Kongou sisters or if other kanmuse will get involved in the festivities, but one way or another, it's a return to what made Tony Taka the S-Class artist he is today.

Update 1, 9:53 pm 12/26/13:  Tony has revealed his circle's slate of goods to be offered at C85, and it's a big bet on Kantai Collection's floating menagerie as expected.  A blown-up and rotated version of the ero parody's cover, featuring Kirishima and Haruna in repose, is converted into a calendar.  Tony's C85 shikishi features Shimakaze, perhaps the game's first iconic character, making a bit of a personal adjustment, while Nagato is caught in a bit of a more heated moment.  Kongou is featured on the circle's goods bag, sharing that billing with the fairy girl that graces the cover of his 2014 calendar.  Finally, a dakimakura of what looks like Akagi, but yet I'm 100% isn't Akagi, will keep me guessing until someone sharper than I am can correct me.

Comic Market 85: Afterschool of the 5th Year / 5年目の放課後 / Kantoku

All-ages all aces at C85

The Tartan Titan, Kantoku, has revealed Afterschool of the 5th Year's plans for Comic Market 85 at the end of December.  For the 34th time, and the first since April 2013's Comic1☆7, a new entry into the circle's Tachiyomi Senyo visual collection will await fans at Comiket 85.  The circle will be present at Day 1 of the convention, telling us it'll be an all-ages release, though that certainly doesn't make any less worth attention.  

Comic Market 85: Popochichi / ぽぽちち / Yahiro Pochi

Double-barreled puni-puni Kan Colle action at C85

Yahiro Pochi, Master of the Warm and Soft and Roundish and admiral of Popochichi, has revealed a double feature of Kantai Collection parodies for sale at Comic Market 85, tapping early-leader-in-the-clubhouse fan favorite Shimakaze for one, and Kongou and her sister Haruna for the other.  

Comic Market 85: Digital Lover / D.L. Action 82 & 83 / Yuka Nakajima

The doujinshi James Brown plunges fast and deep at C85

The hardest-working artist in the ecchi parody doujinshi business, Digital Lover's Yuka Nakajima has started to reveal some of the goods the circle will be featuring for sale at Comic Market 85.  Already once dashed upon the rocks by the sirens of Kantai Collection, Nakajima has thus far revealed a 60cm x 120 cm bath towel featuring two of the Kongou sisters enjoying a good hull-debarnacling, and what looks to be a small desk-sized calendar with super-deformed versions of an assortment of the girls.  If past performance can be used as an indicator of future results, I'll be not at all surprised to see a pair of ero doujin unleashed by the circle between now and then, though what series shall be lampooned is anyone's guess at this time.

Update 1, 9:01 am 12/12/13:  Yuka Nakajima has released more images of the desk calendar her circle will be selling at Comiket 85, and it certainly seems there's far more than just chibified Kanmusu in fans' future.  Many series lampooned by the circle in the past (Index/Railgun, SAO, Evangelion, OreImo, Monogatari) join girls that have yet to receive their own D.L. Action title (Madoka Magica, Attack on Titan), and a few series for which Nakajima designed the characters (Papakiki, Amagi Brilliant Park) on the pages of the calendar.  The only one I can't identify is the one in the bottom left--any helpers out there?

Update 2, 1:43 pm 12/16/13:  The latest reveal of goods offered by Digital Lover at Comic Market 85 showcases that most robust of the Kanmusu, Atago, on a clear file.  Similar to the treatment Shimakaze got at Sunshine Creation 61 in October, Atago's uniform is perfectly intact on the outside, obscuring her post-skirmish condition on the interior.

Update 3, 12:45 pm 12/23/13:  To the surprise of not a single person paying attention, as revealed today by Yuka Nakajima, D.L. Action 82 will indeed return to the waters of the Kantai Collection universe.  Shimakaze's presence carries over from D.L. Action 81, but she's joined on the cover this time by Kongou and the Submarine I-19.  Nakajima seemed to confirm that the same shota inexperienced admiral from the circle's previous Kan Colle parody book will repeat his performance in this edition.

Update 4, 10:12 am 12/27/13:  And there's the surprise release we've come to expect from Digital Lover--time to reach behind the Rock Band drum set, dust off the Nerve Gear, and plug back into the world of Sword Art Online, as Asuna Yuuki graces the cover of D.L. Action 83.  While it seems like forever ago that SAO was in the forefront of fandom's collective mind, it was only back in February 2013 that Asuna last appeared on the cover of a Yuka Nakajima doujin, on Sankuri 58's D.L. Action 74.

Sunshine Creation 61: Raijinkai / 雷神会 / Harukigenia

A warm Island Wind blows 

Raijinkai will bring Kan Colle's Shimakaze into drydock to check instrument sensitivity, fluid levels, and reload ammunition at Sunshine Creation 61 this weekend.  

Sunshine Creation 61: Digital Lover / Yuka Nakajima / D.L. Action 81

All hands on deck!  Kan Colle darlings in parade formation

It might be said that the anthropomorphized naval fleet of Kantai Collection is the hottest property for doujin-ka to parody since Touhou, and considering the game's relative newness and novelty and the seemingly endless cast of comely characters, there will likely be no end to the trend in the near future.  Digital Lover's Yuka Nakajima is on board, apparently, with the circle's Sunshine Creation 61 release, D.L. Action 81, featuring the warships Shimakaze, Mutsu, and Atago on the cover. 

This book marks the circle's first gamesoft parody since the Ragnarok Online parody D.L. Action 41 dating all the way back to Comiket 73 in December 2007.  Perhaps more interesting at this moment, prior to any preview pages being released anyway--will there be an appearance of a generic male protagonist, or, be still my heart, will this book be a strictly yuri release? 

In addition to the ero doujin, the circle will have for sale a clear folder featuring Shimakaze transitioning from clothed to battle-tattered, as well as a set of drinking glasses featuring a quartet of the Kan Colle girls. 

Comic Market 84: Wireframe / Hagure Yuuki

Wireframe takes a victory lap at C84

A bit of a disappointment from the Wireframe camp in anticipation of Comic Market 84 this weekend, as circle artist Hagure Yuuki revealed plans to publish a collection of the circle's past few years of work, with parodies of iM@S, OreImo, High School DxD, Maken-Ki!, Angel Beats!, and more.  Idolm@ster girls Miki Hoshii and Airi Totoki get new artwork on the cover of the omnibus, DDD-Wireframe soushuuhen.

It also seems that Hagure has caught the Kan Colle bug spreading through the ranks of doujinka, with Shimakaze on the cover of the Wireframe Extra vol. 8 omake book, and Atago possibly making an appearance as new content inside of the soushuuhen.

Comic Market 84: Raijinkai / 雷神会 / Harukigenia

Scourge of Chiba reasserts her dominance at C84

Raijinkai has been rather prolific in their choice of series over the past several years and perfectly happy to follow trends rather than stick to one series, with Henneko, SAO, Watamote (way before the anime!), Haganai, AnoHana, Penguindrum, and more all being covered in the past couple of years, rarely doing more than one parody book per series.

Earlier this summer, the circle released a rare soushuuhen, which collected what came as close to a series fixation as the circle's ever shown, OreImo parodies Oreimo Binetsu Tyuihou 1, 2, and 3, all from 2010.  After a long break away, the circle will return to the underbelly of Chiba for their Comic Market 84 release, Oreimo Binetsu Tyuihou 4, featuring lovely yandere Ayase Aragaki on center stage.

Updated 11:35 a.m. 8/9/13:  The Kan Colle affliction continues to run roughshod through the ranks of doujinka at Comic Market 84, with Raijinkai's contribution to the outbreak, a 20-page romp featuring Shimakaze.