King of the waifs sticking with favorite steeds in the 765 Production stable.
Erotic stick-figure artist extraordinaire Oyari Ashito has offered an ero-doujinshi featuring at least one of the comely lasses of
THE iDOLM@STER at eight of the last ten Comic Markets, including three 30+ paged books exclusively featuring
Yukiho Hagiwara and
Iori Minase, followed by his
In the Harem trifecta that allowed each of the 14 girls their own cosplay-bedecked vignette. Ashito is nothing if not loyal, it seems, because it looks like his circle,
Shoujo Kishidan, will eschew the bevy of other candidates that have come and gone in the cours since their last non-iDOL lead (August 2011's
Luricomplex featuring
OreImo's Kuroneko) and stick with Miss Hagiwara at center stage for her fourth feature book:
Who knows if this is the final concept for the new book's cover, but if it is, it's far and away the most explicit cover the circle has produced and certainly an attention-grabber.
Lest there be any argument between his favorite leading ladies, however, Ashito also has posted new artwork of Iori Minase on his website:
Between my inability to read Japanese and the janky nature of Google Translations, I can't reliably determine if the image will be turned into a blanket or a towel or if it's just for fun, but at the least he knows to placate his divas with bold opportunities to bask in the spotlight.
Update 1: 5:20 p.m. 12/13/12
We've been given more product preview information from erotic stick figure artist
Oyari Ashito for the upcoming Winter Comiket. Shoujo Kishidan
previously displayed
their intentions to feature iDOLM@STER darling Yukiho Hagiwara in their
latest book, and do...something or other with their other iM@S fave
Iori Minase. While the book cover is still under wraps, we now know
that Ashito has decided to go the dakimakura route with Miss Minase:
The
art looks lovely enough--not sure I've seen a more attractive set of
knees in my day, that's for sure--but I have to say the pose on the
right side is very nearly dreadful. There is no earthly way that the
upper half of Minase's torso could twist this way while maintaining a
completely straight lower half--Ashito is usually much better than this
with his proportions and anatomy. Speaking of anatomy, Minase's vulva
being completely on display from the rear view with the complete absence
of buttocks seems like a further betrayal of human proportions. Quite
simply, I should not mistake a female character's labia majora for
testicles. Fortunately, the face on the right side is beyond fetching:
In
addition to the book and dakimakura, the circle announced they'll be
doing a new set of the clear files of the iM@S girls sold at Comic
Market 82, redeploying images from the In The Harem doujinshi series
from Comikets 81 and 82:
Update 2: 9:56 a.m. 12/19/12
My favorite baseball player of my lifetime is Tim Wakefield, who
enjoyed a 19-year MLB career as a knuckleball pitcher. He was always
ready to take his turn on the mound, could be called upon at any time to
do his job from the rotation or the bullpen when needed, and while
never truly dominant, was able to enjoy reasonable success with his
fluttering specialty. Part of the delight of watching Wakefield pitch,
especially during his earlier years, was the rare occasion where he
would Carbonite a batter in place by dropping to a 3/4-arm slot and
throwing a laser-straight 74-mile-an-hour fastball for a strike, to mix
things up when he felt the opposition was getting perhaps too
comfortable with his usual fare. He might only do so once or twice a
game, or might not do so for a few starts at a time, and the pitch was
telegraphed by the deviation from his usual pitching motion, but despite
all of this it was an exceptionally rare occasion where the fastball
didn't find the catcher's mitt (
please note, this is all from my memory, baseball encyclopedists need not take the time of correcting me).
Chief Executive of Waif Development Oyari Ashito buckled the knees of his fanbase on his
website
earlier today by displaying a surprise second doujinshi to be debuted
at Comic Market 83; in addition to finalized artwork of his
previously announced Yukiho Hagiwara-focused
Love Complex and an Iori Minase dakimakura, Ashito revealed we'll also be getting an
Accel World parody doujinshi featuring...
Yuniko Kozuki?
Bravo to Ashito for not only dropping this surprise on us, but also for not taking the obvious Kuroyukihime route from
Accel World, which would likely have been very similar to his previous non-
iM@S books featuring
OreImo's Kuroneko.
In addition to the two books, the dakimakura, and a redux of the clear file set of
iM@S girls from C82, Ashito also will be offering a bookmark to be paired with each of his books, featuring his leading ladies:
Update 3: 10:02 am 12/20/12
Ashito's website shows a revised version of Sister*Sisters; same artwork, new background:
Following the release of Eiyuu*Senki GOLD earlier this spring, Oyari Ashito professed he would be taking a long vacation, and was good to his word by maintaining relative radio silence for more than a month. He has emerged from his chrysalis seemingly still infatuated with the girls of Love Live! that starred in two full-length doujinshi for him before their performance was interrupted by the Kantai Collection juggernaut at Comiket 85. While news of an erotic parody doujin is forthcoming, Ashito has shown off a set of clear files (remember his iM@S clear file set from C83?) featuring the Otonokizakans in lovely marching band mode.
