Comic Market 86: TIES / Takei Ooki

Zuihougatari

TIES' Takei Ooki seems to have no trouble with the concept of monogamy, if the circle's Comic Market 86 offerings are any indication.  It's a steady diet of KanColle's Light Carrier Zuihou, first reprising her role as cover girl last performed at COMIC1 this April.  She also appears on a reusable bag and a custom-made netsuke.

Updated 9:28 pm 8/15:  Naturally, immediately following my commenting on Takei Ooki's apparent fidelity to Zuihou does the artist admit to having a wandering eye, with Shoukaku leading the circle's second sortie at the Battle of Odaiba.  This is her first tour of duty for the circle.

Comic Market 86: AYUEST / Ayuya

ALL-matsukaze

The recent scene-wide dominance of Kantai Collection has been a boon for me as a fan to discover other doujinshi circles that I otherwise might never have investigated.  Between the nightly KanColle OneDraw hashtag on Twitter, the pursuit of different works of any of the hundred-some-odd kanmusu, and the busy calendar of doujin events giving artists numerous chances to hone their skills on their boat wife of choice, the Fleet Girls have done much to bring artists and fans together in a way I have never experienced, this author having completely missed the Touhou phenomenon of years past.

Of all the circles I've come across through their kanmusu, AYUEST is most definitely the one I look forward to following after the otaku hivemind moves on to its next obsession.  With a very quick workrate, circle artist Ayuya has fed fans a steady parade of vessels to worship since this time last year, with Kongou, Shoukaku, Taihou, and Verniy all getting the full-sized release treatment.  I was super-excited in June to see Ayuya's Twitter avatar change to be my favorite ship in the fleet, Amatsukaze, but was disappointed to see her only with Rensouhou-chan as a set of badges at June's COMITIA108--so much promise, wasted!

Either Ayuya answers prayers, or I just had to be a little patient, as my darling twintailed one has gained the cover of the circle's newest release for Comiket 86.  It looks like there'll be a ton of KanColle gear for fans to pick up from the circle, including the fifth AYULOGUE omake collection, featuring Shoukaku and Zuikaku in a pose similar to the netsuke the circle produced earlier this year...

...a Shoukaku dakimakura to go along with the tapestry from earlier this year...

...an Amatsukaze towel...

...AND the Lady in Black will even be featured on the side of the circle's goodies bag!

Comic Market 86: HitenKei / Hiten

Sailing under a new banner

Having shed the Shadow Sorceress Communication Protocol moniker earlier this year, Hiten's artwork has steadily evolved since the Kobato Hasegawa-centered Haganai parody days that first caught my eye.  Two conventions in under the HitenKei brand name, two Kantai Collection parody releases, though this release looks decidedly more adult-oriented than the last time out of the harbor!  A somewhat glazed Shoukaku takes the cover of the circle's ero doujinshi, while a tattered Ryuuhou gets the tapestry treatment.

 

COMIC1☆8: HitenKei / Hiten

Kanmusu require R&R, too!

Having labored for years under the burdensome moniker Shadow Sorceress Communication Protocol, circle artist Hiten publicized the sale of a new doujinshi via Twitter today being sold under a different label.  KanColor, weighing in at 20 B5-sized pages, is being sold by Toranoana and Melonbooks under the circle name HitenKei, will be available at COMIC1☆8, and it looks like the book is ecchi-but-not-hentai to boot!

Updated 4:51 pm 4/27:  Hiten's revealed an additional all-ages Kancolle release for COMIC1, a simple-yet-lovely B2-sized tapestry of Yuubari.  

COMIC1☆8: AYUEST / Ayuya

Shoukaku to the rafters and a hot young rookie at COMIC1☆8

Surely, one of the more asinine conversations possible on sports talk radio is the discussion of whose uniform numbers deserve to be retired--here in the New England area, a debate over whether the digits of former Celtics Kevin Garnett (wasn't a lifetime Celtic) and Ray Allen (TRAITAH!) deserve enshrinement alongside True Celtic and mortal lock Paul Pierce in the TD Garden rafters has been known to consume an entire four-hour radio show.  Discussion of honoring Wade Boggs' uniform number has been known to spark bar fights.  No such debate in the AYUEST camp, however--the performance of their latest erotic parody doujin featuring Kan Colle's Shoukaku, with adorable paper airplane companion included, seems to have earned the aircraft carrier a place among the titans, as Ayuya has revealed a thoroughly lovely B2-sized tapestry of the kanmusu to be sold at COMIC1☆8 and at Toranoana.

As one great gets enshrined, a scorching hot young rookie will have her debut for AYUEST at COMIC1☆8, as watercraft waif Taihou graces the cover of the circle's latest erotic parody doujin, 21世紀ト恋想 , a B5-sized, 28-paged effort also available for order at the Tiger Hole.

Updated 1:52 pm 4/19:  AYUEST looks to be pushing all the circle's chips into the pot at COMIC1☆8, betting big on their collective talents with their kanmusu-of-the-moment.  In addition to the previously revealed tapestry and parody book, Shoukaku will be making an appearance on a long, wine bottle-sized reusable bag and on a netsuke with sister ship Zuikaku, and Taihou appear on a seriously neat customizable file box, the perfect size to tote around all your goodies!

Sunshine Creation 62: Digital Lover / DL Action 84 / Yuka Nakajima

Shapely shiply sisters

Digital Lover continues to crank through the cast of Kantai Collection at Sankuri 62 this weekend with the circle's third parody of the total and all-encompassing obsession game, no doubt to the consternation of the overwhelmed and inexperienced admiral guiding the action.  After a diverse collection of kanmusu on the covers of DL Action 81 and 82, circle artist Yuka Nakajima keeps this one a family affair, with aircraft carrier sisters Shoukaku and Zuikaku on the cover, though there will surely be more girls in on the action if the previous releases are any indication.

Sunshine Creation 62: AYUEST

All paper planes, no M.I.A. at Sankuri 62

My favorite erotic doujinshi embrace the carnivalesque, the ribald and whimsical and festive spirit that bridges the schism between comedy and romance.  The best sex is fun and flirty and definitely doesn't take itself too grimly, and the fact that many doujin artists seem to embrace this keeps me coming back for more and more.  AYUEST will do their part to keep things light as air (with a wink and a nod to the Bernoulli Effect) at Sankuri 62 with Kantai Collection's aircraft carrier Shoukaku gracing the cover of their latest effort, and attendees will be given their own version of the paper airplane she's holding to enjoy at home!