COMIC1☆8: Digital Lover / Yuka Nakajima / D.L. Action 85 & 86

Dakimakuratago!

Digital Lover was somewhat late to the table for the Kantai Collection doujinshi cash bonanza, but with the game's popularity proving to be far from fleeting, and an anime series in the hopper to debut later this year, it seems that Yuka Nakajima's crystal ball tells her there's no signs of the game's popularity waning any time too soon.  Having already revealed a tapestry of Kumano and Suzuya to be offered at next weekend's Sankuri 63, the circle will have yet another new goods offering at COMIC1☆8 later in the month, with the game's iconic buxom blonde battler, Atago, receiving the dakimakura treatment.  This represent's Atago's third tour of duty for the circle, having previously appeared on the cover of October 2013's D.L. Action 81, and in a clear file conflagration at Comiket 85 in December.  

Updated 8:01 pm 4/26:  Yuka Nakajima works hard and seldom disappoints, and even though the artist is surely in demand in anticipation of the upcoming anime debut of Amagi Brilliant Park, the ero parody hits just keep on comin' with a pair of full-length parody releases for fans at COMIC1.

Yamato appears for the first time on the cover of the circle's fourth Kantai Collection doujinshi, D.L. Action 85, and still has energy enough to appear on a clear file folder.

Finally, The Irregular at Magic High School's Miyuki Shiba's brother complex is on full display on the cover of D.L. Action 86.

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.

Raigeki-sen Yoi! 6: Digital Lover / Rough Sketch 80

Kanmusu idolized

Digital Lover will take their Kantai Collection parade to Raigeki-sen Yoi! 6, with the shipyard's resident idol candidate, Naka, soaking up the spotlight on the cover of Rough Sketch 80, alongside a face towel featuring Yamato.

Raigeki-sen Yoi! 6: Abgrund

Same great taste, new venue for Kan Colle vanguard

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Abgrund's Yusa Saikawa, the premier doujin-ka adopter of the Kan Colle lifestyle, will depart from the well-worn doujinshi pilgrim's path by foregoing an appearance at Comic Treasure 23 on January 19, instead appearing at the all-Kantai Collection convention Raigeki-sen Yoi! 6 the same weekend.  While Saikawa is quick to display the newest additions to her arsenal via Twitter (and producing fan art just as prolifically), she seems to have found a muse in Yamato, placing her on the circle's third straight cover, each one getting progressively more lewd with the passing of time. 

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.

Comic Market 85: Abgrund / Yusa Saikawa

Kan Colle's premier doujinka disciple going in guns blazing at C85

In all of doujinshidom, one would be hard-pressed to find a more devoted fan of Kantai Collection than Yusa Saikawa of Abgrund.  Seemingly nightly, one can expect Saikawa's Twitter to be littered with updates regarding the latest additions to her fleet of girls, statistics, battle results, and the like.  Already with two Kan Colle parodies under her belt, debuting at Comiket 84 and Sankuri 61 respectively, Saikawa has confirmed that a continuation of her latest book featuring that unmistakable flagship of the Japanese fleet, Yamato, will be sold at Tokyo Big Sight this December.  It looks like there'll be goods for sale as well, including what looks like a clipboard featuring Yamato, and, well, something featuring the destroyer Yuugumo.  

Sunshine Creation 61: Abgrund / Yusa Saikawa

Early adopter Saikawa pays tribute to the vanguard of the fleet

The futility of being Japanese-illiterate and following doujin-ka on Twitter cannot be understated, but one does manage to glean some information.  Exhibit A?  Man oh man does Abgrund's Yusa Saikawa love Kantai Collection.  Her followers can expect a daily update on her progress in the game, new characters added to her fleet, stats updates, the whole nine yards.  So, when one sees her circle's producing a Kan Colle parody book, one can be fairly assured that it's not just fan service cashing in on the latest fad to sweep otakudom.  After cranking out an Atago-themed book at Comiket 84, Abgrund moves onto that most famous and revered ship in Japanese naval history, Yamato, for Sunshine Creation 61.