COMIC1☆8: Abgrund / Yusa Saikawa / GOOD-BYE BEAUTIFUL DREAMER

Victory lick lap for Saikawa's sultry sibs

Following the unfortunate incidents that led her to leave the otokonoko arena, Abgrund's Yusa Saikawa charged back to the top of sales banzukes with her four-book tour-de-imouto-force, Oniichan Controller, Imouto Calendar, Imouto Complete, and OYACODON, released between November 2012 and April 2013.  Saikawa recently revealed that, for the first time since her 2011 Maria Holic parody collection, her circle will produce a soushuuhenn of the Imouto works to be sold at COMIC1☆8 and through the usual suspects.  Coming in at 162 B5-sized pages, the collection will include a brand-new 14-page epilogue to the original story, plus it'll include the human-elf coupling romp Wataero!! that debuted at COMIC1 two years ago. 

Updated 3:03 pm 4/19:  A surprise announcement from Abgrund revealed the circle was not content to simply pat itself on the back for its hard work of a year ago for this year's COMIC1☆8.  Perhaps aided by now having a semblance of a story and/or personality thanks to her Winter 2014 anime series, Nitroplus' ubiquitous mascot Super Sonico has captured the frequently depraved imagination of the circle, and she'll make her starring turn in GOOD-BYE BEAUTIFUL DREAMER, a 24-paged B5-sized release.  

Updated 7:41 pm 4/26:  It's an unprecedented trifecta of titillation from Abgrund at COMIC1, with a 4-koma and omake doujinshi for sale alongside the circle's new book and soushuuhen.

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: Ajisai Denden / アジサイデンデン

A bright-as-day victory lap for circle's Darker Than Black work

After the circle's triumphant, nearly canon-worthy treatment of Spice and Wolf at Comic Market 83, and this year's Code Geass parody from Comic1☆7, I was greatly looking forward to see what Ajisai Denden had in store for fans at Comiket 84.  Naturally, my luck being what it is, the circle's next release is a retrospective, as the circle will be releasing their first series-specific soushuuhen, in scores, collecting at least the circle's four previous Darker Than Black full-length features, all featuring blind, emotionless Finnish doll Yin.  The circle reports a 140-page length, including 26 pages in color.  

Comic Market 84: Digital Lover / Yuka Nakajima / D.L. Action 78 & 79

Vanguards of the Digital Lover empire meet a new challenger at Comiket 84

Digital Lover has been nothing if not ardent in their devotion to their muses, OreImo's Kuroneko and Index/Railgun's Misaka Mikoto--21 of the circle's last 33 books have featured the Czarina of Chiba or the debutantes of Academy City, with those other 12 books' attention spread across six different series.  Suddenly, a new challenger appears, and with a considerable network of friends to call upon should circle artist Yuka Nakajima be so inclined.

Shinobu Oshino, nee Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade, vampire princess of the Monogatarisphere, has been given the cover of D.L. Action 79.  This marks the first expedition in to the world of ghosts for the circle, and the mind simply reels at the prospect of the circle's mining the rest of the spirited cast for future books.  Shinobu also appears on the circle's C84 omake book, Rough Sketch 77.

As was suggested at the tail end of Sankuri 60's D.L. Action 77, D.L. Action 78 returns the focus on the Railgun girls, with Misaki Shokuhou and Mikoto Misaka sharing cover duty, Mikoto in a trademark sweet plaid pattern while Misaki goes the glamorous gold-trimmed (and two sizes too small) route.  A B5-sized, 36-page effort, this book will surely have a considerable amount of conduct for us to consider. 

Kuroneko fans will have the opportunity to relive former glories with their tsundere queen with the release of Digital Lover's second character-centered soushuuhen.  DL-Kuroneko will be released at Comic Market 84, a B5-sized, 172-page book collecting D.L. Action 55, 56, 57, 59, and 60, which were released between September 2010 and May 2011.  The circle's previous character-centered soushuuhen?  You guessed it--Mikoto Misaka's omnibus from Comic Market 81.

Overheated otaku of the black cat persuasion will be able to display their devotion with a fan and a totally sweet don't-pick-me-up-by-there netsuke, while BiriBiri fans will be whisked away to the seashore with a B2-sized tapestry.

Finally, Nakajima revealed an iPhone case featuring his character designs of the girls from Full Metal Panic! author Shoji Gatoh's newest comedy novel project, Amagi Brilliant Park.

Comic Market 84: Shoujo Kishidan / 少女騎士団 / Oyari Ashito

A Love Live! sister act takes center stage at Comiket 84

Erotic waif generator Oyari Ashito has revealed his circle's intentions for mid-August's Comic Market 84, and, with a new parody book, a soushuuhen, and a dakimakura to offer, his fixation on doe-eyed damsels doing their damnedest on stage continues.  Love Live! School Idol Project sisters Eri and Arisa Ayase will receive the dakimakura treatment, each sister appearing on either side of the cover together:

After receiving a gorgeous dakimakura treatment back at COMIC1☆7, Maki Nishikino graces the cover of Mid Summer Night Dream, along with cover debutantes Rin Hoshizora and Hanayo Koizumi, all looking more than a little bit distressed at the situation they've found themselves in.  One wonders if this books might contain more of a storyline and more sexual content than the gravure-style Love Live! book that was released at COMIC1☆7.

Shoujo Kishidan has also revealed details of their iDOLM@STER soushuuhen to be sold at C84--it looks like it will collect the three In The Harem books from Comic Markets 81 and 82, and Comic Market 83's Love Complex, featuring Yukiho Hagiwara front-and-center.  Ashito also revealed that the soushuuhen will be B5-sized, down from the A4 size that the original releases were printed at.  It's yet to be known if there will be any new artwork contained inside beyond the cover.

Comic Market 84: Clesta / Cle Masahiro / CL-orz 30

Warship worship and a Horizon superfecta from Clesta at C84

Though the circle did stray to other series with a two-book dalliance of CL-orz 26 and 27, Cle Masahiro's Clesta continues to reaffirm its devotion Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere, which has been practically uninterrupted since Sankuri 53 in October 2011, at Comiket 84. As always, Clesta's artistry is ravishing, with a remarkably drawn slate of goods for fans to enjoy.  The circle's erotic doujin, CL-orz 30, pairs Tomo Asama and Neito on the cover--this makes Tomo's third cover appearance, and the second for Neito.

Additionally, Asama will be tasked with preventing carpal tunnel syndrome this August, with a 3D wrist health mousepad for purchase:

Horizon's Kimi Aoi, herself already an oft-featured cover girl on Clesta's doujins, receives the dakimakura treatment this time out:

In fact, Aoi will be pulling double duty at the convention; in addition to the new ero doujin, mouse pad, and dakimakura, Clesta will have a soushuuhen harkening back to the start of Clesta's obsession with Horizon for sale at C84.  This particular collection compiles CL-orz 19, 20, 21, 23, and 24 (skipping over the Papakiki! parody CL-orz 22).

It seems that, like so many of his doujinshi brethren, Clesta likes to wind down by waging war with the kawaii Kantai Collection girls, and has put Haruna on the cover of the circle's omake book, CL-ev 11, an eight-page A4 release.

Comic1☆7: Karory / Karomix

A victory lap for a circle that's come a long way in a short time

After more than two months of radio silence, signs of life have finally emerged from Karory in time for this weekend's Comic1☆7.  While the circle has some new artwork to show off, especially in tapestry form, it looks like the circle will be looking back into its catalog with the circle's first soushuuhen.  With Sena Kashiwazaki and Yozora Mikazuki Corrected 9:30 am 4/19 Kuroneko gracing the cover, it'd be fair to expect the Haganai parodies Karomix EX 4, 5, and 6 to appear, but those three books make up only about half of the advertised 149-page length.  The quality of Karory's artwork has improved by flying leaps and bounds in the past few years, and the circle deserves to take a moment to celebrate its progress with this release. 

Updated 9:30 am 4/29:  Karory's soushuuhen is now available for order from Toranoana, and the preview pages confirm that it's Kuroneko on the cover, rather than a long-haired Yozora Mikazuki as previously thought.  This also makes me believe that Karory's two previous OreImo books, Karorful Mix EX 2 and 3, are part of the soushuuhen.  The inclusion of those two would still come up short of the advertised 149-page length.

Comic1☆7: Mugenkidou A / 無限軌道 A / Tomose Shunsaku

Neighbors, imoutos, cousins, monsters, and space rangers all under Shunsaku's roof this weekend

Tomose Shunsaku's Mugenkidou A has decided to tap into the reserves for this weekend's Comic1☆7, with the circle's second soushuuhen, their previous one coming at Comic1☆4 in April 2010.  The release collects Shunsaku's two Haganai books from 2011, December 2010's OreImo parody, 2011's Infinite Stratos parody, and more, but curiously does not collect either of the circle's 2012 SAO parody doujin.

Comic Market 83: NiseMIDIdoronokai / 偽MIDI泥の会 / Ishikei

Gonzo God looks back at fluid-dripping, wild-eyed, gaping body of work for C83

After complete radio silence following August's Comic Market 82, we finally have a reveal from Ishikei's NiseMIDIdoronokai regarding the circle's Comiket 83 offering.  It looks to be a soushuuhen capturing the past three years of work, which would include the To Love-Ru parodies MikanAL, Oshiri To, Yummy!! and Hakudark, Angel Beats parody Naorimashita, Infinite Stratos parodies Konna no de Suimasen!!! and ORIMUland, and this August's Accel World parody Atari.

Also like the last time he issued a soushuuhen, it looks like there will be a short omake companion piece to go along with the collection, this one featuring iDOLM@STER's Rika Jougasaki.

Comic Market 83: Digital Lover / Yuka Nakajima / D.L. Action 72 & 73

Asunanists rejoice once more, though we may need more room on the altar for other idols...

We finally have an update from top-flight doujin circle Digital Lover, and the news is good for the denizens of Alfheim.  Asuna Yuuki from Sword Art Online maintains top billing on the cover of the circle's Comic Market 83 release, D.L. Action 72, though, as fans of the series have experienced themselves, it looks like she's going to have to share the spotlight with Lyfa, Silica, Lisbeth, and Shinon.  This marks the third consecutive SAO parody by Digital Lover, after the circle's Comic Market 82 and Sunshine Creation 57 releases.

In addition to this new book, we'll also be receiving a soushuuhen collecting other artworks from previous books, and judging by the inclusion of Madoka Magica's Homuhomu and Bakemonogatari's Shinobu Oshino on the cover, it looks like it might include images not just of previous D.L. Actions, but also of some Rough Sketch books as well.  This is the second such multi-series soushuuhen released by the series, in addition to a previously released Railgun and a Yuki Nagato-centric Haruhi soushuuhen from previous years. 

Digital Lover will also have a calendar on sale, as well as a good-sized tapestry featuring Asuna and her ALO avatar for our perusal.

Update 1:  9:22 a.m. 12/28/12

Doujinshi world's James Brown keeps on delivering the goods

The hardest-working artist in the ecchi business, Yuka Nakajima, revealed a surprise on his website earlier today--beyond the aforementioned SAO-centric D.L. Action 72, we'll be getting an additional release in the D.L. Action doujinshi series featuring none other than his muse (apologies to Railgun's Misaka Mikoto), OreImo's Kuroneko, on the cover of D.L. Action 73!  In addition, a must-have for Haganai enthusiasts, Sena Kashiwazaki and Kobato Hasegawa grace the cover of Rough Sketch 72 in winter kimono, looking ready for New Year's prayers.