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.

Comic Market 86: Mochiya 餅屋 / Karochi

I still say her visor is lame

Okay, time for this blogger to come clean:  I know exactly zero about Mochiya or circle artist Karoti, and the only things I know about Kantai Collection's Ryuujou is that she wears a stupid-looking visor and speaks in Osaka-ben.  Consider it blissful ignorance, because HOLY SMOKES look at the erotic parody doujinshi and dakimakura of Ryuujou that Mochiya's putting out for Comic Market 86.  And there's an artist/subject backlog.  I've mentioned discovering new circles to follow because of KanColle that I never would've found otherwise--add Mochiya to the list.

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: Sayori NEKO WORKs

Crazy Cat Ladies at C86

Sayori of NEKO WORKs was kind enough earlier this year to release a Kantai Collection parody doujinshi that allowed me to break through the steady diet of servile sister catgirls that usually come out of the circle's chambers, but I understand fully that kissin' kittens Chocola and Vanilla are the circle's bread and butter.  The girls grace the cover of NEKO WORKs 04, which historically have been story-free, full-color retrospectives that collect the artist's ecchi and non-h, commercial and just-for-fun works, the last edition of which was released at last summer's Comic Market.

The parody business must have treated Sayori somewhat fairly, though, as the circle will release a second book, Eden/Abyss, featuring more Kantai Collection artwork.

Comic Market 86: Mugen@WORKS むげん＠WORKS / Akiduki Akina

Fource of Nature

Since last year's Summer Comic Market, Mugen@WORKS has cranked out a trio of KanColle parodies featuring Kongou, and followed them up with another trifecta of Suzuya parodies.  It looks, however, like it'll be a fourth tour of duty for Suzuya--perhaps in the Marianas?-- at Comic Market 86, if this preview image is anything to be believed. 

Updated 2:49 pm 8/10:  While the pose hasn't changed much over the years, it looks like Akiduki Akina might be ready to pass the torch on from one kanmusu to another for the cover of his circle's erotic parody offerings.  As was expected, Suzuya is indeed on another Mugen@WORKS cover, clutching herself in the same way she's done for the artist three times prior.  This time, though, she's followed in form by her fleetmate Taigei.

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.

 

Comic Market 86: Popochichi ぽぽちち / Yahiro Pochi

Soft, squishy ship shapes 

Though the content of his books occasionally enters Abgrund-level areas of sexual deviancy, one would be hard-pressed to deny the sweet squeezability of Popochichi's character art as anything less than appealing.  By manipulating coloring and applying gravity and a little extra weight to his characters' physiques, circle artist Yahiro Pochi makes his girls soft and supple without making them overly cartoonish.  Pochi also certainly knows how to pay the bills as a doujinshi artist, and in the current fandom climate that means MOAR KANTAI COLLECTION.  After a double feature with Shimakaze and a Kongou/Haruna pairing at C85, and a showcase of the less endowed pairing of Taihou and Zuihou at Sankuri 62 in February, fans of both body types will be served at C86, with Kaga, Bismarck, and Nagato on one cover, and Shimakaze's predecessor/big sister Amatsukaze on the other.  

Comic Market 86: Hyoco Road ひょこ道 / Hyocorou

Second evolution awakens first-rate doujin-ka

After a steady diet of excellent, edgy OreImo parody works over a course of about four years, Hyoco Road hasn't been heard from across doujinshidom since last August's Comic Market 84's Zettai Kirino Ryouiki 2.  Though there certainly hasn't been any lack of incestuous rom-com series to parody since Kirino and Kyousuke Kousaka's story ended, it's no surprise that it's the KanColle juggernaut that's brought series artist Hyocorou out from hiding.  The light cruiser Sendai, in her second evolutionary form, takes the cover, apparently in need of help with a gasket or washer replacement.

Comic Market 86: Clesta / Cle Masahiro / CL-orz 38 & 39

Choose μ's to snooze and for lewd cruise views

After breaking through the KanColle flotilla at Sankuri 64 with the Love Live! erotic parody doujin CL-orz 37, it looks like Clesta will continue their idolization of the girls of Otonokizaka Academy at Comic Market 86.  Nozomi Toujou becomes the latest candidate for dakimakurization by Dr. Cle, getting a Rubenesque treatment not dissimilar to the way he depicted Atago back at Comic1 earlier this year.  

Updated 1:35 pm 8/3:  Clesta's pushed all his ceramic betting discs onto the Love Live! space for Comiket 86.  Having already featured Nozomi, Maki, and Nico on the cover of CL-orz 37, it looks like the rest of the μ's girls will be put into Cle Masahiro's service.  Preview pictures shared by the artist on Twitter suggest a pair of new books from the circle, with the remaining six of the nine getting their due.




Cle also indicated via Tweet that event attendees would have access to a bonus item featuring some of the mothers of Otonokizaka's finest!













Update 2 10:23 am 8/10:  As previously suggested, there are indeed two new Love Live! parody books from Clesta coming to Tokyo Big Sight at C86.  Following up Nico, Nozomi, and Maki's lingerie-clad effort on CL-orz 37, Kotori Minami, Honoka, and Umi Sonoda take the cover of CL-orz 38, while Rin Hoshizora, Hanayo Koizumi, and Eli Ayase claim CL-orz 39 in beach wear more appropriate for the sweltering climes of Odaiba.

Cle also revealed the Love Live! moms's role in the proceedings, as they appear in the convention-exclusive CL-ev 12.

Comic Market 86: Abgrund / Yusa Saikawa

Queen of Taboo rules supremely

Abgrund's Yusa Saikawa made her name in the doujin world with sadistic yaoi otokonoko works, cooled off a bit with straight hentai releases, then more recently delved into sibling and parent/child incest.  Not content to allow leave any corner of the doujinshi underrealm unexplored, Saikawa revealed recently another line item to be checked off the societal taboo checklist.  At Comic Market 86, Summer Halation, subtitled she is still someone's wife, looks to be Abgrund's first netorare release. 

Update 1 2:28 pm 8/3:  In the build-up to Comic Market 86, Abgrund has revealed more goods to entice event attendees to stride confidently into doujinshidom's seedy underbelly.  A 16-page full-color companion piece to the circle's NTR release Summer Halation will be available only at the event.

Also, the circle will have a tapestry of an original character creation for sale at the event.

Update 2 10:19 am 8/19:  If you follow me on Tumblr, you know that Amatsukaze is my boat wife, no ifs, ands, or buts about it.  You can surely understand my trepidation, then, when I report that my poor poor darling one has captured Yusa Saikawa's attention as well--Abgrund will have a second book released at Comic Market 86 featuring KanColle's current It Girl, grimly titled DARKNESS.

Comic Market 86: Fujiya ふじ家 / Nectar

Significant ROI from Fujiya at C86.

In a previous time in my life, I was an investment broker for a nationwide retirement firm and, if I may say so, I was pretty damned good at it.  I feel the same kind of validation when I look at the books that Fujiya has done over the past several months, with a steady diet of super-cute works coming out of the circle with increasingly sharp artwork that mixes fine individual style with high fidelity to the original's artwork.  Seeing Chaikas Trabant and Bogdan from Coffin Princess Chaika on the cover of the circle's Comic Market 86 work, I'd say the financials look just fine and I'm bullish as can be.

Updated 12:02 pm 8/10:  Fujiya's auspicious ascent continues at Comic Market 86:  after breaking new ground by releasing their first original doujinshi at COMITIA108 earlier this year, the circle's challenging itself yet again by releasing a second full-length parody doujinshi at Comic Market 86.  Isuzu Sento of the Yuka Nakajima-designed light novel and upcoming anime series Amagi Brilliant Park graces the cover.  I love love love it when doujin-ka make parody works of other doujin-ka's non-ero series, and between this and Fujiya's previous parodies of the Kantoku-designed series Henneko, this circle certainly knows how to scratch my particular itch!

Comic Market 86: ReDrop

Summer means Silver Queen's season

It's difficult to remember that ReDrop isn't an iDOLM@STER-exclusive doujinshi circle--the circle has produced a whopping six full-length iM@S parody books since the Winter 2012 Comiket, and there'll be a seventh at Comic Market 86 in August featuring Takane Shijou.