including the giveaway pile of fandom shit, but that will be last. gird your loins

not pictured: t-shirts, two action figures, and some historical cloth items. also not including our kimono/obi haul, R's Sailor Moon haul, or our K-Books jackpot on Yu Yu Hakusho and Saiyuki items

pictured One Piece...

folders and

the super cool bag I got for buying cookies from Kumamoto Castle

the cookies are delicious but buying the One Piece box rather than the "regular" castle box meant they gave me the OP bag for free

next, Sengoku-period historical stuff (again, not including t-shirt and cloth items, I got some cool swag)

can I tell you that Ueda loves its Sanadas

of all the historical places we went to, Ueda had the best quality merch for their local hometown pride. Osaka had the best variety and Odawara was a close runner up.

Aoba (Sendai) had the most in sheer terms of quantity because like Ueda, they love their boy Date A LOT.

but a lot of it was ehhhhhhhh I don't need that no

finally, random shit and city/location mascots

I need more mofusand in my life thank you

got that lil guy at Tokyu Hands of all places

but also, could not pass up a 10-cent Hard Off guitar pick even though I was in there to get a new SD card for my camera

oh also also...Koei haul

I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS MERCH IN THE US

please enjoy my new Cao Pi official keychain thanks

now, as promised, the "grab bag" of fandom stuff. we literally got things out of gachapon, weird shops, the discount bin at Book Off, etc. We would like to give them homes that are not here.

it includes a couple next-gen Duel Disks, a Kuwabara keychain, and Chopper and Sogeking charms

and whatever the fuck Koei property is on those mystery cards, we got them free for spending so much money at the Koei popup

all are fair game/first come, most I can ship for no charge bc it'll be cheap

pinging Urameshi just in case

oh and calaidi for the duel disk rings lmao

HELLO

I will gladly take that Kuwabara off your hands OMG

also if no one else claims him, I wouldn't mind the Sanji either!

we're doing a YYH shoot in a few weeks and our Kuwa is also a Sanji fan, so it would be a nice gift for him

(but if someone else wants him, I won't hog him!!)

omg that's so cute

I do have a lot of pirates on my tl so there's a chance someone else may want him but if not...

also ty for clueing me into the glory of Uniqlo, the ONLY shirts I found in the entire damn country were there.

I even got the MoMA Katamari shirt

Of course!! I won't deny someone else a Sanji if they want him, only if he has no takers for whatever reason

And no problem!!! US Uniqlo has so much good stuff, that I can't even imagine the wealth the JP locations have

they even get collabs we don't see here

I'm glad you got such a haul, though!!

the MoMA video game collab was so good, I could have gotten like five shirts, but just having an actual Katamari Damacy shirt was enough

ngl I thought of you as we were raking in the YYH at KBooks but also you can't have them they're ours

OH HANG ON we have some Sailor Moon minis from gachas that are duplicates

on the far left, we have an extra Minako and Setsuna

(the Elvira shit is also fair game to anyone btw)

AWW I'm glad you thought of me!

ahh Sabo my love

(but also omg NO, I will not encroach on your Yu Yu haul, you enjoy every last piece of it, it was well earned)

THAT SAID....

I am for SURE interested in that Minako, because SAILOR PRINCESS MERCH....

omg congrats on your cao pi merch finds haha

definitely niche stuff in the us

RIGHT?? I was like yoink, must have

also Zhao Yun, while Rose scored with the Sima Shi dangle thingy because she cosplayed him once

Urameshi I will set aside Minako for you

I am surprised there's any sailor moon merch left in that store tbh

TWO BASKETS FULL

they took the first one and gave her an empty one which she also filled

XD dear lord

and then I looked Gem in the eye, said "I'm not ashamed" and walked out.

Oh Gemini

I was like who the fuck is Gem?

lol

YEEE THANK YOU

but also that is a MOOD, I would do the same tbh

leave no Sailor stone unturned

it's fuckin true

dude in line legitimately cheered me on.

I'm just mad that the Mugiwara store was legit disappointing in comparison!

it was an "and everyone clapped" moment for me

...truth

man i wish we had cool ygo merch like that here...

do you want some duel disk rings? they're yours

it was legit the only YGO gacha we saw anywhere and it was at Animate of all places

Urameshi: you have good taste

by which I mean I ALSO zeroed in on Kuwabara, Sanji, and Minako

what are the tiny silver things next to the Franky Shogun poster?

OH IS THAT CHOPPER I REQUIRE CHOPPER

I will put up a flag for the Franky poster and the Elvira merch only if nobody else desires them

yes, there was a small Chopper and Sogeking charm in a bag of charms I got

oh actually also, once again only if no one else has a mighty need, I'll put my name down for Sogeking to give one of my datemates >3<

your hauls are so impressive, I'm so glad you found Ideo merch

the ONE THING, gawd

a sticker pack from the Jump store, that was all they had

god!! better than zero but yeesh

there might have been something in various can badge gambles but I already hate that I can't get just Zoro 11/11 merch, ain't takin' a chance on other birthdays

it's all a blind box situation across the board

uggghhhhhh gross

I hate blind boxes so much

right? like, don't give me a 1/3 chance of getting the character I want, much less 1/10

yeah I will usually either buy the guaranteed full set or overpay on ebay for an open one tbqh

KabochaKitsune what can I say, I like the exuberant types 🥲

but if you wanted Sanji, feel free to claim him!! I only know pirate stuff through timeline osmosis, so I'd rather it go to someone who's a fan instead

I mostly zeroed in on him since the Kuwa in our cosplay group has been going through a rough time at the moment and I thought it'd be a nice gift since he likes Sanji

but I'm also planning to pass some of my YYH zine stuff to him so it wouldn't be as if he's not getting anything

you're such a good bean

<333

oh yeah gonna tag whalesharks / shogunsensual god I never remember where all my pirates at

before Daz claims everything lmfao

I will be shipping orders this week so I can put together packages, which means I'll PM people for addresses in a couple days (if I can't find them in my files)

LMFAO yeah I am mostly like "I require Chopper but if no one else wants anything I will distribute the wealth over here to get stuff outta your house"

I mean, that's why we're offering treats.

Del and Wind can chime in too

I happily give up my Sanji rights. It sounds like there's a couple people in here who would give him a better home than me, haha.

awww

I am just not a big anime figurine person! Too many dragon statues, no room.

jfhadjhd fair

I mean, he's only about an inch tall but yeah, I get it

the amount of redecorating we'll have to do to get Rose's Sailor Moon figures up....yeesh

Thank you so much for the offer though. I really do appreciate the thought. Such a sweet way to share your trip.

lkjasldfa Oh my gosh, HA. I can imagine that vividly, and I'm laughing so hard.

I am almost sorry I didn't ask you to look for Bleach stuff, but I honestly don't have any place to put it.

Capsulecorp: and those redecorating plans were before learning my new Grog statue will be showing up soon.

Grog?

I'm guessing Critical Roll because Rose is also expecting something named Grog

I did find some random Bleach stickers at Book Off! but they weren't Shuuhei who is like the only one I care about anymore so I didn't get anything lmao

ohhh

Grog. Another one of the big statues that already don't fit on their shelves.

I legit did not see that it was you saying that oops

it was before coffee

I realized and I lol'd. to be fair I'm a rare sight here

nerd

Dude. Shunsui.

sadly the Jump store was more about Ichigo and all the Quincys, nothing captainly at all

would you say you were....grog-gy?

look it's not my fault it was set up so beautifully

i must act according to my nature

If it makes you feel any better I'm even worse at work when me and my co-worker get going

oh I bet

Oh boo.

/nodnod