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Lylibellule紅瀬 桐葉 {kuze kiriha}
Posted by meronpan on September 3, 2008
Hailing from Fortune Arterial (nsfw) we have kuze kiriha! Definitely one of my favorite routes from the game, though I still can’t decide if I liked her or erika’s true route better…
Not too many figures I know of, so I had to settle for this one from Wave.
Saber on guard.
The “now on sale” news for this figure was announced at akibablog with quite the headline – 中出し率75.0% 「紅瀬桐葉」フィギュア発売. I’ll… uh, leave the translation of that to the dedicated and curious ero aficionados ^^;
Long black hair, healthy eyes and an ice cold attitude to cut you to shreds. My favorite ^_^
The figure, on the other hand leaves me with a bit to be desired, especially for the price -_-
The hair has a chunky kind of feeling I don’t like, and the face just doesn’t quite capture that cool look she has in the game art…
In the game kiriha has this smirk that’s just delicious. A “nice try, baka” sort of smirk. For me at least, this figure just doesn’t capture it.
Close, but no banana.
After getting erika I really wanted a kiriha in my collection and had few other options… so she’ll have to do for now.
haruhi is back at it.
Nendoroid haruhi vision.
Seems like they could've done a better job with the emblem.
Hair aside... something's just not right with her face...
Fate… actually had a little accident… of the optic nature… while I was posing her today… still trying to get her recovered ;_;
Have some TEA!
Saber ninjas the tea.
The Wave Fortune Arterial figures all come with a matching base and section of the back drop. Catch ‘em all to form the Fortune Arterial logo.
…this of course has me considering the rest of the set ^^; At the moment I’ll pass, as tempting as a full set may be.
Not something you'd display without the whole set ^^;
As pointed out in the foo-bar-baz review, kiriha is taller than the backdrop ^^;;
Maybe they’ll make an anime and then Alter will do a collection of figures… I can still dream I guess ^^;
In the end, despite all my complaints, I’m still satisfied with this get. If I wasn’t familiar with the game at all, it definitely would’ve been a pass, but nostalgia + mediocrity == good enuf for now ^_^;
Next up, a group extravaganza!
optic said
Ouch. That hurts. Looks like I passed on that dilemma. T_T
I would suggest blue tack to fix her hand up or get a new one if it’s bothering that much.
As for the figure, I thought wave did a ok job. The face looks kinda off. If they added the smirk, I think that would have changed the perspective of the figure.
Overall, nice shoot. I can already make out the characters in ur group shoot. xD
Q said
Ouch! If that were to happen on my Fate I think my heart will break.
The face does feel a bit different to how she should look like in the game. Not “tsuntsun” enough I guess? ^^;; But it’s still a good buy I hope? Maybe the bases will urge you to complete the whole collection~ Tempting indeed~
Wow that’s quite a group photo there! Is that 2 whole sets there?
zenical said
My Fate also had a little accident. Seems that everyone is having problems ^^”
meronpan said
@optic yeah, it’s looking like blue tack to the rescue for this one -_- given how much force it was taking to get the hands into the joint (and seeing your post), i had a feeling this would happen someday … but so soon! orz
@Q indeed i think it’s the lack of tsuntsun that’s brings the figure up short. 2 whole sets? mmm i suppose you could say there are two whole (different) sets… Soon to be revealed once I get the post up ^^;
@zenical it’s a plague! I wish they used a more resilient joint -_-
James said
I kinda like that figure , the face is typical Wave work i guess ^^
Still , it’s fine but i never played the game so yes ^^
Get the set , buy them ! :p
Nomad said
group shot = HARUHI!!! lol
Blowfish said
I love Nendo Haruhis Vision.Shes up to no good again!
A pretty classic pose but she looks quite nice.Wave seems to do some nice work here and there
meronpan said
@james the rest of the set is so expensive! looks like it’d be 15k yen before shipping ;_; i’d drop that much without a second thought for figures that blow me away but alas, that wouldn’t be my main motivator in this case ^^;; well, time will tell…
@nomad ^_^ i was surprised how recognizable the characters were after the pixelization ^^;
@blowfish i think this is my first wave figure… not great, but good enuf to satisfy my otakudom ^_^
sonic_ver2 said
I broke Fate’s hand just after i opened the box and played first time. And that hurt, ALOT!
Anyway, judging from her face and hair Wave’s figure quality isn’t really that good. That’s why i tend to avoid figure from manufacturers other than MF, GSC, Alter, and Kotobukiya.
meronpan said
@sonic_ver2 thank goodness she has a cuff on her sleeve to hide any reworking.
i also tend to buy from mf gsc and alter, but i’m open to others if i see a good review. freeing bunnies, daiki kougyo’s recent kanu and some of the megahouse queen’s blade stuff all made it past the test ^_^