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!

Some mikuru love incoming, and perhaps some H2O later…

Also got notice of my wave kiriha shipping… fortune arterial fans out there? ^_^

Alas, nendoroids are not included :P

After a little protective plastic removal, Erika is comfortably resting on my desk ^_^

Comes with her tea cup, saucer, cushion and skirt. Nagato chair not included ^^;

pantsu hakken!

Love the Fortune Arterial winter seifuku.

「あ、長門、椅子借りるね！」　["A, Nagato, isu kariru ne!"]

ちなみに、パンツは丸見えだけど…　[chinami ni, patsu wa marumie dakedo...]

じゃ、椅子交換作戦開始！[jya, isu koukan sakusen kaishi]

侵入者発見！ [shinnyuusha hakken!]

From above…

Once more around… ^^;

「ちょっと暑いね。　スカート脱いでいいの？」 [chotto atsui ne. suka-to nuide ii no?]

Overall I’m quite pleased. Hair and face aren’t quite perfect in my opinion, but it’ll do ^_^; Tea cup was kind of hard to get angled right but it seemed to stay once I got it in place. Love the pose and was pleasantly surprised she balanced on Nagato’s seat fine ^_^ Cast off skirt was also a bonus. Definitely prefer Kotobukiya’s release to Wave’s, but the price/difficulty of getting this figure is, unfortunately, not proportional to the quality ^^; Ah well, at least Kiriha and Shiro will have company when they arrive.

Alrighty, it’s terribly late… hopefully write up my next review soon…