Comic Market 71: happy by proxy

(tags Comic Market, doujin, game, shmup, music, Yuiko Tokumi)

Even if I don't go to Comic Market, I still anticipate the new releases and buy the interesting stuff by proxy. CM 71 has come and gone, but you can still make lines in doujin stores on the 3rd day, 16:00 hours.

This time I looked forward to 01 Step's newest release, the Tobi Tsukihime Reader (「とびつきひめ 読本」) which included the shmup game MajiAn (まじあん, short for Magical Amber). More on this book and game later, but in a word, it rocks! I liked it so much I bought two!

I also bought dBu Music's newest arrange CD I can't get to the second level!! (「２面に進めませんっ！！」, my trans). Aside from the really cute cover illustration (moe tags: zettai ryouiki, twin tail), this CD is a collection of stage 1 tracks from various shooting games (shmup) ranging from commercial games like Psyvariar, Rayforce, Radiant Silvergun, and doujin games like Suguri (スグリ), Shuusougyoku (秋霜玉), Imperishable Night (東方永夜抄). BTW, the latter two are originally ZUN created tracks. There seems to be a million ZUN inspired arrange CDs out there, ugh. Remember dBu music contributed 4?

Lastly I was able to get the AliBat (Alice Battle Record of Rozen War) version 1.5 doujin game. This is a Rozen Maiden inspired 3d battle game, not a shmup. Think Powerstone. And I didn't have to wait in long lines, hahaha. But is it really worth the 3000 yen?

Today  I'm going to head out to Nipponbashi to check out any other doujinshi or doujin games or CM related character goods I missed. Ichigo Mashimaro (苺ましまろ) had a telephone card set release, and I can't wait to see the newest illustrator Yuiko Tokumi (篤見唯子, doujin group 薄荷屋) work, if any, probably a calendar. Oh wait, she made a typo on her newest release... "Winter 1996". Hahaha. Which reminds me, I bought her first commercial illustration book, the recently released one with lots of Bottle Fairy (瓶詰妖精) love, but I still haven't cracked it. La la la, LA LA!