I admit that I had a lot of summer season related figures in previous months, I only have one more and we can focus on the naughty nuns category instead.

Today we take a look at the strong Hololive girl Shirogane Noel, although I don’t consider myself a fan, but I can appreciate appealing figure designs. After Minato Aqua – Aqua Iro Super☆Dream♪ version, Noel is my second figure based on the Hololive universe. In the first place I only buy figures with appealing looks, I have no problems with buying figures from origins I don’t know.

While I would prefer figures based on anime I watch, generally speaking I’m ok with any kind of beautiful figure. Hololive provides appealing designs, it’s quite amazing to see figures made based on youtube fantasy characters anyway. The characters have a short half life time in the entertainment industry, shorter than Kancolle, you should enjoy it for the time being and get the merchandise you would like.

The release date of the Shirogane Noel – Swimsuit version was in November 2023, the sculptor in charge was Katahara Itashi. This figure was manufactured by Good Smile Company. The scale is 1/7 and seems to be pretty accurate when comparing it to other 1/7 scaled figures from GSC.

While those sandals are probably not good for using them in the ocean or even the pool, they nevertheless look really great.

There is another figure of her available in knight armor unfortunately for rather expensive 27.000 Yen, the Noel on todays review was surprisingly inexpensive with its 18.000 Yen.

There are rumors that her voice actor does erotic ASMR videos on a different platform. I stumbled upon it and I can say that really is something else, I can understand why people would like it, pero!pero!pero!

This Noel bikini figure has a quite creative base with it’s slightly angled position, the swim ring adds more dynamicism to the sculpt what makes it a more interesting looking figure, the recreated water looks very nice, it is made with epoxy like material and surprisingly heavy. This is probably one of the prettiest swim rings I have seen on a PVC figure so far, from the plastic like gloss to the bulky and thin wrinkles on it, it all adds a distinctive realistic look.

Her hair is very detailed with it’s elaborate and separately sculpted strands, the light purple color is quite appealing. Her attractive face has beautifully designed green eyes while one eye is closed, the happy looking mouth is adorable and the figures radiates a generally positive atmosphere.

Noel is a beautiful girl and she is also quite sporty, her muscular arms look fantastic and so does her abdomen of steel. But the girl isn’t only hard muscles, her bouncy boobs look really beautiful and impressive. The bodysculpting is pleasing to the eye, further details thai could be overlooked easily are the good looking armpit and a beauty mark on her left breast.

Her bikini is a fashionable piece of beach attire, the blue and white colors are really pretty. The bikini top is connected to the neck, the cross connector in the middle, above her chest looks cool and supporting. Over the high cut bikini panties she is wearing a miniskirt, I would say she looks more dressed that way.

Small details like these small belts around the arm or the right thigh are nice to look at. There also is a cute scrunchy around her wrist, the adjustable sunglasses are funny the shinyness and transparency of them adds a good quality feel.

Her origin is Hololive. Hololive and it’s appeal are totally beyond me, I was trying to learn more about hololive.
Then I got even more confused. Maybe it’s a sign of age that I don’t understand every hype anymore.

The vtubers are medicorely detailed 3D models that are brought to life by motion capturing. Real girls act and talk behind the scenes, they are designed like anime characters and have upbeat personalities. It’s anarchy on youtube, they do talk about normal topics like gaming, but they also use adult language and sexual topics. They are cracking jokes that they probably would not make without their virtual avatar. People having fun with virtual youtubers, my ignorance should not bother anyone of you, I won’t discriminate anyone who is into this kind of entertainment. Since I even bought Hololive merchandise it can’t be a completely bad thing.

This figure is an adaptation of the Minato Aqua character, it shows Minato Aqua as Aqua Iro Super☆Dream♪ version, based on a quite elaborately styled 2D Live costume.

Her sculptor was Chen Tian. when I checked out about the sculptors other works, I discovered that this dude only made Nendoroids so far. as I unpacked the figure though, all worries dissolved instantly.

This Minato Aqua figure was released in February 2023, it was on Valentines Day. She is scaled 1/7 measuring 24 cm.

Minato Aqua has a very cute hairstyle by default, her character description says something like her head is resembling a red onion, which is not especially flattering. In this figure adaptation her hair looks nothing but fantastic, the spiral twintails are super cool and with the dual color application it’s getting even better.

The figure has an extremely cute face with very detailed eye decals, she is wearing an open mouth in shape of a simplified cat head, what works surprisingly well and makes Minato even more adorable. The strong blush is quite nice.

The dress of this figure is just wonderful with a terrific level of detail and complexity, the figures dress is a combination of a wedding dress and princess outfit. The multiple layers of her skirt create an idea of volume and movement, the outside is white and the inside is pink, it’s also decorated with big purple and turquoise ribbons, the smooth sculpting is creating an overall cozy and fluffy atmosphere.

There are further nice little details, like the anchor, the chain around her waist or the tiara with it’s nice metallic shine and great level of detail. Also the collar with the sweet little necklace adds a lot to this figures appeal.

Her high corsage is nice, it accentuates the girls ample breasts and creates a subtle cleavage, the little cleavage is just about the right amount of revealed skin right, it’s a cute addition of fanservice, from the backside you can see Minato’s nice back and shoulders. The figure shows a good amount of feminine appeal without the fanservice getting out of hand.

The focus on the frill, the dynamic sculpting and overall smooth texture are remarkable. You’ll will get drunk from all the kawaii this outfit emits, the white gloves adding a bit more to princess like appearance, again the frill makes everything more cute and enchanting.

Her star shaped base with turquoise painted outline and anchor symbol in the center, the elevated angle gives the figure an dynamic appearance and shifts some attention to the star shaped base with it’s smooth corners. The figure with it’s dynamic pose is slightly tilted forward, when finding a place to display it would be good for her to be not on the lowest spot of your display cabinet(s).

I’m not very familiar with the character, but the quite lovely design of Minato Aqua – Aqua Iro Super ☆ Dream is appealing enough for me to justify purchasing a figure of a character, that I didn’t know much about in the first place. I’m very pleased about just how well that figure has turned out, she has an remarkable high quality, the sculpting of everything is very good, from the dynamically sculpted hair, to the details of her fantastic looking outfit. And there is also the adorable anime style face of hers