Today we will take a look at Kirito’s cousin, Kirigaya Suguha. She’s one of the heroines of Sword Art Online, she didn’t take part in this, but plays ALfheim Online with pleasure.

After a number of delays ALTER released this figure in early May 2014, I review her quite late, but other things came up and Kirigaya Suguha ended at the end of my review queque.

Suguha is scaled 1/8 and is sitting on a veranda with some snacks next to her. A funny or better said interesting fact is her low price, back then I preordered her for 6.080 yen, nowadays you can pay 10.000 yen for such kind of figure. Yeah the good old times *cough*.

The shoulder long hair is very pretty and also quite distinctive with it’s style and the dark blue color, the seam line above her bangs feels a little misplaced, somehow. The figures head is round and has a smooth shape, sculptor Mumei gave Suguha a reclusive facial expression with big cute eyes and a slightly parted mouth she also seems to be daydreaming a little.

These sad eyes are lovely, unfortunately even if I try, I can’t make this figure smile.

The young lady is wearing her workout clothes, a red jersey with a black shirt underneath, below she is wearing very loose blue shorts, that expose some amount of skin. The choice of colors is quite nice and give the figure a sporty appearance. The small and big details on her outfit look very convincing and are very well done. The jersey with the high collar shows many wrinkles, but tightly stretches around her ample breasts, which looks quite nice.

With her foot it looks like she’s reaching out to somebody, while being concerned about covering her crotch with her hands. The bare feet create a natural atmosphere around her.

Her veranda base is an interesting accesory it has a realistic wooden surface, the figure only connects via magnet to it, the other parts are not glued together and can be placed wherever you want, you can also use them together with other figures.

Sword Art Online is an interesting anime, the first season, also the second one leaves many opportunities to trash talk about it, because of questionable decisions or cheesy turn of events, on the other hand it’s entertaining enough to keep the audience at the screen.

On his journey Kirito gets in touch with many cute girls, who develop romantic feelings for him,but in the end it’s always Asuna. Suguha also had no luck with winning Kirito’s heart.

She still has feelings for Kirito, but somehow to accept his relationship with Asuna and also befriend with her. As cute, busty girl she should have no problems with finding a decent boyfriend, but she’s quite shy outside the virtual world. Her friend is also no real option.

Suguha has an above average bust size, as her game alter ego Leafa it’s even more prominent, but this figure accentuates them in a really subtle and modest way, for my tastes it could have been more erotic, like a more pulled down zipper and some cleavage. The part where the figure shows some skin are her legs and the loose shorts that partially reveal her buttocks, The figures butt has been flattened, to make her balanced pose possible, I’m always not so happy about such solutions.

Final Words

ALTER’s Kirigaya Suguha is a nice figure overall, she has a cute face and appealing workout clothes. The craftsmanship is well done, but her sad expression also makes me a little sad, an alternative happy expression would have made her more appealing. Some might not like her expression, others she might not show enough fanservice, but she’s actually very pretty.

She is a compact figure you can carry her around when traveling for example without risking her to get damage, although her clouded expression will limit the kind of pictures you can take with her. Nevertheless I’m happy with her and don’t intend to sell her soon. In case this Suguha caught your attention, you can get her for around 4000 Yen on the aftermarket.

We arrived at part 20 of my New Preorders we could celebrate a little jubilee. Several times I talked about cutting back, but don’t blame me, blame the manufacturers for throwing pretty figures in my direction. All in one I ordered 8 new figures, 2 prize figures are among the selection.

Lets start with the stuff I’ve preordered recently

Araragi Tsukihi is scaled 1/8 and manufactured by GSC

I badly waited for this figure to be announced, surprisingly I nearly haven’t noticed her announcement, if it weren’t for the tweet of a fellow figure collector. There was also a nice surprise with figure, there are two color versions. one is based on the Blu Ray/DVD cover,
where Aragi Tsukihi is wearing a pink Yukata, the other “exclusive” version is based on her outfit from the anime in a teal like color, both looked very good but I ordered the pink one.

The release date is sheduled for December 2013, December is already a full month, otherwise I would have gotten both versions for sure. I made bad experience with waiting for GSC’s Bakemonogatari to hit the bargain bin, so I ordered this little sister on the first day possible.

Tharja is scaled 1/7 and manufactured by both Max Factory and GSC.

Her origin is the Nintendo Game Fire Emblem: Kakusei I don’t know anything about it, but I do know what I like. To be honest I didn’t see much in her as she was still a grey prototype. Now that she’s painted I love what Shining Wizard did with her, these colors, the textures and hell that subtle sex appeal of her is just awesome. Just look at her beautiful face with this teasing yet playful expression. Her clothes with the golden applications  are very pretty and have a certain charme. Tharja reminds me a bit of  a female villain from a sci fi saga like Flash Gordon.

Stop your villanious act cute daughter of Ming! Her release date is planned for December 2013.
 

Miyuki Mana is scaled 1/7 and manufactured by Max Factory

It is fascinating how loyal Max Factory is towards this figure lineup  from the old Game from 2010…  how was the title again Se Kirara. Don’t get me wrong all of this figures are lovely,
but I could resist most of them. Well Im still on the face about the lovely Kawamura Yuu.

What caught my attention instantly without a second doubt was the megane Bishoujo with braids Mana. I really love her sculpt, the tall and slender body is quite attractive, also the pose where she seems to fight against the physical force of wind has a nice sense of dynamic. I definetely not forget to mentione Miyuki Mana’s beautiful face. Next to her deep hazel colored eyes it features a cute worrying expression, it appears like she’s bothered if the person in front of her has seen “it” and *damn* these glasses ^^ Oh right her release date is in September 2013.

Kirigaya Suguha is scale 1/8 and manufactured by ALTER

Oh another “little” sister, I hope this is no trend. Here is Suguha from Sword Art Online, the sweet girl who was one sidedly in love with Kirito. I think she deserves a better guy, me
ALTER loves their sitting figures for sure, I also like these figures they are cute and offer many display options. I just couldn’t resist her expression, it looks just too good to pass.

I wouldn’t have mind to get Suguha as the charmingly busty alter ego Leefa or a figure like in the illustration that I have used in the header, but keeping it casual is no bad decision either.
The figure is sculpted in a nice natural sitting pose where she is placed on a cute veranda while she playfully reaches out with her leg to get someones attention. I also like her outfit which consists of short shorts and a red jersey. The release is planned for November 2013.

Inaba Rinne is scaled 1/8 and manufactured by MegaHouse

Rinne is from the anime Chousoku Henkei Gyrozetter, I have no real idea about it but it seems to be a shounen show with cars and mechs. What did the deal was the pretty face of this figure the rounded shape and the big eyes let her appear quite adorable and she has an extra face.

It’s kind of remarkable, that a figure with no really good or decent illustration material (there are many horrid indecent ones, though) gets such a nice figure treatment.

Compared to the anime it’s not 100% spot, but I think it’s far the better, in 3D Rinne gains a lot more appeal since the sculpting is a lot more detailed. This happens when Kibayashi Norio a sculptor of many Queen’s Blade figures, works on a character from an anime for the younger audience. Rinne seems to be fashionable teenaager with cool clothes and a cute side ponytail.

This happy and cute girl has a quite dynamic pose and the vibrant color sheme is another good reasons for purchasing this anime figure, her release date will be October 2013.
 

Hasegawa Kobato is scaled 1/8 and manufactured by Kotobukiya

I already knew that I wanted to get her and I was lucky enough to place my order. Kotobukiya got really cautious in not producing too many copies of a figure, like many other of their recent figures Kobato was sold out very fast. The figure was restocked a few times, but it was sold out even faster, even though this makes figure collecting more thrilling, but it’s actually annoying.

I think this is a super sweet image of a goth loli, Kobato is petite, adorable and her outfit offers a bit of  mild sex appeal. This figure is very close to Illustation which was chosen for Kobato, the face, the blush and the beautiful hair turned out great. Her release date is in late November.

Sonico Prize Figures

A number of recently announced Sonico figures turned out not convincing enough for me. Surprisingly Taito and Furyo created something that caught my interest instantly for the price I didn’t hesitate for long, I think they look quite elaborate and interesting for figure of the prize category. I also like that there are some change in the presentation of the Sonico character.

There is the Sonico Sweets Time version, where she is hanging on the sofa in a very casual way. The sculpting looks really good as well as the  articulation of her body. This figure is from FuRyu and release is planned for November 2013. If this turns out good I’ll be really happy.

Sonico Space Police version is manufacturered by Taito and will be released in October 2013.

I especially like her as Space Police officer, she looks so happy here what is unbelieveable rare.
I know that there will be some more quality compromises, but the sculpts look really good, creative and they resemble Sonico very well. I have relatively high hopes for the one from Taito.