#imp chats

Hi Anon! It isn't possible to buy the Hakuouki plushies new anymore. They've been "out of print" for several years now. That leaves the second hand sellers from eBay, Japanese second-hand retailers (such as Surugaya), and private sellers (found on Yahoo!JP, Rakuten, Mercari, etc.).

For almost all Japanese sellers you need a proxy - somebody who will contact the seller for you in Japanese, and conduct the transaction through a Japanese financial institution. Buyee is a proxy - they'll charge you a fee to act as your agent. FromJapan is another proxy.

Sadly, the Gift Hakuouki plushies are usually expensive (Gift is the manufacturer). Not all of them are though, if you can be patient and watch what's available. If you're in North America or Europe, eBay isn't a bad choice, although the prices are sometimes very inflated, and the selection at any given time is limited.

Which character(s) are you looking for? Maybe I can help.

Regards,

~ Imp

As a long (very long) time fan of P&P, and a huge fan of Darcy and Elizabeth, I can definitely see what you mean.  Here are my quick thoughts on this:

Awkward Badass: Right?  I mean, they’re so good at what they do (not to mention decisive and alert), but so *bad* at social situations (for example, if there’s a right way and a wrong way to express something, they’ll generally go with either “wrong” or “silent”)

Perceptive Idiot: they’re both very good at *noticing* things and making connections, but sometimes [O sweet gods and goddesses!] you want to shake them. Also, they’re self-critical, but periodically suffer from fits of complete, perhaps willful, blindness.

Aloof But Devoted (aka Closet Worriers): they look after and worry about their friends and loved ones to their own detriment, but only in secret; outwardly they project indifference bordering on arctic chill (which may *seem* altruistic, except it’s partly/mostly to avoid the sheer embarrassment of dealing with gratitude and other scary public displays of emotion)

Basic Black: it’s a small thing, but both men favour being neatly and appropriately dressed, but unostentatious; you just *know* that Darcy would never wear anything other than black and white, and maybe the occasional grey for special occasions XD [and yet, anybody who really matters will notice the power - at least, that’s the sense I get]

So you’ve got the two faces of Darcy and Saito: cold, competent, inflexible honour [versus] caring, awkward, secretly anxious

Of course, there are also some notable differences, which isn’t surprising since one is an English gentleman of wealth and impeccable lineage, and the other is a (disgraced) Japanese swordsman from the lowest ranks of the “educated” class. But still... you’re right!

I’ve been telling people that it isn’t nearly as cold as usual this year.

@todayintokyo @nollatooru @vespeshadowmoon  :  I should have kept my mouth shut.  @shell-senji the downside to coming to my part of Canada XD

Thank you @todayintokyo :)

~ Writing (to which I will return soon!)

~ Plushies (more a lifestyle than a hobby at this point)

[this is a sample only... judge if you must]

~ Books (fiction; paperback by preference)

~ A brand new computer game that works first try and lives up to my hopes (...the kind of game you immediately wish you could play for the first time again...)

~ Chocolate (dark; or white - technically not chocolate idc)

So, life has been a LITTLE difficult the last few days...

I now have personal experience with having a medical emergency during covid-19.  Makes me pretty okay with our local response team and basic Canadian health care.

Now Imp brings you... the Demon Leg(TM)

For those times when your SO ends up with multiple fractures and an ankle described by specialists as “a bit of a mess”!

Sanosuke is dubious... “real chibis don’t need demon limbs” [ankle hardware under and through heel not shown, but available!]