Within my vast collection of anime merchandise I have figures, plushies, manga, DVDs, doujinshi, wallscrolls, posters, some cosplay items, and some other small trinkets. However, there was one thing missing. One thing that will take me to the next step in otakuism. So what is this one thing that I am missing?? Quite simple, a dakimakura (hug pillow).

Last week I had to take my car for it’s regular service and it left me wondering around the local shopping mall for 5 hours. Despite being bored out of my brains I did wonder outside to the various shops and one of them is Spotlight. Spotlight is a manchestar and arts and crafts store where you can find a variety of things from curtains and bedsheets to fabrics and craft items. I used to go here often in search of materials for my cosplay many years ago and it’s quite fun browsing through the various fabrics and crafty items.

Anyway browsing by the pillow section I was quite surprised to find a body pillow. Now mind you I looked at many other manchestar places and ended up with no results, but finding it here was just awesome. At the time I was loaded with money, but that was going to pay for my car service so it had to wait another day, and today was that day.

This body pillow measures at 152cm x 45 cm, which is slightly smaller than the ones made by COSPA, however the COSPA ones cost Â¥5000, and then another Â¥5000 just to ship it. This however only cost me $23.95 AU, but Spotlight had a 20% off store wide sale making the price come down to $19.16 AU. Best $20 I spent for the start of this week. But what cover did I use? Well for those who remember a few months ago Dengeki G’s Festival had a Yoake Mae Yori Ruri-iro Na special and it came with a Feena dakimakura cover. Yep, the Moon Princess herself now graces my bed.

Although the pillow itself was only $20, it came at another price. The Feena cover itself measures in at 155 cm x 50 cm, thus the cover is slightly loose. Not to mention the cover itself is rather silky and slightly rough, so for huggability I’m not too sure at this point, I’ll know after a few nights. Though seeing how the Feena cover came from a package that only cost Â¥1980, you can’t expect top quality.

So with a dakimakura finally within my collection, what’s the next thing that I should add? To be honest I’m not too sure. There’s really not much left to get except for maybe a dollfie (however I would eat my own hair if I could get my hands on this), though something like that won’t happen until I find a stable source of income. Oh and just to let you know, no I will not be taking Feena out in public unlike a certain infamous Nemu fan.