Umeboshi

Face-up artist(s):

Armeleia (me)

Date of acquisition:

June 2021

Provenance:

Head from Y!J, body from Mandarake

Reason for choice:

When I was living in Japan in 2005, I went to Nagoya Dolpa (my home city) and fell in love with SwD Rengemaru! I decided to try to get him in the after event at our local Sumika and dutifully lined up at 5am because they said it would be first-come first served. We were 4th in line! It seemed a guarantee! When by the time the store opened at 11, they decided to do it by lottery because there were so many people... and despite waiting like 6 hours, I got a terrible lottery number and left empty handed. I was crushed! I have literally been salty over this for 15 years. So I decided that if an affordable SwD Rengemaru came up, that sucker was MINE.

Best Points:

It is so damn cute.

Worst Points:

He's old and he's definitely not as good a poser as a newer doll. He's also yellowed a bit, though he looks great for his age. Which is old. He is old enough to drive.

Eyes:

Enchanted Doll urethane

Wig:

YoSD Neon default

Name story:

When we were waiting in line for the Nagoya afterevent, we foolishly brought no snacks. Only water. The girl behind us in line was super sweet, and even though she spoke no English and I was really shy about my Japanese, she shared her umeboshi with us. I don't like umeboshi, but it still stands out as one of the nicest things. :)

Character gender:

male

Offsite roleplay:

This doll's character is not available for offsite roleplay.

He's actually very old and very tired. He's definitely not human. Generally a good dude, though.