The situation and true feelings of otaku girls] SS for the best pain chocolate.... Otakus' All-out Efforts in Valentine's Day

Everywhere you look, there is sweet chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. During this Valentine's Day season, the chocolate sales are going on in department stores and on street corners, but how are all the otaku people doing?


Satomi Zunda, an Alaska nerd girl, grins when she imagines that Daisuke (*1) would be so happy just to give her a piece of Tyrolle chocolate.

(*1) Daisuke Motomiya. (*1) Daisuke Motomiya, the main character in the TV anime "Digimon Adventure 02.

By the way, at the end of last year, there was an announcement in the otaku industry regarding Valentine's Day. Yes, it was the news of the cancellation of the ranking of the number of Valentine's Day chocolates won by the very famous tennis manga "The Prince of Tennis. The event, which had been a great success in boosting Valentine's Day in the otaku industry by ranking the total number of chocolates sent to each character every Valentine's Day, has suddenly been canceled. ......

The reason for the cancellation was that the total number of chocolates sent to Shueisha exceeded 180,000 and they could no longer manage it. The logistical burden was also too much. ...... Instead, they are going to conduct a ranking of popular characters based on the application coupons that come with the magazine, but it will be a bit sad for both the Tenipuri fans who have been sending chocolates every year and the otaku industry that has been watching over them.

Nevertheless, as this phenomenon shows, otaku girls go all out for Valentine's Day every year. It's not a half-hearted effort!

In addition to fans of "The Prince of Tennis," there are many otaku girls who fall in love with a manga character and send chocolates to the publisher, hoping to address them to the character.

In addition to sending chocolates to publishers, there are many other ways to send chocolates with love to the characters. You can "ahhhhh" the chocolate to the character on your TV or PC screen, or you can offer the chocolate in front of the character's figurine. You can also try "dipping" the chocolate in front of a character figure at .......

It's not just about giving. Creative otaku girls even make "ita-choko" (painted chocolates) with illustrations of characters. The quality is astonishing (please Google it!). Please Google it! The painted chocolates made using chocolate pens are works of art.

What?　Who is going to eat it?　Of course, your fellow otaku girls will eat it! We enjoy eating them while cackling. Some otaku girls are satisfied after taking pictures and uploading them on the Internet, and some even give them to their younger brothers or fathers because they can't eat them all by themselves. ...... How would a father feel if he received a painted chocolate with a handsome character on it for Valentine's Day?

Otaku girls who are active in doujinshi activities draw sweet illustrations of their favorite couplings for Valentine's Day and upload them to "pixiv," or publish Valentine's Day SS (*2) on their websites. ...... They also make DECO chocolates out of Tyrol Chocolates and distribute them to their fellow coterie members (of course, they save the illustrated wrappers after eating the Tyrol Chocolates!) ). Anyway, Otaku girls are very busy on Valentine's Day.

(*2) Short story. (*2) Short story. A short novel-like doujinshi work.

Valentine's Day is a time for couples to nurture their love, but for otaku girls, it is an event dedicated to their favorite characters and couplings, and they are the kind of otaku girls who put 3D men second .......

(Text and pictures by Satomi Zunda)