A provocative, pantsu emphasizing, To Love-Ru Darkness mousepad which originally came as a mere magazine extra is now being auctioned for over 100,000 yen – with otaku fighting at prices in excess of $1600 USD.
Yahoo Japan’s auction service is being flooded by mousepads from those looking to capitalize upon the weak, pitiable souls of otaku – and those otaku happen to be battling to procure the mousepads in question through currency, slapping down thousands upon thousands of yen for a single one, with the auction even still having time to spare. The mousepad was originally a possible prize with a certain issue of Jump SQ released earlier in the year – and indeed, the winners of said mousepad have certainly gained quite a reward.
Aug 7, 2012 @ 18:49 CDT
$16k for an oshiri pad sounds like a steal. :D
Aug 7, 2012 @ 20:59 CDT
its 1600 not 16,000
Aug 7, 2012 @ 21:41 CDT
Oops my mistake.
Aug 7, 2012 @ 21:45 CDT
You’ve brought shame to your tribe.
Aug 8, 2012 @ 0:08 CDT
My tribe is my family. Such shame will be forgiven with time.
Aug 7, 2012 @ 22:03 CDT
seems legit
Aug 7, 2012 @ 19:18 CDT
i admit that is a pretty nice mousepad but $1600 is just way way too much.
Aug 7, 2012 @ 20:28 CDT
Another case that shows the otakus’ amazingly wealthy assets.
Though it was nowhere near as creepy as the case of a certain hardcore AKB48 otaku who spent 110000$ to buy 5000 of the same CD.
Aug 8, 2012 @ 4:55 CDT
Making anime goods seems to be an easy money making way.
Aug 8, 2012 @ 6:49 CDT
or some otaku just have too much cash
Aug 9, 2012 @ 0:02 CDT
I’ll take 8 of them.