#dcmk otakulife

[shirleykarasuma]

Hello my friends,

This is Shirley Karasuma with a classic dcmk merchandise post. °^°/

I bought some nice dcmk goods from Japan recently and I thought I'm going to share it with you. oWo

This was the pakage I got. ⇩

Lovely Nesoberi Cone was very proud of this big pakage. (ŐωŐ)

Today we'll have a look at the first item of this box. ૮₍｡´• ˕ •`｡₎ა

It is a blanket. °^°/

This blanket is from the SegaPlaza 2019 collection.

The size is about 140 x 100 cm.

It feels very soft and is moderately lightweighted.

The colorful design features a variety oft different dcmk character symbols.

Is it a nice blanket? Yes!

Is it a cuddly blanket? Yes!

Do I like this blanket? Yes!

I like it a lot! (˶ ᷇𖥦 ᷆˵)

[shirleykarasuma]

Hello my friends,

I'm sorry for the lack of content recently. I'm currently moving places and there is so much to do. ⊙﹏⊙

Once I'm finished I will make a complete room tour. ｡^‿^｡

Spoiler Images ahead~

[shirleykarasuma]

Hello my friends,

It is about time. The year 2022 ends.

And what would be Shirley Karasumas blog without the yearly annual closure post!°^°

You know it, you love it! Here we go!!!

Ah yes I vividly remember that day exactly one year ago. I had this idea...

"A DCMK FanGame made by a small DCMK Community"

Around half a year later I started this project with a small German DCMK community and now we are working on it.

It's shinichitly something big!

I've done a lot for this project in the past and there is more to come~

It goes really well and if it's a sucess I plan on expanding this project to the international community. We will see what the new year will bring to us!

A lot happend this year.

I finally finished my apprenticeship which means I am now officially certified software developer and overall computer nerd. It makes me really happy.

Then I moved into my first own small apartment. You know moving also come with stress and frustration but for me it has been a great adventure so far. There is still a lot to do in my apartment but once it's finished you will es a classic DCMK Otaku Roomtour!

The year is nearly over. Shirley hopes you will have a great last time. We will meet again next year!

Happy new year everyone!

Your Shirley Karasuma

[shirleykarasuma]

Hello my friends,

We have to talk. OWO

So in the past two weeks I was asked by so many people where and how I got all my merchandise. •A°

You know, when I started being active in the DCMK fandom I really wanted to have some merchandise. Them problem was that all my local merch stores just didn't have any DCMK merchandise at all. I was so sad and frustrated because I didn't know where to search and which stores and sites to trust.

This is exactly why I started blogging about DCMK merch. I know Detective Conan and Magic Kaito are not as popular in the West as they are in Japan and that's why there is some lack of information in the western fandom about where to get certain things regarding merchandise. I want all of you DCMK Fans to have a blog that you can trust and can ask when you have questions about DCMK merchandise.

Therefore I decided to make this post with my top stores and services for buying DCMK merch and anything else from Japan. °^°👍

Oki let's go~

AmiAmi

This is an only store that I really can recommend. I've been buying from them since I started posting online and I'm amazed by how big their range of products is. °^°👍

Here you will get your merchandise directly from Japan!

• buy items ✔

• pre-order new itmes ✔

• Items new and pre-owned ✔

• Shipping worldwide ✔

• Languages : JP 🇯🇵 , CN 🇨🇳 , EN 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇦🇺

Visit the store here~

ZenMarket

ZenMarket is a so called ShoppingService. ShoppingServices will help you buy items from online stores that do not ship worldwide. Zenmarket is there to help you with Japanese online stores.

Honestly ZenMarket is amazing. I only ones had a problem and their customer service immediately helped me with it. °^°👍.

• Supports a lot of Japanese online stores ✔

• Buy and pre-order any type of items ✔

• Online Blog with updates, tips and tricks ✔

• Shipping world wide ✔

• Languages : JP 🇯🇵 , CN 🇨🇳 🇭🇰, EN 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 , DE 🇩🇪 , ES 🇪🇸 , FR 🇫🇷 , RU 🇷🇺, UA 🇺🇦, MY 🇲🇾, ID 🇮🇩, VN 🇻🇳, TH 🇹🇭 and more!

Visit the store here ~

Here are some tips for smart shoppers! 👓

• Buy pre-owned items

• Pre-order new items a the right time

• Check different stores for the prizes of items

• Make a wishlist and check if an item is on sale

More things you can do:

• Feed your piggybank regularly.

( because one lonly coin will be one day a pile of money °^°)

• No money, no shopping!

(Don't be like Kogoro Mouri and waste your non existent money on shitty things! Go easy with your money! ÒAó)

And if you want to know more things or need some help with anything else regarding online merchandise shopping, you can hit me up. I'm here to help you! OWO 👍

[shirleykarasuma]

Hello my friends,

Have you ever seen a very cuddly Nesoberi Family? °^°

You haven't? I am in shock! Σ( ° △ °|||)︴

We have to change that right now! OWO

─ ❖ ─ ✦ Cuddles are appriciated!✦ ─ ❖ ─

[shirleykarasuma]

Hello my friends,

This weekend I got a super duper nice package wich made me really happy. (ó﹏ò｡)♡⠜

I don't know for sure how many times I said that like to support small artists and artist groups in the DCMK fandom but I just can repeat myself again.

Also since I started posting online I was more active in the Japanese fandom than I was in the western, so I don't know much western DCMK fanartist. ( ˊᵕˋ ⁝)💦

Well I knew a hand few but honestly all of them dropped out the fandom over time. qAq

Still I found something really cool. You know I like Doujin so it's not a big surprise. Though I was surprised when I found out there was a English group that makes a DCMK Fanzine.

@dcmkfanzine (ó﹏ò｡)♡⠜

I am one of those bloggers that originally started blogging in a Amino community and therefore I was surpised when I found out about tumblr and how many DCMK fan artist here are. It makes me really happy to discover more and more of the western DCMK fandom. 💖

I am really so excited about this. I really don't know how to express my feelings. Honestly I cried while unpacking this. This is truly one of the best things about our community.

It's so amazingly super duper wonderful like the whole western DCMK community is. You can really see how many super cool fanartist we have and how versatile our community is. I really appreciate that. QAQ👍

(Holy shit I am actually crying. I'm so sorry. I have to stop this here. qAq~)

[shirleykarasuma]

Hello my friends,

I'm sorry for not posting the snack taste test today, but I have to tell you the best thing ever!

I say it, I mean it! °w°

So you know that I was told the German mail service lost my package. Turns out they somehow send it to the wrong Person. You know, there lives another familie in my hometown with the exact same family name as mine and somehow the mail service mixed up our packages.

Well shit happens. ╮(. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)╭

Anyways this is the package I was talking about.

It's really big and I wasn't expecting this. O.o

After the unboxing I could see that the packaging was a bit to big for what was actually inside. I really think they could have shipped this with a smaller packaging, but who cares.

I don't! ( ﾟ∀ﾟ)

So here are the plushies I was waiting for so long! °^°

Characters:

Shinichi Kudou

Heiji Hattori (with base cap)

Ai Haibara

I honestly haven't seen M sized Nesoberi that much. I feel like L and S sized Nesoberi are way more common.

Also the Cone that was sitting on the package was my only M sized Nesoberi that I had before and therefore I'm happy to welcome more of these cuties to my Nesoberi families!

Let's give them a warm welcome! ⊂(´• ω •`⊂)

This was the first episode of Lost and Found.

I ofcourse hope that no other package will ever get lost again. ˙ ꒳ ˙

[shirleykarasuma]

Hello my friends,

I'll make it short. I got a new mascot plush.

Look at this very happy Sonoko! X3

*virtual hug from plush Sonoko-chan*

❀.*•°✾.* ° •❀ (づ ΩワΩ)づ ❀.*•°✾.* ° •❀

For everyone who had a bad day or just needs something to cheer you up, I'll hope this makes you smile again. ૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა

[shirleykarasuma]

Hello my friends,

Today we have a premier! I got my first Haibara figures! I am really excited! So let's Start! (´•᎑•`)

These are two figures I got.

The left one is a Nendroid -> JP ねんどろいど(chibi style action figure) and the Right one is a Premium Chokonose Figure -> JP プレミアムちょこのせフィギユア.

As big as my merchandise collection seems, I actually don't have that much Haibara stuff. That's why I'm so happy about these figures.

The Nendroid fits perfect to my small Nendroid collection. I have three other Nendroids and since I got my first one, I've been amazed by how absolutely adorable they are. (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ ˶)

It's really a lot of fun to play with them!

About the Chokonose figure, there is a cause why I bought that. °^°

This Chokonose figure has a very special design, so it can only sit at the edge of a shelf. This typ of figures is very popular in Germany and in the region I am from we call something like this a "Kantenhocker". "Knatenhocker" can be roughly translated as "edge sitter", basically a figure that can only sit at the edge of a shelf.

I know this is not you standard typ of anime figure, but I really love them. (๑ >᎑<) ~♡

What I've noticed is that booth figures have different eye colors. Since both of them are supposed to be Ai Haibara, I've looked in my Ai Haibara Secret Archive book and it seems her eye color changes depending on the episode and overall atmosphere in the current scene.

So I guess in this case the different eye colors are a type of style choice. σ( -ˇ.ˇ-。)

Despite this, I really like them both and the only thing that's left is finding a nice place for them in my collection. (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ ˶)

[shirleykarasuma]

A New Years legend from Beika Tokyo says:

If you will hug this boy you'll be guaranteed to not run into any cases and/or dead bodies!

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* Happy New Year 2022 *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

[shirleykarasuma]

Hello my friends,

As every year I doing a big annual closure post!

I do this so you can see how my year as a member of the DCMK fandom was like.

The year 2021 is nearly over hete in Germany.

It was a great Start. We started with loats of snacks and drinks from Japan. I They were very tasty by the way. °w°

Then I went over to show you my original style that I usually draw in. I know a lot of people did not really like my original style due to the fact that it's super stylized. I think it's cute so I won't stop drawing like this. ~(⁰▿⁰)~

I also did some other art throughout the year like redraw challenges and seasonal art. They were very well received from you guys. I thank you a lot for this.(💖 ˃̵͈̑ᴗ˂̵͈̑)

We had a lots of video games. Honestly it was very interesting. I think this is something you really enjoyed.

And I really enjoyed playing them. (๑✧◡✧๑)♪

I also started some different motivational posts. I mean I'm not a super hero or someone you should look up to, but when I see people feeling uncomfortable I just want to help them. That's why I think it's important to make motivational posts once in a while. ૮꒰ᐢ ´ ᵕ ` ᐢ꒱ა

As always we can't forget about new merchandise! There was some absolutely great stuff as well. I mean just look at all those oddities. Who thought they sold DCMK printed toilet paper. ≧▽≦

We also had more snacks and drinks throughout the year. Honestly I love making these snack taste tests so much. I really can't wait for the next one! OWO

Not to mention all the other cuddly plushy dolls. Everything would just be as half as fluffy as it is now without all my lovely nesoberi. ପ(∩´͈ ᐜ `͈∩)ଓ

Yes, it was a very great year for me!

But there is one thing that is even greater and that is being part of this wonderful fandom!

Let the next year be as wonderful as this one!

[shirleykarasuma]

Hello my friends,

I have some very exciting news today!

Yes, yes! ( ੭ु>ヮ<)੭ु⁾⁾

A big big package arrived this weekend. ≧▽≦

This is something that I can't review on my own, because these are all snacks and drinks.

So my lovely friends who is living near me will come over next weekend and then we'll be doing the Snack Taste Test Part 3. \°^°/

I am very excited, I hope you too. ヽ(*≧ω≦)ﾉ

*⊱••••✩••••̩̩͙⊰•**•̩̩͙⊱•••✩•••̩̩͙⊰•**•̩̩͙⊱••••✩••••̩̩͙⊰*

For the last part we have some bad news. >~<

So I asked the German mail service about a express package with anime merchandise that I was expecting to be delivered since a month. I gave them every Information I had about the package and they told me they have no clue where it is and their system also can't track it down. So now my package with plushies is officially lost in the mail. ˃̣̣̥᷄ ᴖ ˂̣̣̥᷅ ‎

Well it can't be helped. >.<

Luckily I didn't lost that much money with it, but it's still sad.

[shirleykarasuma]

Hello my friends,

I am happy to be back. Somehow yesterday Amino decided to not work anymore after I uploaded the blog post in the German community. I was so frustrated I just completely forgot to upload it here. -.-

Now let's do a little time travel. Please choose your time machine of desire and follow me back all the way to 1996.

Uh 1996... This is where I am just -1 years old. °^°

And what's even better is the fact that our favorite anime has birthday that year! To be exact it's on the 08 of January 1996. This is the day where “名探偵コナン（Detective Conan)“ aired it's first episode on Japanese TV.

With such a premiere you definitely need to have something cool from the show that you can buy, right? °^°

Well, if you're thinking of merchandise you're absolutely lost. •_•

In 1996 anime merch like we know it today just wasn't a thing. I just didn't exist. 0A0

What existed though we're kids toys, cause young kids were back in 1996 and still are in 2021 the main audience of Detective Conan.

I actually don't have that much kids toys in my merchandise repertoire but I could find those two guys here. (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ ˶)

So this is "sleep with me" Conan. A cutsie Conan in a pyjama that you can cuddle while sleeping.

This one had originally two different versions. The normal Conan and the "sleep with me" Conan.

This is also the only one that still had it's original tag. OwO

And now on to big boy Conan. °^°

As you can see big boy Conan is pretty tall compared to pyjama Conan. But the best part is, he can be posed. This is possible because of a metal skeleton inside.

Usually art dolls or "adult dolls" do come with a metal skeleton, for kids dolls this is a little uncommon. °A°

Since both dolls have "same face syndrome" you can clearly tell they were produced in the same period of time.

I also did a reverse image search with these dolls, but I only could finde auctions of people that have sold these in the past. Fun fact, you can count these auctions on one hand. Jep it's really just a hand full. °o°

General Information I found absolutely non. The only information I have is that both dolls were produced originally in 1996.

Well, it's a mystery! 👻

I really love old DCMK toys, so don't be surprised if I will show you more one day.

~ (๑•᎑<๑)ｰ☆ ~

[shirleykarasuma]

Hello my friends,

I promised you more games, so here I am.

With "games" most of you probably think of video games or card games because that's what's popular right? ‎​(•̪ . •̪)

Well today we have a very special game. It's not a video game nor a card game.

So what is then? Õwõ

Well there is another typ of games you probably didn't thought of. I'm talking about board games and party games. Essentially just every game that you have to play with other people in person, like you would at a fun house party with your friends. °^°/🎉

A game like this that is pretty popular in Japan is Jenga. You know game with the Tower made of wooden Blocks. You've probably heard of it.

Now guess what. There is actually a Detective Conan-Jenga. At least a "not branded" one.

I'm not sure if there was ever planned to be a official branded version but I'm totally fine with off-brand. °^°👍

Despite being not branded by the original game it does give off very much original Jenga vibes. Such good wood! ( ¯꒳¯ )

It has a very minimalistic wooden look. And for the special Detective Conan design they put some fancy quotes from different show characters on the blocks.

Very fancy indeed. ôAÔ

Da rules according to the box:

1. Make an 18-tiered tower by stacking 3 blocks vertically and 3 horizontally with the quote side down.

2. Decide the orders of all players. Pull out the blocks one by one. The person that is playing pulles out a block, reads the Quote out loud and then stacks it on top of the tower so that the Quote is facing downwards.

3. A Player loses if the Tower collapsed.

4. If you make a mistake while reading the quote, you have to pull a new block an try again.

5. You can enjoy this "Detective Conan" game even more by adding original rules. Maybe try guessing who said which quote? You can play this game with various rules and as many times as you like!

I mean it is very nice to play with friends and the quotes give it a nice Detective Conan charm.

Sure the audience for anime styled physical games may not be that big and I also totally understand if you're thinking that this absolutely unnecessary. Though it is something that will definitely suprise people. ✧(❛ ֊ ❛ ✿)

NOW I NEED SOMEONE TO PLAY WITH ME!

[shirleykarasuma]

Hello my friends,

Today I wanted to show you something really pretty that I got. (,,ƠωƠ,,)

These are little note pads.

You know when I think of gemstones the first character that comes to my mind is obviously Kaitou Kid. Even though I wouldn't associate other characters with gemstones I personally think the design is very pretty.

Notepads don't seem like a big deal but I like using them to write little notes when sending a package to a friend. ヾ(・ω・)メ(・ω・)ノ

Like you see here. ⇩

(I'm so sorry for my absolute terrible hand writing. TwT)

Watch me make a packege for a friend~

This is for ⇨ @kokoseitanteikudoshinichi

He's a very cute German potato. ÙwÚ. His package contains a small cute Ran plush keychain and the little note from above. I hope you like it Shin-chan. °^°

[shirleykarasuma]

Retro Archieve #1

Aesthetic merchandise photos to please your day. 😌👌

This post features aesthetic photos with real retro Detective Conan merchandise. ♡