Book Ends: The series begins and ends with Sonico waking up late, and then riding her bike to the university. Balloon Belly: In episode nine, Ouka enters a hot dog eating contest at the school festival and her stomach becomes engorged by her efforts, requiring that she be carried away on a stretcher. Marshmallow Hell: Ena uses this as one of the explanations for Sonico passing out in the waiting room in episode eight. Arguments against: There's also a few. The paintwork is simply a mess, particularly on some parts that are exposed when Pochaco's skirt is removed, paint transfer concerns, and Pochaco looks a little awkward from a couple of angles when she's in her cast-off state.

Break the Cutie: Happens to Ayaka, the little girl in episode eleven. She at first is told by another kid that Santa doesn't exist despite her father telling her he does exist. Later she tells Sonico that her dad promised to be home for Christmas but won't be due to work. So she feels everything he tells her was a lie. Fortunately for her, both of her father's statements come true, and she sees both her father, who was also playing Santa. The pose is lively enough, and Pochaco looks cute from a number of different angles, so I'd say that A-Plus did just fine with the figure's pose. Breather Episode: Episode seven is about Sonico's adventures, during which she encounters and interact with a handful of people. It's relaxed even by the series' standard, and contrasts sharply with the previous episode. While there are sorts of tasty foods at summer festivals, do the vendors usually serve alcohol? Anyway, if Pochaco was serving beer, surely Beelzebub would want one (or two or three or four). Amakuni's Beelzebub ITEM #349076 is not a tiny figure at 1/7 scale, and you can see that Pochaco towers over her. Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Sonico's headphones and how Kitamura's hanya mask are never seen as unusual by other characters in the series.

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Sonico winds up taking on more than she can handle during the cultural festival in episode nine; Sonico isn't one to turn down requests for assistance, though, rather than being forced to help others.

Once Done, Never Forgotten: While intoxicated, Kitamura, arranges for Sonico to make a guest appearance in a TV show and accidentally upstages the heroes of the show. The director throws in his unscripted rescue and is so impressed that he offers Kitamura a role in the show, which the latter declines. Establishing Character Moment: Sonico's manager makes his debut by arriving just as a client tried to take a photo of Sonico in a rather skimpy bikini. His first move is to intimidate them into not doing the shoot with his demon mask, with the implication that it's to him what the headphones are to Sonico.Sexy Santa Dress: Sonico wears one in episode eleven, while Fuuri is dressed up in a reindeer one. Ouka wears a cute one. Green-Eyed Monster: Kinomoto is the journalist who does a behind the scenes interview of Sonico in episode five. As she was a failed novelist, she grows a little bitter at how good and easy going Sonico seems to have it as the interview progresses. However, she gets some inspiration from the latter's notebook and Sonico says she would continue playing music even if everyone thought it was awful because that's what she loves doing. This gives her an epiphany, and she decides to pursue novel writing again, along with giving Sonico a good review. Have you ever run across a figure of one of your favorite characters but you hold off on buying it because you're not too familiar with the manufacturer? Well, today we'll be reviewing such a figure, A-Plus' take on the one and only Super Pochaco. Pochaco has some cast-off features, so many of the shots below are probably NSFW. The NSFW-est shots are behind spoiler tags, so careful with those... Rajke• 5 years ago• #30896273Great review. It is a shame that Pochaco has many flaws. The design and her facial expression (that is one of this figures strongest points) are good enough to make an outstanding figure of her. I couldn't agree more about her gatherbelts: they are a mess. The funny thing about this figure are indeed both beer pull. Both can't be tapped in the same way but it is a funny detail and i can see the humor in that. Her hair coloring is well done till i saw those two spots that chipped off. Hero of Another Story: Super Pochaco is a shy and chubby girl first seen as the third episode. She appears to view Sonico as a role model of sorts: over time, she changes her hairstyle, becomes more confident, dyes her hair, joins a talent agency and dispenses with her glasses.

Pochaco's top lifts her breasts up towards her body, and so as a result, when she's cast off, it looks like her breasts are sort of defying gravity. IMO, it's not a big deal, as the only alternative would have been to require a different chest piece to be swapped in, which sort of defeats the point of her easy castoffability. Generally, A-Plus did okay with Pochaco's sculpt (particularly her body sculpt), although there are a few quirks on that front. However, this figure has a number of issues with paint work, and all told I would say the overall quality of the figure is below average. In episode six, Sonico and her friends were planning to go to the beach the day after trying out their swimsuits, rainy weather precludes this from happening. Here is Pochaco with (at least in my opinion) the best Pochaco figure currently available, Vertex's "Condensed Milk Photo Shoot" figure of the character ITEM #235623 . That figure is also listed as being 1/6 scale, but it too is probably more like 1/5.5 and you can see that Beer Girl Pochaco is similar in scale. We will see that there is no shortage of little issues with this figure, but fortunately the pose is not one of them. Pochaco is clearly in waitress mode, and her pose gives off the sort of chipper and perky vibe that I tend to associate with the character.Awesome by Analysis: Subverted initially with Ena in episode eight. She is seen observing what happened at the restaurant early on, but makes a lot of baseless accusations and seems to be totally clueless on being a what it takes to be a detective. After the credits roll however, she reveals to Miina that the latter spilled water on the speaker, damaging it. Then before she could get it stealthily repaired, she was told Sonico and her friends were going to use the stage for practice, hence her surprise at seeing Sonico at the beginning. Thanks to a bunch of mishaps, including moving Sonico's guitar out of the room she collapsed in, Ena deliberately delayed the investigation and acted dumb so that Miina could save face and her job by not having the girls practice and find out about the defective speaker, which would have ruined their session anyway. Spotlight-Stealing Squad: In episode three, Kitamura "saves" Sonico from a squid monster instead of letting the heroes of the show do it. Overshadowed by Awesome: Kitamura accidentally upstages the heroes of the TV show Sonico was guest starring in during episode three after the actors playing the villain crosses the line. They hilariously keep his actions in the show and crediting him as a guest hero.

Better to Die than Be Killed: Sonico, Fuuri and Suzu jump overboard when they appear to be in danger of being eaten by other passengers during the sixth episode, but the passengers come to their senses and can only watch in horror as the three plummet into the ocean. They are subsequently rescued.

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Directed by Kenichi Kawamura, with Yousuke Kuroda managing the script, SoniAni: Super Sonico The Animation ( SoniAni for brevity) premièred in winter 2014. The anime features Super Sonico, Nitro Plus' Company Mascot note actually the mascot for Nitroplus' live concert 'Nitro Super Sonic' which first introduced her in 2006, and follows the adventures she encounters in her everyday life. Between her endeavours in academics, modelling career, music and part-time job as a waitress, Sonico always manages to find the time to brighten up the lives of those around her. According to the promotional video Pony Canyon released, Super Sonico is voiced by Super Sonico. note She is actually voiced by Ayano Yamamoto, but Nitro Plus has been trying to cover it up after a PR incident. Pochaco and Vertex's "Cowgirl" Pochaco ITEM #183891 . Cowgirl Pochaco is 1/6 scale, and you can see that the A-Plus figure is slightly larger. Also, while the Vertex figure is much better in terms of fit and finish, I think A-Plus did a better job with her facial expression! Paper-Thin Disguise: Suzu and Fuuri impersonate Sonico when the latter becomes triple-booked on the first day of her school's cultural festival. While Suzu does a reasonable job of fooling Sonico's classmates (who are still suspicious), it does nothing for Sonico's grandmother, who sees through it immediately. Similarly, the emcee of the beauty contest seems to realize it's Fuuri, but plays along nonetheless. Despite the rather terrible paintwork, this figure does have a lot of things going for it, and I really like this Pochaco despite her many QC issues. Would I recommend this figure? That question doesn't have an easy answer...