Bern Switzerland
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Mon 2008/05/19 08:34
See melonpan take us on a tour of his home town in Bern Switzerland together with Nia. I was thinking of doing something like this in armor - guess I need to suddenly acquire a few dakimakura covers.
See all the full res pics at Melonpan's blog. Hmmmm, just had an idea. Maybe the next figure giveaway should be given to the bravest otaku - participants would take any figure they own and kiss it in public - capturing the moment on photo. I'd better get to work on finishing up the giveaway/competition tool.
Been up since 2AM. Body clock still on Japan time.
Brought some Melatonin to help with ...(more)
Wed 05/07 21:26 comments (119)
Already linked it through the Member News, but who cares ^^" I had to laugh soo hard the first time I went throught the pics, his comments make it even better :D
(ID #191008) Posted on 2008/05/19 08:40
Director/代表取締役
Gah, sorry! Looks like you posted it when I was on the plane - missed it completely ToT.
(ID #191017) Posted on 2008/05/19 08:50
Yeah, the comments were fun too. I hardly read his blog but this one post was hilarious. :) I sure hope no one is tempted to do figure bukkake in public just to be the "bravest". ^_^''
(ID #191026) Posted on 2008/05/19 09:03
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
Agree with you, his comments are simply funny.
(ID #191249) Posted on 2008/05/19 13:50
I would most probably have been a combination of laughed at/beaten up. Sorry to hear about the proposed figure competition, since I don't actually own any figures or such like (as of yet). That is one brave man though, I wonder how open minded the community is where he lives...
(ID #191013) Posted on 2008/05/19 08:45
Student
lol.. i'll get the combination of laughed at/beaten up/arrested..
(ID #191504) Posted on 2008/05/19 20:41
radical anime fan in Singapore; starting to freeze up. Mmm, end-of-year weather. (Registered on 2007/01/25 22:08)
Polytechnic Freshman. Mmm... fresh.
Neighborhooding country, but i get "ridiculed and ostracized" added to the mix.
(ID #191567) Posted on 2008/05/19 22:21
Beaten most likely for me too. But it be worth it!
(ID #192791) Posted on 2008/05/21 11:05
Afro-ed Student
Me has no figures (yet) either. But Danny says the giveaway is only for senior members actively contributing to the community, so I guess we're not qualified?
(ID #191616) Posted on 2008/05/19 23:24
Director/代表取締役
You have 756 comments - you are very well qualified!
(ID #191641) Posted on 2008/05/20 00:10
that guy is freaking awesome!!! some of the pictures is pure otaku...
(ID #191015) Posted on 2008/05/19 08:50
だいがくせい
best part is when he's running with the other people xD
(ID #191016) Posted on 2008/05/19 08:50
WebDesign, Coding, Administration
Hmm doing something like that in germany would proably get pretty much the same reactions as on the pictures. ;) Hmm kissing a figure? Right now all i got is figma Haruhi and seriously, kissing girls aren't something i would take a picture of. :P Also i would hate to torture other people with my fugly self lol. Though... it would be a tough cookie is figma Lelouch would make it in time to my place haha... *cough* ... smexy guy he is he could even hold my cheeks! *sigh* ^^;;;;;;;; Now you have done something horrible to my imagination Danny.
(ID #191027) Posted on 2008/05/19 09:03
Hahaha I would never do that, but I'm glad that someone will
(ID #191030) Posted on 2008/05/19 09:10
melonpan has made me speechless... he's one brave fellow seems like venturing the town in an otaku way is quite popular these days ^^
(ID #191033) Posted on 2008/05/19 09:13
Just awesome, gotta have alot of courage. Gonna see his blog
(ID #191049) Posted on 2008/05/19 09:27
Leisure Consultant, Writer, Webmaster
lol you gotta love the audacity! If he tried that in NYC, someone would surely either take that pillow or knock him down....and then take the pillow.
(ID #191051) Posted on 2008/05/19 09:30
Director/代表取締役
LOL
(ID #191127) Posted on 2008/05/19 11:28
I dunno about that, you remember the Naked Cowboy right? He is even making it into commercials now.
(ID #191759) Posted on 2008/05/20 03:02
That takes some guts to do something like that. It didn't look like there were a lot of odd stares either. The comments that were added onto the pictures were hysterical.
(ID #191766) Posted on 2008/05/20 03:22
Posted that in the wrong spot.
(ID #191767) Posted on 2008/05/20 03:23
Dude it would get so dirty i wouldn't want to take it out on the subway in NY.
(ID #191967) Posted on 2008/05/20 09:06
Web Design & Development
Oh wow. Suddenly melonpan became awesome.
(ID #191057) Posted on 2008/05/19 09:42
:O He's so cool. haha Seems like a fun guy
(ID #191058) Posted on 2008/05/19 09:42
Epic win crazy cool otaku guy lol. And quite the bold one too.
(ID #191066) Posted on 2008/05/19 09:49
Looks like fun! Beautiful city. There are mostly just hobos in my city, they wouldnt neccesarily laugh or anything if I did that, they would probably just ask for the pillow, or spare change.
(ID #191068) Posted on 2008/05/19 09:59
I wouldn't do that for all the money in the world. The funny thing is, in all of the pictures no one is looking at him. Its like they've seen it all before or something.
(ID #191069) Posted on 2008/05/19 10:00
Extremely Poor College Student
this would actually make a really cool giveaway contest
(ID #191072) Posted on 2008/05/19 10:06
I would probably do that, looks like alot of fun. Gonna wait for my Natsume Rin to arrive, and then take a trip into town. ^^; Probably gonna get beaten and laughed at. >_<
(ID #191073) Posted on 2008/05/19 10:07
Director/代表取締役
Awaiting your pics.
(ID #191128) Posted on 2008/05/19 11:29
Same here!
(ID #192792) Posted on 2008/05/21 11:06
That's awsome. I would love to run around my home town doing that. As for kissing a figure, hell, I might. It'd be kind of hard to do it though. Maybe during my High School graduation?
(ID #191077) Posted on 2008/05/19 10:11
I salute you, Melonpan, for you are a man among otakus! That's quite a scenic city tour too.
(ID #191078) Posted on 2008/05/19 10:13
That guy knows no shame. Hope he enjoys ruining his own reputation. "oh look, it's that weirdo guy who carried around a large pillow with a weird cartoon girl on it last week!"
(ID #191079) Posted on 2008/05/19 10:13
LOL, nice one! I say do it again with a more revealing dakimakura. I'd like to see the expressions then! This one's too properly dressed.
(ID #191081) Posted on 2008/05/19 10:16
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
lol brave brave meronpan XD
(ID #191082) Posted on 2008/05/19 10:17
melonpan... meronpan is another member of DC. ^^;
(ID #191132) Posted on 2008/05/19 11:31
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
gomen o_o; I got them mixed up =_=
(ID #192987) Posted on 2008/05/21 15:58
Wow... balls of steel man, I could never do that... I do however have a hatsune miku pillow XD I would come shake your hand though if I met you in person.
(ID #191083) Posted on 2008/05/19 10:18
haha,same here ^^; If i were to go around with a pillow like that where i live, i would get strange looks and might get beaten down/get labeled as an idiot in school
(ID #193059) Posted on 2008/05/21 19:31
Software Engineer
Brilliant .... i love this sort of humour!
(ID #191085) Posted on 2008/05/19 10:18
Student Engineer
"In America", you would be beaten! =/. Although i think it is a bit weird, all the more power to him! I'm not too big into dakimakuras.
(ID #191092) Posted on 2008/05/19 10:26
IT Developer
that's what I call passion!
(ID #191095) Posted on 2008/05/19 10:35
Mahjong Musume
Awwww, when I get my Nia pillow, I'm gonna do the same thing, and dedicate it to you, Melonpan, you are the man! Although it probably won't get the same reaction as him since I'm a little girl.
(ID #191098) Posted on 2008/05/19 10:46
pepsi??? (Registered on 2007/09/29 22:36)
hands down to you...funny thing is the people in the pic doesnt seem to mind you...in my place they would surely be laughing at you calling you "idiot" or "crazy"
(ID #191103) Posted on 2008/05/19 11:04
pepsi??? (Registered on 2007/09/29 22:36)
not really at "you" if you came to my country...but to any1 who does those kind of stuff
(ID #191108) Posted on 2008/05/19 11:08
student
I couldn;t read the comments on his blog, due o me only knowing English and French, but those pictures are AMAZING. I would totally do something like this with a figure. Like, a 1:1 scale figure or a bodypillow of a male character or something.
(ID #191107) Posted on 2008/05/19 11:08
THIS IS SERIOUSLY HILARIOUS I CANT STOP LAUGHING HAHAHAHAHA
(ID #191110) Posted on 2008/05/19 11:11
Hehe! That is pretty awesome, but over here I'd bet you'd get beaten up or at the very least laughed at over here... But that's an interesting idea for a contest... Bravest otaku gets a prize... I'd probably lose, unless I did something that would get me arrested.
(ID #191115) Posted on 2008/05/19 11:18
LOL Awesome. Two thumbs up for your bravery ^^
(ID #191117) Posted on 2008/05/19 11:20
O_O ! Oh wow, I find it hard to find the words to post, LOL!
(ID #191123) Posted on 2008/05/19 11:26
Upstair ...addicted to anything related to chibi
Very brave....I would wear my mask going around like that....
(ID #191126) Posted on 2008/05/19 11:28
I may get away with it if Nia was in a huge plastic bag, makes people think i just bought her, and was on the way home.... I bow down to bravery.
(ID #191131) Posted on 2008/05/19 11:31
this is epic.. its like the "Euro Trip" with a dakimakura
(ID #191149) Posted on 2008/05/19 11:44
TK-8316 / 宅男 Otaku / 工程师 Engineer
i see nothing wrong with a guy holding a dakimakura going around town. is it because of nia on the cover? if nia is not there, i doubt anybody around him would care. btw, nia is not moe (please don't hit me). *runs away*
(ID #191150) Posted on 2008/05/19 11:45
I hope you don't propose an open bravest otaku challenge. Some of us are pretty shameless and might end up in the news somehow. Personally, I've only done two things otaku related in public. 1) Take a soccer ball sized Togepi (Lucky Egg Pokemon) Plush to a physics test (Grade: A). 2) Took my Saber Cushion to the Track Meet last weekend (AND WE WON!). I wasn't publicizing it, but it got some attention.
(ID #191152) Posted on 2008/05/19 11:47
University Student.
Wow. Really respect him for doing that!! I know most of us wouldn't be able to do the same (at least not now, until danny decides to pull the plug with his "proposed" compeitition lol).
(ID #191153) Posted on 2008/05/19 11:51
Student
so ronery ;_; but god, this is awesome!
(ID #191159) Posted on 2008/05/19 11:58
NEET (no, student...)
oh god no... i still have my dignity... At least cosplaying sounds fun, this is just...
(ID #191160) Posted on 2008/05/19 11:59
wow , i rather find most of the comments esp from USA in half - either beaten up (you sure guys would want to see one eh ? LOL) or just simlpe be laugh at~ ... Looks like i'm more of hoping to see one like this in USA XD
(ID #191162) Posted on 2008/05/19 12:01
*simply be laugh at* - (.. we really need an "edit comment" for this >.<)
(ID #191165) Posted on 2008/05/19 12:02
TK-8316 / 宅男 Otaku / 工程师 Engineer
Question: What will Simon do when he finds out Nia is on a date with Melonpan? ('~')
(ID #191163) Posted on 2008/05/19 12:02
NEET (no, student...)
"ギガ...ドリル...ブーレイクー！！！！！！"
(ID #191859) Posted on 2008/05/20 05:48
Lmao! This is entertaining! ^.^ Won't he get tired of hugging it around everywhere? :D
(ID #191166) Posted on 2008/05/19 12:03
Web Designer, Boxer, StreetFighter, Anime Collector and Gamer
I loled! :D Man I gotta take off my hat to that guy! He's earned my respect! To that sort of thing in public he's pretty brave and very passionate about being an otaku. In our place most people would just stare, some might laugh since rare to see a man moving around with a daki. Kiss your figure in public? Hmm...I am a bit inspired with from this guy I might do it.
(ID #191173) Posted on 2008/05/19 12:12
That's the bravest act I've ever seen in my life.
(ID #191178) Posted on 2008/05/19 12:21
Professional Tennis Court Cleaner/Haruhiist
a round of applause for you man, i might get in on this contest talk though.
(ID #191189) Posted on 2008/05/19 12:32
Online Shop
Wow, this is the bravest act I've ever seen! This could happen in Akihabara but it's tolerable there due to the nature of the town. But he did this is Sweitzerland!? Freaking awesome, kudos to him~
(ID #191190) Posted on 2008/05/19 12:33
MELONPAN IS MY HERO! Never will I ever have the courage to do anything remotely like that...hell, I get a little embarrassed just carrying my Anime Network side-bag at a convention...
(ID #191198) Posted on 2008/05/19 12:44
Lol that was awesome, good job Melonpan! Being confident in yourself enough to do such a thing is great.
(ID #191200) Posted on 2008/05/19 12:47
Student/ANBU
This guy deserves a medal ! Beautiful city too :) A friend of mine did dress up as a ninja in Auckland with a kendo sword and walked and went around downtown Auckland getting odd looks lol http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbumBig.jsp?MemberId=1612799598&PhotoNbr=1&PhotoAlbumId=6297717554
(ID #191204) Posted on 2008/05/19 12:53
here hardly anyone knows what anime are. but that wont stop them from staring and laughing at me if i were to do any such thing in public. I'll probably be thought of as a mentally deranged guy walking around with a big pillow. getting beaten up would be a possibility here :(
(ID #191215) Posted on 2008/05/19 13:09
Lulz. In L.A., since there is so many people around here with so many mixed feelings, i'd get laughed at but i praise this guy like i praise goth lolita cosplayers in L.A. In fact i saw 2 today in Little Tokyo earlier today.
(ID #191235) Posted on 2008/05/19 13:39
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
Two thumbs up for Melonpan!
(ID #191247) Posted on 2008/05/19 13:47