Anonymous5: I was working at a comic book store that ran a booth at Anime North. Now, evidently for sins I committed in a past life, I was working in the anime body pillow section.
Some of the pillows we had were perfectly innocent and innocuous. The Vocaloid singing in cyberspace, the girls from Madoka Magica battling witches, Sebastian from Black Butler doing butler stuff. There was a very popular one of Kirito and Asuna from Sword Art Online with their daughter Yui. Nothing terrible, just the sort of thing an anime fan would buy.
Then there were the......other pillows. The pink-haired Vocaloid in a bikini holding her tits. Sebastian Michaelis shirtless, sprawled on a bed. A nearly-naked Asuka from Evangelion.
None of the people buying the more risqué pillows looked or acted like normal people. There was this one guy who had to be over fifty, who made me take out and display each and every Vocaloid, Black Rock Shooter, and Madoka Magica pillowcase in both body and throw sizes, and carefully evaluated them for their cuteness and pinkness before he decided to buy some. There were two long comic book storage boxes filled with Black Rock Shooter pillowcases, two for Madoka Magica, and three for Vocaloid.
Some of the pillows we had were perfectly innocent and innocuous. The Vocaloid singing in cyberspace, the girls from Madoka Magica battling witches, Sebastian from Black Butler doing butler stuff. There was a very popular one of Kirito and Asuna from Sword Art Online with their daughter Yui. Nothing terrible, just the sort of thing an anime fan would buy.
Then there were the......other pillows. The pink-haired Vocaloid in a bikini holding her tits. Sebastian Michaelis shirtless, sprawled on a bed. A nearly-naked Asuka from Evangelion.
None of the people buying the more risqué pillows looked or acted like normal people. There was this one guy who had to be over fifty, who made me take out and display each and every Vocaloid, Black Rock Shooter, and Madoka Magica pillowcase in both body and throw sizes, and carefully evaluated them for their cuteness and pinkness before he decided to buy some. There were two long comic book storage boxes filled with Black Rock Shooter pillowcases, two for Madoka Magica, and three for Vocaloid.
The horror. The horror.