After successfully submitting this book…

Man on left:
So, there’ll be 4 pages worth of loss!

Man on right:
Oh, shoot!

But with the A5 version, 20 pages cost just as much as 24 pages!

Below the panel:
… so from here, the compilation becomes extended in a hurry.

It’s suddenly business trip corner: Once again, obscure Pikachu goods!

(This didn’t make it in time for the resale version.)

Pikaki Gum of Mystery

In the voice bubble:
I am often mistaken for Pikachu, but I’m the genuine article!

At Nippori’s shopping street, at a wholesale small-time candy store, among the sauced rice crackers and soda pop confectioneries for sale, there was also imitation brand candy.

At first glance, it looks deceptively like the electric mouse, but when looking closely, it has a shaven head with no ears, like a seal. Also, lightning bolts, similar to those of motorcycle gangs appearing in manga, run along the forehead and cheeks. Moreover, the meaning behind the catchword “mystery” is unknown. (Sure, the presence of it is indeed strange, but also, what on earth is it claiming to be?) Copyright checks these days must be stringent, as it says that it is indeed a megaton class item. The taste is amazing, but even more amazing is the color, where it seems that Yellow No. 4 (?) got pounded in like crazy to make a very yellowy yellow gum, and every time I chew it, my mouth gets dyed an amazingly yellow color. And, wow, is it ever a cheap sweet! After all, it’s an imitation brand! Oh heck, I paid just 410 yen for such a desperate thing… (Since they weren’t selling loose articles, I bought a box of 50 pieces.)

●But the most amazing thing is that this picture is actually a full CG image specially made in lieu of the real thing, which everyone in the workplace has eaten from and messed up.

♥Also, the second edition of the “Pikachu Large Encyclopedia” is now on sale. Wow!♥

無事入稿終わって・・・

じゃ4ページ損じゃん!

しまった!

あの一A5版だと20ページは24ページ分の料金になるんですけど。

・・・というわけでここから急遽延長編です

突然出張コーナー、ピカチュウ暗黒グッズ再び!

(再販版に間に合わなかった)

謎のピカキーガム

ボク、ピカキー
よく間違えられる
けど、ボクが
ホンモノだよ!

日暮里の駄菓子問屋街にて、
ソースせんべいやラムネ菓子に混じって
売られていた強烈なパチモノ。

一見デンキネズミを装っているがよく見ると
耳がなく、アザラシのような坊主頭。
マンガに出てくる暴走族のような
イナズマが額とホッペタに走っている。
おまけに意味不明のキャッチコピー
「ふしぎ」(いや、たしかに存在自体が
不思議だけど一体誰に何を主張しているんだ。)
までが入っているという、版権チェックの
厳しい今日、まさにメガトン級のアイテム。
味もすごいが更に凄いのは色、黄色4号 (?) を
狂ったようにぶちこんだらしいまっ黄っ黄の
ガムが、噛みしめるごとに口中を妖しく黄色に
染め上げる。おお! これぞ駄菓子!
これぞパチモノ! ああ、こんな下らないモノに
410円も払ってしまったオレって一体・・・
(バラ売りしてくんなかったから、
50個入り一箱買った)

●でも一番凄いのはこの写真が実は
職場のみんなで食い散らかしてしまった実物の
代わりにわざわざ提造したフルCGだという点かも

♥「ピカチュウ大百科」第二版は好評発売中でちゅー♥