Knee Pits

The colloquial term for the back of the knee, or if you'd like to be technical about it, popliteal fossa. It's the area where your knee bends. Since it's similar to where the arm bends at the shoulder, the arm pit, this area is also called the "knee pit".

The above photo of Kanu in cosplay is by Ren of Zark&Ren on Cosplay.com. Look through more of their cosplay at their site!

Please be wary that there may be some picture that are risque and NSFW...

Let MEIKO show you the knee pits (circled in red) that I'm talking about.

Gorgeous China dress... beautiful MEIKO & knee pit.

Knee pits are also visible through knee/thigh high boots.

Misaka's knee pits are very well drawn here!

And why am I talking about this? Well for years, I had thought I liked the body part I liked on an anime character is her thighs. Which is why I liked the thigh highs that anime characters wore... but I realize that the part I look at closely is actually the area where the knee bends. There doesn't seem to be an official name for knee pits in Japanese, like "futamomo" for "thigh". If there is one, then I don't know it.

What the girl, Eimi, doing in the bottom right panel is called "hiza kakkun". "Hiza" means "knee" and "kakkun" is the noise of the knee crumpling from knees hitting the back of the knee. Somewhat related to the knee pit topic, especially from one of my favourite manga, Beauty is the Beast. Closest thing I can find in Japanese for "knee pit"...

Yuji Shiozaki's Ryomou got some of the best knee pits in the business!

But why do I like them? I'm not quite sure why. There must be some thing about the shape of them. The muscle connecting the two joints... The crease that shows where the knee bends... Or the dimples on either side of the muscle in the middle... I don't know, but I know when I see kneepits of an anime character drawn this way, it's definitely the first thing I'll see. The more detailed it's drawn, the more I appreciate the art.

So apparently the reason why I like thigh highs, loose socks, or boots, is because the way they accentuate knee pits...

Not so visible, but for one of my favourite characters, she looks great in those thigh highs!

Loose socks are great, aren't they?

Cammy's one of the first that I remember to show of her knee pits in a victory pose.

Figures are also great works of art that features detailed knee pits. Such as the Maid Saber from Alter. You can see her knee pits covered by the thigh highs. Or the Gothic Lolita Ryomou figure based on the picture previously shown above. The Franco Il Nero pictured below is another great piece.

Tsukino Azusagawa from Yakitate Japan got some great ones too. One of my favourite figures!

Ok, most static figures are pretty good for knee pits... let's take a look at Revoltech Fraulein Haruka Hasegawa from Moyashiman and Figma Yuki Nagato from Haruhi Suzumiya series.

ARRRGH!! Never mind, forget it!

GYAH! I don't need a close up of it >_<

Ah, that's better...

First thing I notice about this picture of Angol Moa? The knee pits of course.

Now, I don't really think this is a fetish because it's not something that I think about sexually. It's something that I look at because it's beautiful... Or is that the same thing? NO! I deny it! It's the appreciation of beauty not something that you think of when you're by yourself and feeling the urge... The beauty of knee pits transcend that of a mere fetish!

Mogudan draws some of the best knee pits... Most of his art is ero doujinshi, so this is one of the cleanest ones I could find...

Umm... sorry, over dramatic. There are a lot of pictures of knee pits that are in ero positions unfortunately... So it can actually be difficult to find something clean to post here. It's also quite rare to have characters drawn from the back and their knee pits being shown. When there are knee pits visible then most likely there will be an upskirt picture as well...

Izurumi also draws knee pits quite well... A lot of his are ero doujinshi too...

It's difficult to find something clean to understand the beauty of knee pits... but when it's there, I don't think I can't take my eyes off of them. So without further words... I present to you, The Knee Pit Gallery.

Rei in a plugsuit sorta shows them off... or is that part of the plug suit?

Cosplay of Rei looks good too ^^

Not so visible under Yui's pantyhose here, but it's not too bad.

Just barely there, but I can see it!

Ikki Tousen seems to be a good source...

Ishikei's art really showcase the knee pits... But again, a lot of his art are ero doujinshi ^^;

That's all folks! If you see great arts of knee pits, show me! :D

Yuri Mania 12

Good day everyone! I am off to Boston tonight at 11:30 PM, so I will be unable to post anything for a while or hang around online because I'll be mostly at the convention, AnimeBoston. However, I can't just leave without posting one of my yuri posts! Also posted as Weekly Lily at DannyChoo.com.

The above shirt is actually acquired from AnimeBoston 2007. I haven't actually worn it because the vendor told me that if I shouldn't put it into a dryer after I wash it. I might just forget this and put it in the dryer anyway... This is the shirt that initiated my search for all things yuri, so it's appropriate that I post it here eventually. When I first seen the picture I couldn't tell who they were since it was black and white... then as I saw the finished product I realized that it's Winry Rockbell and Riza Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist!! Very surprisingly it's Winry that's taking the initiative ^^;

This will be the third year I'll be attending AnimeBoston. I'm also visiting a friend that I've met from the days when I played World of Warcraft. I think our common rabid fandom of Rei Ayanami made us real close friends even though he's way over in the East Coast and I'm in the West Coast.

Every year I give him stuff that I bought and decided I don't want them anymore... but one man's unwanted things is another's must have items! Well that and it's sorta like a belated birthday present for him.

Last year or early this year (I can't remember) I bought the Yomako-sensei oppai mousepad. It was on sale at Hobby Search. I thought I'll keep another for just in cases, but I also thought that if I didn't want it, I know my friend would. I figured I have enough oppai mousepads with Yoko and Haruka ^^;

Back of the box... what's it say there in the speech box? Yomako's oppai/padding is much bigger than Yoko's. It's heavier too... as proven in the bottom flap of the box. It's just not closing properly!

In case no one knows who Yomako-sensei is... It's an identity that Yoko uses after the end of the first arc in Gurren Lagann. She doesn't want people to know who she really is. She teaches a class of elementary age students in a small island. It wasn't until 7 years later that she return to action in her usual bikini & micro shorts sniper outfit.

This is what she looks like outside the box. Also a view from behind the oppai and a view from the top of her head. I took a few pictures just in case I feel like I shouldn't have given her away ^^;
Here is Yomako-sensei compared to Yoko. Lookit them big couple o' mountains! You can see the significant difference in this picture as well.
And here are all of my oppai mousepads compared with Yomako-sensei! Haruka seems to be the smallest compared to the other two... Maybe because Haruka was a part of a magazine premium?

And what's a Yuri Mania post without a couple of docking pictures? *Yuriyuriyuri* DOKKAN! Docking sequence complete!

Hmm... some kind of weird time-slip yuri docking? What would they say to each other before they start docking? ^^;

The two that I owned wants to dock as well! It looks like Haruka is prepared for it with her hands on her chest.

And now Haruka gets a turn with the teacher... Hot for a teacher? Yomako-sensei's oppai is just swallowing Haruka whole!

Anyhow... I will be back on Monday, 25th of May and I'm sure I'll have TONS of DannyChoo.com member news & posts on my blogroll to catch up on...

How to Spend 20,000 Yen Part 1

YAY! My first shipment from Tenso has arrived! It came on Thursday, May 7th, but I didn't take pictures until Friday and didn't get around to this post til now on Saturday. I was feeling super tired and drained from sleeping late and waking up too early this week. Uh anyway... I was waiting for my friend to come over so when the first doorbell rang, I thought it was him, but to my surprise it was the mailman carrying a big box. I signed for it and saw the Amazon logo on it and I knew what it was... I was very giddy but I held my excitement because my friend came over a few minutes later.

Now for the opening! I was surprised at the lack of packing paper that was in it. I assume it might've been taken out by Tenso to see what was in the package. I actually thought Tenso would be using their own box, but I guess not. Fortunately everything arrived intact without any damage. Plus I have fewer paper to throw out

I decided to spend my 20,000 yen prize money at Amazon Japan, a month after Danny announced I was the winner for the "Your Room" Giveaway... It took me a while because I was still deciding what to get and also because my Japanese is quite lacking. I finally registered, but something won't let me go through with the address registration that was instructed from Tenso. I was confused too why the instruction for Tenso was to put the addresses in romaji/roman letters. It wasn't until later that I found out that Amazon can translate the registration page in English.......

So everything was ordered on Amazon, all that was left to email Danny and he introduced me to Jenny, one of the staffs at Tenso. She was very nice and tried to answer all my questions to the best of her ability. I gave her my PayPal ID and she told me I will get the prize when my shipment's been sent. It was lucky that I got my shipment this early because Golden Week in Japan (4 days of holiday in a row) was about to start. As Danny and Tenso promised, the shipment was included in the prize, even though I gave them my credit card number (I guess that will be for future usage ;). I haven't received the 20,000 yen yet, but I think it's just because I got it when the weekend is about to start. So I won't bug them about it until next week during a weekday.

The Tenso service itself is quite efficient. I received an email from Tenso notifying that my shipment from Amazon saying that my order has arrived, 2 days after Amazon told me that my order has been shipped. So I quickly confirmed my order at Tenso so my stuff can be shipped right away before Golden Week.

And now for the loot...

Oh but first, here is the bottom of the box. It's quite different than the box they use from Amazon Canada. I thought this looked like it could hold more stuff and uses less tape. Hmm ok, did I delay this enough to hold your excitement? LOL.

And here they are! What? Why so little? Well... this is Part 1, you see. So I will post more later on. For now I will show Saber's Photobook, that was released quite a while ago, and the Gift 1/5 Yoko figure. Both are to drool for... I have been wanting these two for a while now. I was very surprised how big Yoko is. I will post a review of her soon... if not a review then a photo gallery since many have already reviewed her.

For now I've flipped through (and tried not to drool on) the Saber photobook. Here's a few of them, but sorry for the folds because I don't wanna ruin the book. The above photo reminds me of Clannad and Kyoto Animation drawing style for some reason.

After looking at RadiantDreamer's Asuka on the motorcycle post, I'm wishing someone would make some kind of garage kit or figure based on the above picture.

I don't know why, but I really like this face even though it looks unfinished...

And finally another picture that I've never seen on the internet before. Saber is wearing some kind of uniform or dress that just looks gorgeous on her!

That's it for now. I will post once more when I get my second shipment in June/July.