Saeko Busujima

Character Background: Saeko Busujima is the token “bad girl” from the 2006 manga Gakuen Mokushiroku, which translates as Highschool of the Dead. Highschool of the Dead is about a bunch of Japanese high school kids who are caught in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. According to Wikipedia, Saeko is “extremely skilled with a bokken and close combat” and describes herself as “…a sadist who enjoys inflicting pain on those weaker than her.” As a result, Saeko gets a lot out of killing zombies. Go figure.

Saeko is a 1/8 PVC statue made from Chara Ani and is about 9 inches tall.

Review/Features: The statue has no posability and comes in a full window box.  Saeko comes with cast-off clothing and two alternate aprons as well as two sets of arms that allow for different poses. The statue comes with a full packaging plus brief set of instructions to show how the castoff pieces switch out. Accessories include a sword, the scabbard and bokken.

Sculpt is good. Not perfect-but the pose captures the attitude of the character and has definite personality. A lot of good features-the full apron, for example, has some nice detail to allow detail from the breasts to show through and the face has just the right attitude in the eyes.

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Minor quibbles include the bikini bottom, which seems flush with the statue (although the knot isn’t bad) with some minor imperfections around the buttocks and on the arms. But these are barely noticeable.  Some minor imperfections with the paint job as well with minor discoloration anywhere there is a black band. This includes the arms and the thong around the abdomen.

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Two alternate cast-off aprons result in two different poses. Aprons fit on over the removable head and around the arms, which are also removable. The arms switch out right at the armbands where the small knives are attached.  The arm connections aren’t as snug as I would like and I wonder about how they’ll hold up over time.

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Full apron pose- This is the default. Arms are straight to hold weapons. Apron covers front but allows for breast outlines to be seen.

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Sexy apron pose- This is the alternate. Arms are bent and posed so that Saeko is lifting the apron, which is uplifted. The apron shows Saeko’s breasts through the front.

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Full nude. Either of the aprons can be completely removed with any mix of the arms. The straight weapon arms make the best sense with the full straight nude mode, since the bent arms mode goes along with the uplifted half-naked apron.

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The accessories (bokken, sword, scabbard) fit well into the arms but even new, aren’t perfectly tight. This is always a difficult feature to work in-but the plastic on these is soft, so in the long term probably not going to be one of the more enduring features.    

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The stand is actually bolted to the foot of the statue itself, which suggests its not intended to come off.  This makes it quite stable.

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I have a great fondness for the ‘bad girl’ statues-the attitude, the swords, and the switchable castoffs were all pluses for me. Although no socks to complete the whole outfit-Saeko really has a great pose and works well among my other statues.

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