very informativ, if somebody askes for dakimakura tips on the net –> here is the answer without scrolling trough 500comments^^

I’ll keep those tips in mind, atm I dont’t have one (really!) but the day will come..

btw 3, 4 or 5 takes, doesn’t matter, just think of the titel:
“The Lord Of The Dakimakura, one epic blog-video split into three parts” …very epic xD

keep it up

@ Hikky ::
Heyhey Hikky, you’re up awful early … or at least it’s early where I am!

I shall continue the epic, then! XD

it’s 11:45 in Austria now, but I guess 6:45 would be indeed awful

meidocafe.jp visitors are rolling in now^^

Thank you for that, quite an educational and helpful video, even though I have as of yet to buy any dakimakura. Hopefully I’ll get 1 or 2 this Thursday when I go to anime expo in LA. xD

very informative tutorial you did ^^

I’ve yet to get a dakimakura myself, but I’m sure if I ever get one, I will refer to this video if I want to clean it.

Hope you’ll post more interesting videos in the future, looking forward to it ^^

nice videocast. i have a free Harumi Dakimakura that comes with the April Dengeki G’s Festival Deluxe vol. 2: ToHeart 2 Another Days edition.

but i do not have the filling for it. my bolster is circular in diameter so it doesn’t really fit.

did u get your filling online as well? is it a hassle to ship something that huge?

Very informative. As hikky said, I know who to ask for further inquiries about Dakimakura. The only thing that’s holding me back atm is the price. Hell, they are not cheap.

Note: Thxs for the add. ^^

Presumably it’s best to not have protruding fingernails at all when owning one for intended usage?

@ Wickedclown ::
Welcome to the blog, and I have good news. A good friend of mine that visits this blog is part of a otaku-shop that goes con to con. When you’re at Animeexpo, look for a vendor booth called Hendane.com and I guarantee you that you will find awesome stuff, the prices vary, but they have top notch ‘GET!’ items.

It’s actually where my proudest stash of swag has come from two years in a row!

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@ Lamiel ::
I’m glad you enjoyed the post, if you want, feel free to suggest future subjects and stuff you’d like to see!

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@ Gordon ::
Actually I got mine on a specialty store through ebay. The store is awesome and it’s surpringly inexensive for such large pillows with silicon fiber filling (which is sweat and stain resistant, and also repels things like dustmites, very good to sleep on) I will send you info on what shop to look for, the shipping usually is about 15 bucks and no, it’s not that bad at all, they squish well! Stay tuned for my email.

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@ Optic ::
Feel free to poke me about subject anytime, I like to help and it also helps to have brainstorming sessions like this! You’re welcome for the add, sharing is always welcomed here.

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@ nanu ::
It’s good to keep an eye out. Check your fingernails, when nails break, because they’re a horn-bone mixture they leave really sheared bits (try running your fingernail say, over a couch cushion when it becomes broken and you’ll feel what I mean) When left natural the nail rarely has a sharp or snaggletooth edge, but if it chips, which is common with toenails and fingernails if you do certain kinds of work, it’s probably not hard to damage your pillowcase if you get … ‘carried away’ … A good reason to file your finernails a bit, ahahahaha XD

ah perfect. had been wondering how i was going to wash mine when the need arose… i still need to get a proper pillow for mine though… ^^;

@ meronpan ::
Hey hey once again, Meronpan. Keep an eye on the blog in about an hour or so, I’ll have a post just for you and Gordon.

You will appreciate it, I am absolutely certain.

ZETTAI NI!

Excellent job on the video. Great content.

Strike me as one of those NEVAR!!! while having taken a look or two at some of the offerings. I have a feeling there will be more of them than ever before at conventions this summer…and the whole will power thing goes way down at cons. Don’t know if I could say no to that Haruka.

@ Super Rats ::
I shall corrupt you! :E
Haruka is a gorgeous dakima. You can even hear how fine and soft the threading is when I lift it and it starts to slip, that ‘whizz’ sound is the pillowcase drawing over the back of my fingernail. Very soft.

The art on non-china dakimakura is all three-to-five layer silkscreened, which means you get really deep-in color imprints and looks great when it catches light.

Dakimakura may or may not be super popular at dealer halls, it’s a lot easier for dealers that don’t do Japan-stocking trips to pick up tons of manga/figs/apparel while staying in America/Canada without doing too much work and incurring too much cost. Shops like Hendane are more hardcore and go to Japan on a regular basis for the purpose of restocking stuff like this then drawing them in over the border, absorbing the costs through customs.

So I’m pretty sure exposure to dakimakura will grow a bit then plateau.

Thank you for the compliment on the video! Let me know if you’d like me to cover or review anything in particular.

[...] video tutorial was inspired by Lev-Vespers excellent post on Dakimakura, which you’ve probably seen by now. It looked like fun, so gave it a [...]

very nice review video :) enjoyed it a lot

and very nice haruka dakimakura too :) but I still prefer my Yoko dakimakura more hehehe

I have question, is dakimakura drier safe?

edit: I like your blog, I’ve added your blogroll to my blog ^^

@ ron ::
Ron from Otadesho~ Pleased to meet you :D

Whoa, I am totally down with being on your blogroll, that’s both an awesome compliment and awesome favor. Link exchange GET! (~ ‘o’)~

Negative, big NEGATIVE there, the satin will catalyse and shrivel up and grow permanent wrinkles in it if you use a speed dryer or tumble dryer. Like most hand-wash items, hang-dry in a place with gentle air circulation!

so both the shiny and the non shiny dakimakuras are not drier safe? or is it just the shiny satin one? I have both type =\

I think I will just hang them dry =\

Yep, both are not drier safe.

The softest fabrics always have bad reactions to sudden changes in moisture, so its best to let it air dry, besides, tumble drying means the makura rubs up on all sorts of metal parts. Nice gentle air dry is the best bet, you’re 100% sure not to get any damage that way.

nice video you have there :) very informative

so, is it okay, to let the dry cleaners do the cleaning for dakimakura?

let’s say, the material’s polyester 100%..

not satin, as you mentioned on the video

@ chiyochagi ::

Yep, that’s perfectly fine. Dry cleaners are equipped to clean pretty much any fabric, so poly100 and polyester peachskin blend pillowcases will be correctly ’serviced’.

It all depeds how brave you are in giving them the dakimakura. :3

@Len-Vesper
so, they will handle all type of fabric huh? Sounds like a pro to me

How brave? you’re right… not to mention mine was very ecchi (i mean explicitly ECCHI) It’s Tony Taka C73 dakimakura… suddenly my shoulders feel very heavy…
Still, i’d rather go with the expert on cleaning, rather than do that myself. I’ve heard the tale of a guy who tried cleaning his dakimakura but ended up coming out as white sheet from the washing machine. God save the soul of that man

If you’re in a big city it’s less obvious than if you’re in a small town - discretion is a better part of valor. :3

But yea, color wash-out depends on the make and model, chances are if it’s an authentic dakimakura it won’t wash out too easily but still, it’s easy to make mistakes with some fabrics.

the shana one, the satin one, where did you get it? seems nice and lovely

and never seen a satin one before, any idea who’s the manufacturer?

A hello from Sweden,
I have question about the drying of a Dakimakuras, I have a lot of them now, but my two first have some stances on them (blood for some unknown reason)

So if I hand wash them in like say a bucket, best way to dry them? Machine drying or just hanging?

Hello Alukurd and Sweden! :)

How you dry depends on the fabric. If the fabric is Polyester (does not look shiny, feels thready to the touch) or polyester-peachskin (feels very velvetty and soft to the touch), you can hang dry or use machine-dryer. If you do use machine dryer, use the lowest temperature setting, as low as you can go and don’t forget to clean the dryer lint trap unless you want your cute dakimakura getting the fuzzies!

If you have satin dakimakura (slippery-soft feel, almost like it wants to slide out of your hands all the time), Hang to dry. Hang the sheets over a clothes horse or other similar hanging place out of the sun. If you cannot hang it out to dry, use the lowest setting in a clothes dryer - but it’s not totally recommended since satin is such a delicate fabric.

As for blood though, blood is VERY hard to get out of anything. Usually blood never washes out, especially with fibrous fabrics like peachskin and satin. Hand washing with lukewarm water is a good try, but you might have to buy an actual blood solvent online or at a department store.