White Blend Coffee Kizoku Artworks

Title: White Blend Coffee Kizoku Artworks
タイトル: White Blend Coffee Kizoku Artworks
Pages: 16
Release date: 12/31/2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes

I hadn’t intended to buy White Blend Coffee Kizoku Artworks, mostly because I had already seen scans of the doujinshi. What I did want was Hiiro Yuki’s Fabularisia. I just ended up winning an auction that included both.

All things considered, this 16 page B5 size doujinshi is a lot nicer in person than on the scans. But I still couldn’t see myself shelling out the cash usually demanded for Coffee Kizoku’s doujinshi. Several of the illustrations included are fan arts, including characters from K-ON!, Vocaloid, Bakemonogatari, and Toaru Kagaku no Railgun.

Hitagi Senjougahara from Bakemonogatari really was a favorite among artists at the past convention. CARNELIAN, Tony Taka, Zinno, Mako Tatekawa, Rui Kousaki, and probably more that I’m forgetting illustrated her. And with room for comparison, I found Coffee Kizoku’s Senjougahara a little bland and generic. Still cute, though.

The last illustrations in the collection were drawn for issues of PUSH! Magazine. I think they’re game girls, but I don’t know for sure.

I understand the raw, bouncy appeal of Coffee Kizoku’s designs, but I feel they’re lacking in distinction not only from each other, but from other artists who have this soft-moe girl style. Just waiting for something to come along and change my mind about that ^^