Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Various angles

Detail shots

For weapons, you get a 120mm twin-barrel sniper cannon and a combat dagger.

HG Mailes Jogan - The combat dagger is stored inside the shoulder shield, but the fit is pretty loose so it tends to fall

The combat dagger is stored inside the shoulder shield, but the fit is pretty loose so it tends to fall out easily.

HG Mailes Jogan - The hand configuration is the same as the HG Mailes Kenbu. You still have to swap and rotate the back-of

The hand configuration is the same as the HG Mailes Kenbu.
You still have to swap and rotate the back-of-hand parts.

For the sniping pose, you can swap out the inner rear skirt part for one with an extended support leg.

The support structure on the heel can also be deployed.

Excellent limb articulation

HG Mailes Jogan - You can straighten the legs out flat, but the proportions look even worse that way. T_T Probably better

You can straighten the legs out flat, but the proportions look even worse that way. T_T
Probably better to just keep them slightly bent..

HG Mailes Jogan - The flexible articulation at the shoulders, waist, and wrists is identical to the HG Mailes Kenbu. (1/4)

HG Mailes Jogan - The flexible articulation at the shoulders, waist, and wrists is identical to the HG Mailes Kenbu. (2/4)

The flexible articulation at the shoulders, waist, and wrists is identical to the HG Mailes Kenbu.

The chest cylinders also still link up with the forward and backward shoulder movement.

The ankles bend quite a lot side to side.

The small shield on the left shoulder can be moved around freely using a joint part.

HG Mailes Jogan - One extra joint part for the shoulder shield is left over as a leftover part — it's actually used later

One extra joint part for the shoulder shield is left over as a leftover part —
it's actually used later when incorporating the bonus parts from the separately released Stock Carrier.
(Don't throw it away!)

Natural kneeling pose

HG Mailes Jogan - 120mm twin-barrel sniper cannon firing pose with the support leg deployed (1/3)

120mm twin-barrel sniper cannon firing pose with the support leg deployed

Aerial pose

Combat dagger pose

Together with the HG Mailes Kenbu.

This kit is the HG Mailes Jogan, released as entry No. 0 in the Kyoukai Senki series. The basic layout and concept are HG Mailes Kenbualmost identical, but the overall exterior design has been changed, and the reverse-jointed legs come out a bit shorter and more straightened out.

The basic articulation is also pretty much the same as the HG Mailes Kenbu, though the legs feel a bit less dynamic, probably because they're shorter. That said, the flexible shoulder and waist movement carries over just the same, so you can naturally pull off all kinds of poses from the show. The Jogan's signature 120mm twin-barrel sniper cannon firing pose — with the rear skirt swapped out into a support leg — is doable too, and you can even get a pretty demanding kneeling pose out of it. One minor gripe though: the combat dagger stored in the small left shoulder shield doesn't hold very well and tends to pop out during posing.

All in all, true to the Kyoukai Senki series, this is a high-quality action model kit with excellent articulation and solid joint strength. The reverse joints aren't as extreme here, so it might be a bit more broadly appealing, but the hunched-over proportions are still there. Anyway, setting aside any opinions on the source material — if the design speaks to you, this looks like a pretty fun kit to build. :-)

HG Mailes Jogan | 2021. 11 | ¥2,400

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.