Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

It has a few more weapons compared to the Takamura Yui unit..

Two daggers have been newly added.

D Style Takemikaduchi - And while the Takamura Yui ki's eyes were just plain clear red, this purple Takemikaduchi has black paint app

And while the Takamura Yui ki's eyes were just plain clear red,
this purple Takemikaduchi has black paint applied to the eye parts, making the design a bit more complex.

D Style Takemikaduchi - Machine gun + great sword action (1/3)

Machine gun + great sword action

Dual-wield action

D Style Takemikaduchi - Dagger action (1/3)

Dagger action

D Style Takemikaduchi - Aerial dual machine gun action (1/3)

Aerial dual machine gun action

Aerial great sword action

Together with the previously released yellow Yui unit.

Together with the non-scale Takemikaduchi.

Following the yellow Takamura Yui ki, the purple standard Takemikaduchi has also been released in D-Style. It's technically just a color variant of the Takamura Yui ki with a different color scheme, but rather than simply swapping out the molded colors, they went the extra mile by adding black paint to the clear red eye parts and throwing in two daggers that weren't included with the Takamura Yui ki.

The basic kit characteristics are the same as the Takemikaduchi Yui unit — it's a small but well-packed kit with a solid proportion, and with clear parts applied here and there, it already looks pretty good as a straight build. True to its Muv-Luv roots, it also comes with a generous set of accessories including a great sword, daggers, machine gun, and a stand, so you can pull off all kinds of action poses.

That said, just like the Takamura Yui ki, the ball joints feel a little loose, so arms and legs tend to pop off during posing.. Though it does seem like there's been some improvement, as it comes apart less easily than the Takamura Yui ki did ^^;

In terms of color alone, the brighter Takamura Yui ki might look a bit prettier, but the Takemikaduchi's original purple does give it a heavier, more intense feel. Either way, Muv-Luv fans now have another fun D-Style kit to add to their collection :-)

D Style Takemikaduchi | 2012. 12 | ¥2,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.