My favorite anime character doll now has a twin!

It's been a really long time since I adopted my favorite anime character girl doll Ryomou Shimei from Ikki Tousen.  She was the 7th doll I ever bought.  I adore her character and she's been one of my favorite dolls ever.  But I've always wanted to get another one of her so I could have twins.  Twins are just so cool and so cute in pics!  Things just never worked out in the past for me to have 2 Ryomous tho.... until now!

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The person I recently bought an Excellen Browning from also had a Kanu and a Ryomou for sale.  After some heavy negotiating ( haggling ) we finally agreed on a price and now I finally have my second Mou-chan!

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On her box was a Mandarake price sticker.... I didn't pay that for her tho.  😄 

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I also recently got a beautiful Volks outfit set I had been chasing for the last year or so.  Mou-chan pretty much demanded I let her wear it first so I couldn't say no.

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It didn't come with those shoes and stockings but I think they work well with the set.

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Mou-chan is so pretty.  So what do we do with pretty girls?  We take them outside for photos!  And we include her twin Ryomou who is dressed up in the new Sasara outfit.  😄 

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They seem to hit it off really quickly.

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Their eyes don't match for some reason.  I'm looking into which one is the real default one now.  I have a spare in a spare full set outfit for Ryomou so once I check that one, I'll figure out if I need to swap one of them out.  Or I might leave them alone so it's easier to see the difference between them.  That or I'll give my OG Ryomou a silicone bust.  LOL 😄 

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Let that sun shine in!

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Over in the right corner of my backyard are a bunch of camellia bushes I planted over 15 years ago.  They've finally begun to really bush up and bloom so the girls wanted some pics with the flowers.

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There are several different colors planted here ranging from pink to red to white to some striped white and pink ones.

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I *love* this pic.  It looks like she's taking a big whiff of the flower.  Too bad camellias/tsubaki have no smell.

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And there we have them!  I'm super happy that I can finally have twins of my girl Ryomou.  They are just so cool together!  Now I have to get them both done up in their maid uniforms!  😄 

 

 

Billy

Cute! 🥰 I thought I vaguely remembered you having given your original Ryomou a custom eye to more closely march the anime maybe. 

1 hour ago, Jezrah said:

Cute! 🥰 I thought I vaguely remembered you having given your original Ryomou a custom eye to more closely march the anime maybe. 

Thanks!  I did indeed get her a custom eye because when I got her, she did not have her original eye in.  Finding just the eye is near impossible so I had several customs made to try and find one I liked.  But a few years back I bought a full outfit set for her as a spare and it came with a default eye.  Supposedly.  I swapped it for the custom thinking it was the real one.  But now that Mou-chan has shown up with her eye looking like it does, I'm not sure which is correct.  So I'll dig thru my old Volks magazines and find the big ads for her and Kanu.  Those should show me which is correct.

 

Billy

i love how the way they are dressed shows off their distinct styles despite being twins! and both styles are lovely, so cute and elegant!! congrats on getting ryomou a twin, i hope they continue to get on well and do fun things together~

Pretty cool to see you jump on the Twins bandwagon! Even better that it was 'Mou-chan! (Id've loved it if you were able to get Kanu, too, Manami would have kittens!) 

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Ooooh I love her, congrats! I think you've just added a new doll to my wishlist.

They look adorable together and with their winking eyes it's easy to imagine them having gotten up to some mischief together "I won't tell if you won't sis" *wink* 😆

23 hours ago, littleclover said:

i love how the way they are dressed shows off their distinct styles despite being twins! and both styles are lovely, so cute and elegant!! congrats on getting ryomou a twin, i hope they continue to get on well and do fun things together~

Thank you very much!  My original is such a show off, she's very at home in her skin and doesn't care who sees her.  I think she has been hanging around with Manami too long.  😄 Mou-chan seems to be a bit more reserved but she might try on other styles later on.  I do know they both love their maid uniforms tho!  😉 I'm sure these two will have loads of adventures together! 

23 hours ago, battrastard said:

Pretty cool to see you jump on the Twins bandwagon! Even better that it was 'Mou-chan! (Id've loved it if you were able to get Kanu, too, Manami would have kittens!) 

Ha ha thanks!  I've wanted twins of Ryomou for like ever so now that I have them I'm on cloud 9!  😄  Funny you should mention Kanu twins....   LOL

 

20 hours ago, Veravey said:

Ooooh I love her, congrats! I think you've just added a new doll to my wishlist.

Thank you!  She is a gorgeous doll and I love her anime character too.  If you've never seen "Ikki Tousen" you should give it a look.  It's quite the ecchi series at times with lots of gratuitous T&A but the core characters are really fun and cool.  I'm happy you're a fan of her!   

 

6 hours ago, RiverRealms said:

They look adorable together and with their winking eyes it's easy to imagine them having gotten up to some mischief together "I won't tell if you won't sis" *wink* 😆

OMG that is hilarious!  I didn't even think if that!  I better not let them see this or they'll get ideas!  LOL  And thank you for the compliments!

 

 

Billy

2 hours ago, baldylox said:

If you've never seen "Ikki Tousen" you should give it a look. 

I grew up with Ikki Tousen and Kiddy Grade, even Chobits was scandalous.  

1 hour ago, Veravey said:

Chobits was scandalous.

You do have to wonder what kind of parents would put their daughter's on / off switch in there...

I know the manga gives an explanation, but still!

9 hours ago, Veravey said:

even Chobits was scandalous.

reminds me a bit of Ai Yori Aoshi where the last english manga volume by Tokyopop had to be shrink wrapped and the "Mature content" sticker applied to it, oh those were the days.

Cool photos. Towa had a spell of cosplaying as Ryomou and she'd probably get back into that character if we had a Ryomou style wig and eye patch. Until I saw your photos I didn't realise her eye was closed.

I'd really like a doll with dreamy half closed eyes. I did see a SD I liked last year but she looked in bad condition. I guess there's also Asakura Nemo.

Anyway, my two Kirikas say hi (even though both have very different characters).

8 hours ago, Xiongmao said:

Cool photos. Towa had a spell of cosplaying as Ryomou and she'd probably get back into that character if we had a Ryomou style wig and eye patch. Until I saw your photos I didn't realise her eye was closed.

I'd really like a doll with dreamy half closed eyes. I did see a SD I liked last year but she looked in bad condition. I guess there's also Asakura Nemo.

Anyway, my two Kirikas say hi (even though both have very different characters).

Thanks!  You can sometimes find her default wig on Mandarake for around $40 or so.  As for the eyepatch, there are quite a few available from places like Nightfallwalker, Nine9Style and Alice's Collections.  Most run less than $10 so for $50 or less Towa can go full cosplay with Ryomou!   

My two Mou-chans say hello you your Kirikas!  Twins gotta stick together!  😉 

 

 

Billy