Characterization Marches On: There's a fair few subtle but distinct differences between Sonico's characterisation in SoniComi and the later SoniAni. In the former, for example, Sonico views gravure modelling as her main career goal, while in the latter, her heart is more in music.

The Glomp: During the culture festival in episode nine, two people run head-first into Sonico when trying to ask her for help. Sex Sells: To help the local shopping district compete with the new department store, Suzu makes use of this approach in episode eleven. While initially effective, the department store turns its resources towards hiring a popular idol group, and later tries to get a male idol group in, as well. It's a shame because "cute busty barmaid serving up fresh cold beers!!!!1" is an A+ (HAW HAW) concept. Also, I'd still rank this Pochaco as one of my favs on the market, even if I don't want to own it. Lol. If A+ ever re-released this (dream on) I'd appreciate if they upped the quality control as well as perhaps revisiting the sculpt just a tiiiinnyyyyy bit. To meet MY very specific request. Pls and thx. Chop chop A+ !!!!! : Balloon Belly: In episode nine, Ouka enters a hot dog eating contest at the school festival and her stomach becomes engorged by her efforts, requiring that she be carried away on a stretcher. Awesome by Analysis: Subverted initially with Ena in episode eight. She is seen observing what happened at the restaurant early on, but makes a lot of baseless accusations and seems to be totally clueless on being a what it takes to be a detective. After the credits roll however, she reveals to Miina that the latter spilled water on the speaker, damaging it. Then before she could get it stealthily repaired, she was told Sonico and her friends were going to use the stage for practice, hence her surprise at seeing Sonico at the beginning. Thanks to a bunch of mishaps, including moving Sonico's guitar out of the room she collapsed in, Ena deliberately delayed the investigation and acted dumb so that Miina could save face and her job by not having the girls practice and find out about the defective speaker, which would have ruined their session anyway.Essentially, the front and side panels of the box are identical with a window and the same picture of the figure. Book Ends: The series begins and ends with Sonico waking up late, and then riding her bike to the university. Green-Eyed Monster: Kinomoto is the journalist who does a behind the scenes interview of Sonico in episode five. As she was a failed novelist, she grows a little bitter at how good and easy going Sonico seems to have it as the interview progresses. However, she gets some inspiration from the latter's notebook and Sonico says she would continue playing music even if everyone thought it was awful because that's what she loves doing. This gives her an epiphany, and she decides to pursue novel writing again, along with giving Sonico a good review. Reasonable Authority Figure: Despite the scary mask he wears all the time, Kitamura does try to look out for Sonico, and attempts to prevent photographers from taking advantage of her. Pochaco with one of my favorite Sonico figures, Orchid Seed's ITEM #198372 . That Sonico is 1/5 scale, and I think that Pochaco's large scale makes these two figures pair very nicely together!

Paper-Thin Disguise: Suzu and Fuuri impersonate Sonico when the latter becomes triple-booked on the first day of her school's cultural festival. While Suzu does a reasonable job of fooling Sonico's classmates (who are still suspicious), it does nothing for Sonico's grandmother, who sees through it immediately. Similarly, the emcee of the beauty contest seems to realize it's Fuuri, but plays along nonetheless. What the Hell, Hero?: This occurs in a comedic manner during episode eleven, where Suzu tells Fuuri, Ouka, and Sonico to wear some skimpy Santa outfits at the shopping district outside in December. She later sees the three of them huddled by a heater in the evening the next day, complete with draining health bars, and tells them they're not devoted enough if they're complaining about the cold. She gets called out on it, since she isn't wearing the same kind of outfit and working out in the cold like they are.The sculpt of Pochaco's fingers is a little bit rough. Also, it's kind of funny that one of the beers she is holding has a frothy head...

Pochaco with a very tanned Super Sonico. Wing's Sonico ITEM #117170 is 1/6 scale, and Sonico is established to be a little taller than Pochaco, so once again you can see that Pochaco is slightly larger than her listed 1/6 scale. Overshadowed by Awesome: Kitamura accidentally upstages the heroes of the TV show Sonico was guest starring in during episode three after the actors playing the villain crosses the line. They hilariously keep his actions in the show and crediting him as a guest hero. Pochaco's top lifts her breasts up towards her body, and so as a result, when she's cast off, it looks like her breasts are sort of defying gravity. IMO, it's not a big deal, as the only alternative would have been to require a different chest piece to be swapped in, which sort of defeats the point of her easy castoffability. Sonico winds up taking on more than she can handle during the cultural festival in episode nine; Sonico isn't one to turn down requests for assistance, though, rather than being forced to help others. Color Failure: The CEO of the skin cream company suffers from a colour loss after learning that her product is pulled from the shelves; it turns out that its side effects include making people extremely hungry and turning them into skinny zombies.Pochaco doesn't require a whole lot in the way of set up. Basically, attach her to the base and she's good to go. Truth in Television: During Real Life press events involving Super Sonico, one or more demon masked individuals are used to protect Super Sonico's purity. In episode six, Sonico and her friends were planning to go to the beach the day after trying out their swimsuits, rainy weather precludes this from happening. Magnets also keep Pochaco's skirt closed. Note that the skirt is meant to sit just above the bottom of her apron; when I tried to position it any lower, the skirt would not close properly.

As you saw a minute ago, two large pegs attach Pochaco to the base. I was a little concerned about the stability of the figure, given the one-legged pose and her large size, but Pochaco seems quite stable once she's attached to the base. Author Appeal: Santa Tsuji has a soft spot for curvier girls, and although it's toned down for the anime adaptation, Sonico has generally become chubbier over time with Tsuji in charge. Have you ever run across a figure of one of your favorite characters but you hold off on buying it because you're not too familiar with the manufacturer? Well, today we'll be reviewing such a figure, A-Plus' take on the one and only Super Pochaco. Pochaco has some cast-off features, so many of the shots below are probably NSFW. The NSFW-est shots are behind spoiler tags, so careful with those...A Day in the Limelight: Several of the characters get an episode that focuses largely on them, at least in their interactions and relations with Sonico.