I've seen the Gundam ones around, but not Transformers. Recently spotted Care Bears clothes. AoT was just like, "wait... what??".
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I'll concede that Miley is more accurately a parfait and Sayori is compared by her fandom to cinnamon buns, but did everyone forget the "Yuri making Valentine's chocolate" image a few posts ago?
Well, now that it's the day....
(See? She even bared her arms... since her in-game casual outfit is a heavy sweater, that's kind of a big deal. Happy Valentine's Day!)
Well, technically in that girl's country of origin, it was "yesterday"...
Also, to be a party pooper, more Japanese girls aren't as in to buying chocolates for men anymore...
More Japanese women buying Valentine's Day chocolates for themselves
The number of women who plan to buy Valentine's Day chocolates for themselves in Japan is over threefold more than those giving the treats to their sweethearts, a recent private sector survey shows.
I'll admit that if I had lived in Japan for any length of time (as I had once wished), I very well might have been confused navigating the chocolate codes. That said, it still seemed like Japan had improved on an imported tradition -- and having it twice a year as well struck me as very nice. I remember, in my university days, being happy to give White Day choco as well as a western-style Valentine's celebration....
Anyway, here's the current perspective and some more history, courtesy of Miley....
It was basically a ruse by the Japanese chocolate companies to double-dip the customers.
While it's true that no beef marketing board ever got behind "Steak Day" (the North American equivalent, also on March 14th), the underlying attitude I inferred from online proponents of such a day seemed.... well, more upset at the economic power wielded by Feb. 14 rather than suggesting thank-you gifts at a later date. And I say this as someone as happy to pick out a tenderloin medallion as I am to craft a card and draw a stitched-up heart on the envelope. (Both my cardiac system and romantic life have been through a lot.)
Considering that the first Valentine's day in Tokyo sold a handful of bars, I think it's done well. If women are now buying chocolate for self-treating or female friends -- well, folks were convinced that McDonald's of all corporations was trying to encourage having more kids, even as over on this side of the pond people still get salty that you can request a little book with a Happy McMeal....
We'll see how things develop, is what I'm saying.
EDIT: this is rather a lot of text, so here's some cake decorating thanks to Emi and Rin from Katawa Shoujo....
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To reduce off-topicness, spoilers are included.
The commercialisation and/or "forced implementation of foreign culture" in Japan of V-day is one thing I've heard some Japanese complain about. The other, mainly by foreigners, or Japanese with access to foreigners/foreign travel, is the possibly sexist way it was implemented in Japan (with women obligated to buy men things, such as chocolate, with no obligations for men to be romantic on that day. "Giri choco" literally means "obligatory chocolates").
I can't speak for all the readers and posters, of course, but I'd like to think that at least one (other than me) is happy that we can have discussions here, and not just eye candy.
Which isn't to say one can't have both in this sort of thread....
But out of deference, I will continue to block off the cultural discussion.
In a similar vein, my mother is likely none too pleased to see all the Lunar New Year items around this same time in our Pacific coastal city. Me, as it's close to Robert Burns' Day, I've been happy to make like Todd McWong (as he styles himself) and say "Gung Haggis Fat Choy" to all.
Being part of a world economy means finding out about new things.
It's funny, because the argument for "Steak Day" was basically the reverse -- that North American Valentine's Day was inherently sexist because men are on the hook for "extravagant" expenses and declarations.
(Granted that I've had more than a share of rejection and breakage, but I didn't mind the spending, and when I was single, hey, discount chocolate.)
Is it odd that I find the display from your above artwork -- with a woman shyly proffering a chocolate gift -- endearing? Or is it stranger that "weeb" culture has been gravitating away from the Yamato Nadeshiko trope and more towards the yandere trope?
Or is it just a case that the grass is greener over the septic tank, as my aforementioned mother liked to say?
I'm not familiar with "steak day", but I told my Japanese girlfriend that if she wanted to make me happy, I would rather just have a home-cooked meal rather than chocolates, which is why she makes me steak for Vday and my birthday.
I also don't mind discussion here, but I'm not sure if I'm taking the thread off topic.
I also don't mind discussion here, but I'm not sure if I'm taking the thread off topic.
...but yes, basically your lady friend has the cooking portion that many ask for working like a dream. I'm sure White Day is similarly special, from you to her.
Per MEDdMI, the thread was initially for tec to show images of pretty women. Looking back (and accounting for differing tastes in waifu), I'm probably the one who dragged things the furthest away (what with the DDLC cosplay skits and Miley-showing-off-Japanese-culture videos and assorted discussions as to why people have differing tastes and whether said tastes contain unrealistic expectations....) That said, I regret very little.
The thread is still going, after all, and sometimes we need a little self-examination with our cupcakes and tea. 
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Back before THE BIG CRASHES, I used to post beefcake or pics I knew wouldn't be popular (eg, Danganronpa's Sakura). But I would also keep an eye out for pics that were too much for the forums, so users could have a chance to take them down before they got a warning.
We don't do White Day. I usually buy her presents and stuff and she cooks me stuff. I just got her a large bouquet of red roses and paid for her Korean food (see food thread) last week.
Also, I'm a coffee person mainly.