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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.
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. 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. 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. 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. Spotlight-Stealing Squad: In episode three, Kitamura "saves" Sonico from a squid monster instead of letting the heroes of the show do it.Food as Bribe: After Fuuri complains about wearing a somewhat skimpy outfit in episode eleven outside in the cold, Suzu tells her that she can have all the meat buns she wants during her break, with great success. Japanese Politeness: In the first episode's moments, Sonico apologises to someone who ran in front of her bike and forced her to stop suddenly.
Hero of Another Story: Super Pochaco is a shy and chubby girl first seen as the third episode. She appears to view Sonico as a role model of sorts: over time, she changes her hairstyle, becomes more confident, dyes her hair, joins a talent agency and dispenses with her glasses. Barely-There Swimwear: For her modelling job in the first episode, Sonico began with a bathing suit that was about three sizes too small. She is subsequently asked to wear something that apparently crossed the line (while never shown on-screen, it appears to be pink and involves glitter). Kitamura, her manager, appears just in time to spare Sonico from having to wear it. Ouka is from Nitroplus Wars and shows up in episode three. She plays a larger role from episode six onwards.The first of many paint flaws with this figure is evident in the shot below, as you can see significant chipping of the paint where the two pieces of Pochaco's hair meet.
Once Done, Never Forgotten: While intoxicated, Kitamura, arranges for Sonico to make a guest appearance in a TV show and accidentally upstages the heroes of the show. The director throws in his unscripted rescue and is so impressed that he offers Kitamura a role in the show, which the latter declines. Iyashikei: While the series itself won't satisfy the definition, episode seven marks change in pace, being relaxing and slow-paced, with Sonico just wandering around the countryside. Triple Shifter: Sonico is a college student, band member, part-time model, part-time waitress and takes care of at least five cats. Berserk Button: Kitamura reacts violently to any attempts to make use of Sonico in a sexual manner (ranging from a risqué bathing suit to being fondled by a tentacle monster). Sexy Santa Dress: Sonico wears one in episode eleven, while Fuuri is dressed up in a reindeer one. Ouka wears a cute one.One area where A-Plus did fine is with the design of Pochaco's face. Her cuteness is one of her best assets, and her eyes are very vibrant. I like the subtle blue shading on Pochaco's top, but the paintwork on the rest of her dress is sort of a mess. Pretty much everywhere the blue and white parts of the dress meet, you can see overpainting, and the yellow laces on the front are quite sloppy. 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. Break the Cutie: Happens to Ayaka, the little girl in episode eleven. She at first is told by another kid that Santa doesn't exist despite her father telling her he does exist. Later she tells Sonico that her dad promised to be home for Christmas but won't be due to work. So she feels everything he tells her was a lie. Fortunately for her, both of her father's statements come true, and she sees both her father, who was also playing Santa.
Motto! SoniComi - More Communication with Sonico (2013) - PS3 port of SoniComi, features reworked graphics and additional content. In 2016, JAST USA released a PC port with English support. Despite the rather terrible paintwork, this figure does have a lot of things going for it, and I really like this Pochaco despite her many QC issues. Would I recommend this figure? That question doesn't have an easy answer... Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Sonico's headphones and how Kitamura's hanya mask are never seen as unusual by other characters in the series. Directed by Kenichi Kawamura, with Yousuke Kuroda managing the script, SoniAni: Super Sonico The Animation ( SoniAni for brevity) premièred in winter 2014. The anime features Super Sonico, Nitro Plus' Company Mascot note actually the mascot for Nitroplus' live concert 'Nitro Super Sonic' which first introduced her in 2006, and follows the adventures she encounters in her everyday life. Between her endeavours in academics, modelling career, music and part-time job as a waitress, Sonico always manages to find the time to brighten up the lives of those around her. According to the promotional video Pony Canyon released, Super Sonico is voiced by Super Sonico. note She is actually voiced by Ayano Yamamoto, but Nitro Plus has been trying to cover it up after a PR incident.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... Evolving Credits: The ending credits are unique for each episode and often have something to do with what took place during that episode. 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. Establishing Character Moment: Sonico's manager makes his debut by arriving just as a client tried to take a photo of Sonico in a rather skimpy bikini. His first move is to intimidate them into not doing the shoot with his demon mask, with the implication that it's to him what the headphones are to Sonico.
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