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INTEREST: Rest Your Head on a Free! Swimwear-Clad Butt Pillow


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manapear



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 7:24 pm Reply with quote
I don't know about the pillow butt yet, but everything else is so cute. Want~! ♥
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Lemonchest



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 9:54 pm Reply with quote
Nothing I'd like more than to rest my head on a middle school boy's Lycra clad butt.
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rinshiiya



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 10:20 pm Reply with quote
I am SO salty over this movie & would much rather not buy any merchandise for it & insinuate that I enjoyed it... but damn it, that hair scrunchie & the notebook....... I want them so much...!

but yeah that butt is totally awkward & also kind of inappropriate, considering it's a butt pillow... of a 13 year old..........'s butt. lol
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 11:09 pm Reply with quote
I'm indifferent about the pillow, but I think the glow-in-the-dark jigsaw is an awesome display. Smile
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fencer_x



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 12:21 am Reply with quote
Yes, let's all rest our heads in the crotches of 12-year-old boys.
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leongsh



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 1:34 am Reply with quote
I presume that pillow is fair-play considering the mouse pads with palm-rests.
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Keichitsu0305





PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 1:39 am Reply with quote
Well, merchandise for fangirls continue to get as creepy as fanboy merchandise.

*sigh* In other news, I'm hearing some mixed reactions from the movie and that some material has been altered. Won't know for sure until later but I still want some new keychains.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 5:32 am Reply with quote
Nobody wears scrunchies anymore!
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yurihellsing





PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 4:27 pm Reply with quote
keichitsu0305 wrote:
Well, merchandise for fangirls continue to get as creepy as fanboy merchandise.

*sigh* In other news, I'm hearing some mixed reactions from the movie and that some material has been altered. Won't know for sure until later but I still want some new keychains.


Good!!! and on that note I would love to meet one of those types.
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sunflower



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 7:13 pm Reply with quote
I would buy the pillow if it made fart noises. I still need a Christmas present for my little brother. Laughing
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Kadmos1



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 1:59 am Reply with quote
I thought that body pillows were creepy butt this is even worse. Let's hope you don't make an ass of yourself in front of people if they saw you with this.
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atbiotyk



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 7:55 am Reply with quote
Wonder if this is commonplace for Japan because the legal age of consent is 13.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 5:51 pm Reply with quote
atbiotyk wrote:

Wonder if this is commonplace for Japan because the legal age of consent is 13.


All the prefectures in Japan have raised the age of consent above 13 - and they take precedence over the national.

Think of it like minimum wage - there's a national minimum wage, but when the state law's minimum wage is raised above the national, the state law takes precedence.
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championferret



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:18 am Reply with quote
...Well it took until now, but Free's finally got merch that disturbs me. You were doing so well, KyoAni. Did you really have to make the butt pillows representative of them as middle-schoolers...?

I mean, it could be worse. At least the design is more 'symbolic' than super detailed. But it's still puzzling.
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Snomaster1
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 5:58 pm Reply with quote
Most of the "Free!" merchandise I don't have any problems with but there is one I do have problems with. It's the pillow that looks like a thirteen-year-old boy's swimming suit-clad bottom. Are the Japanese doing this for the NAMBLA/pedophile market? (And for those not familiar with who I'm talking about,NAMBLA stands for North American Man Boy Love Association. Basically,it's an organization of sickos who wants to mainstream their sickness throughout American society. The majority of Americans are disgusted by this group,me included.)
I hope everyone else here can forgive me for saying this but I think that pillow is a bit creepy. And,I'd say it if it were a pillow of a thirteen-year-old girl's swimming suit-clad bottom. I don't want something like that in my house,much less in my bedroom.


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