Reika Shimohira from Gantz (Bunny Version)

Reika Shimohira from Gantz

It’s been well over a year since we looked at a FREEing bunnygirl, but I’ve purchased a bunch of them in that time – three Muv-Luv girls, two To-Love Ru girls, Lucifer, and Reika Shimohira, whom we are looking at here. Truth be told, they all tend to look more or less the same, so for the sake of minimizing unnecessarily repetitive redundancy, we’ll just quickly highlight the main points of this figure.

Reika Shimohira figure

Reiko Shimohira is one of the central heroines of the manga, anime, and film series Gantz. Gantz has gone through something of a merchandising revival as of late, and I’m not entirely sure why. I’m certainly not complaining though, as Reika and Anzu Yamasaki are both visually pleasing characters.

Reika Shimohira figure

This figure is manufactured by FREEing and measures about 42 centimeters in height. She comes with an instruction sheet to assist in setup, which is nice as it takes a little bit of work to get her gun placed in her right hand. She also comes with a useful metal stand to brace her body against, which I did not include in these photographs. It’s a nice inclusion as these figures are fairly heavy and as they invariably wear high heels, they tend to wobble a bit.

Reika Shimohira figure

The Gantz franchise has experienced multiple incarnations and each version has had its own aesthetic in terms of character design. The television anime featured a fairly conventional style whereas the Gantz:O film used more realistic designs. This figure, however, appears to take its cues from the manga design by Gantz creator Hiroya Oku. Personally, it’s my least favorite design of the group, but I don’t think it looks all that bad. Reika has an intense but enigmatic look; it’s not clear what sort of emotion she is supposed to be conveying. She’s also got a very sharp, slightly masculine jawline, a bit reminiscent of some of the male characters from Final Fantasy.

Reika Shimohira figure

Moving down, we see two of the better aspects of this figure – Reika’s gun and, of course, her body. The main heroines of Gantz have always tended towards a more generous endowment, and it’s well-modeled here, with Reika’s leotard barely succeeding in covering her up. Her bunnysuit is modeled after the bodysuits seen in the series, with small circular nodes placed along its surface. Two smaller caps are strategically placed at her crotch, which is a neat detail.

Reika Shimohira figure

Here is Reika’s gun, which careful research indicates is called an X-shotgun. Oddly, it looks like she has two fingers extended to operate the trigger; I do not know if that is its typical method of operation.

Reika Shimohira figure

The high point of this figure is almost certainly Reika’s marvelous backside, which is – mostly – in full view. Her ass is large, shapely, and thanks to her bunnysuit’s thong back, highly visible.

Reika Shimohira figure

Of course Reika’s bunnysuit features the requisite bunny tail.

Reika Shimohira figure

While Reika’s buttocks are the best part of the figure, the stock of her gun obscures them a little bit, which is unfortunate. Also, the support pole stabilizes Reika’s right leg, which means that if you choose to use it – and you don’t have to if you’re willing to forgo the stabilization it provides – it partially blocks the view. I would have preferred it if the pole were placed in front of Reika by her left side, where it would be less visible.

Reika Shimohira figure

And of course the figure uses a real fishnet material for the pantyhose. Hopefully it does not discolor the legs; that has happened on at least one of the bunnygirl figures I own.

Reika Shimohira figure

After having collected many bunnygirl figures over the years, I can say I’m a big fan of FREEing’s products, and Reika is not an exception. She looks great, combining big presence and a sexy body with a great ass. The face is the one part I’m less fond of, and it’s an important part, but it’s one I can overlook since it’s not entirely visible the way I have the figure displayed. I have pretty much no space left for these bunnygirls, but I keep buying them anyway.

All that said, if I had to choose just one quarter-scale figure of Reika, this isn’t the one I would pick; it would be Prime One’s statue which is due out next year. It’s a lot more spendy but it looks amazing.

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12 Responses to Reika Shimohira from Gantz (Bunny Version)

  1. Lunatic Admirer says:

    Two post in one month period? Its a Christmas Miracle! Praise thy Tier~

    • Tier says:

      XD Man have I gotten lazy about posting again. I even have two figures photographed already, I just haven’t gotten around to writing the posts. Or answering comments, apparently.

  2. JoeyJoeJoeJrShabadoo says:

    I’ve never read the manga but in both the Gantz anime and the Gantz:O film most of the weapons seem to have a double trigger mechanism that requires two fingers to operate (it seems like one trigger primes the weapon and the second actually fires it). I couldn’t say whether or not the animators are always consistent about it but, in reference to this figure, it’s noticeable enough to be an accurate detail.

  3. Nefae says:

    I think her face looks flat and without emotions, rest is great. Give us more pic. with weapon and her unique shoes.

  4. Bostonbrandon says:

    As a big fan of the Gantz manga I specifically held out on the other figures in favor of Freeings release due to her face Beauty in the eye of the beholder I suppose. On a side note, the creator would occasionally draw random woman wearing particularly sexy variations of the Gantz “uniform” between chapters. This was another aspect of the figure which I found enticing.

    • Tier says:

      Yeah, I imagine fans of the manga will like this interpretation better than those who’ve only seen the character designs from Gantz:O XD (I imagine fans of something like Ghost in the Shell feel similarly, given how different the characters look in the various series). I do like how the original creator was not shy in providing the fanservice, though (also sort of like Ghost in the Shell).

  5. dP says:

    Nice photos and a cool figure. Glad to see a new post from you. The mechanical antenna like bunny ears on this are an interesting touch…

    • Otaking, the Statue Conqueror says:

      I noticed them too, they are cool looking. For some reason the remind me of the endoskeletons from Fnaf.
      As others have said already, the face is nice, I like it. But man, that bod…
      I like this one better then Prime One’s statue that Tier linked.

      • Tier says:

        The body is definitely great. It will be interesting to see how this one looks next to the Prime 1 statue; it’ll be neat to line them up.

    • Tier says:

      Thanks! I should have more posts rolling again soon.

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