Figma Yomi Isayama

This is the review for Figma Yomi Isayama (諫山 黄泉, Isayama Yomi) from the anime Ga-rei and Ga-Rei Zero.

Sister-figure of Kagura Tsuchimiya who turned evil because of the power of the sesshōseki. Also, she was the person who killed Kagura Tsuchimiya's father. She was killed by Kagura herself and has turned completely evil in her afterlife. She was extraordinarily talented when alive and slaughtered over 70 ministry agents by herself, and defeated the head of the Tsuchimiya clan and his spirit beast, Byakuei. As an evil spirit, she becomes even more powerful. She tries to awaken a great demon sealed in Tokyo, and seals a piece of the sesshōseki in Nimura Kensuke. For this, she incurs Kazuhiro's wrath, and he takes away her own sesshōseki. She dies when the demon is re-sealed.

Yomi's past is prominently revealed in Ga-Rei: Zero, where she is shown to be more of a tragic heroine. She lost her parents at a young age to specters, and was taken in by Isayama Naraku, then head of the Isayama family. Yomi grew to love and respect her foster-father, and polished her skills to repay him for his kindness. Her efforts led to her inheritance of the priced Isayama heirloom, the sword Shishio, which held the spiritual beast Nue in it. Before Naraku's death, she was betrothed to Izuna Noriyuki and would have succeeded Naraku as the next Isayama head. However, Naraku's death at the hands of her cousin Mei, who was jealous of her good fortune, and the alteration of Naraku's will, resulted in her being stripped of her position in the family and therefore her entire inheritance. Yomi eventually found out the truth behind her father's death, revealed by Mei herself after the latter lured her out in order to kill her. Partly in self-defense, she killed Mei and avenged Naraku, but was ambushed by Mitagawa Kazuhiro, who wounded her so badly that she became hospitalized, her throat and most of the tendons in her body cut and unrepairable, unable to talk or move. This, in addition to the suspicion that she had murdered Mei, led to a series of events that caused her to succumb to Mitagawa's temptation to accept the sesshōseki. Though Yomi managed to retain some control over her mind, she had nonetheless fallen under the destructive influence of the stone, causing her to kill many many members of the Agency. Ultimately, it was her love and desire to protect Kagura that caused her death at Kagura's hands, in a desperate wish that she could remove anything that would harm Kagura, including herself.

She is known as the "Black Priestess", which is the opposite of Kagura.

So let's have a look at the Figma...

The box;




Out of the box...




You will get the Figma...




Extra hair parts, the standard Figma plastic bag, extra hands....




Extra face expression, the standard Figma stand, the katana and the sheath, the iron (Douglas 28), hand holding black mobile phone and the chain...




First let's have a look at the Figma body....












Yomi and her mobile phone... seems like one of those Sony Ericsson or LG slider models...





2 types of (rear) hair parts offered 2 different looks...





Probably one of the most important new development on this Figma is the one that I have been wanting for such a long time now and I've been complaining about this to Max Factory and also in few others online forum about the weakness on the hair connector parts for most of the Figma.

With Figma Yomi, finally Max Factory agree to choose different material - which is in fact the same material used for the Figma elbow joint and this material is in fact much better and stronger (durable) than the previous "clear part" which can break easily....

Have a look at the photos below...




Look at the part I circled with red line...




And this is the items used on all of the previous Figma... here I use Figma Kagami Winter Version as an example...




Other Figmas with long hair that use similar type of hair connectors is Figma Signum, Figma Nanoha Tamakachi the first version (Jacket Barrier), Figma Rin Tousaka and maybe few others that I don't have (and maybe those that I'm not interested with).

Talking about Figma Signum, mine already broke when the Figma suddenly fall down from my display shelf, end up I super glue it and now it can't move anymore. Figma Rin Tousaka could be next as recently when I clean up my shelf, I accidentally "move"the hair roughly and I can see some crack now... another hard impact will broke the connector surely...

Good job and all the praise to Masaki Asai and the whole design team in Max Factory. I hope in future they will do more improvement and use better material so that the Figma can be more durable.

OK, enough with that... some photos with Kagura Tsuchimiya....




Never mind about the Shocker Rider at the back, his review will be up in Shewsbury Land soon.





OK, now let's see the weapons.... first the katana...




Some action pose with the katana...










And now the Panasonic iron modified into some sort of weapon called "Douglas 28" a very cool weapon indeed...





Like we always said in Singapore.... "Don't play play ah... this very hot ah"




Yomi: "You prick!!! take this for disturbing and stealing the attention on my review..."





Yomi: "And maybe another one here!!!"




Ouch... the sperm will burned on that heat...




So now Yomi and Kagura can battle each other on my display shelf....




Overall this is a nice Figma to have especially if you are a big fan of Ga-Rei and Ga-Rei Zero anime/manga series or if you like girl/women Figma with sword/katana - I certainly like it and usually I will always grab those Figma with sword/katana as their weapon coz my Gundams can borrow that weapon anyway.

For 2,667 yen (about SGD 41.00) before adding whatever shipment charges, this Figma offer great value for money and the new material used for the hair connector is a welcomed and much needed improvement that could lead to longevity plus the unique iron weapon of "Douglas 28" is certainly one of a kind...

If you can grab this Figma from anywhere at reasonable price, don't think further... just take it.



On a separate note.... Also arrived yesterday is the MG Shin Musha MK. II...




One hell of a kit which is Mk. II TITANS as the based....