Back in November, author Nojiri Housuke (Rocket Girls) had a vision. He dreamed of a world where otaku could recreate one of the more memorable ending sequences of 2009 by having their own flying pantsu just like in the fall harem series, Sora no Otoshimono. Creating a rubber band powered paper pantsu launcher, he posted a video of it in action and stated that he was going to try to market them. At the time, I didn’t think much more about it. It was a funny story for the time but I moved on quickly and figured that I’d never hear about the subject again. Wow do I need to stop doing that.

After a couple of months of fine tuning, Housuke has announced that his paper pantsu launcher will go on sale March 6^th for 1000 yen each. To commemorate the date, he will also be holding a special gathering for fans called Sora Fest. At the gathering, fans will listen to speakers talk about flight and attend a workshop to learn how to make their own pantsu launcher before joining everyone in a special large scale releasing of the pantsu.

As much as I hated the series that this whole idea is coming from, this is an event that I would pay good money to attend. If for no other reason than I just want to be there for the grand launching of dozens (maybe hundreds) of paper pantsu being launched into the skies of a late afternoon in Japan. Maybe it will even become an annual event… gather the crowd together to watch cherry blossoms in late spring and let your pantsu fly free amidst the falling petals.

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