** English below ---------------------------------------------- BUNNY the MOSQUITO SLAYER 　1/12スケール 　高さ：19.5cm 　パーツ数：49 　ナイロンメッシュ，PVCシート付属 ■作品について 台湾台北市に林森北路（lin2 sen1 bei3 lu4：日本のサラリーマン発音でリンセンペールー）と呼ばれるエリアがあります．日本時代は大正町という内地人（日本人）向けの高級住宅街で，戦後に国共内戦で大陸を追われた国民党の中国人が流入し，今は歓楽街になっています．日本式の居酒屋やスナックが多く建ち並び，日本人駐在や出張者の吹き溜まりとして知られますが，かつて一帯で300軒を数えた日式スナックは日本の衰退に伴って30軒まで減り，ぼくの駐在中にも廃業や別業態（ガールズバー，コンカフェなど）への変更が相次いだことで風前の灯です．なお，1980年代の日式スナック最盛期の様子は，Netflixのドラマ「華燈初上」に描かれて台湾でも話題になり，地元で日式スナック見学ツアーが開かれるほどでした．ご興味のある方はドラマをご覧になるといろいろとイメージが膨らむかもしれません． さて，その林森北路の一角にとあるバーがあります．お店はガルバでもコンカフェでもなく，日本人向けですらありませんが，オーナーの趣味でバニースーツを着たひとりの女の子が働いており，一方で女の子は指名客相手にこのお店を箱貸しとしても使っています．お店にはあいにく無数の蚊が飛び回っていて，手練の殺蚊者でもある女の子が電撃殺虫ラケットを傍らに置いて蚊の接近に常時目を光らせています． というノンフィクション度87%の話を拡張したのが今回の題材です． ところが元々の出発点はバニースーツでも蚊でもなく，女の子が着ているスタジャンでした． これは2025年に我々「ふてね体」のイベント用冬服として製作したスタジャンそのものに他なりません．つまり，いつか我々のフィギュアのコスプレをする超絶美少女が現れないものか，とWFに参加しながら待つうちに半世紀ほど経ちましたが現実となりませんでしたので，フィギュアの方に我々のコスプレをさせるという哀愁あふれるプロジェクトを遂行したものです． ここになぜ先述の女の子が採用されたか．それは当該のスタジャンをデザインするにあたって彼女に助言を求めたという経緯があるからです．そう，先程の子は妄想ではなく現実に存在した人物でした．背中のワッペン類の配色を決めたのは彼女です． 可能であれば完成したスタジャンを台湾に持参して着ていただき，写真の一枚も撮りたかったところですが，ちょうどスタジャンの製作中に不手際でぼくの連絡先が失効してしまい，多くの台湾人とともに彼女も音信不通になり，本人のSNSも非アクティブとなり，お店も閉業し，彼女は行方知れず． 2026年現在，斜陽の空気を漂わせながらも素朴な人情味あふれる林森におそらく彼女の姿はもうありません．あの頃に夢見ていたキラキラのお金持ちの世界の人へと成り上がったはずです． そういう叙情的な背景を持つ作品になりました． さて現実世界に戻りますが，作例にも使ったラケットの電極パーツとして，PVCシートとナイロンメッシュを付属しました．また，ラケットと看板には別売のLEDユニットを収めて電飾可能な部品構成にしています． 看板については，下記注意事項にもあるとおり「bouderie」ではなく「窮村民」版が付属します．その経緯はXに書きましたので，気が向けばご一読くださればと思います． ■ご注意 ・本製品は未塗装未組立のガレージキットです． ・本製品のパーツはレジンキャスト品です．パーツにはバリ、気泡などがございますので，必要に応じて修正ください． ・お店の看板は「bouderie」ではなく「窮村民」版が付属します． ・作例中のポスターは付属しません． ・本製品のコピーや転売はおやめください． ---------------------------------------------- BUNNY the MOSQUITO SLAYER 　1:12 scale 　Height : 19.5cm 　Number of parts : 49 　Includes nylon mesh & PVC sheet ■About In Taipei, Taiwan, there is an area known as Linsen North Road. During the Japanese era, it was called Taisho-cho, an upscale residential district for mainland Japanese. After the war, Chinese nationals affiliated with the Kuomintang, who had been driven out of the mainland during the Chinese Civil War, flowed into the area, and it eventually became an entertainment district. Today, the area is lined with many Japanese-style izakaya and snack bars, and it is well known as a gathering place for Japanese expatriates and business travelers. At its peak in the 1980s, there were said to be as many as 300 Japanese-style snack bars in the area, but with Japan’s decline, that number has fallen to around 30. Even during my own posting there, closures and shifts to other business models (such as girls’ bars or concept cafés) followed one after another, leaving the scene on the brink of extinction. The atmosphere of Japanese-style snack bars at their height in the 1980s was depicted in the Netflix drama “Light the Night”, which also became a topic of conversation in Taiwan. It even led to locally organized “Japanese snack bar tours.” If you’re interested, watching the series may help spark your imagination. Now then, on one corner of Linsen North Road, there is a certain bar. It is neither a girls’ bar nor a concept café, and it isn’t even aimed at Japanese customers. However, by the owner’s personal taste, a single girl works there wearing a bunny suit. At the same time, she also uses the bar as a private venue for her regular clients. Unfortunately, countless mosquitoes swarm inside the bar. The girl—an experienced mosquito slayer herself—keeps an electric insect-zapping racket at her side at all times, watching closely for any approaching pests. This project expands upon that story, which is about 87% nonfiction. However, the original starting point wasn’t the bunny suit or the mosquitoes, but rather the varsity jacket the girl is wearing. That jacket is exactly the same one I produced in 2025 as winter wear for events for our group, “Futenetai.” In other words, while attending Wonder Festival and waiting—almost half a century—for a breathtakingly beautiful girl to appear wearing cosplay of one of our figures, that reality never came to pass. So instead, I carried out a somewhat wistful project: having my figure wear cosplay of us. Why was the aforementioned girl chosen here? Because when designing that varsity jacket, I sought her advice. Yes—the girl mentioned earlier was not imaginary, but a real person. She was the one who decided the color scheme of the patches on the back. Ideally, I would have liked to bring the finished jacket to Taiwan, have her wear it, and even take a photo or two. Unfortunately, during the jacket’s production, an oversight caused my contact information to lapse. Along with many Taiwanese acquaintances, I lost contact with her as well. Her social media became inactive, the bar closed, and she disappeared without a trace. As of 2026, Linsen carries an air of decline, yet remains filled with simple, human warmth. She is probably no longer there, and has likely risen into the glittering world of wealth that she once dreamed about back then. That is the lyrical background behind this work. Returning now to the real world: as part of the example build, I include PVC sheets and nylon mesh as electrode parts for the rackets. In addition, the racket and the signboard are designed to accommodate separately sold LED units, allowing them to be illuminated. As noted in the precautions below, the included signboard is the “窮村民” version, not “bouderie.” I’ve written about the background on X, so if you feel inclined, I’d appreciate it if you’d give it a read. ■Notes - This product requires assembly and painting. - The parts of this product are made with resin casting. Since each part has burrs and bubbles, please remove or fix them as needed. - The shop sign included is the “窮村民” version, not the “bouderie” one shown in the example. - The poster shown in the examples is not included. - Please refrain from copying or reselling this product.