It’s not too often that I get as excited about an artbook release as I was about Tinkle’s 密夜茶会 “Mitsuya Chakai”. This illustration collection is a pretty massive tome at A4 size and 232 pages. A commercially released artbook is a very welcome change after their 1st book went out of print and their 2nd was a very sought after doujinshi publication. (Which also happens to be one of my personal favorites.) Mitsuya Chakai is an absolutely must-have if you love Tinkle.
Mitsuya Chakai
The cover illustration is brand new, and features a girl with a teddy bear, tea and a lot of honey.
Cover Ink Close-Up
Tinkle’s gone all-out with the ink treatment on the front cover. The titled is printed with gold foil leafing and the tea and honey are printed so that they look like actual tea and honey, with a bit of glitter added for sparkle.
It’s huuuuuuge!
Hopefully, this will give you an idea of just how thick this book is! It’s totally worth it for ￥3,990!
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