8/29/2025

Before I get into the depressing stuff happening in the US rn, I want to talk about my haul coming in!! \^o^/ I'm glad it was able to come in before the tariffs hit today. I recived my items in a ~2 ft box like what 😂. It was lowkey heavy to carry upstairs to my room 😂. The only thing that bothers me about the packaging was all beat up. Thank god I didn't order any glassware or anything delicate like that because I know it'd be broken by the time I saw it 😭 but moving on!!

I had ordered a total of 5 items: 2 Sanzu badges, a jacket (L), hat, and (my sister's) another item. The total had come out to like a total of ~$100 (the jacket and hat being most of it). It had taken about ~2 weeks for my items to arrive. I had ordered them on 8/17/2025 and they arrived on 8/26/2025 - doing the math, that would be 9-10 days that it took for my items to arrive. Mind you, Surugaya used EMS to ship them out, so that might be something to account for.

Anyways, my review (of the items): The Sanzu badges are a 10/10 - They're so cute omg!!! Also, they're a little bigger than I expected (I expected maybe like .75 inch, but they're the regular 1.25 inch ones) I didn't buy anything John related since it was my first time ordering from them and I just wanted to dip a bit into seeing how they were... Could've spent less but it's okay >_^! The jacket is a 9.7/10 - Super cute, don't get me wrong, but I lowkey expected it to be a bit bigger, but it practically fits me perfectly so real conplaints here! The hat is a 9/10 - Super pooper cute as well, thing is... this is the only thing that's bigger and doesn't fit me. My head is a bit too small for it, but maybe I'll let my mom fix it (since she's a tailor). If not, I'll just deal with it since I'm not fully grown yet anyways.

In total, my overall review on Surugaya (pre-tariffs) is a 9.3/10, but I don;t know how it'll go after tariffs. Me and my sister wanted to order another batch together and we've both agreed on half and half paying for the fees and stuff, soooo... we'll see by October (if we do decide.... UGHHHHH I really want to get John's XL Plush and this Hinaichi keychain since they have them in stock currently on Suru T-T..).

Okay, now moving to: the big news for the month (for me and many others alike): these fuckass tariffs!!!! Omg, I literally see no point in adding them like??? Anyways, I've seen a lot of mixed things that are happening today, but the most helpful article that I would recommend ppl reading if you or someone else is going to buy items from JP shops (Hlj, TOM, Hobby Genki, etc...) or using proxies (Buyee =_=, Zenmarket, etc...), I would recommend reading "Companies Response..." on MFC since it's filled with summaries of what most shops and proxies are planning to do now (also includes the links to the statements themselves incase anyone wants to read it themselves.

Another thing I would somewhat recommend is reading the US Tariff discussions since people are sharing their own plans and some helpful tips. Wouldn't recommend it so much since it's mainly filled with a bunch of Q&A's on there, the first message is, but other than that... not really...

My own cup of tea on this is: if you really want to buy stuff from JP, do research on what the shop/proxy is planning for the future, but if you don't want to all so much, then just highkey wait it out.

Since I'm an impatient person T_T, I will be coughing up whatever money I have in order to pay for my stuff and the tariffs _-_...

- Suni