Watanuki Mayoi in Detail
This time I’m unboxing Nocturne’s Watanuki Mayoi, Standard Ver., a 1/6-scale figure about 210 mm tall. The sculpt is by Salamishin (direction: YOSHI), the paintwork by Ochainuhana Tarou, and the character comes from illustrator Michiking.
Michiking is a manga artist and illustrator active mainly in adult manga magazines, with a long list of magazine covers to their name, and their work has been picked up by a number of figure makers in recent years. This site has covered FANesse’s Comic Anthurium Vol. 131 and Vol. 132 cover girls, Ayaka Hinamori and Mahiru Sakuraya, as well as the “comic Luxuria vol.1” cover character Lovely unveiled at WF2026 Summer.
Watanuki Mayoi comes from the cover illustration of “COMIC GRAPE Vol. 109,” built around a nurse-and-hospital-ward theme: a nurse’s cap, a cropped sailor top, syringes held between her fingers, and a collar and chain dangling from her other hand. Pre-orders opened in June 2025 with shipping originally planned for January 2026; after several delays, she finally shipped at the end of September 2026.
Product Specifications
| Product Name | Watanuki Mayoi |
| Series | “COMIC GRAPE Vol. 109” Cover Illustration |
| Manufacturer | Nocturne |
| Release Date | Sep 29, 2026 (JST) |
| Scale | 1/6 |
| Size | Approx. 210 mm tall |
| Price | Standard Ver. 27,500 yen / DX Ver. 34,100 yen (tax included) |
| Material | PVC, ABS |
| Sculptor | Salamishin (Direction: YOSHI) |
| Paintwork | Ochainuhana Tarou |
| Character Illustration | Michiking |
| Accessories (Standard Ver.) | Interchangeable parts (crotch), base |
| Accessories (DX Ver.) | Interchangeable parts (face, upper body, right twintail, left hand, crotch), condom parts (right hand, floor x4, sealed pack), base |
| Bonus | Illustration postcard by Michiking (online purchase bonus) |
| JAN | Standard Ver. 4580770170395 / DX Ver. 4580770170401 |
Review
Mayoi crouches on a bed with her legs spread wide, three syringes held between the fingers of one hand and a collar’s chain gripped in the other, tongue out and wearing a teasing look. She wears a white nurse’s cap, a cropped sailor top and a pleated skirt, accented with a pink neckerchief and ribbons. Her legs are dressed asymmetrically: one in a dark ankle sock and a sandal, the other in a long white sock wrapped with straps. She’s officially listed as 1/6 scale, but in hand she’s a size larger than a typical 1/6 figure, and feels closer to something between 1/5 and 1/6.
I love this face. The sculpt is delicate and adorable, and the blue eyes, faintly flushed cheeks and tongue-out expression capture the feel of the original illustration remarkably well. The skin paint is the standout feature of this figure: well-judged shading on the belly, the back and elsewhere adds a great deal of depth and realism.
The sheer amount of detail is a pleasant surprise: hairpins and ribbons, earrings, a tongue piercing, bandages on her knee and thigh, gold star studs at her waist, and syringes filled with translucent liquid and trimmed with little stars. Even the underwear and the interchangeable crotch part carry fine decorative detail.
The base recreates the bedding from the illustration, with the wrinkles in the sheet sculpted in three dimensions, giving it far more cohesion with the figure than a plain disc would.
The skirt is made of soft plastic and comes off and goes back on easily. The interchangeable crotch part attaches by magnet and is finely detailed as well, though for the overall look, I personally prefer her with the non-nude part fitted.
The first thing to weigh up is the paint. There is still a fair amount of paint bleed, along with specks of dust on the surface, though none of it stands out from a normal viewing distance.
The one real letdown for me is the translucent white stocking on her left leg in the illustration. On the figure it looks more like a poorly cleaned-up mold line, and the sheer quality of the original doesn’t come through. The fingers of her left hand are also relatively rough, fused together rather than separated.
The removable parts deserve some care too. The skirt is easy to take on and off, but as a soft part it may not keep a snug fit over the long term, and its pink lining could cause color transfer if left on display for a long time. The X-shaped pasties on her nipples aren’t magnetic; like Vertex’s Elf Village series, they’re held on with double-sided tape. The tape here is thicker and better quality than Elf Village’s, but long-term use could still leave residue. The collar has no fixing mechanism at all and simply rests in her hand and in a recess in the base, so take extra care when moving her.
Verdict
Of the figures I’ve pre-ordered recently, this is the best overall. The delicate, adorable face, the shaded skin paint, the wealth of details from the tongue piercing and bandages to the syringes, and the base recreating the bedding from the illustration all hold up to close inspection.
On the other hand, the paint bleed and dust specks, the rough fingers on the left hand, a left stocking that reads as a mold line, X-shaped pasties held on with double-sided tape, a collar with no fixing mechanism and a skirt lining that may transfer color are all worth considering before you buy.
I’d recommend her to anyone who likes Michiking’s art or this kind of subject matter. If you can live with the minor flaws above, she’s well worth adding to your collection.
