Aiko did not have the crucial ongoing support of her designers in new clothes hair outlooks almost every week. Also she was the very first mass promugated fantasy figure-- I'm not gonna call her anime either--and as such suffered from buyer remorse, a lot of criticism, surprise and unfamiliarity with her shape and face. Kinda lack of imagination on the part of her users. I think she's still the best figure out there. But she's not anime, not Manga, she's what she is. And that's much more mature and sexy than Koshini. Her expressions are considerably deeper. It's hard to find a place to set her with other characters because she inhabits her own world in a knowingly enigmatic way. As Barb and others have shown, she's extremely beautiful-- try her with the more exotic Steff textures sometimes. Koshini is fun- she emerged in a time of war, I think she answered a very deep need to escape into fantasy. Also she's a fabulous mesh for a simple doll-like figure. She makes a great fairy-- which Aiko never did successfully, though i'll bet some mastersz of faery have great renders of her. Making a great fairy is designed to give you life in Poser. But the basis of Koshini's character and populrity is she's fun to work with as is Ichiro. We can let our kid inside out. She fills a unique niche beautifully. LaRoo, seems to me, to be more in the Aiko variety. I cna see the two of them having maritinis and dishing over this stupid Koshini craze, while secretly playing with the dolls at home. Hmmm. . . there's a render in that. Emily