I'm 16 years old, but I don't have any reliable way to secure an actual authentic dakimakura so the only option for the time being is to get some off of Aliexpress. For reference I've been eyeing an albeit SFW cover of Ui Kozeki from Blue Archive for the past couple of days. It sucks, but I guess I'll have to wait 2 years to get a job and my own stuff before I get the real deal
dude, I've been there. no shame in ordering bootleg daki since imo they're probably one of the few items that you're not losing out on much buying the "real" thing. eventually you'll save up enough or get a job and will be able to get the stuff you really want. maybe even go to japan and buy directly from the artists you want to support at fan events.
indeed. now I need to camp out on suruga-ya and yja hoping that one of the few official Kaoru-chan daki covers are listed- specifically the one with her in the famires meido outfit