Deep Sleep Special: 23 Hours in the Lily-of-the-Valley Forest — Healing ASMR, Ear Cleaning, Sleep Radio & Massage

For the gentlemen of DLsite who regularly enjoy voice works, this may be preaching to the choir, but in order for ASMR to really get those brain-drugs flowing, you first need to find the pleasant sound that hits your particular sweet spot and pulls the trigger in your brain. A surprising number of people stumble at this step—you often hear things like "ASMR is popular but I don't know what to listen to" or "I tried it but didn't really get it." This work is absolutely packed with all sorts of sounds that easily serve as triggers for ASMR: ear cleaning, bonten fluffy mic brushes, massage, oil, shoulder tapping, carbonation, whispering, the rustle of clothing, and even a free-talk radio segment. With this single work, you're sure to find the sound that pulls your brain's trigger. Of course, for those who are already "developed," needless to say, the total runtime = guaranteed pleasure. This is a work I can recommend to everyone, from ASMR beginners to seasoned veterans.

Being able to buy a work that's a whopping 23 hours long for just a little over 1,000 yen, using the 50% coupon that anyone can get, goes beyond just being cost-effective. The work includes a story part, a sleep-inducing part, and several episodes of the "Inrazi" radio show hosted by Ms. Ikagasaki. Each part has a quality good enough to stand on its own as a separate work, so I can recommend this even to first-timers who might be thinking "What is ASMR?" or "Who is Ikagasaki?" This could well be a work that, alongside "Otokissa Nekorobi" from the same circle, can be recommended to absolutely anyone...

Since there's a huge amount of content recorded, I'm writing about excerpts of it. Regarding the "[Suzuran Forest and the Little Bird's Rest] Edition," you get healed with massage and ear cleaning by "Suzuka," the younger sister voiced by Ikagasaki Ayaka, and her older sister "Suzuka." Being massaged slowly and thoroughly while being gently talked to is so comforting that just listening to the sound of the massage matching with "Suzuka's" voice starts making you sleepy. On top of that, there's a lot of variation in the massage, so it's very satisfying to listen to. (I dozed off the first time right around when the stroking massage ended and it moved into the patting massage. Then I dozed off a second time before the oil massage part finished... lol) Also, both the younger sister "Suzuka" and the older sister "Suzuka" clean one ear each for you. Just having two people with different types clean your ears feels like a treat in itself, but both of them do it slowly and carefully, and I ended up emptying my mind and just getting absorbed in listening. There's variation in the ear cleaning too, so your ears are in bliss. (Unlike the gentle, talkative atmosphere during the massage, the ear cleaning was done silently and thoroughly, giving it a different vibe to enjoy. I also dozed off a third time during the ear cleaning part.) As an overall impression, I'd note the following points: ●The massage in particular was so pleasant I fell asleep ●Being carefully ear-cleaned was extremely soothing (I fell asleep) ●I felt a strange sense of comfort from the three-dimensional feel of the conversation and sounds, and how realistic it was I was able to listen while feeling healed and enjoying it, to the point of dozing off once in each part. Since the total runtime is 23 hours, I've only written impressions about part of the content, but I plan to keep listening carefully to the rest. (Currently still listening.) If you're interested, please give it a listen.