Saki and Mizuki like the labubus with different outfits, and they bond over customizing the looks and doing blind box openings together. They think the trend is fun, idk what to tell you.
Tsukasa had no thoughts on labubus until Saki requested he help find her a specific design, and ofc he was all "HAHAHA YOU CAN LEAVE IT TO YOUR BIG BRO. I WILL SEARCH EVERY STOREFRONT IN SHIBUYA!!" Imagine his consternation when he found out they were fucking blind boxes with 300 variations and he's too stupid to use the website so he's trying to vibe check every box in the store for the right one.
Shizuku just wants to see what the hype is about, but she knows Airi and Shiho both dislike the trend so she goes alone to buy one in a store that turns out to be a knockoff a la Wonhee-style, but she still likes her little fuzzy friend since she doesn't care about labels.
Airi and Akito don't dislike the dolls' themselves, but they also don't understand the hype and that frustrates them as very trend-aware people to not get why something is blowing up.
Mafuyu would be gifted one from a classmate, and she brings it to Empty SEKAI where everyone just sits around it in a circle staring at it until she gets it a friend.
Ena would probably have the most complex feelings about the labubu trend, seeing as they originated from a real artist's 10-year-old vision for which they are finally receiving mass attention, but the attention takes the form of such a consumerist frenzy that it's overshadowed the original art. She doesn't know whether to take their virality as an inspiration or warning, but she does now follow Kasing Lung and likes seeing him continue to create new art. She'll also punch you if you call labubus ugly.
And finally—as my natural extrapolation of the writers making characters explain even very basic cultural references to her—Emu has immunity from all mainstream trends. She's too busy with her niche media that no one outside of one online forum has ever heard of while being rich enough that she can comfortably collect the merch from those shows instead. Labubu is just a fun new word in her world, and no one ever informs her otherwise.
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