The Plot Device - Transparent Automatic Umbrella, White

You've seen this umbrella before. Every anime character standing in the rain having a Moment™? This is that umbrella. The transparent canopy exists for one reason: so the camera (read: everyone around you) can see your face while you stare dramatically into the middle distance, contemplating literally nothing.

We know what we're doing. You know what we're doing. Buy it anyway.

What it actually does (since our lawyers say the listing needs "substance"):

• One button, full deployment. Press it and the canopy snaps open like it's late for its own scene. Press it again and it folds itself back down, because manual umbrellas are for side characters.

• 8 steel ribs with a hexagonal steel shaft. Bends up to 180° and snaps back like nothing happened. Wind will try. Wind will fail. There may be a Training Arc, but the umbrella wins.

• Fully transparent POE canopy. Rain rolls off, your outfit stays visible, and your dramatic rain walk finally has the cinematography it deserves. Also practical: you can see traffic through it, which our lawyers insisted we mention.

• Compact folding format. Fits in a tote, a backpack, or the bag you keep grabbing on your way out the door while saying "it's not going to rain." Narrator: it was going to rain.

Specs, for the one person who reads these: 8-rib steel frame, hexagonal steel center shaft, automatic open/close, ~360g, folds to pocket-of-your-backpack size, 48–53cm canopy radius.

The Plot Device: because showing up drenched stopped being a personality trait in season one.