First and foremost: Welcome back and sorry to keep you waiting!
I have been incredibly busy with procrastinating (and cosplay) in the past weeks and woke up to the enormous shock of realizing I still have a website to run?!
It's amazing how quickly time passes when you got nothing to do. But never the less I'm back today to tell you about my adventures at C90!
I have been incredibly busy with procrastinating (and cosplay) in the past weeks and woke up to the enormous shock of realizing I still have a website to run?!
It's amazing how quickly time passes when you got nothing to do. But never the less I'm back today to tell you about my adventures at C90!
AKICOS LIVE
I'm not even goint to try and cover up that I completely missed out on blogging about my latest event "AkiCos Vol.14" which took place in Akihabara one week prior to Comiket. It was a lot of fun performing again and though I didn't get much practise lately, I enjoyed myself and the crowd. I performed as Miki from The Idolm@ster series once more, dancing to Ready!! and giving a tiny talk.
| It was my first time at their event and I'm looking forward to the next one! I made a ton of new friends, many of which I got to see again at Comiket one week later. |  |
C90 DAY 1
For friday I decided to wear the more airy version of Imanotsurugi (Touken Ranbu) I've been preparing for a photoshoot and it went quite well.
As I was working three out of three days at the event I wasn't able to stay outdoors for the whole day (Bless, I would have not made it out alive if I did), so I only got around two hours of potential meet and greet, photo and general free time during the event.
As the east hall cosplay area was closed off this time, it was a bit difficult to navigate through the crowds and actually find a spot outdoors, but given what I heard from photographers us cosplayers weren't the only ones thrown off by this.
I still had a great friday and even got some nice first pictures taken!
(Picture by @rusk_4511 on Twitter)
As I was working three out of three days at the event I wasn't able to stay outdoors for the whole day (Bless, I would have not made it out alive if I did), so I only got around two hours of potential meet and greet, photo and general free time during the event.
As the east hall cosplay area was closed off this time, it was a bit difficult to navigate through the crowds and actually find a spot outdoors, but given what I heard from photographers us cosplayers weren't the only ones thrown off by this.
I still had a great friday and even got some nice first pictures taken!
(Picture by @rusk_4511 on Twitter)
C90 DAY 2
Day two was a whole lot less fun, melting in a three layer shirt-shirt-hakama combo, things going wrong at work and my friend running errands for work at the worst timing possible. Of course it's not his fault and I don't blame him for being a hard worker, but we just didn't get any pictures taken outside the booth which was a bit dissappointing. We weren't planning on going out into the cosplay areas much either and just tried to have fun near our slightly cooler booth.
C90 DAY 3
Oh boy, oh boy! This was the day I kept going for, through the heat and the work related stress, I counted the hours to finally put on the cosplay and make up I've been hyping myself up for the most. It was a wild ride to even get to the cosplay on time, getting my eyes ready to handle contact lenses for a whole day, and altering last minute while being stuck in handimen construction site hell at home the day prior.
But. I. Made. It.
And it was worth it.
I got to take a ton of pictures, meet a lot of amazing new people and even a photographer from AkiCos, who I got to do a mini photoshoot with!
But. I. Made. It.
And it was worth it.
I got to take a ton of pictures, meet a lot of amazing new people and even a photographer from AkiCos, who I got to do a mini photoshoot with!
One of my most favourite shots of the improvised photoshoot were these.
I know they probably cause some of you to jump from your seats, but I was aiming for that. (Sorry?)
It's been a bit hard for me lately but I finally learned to embrace my weird site and just do whatever I feel like and I think those two shots catch exactly that (and the character) quite well. My friends were staring quite fascinated when I took out needle and thread to sew through my own hand, though I want to apologize to those who worried a little about it. (It's pretty much harmless since the skin on your palm is pretty thick and you can barely feel any of it)
For those wondering: The supposed 'stitches' on my arm and neck are tattoo sheet stickers that you can order at print shops, buy at Tokyu Hands and print yourself or simply buy off amazon. Though they are easy to put on and replace, they are harder to get off when needed and I was stuck with them for at least two days ofter which owned me some weird stares at the grocery store.
I know they probably cause some of you to jump from your seats, but I was aiming for that. (Sorry?)
It's been a bit hard for me lately but I finally learned to embrace my weird site and just do whatever I feel like and I think those two shots catch exactly that (and the character) quite well. My friends were staring quite fascinated when I took out needle and thread to sew through my own hand, though I want to apologize to those who worried a little about it. (It's pretty much harmless since the skin on your palm is pretty thick and you can barely feel any of it)
For those wondering: The supposed 'stitches' on my arm and neck are tattoo sheet stickers that you can order at print shops, buy at Tokyu Hands and print yourself or simply buy off amazon. Though they are easy to put on and replace, they are harder to get off when needed and I was stuck with them for at least two days ofter which owned me some weird stares at the grocery store.
Despite the heat sunday was probably my best day at Comiket so far - and given that this was my fourth time there that really means something. If not everything.
I am looking forward to more events this year (especially this summer - fall), photoshoots and hanging out with my newly won friends.
And to sum it all up I want to recommend Comiket to my foreign friends who might be visiting Tokyo around new years. Maybe not the queues, but the experience and the difference between the western and the japanese cosplay scene that they will encounter.
(Picture: @sisorutoice Twitter)
I am looking forward to more events this year (especially this summer - fall), photoshoots and hanging out with my newly won friends.
And to sum it all up I want to recommend Comiket to my foreign friends who might be visiting Tokyo around new years. Maybe not the queues, but the experience and the difference between the western and the japanese cosplay scene that they will encounter.
(Picture: @sisorutoice Twitter)
