That was the question I was asking myself over and over and over again. Why was I there? For someone who doesn’t have any special interest in cosplay to be in an event featuring abundance in Bleachtards and Narutards and rarity of “true cosplayers” donning high-class (or high-level, whatever the shit works) stuff, it’s quite… awkward. Add in the fact I was wearing a costume myself and I go “Ooookay… I think I just got so fucked up…”
But anyways, here’s the dish. Cosplay Mania 2008 is an event organized by different cosplay organizations (they power themselves and do not rely on any major group concerning the otaku or cosplay genre) which patronizes the cosplay society. That’s a sweetened term for the definition, no? I think I should just say this is a shit crappy event full of retards and weeaboos everywhere. So much for my meager costume, I didn’t join any event or anything whatever it is. Don’t think you’ve spotted me and my shit. It’s not for you in case you were there.
OSHIT! HIDE YOUR LOLIS!
And I can’t believe they kicked off late! The program starts at 4:00 PM?! THEY FUCKING WASTED SIX FUCKING HOURS ON SICK FUCKING USELESS SHIT! This actually made the event population balloon to unbreathable heights like something near worse than a fully-packed Comiket event. And unlike the excellent discipline Japan uses on their events, this one fails too much. Marshalls are scattered everywhere but can’t control a big crowd. The volunteers aren’t working good enough, and the event organizers are like, y’know, shit.
One order of Bleachtard Bankai Zinger, coming up?
No other events in here, just cosplay, cosplay, cosplay. There were cosplay workshops, costume shops, and some other normal convention patrons selling some of the good stuff like that unnamed shop selling some goodies (I mentioned that on that one event before that shit in Shang), and MMOG companies letting people test their games for free while they rob people of their time and cash after luring them with dressed-up babes (they actually got KOG’s Grand Chase in here, but since I play in the international servers, who gives a damn?). And yeah, it’s impressive that at least 15% of the total cosplayer head count in the event were good ones, albeit the “true cosplayers” are limited to a humble few. No cosplay design contests, no cosplay material shops, no cosplay companies selling themselves to make someone else’s crap, no nothing. I merely went there as a guest, and nothing more. But I gotta admit getting free food from the stalls is quite fun. I never felt hunger, not a single tinge.
ARR!
Of course, pirates are there too. I mean, YARR’LL BE DAYMN’D TOO SHEE DEM DOO DEYR SHEET! DEY’RALL BEE SEELIN’ YOOR FENSUBS! And they even advertise their crap with gigantic banners and TV’s jacked up with chapter-replaying CD retardation. I was actually looking for the Mango-Manga stall so I can throw a full cup of Pocari Sweat on their stuff, then get yelled at, only for staff people to drag their shit out, then tell them I did it for teh lulz.
I was planning on drawing Kurogiku too… Kanji might be wrong too…
As usual, Wacom is still there to sell drawing tablets even when it’s a cosplay event. Quite an oddball. But hey, tablets don’t sell quite often, they’d take any passing otaku, let them draw, then lure them with discounts and offers till they fucking give in. So much for tolerance. I sat down, drew Noe-chan oekaki, took a pic, then left. That was fun…
Alright, alright. I get it. I need a fucking tablet, what the shit…
After going to the stalls I want to go, eating all the food supply of each stall (no kidding, I bet I’m making them lose profit), and buying stuff, I went home with a mixed feeling of remorse, contentment, and… shit. But whatever, Busou Shinki got my attention now. Too bad there weren’t any Strike Witches or else I might just sweet talk my way through their 体調. Quite a start for my Fumikane Shimada conquest, I guess? Oh, and I did spot usagijen wearing a Toshokan Sensou shirt and pants (just like she said). And before you say PICS or GTFO, jen didn’t want any pictures of her out here anyway, so screw you.
Guess I’m in the red again… Fuck it…
You mean YOU’RE PEDOBEAR!???!?! OMFGWTFLOLOLOLOLBANANA!!!! Liek srsly, you’re pedobear?
No.
Oh… so what was your costume then, if I may ask?
Nobody knows. Actually, I was waiting for someoe to try to catch me. Usagijen, I found, but she didn’t quite noticed me.
And no, no Jen shots, sorry.
Last time I checked, here was their website: http://www.cosplaymania.com.
And the organizers DID claim it was a cosplay con. What were you expecting? :p That’s why it’s called “COSPLAY MANIA” right?
Seriously, get your facts straight please. You are one of the reasons why bloggers in the Philippines are like fungi feeding on pondscum.
I wasn’t expecting anything, and I don’t question my whim on going places since those are where my feet take me, no questions asked.
And yes, those are facts stated straight. If you got hit, I don’t care. How I voiced it out is what matters. Passe is passe, you can’t do anything about it unless you change the present for the future, or go back in time using a Lunar Dial (which probably you don’t have and never will).
And yes, fungi and pondscum are relevant words. And since I’m don’t even have a pint of that so-called patriotic blood, I don’t need to worry.