{"id":1344,"date":"2008-12-31T12:57:52","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T04:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2009-01-01T14:38:58","modified_gmt":"2009-01-01T06:38:58","slug":"comiket-75-cosplay-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/2008\/12\/31\/comiket-75-cosplay-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Comiket 75 – Cosplay Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Comiket<\/a>
\nThe cosplay area at C75<\/p>\n

The three-day long holy celebration of otakuism that is the Winter Comic Market<\/a> came to a close yesterday. This is my second Comiket, and probably the last one in a long time. I am still in Japan right now, so I may not have time to blog about the last three days in greater details until I get back, but here are the cosplay photos for now.<\/p>\n

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I did not take any pictures of the event other than the cosplay this time. However, since Comiket mostly consists of the same old huge crowds and long queues, you can take a look at last year’s pictures<\/a> for that purpose.<\/p>\n

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I have to say that with the freshness gone, Comiket is basically one huge shopping experience — extremely chaotic and yet simultaneously subtle compared to a real anime convention loaded with constant entertainment and shiny objects. That said, the cosplay never gets old.<\/p>\n

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The good thing about Winter Comiket is that the stench of bodily fluids is minimal and queuing for two to three hours to get your hands on a few pages of hardcore pornography is probably a whole lot more bearable than in summer (or so I imagine). The bad thing is that cosplay pictures look like crap because the sun is always at an inconvenient angle.<\/p>\n

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Of course I could easily solve this problem by investing in a proper external flash for my DSLR, but I prefer to blame the climate and planetary alignments when things go wrong. (Also, solar flares wiped my hard disk.)<\/p>\n

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Since whining doesn’t solve my problem, mostly due to the unsympathetic laws of physics, you guys will just have to deal with the unfortunate fact that a great number of cosplayers appearing in this post have empty voids of pitch darkness in place of their eyes.<\/p>\n

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I’m sure you are terribly annoyed by my constant monologue interrupting the flow of pictures, so I shall stop. Enjoy.<\/p>\n

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Actually it’s quite amazing how Japanese girls seem to be immune to the winter chill. Oh right, sorry. I’ll shut up now.<\/p>\n

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The next post will be out some time next year. In the mean time, you can check out my C73 coverage<\/a> from last year. It’s about the same.<\/p>\n

On another note, during the time it took for me to queue for various reasons during three days of Comiket, I collected all eleven Crystals in Dissidia<\/a>. Japan is the undisputed global leader when it comes to forming and managing long queues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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