ComiKet 72 Day Three
is Nanoha doujin day!
First off, I missed out on StrikerS Nano! But managed to get it when I went to Melon Books Akiba in the late afternoon. Phew! Missed on Under Ground Organization's Mari Star but hopefully their production run will be large enough for copies to surface on the secondary market. Glad to complete my Quarter Ice Shop collection and also to grab Tamago's new works which I first encountered via the URL on the Nanoha car. I had passed my catalogue to a friend so I only managed to get the Tamago stall's location from a trio of attendees who were reading their spoils on the main concourse above the East hall entry area. After giving me the location, they also wished me: Ganbatte kudasai! To which I promised to ganbarimasu!
Best find for doujins was a delightful Signum x Fate book which I picked up while browsing the halls row by row (patrol edge first and then go up and down the central rows) has Signum struggling with her growing attraction to Fate and the two of them constantly having misunderstandings building up to being caught in compromising situations by Nanoha and with a thoroughly distraught Fate bawling: 'You've got it wrong, Nanohaaaaaa~~~!!!' LOLOLOL Poor Feito.
Biggest spends was actually on t-shirts. I got a Yumi Fukuzawa one (himekesi circle) after the Nanoha, Fate, Hayate and Teana ones had run out. There was still a big stack of Subaru shirts available though. Poor Subaru! I guess most of us tend to think of her as a dude. Being very cosplayable by males doesn't really help either. 
Lunamaria praises Zakus! We are different, we are!!! *does happy little dance*
I can't remember the name of the circle that did these shirts (JPY 1,900) but it was two young ladies whose faces lit up when I came back after buying the Lunamaria t-shirt and said that, yappari, I'd like to have the Nagato shattsu. Both of them. And good thing I pushed my way back too because there was only Witch Hat Yuki t-shirt left then.
And, of course, walking on Akiba's main road, pedestrianized for a Sunday was a must. Besides the crowd of anime and electronics shoppers, there were also street magicians, remote toy demonstrations, various idol talents trying to get publicity.
Turns out there was actually (part of) a commercial label band, RAM [homepage / mobControl report], performing there. The most assured of all the performances and the prettiest vocalist too, Risa (or was her name Yuki?). 
As the light faded, it was off to gothic lolita capital of Japan, Harajuku. First to the bridge in front of the Meiji Shrine and then off to the shopping street.
Saw quite a few very tall (above 5'10") Caucasian girls - excuse me, are you a moderu?
I like the dresses from Body Line the best. High natural cotton content and lovely design, shop attendants who model their wares and prices ranging from the reasonable JPY 4,999 to eye-watering five figure numbers.
Not allowed to take photos inside of course but this was my favourite of the outside display samples.
Late dinner and drinks at a cosy bar off Ebisu 3-chome. Tuna with avocado salad, deep-fried chicken with negi sauce.
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August 20th, 2007 - 10:38
You are living the otaku dream. I have been following your reports from Japan with great interest and wishing I was there too
Great pics of, well, everything. How will you get all that loot home?
August 20th, 2007 - 10:39
If the above are all you bought, then I salute you for the ability to resist the temptation to pr0n and cool-things-you-could-find-in-Comiket in general. Enjoy your loot!
August 20th, 2007 - 11:54
Haha. Awesome awesome stuff. The Fate x Signum doujinshi you have is by Chanomi or CHA know-me as they write on their books. (And the artist of the Love Love Desu! pic I pointed you to so long ago)
It’s pretty cool that you were able to get ahold of the StrikerS Nano book. I imagine those strips have quite a following. Ashita wa Docchida has also put out a couple of H doujinshi so I keep expecting a Nanoha edition from him as well. There’s a reason those A’s Nano strips with Fate’s fantasies are drawn so convincingly…
If Tougall would ever work on a Nanoha doujinshi I’d be an extremely happy fan.
August 20th, 2007 - 13:21
Yay Nanoha doujin day!
And I’m not a big FatexSignum fan (NanoFei all the way for me XD), but the one you described sounds so cute! I’ll have to be on the look out for it. 
August 20th, 2007 - 13:36
Urayamashii~! Looks like you got a nice haul of Nanoha doujin…those are some awesome shirts too. Great job with your Dream Trip reporting…keep it up
The recounting of your ComiKet experience has me wondering if I should change my mind about never bothering trying to attend one, sounds much more exciting than my previous impression of it…!
August 20th, 2007 - 17:13
I second what CarCaptor said, you must have resisted quite a lot to not buy a whole bunch of stuff on porn day. but at least you had time to go to other places on the Sunday which is pretty awesome.
August 21st, 2007 - 12:22
DS, thanks – glad you’re enjoying the posts! All the loot is home – partly I packed light coming in, unpacked a figure box going out and also had an extra bag. Also had pre-arranged extra baggage allowance through a friend who works at the airline.
Cardcaptor & Adun, actually the pr0n stuff wasn’t all that dominant (hmm… might do a post on that theme) and IMHO the ‘gag’ or humourous non-H stuff was of such excellent quality (art, story, feeling) that I didn’t feel I wasn’t missing out on much. Akiba on Sunday was pretty crazy everywhere too – lots of shoppers and long loooong queues just to pay at the counter. I was holding the ‘This is the end of the queue’ (???) sign in Melon Books for all of two seconds before passing it to the next arrival!
Shinzantetsu, the StrikerS Nano book also has omake (not on the website) based on the StrikerS Sound Stage CDs. Pretty hilarous too. Thanks for all your recommendations! I’ve really learnt and enjoyed so much more as a result of great commenters generously sharing your knowledge and passion!
Mandy, it’s labelled as SxF but it’s not really a SxF love story of two people growing emotionally close per se. More like accidental couple thrown together by all kinds of accidents. LOL
Ashram, before this trip, I was quite intimidated and thought long and hard before booking my flight and accom. But I’m so glad I went.
August 25th, 2007 - 00:03
I’m so envious of your loot from comiket…those doujins certainly looked delicious enough to me