(http://i.imgur.com/D08Wf.jpg)
Fortune smiles on me before I even arrive at the con! Sailor Pluto, Hiko Seijurou, and Kenshin Himura outside the Hyatt.
(http://i.imgur.com/DMfoZ.jpg)
Darth Hello Kitty, accompanied by... Batman, apparently.
(http://i.imgur.com/6bufJ.jpg)
Madoka! Appropriately, she's also very nice in real life too.
(http://i.imgur.com/FUt1K.jpg)
Luka! God I want those headphones.
(http://i.imgur.com/bPi6Y.jpg)
Al from Fullmetal Alchemist.
(http://i.imgur.com/2TGiP.jpg)
Kujikawa Rise from Persona 4.
At this point, I ran into Yukari from last year! She has dyed her hair blonde this time, so as to better cosplay her.
(http://i.imgur.com/EOzYP.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/EKizy.jpg)
Velvet from Odin Sphere, apparently. (I've never actually played it.)
(http://i.imgur.com/sMbGg.jpg)
Seiba versus Taiga. I think this encapulates the crossover theme of this set of photos nicely.
(http://i.imgur.com/Yk6HK.jpg)
Oginome Ringo and Takakura Himari from Mawaru Penguindrum!
(http://i.imgur.com/E9pB8.jpg)
Sailor Man! Genderswap Sailor Moon is pretty uncommon, actually.
(http://i.imgur.com/3q9t7.jpg)
Russia and Seychelles from Hetalia.
(http://i.imgur.com/hhRHp.jpg)
These two Rocket grunts had a lot going for them. In his net, you can see a bunch of captured Pokeymans, and they've even kidnapped Pikachu.
(http://i.imgur.com/RrEW0.jpg)
Kyoukoooooooooooooooooo :* :* :*
(http://i.imgur.com/6NnU2.jpg)
Caught up with Sailor Man, Sailor Moon, and Sailor Saturn!
That's it for tonight's update! Hope you continue to tune into Hatate's coverage of NDK weekend. o>
Ah, nice to see Yukari again :DThat's not Yukari, that's her friend! He rocks that umbrella though.
Are you guys gonna go back to that one place for danmaku photos again? :3
Saturday's photos are going to have to call in installments, because I need to wake up early for a 9am panel tomorrow on Takarazuka.
Before I forget again: The ramune yesterday had a fun story attatched. Yukari bought a ton of ramune from a dealer, all kinds of flavours-- the weird ones. Teriyaki, takoyaki flavours, and so on. We shared the teriyaki ramune first. The taste was... interesting. We should probably drink the rest before she gets on the plane back to Chicago, though...
(http://i.imgur.com/ohbC4.jpg)
Madoka here was right on the way to the first panel, which I couldn't pass up.
(http://i.imgur.com/Hfif7.jpg)
No-Face from Spirited Away!
At this point I was headed to the next panel, but as it turned out, I had a half-hour left 'till it started. So I decided to wander for that time and see what photos I got.
(http://i.imgur.com/JXQ0Z.jpg)
Then I ran into Suwako and Sakuya! Apparently Suwako will be here tomorrow, and so will Sakuya, but she will be Murasa this time.
(http://i.imgur.com/YvJyZ.jpg)
Amu from Shugo Chara, with her guardian Su. Note the other two eggs on her belt.
(http://i.imgur.com/8qAFO.jpg)
Homura, also from Madoka Magica.
(http://i.imgur.com/n2poH.jpg)
Grell from Kuroshitsuji. Black Butler cosplay is still going strong.
(http://i.imgur.com/Q51Ea.jpg)
Some returning Sailor Soldiers, some new ones! Sailor Man, Sailor Mars, Sailor Venus, Princess Serenity, and human Luna.
(http://i.imgur.com/JrQLA.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/gTww1.jpg)
This young lady's dress was spectacular. It's made of a bunch of Pokemon cards she glued together. Awesome.
(http://i.imgur.com/eENSC.jpg)
He asked me not to take a photo of his shoes, because he was wearing tennis shoes and he was embarrassed about it, because he had proper shoes to go with the cosplay, he just didn't have them with him. I told him I was fine with that.
Then we entered the panel: "Before There Was Touhou: A History Of Scrolling Shooter Games." Always good to learn the classics. I confess, while I have heard of many other shmups in passing in my many years in the Touhou fandom, I've rarely played them, so this was a good chance to correct that.
It was a very well-put-together presentation; a powerpoint, but with good graphics, information, and inserted videos to help the audience understand the gameplay of these old shmups.
And of course, there was a game-playing segment.
(http://i.imgur.com/01kf0.jpg)
Fight, Komachi! Graze those bullets!
(http://i.imgur.com/0NpyW.jpg)
After she played Space Invaders, I volunteered to play a Toaplan shmup! I got to play some Twin Cobra and crashed and burned in front of everyone. It was awesome and I simply must play it again. Those tanks must burn for shooting me down.
After the panel, I finally got to meet VgameT in person, and in accordance with my mission:
(http://i.imgur.com/ti0eb.jpg)
Headlock! I'm the greatest tengu ever, guys. (Also, I think this is the first photo this year of myself. Whoo!)
(http://i.imgur.com/JXQ0Z.jpg)
Then I ran into Suwako and Sakuya! Apparently Suwako will be here tomorrow, and so will Sakuya, but she will be Murasa this time.
(http://i.imgur.com/EiOIt.jpg)
Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty.
(http://i.imgur.com/8plEZ.jpg)
This guy's contraption was really cool. It played that UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ as he cranked the lever of the chest in front of him.
(http://i.imgur.com/JrQLA.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/gTww1.jpg)
This young lady's dress was spectacular. It's made of a bunch of Pokemon cards she glued together. Awesome.
(http://i.imgur.com/WQ4Q9.jpg)
A Weeping Angel. Don't blink.
(http://i.imgur.com/oBWEO.jpg)
Hailing from Okami! There is actually someone in that suit, by the way.
Wait, there are such flavors of ramune? Huh. o_OYes, and today we had the Takoyaki flavour. The taste was ehhh, but the smell... Phreeeeow. Well, at least Yukari liked it.
This all looks like it was super-fun to attend. Arcade shmups are quite fun indeed. What other games did they talk about? :DHmm... Space Invaders, as mentioned, then Space Invaders clones, then some side-scrolling shmups, then the aforementioned Twin Cobra and we ended on Dodonpachi.
Yes, and today we had the Takoyaki flavour. The taste was ehhh, but the smell... Phreeeeow. Well, at least Yukari liked it.
Re: the Pokemon card dress: I didn't remember to ask how long that took for her, but I did learn that she used velcro to open and close it, so it's effectively a pokemon card corset.
Hmm... Space Invaders, as mentioned, then Space Invaders clones, then some side-scrolling shmups, then the aforementioned Twin Cobra and we ended on Dodonpachi.
(http://i.imgur.com/gtgEB.jpg)
Chii from Chobits, I think.
(http://i.imgur.com/5UOk4.jpg)
Eureka from Eureka Seven.
(http://i.imgur.com/LtiD9.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/rV2E7.jpg)
The little girl was so afraid of Appa! The Avatar cosplayers were trying to show her that Appa was completely harmless.
(http://i.imgur.com/1DhUL.jpg)
Another Chii.
(http://i.imgur.com/scCBO.jpg)
Ah, this is much better.
(http://i.imgur.com/G2Reh.jpg)
And who else should I encounter after bidding farewell to Yuyuko but Koumajou Densetsu Sakuya! As with all the other Touhou cosplayers I ran into, I told her about the upcoming photoshoot at 4pm, so we'll be seeing more of her later.
(http://i.imgur.com/sOV8B.jpg)
Kyouko~ :*
(http://i.imgur.com/6Z84M.jpg)
Wedding Nia!
(http://i.imgur.com/PjU4h.jpg)
Professor Oak doesn't assume your gender from your appearance!
(http://i.imgur.com/xU9cn.jpg)
Turkey from Axis Powers Hetalia.
(http://i.imgur.com/0wdeT.jpg)
Akihiko and Mitsuru from Persona 4 Arena.
I got an idea for a fun Hatate photo, and I decided to repurpose my shawl as a keffiyeh. And thankfully, Yukari carries frameless glasses for some reason, so...
(http://i.imgur.com/Gt48V.jpg)
Look at this hipster tengu. I think that's the only photo of me in glasses you're ever gonna get.
(http://i.imgur.com/fagFM.jpg)
This angle pleases me so much. Giant Suika!
(http://i.imgur.com/ZUbB9.jpg)
Graze that danmaku.
(http://i.imgur.com/9gE2y.jpg)
Racking up the score.
(http://i.imgur.com/muyIS.jpg)
Yukari fires some danmaku from the tip of her umbrella.
(http://i.imgur.com/dl7bU.jpg)
This is me as Hatate, taking a photo of those pretty patterns.
(http://i.imgur.com/r5ind.jpg)
Now moving out of the way of those bullets.
(http://i.imgur.com/RTwJ8.jpg)
Aw, crap, it's Suika!
(http://i.imgur.com/EnSF3.jpg)
Kate versus Randy! Her boyfriend is dressed as one of the guards from Friendship is Magic, hence the spear.
(http://i.imgur.com/Owcdq.jpg)
I cleared the stage, right? ... aw, hell, Suika's right behind me isn't she.
More to come, and I'm not even halfway through Saturday yet, much less Sunday.
It's also so cool that you found that tunnel there and took advantage of it, considering how coincidentally similar the lights look as danmaku~We totally lucked out last year when we found it. The 2011 photos are evidence of that. I wonder, if you could get a big metal wall, and use magnets on the bottom of coloured plastic pieces (maybe obtained from a bike shop?), you could make all the patterns you wanted. I wonder if that could work out?
A question -- do you keep in touch with some of the people you hang out with at NDK, like the Yukari and Sakuya cosplayers?I do! Mostly through DeviantArt. When I'm finished posting all these photos here on MotK, I'll link this thread on my journal so they can find these photos too.
(http://i.imgur.com/WqvkD.jpg)
Sengoku Basara cosplayers! Jana will like this one.
"I went to maid college, where they taught me how to cook, clean, and look sexy."
Next installment: Touhou photoshoot beside the fountains, and then back to the convention for yet more cosplays!
Even with this many photos, this has got to be only a small fraction of the people who attended, right? How big is NDK in terms of attendance/popularity? Just going by my gut, I'm imagining this has got to be at least two or three times bigger than anything I've attended.
This entire post is just Touhou cosplay, so if you're looking for other cosplays you'd best be advised to scroll past this post.
(http://i.imgur.com/j7sB4.jpg)
The heroes, Tiger and Bunny!
(http://i.imgur.com/RSVpU.jpg)
Sailor Venus! Apparently that wasn't the sword she was supposed to be using, as she borrowed that one.
(http://i.imgur.com/xg8Kt.jpg)
More of the oddly successful Rocket Grunts. These two deserve a promotion so bad.
My wandering instinct satisfied, I went back to chill with Yukari on the terrace. There was a large Brony meetup going on there, and her boyfriend was in the middle of it.
(http://i.imgur.com/1RzZ4.jpg)
Found Chibiusa and Saturn (again!) on the outskirts of the crowd.
(http://i.imgur.com/Iy3wN.jpg)
Also on the outskirts of the shoot, Yoko Littner!
(http://i.imgur.com/9XTH2.jpg)
Iron Lady! A different one this time from the one last year.
(http://i.imgur.com/WcVTQ.jpg)
Adiane from Gurren Lagann.
(http://i.imgur.com/nzSmw.jpg)
Kyouko and Wolverine!
(http://i.imgur.com/DFita.jpg)
Ahiru, returning from last year.
(http://i.imgur.com/e6fCV.jpg)
Another cute Madoka. :3c
(http://i.imgur.com/OHGU1.jpg)
Man, Death the Kid would be amused if he could see the shadow and light interplay here.
(http://i.imgur.com/HdsiP.jpg)
Irisviel von Einzbern! This is the only Fate/Zero cosplay I encountered, except for a Gilgamesh that I only saw leaving the convention on the first day. :<
(http://i.imgur.com/pGIbQ.jpg)
Solo Homura. This made me laugh because there was another Homura about two meters to the right of her.
(http://i.imgur.com/2qaTM.jpg)
Hairflipping all day every day.
(http://i.imgur.com/eY7PU.jpg)
All five Puella Magi in one shot!
(http://i.imgur.com/8rv0n.jpg)
A newly arrived solo Kyouko! Nice props.
(http://i.imgur.com/3aBZg.jpg)
Sakuya and KD!Sakuya. "I went to maid college, where they taught me how to cook, clean, and look sexy."
(http://i.imgur.com/gQx4M.jpg)
Apparently this is their daughter. They very much enjoyed the idea of crackshipping their two characters.
(http://i.imgur.com/OAobt.jpg)
And the last photo I took before I headed off to the photoshoot, of Grimmjow and Sailor Moon, since I couldn't find Suwako or Komachi.
Next installment: Touhou photoshoot beside the fountains, and then back to the convention for yet more cosplays!
(http://i.imgur.com/5Ijh6.jpg)
I haven't actually taken a photo of Marisa yet! She's such a cutie. :3c
(http://i.imgur.com/7w90y.jpg)
MISSING PURPLE POWER
(http://i.imgur.com/mwQ6S.jpg)
A group shot, courtesy of Randy (who we all dumped our cameras onto).
(http://i.imgur.com/lxoHx.jpg)
These two were seriously so cute every time they interacted oh man.
(http://i.imgur.com/LXlpH.jpg)
Look at them. Cuties.
(http://i.imgur.com/yktB7.jpg)
Shipping it.
(http://i.imgur.com/YCXYv.jpg)
Taking advantage of the fountains to show Suika's gourd gushing withwatersake.
(http://i.imgur.com/N3Woq.jpg)
Sakuya's had enough of your break-ins.
(http://i.imgur.com/YSHiA.jpg)
There are actually a few bushes of white roses around the fountains. I took advantage of this.
(http://i.imgur.com/hDBWY.jpg)
Yes, I really really like white roses.
(http://i.imgur.com/Rj8u6.jpg)
At one point, my hand bumped into Sakuya's chest, and I actually made a pad joke. I had thought that was beneath me. Anyway, as she chased me around, KD!Sakuya threw fruit loop danmaku at me.
(http://i.imgur.com/oydTL.jpg)
Breakfast of champions.
(http://i.imgur.com/SGQ2s.jpg)
Sakuya was seriously doting on KD!Sakuya's hair.
(http://i.imgur.com/PMTVB.jpg)
It was too cute to watch.
(http://i.imgur.com/cZhAg.jpg)
Sakuya with her pocketwatch. (They were selling them in the artists' alley.)
(http://i.imgur.com/k3jVe.jpg)
KD!Sakuya has one too.
(http://i.imgur.com/DTgIr.jpg)
As do we all. (Psst: this is when you bomb, Marisa.) That's an Orin crossplayer down there in the bottom left corner, by the way.
(http://i.imgur.com/wRC2D.jpg)
Marisa's gonna keep stealing our precious things, and we're just gonna have to :dealwithit:
(http://i.imgur.com/pSJWR.jpg)
And now, back to the con, to the tune of Fly Away from Panty and Stocking.
Next installment: The rest of Saturday's photos, and then we can move on to Sunday!
Oh, the irony of that sentence...I should explain that! I link this thread on the NDK forums (http://ndkdenver.org/forum/), and so this thread has quite a few visitors who aren't into Touhou looking for their cosplay photos. I try to make it easier for them to scroll through.
I should explain that! I link this thread on the NDK forums (http://ndkdenver.org/forum/), and so this thread has quite a few visitors who aren't into Touhou looking for their cosplay photos. I try to make it easier for them to scroll through.
(http://i.imgur.com/HHtYy.jpg)
Returning from the fountains, we went our own ways, but not before we ran into this.
(http://i.imgur.com/CpGrR.jpg)
These two are just so perfect. Their headphones!
(http://i.imgur.com/Gul25.jpg)
From Yuugi-Ou, Dark Magician Girl. I think. It's been a while.
(http://i.imgur.com/tfygq.jpg)
One of the many, many Ciel Phantomhive cosplayers from Kuroshitsuji.
(http://i.imgur.com/IPG3e.jpg)
Sailor Jupiter! I had actually seen her earlier outside of the DDR room, but that time she had been relaxing and I didn't want to interrupt her. So I took my chance when I had it.
(http://i.imgur.com/OvkGF.jpg)
Mami and Madoka being adorable together.
(http://i.imgur.com/6zPqg.jpg)
Ami and Su again! Yes, I forgot I had taken a photo of them before.
Another solo Senshi, Mercury this time. Oddly enough, I didn't see the usual group of Sailor Moon cosplayers this year.
(http://i.imgur.com/Z5UsR.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/1iVkh.jpg)
Ran into Suwako and her friends, too. At the time I wasn't sure if I'd see her tomorrow, so I asked one of her friends to take a photo of us now.
(http://i.imgur.com/ZlhXH.jpg)
Princess Sakura. I can never remember if I've taken photos of people before, so I do more than one.
(http://i.imgur.com/SG6d6.jpg)
I took a few photos that weren't cosplays to my knowledge, they just had adorable clothes on.
(http://i.imgur.com/w6ifv.jpg)
Roxas from Kingdom Hearts.
(http://i.imgur.com/fgtzo.jpg)
Oh huh, I just realized I caught a Mami.
(http://i.imgur.com/rgNgA.jpg)
The white sparkles here were christmas lights or something, because they glowed on and off.
(http://i.imgur.com/Bs8HF.jpg)
Poison Ivy with a fabulous dress. One of my lens lids actually fell right before I took this and rolled under her dress; she said she'd try her best not to absorb it.
(http://i.imgur.com/thVX7.jpg)
This is probably the only large group of senshi I ran into.
Tomorrow: Sunday's cosplay photos, and photoshoots with Suwako and Captain Minamitsu Murasa!
Murasa's pinup calendar
Oh goodness me, you really were right about that other Sakuya and I... perhaps my girlfriend will roleplay as Parsee sometime soon because of this! *laughs*
Oh, I should I see about uploading the video of me throwing the plushies at Yukari, and the plush tower, but I may need to fiddle around a bit with how to attach things on this.Go for it! Also, you should upload your Murasadance.
Oh god, Ruro, did this really happen?LIES AND SLANDER! O-of course it never happened. Hmph.
Oh dear, don't remind me of when I used to have a crush on Parsee... (I crush on all the Touhous. All of them.)
You should totally try! And then I will ship Sakuya and Parsee too.
(http://i.imgur.com/dqBcJ.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/ti0eb.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/zUtOn.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/r8Zlo.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/8plEZ.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/HHtYy.jpg)
Why hello there, I am the Sakuya from all of this madness~ (You'll have to excuse my lack of forum knowledge, for this is actually my first time using them) Oh goodness me, you really were right about that other Sakuya and I... perhaps my girlfriend will roleplay as Parsee sometime soon because of this! *laughs* These are all fantastic. Oh, I should I see about uploading the video of me throwing the plushies at Yukari, and the plush tower, but I may need to fiddle around a bit with how to attach things on this. Also, when shall you be posting Murasa's pinup calendar? Fufu~
Also... how do I go about attaching videos and photos? Eep... I really am such a noob at this stuff OTLI am... not entirely sure that Tourists can upload photos or videos. This was a measure we had to take to stop spambots, but it does mean that people with less than three posts can't upload things like avatars and suchlike. Thankfully, mystical moderator hax (courtesy of me) can screw with some things like post count, so go ahead and give yourself an avatar if you want.
Oh hey, welcome to the mess. =]
You don't get to attached videos, I don't think, and as far as pictures go just put 'em on Imgur (http://imgur.com/)
I am... not entirely sure that Tourists can upload photos or videos. This was a measure we had to take to stop spambots, but it does mean that people with less than three posts can't upload things like avatars and suchlike. Thankfully, mystical moderator hax (courtesy of me) can screw with some things like post count, so go ahead and give yourself an avatar if you want.
That said, I'm not sure the forum software even allows for video uploads, though I guess you could try. Failing that, you could always upload it on Youtube and make it an unlisted video for privacy's sake. As for photos, I prefer just uploading them to imgur en masse and posting them that way.
Captain Shunsui Kyoraku from Bleach. At this point, Murasa was sneaking up on my right, and I pretended not to notice her.??? Y-you mean... I wasn't an awesome ninja capn'? I seriously thought you didn't notice me. Dang I stink at sneaking up.
(http://i.imgur.com/Ki0Ui.jpg)
The Ouran High School host club.
After this, I went to the cafe to chill with Murasa (who was Sakuya the day before) while she ate a muffin. After agreeing that we'd find each other later for a photoshoot by the fountain right outside the main doors, I headed off to try and find Suwako, who was also supposed to be around on Friday. (And also Komachi, but that search proved fruitless.)
We found Suwako rather quickly, since she was in the Artist's Alley, which was about two meters away from us. Yukari and I went to kidnap her from her friends, and she quite happily went along with us to the fountain.
(http://i.imgur.com/qjzKI.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/vWQiE.jpg)
Now presenting (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFA6lH0E5I4): Suwako of the adorable smile.
(http://i.imgur.com/4ja9t.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/kHMYM.jpg)
While I enjoyed these photos, I wanted to do something else while I had Suwako around. But I couldn't walk two blocks away to the big fountains when I hadn't asked her beforehand. Besides, she needed to get back to her friends, so I wanted to stay on the hotel grounds. Hmm, what to do...
Well, there are some reeds around the front entrance of the hotel, so let's give those a shot.
(http://i.imgur.com/bnlUt.jpg)
Yes perfect.
(http://i.imgur.com/NM42Z.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/AtPCU.jpg)
I think the reeds serve well enough as a background. (In fact, I liked them so much that I ended up returning to them later on Sunday.)
On our way back to the doors of the hotel, I found some pretty red flowers in a hanging flowerpot from a series of poles that had a fair resemblance to torii shrine gates. I figured they'd be worth a try to use as a backdrop.
(http://i.imgur.com/fZBJZ.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/dI2Y5.jpg)
I think they worked quite well!
(http://i.imgur.com/hcUMY.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/h7f2M.jpg)
And back to my favourite kind of backdrop: flowers.
Then we headed into the huge crush that was the Dealers' Room, where we found a grand total of two Touhou artbooks in the entire dealers' room. I've said it before, but NDK dealers are really lacking in Touhou merch. (Which is good, or my wallet wouldn't hear the end of it.) We actually ran into Murasa while we were there, which was good because I had wanted to find her again for a photoshoot.
After we were done finally getting through all the booths, one of Yukari and Randy's friends wanted to go back in to try and get more candies and a Sailor Moon wallscroll. I declined this go-around, and instead stayed right outside the dealers' room, in a small alcove with Murasa and her new soft plushie cat. We decided that her plushie alpaca (which had pink fur) should be named Satori, and that she should make a Third Eye and a heart headband for her.
A young man we didn't know then came over. Apparently he was a big fan of plushies and wanted to see Murasa's cat.
(http://i.imgur.com/KYyD4.jpg)
At some point, I had borrowed Murasa's cap and put it over my tokin hat, and while they had all their plushies in one place, I decided I would pile them onto my head.
(http://i.imgur.com/cM6OL.jpg)
Adding a pony to the tower of plushies.
External bonus: the Squishy photographer came over, and added his signature octopus plushie to the pile. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmgice/7997541546/in/set-72157631531626233
(http://i.imgur.com/lqjmT.jpg)
At this point, Yukari came out and Murasa surprise attacked her with her plush cat. It was great fun.
Coming up next: Captain Murasa's Pin-up Calendar! Complete with posing on cars and the baring of midriffs, and the launch of a new ship:Yukari x Murasa x Hatate.And the rest of Sunday's photos.
(http://i.imgur.com/2A1NV.jpg)
On my way to that line, I encountered another magical girl, Mew Ichigo!
(http://i.imgur.com/1SGS3.jpg)
Unsurprisingly, there were quite a few Sailor Moon cosplayers in the Sailor Moon line.
(http://i.imgur.com/FVjJQ.jpg)
Prince Demando, also in line.
(http://i.imgur.com/VY8uP.jpg)
Sailor Jupiter. At this point, I walked right into some kind of trivia contest ("What was the only one of the exam battle stories that was animated?") and won almost immediately ("Ami's First Love.") I received a cute ribbon as a reward. :3c
(http://i.imgur.com/p7wz6.jpg)
Super Sailor Moon. I think I ran into her on Friday.
Then I got into the line, which was enormous. Unfortunately, I didn't get in. It was a PACKED panel. As disappointing as that was, I now had two hours of time in my schedule I hadn't expected to have, so I decided I'd at least put that to good use.
(http://i.imgur.com/eMgTb.jpg)
Took this one of Super Sailor Moon, Ciel Phantomhive, and Sailor Jupiter, as I headed out of the atrium.
(http://i.imgur.com/Ki0Ui.jpg)
The Ouran High School host club.
After this, I went to the cafe to chill with Murasa (who was Sakuya the day before) while she ate a muffin. After agreeing that we'd find each other later for a photoshoot by the fountain right outside the main doors, I headed off to try and find Suwako, who was also supposed to be around on Friday. (And also Komachi, but that search proved fruitless.)
(http://i.imgur.com/VTz5M.jpg)
Rise from Persona 4.
(http://i.imgur.com/qjzKI.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/vWQiE.jpg)
Now presenting (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFA6lH0E5I4): Suwako of the adorable smile.
(http://i.imgur.com/4ja9t.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/kHMYM.jpg)
While I enjoyed these photos, I wanted to do something else while I had Suwako around. But I couldn't walk two blocks away to the big fountains when I hadn't asked her beforehand. Besides, she needed to get back to her friends, so I wanted to stay on the hotel grounds. Hmm, what to do...
Well, there are some reeds around the front entrance of the hotel, so let's give those a shot.
(http://i.imgur.com/bnlUt.jpg)
Yes perfect.
(http://i.imgur.com/NM42Z.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/AtPCU.jpg)
I think the reeds serve well enough as a background. (In fact, I liked them so much that I ended up returning to them later on Sunday.)
On our way back to the doors of the hotel, I found some pretty red flowers in a hanging flowerpot from a series of poles that had a fair resemblance to torii shrine gates. I figured they'd be worth a try to use as a backdrop.
(http://i.imgur.com/fZBJZ.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/dI2Y5.jpg)
I think they worked quite well!
(http://i.imgur.com/hcUMY.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/h7f2M.jpg)
And back to my favourite kind of backdrop: flowers.
(http://i.imgur.com/G5hok.jpg)
Princess Uranus and Princess Neptune from Sailor Moon!
(http://i.imgur.com/6GjSA.jpg)
Queen Beryl, also from Sailor Moon! Later on I would see her posing with Sailor Jupiter (attacking her) but I had taken enough photos of poor Jupiter by this time.
(http://i.imgur.com/5Q7Of.jpg)
We ran into this cute Pokemon trainer, a bit ahead of us in line.
(http://i.imgur.com/H0Jsk.jpg)
Hello Kitty Samurai! Awesome. 8)
A young man we didn't know then came over. Apparently he was a big fan of plushies and wanted to see Murasa's cat.
(http://i.imgur.com/KYyD4.jpg)
At some point, I had borrowed Murasa's cap and put it over my tokin hat, and while they had all their plushies in one place, I decided I would pile them onto my head.
(http://i.imgur.com/cM6OL.jpg)
Adding a pony to the tower of plushies.
External bonus: the Squishy photographer came over, and added his signature octopus plushie to the pile. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmgice/7997541546/in/set-72157631531626233
Coming up next: Captain Murasa's Pin-up Calendar! Complete with posing on cars and the baring of midriffs, and the launch of a new ship:Yukari x Murasa x Hatate.And the rest of Sunday's photos.
"Captain Murasa is the biggest ham out of all the Touhou cosplayers. Even hammier than Aya. Dear lord."
- The Kakashi Nenpo, "Crackshipping and Cosplay in America: Causes, Practices, and Effects, or: The Captain's Midriff is Hotter than the Cars She Sits On", by Himekaidou Hatate, published 17 September 2012.
Day Three, Part Two (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ_2NTthBnU)
We're off to the fountain.
(http://i.imgur.com/NQLo6.jpg)
Must adjust light for the outside.
(http://i.imgur.com/q2hEk.jpg)
Maybe that was too far in the other direction.
(http://i.imgur.com/VqjDB.jpg)
Found my stride.
(http://i.imgur.com/Rl8I1.jpg)
I don't usually like dutch angles, I think they are annoying. But I was trying to keep the people in the background out of the shot.
(http://i.imgur.com/fPFZi.jpg)
I should mention, this kind of posing on the fountain is probably not allowed. But the hotel staff all kept looking away right as they were about to see her, which was super lucky for us.
(http://i.imgur.com/KJqSz.jpg)
Too bad there are no ponds or lakes around this area.
(http://i.imgur.com/uSZcq.jpg)
Now she just needs an anchor to throw at people.
(http://i.imgur.com/Ais0D.jpg)
Let's head off to see if the reeds will be a kind backdrop to us again.
(http://i.imgur.com/yfnSL.jpg)
This will work nicely.
(http://i.imgur.com/Jxs72.jpg)
This is the last sane picture of Murasa I'm going to take.
(http://i.imgur.com/LPIgl.jpg)
Courtesy of Randy: Captain Minamitsu Murasa, harem captain of the high seas.
(http://i.imgur.com/waDTY.jpg)
Let's throw in sunglasses. 8)
Immediately after this photo, Murasa groped us both. Damnit, I should have seen that one coming.
Since we were already in the parking lot, we headed to Randy's car to pick up the last few bottles of ramune before Yukari's flight.
(http://i.imgur.com/y62If.jpg)
We ran into the Meguca team again right before they left.
(http://i.imgur.com/71qXX.jpg)
And then Captain Murasa decided to ham it up and pose on the car.
(http://i.imgur.com/Ozdaf.jpg)
Satori the llama is a good companion for this kind of thing.
(http://i.imgur.com/DCYVp.jpg)
Murasa's primarily white outfit combined with the bright sunlight outside and her light skin make her look almost ghostly.
(http://i.imgur.com/HjZxS.jpg)
This entire time, I said "I can't believe we're actually doing this" approximately every twenty seconds.
(http://i.imgur.com/azh17.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/yycYo.jpg)
Let's try the shrine gate background again.
(http://i.imgur.com/AmslG.jpg)
If she posts it, you'll see the corresponding photo of me looking like an idiot on the ground taking a photo of her.
(http://i.imgur.com/0T6bZ.jpg)
I have no idea how she manages to keep a straight face.
(http://i.imgur.com/gWlxu.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/43Ig4.jpg)
Back to the flowers.
(http://i.imgur.com/y9Mg7.jpg)
At this point, Murasa handed over her video camera and had me take video of her dancing to a song going in the background. Hopefully she will upload that, because it was great.
(http://i.imgur.com/iyHkf.jpg)
Let's wrap things up.
I thanked Murasa very much for coming along with me to take photos, and walked with her back to her mom after I found out where Yukari would be later. After I delivered Murasa safely, I heard a commotion right behind me.
(http://i.imgur.com/6Yncb.jpg)
Caught this lovely lady outside on the terrace as I was finishing my last go-round of the hotel.
(http://i.imgur.com/efze2.jpg)
This is just steampunk in general and not a particular character, I believe.
(http://i.imgur.com/YRKSX.jpg)
And two last lolitas to finish the day.
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(http://i.imgur.com/asutk.jpg)
Item collection! I didn't find too many things I wanted in the Dealer's Room this time around. I got a nice grab bag on Friday, which is where I got the Clamp no Kiseki book, the Pokemon in the top right, that postcard right beneath it, a Slayers card pack, and the card next to it. I got the Sakura Taisen cards on their own, and Mami and Kyouko pins on Sunday, as well as my new Utena bumper sticker. The ramune I was given from the shmups panel. A quiet ending to a very action-packed weekend.
And that's it for my photos of NDK 2012. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrrBEXbhRLQ) Hope to see you good folks next year!
"Captain Murasa is the biggest ham out of all the Touhou cosplayers. Even hammier than Aya. Dear lord."
- The Kakashi Nenpo, "Crackshipping and Cosplay in America: Causes, Practices, and Effects, or: The Captain's Midriff is Hotter than the Cars She Sits On", by Himekaidou Hatate, published 17 September 2012.
(http://i.imgur.com/NQLo6.jpg)
Must adjust light for the outside.
(http://i.imgur.com/q2hEk.jpg)
Maybe that was too far in the other direction.
(http://i.imgur.com/VqjDB.jpg)
Found my stride.
(http://i.imgur.com/Rl8I1.jpg)
I don't usually like dutch angles, I think they are annoying. But I was trying to keep the people in the background out of the shot.
(http://i.imgur.com/fPFZi.jpg)
I should mention, this kind of posing on the fountain is probably not allowed. But the hotel staff all kept looking away right as they were about to see her, which was super lucky for us.
(http://i.imgur.com/KJqSz.jpg)
Too bad there are no ponds or lakes around this area.
(http://i.imgur.com/uSZcq.jpg)
Now she just needs an anchor to throw at people.
(http://i.imgur.com/Ais0D.jpg)
Let's head off to see if the reeds will be a kind backdrop to us again.
(http://i.imgur.com/yfnSL.jpg)
This will work nicely.
(http://i.imgur.com/Jxs72.jpg)
This is the last sane picture of Murasa I'm going to take.
(http://i.imgur.com/LPIgl.jpg)
Courtesy of Randy: Captain Minamitsu Murasa, harem captain of the high seas.
(http://i.imgur.com/waDTY.jpg)
Let's throw in sunglasses. 8)
Immediately after this photo, Murasa groped us both. Damnit, I should have seen that one coming.
Since we were already in the parking lot, we headed to Randy's car to pick up the last few bottles of ramune before Yukari's flight.
(http://i.imgur.com/y62If.jpg)
We ran into the Meguca team again right before they left.
(http://i.imgur.com/71qXX.jpg)
And then Captain Murasa decided to ham it up and pose on the car.
(http://i.imgur.com/Ozdaf.jpg)
Satori the llama is a good companion for this kind of thing.
(http://i.imgur.com/DCYVp.jpg)
Murasa's primarily white outfit combined with the bright sunlight outside and her light skin make her look almost ghostly.
(http://i.imgur.com/HjZxS.jpg)
This entire time, I said "I can't believe we're actually doing this" approximately every twenty seconds.
(http://i.imgur.com/azh17.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/yycYo.jpg)
Let's try the shrine gate background again.
(http://i.imgur.com/AmslG.jpg)
If she posts it, you'll see the corresponding photo of me looking like an idiot on the ground taking a photo of her.
(http://i.imgur.com/0T6bZ.jpg)
I have no idea how she manages to keep a straight face.
(http://i.imgur.com/gWlxu.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/43Ig4.jpg)
Back to the flowers.
(http://i.imgur.com/y9Mg7.jpg)
At this point, Murasa handed over her video camera and had me take video of her dancing to a song going in the background. Hopefully she will upload that, because it was great.
(http://i.imgur.com/iyHkf.jpg)
Let's wrap things up.
I thanked Murasa very much for coming along with me to take photos, and walked with her back to her mom after I found out where Yukari would be later. After I delivered Murasa safely, I heard a commotion right behind me.
(http://i.imgur.com/cDY3x.jpg)
NDK conga line!
(http://i.imgur.com/YRKSX.jpg)
And two last lolitas to finish the day.
(http://i.imgur.com/3Jhdy.jpg)
More angle trickery.
(http://i.imgur.com/7w90y.jpg)
MISSING PURPLE POWER
The most fabulous tengu in Gensokyo. I think this pose is supposed to be something like "Draw Me Like One of Your French Girls" mixed with "I'm About to Die, Someone Get Me a P Block" but I can't tell for sure.Good lord, I started choking on my almonds when I saw this. Damn you. Wow, I look even weirder than I thought I would!
Jeez, that was a really fun year! Also, I have some photos from photoshoots of Parsee and Sakuya that my Mother took at our hotel if anyone wants those to be uploaded. And then I just have my bunches of pictures that I took. Eheheh... a lot of them are homestuck though... :ohdear: I hope no one hates on me too much...No worries about Hamsteak photos. I'd love to see the photos you took as well! Though, you might need to resize the bigger ones, otherwise it'll be image murder on people with slower connections.
Well how about I upload some of the things that Hatate didn't really get to!
Here is the promised plushie tower. I seem to have an affinity for stacking plushies up (I do it at home too)
(http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/q501/3yoyo333/Nan%20Desu%20Kan%202012/P9160315_zps579a9096.jpg)
Hatate, are you having troubles? It doesn't look like you can see very well with all those stuffed animals making my Cappy Hap (I call the hat that due to an incident where I just could not seem to speak correctly) cover your eyes.
(http://i.imgur.com/JXQ0Z.jpg)
Then I ran into Suwako and Sakuya! Apparently Suwako will be here tomorrow, and so will Sakuya, but she will be Murasa this time.
That Suwako is my friend! :DExcellent! Do forward this to her, I would like her to have the photos I took of her. =]
At this point, I ran into Yukari and Randy again. I invited them to join me on my search for Suwako; Randy decided to hang out with his Brony friends, but Yukari decided she would accompany me. (I should mention, she decided to wear her pajamas all day Sunday instead of her Yukari outfit, but I don't really like calling cosplayers by their real names unless they give me explicit permission to do so.)
Kate versus Randy! Her boyfriend is dressed as one of the guards from Friendship is Magic, hence the spear.
I'll have to squirrel away some money for next year. I'm gonna make it to one of these things, one way or another~Yes, absolutely. Even if you only make it on Saturday, that's quite enough. Everyone who can't stay the whole weekend comes on Saturday, so that day is packed, which is why that day had the most photos by far.
Hahah, sorry, but I had to tease and point this out. :P (Incidentally, using my real name's perfectly fine. Not like it's obvious from my forum account or anything, hahah.)That was deliberate! I wanted to see if you would come back and point that out. :D
Good lord, I started choking on my almonds when I saw this. Damn you. Wow, I look even weirder than I thought I would!
No worries about Hamsteak photos. I'd love to see the photos you took as well! Though, you might need to resize the bigger ones, otherwise it'll be image murder on people with slower connections.
And damnit, did you take a photo of all of us lying on the ground trying to take photos of Suika? Or did you just get me? >.<
And on the topic of photographs, here are mine! (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.412710938784376.107220.100001364215912&type=3&l=d12eccbcfc)
(A lot of mine randomly got deleted, sadly... but fortunately, our hero Hatate got a lot of the same ones as me, with her much better camera and photo-taking skills!)
Here are Randy's, too! (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3933917301221.2146261.1078440110&type=3)
*Sorry if you have issues with Facebook links. I can try to figure something else out if it's a problem, but these should be public...
Also... I do hope that you and your boyfriend realize (in regards to the comments on the timestop picture) that both me and the other Sakuya are 13... ._. I may not look or act it, but I am. (And yes, I was the one that only likes girls)
Anyway, you guys got some great pictures! X3
What happened to the Yuyukozilla you promised me? ;^; I see no such thing.Hi, Yuyuko~ I just need to have the time to do that, but I will get around to that soon, I hope.
(in case you couldn't tell, hi I'm the Yuyuko.)
Aaaaah it took me so long to load all this. But as promised, I have seen them! I hope next time I'll have a decent and stable connection, Ruropon.Yaaaaay, I wanted you to see some of the really nice ones. :)