Oh hey BM. Nice to see you around these parts! As promised, here come the photos.
The First Day(Note: The vertically oriented images can be clicked to make them larger.)
Before I left, I was challenged by Purvis to fulfill two missions. The first one is not actually possible until tomorrow, so I decided to do the first today.
[12:47] <PurvisHasLeftThisTimestreamNWS> *MISSION TWO: You are to bring a can of corn with you. And barter it for an item.*
[12:47] <PurvisHasLeftThisTimestreamNWS> *It does not matter what the item is, only that it is bartered from someone who is not a friend in the know*
[12:48] <PurvisHasLeftThisTimestreamNWS> *If possible, get a picture of the transaction. At least get a picture of the item in question.*
My can of corn. There's also a can of fruit, because I have an idea. We'll see how it goes.
Fortune smiles on me before I even arrive at the con! Sailor Pluto, Hiko Seijurou, and Kenshin Himura outside the Hyatt.
Unfortunately, after this, I missed out on a photo of an awesome Nehelenia with Prince Demand and Saphir, and some other Sailor Moon villains. Hope to catch them tomorrow.
Tenshi from Angel Beats, I think.
And here is my chance to put my can of corn
to good use.Successful acquisition! Mission 2 complete. Mission 1 remains for tomorrow.
In between this and the next photo, I had to get in line for a long while to get my con badge. I saw a bunch of good cosplays go by, including a Mami Tomoe and at least two Sailor Moons, but I hope to find them tomorrow.
And then I ran smack dab into Suika!
Teen Titans Raven!
Furisode Sailor Moon. I love that Sailor Moon is well established enough that doing Steampunk Sailor Moon or alternate versions is completely recognizable.
Stocking! Damn, couldn't get that light out of the way.
Super Sailor Moon.
An interesting change in Vocaloid cosplay this year: less of Hatsune Miku, but more of the other vocaloids. I missed a Koi wa Sensou Kaito at some point.
Genderswap Narukami Yuu from Persona 4.
Tack tells me that these are Une, Zechs, and Treize from Gundam Wing.
Simon from Gurren Lagann, with Kida from Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
Xatu of Pokeymons.
Accompanied by Inuyasha.
There was a decrease in solo Sailor Moon this year; instead she now tends to be accompanied by Tuxedo Kamen or Endymion.
Darth Hello Kitty, accompanied by... Batman, apparently.
Madoka! Appropriately, she's also very nice in real life too.
Amu as Amulet Spade, from Shugo Chara.
Lugia and Snake!
I honestly have no idea who this is, but oh my god she put so much work into her scale armour; she told me that it took like 70-ish hours of work.
I don't actually know my WH40K, just that this is a cosplay from it.
Note the tag on R2-D2.
Scarlet Library tells me that this is from Zone of the Enders.
Rei Ayanami. There's a few running around this year.
Nell, Ichigo, and Ikkaku. His distracted face was deliberate.
Luka! God I want those headphones.
Then I came across a duo, Izaya and Shizuo from Durarara. The first time, they were doing something flirty, but I had bad lighting and had to delete that. While I was adjusting my lighting, I remarked "gosh, you don't ship them
at all."
They decided to show me how much they shipped it.
Al from Fullmetal Alchemist.
Serenity from Sailor Moon.
Enma Ai! She complimented me on my tokin hat. :3c
Doc Scratch, Snowman, and Panty. One of these is not like the others.
Kujikawa Rise from Persona 4.
Venus. I don't think she noticed her bow was coming apart, whoops.
Young Justice Robin.
Another Kenshin!
The Hitachiin twins from Ouran Host Club.
Man Rei. I love his beard. He did that pose on his own.
Loki! As expected, a fair bit of Avengers cosplay this year.
Tohsaka Rin from Fate/Stay Night.
At this point, I ran into Yukari from last year! She has dyed her hair blonde this time, so as to better cosplay her.
While waiting for her to put all her ribbons into her hair, I took this photo of her friend, with the Yukari umbrella.
And this is Yukari, returning from last year! She came all the way from Chicago for this. Unfortunately, she had to leave her Satori and Nue cosplays there.
A different take on Sailor Mercury.
Velvet from Odin Sphere, apparently. (I've never actually played it.)
A Prinny. :>
As before, Yukari and I started hanging out after this, and we went into the Dealers' Room with her friend Carter and picked up tons of sweets and ramune (more on that ramune later). I got a grab bag at this point. We were so packed in the Dealers' Room that I felt overheated and pressed, so after we were done there, we went outside to hang out by the flowers near the entrance. We sat down to check out our haul, and while we were doing that, we happened to hear, "Oh, what nice Touhou cosplays..."
"I'm so jealous."
This is Sakuya from last year! She'll actually be coming as Sakuya tomorrow (Koumajou Densetsu Sakuya, I believe), and as Murasa on Sunday. Huzzah!
Minecraft. Tack tells me this is Missingno. Your arcane Pok?mann crap makes little to no sense to me.
Seiba versus Taiga. I think this encapulates the crossover theme of this set of photos nicely.
Saturn! But ugh, this lighting.
Thankfully, I'll get another chance at this later today.
Princess Bubblegum from Adventure Time.
America! After doing this, she walked past me and threw her hand up for a hi5, and I returned the favour.
Oginome Ringo and Takakura Himari from Mawaru Penguindrum!
This was probably the most unexpected outfit I saw: Frodo from Lord of the Rings.
Esmeralda from The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Sailor Man! Genderswap Sailor Moon is pretty uncommon, actually.
Ah, and here's Katniss from the Hunger Games series!
I caught Carmen Sandiego and I have the photo to prove it.
Kururugi Suzaku from Code Geass.
Russia and Seychelles from Hetalia.
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.
Avatar cosplay. It was such a struggle for Appa to walk through the con crowd.
Kyoukoooooooooooooooooo :* :* :*
Princess Sakura from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle.
This is Yukari and her boyfriend, who is an MLP fan.
Caught up with Sailor Man, Sailor Moon, and Sailor Saturn!
From Darker than Black.
At some point in between this and the next photo, I missed out on Endymion and Serenity, and Chibiusa and Helios. Frustrating. I'll have to try and get them tomorrow.
Yukari is a huge Zelda fan. While I let her take most of those photos, I couldn't pass this up.
Tomorrow there will be a Touhou photoshoot at 4pm! We will meet at the flowers just to the left of the main entrance (you can see them in the Parsee photo above). From there, we will set off to take a bunch of awesome photos. It's gonna rock.
That's it for tonight's update! Hope you continue to tune into Hatate's coverage of NDK weekend. o>