In the Emerald City

Mostly yaoi, of course.

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Today was much easier than yesterday! There wasn't anything I desperately wanted, so I decided not to rush, and arrived at about noon. Though of course it was still crowded, there didn't seem to be as many people as yesterday. It was also cooler, even though it didn't rain.

First I looked at Rozen Maiden, and though I didn't buy anything, there were a lot of cute books. There were also a lot of cosplayers, particularly of Suiseiseki. After that I looked at Hayate Cross Blade, and there was some really great art there. I didn't buy any books because I couldn't find any with kissing and I'm not familiar enough with the characters yet to know who I want to read about, but I'm sure I'll get plenty in the future. I did, however, buy a fangame, because I'm always interested in those. I just hope its better characterised than the Conrad x Yuri ones I bought a while ago!

After that I took a quick look at the Jump area. I wandered around looking at Eyeshield 21, but sadly there was next to nothing featuring Monta, and no pairings for him. Unsurprisingly, Hiruma was the most popular character. I managed to find Kemono no Hanashi and bought her Hiruma/Musashi book. Although I haven't seen much of Musashi, I'm inclined to think that he wouldn't put up with a lot of Hiruma's crap, so if they're both in character that could be a fun pairing. I love the grin Hiruma has on the covers of some of his love-love books.

There were a few Sena x Hiruma books, which was awesome to see. Sadly, that pairing just doesn't do anything for me, regardless of the order, so I didn't buy them. I bought a gag book called 'YA-OI!' purely for the title (a parody of YA-HA!, of course) but it look well-drawn and funny, so I think that was worth it.

Next up was the Golden Pair. I didn't spend much time looking at them, though there were some cute books. I only bought one, a collection of the artists' previous dojinshi. I'd bought her earlier collection, so I know I like her work, and this one looks really sweet.

After that was lunch with a big group of awesome people, then looking at the cosplayers, then heading off to Ikebukuro. I got the Shonen Onmyoji tickets for the exact day and time I wanted! \o/ It looked like there weren't many left, too, so I had some good luck.

Tomorrow I have to arrive early again. Sigh. Hopefully I'll be able to get a ticket, but if I don't I'll at least be able to hang around during the event and idolise from afar! I'll have to find the circles for the artists I like in the catalogue so that I'll have something to look at while I'm waiting.