Okay, here's my report for Japan Expo 2009!

-First of all, the airplane wasn't as scary as it could have been, because it hardly shook at all. That allowed me to forget I was flying ;;;

-Never ever again I'm going to bring 80+ copies of a 72 pages doujinshis on such a long trip. My boyfriend and me had two cases, each of them filled with 20 Kg. Apart from that, we carried bags and boxes that added 20 more kgs in total... We were so dead by the time we arrived at our hotel (=A=;;;

-I woke up at 5:30 am for the first day at the con. We had from 7:00 to 11:00 to get the booth ready, and since we didn't know how long it would take us (nor if we'd find our way there easily), we decided to be there at 7:00 (=w=;

Our booth before we put everything in order:


And our alley, which was almost empty till 10:30 am. It seems not many people were naive enough to arrive first time in the morning, haha.


Once we put everything in order, our booth looked so pretty and colorful! Here's, from left to right, Ele-chan, Lexi-chan, me and a black square where Plui was because she doesn't like posting her own photos on the net.


My doujinshis made a very good supporting pile for everything, I had so many *laughs*

-Look, it's Jack Sparrow dollfie!


-I was at our booth when I saw a girl all dressed in Putumayo and decided I would take a photo of her... Later I found out she was in fact one of the two girls in charge for the Putumayo booth (*-*) That dress looked so cute on her~ And she was super nice.


PUTUMAYOOOOOO~~~~~~  *Mandatory scream of happiness*

The Laforet spot was my favourite indeed. So many awesome clothes and so many awesome booth staff. They all were nice and kind, and they even took photos with their mobile phone when I tried something on and I wanted to see if it looked good on me because they had no mirror (=w=;; (//////)

-On the second day I saw these two awesome cosplayers as I was coming in and I couldn't help taking a photo of them.


So pretty! The poor girl must be feeling so uncomfortable with the wings. I hope it was alright for her inside with all the crowd.

-Once I went inside, Lexi-chan put on the dress Arashi-chan sew for her (*-*) It only lasted like 30 minutes because the poor girl was dying from heat, but she was so pretty in it.


It looks like I'm inviting her to dance or something (=w=U God, I look so manly. Oh! And you can see Alex and Piano on the table too. They're so beautiful (*-*)

-There was this big construction for Saint Seiya figures around... I had to take photos. It was really impressive when you saw it directly, I wish photos showed how awesome it really was. And the guy there told me I was pretty, ehe <3 ;;;;


-A Kobato cosplayer came to our booth, so of course I had to take a photo of her! Her dress was great, it had all the prints the original has (^^)


-I bugged my boyfriend to take a photo of my outfit that day so that maybe I could post it at the everyday_vk  comm.


I finally got myself a mini hat! I think it was from Algonquins? Later on my boyfriend got me another one from Putumayo for my birthday (*A*)

-Me and Ele-chan selling stuff. There's a Tomoyo among our customers!


-By the 3rd day we had some things sold out, like my KuroFay badges and some prints <3




The cute plushies were made by one of Lexi-chan's friends. She was so talented and nice (*-*)

-Awesome group of TRC cosplayers! I love their Sakura especially.


-Photo from the Angelic Pretty booth I took for my sister (this is when they had sold half their stuff  already ;;; ). what a pretty booth they had!


Lexi-chan wanted to buy something for a friend around there, so I took the chance to put a bow on her head (*-*) It looked SO pretty on her with her short hair, I wish she liked bows and accepted to wear them! But she doesn't. What a pity I couldn't take a photo of that magical moment~~~~ (=3=;;;

-Me at the Putumayo booth with the girl from Putumayo! I wasn't wearing anything from Putumayo that day though @m@;;;; B- but the next day I wore the skirt I bought from them.


God, I know I shouldn't smile in photos, I look so damn ugly when I do, but... PUTUMAYOOOOOOOOOooooo~~~~  <3 ;;;  I couldn't help it, that's my most sincere smile OTL

-Me with the Algonquins girls! I bought the skirt from them (*3*)


-ADSFADF KUROFAY COSPLAY. SO AWESOME.


-Finally Japan Expo was over, and sales went very well. We sold out all our books. The Magician's Locked Heart, Forgotten, Pavane, Road to Nowhere, A Moment Untold... Well, all except for my Magical Formula, for which I had one copy left ( ' - ' )b

This is us removing leftovers from the booth. So sad...


Lexi-chan's wearing a shirt she bought from Putumayo *FANGIRLS* she bought some and looked all pretty in them <3


I wanted a photo before leaving, but suddenly...



...I was attacked by a flying Ele-chan *laughs* She did jump over the table.

Goodbye, Japan Expo! See you next year, hopefully!


I was so sad it was over... But we agreed to meet the next day to see the Eiffel Tower together, so that made me happier!

Here, have some sightseeing. Me with Notre Dame in the background! It was so pretty and huge.


Eiffel Tower (*-*)


It looks so pretty, yes, but you have to walk all the way up there, and I'm so scared of heights (=A=;;; But being scared and cold got me some love, yay *loving her boyfriend*


My boyfriend here, so that you see how windy it was.


Lexi-chan and Ele-chan being cute and funny <33333333333 *loves her girls so much*


Then Ele-chan tried to drag me close to the edge, but I didn't want to because it was SO scary @A@;;;


...Again, being scared got me love ( ' - ' ) <3 *CLINGY*


And love from Lexi-chan too (=3=)


This is what you see when you look down from the first floor. NO WONDER I WAS SCARED.


Then we drew ourselves (and this photo's upside down ;;; )






Then we got lost on our way back (=w=U


And took stupid photos, haha.




The guy with the green t-shirt is Ele-chan's cousin (^^)

-Next day I went with my boyfriend ALL around Paris and felt like jumping from a bridge to end my suffering. I walked too much OTL

We took this funny photo inside the Triumphal Arch. They had a screen with photos showing details from the statues, and... One of them had an error message. We love you, Windows! *laughs*



So that was my trip in photos.

Now let me talk a bit about the most important things:

-I met Lexi-chan again, something I thought would not happen in a long long time <333

-I met Ele-chan and Plui in person for the first time. Ele-chan was just the same as she's in internet: super funny and lovely and tsundere. Plui has the sweetest, most lovely voice ever. She should record some voice clip playing Kobato or something (*3*)

-I met Ptit-Neko, who brought us chocolates and drew me Ritsuka for my birthday (*A*)!!!!!!!!! It's so awesome, I have to scan it. She was so nice and adorable and I wanted to hug and kidnap her. I'm so sorry if we scared you, Ptit-Neko (T-T;;; We were all "!!! *gives presents to her*"  *laughs*

-I met Chibiyuuto for 2 minutes! I'm very grateful he took the time to visit our booth (^^)

-Met many awesome people from internet. Everyone was so supportive and nice!

-Sold most things I brought. I was expecting to have Kobato leftovers, but in the end I had none (yay!). My only leftovers for the new prints I made were some A4 of Ritsuka. All badges and doujinshis were sold out!

-I saw CLAMP during the signing session, waved at Mokona-sensei when she was looking my way and she waved back!! I was so happy I will keep that memory forever.

-We saw two gay guys hugging in the metro and Lexi-chan was all red and gigglish *laughs* She was so cute!

-My boyfriend lost his bag in the bus... With his MacBook inside ( ' - ' )  Most awful night during the whole trip, but in the end we managed to get it back thanks to a bus driver who spoke no English at all but who was kind enough to help us and take us to the bus central.


-Conclusion: I'm so going again next year if I can.

Now I miss my friends... It sucks not having them here. I feel the same as last time I said goodbye to Lexi-chan in Madrid... I have no friends here, I have no group of people I can feel "at home" with. When I was with my friends in Paris, everything felt right, I felt confident and more talkative because I felt really comfortable. A girl even told me "are you really that shy? I think you're not." It really surprised me... Usually people don't even acknowledge me because I don't talk much, and I can't look at people in the eye... But there it was different, and I liked it that way. I wish we could meet every weekend... But if we can at least meet for such event once a year, that would be more than I ever wished for.

This was a long report ;;; Thank you for reading!