User blog:Masterhands-paper/My time at an Cosplay Con (ft. IRis, Dorothy & Koharu)

@Ivanly (you can stop praying now, momentarily of course)

So today me, my sister and a friend went to the Cosplay Mania in the Philippines. And boy was it beautiful.
There are too many stories to tell (Cosplayer shenanigans, I cried in the middle, the long line, etc), but they wont exactly fit the context of the PIA's thing so I might just tell the PriPara and Aikatsu related ones.

I'll add pictures when my sister's ipad charges

I don't know, I really felt like sharing the experience. Its okay if you guys don't care though.....

Idol-Anime fanboys
Before that though since I want to really emphasize the amount of weebs in one area, me and my sister made a checklist of every love live character that had a major fanboy (had a bag, sht ton of pins, dakimura, posters, flags etc) There was also this girl who asked my sister if the stall she stood infront of was occupied, and then we saw that she was a mega fangirl of a specific side character in Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls. It wasn't even a main one, the girl was obviously a fan of the seiyuu
 * Maki fan we met at the bus (he had a really japanese face, and seriously looked like he worshipped Maki. He looks like how anime would draw an otaku)
 * Hanayo (sht ton of pins)
 * Kotori (had a few posters)
 * Yohane (held lightsticks and worse a jacket and id strapped filled with Yohane in it, with the id picture being Yohane in a swimsuit)
 * You (has a nice shirt)
 * Riko (had straps and shirts of her)
 * Kotori (had a nice shirt; wished that was me)
 * Dia (same with Yohane)

So many men had flags of Ruby and Chika, along with the 3 main protags of Idolmaster. We actually met the Hanayo and Kotori fan at a restaurant and they felt so out of placed I tried so hard not to laugh.

IRis Performance
Let me tell you a short story (please read). So me, my sister (who we'll call 'Dipper' because she wore a Dipper hat from GF) and our friend (who we will call 'Kenny' because she cosplayed as Kenny from SP) accidentally got seperated, which was bad because I held their phones. While looking for them, I heard this in the speaker:

"cle☆Paradise Heart ni kizamo--"

And at by that time, I was running to wards the main stage, singing along with the lyrics as loud as I can. I saw a bunch of dudes holding lightsticks and people with their phones videoing the whole thing. I almost cried at the sight. It was cosplayers of IRis (not SolamiDressing) performing Miracle Paradise, and I almost cried at the scene. I was singing as loud as I can, and I was so happy when some people were singing too. My sister knows PriPara and watches with me so I was shocked to see her run a few steps infront of me, obviosuly using this performance as a chance to reunite.

I called out to her and we looked for out friend instead of finishing the live. I was sad, but then they sang Re:Call, the OP of Twin Star Exrcist so I felt right better because that song is my love.

Also if someone could tell me who the "Yellow" girl is in IRis, please do. Because the singer/dancer in the yellow was actually a dude so I'm kinda curious to find the female/anime character equivalent.

(I can attach the video if anyone is interested?)

Dorothy West -the blanket-
So when my sister went missing (Dipper got lost first, then I got seperated with Kenny), me and Kenny went looking for Evangelion merch at the Surplus area (where all the old stuff are). I was helping her look around, when I saw a familliar skirt pattern. I checked and saw a Dorothy Blanket!

I couldn't buy it though and it was kinda awkward too since my friend didn't know I liked PP

Aikatsu Stars Poster
After a whole hour of looking for Evangelion merch, Kenny found some and while she was looking for the saleslady or vendor, I looked around and saw THE MOST BEAUTIFUL POSTER EVER. It was the christmast AiStars poster with Yume and Koharu with their friends as dolls! I couldn't even believe my eyes, that was too random.

You have to understand, the con had mostly main stream anime. The likeliness of finding anything Aikatsu or PP was 1 to zero

I looked at my sister and Dipper said "How much is it?"

And now I'm struggling to find a place for it in my wall

Others

 * The group of friends behind me laughed their faces off when I called the line inside a "Line Simulator 2017"
 * I wanted the MHA UA jersey but they sold out so quickly I bought a Bakugo shirt instead. Dipper bought a Monokuma shirt that was reallly stylized
 * Too many Rem cosplayers
 * The only reason we went to this con is so that my Persona-addicted twin sister, Dipper can take a picture with Persona cosplayers. She followed them around like a stalker.
 * When I wowed when I saw a Kurosawa Ruby cosplayers, the group of friends started calling out to her from the first floor and it was embarrassing, I love them though even if I don't know them
 * There was a lot of Police gurads in Fury costumes and this one guy dressed up as a chicken bucket
 * I know offcially respect cosplay