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Rui

Rui

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Getting hitched then going to Japan - might be in briefly in between but aside from that you're free of my barking for a few weeks ;)

Don't do anything I wouldn't in the meantime...and someone please keep Lina going in the character battles!

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Rui said:
Getting hitched then going to Japan - might be in briefly in between but aside from that you're free of my barking for a few weeks ;)

Don't do anything I wouldn't in the meantime...and someone please keep Lina going in the character battles!

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Bring me pokari! ;D
 
I'll keep Lina in, if I remember correctly, you're going to see Isao Sasaki, right? Tell me what it was like when you get back.
 
Have fun, and if the getting hitched means your tying the knot, then major congrats ^_^ enjoy yourself and bring back loads of great stories of your adventures :p
 
Aw common... Barking's a little harsh. Especially when it consists of 1 word, whereas you discuss things. :)

Congrats on the big news, and I hope you enjoy Japan. Lina will survive, count on it! (Since we're not allowed to do anything different. ;) )
 
Didn't notice before.... Congratulations on your marriage Rui!!!
Hope you have a fantastic time in JP! don't forget to bring omeaguis for us ;D
 
Thanks guys :) off for honeymoon now but swooping in to let you know the sweet comments were appreciated!

Bye again!

R
 
Some pics and words as it's a slow day...

Wedding was cool, not much to say about that - it was a wedding. Snuck in some anime/game music in the background and generally ignored tradition for the most part. Uncool maybe but Ai Wo Torimodose playing quietly lent me strength and made our friends giggle when they realised that they were SHOCK ;)

Anyway then we came home and flew out to Tokyo for the honeymoon. On landing I immediately headed for Saturday Comiket (it had started when we were landing, but it's quite a distance from airport to Odaiba via the hotel). We got there in time to have fun.

Still a huge queue for entry when we arrived but it moved quite swiftly.

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Some of the circles had set up posters, flags or signs to promote their tables. Here's one we liked (it's big so I linked it)...

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On Sunday we naturally went to Comiket again. It was the final day after all!

Then in the evening we headed to Zepp Tokyo to attend a concert I'd booked tickets for a while ago with great difficulty. Anime Japan FES 2008. It was brilliant. Hironobu Kageyama, Ichirou Mizuki, Akira Kushida, Miho Morikawa, Takayuki Miyauchi, Ken Narita and Isao Sasaki, among others. They all sung 2-3 classic songs each on their own and for the finale, Sasaki led everyone else in a group rendition of Uchuu Senkan Yamato. Kageyama was particularly on form and his performance of the DBZ Burst Limit theme and We Gotta Power had my heart pounding! The crowd was shouting along and punching the air to all of the fast paced songs. Totally worth it.

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The rest of the honeymoon was shopping and messing around. The week after, we went to Super Comic City in Osaka for more doujinshi (it's an event aimed at girls but my husband dutifully came along). It was nothing like Comiket, far more relaxed despite there still being 14,000 spaces for vendors and the accompanying mass of buyers.

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Apparently the new Macross Frontier theme is doing well in the charts. It's certainly getting a lot of promotion - here's a lorry which drove around Akihabara all week blaring out the tune to brainwash us all into buying it (I did, by the way, and I haven't even seen the show).

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Finally, some of the stuff we bought. Apologies for anyone upset by mildly suggestively homoerotic cartoon pictures (the dodgy ones are not pictured though).

Silly Phoenix Wright parodies:

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Crashman and Airman:

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Transformers doujinshi never get old:

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Explicit content but funny:

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Assorted acquisitions including one of my favourite doujinshi creator's take on Haruhi/Rozen Maiden at the bottom (sorry small pic):

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Saturday Comiket stuff:

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Rui said:
Wedding was cool, not much to say about that - it was a wedding.
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Rui, MASSIVE respect for saying that, seriously. Why aren't there more women like you?

I want to go to Japan worse than ever. It's one thing browsing on line, but to actually be able to browse massive amounts of manga & anime in person must be fantastic. (That and the Art, Culture, etc... :wink:) Develop Hypersonic Hydrogen Planes faster so the airfares come down already!

lol @ Airman cosplayer. :lol: However, disturbed by Turtles H-Doujin. :eek:
 
ayase said:
Rui said:
Wedding was cool, not much to say about that - it was a wedding.
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Rui, MASSIVE respect for saying that, seriously. Why aren't there more women like you?
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Agreed! have alot of respect for Rui, just one of those people you learn to respect for being strong willed :thumb: keep it up :)
 
Tachi- said:
ayase said:
Rui said:
Wedding was cool, not much to say about that - it was a wedding.
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Rui, MASSIVE respect for saying that, seriously. Why aren't there more women like you?
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Agreed! have alot of respect for Rui, just one of those people you learn to respect for being strong willed :thumb: keep it up :)
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this is true :)

Rui what's the poster of in the sixth picture? underneath the ps3 controllers and DS game?

also seeing that Transformers doujinshi just made me think of the Lucky Star Decepticon video :lol:

but sounds like you have a great trip :) now if only i could make it there for a holiday...
 
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