Japan \o/
I keep wondering what I should post about on here but it's like, wow, I haven't made a real post in an age and a half. There have been pretty huge changes in my life since I last properly updated but I don't really want to talk about those (not for any sad/bad reasons, I just don't wanna :Dv). Many things are still the same though -- I continue to
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I doubt I'll ever have the cultural grounding necessary to be any kind of expert on Japan, haha XD
The SnK isn't a theme park per se -- it's a limited time attraction that started this January and is ending literally the day after we go there! My main interest is the SnK attraction but I'll see what else I can see -- the friends I'm going with are interested in the HP world too, so I'm guessing we'll find our way over there at some point. XD
I agree that Iwami is a really special place. I want to try going there during the evening when the restaurants and shops are actually open! ^^
I'm only planning to go to the limited-time Gintama shops as far as specific events go but I'm going to spend a lot of time in various Animates and Mandarakes :Dv I don't really go for doujinshi events, no -- I find it really stressful to even browse vendor rooms at cons with people pushing each other out of the way to get at the goods they want to see, and from what I understand dj events are an extreme version of that kind of thing, so it's really not up my street.
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So it will not be there next year?!? Shoot... I wanted to go. :( But indeed you had perfect timing for this then. XD
I was afraid of dj events but it was not that bad. It was not as crowded as I expected (was a Splash Free! event combined with 3 other anime: Basara, Daiya no Ace and can't remember the third). Of course, many things were sold out buy the time we got there, but in exchange, I could actually get autograph from Kyuugou (who is a gorgeous looking, lovely lady *.*). So if not now, but next time you could consider going to a smaller (not talking about Comiket here), theme-specific event.
Night time Iwami! What a brilliant idea! Must be even more magical. I can imagine all the stars with the lack of urban city lights. *.*
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Well I don't know -- maybe they will open it again? It seems like a waste to only do it for 6 months and then dismantle the whole thing, especially since SnK continues to be crazy popular all over the world.
My first exposure to dj events was actually summer Comiket so I may have just walked away with a really negative impression. ^^; But to be honest I'm not... really a huge fan of the 'pay people for fan-created writing' thing; if I want a story about my favourite characters I can just write one myself or read one for free on AO3, even though it won't have art to go with it. ^^; I love buying things like artwork prints and fanart calendars, coasters, other goods, because I can't make visual art myself, but most doujinshi are story-driven AND full of the kinds of things I really dislike: rape, heteronormativity, seme/uke dynamics. So basically I'm just really not the type of person who seeks out doujinshi, and I would only really attend a dj event for the other, non-dj goods. Either way it will just never be a priority for me when visiting Japan.
It's probably just like the anime, remember when they were standing and looking up at the sky in s1!!! Ahhh just imagine the Uradome coast at night!! I bet it's gorgeous. *_*
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