We woke up like 30 minutes late because we were out at IHOP until like 3 AM the day before. Ken had been waiting in line for a few hours to get tickets for the Shokotan signing so we had to join him. When we got there, the security guard told him that we couldn’t come in with him because only he had been waiting. So, we had to enact plan B.

What was Plan B? Exhibitor badges. We had acquired 2 exhibitor badges so we used them to slip into the Dealer’s Hall 10 minutes early. Once...

We decided to get some glow sticks before the Shokotan concert and it ended up making us late, heh. We only missed one song, however, and when we walked back into the Nokia theater we were met with Shokotan singing “Cruel Angel’s Thesis” – cosplaying Rei Ayanami! The concert was awesome – she had the best crowd of anyone as everyone was on their feet cheering the entire time. She premiered a new song for the Gurren Lagen movie – cosplaying as Yoko! Definitely worth every minute of it.
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