{"id":296,"date":"2006-08-11T17:41:38","date_gmt":"2006-08-11T09:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/2006\/08\/11\/more-comiket-70-talk\/"},"modified":"2006-08-12T12:02:12","modified_gmt":"2006-08-12T04:02:12","slug":"more-comiket-70-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/2006\/08\/11\/more-comiket-70-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"More Comiket 70 Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comiket 70 day one has ended just a few hours ago. Since Shingo from HD<\/a> has yet to post his report, here’s a little something for those of you out there with nothing else better to do than to wait (like me)… It’s a bunch of screencaps taken from a TV program covering the 70th Comic Market.<\/p>\n

\"Comiket<\/p>\n

Top right corner: 410,000 people over 3 days!? The massive gathering at this summer event.
\nLeft: This person in the queue…
\nBottom: …has been queuing since 5 am.<\/p>\n

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\"Comiket<\/p>\n

Same as above.<\/p>\n

\"Comiket<\/p>\n

Top right: A hot summer of “Comiket”. A gathering of 410,000 people from all over the nation.
\nLeft: An attendee.
\nBottom: “What is does Comic Market mean to you?” “It’s what I live for.”<\/p>\n

\"Comiket<\/p>\n

And the most WTF of them all…
\nBottom: A mother taking leave from work<\/strong> to buy things for her daughter who is having tuition.<\/p>\n

Wow. Japanese mothers are so cool that they take leaves to buy yaoi pr0n for their daughters. o_O Either that or she’s actually buying it for herself… DUN DUN DUN!!! I think one can write a few thousand words worth of social commentary base on this picture alone. Seriously. Only in Japan folks.<\/p>\n

And for those of you who are wondering why they don’t queue overnight, well I can assure you that it’s not because they are not hardcore enough; it’s against the rules to do so. Comiket bouncers are kowai<\/em>… I’d imagine.<\/p>\n

Now back to refreshing Heisei Democracy<\/a>…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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