Heading out now, see you guys there
#Winter Comiket 29-30 Dec 2024
cerulean lion
timber quartz
Heading out as well. But gotta stop at shin kiba first
potent locust
Omw as well. All goes well, should be at the train station by 7:50ish
cerulean lion
Looks like I'll arrive at 7:38, meet at the qr flower sign?
teal skiff
I should be arriving around 7:50 as well. I'll meet up at the same place
potent locust
Made it on the train, shouldnt be any delays now. See yall at flower 🫡
How strange, a lot of suitcases and backpacks on the train today too 👀 Everyone's so dedicated to going to work
obtuse latch
Heading out now too just shotgunned a red bull
potent locust
I feel like the train is much more packed today
Or at least, packed way earlier
Yeah, we have room for like, 1 or 2 more here and we havent even hit Shibuya yet
obtuse latch
I’m on Yamanote it’s not bad
potent locust
Saikyu line here
Pulling in... shibuya's packed...
God help us
Somehow used the chaos to secure a seat
obtuse latch
Passed out dude got up and alsmot left train without wallet and phone on floor lmao
He made it though
obtuse latch
Same
obtuse latch
I’m 4 away at osaki
runic sand
Oh I'm 2 away
obtuse latch
Nah I just stopped at hamamatsucho
potent locust
I’m 4 away at osaki
You're on the Rinkai line at Osaki?
runic sand
Oh yeah, I lost my wallet yesterday on day 1 😊
obtuse latch
I used to do yurikamone line first few times learned that one gets too packed cause it’s a small ass train
runic sand
At like 10:45
potent locust
obtuse latch
You're on the Rinkai line at Osaki?
I’m 4 away from getting on osaki
runic sand
At like 10:45
And I had to talk to information and fill out a form, fortunately it was early entry and someone had already handed it in
potent locust
I’m 4 away from getting on osaki
Ah, thought we somehow ended up on the same train lol
runic sand
Ah, thought we somehow ended up on the same train lol
I thought the same too
potent locust
Just left Osaki about 5 seconds ago
obtuse latch
Yeah I’m gonna be at station at 8:02 so I’m be late no need to wait for me
runic sand
We catching the 7:43 rinkai? Or maybe not
runic sand
Just left Osaki about 5 seconds ago
I just arrived in osaki
obtuse latch
I’ll be at kokusai at 8:02
potent locust
Yeah I’m gonna be at station at 8:02 so I’m be late no need to wait for me
🫡 May your loot be great and your priorities secured soldier.
obtuse latch
Yeah I know what I’m going for first
potent locust
The tarot card set?
obtuse latch
Some degenerate stuff
Also I’m not into vtubers so maybe that will work in my favor this year
While everyone goes to e7
obtuse latch
Yeah I’m going e123 first
potent locust
Oimachi is people pusher packed
teal skiff
I'm 1 stop out
teal skiff
We've been packed since shibuya
potent locust
We've been packed since shibuya
Saikyo->Rinkai line as well?
teal skiff
Yup
potent locust
Im the same line, just two stations behind you
Some poor soul trying to get off the train at Shinagawa Seaside Station
Somehow they made it out, but that was a struggle
runic sand
Rinkai is pack
potent locust
Indeed
cerulean lion
Walking over to the flower now
obtuse latch
On rinkai now
obtuse latch
Mines not that packed at osaki
obtuse latch
Now it’s packed cause of oimachi lol
potent locust
I'm ~7th in line 👀
teal skiff
Im at the end lol
cerulean lion
obtuse latch
Rip
timber quartz
Good thing is it’ll be no line when you get here hopefully
Actually they delaying the QR code exchange wtf
obtuse latch
Yeah I’ve never seen a line at QR code but I’ve never gotten here this early either
timber quartz
Like 5 or 10 minutes
obtuse latch
I’m at the station getting off now lol
I’m at qr Lul
Seems a lot of rolling suitcases this year
tiny ravine
A lot more pushing today
weary parcel
Anybody else queuing up for a one/akatsuki records/etc? I want to see if we can share the load. After trying to get some touhou music merch I'm off to the degenerate land.
teal skiff
I didn't know akatsuki records was gonna be here
weary parcel
New single. We are checking the Twitter now. 3850yen for the goodies pack
Wait
Only via booth. Boooh.
teal skiff
Where is the booth
weary parcel
Booth as in the website sorry
teal skiff
Oof
weary parcel
Still going for a one, cool and create, neets, silver forest, etc.
toxic obsidian
How's the wait for qr code?
obtuse latch
Yeah im at the final line already sitting down
fickle cave
Would anyone be willing to get some stuff from one artist in west hall 2 for me? I'll pay an extra 1600 yen over the cost of the goods, and just collect it whenever you get out of comiket. Realized i probably wouldn't make it in time with a pm ticket
thick plank
Gonna be at south/west early entrance (altho I’ll be late lol)
thick plank
Would anyone be willing to get some stuff from one artist in west hall 2 for me?...
Who is it?
fickle cave
This artist at け30b
I want to buy the goods bag
So i'll pay 5000 yen if someone is able to go and get it in my stead
So 1600 over the price
fickle cave
Fair enough
placid terrace
How's E7?
modern juniper
This artist at け30b
Im coming late but since i dont have any major stops beyond with friends, i can try for it. Let me know if somebody is already helping you
Are they a popular booth?
fickle cave
No one is helping me yet, enyu said he might if he has money over at the end but if you can do it instead that'd be even better. Not too popular about 2.3k followers on twitter
@thick plank they said they can try for it instead so dw about your money running out👍
modern juniper
I’ll keep you updated. Do you want me to respond here or DMs?
fickle cave
Dm probaby better
obtuse latch
God speed soldiers
toxic obsidian
https://x.com/curry_and_rice4/status/1873533977522491802?s=46&t=CA6ZjOkd-nLf8Eys...
That looks beautiful, might try to snatch one as well
modern juniper
https://x.com/curry_and_rice4/status/1873533977522491802?s=46&t=CA6ZjOkd-nLf8Eys...
I dont follow this series / author, who is it? Art looks nice
obtuse latch
Blame the 1030ers if they are sold out
loud thorn
I was aiming for the tarot as well but I think they will be all sold out when I get there.
modern juniper
Thats so fucked 
how many blocks?
timber quartz
That’s just for the tarot card
Stretched from the door to east 7 to the end of the building
loud thorn
Well hopefully if it is sold second hand the upcharge is not too ridiculous. But from initial looks on day 1 prices on Mercari for sought after merch, least is 2x the price.
obtuse latch
Woo movement
modern juniper
I grimace whenever i see people buying and posting they’re re-selling
(On twitter)
loud thorn
That is still good, at least there is still a chance
timber quartz
Yeah he’s trying to counter attack that by selling online
toxic obsidian
How does circle line works? It's another kind of ticket or anyone can line up there?
tiny ravine
Lamy artist line is insane wraps around itself 4 times
obtuse latch
Might be worth
loud thorn
As much as I love how popular hololive is, it makes me realize that getting limited edition merch puts a hole in my wallet
modern juniper
First comiket is teaching me a couple of lessons
- Go hella early or lotto for early access. Else just go late OVL
- You’re screwed on merch if you dont come early
loud thorn
Well the popular merch, there are 1000s of booths.
obtuse latch
They should start using the whole north and south halls again for vtubers and blue archive
toxic obsidian
Don't they do like another event for niji? They should do that for holo as well
timber quartz
Are you gonna wait in that line lol
I’ll probably skip it
weary parcel
How did I blow half my cash in the first 10 minutes?
スrow killed me
Is there an atm? I'm very tempted
tiny ravine
It's outside
timber quartz
I accidentally skipped fukahire line lol
Got it immediately
Going for a 32 and b25 then I’ll line up for tarot and pray
fickle cave
Does anyone know where exactly i go to buy pm ticket on site?
toxic obsidian
Just lined for a14, it's not looking good ☠️
cerulean lion
Went to peek at the nikke corpo line and it's already finished for the day lol...
obtuse latch
I’m finishing up last booth on east but it’s a Su booth lol
Already lost on 3 booths sold out
Game is game
Two of em sold out before I even got in lol
stray gorge
I've no hope for most stuff on my list, but the one booth I really want to go already promised to keep one item in stock for me <3
lone spoke
so i am here, but i seem to be stuck in some line
am i suppose to go somewhere to exchange for the waistband
if it helps, i can see the giant flower kanji statute
obtuse latch
Going west now done with easy
East
West is so much less chaotic and tame but I’m done lol
cerulean lion
How did you hall 7 people make out? Was it insane?
I told myself I was gonna buy less stuff today and I still spent a ton of money 💀💀💀
weary parcel
Queues for everything up to the ATM. But I can't move on without more. Monry
obtuse latch
Browsing twitter to see if anything else interest me but I might be done for the day
toxic obsidian
I'm still waiting for the tarot cards 👍
obtuse latch
Damn
cerulean lion
Do they still have stock?
cerulean lion
Okakoro pda
timber quartz
lol
Praying to be able to get it
Went thru most of what I wanted
Tarot card sold out
toxic obsidian
Yeah now I'm sad, I've waited for over an hour :c
obtuse latch
Rip
I’ll let you know if I see em at resell stores and price
Like 4pm but most artist and booths will be gone before that
I’m gonna head out before it gets crazy on trains
Got everything I could get
Going to akiba to scour
sturdy kraken
Meanwhile I'm just getting here lol, time to see some empty tables
obtuse latch
I know tarot is most popular so I’ll be on the lookout for that next for days and update in case anyone interested
But I’ll be checking daily so if anyone else has anything they missed but might want to buy second hand lmk and I’ll let you know if I see it in stores
timber quartz
Fuck didn’t check
Yeah I’m not checking that out
It’s all out. Thanks for the heads up
I didn’t get like 4 booths I wanted
But everything else was good. And as usual, I over bought stuff as I was strolling lol
loud thorn
I wanted Korone and Pekora stuff, but for some reason either I am blind or something else because I did not see much of it in East 7.
Well the ones I did see I did not like much
cerulean lion
If anyone's looking to grab a bite together I'm chilling at Ariake garden
viral venture
I’m not sure if this helps but if you don’t have a ticket you should go to the PM wristband sales area first (expect a long queue even now): https://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/TAFO/C105TAFO/C105_InternationalMap_eplus.pdf
potent locust
I wanted Korone and Pekora stuff, but for some reason either I am blind or somet...
There was a good amount of Korone towards the side you enter from
viral venture
Ah okay
loud thorn
There was a good amount of Korone towards the side you enter from
Hmm well too late now 😞
toxic obsidian
Some people are selling the tarot set on mercari for 20k 🥲
obtuse latch
obtuse latch
will see what they price it at in stores
potent locust
Aight, I'm tapping out for C105 lol
timber quartz
I could have planned better lol
timber quartz
Yeah can’t be hungover if you never slept
obtuse latch
lol
obtuse latch
When do u head back home to states
timber quartz
On the 1st
obtuse latch
Lmao
sturdy kraken
How the hell do you get to the cosplay area lol I'm too dumb for this
obtuse latch
I showed stupendous pics from yesterday and he decided to not come anymore to check it out lol
obtuse latch
He on like a 35 win streak
timber quartz
I’m guessing a few hours
obtuse latch
His best bet is to snipe local play players who are masters
Net play matches him up with low ranks
lone spoke
what is the best way to get out?
comiket ended, but looking at the crowds moving towards the train
i assume i will be standing for quite a while
sturdy kraken
I mean at this point it's either wait here or wait at the train station
lone spoke
i guess i will just wait at the area
since i manage to find a seat
usually how long does it take for the crowd to die down?
weary parcel
We came to the rinkai and it seems even worse than the yurikamome yesterday. For what it is worth
cerulean lion
usually how long does it take for the crowd to die down?
Hours?
sturdy kraken
Yureka corridors seem nice and packed at ariake
Still looking for the mythical cosplay park Warren mentioned, but I think it's just that
obtuse latch
Still looking for the mythical cosplay park Warren mentioned, but I think it's j...
It’s just grassy area outside on way to station lol
sturdy kraken
There's no one here aside from masses of exiting people :/
sturdy kraken
Maybe more of a summer thing?
sturdy kraken
Because lighting kind of sucks and it's cold, but hmm
obtuse latch
Rip
sturdy kraken
Just going to sit here and take pictures of airplanes for the next 30 or so minutes, thanks Haneda
fickle cave
I'm just doing same thing as yesterday
Letting the heat die down while i eat in odaiba
sturdy kraken
Guess I can go get a consolation Gundam picture
modern juniper
Did the corporate booths have anything exclusive that they don't sell elsewhere besides at Comiket?
Friend dragged me around so I wasn't able to explore where I wanted to
fickle cave
Tbh, most of the official merch sold at comiket wasn't the greatest imo anyway
modern juniper
Might be an unpopular opinion, but I'm thinking to attend Comiket alone next year
fickle cave
Only official stuff i went for was a tote bag and calendar
timber quartz
Not unpopular
modern juniper
I think it gets... hard to coordinate with friends
timber quartz
Maybe waiting with one person could be the play
After you get in. Do your own thing
fickle cave
Easy to get to rest areas anyway so can always coordinate for breaks
modern juniper
After you get in. Do your own thing
It feels that as soon as you have different things u want to see the best play is just to go alone 🫠
I was hoping comiket would be easier to chill together but optimally going solo seems to the strat
fickle cave
Chill and comiket are not really viable together
sturdy kraken
It's pretty chill if you have 0 expectations and are just making circles
cosmic scarab
oats curry everyone
obtuse latch
Yeah gotto do it alone everyone likes diff stuff
Wait in line together to get in is the move
feral crystal
Without a plan, comiket is just yamanote rush hour simulator 
potent locust
Might be an unpopular opinion, but I'm thinking to attend Comiket alone next yea...
Ideal Comiket is lining up together to have people to kill time with while you queue, splitting off once you enter the venue and looking at the stuff that interests you, then meeting back up afterwards to compare loot and talk about the crazy stuff you saw while you wait for the crowds to die down.
fickle cave
I like how apa hotels all look the same
timber quartz
I like how apa hotels all look the same
Bruh I went from one apa to this apa and I forgot where I was at for a minute
fickle cave
Lol
timber quartz
Exactly the same one
timber quartz
Whoa nice tote bag
fickle cave
It was the official one
timber quartz
Aahhh I didn’t notice that for sale
But I ended up buying this one from watame artist
fickle cave
Oh nice
timber quartz
Got JP on the other side
timber quartz
And a inside pouch that fits a To go
potent locust
I just laid out my loot on my bed and ran the numbers
Might have gone a little overboard 😂
I regret nothing tho
obtuse latch
I’m still out right now but I’ll grab a pic later of what I can show lmao
potent locust
Love the chibi on the inner tube
cerulean lion
I spy HoloMyth 👀
It's a book of some of her older stuff, if you catch her stateside she's got some nice full sized prints of them too
My wallet needs a break that its probably not gonna get when I go hit melon books tmrw 💀
weary parcel
That's only the doujins. I got like 20 CDs from touhou artists as well, a patchouli wallet for my GF, spice and wolf merch, like 4 t-shirts from the 1k yen t-shirt booth. Boy. I have never spent like this. I'm cheap as fuck
sturdy kraken
25x(500 at least) what I counted lol, now I feel less bad about my spend 🫡
fickle cave
Not too bad
obtuse latch
Might be too spicy for disc so gonna remove lol
timber quartz
I’m not yabai so I just got my sui keychain
timber quartz
feral crystal
Comiket haul 
cerulean lion
That wall scroll is sweet
potent locust
God, I love all of this (and I completely forgot to hit up the Suisei sticker booth 😭 I wanted that banana one so bad)
Good haul!
potent locust
Comiket haul <:yui_sleepy:747956626329436171>
I'm impressed that you found so much small stuff that your haul still looks gigantic despite everything being coaster-size 😂
timber quartz
God, I love all of this (and I completely forgot to hit up the Suisei sticker bo...
Banana sui was my main goal. That line was too bad maybe 10 minutes
potent locust
Yeah, tbh I speedran E7 post Curry Rice and completely forgot to find the Suisei section 😭
Missed out on a ton for her
timber quartz
Ah yeah I stayed in e7
Just wanted watame stuff at West hall but it was sold out before I even think to check it
potent locust
Had to get to Touhou and then (foolishly) try W1 and W2 only for everything to be long gone 😭
potent locust
You basically can pick one "premium" thing to queue up for and abandon hope for the rest lol
timber quartz
The first booth I went to was fukahire, korone artist. And her tapestry was sold out already
And that’s with me accidentally cutting the whole line
potent locust
Yee... tbh I regret not thinking to ask Ekyel to hit up Fubuki's desk...
Was in W1, and it looked so cool 😭
timber quartz
Fuuuuuck
I was trying to ask my friend in west south area but he was so busy with his stuff
potent locust
Nice bag 👀
timber quartz
Love this bag. And the pocket inside lol
potent locust
Tbh, I need to find a good "weeb" bag still
My current one's too basic to flex at a convention
(Just a beige uniqlo bag)
timber quartz
timber quartz
There’s a bunch everywhere
potent locust
Yee, just need to stop by one
timber quartz
The official hololive shop in Tokyo station would be good. Has all kind of merch as well. Or shibuya tsutaya for the fwu event on 1st floor
obtuse latch
One of my artist sold out of the art book before I even got into venue lol
Like 11:15 they tweeted sold out
potent locust
One of my artist sold out of the art book before I even got into venue lol
Do you remember who it was? Morbidly curious to see what sells out that quick 👀
obtuse latch
Not sfw I’ll dm if you want
potent locust
Ah, one of those 😂
obtuse latch
3 artist that sold out for me tweet timestamps 11:15, 11:57, 12:15
No shot
Without early entry lmao
potent locust
Without early entry lmao
Early entry + early queuing lol
tiny ravine
Even then not guaranteed for more than one
viral venture
You basically can pick one "premium" thing to queue up for and abandon hope for ...
Actually one strategy (we could try next year haha) is to find people with shared interests and buy for each other on a best-effort basis, so you could have, say, 3 people each queuing at 3 different booths buying for items for himself and two other persons
viral venture
Prob just 1 for popular item
Yea it kinda depends on the items and booths as well I guess
tiny ravine
I think it would work for smaller artists but definitely not the larger ones
sharp flume
next year i gotta line up earlier, because clearly being an hour 30 early isn’t enough
sharp flume
i did wristband, guess i’ll do qr code next
timber quartz
I got QR code exchange for wristband
If you get wristband beforehand then you can wait even earlier
viral venture
If you get wristband beforehand then you can wait even earlier
Yea I was about to type this as well, shouldn’t you be able to get in even earlier in that case?
As in earlier in the queue
timber quartz
@sharp flume what time did you get in after waiting 90 min earlier
I got in line for wristband exchange at 8am and walked to the waiting area. Got in around 11:40
Bringing the essentials for countdown Japan
sharp flume
<@383461592983142400> what time did you get in after waiting 90 min earlier
after 12 forgot the exact time
timber quartz
Those few minutes make the difference
weary parcel
We got seated in 5 の 4 around 0730 and got in 1115 aprox?
potent locust
Bringing the essentials for countdown Japan
Walked into an arcade just now, spotted a hololive claw machine in the corner.
¥100 yen later (first try), prize secured. Thought you'd be proud 
timber quartz
Wow congrats!
I played sui gacha for signed suisei stuff at Japan countdown and lost lol
They had one left
And lady made me pull out of 7 so my chances were super high
Guy behind us won
The last one
runic sand
Just wanna say ty to everyone here for chatting and helping with comiket 105
I had a really good time and it was definitely quite the experience. I would go again
timber quartz
Back in the states now. First winter comiket was fun. Hopefully can go for a longer trip next time
viral venture
See you guys next year
You mean…this year? 
obtuse latch
potent locust
Managed to track down the Fubuki-mama artbook I missed at the Akiba Melonbooks, so I officially got all my priorities now 
obtuse latch
So the move on day 2 I heard from a friend was if you were not into vtubers and had east hall stuff, line up early at west and cut to east you got there sooner than people who lined up earlier on east
timber quartz
Wouldn’t that mean lining up for west is good for vtuber too? Or too long of a walk?
tiny ravine
Ehh I kinda doubt that it'd be at least 20 min walk no?
timber quartz
Yeah plus possible to get lost. Not worth
Asked another person to lined up same time as me
They got in 11:15. got in 11:40
So it’ll be the same thing anyway
tiny ravine
I think it's true if you had early west then it'd be shorter
potent locust
Not sure I buy that tbh, considering E7 had its own seperated line once you entered. If you werent into Vtuber stuff, you could just... not get into the E7 line?
I just realistically dont see the West->East journey saving you much time
Plus the West->East journey was wacky af on Day 2
Had you go outside the venue and reenter
obtuse latch
He told me his friend got to east from west faster than he got in and the west guy lined up later
I’ll ask for more details
fickle cave
The route doesn't take long from west to east tbh
fickle cave
Just gotta wait for some traffic
timber quartz
Maybe the traffic isn’t there because people are still in line getting in
Or staying in their specific area first
