We woke up as usual. Prepared and moved out. Okay, not. I woke up after a medium night’s rest. Really, I was rested. But anyway. We all woke up and ate our food. I wanted to, but all I wanted was coffee first, which I forgot to brew. I was too caught up on cosplaying for the first time in 4 years.

The first panel we wanted to see was Morita and the premier of a Bleach movie. So we got in line. When we got there, it was announced that there was going to be a 30 minute deal. So I went off to get coffee and and a sandwich. When I got back in line, Tim and Susan joined us. Then the panel started. It was cool, but long. After the showing, RSP sang again and Morita took questions. It went over time.


rt-lt: Saki, Ai, Morita, translator

When the panel finished, out next plan was May’n and Megumi Nakajima’s concert. They’re the ones who sang songs for Macross Frontier. It was Tim, Lawrence and I that went. Susan went back to the room to chill. Man, seating was drag in the Nokia, only when the concert started. Me, personally, I did not want to stand up, but everyone did. The chairs were somewhat small for me…no leg room. The concert was totally awesome. I finally got to see May’n sing. Even tough I very much liked her sining, I just can’t get this feeling that see seems a little stiff performing. About midway through the concert, Megumi was introduced. The whole feeling of the concert changed. It suddenly felt brighter and livelier. It was because of her bright outfit. To out total surprise, the surprise guest was no other than Yohko Kano, the well-known composer. She play the piano for Megumi. It just sent shivers down my spine when they performed “Oboeteimasuka?,” and original Macross song. Near the end, May’n came back and did all duets. For me, it was when they performed “Lion” that almost made me cry. It was so emotional for me to hear them perform that song. As for all good things, it had to end. Oh yeah, it ran late too.

The next plan was to see Danny Choo’s panel. By the time the concert finished, the panel only had 20 more minutes. Instead, we went to the Exhibit Hall for the first time. So we finally made it. Personally, I wasn’t looking forward to spend more money. I didn’t, 30 at most at this time. After the Hall, the three of us ate dinner as Lowry’s. When I order the prime rib bleu, I was expecting steak, but it was in a sandwich. I guess I ordered wrong. But it was delicious. When we got back we ate some more then we decided to go back to catch the Laser Light Show.



Back at the Nokia, the show was about to begin. Suddenly, there was an AX Staff member passing out ticket to MELL’s concert. She sang the opening songs to Sky Girls and Black Lagoon. It turned out to be a real live. It was out for live of the convention. The pounding drum beat and the awesome guitar riffs moved me. It was unlike X Japan last night…syncing their playing to pre-recorded music for the video shoot. So it was awesome. I felt so refreshed after the concert.

So now, Lawrence and I went off to catch the Vocaloid panel. Honestly, I found it interesting, sans the technical problems they had at the beginning. The music was good. The videos were good. But they had to turn down those damn light. That made me loose my newly gained energy and I was beginning to fall sleep at the panel.
This time we decided to catch the late shuttle back. Bad choice. It took forever, there was less shuttles, there was no crowd control and so on. So because of that, we missed the first bus. Oh well, that’s AX for you.