We started the day waking up around seven. Me, earlier. The first thing we did was to pack our stuff and head out to the convention center early. The decision was made last night so we could make the most of the last day. We skipped breakfast. All our belongings were packed up by 8:30.



We finally arrived at the convention center and parked the car. All the action this early in the morning was South Hall, so we went there. But I needed my coffee so we had some at Starbucks. We waited there for a while to pass time before the exhibit hall opens. Lawrence took off to get in line for autographs from the Miku composers. The rest of us just stayed and took pictures until the Exhibit Hall opened.



Once inside, we met up with Lawrence who finished rather quickly. So we just wandered around to see if there was last-minutes merchandise to buy. As we walked around in a group, Lawrence and I got separated from Tim and Andy. While we were walking, some random guy came up to us to take our picture. It was cool. Someone finally recognized us other than industry people. We cosplayed crew from the Space Battleship Yamato movie, which came out last December.

After we wandered around some more, we got tired and sat down. We called the guys to meet with us. In that tome we waited, we met this guy sitting beside us. We started talking and found out that his daughter was an artist—and a pretty good one. So I offered to showcase her artwork in our magazine. I gave them my business card and hopefully they would take up the offer.

So the rest of the day, we walked the Exhibit Hall, rested again and took more pictures. We waited till about fifteen minutes before closing time to head out the the main hall. There, we killed time but taking last-minute pictures and other things. At one time, there was this guy who recognized our cosplay and took out picture. We, rather I, started talking to the guy. Where was also a big fan of Space Battleship Yamato. He said that he are the at opening week of the movie when it was release the second week of December, last year. That was cool—to meet someone whose also a long time Yamato fan, as well as classic anime.



I made the suggestion that we hang out till about four so that most people are gone and we wouldn't have to fight the crowd. So we stayed for as long as we can before we had to leave. There was even talk about going to a late panel. It was already 4:30 and it was unanimous that we’re not going to the Closing Ceremonies. That said, we were headed for home.