Only a madman would take on this mission (without auto-map)

You know, I should've blogged about the Idolm@ster 10th Live, but I left for Japan touring a few days after, so I never got around to it.

But well... Comiket 88 is done and over! I got most of everything I wanted, except for one guy who sold out pretty quick (like, in the first hour or two).

I could've bought the catalog and used the map from that, but I decided I was too tired to walk to the train, then walk to Animate or something, and do the same thing in reverse. So despite this being my first actual Comiket (I went to a smaller Comiket Special a few years ago, but that's it), I went without the catalog.

I did use the web catalog for a while, though I soon found out you can only view it for a few days or something before it says to pay up. Fortunately, I had already made my notes on what the place looked like, so I used a hand-drawn half map to wander around Big Sight.

Friday didn't have too much that interested me. I went to two booths to get music CDs. I actually forgot that there were two or so other booths that had stuff worth checking out, but since this day's run was hastily planned (partly because there wasn't much), I missed out on those guys. Meh. It would've been a great day if I were a Teitoku, though.

Saturday... was probably a good day if you were into Pokemon or Gundam or something, but I already knew I didn't have anything I wanted to get so I didn't mind getting there past noon. The most I did was cosplay hunt, after an hour of browsing gave me a grand total of zero things I wanted. I considered not even going that day.

However, Sunday was the doujin music and Idolm@ster day, and so I kinda went wild. I think maybe half the stuff I ended up buying were impulse buys? Either way, I made some gambles on doujin music, some of which is actually pretty nice. I got a bunch of Cinderella Girls doujin, and... well, lucked into a lost and abandoned Eri Ayase button in the cosplay area. I got pretty much everything I wanted this day, save for one guy who sold out in the first one or two hours.

And when Comic Market 88 was about to close, I finally decided to support the event and bought the catalog. Just when I didn't need it. ^_^;