AFA SG 2013 (Day 3: 10th November)

This is the second part of my AFA post. Less photos this time cos the security became so much tighter and I didn't want to risk getting kicked out >.< Again, these posts only talk about the stage events.

Full details under the cut!

AFA SG 2013 (Day 2: 9th November)

Okay so I finally got around to writing the posts on AFA (even though the event was like 2 weeks ago??? I'm so sorry I've been really super busy with school lately so I couldn't find time to write proper posts >A<). I'll split the posts into Days 2 and 3 respectively because a lot of things happened over those two days. Also, I will only be writing about the stage events.

Full details under the cut!

Shingeki no Kyojin cosplay test run 02: Hanji Zoe

Harness test run 02. This time it took an hour less to put on the harness as compared to yesterday (3 hours (ಥ□ಥ)). Added velcro on all loose areas, and tried another way to put the harness together into place. Still finding a suitable area to pin the waist apron though…

Shingeki no Kyojin cosplay test run 01: Hanji Zoe

My Hanji cosplay costume was delivered to me last night so I went to do my first test run after school this afternoon.

First of all, I wanna say that SnK cosplays are one of the toughest cosplays I've ever attempted (besides the fact that this is only my second fan character cosplay; my other cosplays have always been original characters).

What made me nearly puke blood were the 3DMG harnesses. My costume was commissioned (except for the pants) hence I didn't really know how I was supposed to put on the harnesses. I referred to a lot of tutorials from fellow cosplayers (videos, photos and sketches) but for some reason I just couldn't imagine how the belts would criss-cross over the legs and stuff like that (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ So basically I had trouble with almost everything waist-down onwards.

I spent nearly 3 hours trying to figure out the harnesses (majority waist-down) and in the end I asked my mum for help. After carefully studying all the different tutorials, she sat down and fixed everything. EVERYTHING. MUM IS A MIRACLE HOLY FRICK HOW I DON'T UNDERSTAND щ(ಥДಥщ)

Anyway here are some photos of the test run. There's still A LOT of fixing to do, like tightening the belts, adding velcro strips so the thigh belts won't slip off easily, etc. (P.S. I LOOOOVVVVEEEEE my boots!! 8D)

CON IS A MERE 2 WEEKS AWAY AND THERE'S STILL SCHOOL AND SHIET URGH (＃ﾟДﾟ)ニャー！！

Vest and the criss-crossing thingy below it


Thigh & Leg Harnesses

Thigh & Leg Harnesses

Thigh & Leg Harnesses

Thigh & Leg Harnesses (with boots)

Thigh & Leg Harnesses (with boots)

Torso (I don't know what else to call this angle ;;;)

Full body (Sorry for the wrong attempt at the salute OTL||||||)

I didn't wear the full costume (shirt and jacket) because the uniforms in SnK do not comply to the weather in my country (basically you'd just melt if you wear them in non-air conditioned places lol)

I have no idea how to put on the waist apron either so I just pinned it to my pants underneath the harness >_< On my second test run I think I'll try putting on the waist belt without going through the belt loops? Cos I don't see the belt loops on most cosplayers... On a second thought, the waist belt may just slip down while I'm walking LOL XD

Japanese Magazines October 2013

Well all I can say is that this month's issues have got to be one of the best.

Look at all that free (!) freebies 8D

Today's purchases!

So I bought these today! I only went shopping with the intention of buying the September issue of DGS but when I arrived there were the lovely NORN9 and miko-sensei's fanbooks sitting quietly on the shelves. I couldn't resist and I bought them altogether so in a way I killed 3 birds with 1 stone. My poor wallet though OTL

And then I saw THIS as well as a pile of Shingeki no Kyojin anime fanbooks lying on the same shelf and I was like crap I want them but I didn't bring enough money with me... Soujiiii bbyyy akjhfkajhjahk;g;akgh /cries/ I'll buy them some other time...

Death by Rejet

ｷﾀ━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━!!

So tonight will be the night where I will be ravished by a certain man called Suzuki Tatsuhisa and he will be set to destroy my precious.

Because

1)

2)

3)

REJET WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO US WHYYYYYYYY щ(ಥДಥщ)

さようなら世界…

Playing The Second Reproduction...

So I continued playing The Second Reproduction which I'd left off for about a year ago _(:з｣∠)_
I don't think I've ever mentioned before over here but I'm terrible at playing otome games without the help of walkthroughs. I usually end up getting the bad ends when I play without them OTL

The game's been released quite a long time ago already but I'm sure there are people out there who haven't played it yet so I'm gonna put up a SPOILER and SLIGHT NSFW warning for this post.

TESTAMENT by lasah 「Black Wolves Saga -Bloody Nightmare-」

If you have not listened to this song, please give it a try. It's a hauntingly beautiful song. Don't forget to check out the Black Wolves Saga series and OST as well!

Transliterated by me. Please take out with full credits. 

I do not guarantee that the lyrics or the song info are 100% accurate! If there are any corrections, please do not hesitate to inform me! :)

TESTAMENT

Song: lasah

Lyrics: Iwasaki Daisuke

Composer/Arranger: Tsuchiya Shunsuke

Yozora ni noko shita omoide ga 

Nagare ochite yuku subete 

Yume wo mita kara kanashige ni utau 

Na mo naki utahime ga kotokire 

Yagate mori wa shijima ni tsutsuma rete 

Hisoka ni uchiru wa kono negai to 

Anata no ai de kowashite hoshii 

Mukuna hitomi wo tsubu shite yo 

Fukaku kuchizuke oborete iku no 

Akaku somatta kono ai ni 

Ikue ni kasanari ami ageta 

Ai no kotodama ga moete

Nidoto aisanaide sonna niku shimi ga 

Watashi no mune no naka utsuna ku 

Tatoe yume ya maboroshi da to shite mo 

Shinjite inotta sou nando mo 

Anata no ai ni kora warete iru 

Yami ni nomareru tsuki no you ni 

Amai itami ga wasure saseru no 

Watashi no imi wo sou imi wo... 

Dare mo aisenai sonna noroi wo 

Ima sugu kakete hoshii kara 

Wasurerarenai kizuato ni sotto 

Mi wo yura netara me wo tojiru

English translation here

Seventh Heaven Vol 2 Review

I've run in on problems in school as of late and I figured I should just try and get them out of my head. So I'll write reviews for the drama CDs I've been listening to recently.

I settled on Seventh Heaven after spending the day trying to choose which CD to review on. I'll talk about volume 2 first because this volume really didn't turn out as I had expected it to. It's....so different from how I had imagined it to be... (0_0)

In case anyone is still wondering, Seventh Heaven is a series by Rejet about 7 beautiful shinigami butlers whom you (the listener and heroine in the story) come across when you harbour thoughts of truly wanting to die.

Beautiful death reapers, who can only be seen by women who truly want to die.

They are "Seventh Heaven".

Their singing voices have the hidden power to send souls to the other side, along with pleasure.

People say there are seven beautiful butlers living in "Hiiragi-kan", a mansion standing on the outskirts of town. The mansion doesn't have an owner, and those who enter never return… Upon hearing this ominous rumor, you decided to step into the mansion. 

There you will find a shocking truth, but you can never tell anyone about this.

Because—

(cr: Otome Jikan)

Official Site

My initial thoughts about this series:
It's not for the young! LOL. Not only cos of the um...stuff that Rejet enjoys torturing us with, but also because of the themes used in here. As compared to Diabolik Lovers and Wasurenagusa, Seventh Heaven is darker with more mature themes, mostly revolving around your 'death'. So I personally feel it's more suitable for the older audience. This is my own opinion anyways haha I could be wrong though... (^^ゞ

Brothers Conflict PV1 released!

The first PV for the Brothers Conflict anime is out! Can't wait for the series to start airing! ^_^ But before that...I have a lot of anime I have yet to watch....OTL....

Hehe I'm back for a while!

My friend bought me my hubby plushie~ It's so cute! Kyaaaaa thank you~! /huggies/

Hiatus...

I'm sorry for not updating stuff recently! I've already started my second year of college so I can only post during vacation periods...and my next vacation would be in June (;AAA;) Hence I will be on hiatus till then (and even then I can't be sure that I won't be loaded with holiday assignments ~.~) Apologies and hope to come back with more otome stuff! 8D