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[Puri Chan]

Tommorow is the concert. But Sunday if the Q&A, followed by another Autograph session. That when I will give Ishikawa flowers and Yoshikaza (April 12) her flowers and a present. I hopefully I will get a hand shake.

Wow! that was my longest post. Now I have to write a Birthday card to Yoshizawa and rearrange my flower bouquets.

Wow Wow Wow *__* .... You are very lucky !!!
I'm jealous T-T

My dream is give a gift to Yossi in her bday !!! *-*
You will realize my dream

I'ts a shame that I live in another country =\
if I lived in the USA, I would see them anyway

So... i repeat.. you have very luck

[m(Vo_oV)m]

becharm,

It would be insane if that happened in LA with all of the current MM members. Chou exciting!


Puri Chan,

Thanks! I will carry your wish with me on that day.

[αλε-сиαη]

Lucky guys!
Rikkachi looks so pretty in pics, and yossie looks amazing. OMG, i also want one of those autogrpahs

[ddrchik]

i could have gone to this instead of pre registering for AX and after that story really wish i had ;_;

[Zorr]

Reading the posts in this thread of how you guys met Rika and Yossie is just wonderful

I'm incredibly jealous but it's really nice to hear how you guys got to fulfil your dreams and meet them so close, even talk to them. I wish I had been able to go to this, it sounds like they made a good effort to make the girls approchable, like having the translators on hand and having the girls nearby.

[RYBO316]

PM me if you guys wants to see the group pic of H+A.

Spoiler

Our buddies at 2ch have seemed to discover the photo. I don't want to create a big stink by posting it on here and get some bad heat from the JH!P people.

But it does show how much fun the girls seem to be having.

[Charmie]

Hi RYBO316,

A quick question for you, would it be possible for someone who doesn't read Japanese to get info from the 2ch site? I know they have a 4-ch.net mirror site. But it only has a limited number of English info pages (the Mobile link), and an English translation of the 2ch front page (the Portal link). When I click any link on that page, it still brings me to the original Japanese 2ch page.
Thanks!

[matadesuyo8]

Found this circulating on the net. It's an edited shot from a group pic of several fans with H&A at Sakura-con.


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[RYBO316]

^^

I don't know much japanese either all I did was go on 2ch and searched for hangry and angry on the search bar theb just browsed through the comments and saw the unedited pic.

[Yossy no enzeru]

I'm new in this forum. I've been just reading it. To everyone who is going, have a great time! It makes me sad to read these things, because I can't go(I live so far away)and I'm not sure will I see them here..but I hope I see Yossy someday. Sorry about my bad English

[RYBO316]

For everyone who has asked me for the pic, The earliest I'll be able to get the pic out to you guys is at 4:00pm EST. I'm currently at work and won't be home until that time.

[metayero]

http://viewmorepics....?...3&i=1043453

[nonolol]

^
Cool pics

I wonder how rika would react if you told her your looking forward to seeing her on bijo houdan next week , maybe then they will know how up to date we are.

[Yo Jimbo]

Hey guys so apparently the autographs before the concert isn't happening... I asked the people manning the merch booth and that's where I got it from. Any of you guys know anything about it? Cuz I can only make it to the con today.

[turbos86]

Fan cam video from Sakura Con 2009 Opening Ceremony with H&A

[ItsudemoAibon]

^
Well, that's a little mean. Otaku has a negative connotation, doesn't it?

And, for this, they were supposed to be H&A, not Yossy and Rika, so they had to pretend they WEREN'T Rika and Yossy, right?

I'm surprised they were able to get that close. Usually the guests are ultra-guarded (unless they're Shokotan)

EDIT: And doesn't H!O have the exclusive deal w/ JapanFiles? So shouldn't we be getting up-close with them and not jph!p?

I don't think the term 'otaku' has the negative stigma (meaning geek/nerd) that it did. On Momoko's English-language Doga Doga 7 vid she says "we have otaku channel" meaning something for anime fans.......

And JPH!P is unmatched anywhere on the planet for Rika Ishikawa devotion...........I imagine they would be first in line ANYWHERE they could have a chance to meet her.

I gotta go visit their website and read all of the gushing commentary............

[TurtleFu]

^
I only wish the guys at jph!p weren't such unabashed perverts. I hope they didn't do anything to make Rika uncomfortable.
Even so, I still think someone from H!O should have got to be near them, because we have the partnership and jph!p doesn't.

And otaku means someone who is devoted to a certain thing as a hobby, but it's more commonly used for anime fans. In Japan, 'otaku' is like 'wotagei'. They're labels you don't really want.

[.Brian]

"They're labels you don't really want."
And you know that because...?

[markRAWR]

They're labels you don't really want.

Intruiging, i though there were alot of people who pride themselves on these titles.
It's surprising as Otaku can be used to describe anyone. E.g Music Otaku, Whats wrong with that?

I have alot of mates who proudly call themselves Weeaboo's.

[TurtleFu]

I'll reword it.
People who like anime and the like certainly pride themselves on how much they know about their favorite show. Same with wota and idols.
However, to the average person (read: non-fan) that extreme is a little strange. To people who AREN'T 'otaku' or 'wota', those types of people are strange and weird. You can't deny that the large amount of wota in the idol business turn the average person off.

I know this because of the interactions I've had with the Japanese students in my class.