(2) AB 2022 T-shirts. I usually get one, but I wanted two this year. I always get one to have like a collection and never wear any. I wanted one to wear this time.
(1) AB Clear Blue water tumbler.
(1) Red Tanooki Backpack
(3) Face Masks (Tanooki/Usagi/Kitsune)
(3) Kaginado gacha packs. Got a Rin, Kyou, and Nayuki set. (Wanted Mizusu, but happy with Nayuki)
I went a bit wild this year, so here's some of the more noteworthy items I bought or traded for:
CDs:
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Game Boy Soundtrack
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Switch Soundtrack
- Touhou: Perfect Cherry Blossom Orchestrated Soundtrack
- Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack
- .hack//Game Music Perfect Collection
DVDs & BluRays:
- Buttobi CPU (This OVA has been an injoke with my friends for a very long time; was shocked to find a copy)
- The Disapparance of Nagato Yuki-chan: Complete Collection
- Excel Saga: Volume 1 (Always wanted to see it)
- Ghost Stories: Complete Collection
- Magic Knight Rayearth: Complete Collection
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Season 1 collector's edition
Manga:
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: Volume 2 (in Japanese)
- Lucky Star: Volume 6
- Pokémon Adventures: Platinum: Volumes 2 & 3
Video Games:
- Mega Man X Collection (PS2)
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Game Boy)
- Final Fantasy VII and VIII double pack (Switch)
Misc.:
- AB 2022 T-shirt
- A-chan tote bag
- AB 2022 enamel pin set (Also traded some extras to get the two chaser pins)
- AB "Back from hiatus!" button
- AB "Needs Coffee" button
- AB "A-chan in witch's hat" button
- AB 2010 pin (Gift for a close friend, whose first year attending was 2010)
- Boruto drawstring bag (x2)
- So I'm A Spider, So What? drawstring bag
- Demon Slayer drawstring bag
- Waluigi action figure
- Game Boy color changing glass
- Medium cup of dice
- Pokémon TCG Marnie card
- 3D printed Chao Crate Switch game card holder
I am very proud of self for actually not goin broke this con!
Only thing purchased have been some pins for a friend... all else of new-to-me swag came from the SwapMeet!
Bless all your fellow nerds trading so much cool stuff with me ~♪
Maid Cafe - '18, '19, '22
why, yes, I have been goin to this con since day 1. Wanna brain-break on the age math?
Trinkets and Extras:
-Bang Dream: Girls Band Party - Chararium RICH Acrylic Keychain [Blind Box] (Got Ran, Kasumi, Tae, and Ako)
-A box Hololive Weiss Schwarz Boosters
-A couple packs of non-WS Hololive cards
-Various books from Artist Alley
Piplup Plush cosplays
2008-2012: Team Fortress 2 Scout
2013-2014: Fourth Doctor Fate/Grand Order plush puppets
2018: Jeanne d'Arc Alter and Oda Nobunaga
2019: Jeanne d'Arc Alter, Oda Nobunaga, and Okita Souji
Okay, here's what I managed to pick up after the long years of waiting:
Blu-ray Discs:
Wicked City
Demon City Shinjuku
Memories
Appleseed (OVA)
Devilman Lady
Legend of Black Heaven
Ninja Scroll TV
Hakaider (Hyper Destroyer Edition)
Cyber City Oedo 808
Doomed Megalopolis
Manga:
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Vol. 6, 8~14
One Piece Vol. 95, 97, 98, 99
Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle Vol. 6
Fist of the North Star Vol. 5 (VIZ Signature edition)
AB Merchandise: This year's shirt and pin, and an orange tote bag
1. My favorite (and most costly) purchase of the weekend was the Yu Yu Hakusho Memorial CD Box I snagged in the dealer's room for $150 ($162 with my card). Worth every cent.
2. A kimono from the dealers room that I got for $80.
3. A few art prints and key chains from artist alley.
4. Yu Yu Hakusho 'info cards' (I'm not certain of the precise name for them), they have various bits of info about the characters throughout the series. Interesting thing about them is I'm pretty sure they were made during the production of the anime, one reason being that on the back of one there's a scene that was portrayed in a way only seen in the manga (but shown on the card itself in the anime style). Also a few of the characters are depicted with incorrectly colored hair.
Anime Boston 2022 lineup:
basic goth lolita (attempting to anyway)
Late to responding to this, but I rounded out a ton of series for manga/light novels this year to both splurge in one place and complete as much as possible. I got other merch and things, but the manga and light novels were the highlight as an avid reader and collector.
Highlights of the List are:
Manga:
Heavenly Delusion
Kakegurui
Knight of the Ice
Something's Wrong With Us
Magus of the Library
Sweat and Soap
Black Butler
The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World
Pretty Boy Detective Club
Jujutsu Kaisen
The Ancient Magus Bridge
Oresama Teacher
Light Novels
The Hero Laughs While Walking the Path of Vengeance a Second Time
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead To Doom!
The White Cat's Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King's Lap
I'll admit, I really wanted to slam down the full stack of Ascendance of a Bookworm too, but I just read the entire series on the J-novel app when it was on catch-up (AKA read the entire series for free without paying for the volumes), so I knew if I got it a reread would take some time to get to. I'll hold off on that for next con when I hope they have a booth and I can support directly!
Also known as Kashi Cosplay!
Currently Sewing: Leif from Bug Fables; Iori Izumi from Idolish7
Future Cosplay Plans: Marielle from "The Tales of Marielle Clarac," Trey Clover from Twisted Wonderland, Yor from SpyxFamily
Video Games:
- Mega Man X Collection (PS2)
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Game Boy)
- Final Fantasy VII and VIII double pack (Switch)
Misc.:
- AB 2022 T-shirt
- A-chan tote bag
- AB 2022 enamel pin set (Also traded some extras to get the two chaser pins)
- AB "Back from hiatus!" button
- AB "Needs Coffee" button
- AB "A-chan in witch's hat" button
- AB 2010 pin (Gift for a close friend, whose first year attending was 2010)
- Boruto drawstring bag (x2)
- So I'm A Spider, So What? drawstring bag
- Demon Slayer drawstring bag
- Waluigi action figure
- Game Boy color changing glass
- Medium cup of dice
- Pokémon TCG Marnie card
- 3D printed Chao Crate Switch game card holder
Even if it shows little stuff like broken rock Pokémon, an arbok that regrows, and a poliwhirl that is pierced by a fearow (double team), it's still not awful. Just keep in mind that some of them become a little harder to find once you reach the 4th generation. particularly during the age of black and white
