#seiyuus are amazing in their range of expression holy shit

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FUCKIN AIMI, THE VOICE OF KASUMI TOYAMA IS THE SAME VA AS KOTOKO YUZURIHA???

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Yoppi C93 Watashikai Report

So I actually had no intention of going to the watashikai in the first place as it was way too expensive, and I had to save up for Bus Tour as well as the Solo Events, which is why I skipped days 1 and 2 of Comiket because those are the two days the watashikai tickets were supposed to be given out, but turns out I was fated to meet my oshi regardless.

Number 72. When I went to buy it, they had at least 50 left. I feel bad for Yoppi...

I went on Day 3 to get some doujins as well as see Yoppi from a distance because I’m free and why not right? So after I got the doujins I decided to go check out the booth a few hours before the watashikai, and lo and behold, the tickets were still being given out. Me, being the financially unstable idiot that I am, bought it on the spot, the exact thing I was avoiding, and only after buying did I realise “shit, I’m going to have to eat grass for the entire month”. But eh, I get to talk to Yoppi, and I happened to bring all my Yoppi armour with me, so I went along with it.

Come 2PM, and it is time for the watashikai. We get lined up, and I was all the way at the back for obvious reasons. A user on Twitter (@Al_dente_NA_YA) was calculating the time each person spoke to Yoppi and posted it on Twitter, and it ranged between 15 to 30 seconds, so I was quite anxious over whether I could tell Yoppi everything I wanted to say. A friend of mine, fellow WUGner ceviche came over to the watashikai area to speak to me and I made him feel my heartbeat and he went “holy shit” over how fast it was beating over my excitement and anxiety. Regardless, time passes and it was our line’s turn to go to the booth. The person that was standing in front of me was the person I was conversing with the entire time I was in line, and when our line was at the booth everything he said to me I could pay no attention to because of how nervous I was. Thankfully, he understood how I felt and laughed it off. Before it was my turn, seeing Yoppi speak to other people with so much joy and excitement already brought a huge stupid smile on my face. She is so cute, everything she does is so cute, the way she speaks and moves her hands is so cute. Argh she is just so cute.

Anyway, it’s finally my turn and I go up to her. The first thing she says is 「ちょっと待ってね」 and starts drinking water using a straw in the cutest way possible with her eyes locked to mine. She knows exactly how to play with a seiyuu otaku’s heart, extremely dangerous. I was stunned, I had no idea how to react and I tried so hard not to blush at how absolutely cute it was. After she was done with her drink, I opened by saying 「緊張でドキドキ」 which should have honestly been said the other way around, but I was so nervous proper sentences refused to come out of my mouth. She understood that, looking at her facial expression, and with the most worried face replied 「そうですよね、、、」and I quickly got my act together and named myself. She didn’t say a word and simply said 「ñ̺̻̩͡ȧ͎̪̓̚m̹̬͎̪̅̀̄͒̀ẻ͍̝̰ͪ͗ͤͨͩくんね！」 as though she had heard my name before. At that point I realised, she probably remembered me from the previous meeting (and while I don’t mean to brag, I do stand out, a lot), and continued with the conversation normally. I told her how I listened to the Kumamoto City FM radio show called たまごの声, which she was a guest in in the previous one which aired two nights ago, and she was so surprised and exclaimed her thanks. I then mentioned how she said she wanted to be a personality that could represent Kumamoto during said show, and said that is a naive goal to reach for. She, in a surprised manner, replied with a long 「おー」 and I said she should be aiming to represent the entirety of Kyushu! She had a huge smile on her face at that point and replied with how I’m right, and I responded with a yeah, and I broke into the first thing I wanted to tell her about. I asked her whether she remembered the radio show she did in 2014 (聞いとっと！？よしのモン。, of course she remembers dumbo) and she nodded and asked 「うんうん、きいてくれてたの？」 to which I replied yes. I then told her how I want her to do a radio again and she nodded her head and agreed (or so I think, it felt like she dodged the question orz). At this point, my thirty seconds were up and the person that was keeping time started patting me, signaling me to wrap it up and leave. My adrenaline rushed and I started speaking really quickly, and I told Yoppi to release a photobook. She didn’t get me the first time because of how quickly I spoke, so I said it again and she nodded with an okay! And finally to wrap it up, I told her I was going to Aomori for the Solo live and with the biggest most adorable smile on her face she said thank you, and we waved each other with bye byes. I almost tripped leaving the area because of my adrenaline rush. I was able to speak to her for 36 seconds, 6 seconds over the allowed time.

After the whole thing was over I went back to ceviche who watched the whole ordeal and commented over how I didn’t spaghetti as much as he thought I would, and I was pretty calm over the whole thing. I most definitely was not! My throat and mouth were completely dry after that exchange, and I was more nervous and anxious about this than my sixth form final examinations. In order to not forget this amazing moment in my life, I quickly jotted down the entire conversation, from memory, onto Google Keep, which I am using as a reference to write this report right now.

But that is not all. After the event, I realised I don’t need a dakimakura cover, especially of a character I don’t particularly like, from a show I didn’t particularly enjoy, so I decided to quickly head to Akihabara and maybe sell it for at least half the price I bought it for. I quickly rushed to the train, and headed to Akiba as quickly as I can, and ran to K-books. I got my kaitori number and waited to be called. When I was finally called and I placed the dakimakura cover on the desk, I was asked if this was from Comiket, to which I replied “Yes, it’s from today.” and the staff looked in a huge list of C93 goods, and named the price he could give me.

10,500 yen.

That’s a 500 yen profit. I sold it immediately, on the spot. Can you believe it? I got to get a ticket to a watashikai on a day it’s not supposed to sold anymore, I got to speak to Yoppi for 36 seconds and get to see her drinking water and call my name, and then make a 500 yen profit over the whole thing.

What an amazing end to an amazing year.

Proof of sale in case noone believes me.