#Toracon

[siflshonen]

Omg, could you tell us more about your experience at the con? how did they find out about the manga development?

Uh, okay, so some context is necessary here. lemme just copy-paste what I told my friend in the chat real quick.

This weekend I had the pleasure of being a guest handler for the cosplay contest judges at Tora-Con this year (look them up - they're all incredible!) and after the awards ceremonies, me and one of the judges hit up the day-ending Yaoi for 300 panel, which was hosted by the cheerily gay cosplay contest emcee dressed as Alfred Fire Emblem - er, mostly. The panel began with him kicking up his feet, looking to his co-host, ripping off his wig and saying, "It's been a day. Pass me the yaoi!"

Basically, the panelists had organized BL, yaoi, and “yaoi” titles and popular ships into goofy categories (wholesome, doomed, toxic, Baby's First Yaoi, divorced, old man, rivals, toxic and doomed, Komaeda, musical, etc.) with a different pairing (fanon, canon, whatever) per slide. As each popped up, the audience laughed, cheered, booed, whatever-ed in response. “Yaoi” was used loosely and of course there were slides for stuff like Supernatural, Sherlock, the red and yellow M&Ms, Bert and Ernie, Metal Gear Solid, Homestuck, Genshin Impact... Very broad and meant to garner reactions. In many ways it was a retrospective of the Greatest Hits of popular guyxguy ships on Tumblr, so for a lot of attendees it was really more like a walk down memory lane.

So like. They had several “My Hero yaoi” items in there like DabiHawks (which got a big reaction! The people love HotWings!), TodoDeku (got a polite reaction), KiriBaku (a mild reaction and some awwwwwws.) (The guest with whom I was attending with politely claps but shakes their head at TodoDeku, so after I was polite and was like, “I just like Todoroki to be included”, I then was more honestly like, “but dude it’s BakuDeku or nothin’!” and they were like, “Thank you. Thank goodness.” I didn't realize it then, but this moment heralded what was to come.)

Finally, near the end of the panel, BakuDeku comes up (with the anime still of Izuku as Katsuki's cane, of course) and the room FUCKING ROARS.

Our hosts (who evidently don't closely follow the series) go wide-eyed and then, after a pause, wigless Alfred Fire Emblem tries to take back the energy and goes, “Oh, so you make a big reaction for THAT?!” and it turns out I am not the only manga reader in attendance because then like half the room - myself, my escorted guest, and two other folks at our table at the center-front of the room included - scream in perfect synchronicity, “THAT ONE’S REAL!!!!!!!!!"

A person at my table - clearly also an anime-only - says with the playful innocence only an individual with a kind and sugar-sweet romantic heart can possess, “No! They were right with the KiriBaku! :)” and then turns to meet me and my guest's and another girl's eyes, and I watched as theirs widened in fear as we all looked them dead-on and said, “No, you don’t understand. THIS one is real.”

And the room got REAL quiet until the hosts changed slides to, like, I dunno, Gravitation or Yugioh or something and the energy picked back up.

[n4391]

Kohi Bean Shop's Toracon 2024 catalogue! 🐯 I'll have some new prints and keychains exclusively sold here first before my online shop reopens next month! I'm also apart of a Genshin stamp rally with 3 other lovely artists! SEE YOU THIS WEEKEND!

[snowiferart]

I had an amazing time at Toracon this weekend! I wish I had more time to meet other vendors, but chatting with attendees was really fun.

[stardust-megu]

I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be one of the cosplay guest judges at @tora-con next month! Thank you, guys, for having me! 💖

You can still sign up for their cosplay contest! I can't wait to see everyone's entries and see folks at the con! 💖

[cliffthedragon]

Just got home from toracon, had alot of fun hanging out with fursuiters, wore both my protogen and dragon suit

[ghostcosplays]

Toracon was kinda mid tbh. There was a lot of issues and a lot of dumb shit done by the con runners. At leasti got to see friends and got a selfie with a Gojo and a Ghost.

[manookie]

Tora-con’s over now, but that was so rad. I got a bunch of art prints and pins- Not to mention Gianni Matragrano signed my fucking laptop, which was funny as hell.

[twinkle-art]

oh, my daddy said shoot

[judgedarts]

artist alley appearances

hey everyone, i just wanted to make a list of cons I'll be attending this year! super stoked to be tabling again :,)

MAGfest (National Harbor, MD) 1/18-1/21 ✅

Anime Washington (Tacoma, WA) 1/27-1/28✅

Galaxycon Richmond (Richmond, VA) 3/15-3/17✅

Toracon (Rochestor, NY) 3/23-3/24 ✅

Sakuracon (Seattle, WA) 3/28-3/31✅

LVL UP Expo (Las Vegas, NV) 4/26-4/28

Castle Point Anime Con (Secaucus, NJ) 4/27-4/28

Kogaracon (Edison, NJ) 5/4

ACEN (Chicago, IL) 5/17-5/19

Fanime (San Jose, CA) 5/24-5/27

Rhode Island Anime Con (Providence, RI) 6/16-6/17

Anime Expo (Los Angeles, CA) 7/4-7/7

Small Press Expo (Bethesda, MD) 9/14-9/15

Anime NYC (NYC, NY) 9/23-9/25 Anime Weekend Atlanta (Atlanta, GA) 12/12-12/15

i'll be updating this list as i hear back from more conventions🫶❤️!

[n4391]

The world wouldn't be the same without these iconic girlies... (Do you remember them all?!)

[snowiferart]

I'll be at Toracon in spot D4 this weekend! Come say Hi if you'll be there!

[stardust-megu]

Hi everyone! One of the cosplays that I've been working on is Maid Zakuro from Tokyo Mew Mew! I more so did the old design and added a few elements from the new one! It was a fun and easier project to help decompress from some of my intense builds.

Zakuro has been on my cosplay list for decades! I've been a huge Tokyo Mew Mew fan since I was a kid. I had the manga, watched the old anime, and even watched the reboot! Though this is a more simple looking build, there was lots of hard work done to bring it together! I'm actually pleased with how it came out!

I'll be debuting this cosplay this weekend at Tora Con (which I'm also a guest!). I'll reveal the other cosplay, which days I'll be wearing each and my schedule soon!

Wig: @ardawigs Venus Classic (Plum). Styled a bit by me.

Cosplay made by me!

[mifs]

going to toracon tomorrow and i need to broadcast Very Loudly that i am a homosexual communist

[gogoutoriart]

Venti note pad! 

I made these for ToraCon and still have some left that I’ll have in an online shop very soon~ (8x4″ 50pgs full color)

[avicebro]

Haul from Toracon! Had a lot of fun with the gang and also showing my wife their first con! A lot of Chainsaw Man, just cause I'm hoping to make an AkiAngel itabag for the next con I go to

Also where is all of the fate merch wahhhhhhhhhhhhh

[manookie]

First day of Tora-con was such a blast