#otakon2023 thread incoming 
This was one of the best cons I've been to in a long time! I saw so many friends old and new, and got to hang out with the Feebeehive a lot. To start off, here's some kimchi beef ramen from the critically acclaimed Szechuan restaurant Reren I had on Day 0 with my hotel roommate 🍜
When you're trying to save Norvrandt but still do Dead tour on the weekends ⚡💀🌹☮
It was probably too hot to do my Academia Eorzea cosplays, so I did a low effort casual hippie G'raha on Friday
#otakon #otakon2023 #cosplay #casualcosplay #gratefuldead #grahatia #deadandcompany
I barely made it into the first panel of the con, an elf ear making workshop, but mine didn't quite turn out how I liked D: After that I watched the FF Fanfest stream from my friend's hotel room, then went to the anime music panel with voice actress Junko Iwao and composer/bassist Ryu Kawamura. Then a quick 🅱️orger before the Friday Idolfest
G'RAHA HIJACK LOL 😹
The Friday Idolfest, one of the events at the con I was looking forward to the most! It was so nice chatting with Phoebe, and I met a few other overseas idols like ChiRi Girls and Alex Pinku. I'm looking forward to collab-ing on music with all of you someday! And Phoebe gave me a custom cheki with Grateful Dead-themed doodles :3
Last minute #lovelive #cosplay meetup, organized by @zmcadler ! The new backgrounds in the cosplay meetup area were nice 
#otakon #otakon2023 #lovelivecosplay #ラブライブ #lovelivesunshine #ラブライブサンシャイン #コスプレ
After the meetup I briefly rested in my room, but I could still see my friend Panranger's yakkai shenanigans from my room :o Then we scouted out a rooftop bar, but it turned out to be a loud normie club 
When you're that one weird nerdy kid but then do one hit of LSD*
*in minecraft
Did another casual raver Alphinaud #cosplay for Saturday, and had a random encounter with some other Warriors of Light
#otakon #otakon2023 #casualcosplay #alphinaud #ffxiv #ffxivcosplay
We have Fanfest at home 
The event I've been waiting for all year, the #ffxiv voice actors' panel! Everyone was still hyped from the Dawntrail trailer, so the twins did a little skit arguing about tacos, and Bethan Walker proclaimed herself a "mom against catboys" ;_;
FUCK IT WE BALL :Laffeydrink:
A super fancy dinner at a Japanese restaurant, organized by the DC Love Live crew, along with some strong drinks @_@;
Oh, forgot to mention Saturday afternoon I went to one of the other big events of the con, Phoebe's solo live, and her first (almost) all-original hour-long performance (I think?)! "Barely making it on time" seems to be a theme of this con, but I got a custom cheki with us doing the Jerry Garcia pose right before the FFXIV panel. Then Sunday I saw Ryu Kawamura's "jazz in anime" panel along with Colin Ryan's panel.
#otakon #otakon2023 #anison #anisong #アニソン #overseasidol #ffxiv
The final event of the con, the Sunday idolfest! I only caught the last 2 acts, but the last one was one of the first male overseas idols I've seen :o And of course Phoebe was there
MISSION COMPREE. The #ffxiv VAs stayed past their deadline to sign lots of autographs, and I got my Encyclopedia Eorzea signed along with my #copic drawing, which Colin Ryan liked :D I also got #AmaLee 's autograph, who did the monologue on #porterrobinson 's song Fellow Feeling. And I 🐳🐳🐳'd on #Touhou CDs last minute at Retro Saikou. SEE YOU NEXT MISSION o7
slow riot for new zero numazu