Just got back from my trip in Penang, and with it my headache as well. I can’t say it was the most enjoyable thing I’ve experienced in my life.

Ichibanzai 09′ was pretty crappy, a big gap compared to how it was last year although the quality of cosplayers had been upped a notch. The most notable ones being some character from Dot Hack, Clark Still, Cloud (I had enough of Cloud cosplayers) and Suzumiya Haruhi (this too).

Clark Still won the Best Cosplayer category by staying in-character throughout his presence on stage and he performed some moves as well. Suzumiya was very hyperactive although she fails by not portraying the character completely. Suzumiya Haruhi is a tsundere archetype yet her portrayal focused purely on the tsuntsun side and totally absent of the deredere side. Her incomplete cosplaying eventually led to her downfall, which otherwise would be an impressive one.

It seems that there is a slight alteration to my cosplay plans this year. Aside from the first two, Riesbyfe, Mariya, and a SECRET character, now I have another addition to my possible list of characters to cosplay.

It’s Shizuru Viola from Mai Otome. The only problem is getting my damn sunken face to puff up a little then it’ll be fine already. Sigh

If I do Shizuru then it’ll be donning her Garderobe outfit. Zounds!