C71 - Crowds

Heres the last of the Comike coverage.
Attend events at Tokyo Big Site regularly but this was my first Comike. I was surprised to see queues of people in really odd places and realized that they were part of the queue to get in and that the flow of people wrapped around Big Site several (?) times.

This is a picture of a person screaming his lungs out shouting "For your safety, please do not walk on the escalator" which I thought was fine because the escalator was packed. Then he went on to say "If you walk then the escalator may break" at which point I was thinking "oh just go home you prat."

The best part was when I was lead to the press area where there were no queues but staff waiting to attend to the crowds. I got on to an escalator and started to walk. Two men started to scream "dont walk!" I just stood there laughing because I was the only one on the escalator. Following rules is fine but you will find that some people go too far enforcing them.

I love these signs - Dont stop, Dont sit and dont take pictures. I wanted to sort out some stuff in my bag but couldn't stop! I thought "sod this" and went to a corner to put my bag down. A guy ran up to me saying "it is forbidden to stop here! Move along!"
He then took some of my stuff and placed them within an area surrounded by a blue line. "You can stop here."

Just like the Tokyo Game Show and Tokyo Anime Fair, I thought that these bags were given out for free - makes sense because the carrie becomes a walking advertisement. But alas no - you have to buy something that usially costs more than ||5000|.

Unlike previous events, the Comike use halls in the East *and* west.

If you are planning to attend a Comike for the first time, take a bottle of water and a good pair of walking shoes. Take some tissue too for nose bleeds.

My next Comike should have me spending the morning in the cosplay area and then the afternoon in the halls.

On the way home - these people are queuing up for a bus.