I had a realization today about what makes anime cons truly special and it wasn't quite what I thought
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At many events you have exhibitors, artists and creators, showing off to people interested
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But at anime cons, thousands of people walking around are artists and creators. They share not only mutual interest, but mutual /doing/
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Brought together because they're making things, not merely because they're fans
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This is pretty much the origin/core concept behind doujin events like Comiket. Doujin = "shared interest". Started off swapping, not selling
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And people still swap - that time I got something done for Reitaisai I wound up with a lot of cool stuff from circles I'd never heard about.
12:43 PM - 14 May 2017
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