Just a quick blurb on Sakura-con 2009. I'm sure a more proper one will be posted when we're not so tired.

Sakura-con 2009 was great for the Shinsengumi cosplayers. I think we had a group of about 18 strong including some Kenshin cosplayers who merged with our group. When you're in a crowd of like 18 cosplayers most with swords and all dressed as samurai, you don't move. I don't know how many photos were taken of us, but I wouldn't be surprised if over a hundred different people through the 3 hrs we did the Shinsengumi cosplay took our pics. Much, much fun as usual with the Shinsen crew. We did the usual march, more photos, etc. NOW the con was ridiculously fun. XD SomeGuy said it best I think, no matter how many other cosplays we have and stuff, the most fun is always the Shinsengumi group. When else can you goof off and act like a bunch of idiots pretending to be samurai, marching through a con and waving a giant red and white flag around?

Some things of note this year:
We had our first Suzu! We were so happy to see a Suzu cosplayer from the PMK manga! Also, while marching through the dealers' room, we got called back by the Japan Consulate booth for photos! lol. One of them was even dressed in full regalia and helmet armor, so she looked like she could have been a Shogun whom the Shinsengumi group were surrounding. Very cool.

Photos of Scon09 to follow.