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Kinokuniya and Yaoi-Con.
Sep. 19th, 2010 04:40 pmI swung by Kinokuniya yesterday because it's been so long since I've been, even though I'm at the point where I have to special order of most of my series. [And in writing the preceding sentence, I just realized I forgot to check for new Genbu Kaiden, d'oh!]
To my pleasant surprise, they had a bunch of stuff I wanted: Koisuru Boukun 6, Junjou Romantica 13, and all three currently released volumes of Kimi ga Koi ni Oboreru. In fact, they seemed to have ported over all of the Takanaga Hinako stuff I had had to get from the SF store last time. (I wonder what yaoi series got kicked out, since the section as a whole didn't look particularly expanded.)
While scanning the books in, the checkout guy said, "You know she's coming here, right?" I looked at him blankly, trying to process his statement. Did he mean Takanaga-sensei? Did he mean "here" as in Kinokuniya? Or the United States? After a few seconds, he added, "...to Yaoi-Con." (I think maybe he didn't want to be the first to say it. ^^;;) The lightbulb went on, and I said, "Oh, yeah." Then, after a beat, "I did't think you would know." Not in a "are you a closet yaoi fan or something" way, you understand, just in a "why would you ever know that" way. [I was kind of sleep deprived yesterday, so it took time for things to percolate through my brain.]
So he explained that Kinokuniya goes up there every year, which makes lots of sense. Though I still kind of wonder why the SJ branch would care; seems like it would mostly be the SF store involved. Then again, maybe they need to pool inventory or staff or something to handle all the fangirls. The guy read Tanakanaga-sensei's name out loud from the cover, as if confirming to himself that he had the guests right. (After all, Nakamura Shungiku isn't going...) Then he said, "There's another person, too... uh..." "Yamane Ayano," I supplied for him. By then, the transaction was finished, so I left.
It was kind of a surreal conversation. But it made me more excited for Yaoi-Con. And more conflicted about prioritizing which guests I want to see. Okiayu-sama obviously has to come first, but I still can't decide if -- assuming I could even get a second session -- I want to see Takanaga-sensei or Lynn Flewelling. Especially with Glimpses coming out and being the perfect thing to ask her to autograph. I know it could all be a moot point, but I still have to be prepared for the possibility. One month to decide!
To my pleasant surprise, they had a bunch of stuff I wanted: Koisuru Boukun 6, Junjou Romantica 13, and all three currently released volumes of Kimi ga Koi ni Oboreru. In fact, they seemed to have ported over all of the Takanaga Hinako stuff I had had to get from the SF store last time. (I wonder what yaoi series got kicked out, since the section as a whole didn't look particularly expanded.)
While scanning the books in, the checkout guy said, "You know she's coming here, right?" I looked at him blankly, trying to process his statement. Did he mean Takanaga-sensei? Did he mean "here" as in Kinokuniya? Or the United States? After a few seconds, he added, "...to Yaoi-Con." (I think maybe he didn't want to be the first to say it. ^^;;) The lightbulb went on, and I said, "Oh, yeah." Then, after a beat, "I did't think you would know." Not in a "are you a closet yaoi fan or something" way, you understand, just in a "why would you ever know that" way. [I was kind of sleep deprived yesterday, so it took time for things to percolate through my brain.]
So he explained that Kinokuniya goes up there every year, which makes lots of sense. Though I still kind of wonder why the SJ branch would care; seems like it would mostly be the SF store involved. Then again, maybe they need to pool inventory or staff or something to handle all the fangirls. The guy read Tanakanaga-sensei's name out loud from the cover, as if confirming to himself that he had the guests right. (After all, Nakamura Shungiku isn't going...) Then he said, "There's another person, too... uh..." "Yamane Ayano," I supplied for him. By then, the transaction was finished, so I left.
It was kind of a surreal conversation. But it made me more excited for Yaoi-Con. And more conflicted about prioritizing which guests I want to see. Okiayu-sama obviously has to come first, but I still can't decide if -- assuming I could even get a second session -- I want to see Takanaga-sensei or Lynn Flewelling. Especially with Glimpses coming out and being the perfect thing to ask her to autograph. I know it could all be a moot point, but I still have to be prepared for the possibility. One month to decide!
