#afasg2016

date of event: 26th november 2016

Okamoto Nobuhiko Meet & Greet

OMFGGGG IT REALLY HAPPENED! I WENT OVER TO THE VENUE AS PER REQUESTED. GOSH THE QUEUE WAS FREAKING LONG BY THE TIME I GOT THERE. Tbh, I was taking my own sweet time and didn’t expect the queue, hence that queue number of 133/150 hahah.... 

When he finally appeared, literally the whole lot of us were screaming and cheering for him. He began by answering some of the questions that the audience asked and then it was the start of the autograph session. Sadly, we aren’t allowed to get our name written on the board TT_TT

I was honestly shaking, thinking about meeting and talking to him. Even as I write this post, I could still remember the interaction we had ;AA; When it was my turn, Nobu showed off his wonderful angel smile and signed the board. Amidst of that, I just went for it and talk to him in my “wonderful” Japanese. 

Me: I’ve always been a fan of you. Now and forever I will support you so keep fighting on! (ずっとあなたのファンでした。これからも応援しますので、頑張ってください！)

Okamoto: Uwah, I’m happy! Thank you. (うわ、嬉しい！ありがとう！)

Okamoto: Btw, which character I’ve voiced, do you like?

Me: /immediately/ ROLLING THUNDER, Nishinoya! 

Okamoto: AH AH! From Haikyuu! 

Me: And also, Obi from Shirayuki-hime! 

Okamoto: I see I see, thank you for the constant support! /hands over the autograph board/

I was over the moon by the time I exited the stage and kept thinking about his beautiful smile. Honestly he was like this cute furball of happiness and he worked hard to interact with each of us during the fan signing. 

Lastly we took a group shot together and I can only see a glimpse of myself in the photo :’) All in all, it was truly a memorable experience.

Thank you, Okamoto Nobuhiko!

Matsuoka Yoshitsugu & Kanae Ito Meet & Greet

Due to the Nobu private event fanmeet, I had to miss Sword Art Online main stage event that featured Matsuoke Yoshitsugu and Kanae Ito. I sped walk my way through the crowd and reached at the venue for the SAO seiyuu meet and greet session. 

Well, that was my 2nd TIME to see Matsuoka-san but I was still nervous as ever. After a long line, finally it was my turn! /prepare for some incoming epic fail/

Me: Happy Birthday, Kanae-san!

Kanae: Uwa, I’m really happy for the wish! Thank you! /pass me the autograph board/

Me: /move infront of Matsuoka and look at him/ 

Matsuoka: /pass me some SAO flyers/

Me: Thank you. /take the flyers and walk away/ 

YES GUYS I TOTALLY WENT BLANK AND SPEECHLESS WHEN I SAW MATSUOKA!!!! /punch self/ I WANTED TO SAY SO MANY THINGS LIKE I MET YOU 2 YEARS AGO DURING AFASG14 AND LIKE HOW I LOVE YOUR VOICE ACTING AS SOUMA AND AND AND ... gosh such a fail.. I totally walked away feeling so pathetic haha...

Anyways, it was a great great experience and I was honestly lucky to get to meet few of my favourite voice actor. Below are the autograph board signed by them~! Treasuring these board forever!! 

So thank you AFASG for bringing them over to little tiny Singapore! I’m just hoping that Kaji Yuki or Natsuki Hanae or Ishikawa Kaito or or or many more will come over for a meet and greet session! YESS THROWING MONEY IN THE AIR HAHAHA :’)

Well, till again AFA. See you in 2017!

If you do, here’s why. I have to admit it does seem strange because aesthetically he doesn’t seem one bit like the type I would go for. So putting aside my other opinions with him arguably having the best character development, voice acting and characterization, and being the precious bundle of cinnamon fluff that he is. Yoosung Kim is the one character I can relate to, most intricately on the loss of a very dear loved one that have suffered from a medical condition. The inconsolable pain fueled by rippling agony. I felt I was looking at myself once again then. It was so real and close to my heart. There were many times I wanted to hold him and tell him that it’s absolutely fine to feel lost, helpless and that yes, it seemed as though the whole world was closing in on you, suffocating under its weight in impenetrable darkness. Snuffing out the radiance and blurring your memories of her. You sink into an infinite and there you stay dormant in limbo, unwilling to wake up. Reality is a hateful place, filled with demons and you are in tatters with no weapons to fight them.

My mother was certified with clinical depression and took her own life when I was sixteen. And like Rika, she was my sun. And exactly like him, I asked all the same questions as I stared at her coffin. How could you have left me behind without saying anything? We didn’t even get to say goodbye. You would never have done this. I don’t believe this. No, my mother would never have killed herself, she was such a happy person. There must be a mistake. You said I was your world. I love you. I love you so much.Denial. It was the only comfort I knew. The only shield I had. I tried finding pieces of her in the hurt, in the ocean of tears I have shed. But alas, darkness breeds more darkness and they spawn like wild fire. The hounds of hell run far and wide. I was blind to the world before me.

But I was lucky, like how Yoosung was lucky to have met you. Love is no gallant knight, but a serpent, your serpent. It’s coils are numerous and they tighten around you, it forces out the pain and dread leaving you gasping for air. Your vision clears and you remember. I have to live, I cannot die. I am your legacy that you have left behind. And that every sun is a star and they will eventually die, that the memories we have made together are the fuel of that fire. I was lost once but I’m here now. Life has no reset button but an infinite parallel of possibilities. And I will, as you have told me countless times before, in your bedroom as you stroke my hair and coax me to sleep. I will honour the dead by living well, and never forget that you loved me till the very end. Because those were the last words that left your lips that fateful night. And love, is all we will ever have in this cruel battlefield.

It is what we live for.