Okay, so this last weekend was ai-kon for me. This was my second year going & I think it will be a year to remember. I don't know where I should start.

I took more pictures this year than I've ever taken in my life. Here are a bunch of the cosplays I encountered:

ANIME CHARACTERS
- Hughes, Ed, Roy (FMA)
- Kantarou & Haruka (Tactics)
- Sakura (Tsubasa Chronicle)
- Tamaki & Haruhi (Ouran High School Host Club)
- Justin, Shinigami, Soul, Chrona, Stein, Tsubaki, Medusa, Maria, Death the Kid, Liz & Patty, Maka (Soul Eater)
- Spike (Cowboy Bebop)
- Chi (Chobits)
- Haruhi, Kyon, Mikuru (Haruhi Suzumiya no Yuuutsu)

FINAL FANTASY CHARACTERS
- Auron, Yuna, Tidus,(FFX)
- Yuna, Paine & Rikku (FFX-2 Version),
- Mog from Final Fantasy Series
- Sephiroth, Cloud, Cid Highwind (FFVII)
- Squall from FFVIII (in regular outfit & in SeeD uniform)

"TALES OF ____" CHARACTERS
- Jade (Tales of the Abyss)
- Alice (Tales of Symphonia Sequel)
- Genis (Tales of Symphonia)

A good portion of these cosplayers I have pictures of. There were a bunch of Bleach & Naruto cosplayers too, however they didn't stand out personally.

I spent the entire day on Saturday with the Tamaki & Haruhi cosplayers by the three of us working as extra-hands at the registration desk as volunteers. If anyone could get a golden medal for being in character, that Tamaki would win it guaranteed. Personally that was the most entertaining night I've ever had, especially more-so since I hadn't slept more than six hours on Friday night & I stayed up 31hrs straight after.

I spent almost all my volunteer time (started Saturday @1am & didn't leave until 8+ hrs later) filing attendee sheets in alphabetical order & observing Tamaki as he did various things for entertainment to keep me awake. What he & Haruhi did I'll leave up to your imaginations.