[Mirei] Senbonzakura + Love Live shoot!

Hi everyone! This is Mirei here~

When I first heard of the idea of a shared blog with the other pika girls, I was pretty excited! That's because although I have a blog, I get somewhat lazy to update it often and I feel guilty when my readers ask me for new updates .__.

(Somehow, having a shared blog diffuses that responsibility by a bit, you know? :'D /shifty eyes )

Anyway, for my first blog post, I'll be blogging about my busy weekend! \o/

I finally had a cosplay shoot for my Senbonzakura Miku! (For those who know the dance, Natsumi, Suzume and I actually performed the fan version during our Pika Matsuri at *scape last year! Who knows, we might be performing it again? :3 ) 

I believe more people would know about the original Senbonzakura Miku - the purple/plum uniform as opposed to the white version I'm cosplaying here - but somehow I like the white version more? I have the uniform for the other version but I think this color is slightly more refreshing! :3

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For the photoshoot, Nanami and Amane were also cosplaying as well!

With Amane as Meiko! 

Nanami as Luka~

We actually cosplayed this last year for Comic Fiesta (Malaysia) but we have yet to have a photoshoot until recently~ >o<

Also, we didn't have a Rin and Len then - but now we do!

With the other humans present~ 

(I think there's a potato mixed up in there though.)

Anthony helped us with taking pictures of our shoot~ He is the same photographer who took the group picture you see in our blog header and facebook cover! 

It was a pretty hot day. After 2 hours of taking pictures under the midday sun, we were practically dead. D8 

However, I saw that there were a few promising shots ... so I guess the suffering was worth it? Anyway I can't wait to see the pictures! 

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After the Senbonzakura shoot, I had a Love Live shoot the day after~ It's based on the SR zoo series cards from the game!

I cosplayed Maki for the photoshoot~

I was trying to pull off her tsundere expression and ended up awkwardly sulking the whole shoot. I think I may have looked a little too fierce too... D:

I took selfies with all the other teammates except Nico! Somehow I think I was in a hurry to go off and missed her. (Typical Nico joke, but I feel kinda guilty towards my teammate now) T__T 

Rin was busy so she didn't make it down for the shoot! >__< 

Ironically, although I've been playing Love Live for almost a year now, I have yet to get any cards from the zoo series! (In the first place, SR cards are pretty hard to get I suppose. I doubt I'll be able to get one, much less 2 of the same card to transform it... :< )

I had to leave in a hurry, so not much other pictures! It was a pretty pleasant shoot (despite being somewhat rushed) - our leader was really efficient and good at organizing the shoot! I think I might do a reshoot for this because I felt that I've been slacking off my exercise and my tummy is showing in some of the shots. (T__T;;;

Anyway, some of the girls from Pika have been hooked on Love Live through the anime (and pretty costume designs of the SR/UR cards) - so perhaps you might just see some of us cosplay Love Live characters together in the future? 8D

Oh well~ that's the end of my first post - it was a little longer than expected!

See you next time!


PS.
Nanami: I hate my eye bags and I really want to cosplay the Love Live animal series too >o< maybe I'll join Mirei in her next photoshoot~