2012.03.03 5th gen. Meet & GreetSo, I met and greeted with the new members today. Due to circumstances I got 3 extra tickets from hellguard so I had 6 tickets I got to spend freely between 15:00~18:30. Well, in reality I only had time until 17:00 because of another event afterwards.
By the way, Kaorun also had her handshake event which started at 11 so we could see her running forth and back from time to time. lol. The reason for that is because she suddenly got sick around the 2/11-12 event so they had to reschedule it. I wasn't expecting there to be that many fans for her today, but apparently she even worked overtime because people were still holding a bunch of tickets.
Anyway, basically they were lined up in order of numbers in front of a table and you got to walk up to them and receive their name cards plus 15-20 seconds of chatting, and shaking their hands and high-fiving wasn't allowed. After about 30 minutes the staff realized this was taking waaaaaaaaaaay too long so after the first session (15:00-16:00) we got less time, about 10 seconds, but it just went downhill from there. I think they started pushing at 5 seconds at one point. lol
First impression of the newbies:
Kurumin: Hadn't seen her in about 2 months so it was quite a relief to know she's still awesomely cute. Plus she did her bird impersonation for me.
She was wearing shorts, her numbering shirt and a pink zip hoodie. For references her color is the same pink as Kaede's numbering shirt.
Karen: I was originally planning on voting for her but changed to Ooya instead, so I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed in terms of former Love Berry models. lol. I actually cringed a little when I heard her voice in person. Karen and Amimi are both husky, but the levels are different. Funny thing is I got used to it around the 3rd time or so.
She was wearing the same kind of clothes as Kurumin, except she has a lighter pink (Ookawa) and she matched her zip hoodie with it.
Ramu: Two long months and she still remembers my face and name. I just had to buy her shirt.
Unfortunately it's in lime green that I don't really like (see below). Ramu-tan was wearing shorts and a white zip hoodie with a skull on the back. lol
Reia/Leia: You could tell how nervous she was meeting with a lot of unknown people (read: old men and a
few girls).
Not sure how I feel about her right now, but she has the least experience after all so it can turn out either way.
Her numbering shirt color is yellow (Fonchi) and she was the only one wearing a skirt!
Extra focus on Karen's card because she has nice writing. lol