Unfortunately at some point after this stage, I got overwhelmed and started actively avoiding speaking to people outside of my group...
To be completely honest, this meet was the single deciding factor when I chose to go to the convention. It means a lot that even a new-comer to j-fashion like me can show up to an event and be surrounded by such cool folks and not feel completely out of place; I guess thats why people go to conventions in general. When I first got there I felt like I was just hovering around, but then I realised that everyone there was meeting each other for the first time, and yet because we have a shared interest or two, we all just clicked. This was just the first of many meetups and I can tell already that they're just gonna keep getting better! If you're interested in j-fashion to any degree, come join us ! For the sake of this being my blog, I'll admit that even as I'm typing this I'm having negative thoughts such as they might not really like me all that much, even that they dislike me, but I'm happy that I've gotten to the point where I can call out my own downer tendencies before they cause real damage to me or my social interactions. Either way it's crazy, borderline funny, how I apparently decide after one slightly questionable statement that everyone in a 2km radius hates me. #JiraisGonnaJirai