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In front of Akihabara station was somehow Chaos. There were many people around the station: maid who distributed handbills for " maid date," a lady who wants to be an idol, people who wore swimwear as announcements of events and of release of DVD, etc. Around 4pm on the 15th, at the space in front of Akihabara station, there were many kinds of people: Haruhi Cosplayer, people who wore tiger costumes, a person who wore headgear of a horse, Free Hugs, Puzzle, Cosplayer of Rena?, maid, etc.

There were a girl and a boy who wore Haruhi costume and showed Haruhi Dance at night of the 5th. In weekends, whenever a girl wears costume, people who have digital cameras or video cameras surround the girl and take pictures from the lower angle, but on a weekday, nobody had a camera, and there was no low angler.

"Tetsudou Izakaya Little TGV" (railroad bar) whose waitresses wear uniform of railroad clerks opened on the 21st. According to asahi.com, it is for people who like railroad or who are interested in railroad. A fictitious railroad company, Shin Akiba Denki Tetsudou (New Akihabara Electric Railroad (NAER)) runs this train. Instead of "welcome home, master" that you hear at maid café, you will be welcomed by hearing "thank you for riding our train" in this bar.

"Bokutachi no Hallowork –Moe Shokugyou Annaijo-" (our HelloWork –Moe Guide of Jobs-), which introduces 62 kinds of jobs, was released on the 18th. I saw it at Toranoana and Melonbooks on the 18th. Project:Vestige-san introduces it on February 11th that "finally, 'Moe' has become into the Department of HR." The band of paper carrying a blurb placed over the dust cover of "Moe Guidance of Work" says "get the job that you want, and get away from NEET." Home guards are able to change into all kinds of jobs; it's a Super Job.

Maybe because ToHeart2 AnotherDays will be released soon (on the 29th), there was a cosplayer of Tama-sister (Tamaki Kousaka) on the 17th in Akihabara. She wore white knee socks, and you could see her Zettairyouiki ("absolute area": between skirt & socks). She made a round trip from Akihabara station to Chuo street. Tama-sister is a character who is a year older than its hero, and she is a character of " oh, my god!" as well as being inserted from the back.

On the 17th when Tokyo Marathon was held, at a vehicle-free street in Akihabara, there are girls who distribute handbills, cosplayers, Mr. Feti, and as usual, many cameramen were gathered. May be because police were at Tokyo Marathon, I felt like there were less police at Akihabara. There were crowds of girls, cosplayers, Mr. Feti, and an ambulance.

As I reported, at Asobit Game City, which has started selling the CD, "Uta-Tra" from 6th, and there was a guy who came to buy the CD with his BABY, Vocaloid Itasha (painful car). On the 12th, there was a lady (Azu Shiina) who wore costume of Miku Hatsune. She distributed handbills about the CD, Uta-Tora, or guided in the store, having the CD.

On the 11th at a vehicle-free street in Akihabara, there were 8 cosplayers who are from a cosplayer's circle "Pinkish Trick" and they wore costumes of Miku Hatsune, Shana, Haruhi, Nagato, Fate, etc. They distributed a Valentine card made by Origami. That was an event called "Strategy of Valentine's Day." Cameramen surrounded them and some people (visitors?) took pictures with them.

On the 10th of a vehicle-free promenade at Akihabara, a group of women who wore some kinds of maid costumes distributed chocolates (asagawo-blog-san also writes about it). Ladies who distributed chocolates were: 2 maids, Drami-chan maid, Mikuru Asahara Maid, and Cosplayer of Miku Hatsune. They had a panel that writes "free chocolate" as well as chocolates that were in a basket.

Ifrit, which was released Natato Only Cosple AV and Tsuruya-san Only Cosple AV before, now releases Moerutan- Moetan Cosple Shaving AV on the 6th. I watched Moerutan roughly: there are scenes of transformation, and she teaches very few English vocabularies. Hinata Seto who is a star in the DVD shaves her pubic hair.

On the 3rd, Akihabara was covered with snow. It has been 2 years since the last time we had snow (January 2006). There is a guy, Feti, who has been doing exercises since June every weekend in Akihabara. Even though it was snowing, he did exercises as usual. Fuji TV, which just happened to be in Akihabara, asked people, "what do you think about the guy?"

On the 27th of a vehicle-free promenade at Akihabara, Mizuki Hatsune who wore costume of maid with cat ears & a tale was there. A man who was with her was distributing handbills, saying she has worn costumes at Akihabara before, and she want to be an idol.

On the 27th of a vehicle-free promenade at Akihabara, there were cosplayers of Lucky Star, Haruhi, and Clannad. All of them were not for advertisements or anything: they were normal people. The picture on the left, according to Asagawoblog-san, shows the most popular cosplayers on the day: Konata & Kagami.