Added a few annotations with some more details for those who might be unfamiliar with Comiket.

1100 dollars! Is one day at Comiket truly that expensive?

haita said:

1100 dollars! Is one day at Comiket truly that expensive?

Well, it can be; but this is more a 3-day loadout when it comes to change. There are often very expensive special goods avaliable in the 2-5,000 range, and sets in the 1-3,000 range as well.

Also, if you're going with friends, you should be helping out and getting some things for them as well - which just adds up to more and more money that you need on hand.

At the last Winter Comiket (C89) I think I spent about 200,000 yen over the three days; but that was for a crew of 8, and I was able to go to all the walls, so it added up quickly.

I would hazard that the majority of people going would only be hitting up 10-20 circles anyway, so you could easily go for 20,000-50,000 instead.

It really just comes down to what you want to buy; there's no cost for entry (you used to have to buy the catalog, but that hasn't been the case for a very long time - smaller events still do to cover costs) so all the money can be spent on doujinshi and assorted goods.

But yes, 110,000 yen isn't a really surprising amount of funds for three days.

You can lower the amount by going to other events and whatnot, but a lot of circles do new releases at Comiket first, then re-sell at smaller ones later (quite a few times they've put out preview books of their upcoming works for 100 yen or the like at those events), so if you're wanting all the new hotness, then you've got to have a. a lot of funds, b. a crew and c. good planning.

Thanks for the annotations, Paracite. They are very informative =D

Estavali said:

Thanks for the annotations, Paracite. They are very informative =D

Hey, I've been to Comiket enough, both general entry and fancy ticket (but not as a circle); might as well share the knowledge.

Paracite said:

Well, it can be; but this is more a 3-day loadout when it comes to change. There are often very expensive special goods avaliable in the 2-5,000 range, and sets in the 1-3,000 range as well.

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You can lower the amount by going to other events and whatnot, but a lot of circles do new releases at Comiket first, then re-sell at smaller ones later (quite a few times they've put out preview books of their upcoming works for 100 yen or the like at those events), so if you're wanting all the new hotness, then you've got to have a. a lot of funds, b. a crew and c. good planning.

It also depends on more so how expensive the stuff is. I've bought an art piece from AX for $350 and that's just one item. In that regard spending thousands it's a lot.

It should also be noted that moving is a pain but if you know how to get through crowds you should have no problems. Human tsunamis are a thing so keep that in mind when you're traveling ;)

Spent about 175,000 yen on doujin all up; that's with no ero, and almost no goods except when the set comes with exclusive stuff, or that was the only thing they were selling. I'm only really interested in the books, not bags or posters and stuff.

All in all, just over a meter or so of doujin, stacked vertically. Haven't actually gone through and cataloged them since I got back. When you get such massive quantities of paper, it can burn through the yens pretty quickly.