"The popular booths are probably sold out by now, but the more niche ones should still have some stock left. Shinju, you go to East Halls 4-8, and I'll go to West Halls 1-2. As for South Halls 1-2, we'll leave those to Ito-kun and Juju-sama~"
After resting for a bit and regaining her energy, Marin began assigning shopping tasks. After all, besides cosplaying, the main reason to attend Comiket was to buy merchandise.
Not every circle's merchandise would be completely swept clean. In reality, circles that actually made a profit were in the minority. Most obscure doujinshi circles wouldn't see a single customer from morning till night, or they'd only sell a handful of copies out of pity from their friends. A stack of doujinshi could sit on their table from dawn till dusk without moving an inch.
Although everyone participated in Comiket out of pure passion, no one was going to blindly pay for a stranger's passion.
Booth rental fees, doujinshi printing costs, and if they traveled from afar, food and accommodation in Tokyo—the cost of participating in a single Comiket could easily reach over a million yen. It was safe to say the vast majority of exhibiting circles operated at a loss, essentially paying for their own passion.
After checking the booth map and confirming the specific booths and items to buy, Shinju and Marin set off for their respective halls. Before leaving, Marin even winked at Rin Ito, shooting him and Sajuna a knowing glance.
"Always doing completely unnecessary things."
Watching Marin and Shinju's retreating figures, Sajuna curled her lip. She could obviously tell Marin was intentionally leaving her and Rin Ito alone together.
"Let's go, let's just walk around."
Rin Ito naturally reached out and took Sajuna's slender hand. Her tsundere instincts made her instinctively try to shake it off, but Rin Ito held on tight, so she had no choice but to give up.
However, Rin Ito didn't head to South Halls 1-2 like Marin suggested. Instead, he continued to wander around the cosplay area... The popular items were probably gone anyway. If he really wanted something, Rin Ito could just use his connections to ask the original circles if they had any copies left.
Since they were both in cosplay, people occasionally approached them asking for photos, and Rin Ito, not being in a hurry, generally agreed to all of them.
Rin Ito: "Look, that cosplayer over there has huge boobs. They're almost as big as Shinju's, right? She looks petite too, so why are her boobs so huge? Should we go over and ask for a picture?"
Sajuna: "Fake. They're all fake. If they don't show their neck and shoulders and only show cleavage, they're 100% fake."
Rin Ito: "What about this one? This doesn't look fake. They look incredibly soft."
Sajuna: "Padded. Pure padding. 100% padded!"
"Ah, and over there..."
"That's enough!" Sajuna violently shook off Rin Ito's hand and glared at him viciously... He's doing it on purpose! He's absolutely doing this on purpose!
"I'm flat-chested, okay! If you like huge boobs so much, go find Shinju! Bringing up huge boobs so much in front of me... if you have something to say, just say it directly!"
"Haha..." Seeing Sajuna acting jealous, Rin Ito couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Alright, alright, I'll say it directly then... Do you want to try cosplaying a busty character? Fake breasts can make even men look busty, let alone a girl like you."
"Are you saying my chest looks like a boy's?"
"Pfft... Hard to say."
"..."
Rin Ito rubbed Sajuna's head as she rolled her eyes at him. "That muscular guy earlier could cosplay Mirai, and Shinju could cosplay Souma with those massive breasts. Are you really that scared of cosplaying a busty character?"
"Huh? What do I have to be afraid of! I'm just worried it wouldn't be enough..."
Sajuna was cut off by Rin Ito before she could finish.
"Worried about getting flamed for forcing a cosplay with the wrong figure?"
"..." Sajuna tacitly agreed with Rin Ito's words. Aside from magical girls, there were certainly many characters she wanted to cosplay, but she never dared to cosplay any character whose figure didn't match hers.
"Sajuna, you really are too childish. What's the big deal about getting flamed?"
"You're not the one cosplaying and getting flamed!" Sajuna's voice carried a hint of grievance. "Besides, if I get flamed, what will Shinju think of me?"
"Shinju? You've had your ass eaten out by her, been shocked to climax by her, and sprayed all over her face. Do you honestly think you still have any 'older sister's dignity' left in her eyes?"
"!!!!" Sajuna's face flushed crimson, but she was completely unable to retort. "That's all your fault!"
Recently, when Rin Ito was busy, the task of training Sajuna's ass and flat chest was entirely handed over to Shinju. Tongues, teeth, fingers, and electro-shock toys.
Every single time, Shinju brought Sajuna to the point of squirting, sometimes even spraying pee right in Shinju's face!
Rin Ito's phone currently held training videos and photos sent by Shinju. By now, Shinju had grown increasingly interested in teasing her stubborn older sister, and she wouldn't be satisfied until she made Sajuna squirt like a broken water pump every single time.
Rin Ito pressed his lips together to hold back a laugh and didn't continue that topic.
"Do you know how many people have flamed me?" Before Sajuna could answer, Rin Ito answered his own question. "Even I've lost count."
"Actually, whether it's cosplay, manga, videos, or light novels... just go ask Eriri and Utaha. They probably have no idea how many people have flamed them either."
"You can't satisfy everyone. Putting yourself in the public eye guarantees you'll get flamed... You just have to remember your original intention."
"Original intention...?"
"Exactly." Rin Ito patted Sajuna's head. "Take me, for example. My original intention in drawing doujinshi is to make money. As long as I make money, I don't care how many people flame me... So, Sajuna, why did you start cosplaying?"
"I... I wanted to become a magical girl."
"You wanted to become a magical girl, huh~" Rin Ito suddenly adopted the tone of a kindergarten teacher. "Little Sajuna-chan is so adorable~"
"Shut up!" Sajuna instantly puffed up like an angry cat and hissed. "What's so funny! Didn't you want to become Kamen Rider or something when you were a kid!?"
"Well, yes, I did." Rin Ito didn't deny it. Every boy had fantasized about becoming Kamen Rider or Ultraman at some point in their childhood.
"Your original intention was to become a magical girl. It wasn't for money, and it wasn't for online clout. I heard that if Shinju hadn't posted your photos online, you planned to just play by yourself forever, right?"
"You cosplay simply to please yourself, so why should you care about how others look at you? Could a mismatch be any worse than a muscular macho man?"
"He's different from me..."
Rin Ito slowly guided Sajuna step by step. She desperately wanted to cosplay other characters but felt inferior about her figure and didn't dare to. On top of that, her 17 years of maintaining her identity as an older sister made her incredibly stubborn... What an awkward personality.
After a good round of 'talk therapy', Rin Ito suddenly grabbed Sajuna's hand and walked toward the exit. But Sajuna's personality was simply too incredibly stubborn.
"W-Wait a minute. We're leaving now?"
"Exactly."
Since Sajuna was so stubborn, rather than relying solely on talk therapy, actual action was much more suitable.
Compared to her mouth, Sajuna's body was far more honest.