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0 pointsneruson13y ago0 comments

It's not that different, as Comiket is first and foremost a marketplace. The popular publishing circles sell out quickly, so people are motivated to line up early in order to get what they want.

Their FAQ mentions that if you come on the first train, you'll have to wait for 5 hours, but if you come at the opening time of 10:00, you only have to wait approximately one hour. The fact that people are willing to spend those extra 4 hours to get in early seems to indicate that it provides an advantage to be one of the first.

Incidentally, they expressly prohibit waiting in line overnight. I bet plenty of people would do so if they could.

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Danieru13y ago· 1 in thread

> I bet plenty of people would do so if they could.

They still do. Every year its a big issue and the organization committee makes a press release. The night before the most recent Comiket there were reports of several thousand overnighters. The 徹夜組 (overnight group) cause so much trouble and garbage that it endangers Comiket's hosting arraignment, or so is claimed.

mguillemot13y ago

It's interesting to note that to prevent this behaviour in such crowded events, they still organize the overnight groups in lines, and they are usually allowed to enter the premises only AFTER a few thousand of the ones who respected the rules have done so. So it's really a matter of hiding well enough from the staff until the "legal" hour of lining and find the first "real" line, if you want to go in first.

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