Kalafina "to the beginning" commemorative t-shirt box set - unboxing

I was really, really, really disappointed that I was unable to pick up tickets for Day 2 and Day 3 of Kajiura Yuki Live Vol.9.  I actually checked the auctions immediately after Itsuko confirmed that she was unable to get any tickets in the open sales.  Open sales tickets sold out so fast that by the time she managed to get in, they were all gone.  As for the auctions, the bid prices are ridiculous and I'm not playing that kind of game with profiteers.

Hence, to ease some of the disappointment, I made an impulse buy. :)  Actually, this purchase was in part because I saw some people wearing the t-shirt at the "to the beginning" Live at the NHK Hall in July and really liked the shirt.

I was doing a pretty good job at resisting it till it was clear that we had exhausted all avenues in our quest to get the Day 2 and 3 Live tickets.  After that my defences crumbed and I ordered it from HMV Japan (edit: a/of 23rd Aug, the box-set is also available from CDJapan, click me)and received it in the mail today.  I really do like the t-shirt and since we have failed to get tickets to the Kajiura Yuki Vol.9 Live Day 2 and 3, as well as tickets on the Cassiopeia and Hokutosei trains to Hokkaido, the arrival of the t-shirt box today did make up for some of the disappointment. :)

This set isn't terribly cheap if all you want is the t-shirt.  But if you consider that the box-set also comes with other Kalafina related memorabilia, then it's not too bad, although shipping cost would always kinda suck.

Alrighty, let's cut to the chase. :)  Here are the photos of the box-set.




The box-set comes packed in a nice thick cardboard box.  The box itself isn't made from any kind of special material.  It really is just a thick cardboard box.  However, it is made of a nice enough quality that I think any avid Kalafina would keep it and use it to keep any small bit of memorabilia of the vocal unit.  I know I'll be using it to put the postcards, credit card size calendars and mouse-pads etc.



The contents on the box are quite nicely packed.  You'll get the wrist band, a nice size pouch and a little t-shirt charm.  There are several versions of this charm.  Which one you receive will depend on where the box-set was purchased.  As I purchased mine from HMV, I get the HMV t-shirt charm which is the one I like best too.  The t-shirt size is different from the usual sizes sold at the concerts.  Usually, I will get the Large concert t-shirts but for this box-set, the Large would be too big, so I ordered the medium.  If you intend to purchase it, you'll need to check the measurements carefully. :)



The pouch looks the same on the both sides.  I don't know if I'll use the wrist-band.  I may use it when I play table-tennis, I haven't decided yet.  I'm definitely using the t-shirt though.  It doesn't look that nice in the photos but the pale blue is really quite pretty and the graphics are kind of gold and a little shiny but not flashy at all.


The Space Craft website for the Fiction Junction Club shows you what the Lawsons, Animate and Tower Record t-shirt charms look like.  Lucky for me, I like the HMV one the best.  Some of the others are too busy for my liking.

Finally, I decided not to do the Lisani! Vol.9 post today because my photos aren't very good at all and I have decided to re-shoot them.  Hence, this post.  My next post will most likely not be the Lisani! Vol.9 post either.  Instead, I would like to do a short review of the Kalafina phone app that Sony has released for Android and iPhone phone users.  I managed to install it and had a play with it when I was in Japan in July.  That's what the app's icon looks like on my Android homescreen.

For now, it's time to go to bed. :)  Oyasumi. :)