The pilgrimage has concluded, and the numbers are in: Comiket 76 broke the attendance records once again, drawing more than 560,000 visitors over three days, ten thousand more than last summer's Comiket 74.

Though the raw numbers didn't account for repeat attendees, Comiket days are organized by genre. Only epic-level otaku have the stamina (and cash) to slog through all three days. As usual, the adults-only third day was the real kicker, using slimy tentacles to ensnare 200,000 people and dragging them into miles-long queues for the latest and greatest in sick filth, peddled by the 11,000 doujinshi circles present.

Of course, once everything started rolling, incidents were bound to happen, and new urban legends spawned. A man reported losing a wallet containing nearly 1 million yen in cash ($10,000), and tales were spoken of a photographer having his camera's lens stolen straight off the camera while standing in line.

Speaking of lines, the wait time for entry supposedly stretched past the four-hour mark. Heatstricken otaku were hauled away on stretchers, all the while shouting "No, wait! I'm okay!"

Good times.