A solo event for voice actress Hina Sakurai (nicknamed “Hiina”) was announced, and its pricing — ¥8,800 for a regular ticket, ¥14,000 for a farewell meet-and-greet package with bonus perks — became a hot topic on 5ch’s Love Live! board. The event came in response to fan requests to “drop the bundled events and just do a solo show,” but once the prices were revealed, many pointed out they were steep compared to other voice actors’ fan meetings. At the same time, some argued that limiting the advance lottery to a single round preemptively silenced complaints about wanting multiple chances to win tickets, sparking a mix of praise and criticism.
Farewell meet-and-greet: ¥14,000!
Is this a concert or what?
Kind of like paying for front-row seats.
Still, that's pricey though.
She's not exactly young anymore, and since she's signed to an agency, results are expected of her — so isn't this about right?
With a capacity under 800, it should fill up easily.
Guess they're just ignoring the casual fans who'd go just because they're a little curious.
Also, if you're going to upgrade the front seats, you should downgrade the back seats to match.
I keep saying this: adjust it so total revenue balances out to what it normally would be.
The back seats are gonna feel pretty lame at this rate.
And yet this'll probably sell out anyway.
And this is what we get when it actually happens.
And on top of that, by limiting it to a single advance lottery round, they've shut down everyone who was complaining.
This'll probably fill up just fine, right?
Go spend a year training at Eiheiji temple or something. (a famously strict Zen Buddhist monastery)
If the high ticket price makes more people give up on applying, the odds improve for the rest of us — totally welcome.
It'd be fine if regular seats still had a decent shot at winning, but some organizers only let goods-included applicants win during the paid early-access lottery — wonder how this one's going to handle it?
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
When it comes to pricing for solo voice actor events, a format known as the “upgrade system” — where the base admission fee stays the same but front-row or perk-included seats cost extra — has become increasingly common in recent years. Commenters compared the event to Arisa Komiya’s autograph session (¥10,000) and other voice actors’ fan meetings, and while the base ¥8,800 ticket price itself wasn’t seen as unusually high, many voices singled out the ¥14,000 premium plan with the farewell meet-and-greet as a bold move. At the same time, some speculated that limiting the advance lottery to a single round was a deliberate move to preempt complaints about wanting multiple chances to win tickets — suggesting reactions went beyond simple criticism of a price hike. It should also be noted that the event’s specific content (whether it centers on a talk show or a live performance, for example) hasn’t been clarified in the official announcement, so speculation in the thread remains just that — speculation.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Love Live!) thread “Hina Sakurai’s “Hina-Puchiino” Event!!.”
