Minumsa X Today's Cuteness Pop-up - The World Beyond Sentences

I found out a bit late about the Minumsa pop-up store happening this time.
I decided to visit as part of a weekend Seoul outing.

Because I found out late, online reservations were already closed.
Hearing that only on-site registration was possible, we just headed there spontaneously.

Arriving about 50 minutes after the opening time, I registered on-site using the QR code, but it showed there were already over 460 people waiting ahead.

We prepared ourselves to have lunch first, hang around nearby, and visit if the timing aligned.

After having lunch and recharging our sugar levels at a nearby cafe, the waitlist shrank faster than expected.
While letting our guard down, we received the notification message to enter and hurriedly headed back to the pop-up zone.

Upon arrival, we showed the message and entered.
Perhaps because they managed visitor capacity limits well, it wasn't overly crowded, which was pleasant.

We immediately browsed the recover edition books and picked out books we liked.
I wanted to choose carefully—ideally books I hadn't read yet, wanted to read, and also loved the cover design of.

Unfortunately, even if I loved the cover art, I decisively skipped books I knew I wouldn't actually read.

After choosing two books, I also bought cute notebooks made in collaboration with character artists as souvenirs.
The notebooks don't lay completely flat so they might be a bit inconvenient to use, but I bought them because I wanted to keep them as mementos.

I also went ahead and boldly played the gacha machine without hesitation, something I normally wouldn't do.
I went for the relatively practical lens cleaner and the gacha of the character I thought was the cutest.
There were many other cute items, but I refrained from buying things with low practicality.

In the gacha lineup, there was an Animal Farm recover design, but it was slightly disappointing that Animal Farm wasn't in the actual recover book lineup.

After exploring thoroughly and gathering everything I wanted, I stood in line at the checkout counter.
It was a pop-up tailored perfectly for someone like me who loves cute things and books.