"That design, those accents, that functionality! Why, if you told me this was simply a costume, I would have never known!"

Before their departure back to Ponyville, Rarity spies Spike longingly admiring a strange event being set up at the very hotel they stayed at. Instantly getting stars in his eyes, he tells her that this is the same venue for the largest comicbook convention in Equestria, the Manehatten Comic-Con. Although she initially feels indifferent towards a bunch of ponies dressing up as their favorite heroes and villains from their comics, she can't help but take notice of the level of craftsmanship and love that goes into their costumes...as well as the intriguing subculture behind it all.

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Written and submitted for the Writer's Training Grounds #002 with the prompt, "Manehattan leaves its hoofprint on everypony who ventures into it."