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 OMG, come to think of it, it’s been a year since I started this blog. I have never thought I could keep blogging for a year because I gave up in a few months all this time. I really want to say thank you who visit here and leave a comment. Thanks to all of you, I could keep writing so far…I am very happy. I want to do my best from now on! これからも頑張ります！ありがとうございます！

 So I wanted to cerebrate myself somehow…Yes, I shall cosplay again! Well, which character…uh…okay, back to my first cosplay, I did the character from the certain otome game. Then again I gotta cosplay someone from an otome game! So I decided to cosplay him.

 He is Tsukimori Len (月森　蓮) in Kin’iro no Corda -primo passo-(金色のコルダ) which is based on the same title otome game I have played next to Harukanaru toki no naka de. The reason why I chose him is because I thought he could suit me more than any other guys in this anime. Tsuchiura is a bit muscular, Shimizu is shota-looking, Yunoki is almost a 女装少年, and Hihara’s hairstyle doesn’t suit me. So the left is just Tsukimori. His characteristic is definitely tsundere. But I am sure he speaks and shows his dere-side more than Rukawa does.

 Tsukimori is well-bred and so proud to everybody else and even himself. The heroine is just a schoolgirl who is given a special violin by the fairy and has to willy-nilly attend the music competition. So she shall practice the violin and fall in love with your favorite…There’s no need to explain anymore, huh?

 I must say this is the hardest cosplay I have ever done. First look at his hair. It’s light blue, isn’t it? I don’t see a lot of characters whose hair is light blue except for bishoujos. Anyway, I bought a wig and got the hairdresser to cut as usual. But the funny thing is that he thought I was going to cosplay Ayanami Rei because of the wig’s color. No way, if I really did it, I would be immediately killed by Ayanami’s fans. However, the problem was not only the wig’s color, but eyebrows. Since the hair is light blue, the eyebrows should be dyed as the same color. Otherwise it would look very weird. So I had to get the eyeshadow to dye my eyebrows.

 I had to practice this…yes, it was so embrrassing for such an ojisan to buy an eyeshadow at the store. You can call me hantai or whatever you want!! I can’t look back now, so I paid for the contact lenses. As usual, I used the auction to get the costume. Darn it, I was fooled by them. There was not a school vest though the auctioneer showed me the complete outfit. Anyway, I shopped around and got it.

 The most important property for Corda cosplayers is the instrument for each character possesses. As for Tsukimori, I needed a violin. I tried to find out the cheapest one…but this was difficult. I don’t remember how many times I was beaten by other auctioneers. But I made it, I got this 1000-yen viloin.

 Okay, I got ready. So today I had a photoshooting. But umm…for some reason almost all the photos are covered with something purple. How come? The room was too bright, is that why? Anyway, I seriously need a photographer. But I am always rejected because I am a man. It’s not fair. こんなの不公平だよ！

 I shall upload some photos those are still okay. Read the rest of this entry »

 If you happen to be a photographer or love to take a picture, you might be sure of this. Well, although this term could be well-known among photographers, it started to be famous since the certain incident which happened in Akihabara a while ago…

 On Sunday afternoon, the main boulevard used to be blocked off so that just pedestrians can walk freely. This is what’s called 歩行者天国[hokousha tengoku] which means walkers’ paradise. We Japanese abbreviate this ホコ天[hokoten]. When this street becomes hokoten, some 地下アイドル[chika idol] 女装少年[josou shounen], or cosplayers are having fun. In such a time, some of them went too far, I mean, they (mostly girls) started to even show some nudity. Such skimpy characters like Yoko in Gurren Lagan quite attract a lot of photographers so that the cosplayers are surrounded by a bunch of them.

 There was a brave 地下アイドル(?) named 沢本あすか[Asuka Sawamoto] who claimed herself as a self-gravure idol. She climbed on the pillar on the hokoten, and stretched out her leg so that her underwear was clearly shown. Then a lot of photographers and spectators closed to underneath her and took pictures. Sawamoto said she did it for fans who like to take a photo by law angle. Yes, this is ローアングル[law angle] and people who love this are called ローアングラー[law angler]. 

 Needless to say, the good points in this are that you can get a shot of her pantsu(underwear). And even some cosplayers like this because ローアングル makes legs look longer than they actually are. But ローアングル is not welcomed in such a public place even if you can get a permission from cosplayers or idols.

 She got arrested because of her performance, and police started to patrol more strictly in Akihabara. They prohibited 地下アイドル to perform in hokoten and cosplayers to attract people. However, this incident was just a prelude for the upcoming nightmare…

 Speaking of ローアングル, there are a lot of anime which show you bishoujos’ underwears by using this such as School Days, Negima, Kimikiss, or Ikkitousen. This kind of anime shall be called パンツアニメ[pantsu anime]. Don’t say エロアニメ[ero anime], showing her pantsu is still okay in 2D, but 3D is not good :p

 OMG, this has got into the mainstream already, so there’s no need to explain…However, I thought this genre of moe is supposed to be for men. But actually even among female otaku including fujoshis, this is getting very popular. To get to the point, ケモミミ[kemomimi] is an abbreviation of 獣の耳kemono no mimi], which means animal’ ears. If he/she has an animal’s[bat, pig, fox, rabbit or whatever] ears, whatever it is, it shall be called ケモミミ. And if this turns on you, you sure have ケモミミ萌え[kemomimi-moe].

 First, it used to be just a cat’s ears thing, 猫耳[nekomimi]. Those cute girls who have cat’s ears on their heads can count. Whichever the ears real or fake doesn’t matter. Speaking of a 猫耳 girl, I can immediately think of Shugo Chara!, Di Gi Charat(I know it’s a bit old), OMG, Arare-chan in Dr. Slamp also cosplayed a nekomimi girl…, however, even some maids poccess a cat’s ears lately…At any rate, humanized cats used to play an important role not only in anime, but any other genre of arts. Personally, I wonder why it had to be a cat. Cats are moody but adorable, I daresay they are kinda tsundere whereas dogs are obedient. In fact, I had a cat years ago, and she used to cling on me when she got hungry, but left again after I fed her. >< When she felt lonely, she showed her dere-side. I suppose this tsundere attitude quite embodies girls’ temper, so that’s why nekomimi has become a kind of moe…no?^^ Just kidding.

 But this nekomimi thing is not for male otakus anymore. Female otakus and fujoshis are intrigued to it for sure now. Come to think of it, we have seen girls always make guys dress as a cat in anime, haven’t we? In Code Geass, Miraye made Lelouch and Suzaku cosplay a cat, and the same went to Maebara Keiichi in Higurahi no naku koro ni. Why do girls make guys dress as a cat?? Yes! Actually this happened to me! Anyway, there are even some anime where bishounens with nekomimi show such as LOVELESS or Lamento. 

 As I have said, nowadays other animals’ ears are also getting popular like a fox, a racoon dog, a frog, a sheep, a pig, or anything. There are all classified as a ケモミミ[kemomimi]. Speaking of a ケモミミ anime, I can think of A Wolf and Spice, Shugo Chara!, Inuyashiya, Utawarerumono, or Gintama.

 On a side note; there’re a lot of Comic Markets in Japan, but if you really love nekomimi or kemomimi, you can even find a comic market selling ears-related comics only. We shall call this minor event みみけっと[mimiketto]. Oh, it should be written in hiragana.     

 Alright then, I shall upload a photo of me with kemomimi. If you don’t mind, I hope you could see. But I don’t take responsibility if you get sick. Read the rest of this entry »

 Since I learned buying costumes by auction, I have started to get more costumes. Thanks to this, I can buy a lot of costumes at the reasonable price, and because of this, I can’t stop cosplaying!! More and more characters I want to cosplay come up. Come to think of it, how come I had not tried auction? Because I was afraid of those bad auctioneers. However, I didn’t have to be worried about this since we can choose those reliable ones.

 When I was thinking about the next character I cosplay, I got a wonderful present from my friend…and this is it.

 This is Japanese traditional school unifrom, 学ラン[gakuran] which is a collared button-down jacket. When I was a junior high-school student, I used to wear this, but since then, I had never wore it (In my high-school, the uniform was a blazer). And now it has come to me again?? He bought this gakuran for cosplaying, but this is unfortunately too tight for him, so that’s why he kindly sent it over as a gift. Oh no, what shall I do? Now that I got such a wonderful present, I should use it, shouldn’t I? So I started to think of any characters who wear a gakuran…

 However, I couldn’t come up with a lot. Shibuya Yuuri in Kyou kara maou wears a gakuran all the time, but I am not a shota-looking so it doesn’t suit me at all. Umm…who else? Maybe I should find other characters who occasionally wear a gakuran, I mean, not all the time…So I decided to cosplay him.

 He is Rukawa Kaede[流川　楓] in Slam Dunk. If you haven’t watched this anime, maybe you might be sure that this is a basketball anime. In my school days, this anime was really popular as well as Dragon Ball and Yu-Yu-Hakusho. I have never been a sport guy in all my life(of course not, I am such an indoor otaku!), but in fact, I used to yearn to be a sport guy. Rukawa is actually a man of few words. Oh no, I didn’t realize, but he is a tsundere! A male tsundere because he doesn’t speak at all and very cool. But I wonder if he shows his dere-side…Anyway, at this Shouhoku High-School[湘北高校], the school uniform is a gakuran, so I can make the most of it. ^^

 Meanwhile, I was strongly recommended the anime which most JUMP fangirls love…yes, that is Gintama[銀魂]. Actually this anime is so popular among not only manga fans but cosplayers and fujoshis. I have seen a lot of Gintama cosplayers at the events. Because I wanted to challenge more characters, I started to read the manga. This is hilarious, and makes me laugh so much. Anyway, I decided to cosplay these two guys.

 The left guy is Okita Sougo[沖田総悟] and the right guy is Hijikata Toshirou[土方十四郎]. Both are the members of the police, Shinsengumi[真撰組]. Hijikata is the lieutenant, and Okita secretly tries to take his place. Yes, he is a 腹黒. Hijikata is so manly that he is pretty far from the real me. Maybe Okita might be easier than him, but my cosplay buddy told me that his sharp eyes look like mine a bit so I would look nicer as Hijikata. I don’t know…

 If you go to COSPA, you can buy not only Shinsengumi’s outfit but Gintoki’s costume. But the price is over 10,000 yen(about 110$). I think you could get it around 5,000(50$) yen or so.

 As usual, I shall upload some photos here. Read the rest of this entry »

 If you happen to be in Tokyo, and a big fan of Evangelion, you would be sure that Cure Maid-Cafe is supposed to feature Evangelion themed service. Actually this is not their first time doing this, but this year must be more than last year since the Evangelion movie DVD has just released. I have been to this maid-cafe a long time ago, but there was nothing special but humble maids. So I hadn’t been here since then…

 Meanwhile, I was looking for a new character I cosplay next time a while ago, and I decided to do Nagisa Kaworu for some reason. I am an オトメン, not ガチホモAnyway, just after I got the hairdresser’s to cut my wig, I got an e-mail from the certain writer. She was going to interview Cure Maid-Cafe, so asked me to go in cosplaying Kaworu. Well, I hadn’t tried my Kaworu’s costume out, so I had no idea how it went…But yes, I was on it.

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 It started since I got e-mail from the certain person one day…

 When the young and talented photographer, Windbell told me he had planned to come to Japan, I asked him to take photos of my cosplaying. Since my cosplay buddy who used to do it went back to his hometown, I seriously needed a photographer… I thought this was a good chance…and he kindly took my request. I was quite pleased to hear it, and I started to find someone who could cosplay with me. The more people, the merrier, right? So I spoke to the young and nice cosplayer named miho whom we got to know at the cosplayers’ circle.  I was really happy that things went well as planned. She accepted my request. Oh no, if nothing else, terrible things happen here. How could such a young girl take a request from someone whom she had never seen?? Though I told all the information to her very carefully as much as I could…

 I booked the certain place for the cosplay shooting, and finally the fateful day came…Around noon, Windbell, double, miho, and I met up, and started the wonderful shooting. Miho cosplayed Suzumiya Haruhi, and I did Kyon. Hey, she is 19! Ugh, my age! Ouch! No one wants to see オジサン’s Kyon. At any rate, Windbell is awesome. He brought a very gorgeous camera and good took care of the shooting place. I am not familiar with this kind of thing, so left everything to him and Double who worked as a sub photographer.

 I actually made some quick illustrations from the certain fragments of the anime in order to learn good pose. Well, we shall call it ネタ写[netasha] to copy a certain scene, situation, or pose. Anyway, miho is awesome. She can cosplay not only Suzumiya Haruhi but Nagato Yuki as well while she said she had been a cosplayer for a month or so. She looked a bit nervous(of course, she came to the three unknown guys!), I was quite surprised to see how well she acted as I asked. And of course I really really want to say thank you to Windbell and Double for their good job.

 Okay here it goes! Well you can see on his blog, though. Read the rest of this entry »

 I know I have been crazy about cosplaying more and more. You know, when I even go to the post office, I would think, OMG, if he/she cosplays XXX, he/she would look nice or something like that. Nah, I am being yandere for cosplaying? So the result I took a while ago is actually true? At any rate, there is a nice girl in my company. She quite embodies 萌え[moe] for some reason, so I was wondering why she doesn’t go work at a maid cafe, or I guess she could be qualified to be a member of AKB48. But of course I don’t talk about my cosplay to any of my colleagues. So I hadn’t asked her whether she is actually intersted in otaku culture.

 One day, when we talked about her quick travel in Tokyo(she is still new in Tokyo), she told me some points she went such as Harajuku, Shibuya, Ikebukuro, or Akihabara. When we almost finished the conversation, she said,

 ”I am a bit interested in cosplaying.”

キターーーーーーーーーーーーー（゜д゜）ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー!!

 So I screwed up my courage, I came out of the closet and told I am actually a cosplayer. She seemed to be a bit surprised, but asked me a lot about cosplaying. So we started this project…

 Since she is not a cosplayer, nor even an otaku(but her boyfriend likes anime or manga a bit), I did everything I could for her in order to make her a nice cosplayer. What I had to decide first was which character she should cosplay. Yes, this happened to me. Well, she is a bit diminutive and lolita-looking…and it doesn’t cost that much…Okay, it should be Misamisa in Death Note. In that case, I can work with her as Light or L. I promised her that I shall make her a nice cosplayer…

 Having said that, this was a bit tough because there was almost only one week left. So I had to get some items Misamisa needs as soon as possible. Misamisa is such a Goth girl that I went to Harajuku[原宿] which is the Mecca for Goth girls…

 Though she can’t dye her hair blonde, it should be okay. When Erika Toda shows up in the film, her hair is black…maybe the hairstyle has to be the same. I found a nice and cheap Misamisa-like dress there, so I bought it with a necklace and an armwrist right away. And of course I didn’t forget to buy over knee socks in order to make 絶対領域. This is really necessary!

 Whew on the way to home, I bought two notebooks to make a DeathNote for each of us. Since I gave the DeathNote back to my junior at university, I had to make not only hers but mine. It’s okay, this should be a piece of cake…

 Done. It took 15 minutes. Okay so…everything got ready. And I’ve got to learn how to strike a pause for Misamisa, haven’t I? Yes, I wacthed the films again and again, and mulled it over. How to hold a DeathNote? What kind of pause should be appropriate? Oh no, I can’t help but enjoying myself.

 Today we went to the little studio in Akihabara and had a photo session. Even though we took a lot of photos, almost all the photos are not good because the studio is too narrow and short of light. But one passer-by photographer helped us a lot. Thanks of him, we got some nice photos. Anyway, to make someone else a cosplayer is also enjoyable. If you want to be a cosplayer, come see me! I shall post some photos here. Read the rest of this entry »

 Actually, this is my fourth cosplay, but the third one is Itoshiki Mikoto(糸色　命) in Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei[さよなら絶望先生] who is seemingly an ordinary doctor. There wasn’t much to write about it except the fact that I got a permission for the photo session from the real doctor, so I didn’t mention here. This time, however, is to be the final photo session with my cosplay mate because he is going back to his hometown soon. I really wanted to cosplay as much as I could…so I decided to cosplay below characters;

　本当はこれで４回目のコスプレになるのですが、３回目の糸色命（さよなら絶望先生）は、本物の医者から撮影の許可をもらったこと以外は特に書くことがあまりなかったので、ここには載せませんでした。今回は、私の相棒が実家に帰ってしまうために、彼との最後の撮影会ということで出来るだけたくさんコスプレしようと思い、次のキャラをやってみることにしました。

 1. Maebara Keiichi in Higurashi no naku koro ni [前原圭一　ひぐらしのなく頃に]

 2. Kyon in the Melanchory of Suzumiya Haruhi[キョン　涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱]

 3. Lelouch in Code Geass[ルルーシュ　コードギアス反逆のルルーシュ]

  Keiichi could come to my mind right away because it seemed to be simple. Oh hey, as the result said, am I becoming a yandere? Though I already did L last time, I hopefully could get a permission to post photos of my mate’s Light here. Besides, I will do again soon since I succeeded in persuading my colleague to cosplay Misamisa. At any rate, I must say this time was pretty tough since my aunt who makes my costume has been sick. I couldn’t catch Zero’s outfit till my mate’s departure. In fact, after we made a reservation for the event, my aunt got sick, so that I didn’t know what to do…OMG, what shall I do? No man, you’re gonna cosplay Lelouch, right? Lelouch has to stay cool no matter what, mull it over, and find a breakthrough. Ah me, think! Okay, there’s no need to be upset about Maebara Keiichi because his costume is just a half-sleeve shirt and a red inner T-shirt. Well of course I knew I should get a nice baseball bat for him.

　圭一はすぐに思いつきました、簡単そうだし。あのヤンデレテストの言うとおり、俺もヤンデレになりつつあるのだろうか…Lはこの前にやったのですが、今回は相棒の月君の写真を載せていい許可をもらえたのでやることにしました。しかしまたすぐにデスノートのコスプレはやることになるでしょう、というのも同僚の女の子にミサミサをやってもらう交渉が成立したからです。しかし今回は本当に大変だった。なぜなら私の服を作ってくれる叔母が病気になってしまったため、衣装が用意できない状況に陥ってしまったのです。イベントの予約を入れた後にそんな…どうしよう、どうすりゃいいんだ…いやいや待て、お前はルルーシュのコスプレやるんだろう？ルルーシュはいつでも冷静に考えて、突破口を見つけてきたじゃないか！考えろ、俺よ！よし、前原圭一については焦る必要ない、半そでシャツにインナーの赤シャツだけでいいだろう。まあ、バットを買えばそれで終わりだ…

 Next I started to work on Lelouch’s school uniform. Nah, I can’t make it! So I went to some secondhand costume stores, and bought a cheap one. But it was only the upper part of the uniform, and no belt (that’s why it’s cheap). The slacks was okay since I have it, but the thing was the belt. Umm, I am not good at sewing, but I’ve got to do this, haven’t I? I don’t remember how many times I poked my fingers with a needle, though.

次はルルーシュの制服だけど、やっぱり作れません。なので、中古で売ってるコスプレ店に探しに行きました。そこで、上着だけを売ってるのを見つけて購入しました。でもこれ、ベルトもついてない。だから安いのか…スラックスは自前でいいけど。仕方ない、作るか！得意じゃないけどやるしかないよね。もう何回針で指を刺したか覚えてない…

 Okay, cross it off. Next is Kyon. Ah, I really wanted to cosplay him because, eh, I feel I am following the same fate as him…You know, I have a friend who insists she is the original of Suzumiya Haruhi. I was wondering the way she is pretty the same as Suzumiya Haruhi, but she said, Do I look like Suzumiya Haruhi? Bullshit young man, she is the carbon copy of me. I AM the original, and I AM the God of the Universe, understand? (-___-) Come to think of it, I started this blog since my friend made me do it like Kyon was forced to make the SOS’s website by Haruhi. Kyon has to willy-nilly follow her direction, but he seems to enjoy himself because he is such a ﾄﾞエム…Oh no! So am I the original of Kyon? No wait, he is not an otomen, though. Darn it, if he was, I could be.

できた。これでOK。さて次はキョンです。あー、これやってみたかったんだよね、だってその、僕って何だかキョンと同じ運命をたどってるような気がするんですよ。あのー、実は自分が涼宮ハルヒのオリジナルだと公言する友達がいるんですよ。性格もハルヒそっくりなんですが、「あたしが涼宮ハルヒに似てる？あんたバカぁ？あれはあたしのコピーなのよ、このあたしがオリジナルなの。ひいてはあたしこそが全宇宙の神なのよ、おわかり？(-___-)」そういえば、このブログもその友達に言われて始めたようなものだし、キョンもSOS団のHPとか作らされてたし。キョンはいつもしぶしぶハルヒに従うけど、ドエムだから結構楽しんでるし…ええっ！じゃ俺ってキョンのオリジナルじゃない？あ、でも待てよ、キョンはオトメンじゃないじゃん。惜しいな、キョンがオトメンだったら間違いなく俺がオリジナルなのに。

 Anyway, I decided to dye a jacket to make Kyon’s uniform. Since I wanted to do as cheap as possible, I bought a less-than-10-dallars-jacket. But it was my first time trying…I was a bit nervous.

とにかく、キョンのブレザーはジャケットを染めて作ることにしました。極力安く済ませたかったから、９９０円のジャケットを買いました。でも染めるのなんて初めてだよ…上手くいくか不安でした。

 Whew, all I have to do is pin some red buttons and sew the school’s emblem. Even to me, it should be a piece of cake.

ふぅ、これであとは赤いボタンと校章をつければ完成だ。これぐらいなら簡単。

 Done. I had better make some more properties like below.

できた。小道具とか用意した方がいいよねー。

 As usual, I shall post some photos.

いつものように、写真載せときます。 Read the rest of this entry »

 I made my cosplay album on the online photo album service. I think I will keep posting photos everytime I cosplay. Anyway, I posted those photos I didn’t post here. Please check it out! よろしくお願いします！

 You can go there from the blogroll.

 I should have written this post in Japanese as well because I found some visitors came here through Costype where I registered, so I shall update it. 

 登録してるコスタイプからこのサイトに来てる人もいるという事を忘れていました。せめてコスプレ記くらいは両方で書いた方がいい…よね。

 A happy new year, everybody! 明けましておめでとうございます。So how was your 2007? I hope you had a good year, and are going to have a good new year.

 明けましておめでとうございます！2007年はいかがでしたか？今年もよい年を迎えられますよう望んでおります。

 This is a bit quick project, but it was my first time trying 合わせ[awase] at a cosplay event. This story started since a Shinigami dropped a notebook in the human world my junior(後輩) at university showed me this about a month ago…

　これはちょっと急いだ計画でしたが、初めてコスプレのイベントで合わせをやってみることになりました。死神が人間界に1冊のノートを落としたことからこの物語は1ヶ月前、大学の後輩が見せた1冊のノートがこれのきっかけでした。

 As you can see, this is a Death Note. When she studied in Shanghai, she bought this notebook. She told me that all the Death Note in China have taken away because of the certain circumstance or something like that. Hopefully, she bought it before they took away…See? The descriptions are written in English and Chinese. Yes, I told my cosplay mate about this, and decided to do Death Note for Winter Comic Market 2007(冬コミ). So I took L and he took Light Yagami.

　ご覧の通り、これはデスノートです。これは後輩が上海に留学していた時に購入したそうです。今ではとある事情から、ノートはすべて回収されてしまっており、入手できないそうですが、これは回収される前に買ったものなんですねー。ね？表記が英語と中国語で書いてありますよ。そしてこれを私のコスプレ仲間に話して、一緒に冬コミでデスノート合わせをやることに決めたのです。私がLで彼が月君をやることにして…

  The good point in cosplaying Death Note is that it’s quite simple and doesn’t cost that much. And this anime is accepted in the mainstream, so that most people can recognise you. It doesn’t almost count cosplay, but I think this is one of the most reasonable and convinient cosplay. Sometimes I have seen some cosplayers from Nodame Cantabile or Honey and Clover which are also generally popular, but it seems to be less recognisable…

　デスノのコスプレでいいところは何といってもお金がかからなくて簡単なところです。このアニメはもはや一般にも有名ですからね、たいていの人に分かってもらえます。もはやコスプレとは言わないかもしれないけれど、これは非常に好都合なコスプレだと思います。同じ一般受けしてるアニメでも、のだめカンタービレとかはちみつとクローバーみたいにせっかくコスプレしても分かりづらいのに比べれば、デスノートは分かりやすいでしょ？

 We didn’t have much time to prepare, so that I immediately started to get some properties we needed. Since Death Note is kinda easy to cosplay, I thought such properties could effect well…so I got these.

　あまり時間がなかったので、急いで必要なものを買出しに行きました。デスノートはコスプレ自体は簡単だから、その分他の小道具で演出すると尚いいかも…それでこれを入手しました。

 Putting an apple aside, the important item is a cuff. If you have watched the anime, you would remember where and how this cuff was used. In order to get this cuff, I had to go to an adults’ toy shop. Umm, I had to ask the staff where I could get a cuff. Next to the cuff, there was a whip…L’s costume is quite simple, just a T-shirt and a jeans. Is there any other characters who are that easy to cosplay? Having said that, there was one difficult thing to copy…that was his strange haircut. Well, as far as you see in the above photo, it doesn’t seem to difficult to copy, but actually it was. Normally, among cosplayers who do L, there are two ways to copy his haircut; either the anime version or the live-action movie one. Obviously, the latter is far easier to copy. I took the former, but I messed it up. Darn it, I should have done Matsuyama Ken-ichi version…The most important thing in cosplay L is that, needless to say, you have to carry a lot of sweet snacks such as a candy, a chocolate, or a green tea flavored-ice cream, and try to be as geeky as possible! Don’t be afraid that people would say kimoi to you. lol 

　リンゴはこの際置いといて、重要アイテムはこの手錠。アニメをご覧になった方ならこの手錠がいつどうやって使用されたかはお解かりのはず。これを買うために大人のおもちゃ屋に入りましたよ…手錠がどこにあるか店員さんに訊かなきゃいけなかったし。しかも手錠の隣にムチがありましたよ。Lのコスプレって本当に単純、だってTシャツにジーパンですよ。こんなに簡単なコスプレって他にあるんですかねー。しかし、難しいのは実にその髪型！一見簡単そうに見えるんですが、これがそうでもないんですよ。Lをやる人はたいてい、アニメの髪型にするかそれとも実写映画のLにするかで分かれるんですが、簡単なのは後者です。私は前者を取りましたが、失敗しました。ああっ、もう、これなら映画の方にすればよかったよ。そしてLのコスプレで最も重要なのは言うまでもなくお菓子とあの動き！出来るだけキモく振舞うのがポイントです。どんなに人からキモがられようと恥ずかしがってはいけません（笑）

 Though we took some photos there, I couldn’t obtain a permission from him to post a photo of us here(Too bad, he is such a bishounen, though). So I worked on even Light Yagami.

　何枚か写真を撮ったんですが、残念なことに月君から2人で撮った写真をこのブログに掲載する許可を取れなかったので（カッコいい人なのに、残念！）なので、月も自分でやってみました。

 Actually, Light is even easier to cosplay than L because it doesn’t require a difficult haircut. As long as you hold a Death Note, you can be Light. He is such a well-bred, that you just pick up some neat clothes. I didn’t have to buy anything. But hey, Light is such an evil boy that I had to be as evil as I could. I am such a doemu otomen, how can I be like him?

　実は月君はLよりも簡単なのです。変な髪形もしてないし。デスノートを持っているだけで月になれます。月君はお坊ちゃま君なので、きれいな服を着ていれば大丈夫。何も買う必要なかったですねー。でも月君ってすごいワルじゃないですか！だから出来るだけワルっぽくしないといけないんですよね!

 Lastly, I shall posted some photos. If you don’t mind, I hope you could see them.　最後に写真を掲載しておきます。

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