This is a cosplay of a famous Japanese manga series “One Piece” and the name of the character which is been cosplayed is “Roronoa Zoro”. One piece is one of the world’s most famous anime, which can be found in popular streaming media “Netflix”. The character has been cosplayed by a person named “Elffi”. This is not cosplayed for a Halloween party, and he is just doing this cosplay to put it on the internet and show his skills to people around the world. He is portraying a Japanese anime character and the fan of these show likes to refer themselves as “Otaku”.
People who cosplay these roles get a lot of satisfaction, pleasurable experiences, and life-long lasting memories. During the time of cosplaying Cosplayers dress up into their favorite characters and for a certain moment of time they forgot the real world and dive into the imaginary world. He has 75K followers on Facebook. He is a veteran Cosplayer, and he has done many cosplays of many Cartoons, Anime, and movie characters. The outfit of the cosplayer is exactly like the anime character. The long green coat, red ribbon on his waist in which his three swords are tucked into. The costume is designed by Elffi himself and the costume is fantastic. Every small detail of the anime character is perfectly portrayed in the picture like the scars on his chest and eyes. The character cosplaying which is being portraited is full of masculinity. According to the manga and the series, this character is a brave swordsman, very hard-working, and wants to become the best swordsman in the world. The huge scar in his chest which is also revealed in the picture shows he has been through very fierce battles in his life, and he shows that scar to everyone to remind himself of his promise to his Captain that he will never lose again.
Work Cited
Winge, Theresa. “Costuming the Imagination: Origins of Anime and Manga Cosplay.” Mechademia, vol. 1, 2006, p. 65-76. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/mec.0.0084.
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