As I might have mentioned previously, I myself feel a lot more comfortable cosplaying boys then girls. Unless, of course, female characters speak to me on an emotional and ideological basis, in which case it's super simple and super enjoyable to talk them through to people. For guys, on the other hand, this connection is not always required. It's been more then once that I chose to cosplay a boy just because I liked the aesthetics in which the character is designed, the overall series concept or something else that attracted my attention at the time.
Truth is, my very first complex costume was picked in this way. It was Aoba Seragaki, the protagonist of a homoerotic visual novel which possesses no quality whatsoever, but has flashy arrangement, colorful presentation and captivating soundtrack. Yeah, just about enough to get me carried away!!
Oh boy. I was so stupid!! Who on Earth would take this sort of costume as the first thing to sew in their life??
I mean... Winter puffy jacket, custom boots, glove... what the hell was wrong with me?? And on top of it, I was also sewing my partner Cherry's shirt and trousers as well...


To illustrate the pain I was in due to my own bad decisions, I am attaching this epic photo from two years ago, when I was making the costumes, where you can clearly see my agonized face in the background. Cherry doesn't seem to care c:
Do not ask me why am I sewing with my wig and binder on.


Anyways, later on, when everything was over with, I didn't regret doing it after all! The two of us had performance on Japanizam 2014, and it gathered the most screams from the audience... could be because Cherry and I had some compromising actions as the part of our skit... :'D but enough on that ~

Next up is my Shuu Sakamaki cosplay. Now, this is a rather ridiculous reverse-harem franchise... a girl ends up living in a mansion with six vampire highschool brothers. Such plot. This guy, the eldest brother, couldn't care less about the insignificant little protagonist (which was great, because she is getting on my nerves to no end). He's inclined to punish her in various ways if she bothers him. He's sleeping all day, or, when awake, playing his violin or listening to music. My type of leisure! Not so big of a deal when it comes to character development or complex story. But, oh my, that artwork. The illustrations of this franchise were just too captivating!! I was drawn in, and eventually decided to cosplay this guy. I've grown to even like the character, since his apathy and lifestyle is something I can get along with.


Also, here is an example of how does that fabulous artwork look, and how I recreated it.



As for my next project, I am currently in the process of making the next boy, but this one I wouldn't exactly call this one complete trash. This series does have some underlying quality. And I do not refer to the anime, but the visual novel instead. It's a boy from Amnesia: Memories, Ukyo. I won't talk much about this character now, but let's just say that... I've never seen such an involvement of quantum physics into a simple dating sim game. Also, I'm in love with my green wig!! Can't wait to cosplay Ukyo!!