As a child, my favorite thing was to emulate the cartoon characters that I watched. Once I have taken interest in a character, whether it be American or Japanese cartoons, there`s no stopping me. And because my home is quite supportive to me, they have minded me costumes of my favorite characters. I was so mad and glad when I got my first costume!
I can now feel like my favorite characters, rather than merely acting like them. For during the day wearing costumes will feel hot and uncomfortable, I usually wear my costumes during night time.
I don`t wear costumes regularly now that I`m now a grown up. Despite of that, my involvement in costumes remains the same. One of my hobbies now is collecting costumes.The costumes now are truly highly detailed now compared to back then, in which I am truly fascinated. At times I would go to the net browsing for costumes. While browsing, I would see different kinds of costumes like Superman Costumes, the Simpsons costumes, a Naruto Costume (from the Japanese Anime), StarCraft costumes, a Mr Potato Head Costume, and often more. The mass of such costumes really makes me happy.
Usually, Halloween and Christmas are the times where you can assume your costumes because of many costume parties during these seasons. However, there are now costume roleplay or more commonly known as "cosplay" conventions. It is where many people gathering together wearing different kinds of costumes. Though initially a strange word to Americans, people in the west are now accepting the word cosplay that is first coined in Japan. Cosplay in Us and Japan are near the same, with their difference lies on the characters found in such events. For example, American cosplayers commonly feature western characters, so you will see people wear a Batman costume, a Shrek costume, or a Mr Potato Head Costume during these events. Cosplay in Japan commonly feature characters from their local cartoons. But even you will see anime characters in western cosplay conventions and vice versa, for this principle is actually not written in stone.
Another fun thing about being a cosplayer is that you can wear costumes not intended for your gender. Without raising suspicions about your gender preference, you can crossdress during cosplay conventions. So it is too usual to see a boy wearing a Japanese high school girl costume or a girl wearing a Mr Potato Head Costume.
Costumes are very interesting for it can brand your fantasy a reality, even if only through your clothes. It is so fun, that even adults have linked the fun. For I consider that they are a lot of fun, I suppose I will join some cosplay events when I accept the time. I propose that you should try it at least once. After all, millions of happy cosplayers can`t be wrong!
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