chigusa>> *lol* =D

Lei>. Most cosplayers draw really well, ne? XDD

ryo~


original creation/design *edit* [thanx Key o/]

Noise

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^Ah, original doesn't count as cosplay. It's usually called as 'original creation/design' ^^


Random Ryo pics. She has very nice style =)

ryo

Leon Magnus, from Tales of Destiny

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Belie - 7th HELL [original creation/design] xD~

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[omfg ~ so beautifull *dies*]

She look REALLY young when cosplaying ToD. I think it's before she cosplay Kyo..? Darn, I missed her old pics. Too bad I didn't get to save them before >__<

Hoojan as Kaworu [Neon genesis Evangelion]









With Mao as Kamenashi Kazuya [KAT-TUN]

I am slightly offended. I don't think white people generally cosplay as well as asian folks, but I don't think it's because they are white, but for various other reasons I've seen a few good white people cosplays...

Like this girl...





or this Aeris...




...I just think it's unfair to be so broad about something that applies to so many people...

^ Images don't work. Or is it just me? -____-+

i just love their contacts ^^ especially kin's =) i will always believe tha kin's a boy!

Omg... not sure if anyone else has read Akuna's and Karum's latest diary entries but it pretty much confirms that... well... sorry to burst anyone's bubble... but supposedly Minye isn't all that nice? Argh it's hard to explain without reading the entries...

This is implictly implied by the entries that Akuna was once with Minye (but not anymore obviously, Akuna is with Karum now since Akuna refers to Karum as his wife) and Minye has been doing some rather nasty things behind Akuna's back and Akuna is really upset about it. Minye is suppose to be a bit of a spolit brat by the sounds of things. The atmosphere is definitely tense as Akuna and Karum are asking Minye to return certain items of clothing/jewelry that were once given to her by Karum.

BTW, Minye's name is not explicitly stated anywhere but if you read Akuna's entry coupled with recent happenings... well it wasn't hard to tell especially since the entry is locked and the password is in chinese and it translates to "To Xye" where you're meant to fill in the X and that the person shares the same name as a certain artist in a rock group...

Anyway, I am not making any accusations but merely stating my interpretation of the diary entries, best read it yourself... sad stuff really on my part and I thought they were all friends....

^Oh, teh drama.


*goes to read their diary*

^ Indeed! And naive ol' me thought it was all happy happy land over there... anyway you need to stick the world "敏" where the X is... I wonder why this has flared up so suddenly...

Edit: Wah... well it looks like war... should check out Akuna's and Karum's guestbooks as well.. Minye has left messages in response to the diary entries @.@ which leaves no doubt it was refering to Minye then ... Minye has told Karum never to leave messages in her guestbook again... BTW I am not being discriminatory here but since it's pretty well established that both Karum and Minye are female and that it's unlikely that both of them are lesbians... that makes Akuna male doesn't it? I think only girls can be that mean to each other =.= and I forgot to mention that it sounds like Minye is trying to get Akuna back but it's a bit late because of things she's done in the past...

Man.. it's so odd that cosplayers that I really like are in a love tangle X.X

I'm still reading. Had to use babelfish though. The words can be a little mind-boggling @___@


Oh man. I wonder what really happened.. They're such a great cosplayers, and too bad they have to fight each other >___< Does this has to do with Minye leaving Dragonfly group in the first place?

That was exactly what I was thinking too... and possibly... only speculation of course the fake Akuna LJ and maybe other English blog sites? I mean who knows something obviously sparked the fuse because Akuna was like "I can't take it anymore and I need to vent in my diary" and man from the guestbook it sure sounds like Minye and Karum hate each other's guts...

* *!!! what happen!?
yah. minye get off from drafonfly group.
I know that true.
*go to read diary too.

Hm I still believe AKuna is a girl. Maybe they're lesbians, or maybe not. They're really close to each other, and perhaps very possesive too? *shrugs*

I only read Karum's messageboard now. I can't really understand much [damn for not knowing chinese >__<] but from what I read, whoa, definitely lotsa sarcasm *__* And MinYe mentioning something about her rich family, getting back to Shanghai.. *is still confuse of what happened*

Wow.. that would make for a really good story. ><;;

Whats their blog links? me wants to read too.. ^^

Maybe they're bestfriends...best friends can get possesive too...I know

o_õ *confuse*




well, some ryo's pics

FRAGILE - End of Heaven ~ original creation

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drama between three great cosplayers >__<;;;

was someone interested in reading Huangshan's interview?

紅茶：近年來大家都在關注你cos總集的情況，但為什麼突然宣布暫停出版呢？

黃山：我希望可以建立更多的形象後才考慮推出。所以，誰也不能阻止我......

紅茶：黃山殿說最後一句話時我發現世界變得很璀璨！你的cos每套都超級華麗！

黃山：這三年來確實花了好多功夫。由於自己是美院(註一)的學生吧，再加上又是個完美主義者，所以每次的cos我都視其為美術作品去完成，完全敗給了自己的角色執念。

紅茶：許多男生都覺得把厚厚的粉撲在臉上很彆扭呢。

黃山：我小時候的理想是當演員，自己也很喜歡視覺系，才不會對化妝抗拒。在我第一次化妝時，也是跟一群意趣相投的朋友一起，自然也不會覺得彆扭。

紅茶：這麼說朋友對你的影響很大了，而朋友於你，又是怎樣的存在呢？

黃山：我非常依賴朋友，同時我不喜與人常往來。假日都會清靜地過，可能我的人格比較分裂......我最重要的幾個朋友是時間所提煉出來的，他們經常不在我身邊，也很少聚集，但會經常想起他們。

紅茶：黃山給我的印象是個很執著於完美的人，你認為呢？

黃山：我是個比較愛幻想的神經質，是個內部屬分裂狀態的人。有時我覺得自己很自卑，各方面幾乎都很糟糕。很情緒化，應該是比較感性。

紅茶：不至於情緒化到砸東西吧？

黃山：會的！所以我會選擇便宜的東西。最凶的那次是順手砸了翡翠(......)，但我不喜歡把自己的情緒影響到其他人，所以外表看起來非常平靜。

紅茶：對於cosplay，黃山殿有沒有自己獨特的見解和方式？

黃山：我覺得cos要源於原作，但高於原作。也正因為這樣我被鐵杆(註二)唾棄過呢。大家都有自己的立場和見解，但我堅持我的再創造。我一邊堅持自己的審美觀點，一邊質疑自己這種再創造是否破壞了角色原來的味道，或者，我的演繹破壞了角色原來的感覺。但又覺得這是我的作品，我的設計，我的理念，當然希望自己的東西更純粹，於是又堅持了下來。我相信喜歡我cos的人也喜歡這種風格，有時候"任性"才能保住自己啊！

紅茶：你特別喜歡的是什麼風格？

黃山：我對東方華美情有獨鍾的。只要去感受下中國文化對周遭文化的影響就能體會出，那時候我們為什麼被稱為"天朝"。我在cos中也融合了這種華美的元素，甚至幻想把cos作得像電影一樣，但因為缺乏資金，太不現實。

紅茶：那麼對於未來的cos，黃山有什麼計畫呢？

黃山：繼續堅持自己的事情，多多求變，作不一樣的華麗風格或者說突破這種華麗。


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kana

wow I saw some KAT-TUN and Nobuta cosplay. Those are awesome =)

Too bad there aren't much good cosplayers in Canada. Well as least I haven't seen any yet.

"有時候"任性"才能保住自己啊！"

that is interesting n somewhat cute! Thanks for posting up the interview, even though i couldn't read everything.

Man, I wish I could read Chinese so that I could navigate their sites and everything. >__< And read Huangshan's interview. =D At least I can read his anme. xP
I'm a disgrace to my family. xP And to myself.

Sounds like a lot of drama going on between those three. I've always thought Akuna was a guy. =T

Hmm... nah, whether Akuna is male or female, the relationship in question here is unlikely to be "best friends"... the words and phrases used are in terms of a love/romantic interest.

"從前已經重重傷害了一個愛妳的人的身心" (Akuna's blog)
In the past you have already deeply wounded someone who loved you with their body and soul/heart

"那麼,請你把屬於我老婆的東西通通還給她吧" (Akuna's blog)
Then, please return all of my wife's things to her

"你要的只是跟心愛的人平淡又充實的過日子~這小小的幸福...是你應得的~為了保護她,你很努力!!!" (Akuna's friend's words of support from guestbook) You (refering to Akuna) only want to spend some peaceful and fulfilling days with the one that you love, you deserve this little piece of happiness, you're working so hard in order to protect her!!!

=.=" It just doesn't seem to be just a "friends" thing? o.O I thought all 3 were girls? But events does seem to suggest otherwise... the only definite gender is Karum's (female)

Well, it shows that they are real people too.

Hmmm I still think they're all girls. Maybe this does not have somethign to do with their sexuality, but rather their fondness of each other. Love is a very complicated things... I think if you're attracted to a person , who happen to be the same sex, it doesn't really consider as lesbian/gay if you doesn't like other people of the same sex too [other than the person that you like]...


okay, I'm not maing much sense here. I dunno how to explain this. -__-;;

Mad Hanabi>> Aww she's kinda girlie in the ol' days XDD Nowadays she's really a tomboy XDD

ANyway, some pics~

Wo as Rikku. *__*

Akuna and Karum

Ryo looks so pretty in those pics! A different side of her-- I wish she'd do more shoots like those. ^^

LEI: Huangshan's interview was really interesting. Even tho I had to ask my cousin to translate for me. XD He made me see cosplay in a different POV.

JINBI: Akuna seems like a sweet person. Judging from what his friend said.

KEY: I do think Akuna's a girl too.. ><;; Karum is BI afterall. Uhmm.. is Min Ye a girl?

Kin doesn't have an adams apple

^sooo true..i was lookin for it the other day too...lol...wow all these drama between the cosplayer....but it well all go away pretty soon..hopefully it do

page starter....YAH!!

I'm sorry, but the Hoojan as Kaworu cosplay is not acceptable. It just isn't. 2 out of 5 stars at best.

This is not a rating thread anyway. *shrugs* Beside, why's 2.5? Because it's a simple costume?

Chigusa>> I believe Minye and Akuna are girls ^^

That is what I thought after Minye wasn't a member of DF anymore.
By the way, they are all girls (^__^; )
In my POV, in cosplay society...BI is very normal...especially for J-rock Cosplayer
I don't know why but that's what Im thinking =_=;
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Hey! Wo looks cute there XDDD!!!

^ Haha I was shocked a bit to see her actually cosplaying Rikku XDD I wonder who'll she cosplay next =P

Hmm maybe coz VK cosplayers do fanservive too, and sometimes feeling for own cosplay goup members can happen..? ^^

Saga from Alice Nine








Teruki and Bou from An Cafe

I know some dudes who dont have an "adams apple".



Thanks Key.. I did assume that they were.



They do kinda resemble Teruki and Bou. ^^ Specially the Teruki cosplayer.

Wow.. so many gender wars.

This is what I've said before but I HONESTLY don't think it really matters what genders are. What does gender count for anyways? The only things it matters to is sex, and I doubt that's relevant to anybody here (:. If some cosplayers are more comftorable with being called a male or they consider their persona to be a dude, let them be. Shouldn't need to spend all this time analyzing, investigating, and all that other stuff, find something fun to do!

But drama happens... And does it really matter if they're lesbians or what not? Their own life, their own choices : D.

Anyways are people still updating those photobucket accounts on the first page? Maybe for easier navigation people should also start a directory to coser's websites and stuff so people don't need to ask if they want to find someone's site ^___________________^.

Key : a-haha~ Im waiting for her next cosplay too XDDD...

That feeling can happen anywhere ^^;
It's normal...
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....for me too lol

Ah yes,. Such feeling can develop between members of the same sex too. I think it's normal. =)

karum &... i'm not sure >maybe G

Ah, that photo is a little bright. But I think that's G too.

Ze photo is quite bright. But both look cute. ^^

Ive no problem with people of the same gender developing feelings for each other.

I asked, simply, because I was curious of their genders.. hehe.

黃山：我是個比較愛幻想的神經質，是個內部屬分裂狀態的人。有時我覺得自己很自卑，各方面幾乎都很糟糕。很情緒化，應該是比較感性。

hahahahaa i thought that was really funny... 精神质..!!

Kei as Nao from Kagrra, [Urei version]

The photo of Karum and G, I can't even tell it's Karum o.O"


^ Same here, I am just curious that's all... in fact I am happy to know that they are capable of developing feelings for the same gender

Minye, Ryohei, Miluku (yes she's ment to be in it XD but no pics yet)












Edit: Pictures have been automatically resized by... the board I assume? They're bigger so you might want to open them in a separate window.

^ Im starting to really like those kind of cosplays (?) I like the BG, costumes-- everything. But I wonder if they are cosplaying any character in particular or is it just "dress-up"?

who is the other cosplayer?

^ I think its Ryohei if you look closely since half her/his face is missing @.@ and no it's not just dress-ups... it's a form of chinese play called 布袋戯, same as the ones that Congtian does... except I am not exactly sure what it is, I've never seen that term before, I just know it's a form of play >.<

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布袋戯 is a type of chinese puppets
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