Assuming The Role Of...

...a student bound to sit for his final exams next week is what I'm supposed to be doing right now. However, circumstances would have it that I've grown quite sick of reading my medical books, and that I need some medication; which would be to read blogs instead.
And while I'm at it, why not kill two birds with one stone and put up a post of my own?

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I'm sure a number of readers here already know what cosplay is. But for those who don't have an inkling of a clue, cosplay is actually...well, basically it's a dressing up game played by both children and adults alike, only that they don't dress up as doctors, firefighters or even housewives anymore. Instead, they dress up as characters from mangas, animes or even video games.

The thing which makes cosplay more interesting than your usual dressing up game is the fact that not only do you have to dress up as your favourite character, you also have to imitate all his traits (e.g. the eccentricites of Kakashi Sensei from Naruto). In other words, you have to become the character himself. Quite a bright prospect for those of us who are born with naturally boring lives.

I doubt using even Brylcreem will help you achieve that kind of hair

Such is its growing popularity that competitions are being held all over the globe (mainly in the US and Japan, of course) with participants trying to look as convincing as possible. Some of the more popular choices would be characters from Naruto, Deathnote and the Final Fantasy series - with results varying from really, really good to absolute bollocks.

This is an example of a good cosplay of Naruto

While this is supposed to be Sailor Moon. What the...?

With that in mind, I thought I'd have a go at it. Just to see whether I'd fall into the 'really, really good' group, or the'absolute bollocks' bunch. I chose a fairly simple character - Jack from the manga title Märchen Awakes Romance @ M.A.R. Jack happens to be a farmboy, and we all know that imitating a farmboy is the easiest thing after, well, being a farmboy.

Everybody, meet Jack the farmboy

Now, meet Hiyoshi the farmboy

Do take your time to evaluate my cosplay. And don't forget to give feedback :)