This past weekend, I went to Anime Boston cosplaying as Aomine Daiki from Kuroko’s Basketball (+ through one season, ++ potential).
I figured this would be a good slacker cosplay. Cosplay jerseys are pretty cheap. I have a similar height, build, and skin tone to Aomine. For the final touch, I blue all over my hair.
The photoshoot originally took place in a corner of the convention center between a Dunkin’ Donuts and some kind of chapel, a cognitive dissonance between gluttony and judgmentalism I never knew existed outside Indiana. Eventually we took it to the streets.
This jersey was size XXL in China. Apparently my neck flab isn’t up to Chinese XXL standards, while my legs are of a length unseen since the third of the Five Chinese Brothers.
Unfortunately, this shoot was on the last day of the con. I blue so much on Friday and Saturday that I didn’t have enough left in the tank to get it all over my hair on Sunday.
True to anime, there were a bunch of random people popping up behind the bushes. I wonder if they knew we were cosplaying Kuroko’s Basketball. Based on my height relative to everyone else’s, we could’ve been mistaken for Attack on Titan.
Also true to the anime, Kuroko had a terrible shot. Even after I picked her up she still needed about five tries to get it in.
I’m still trying to get in touch with the rest of the photographers for the remaining pics, including the hilarious aftermath of the scene above. Since Kuroko was rubbing up against my head the whole time, I blue all over her jersey.
Mad ups
UPDATE: Here’s the line I would’ve quoted at the food court if anyone in my group had seen Kuroko’s Basketball.
Next stop: AnimeNEXT (New Jersey)
UPDATE: I’m Afraid I Just Blue Myself Again
Nine-foot rim? Hell yeah.
Pics will be added as I track down photographers.
+++
For much less than $$$!
Where is your tail? Where are the fangs?
My hopes and dreams, dashed forever!
Baka Raptor, Baka!
P.S. How tall are you? Can’t tell whether you’re tall or everyone else is short.
They are asians.
Also women.
Asking for my measurements? Hi-mi-tsu~
6’0″, probably about 6’1″ with those shoes on. It should be noted that most of my length is in my lower body.
So pretty tall. I’m nearly 5’11” myself. (178.5 centimeters, for those who use the metric system, as they should.)
Quite a few anime bloggers are on the tall side. We should all start a basketball team in which our special abilities mirror our respective blogging styles.
‘Tis but a costume. I was merely dressing non-saurian. Seems I did a damn good job pulling it off.
A shockingly good performance, my dear chap.
Very nice, good pics. Really like the ones of you crossing up Kagami and Kuroko.
Thanks, the other cosplayers were relatively short, so dribbling poses that forced me to get low tended to work well.
RWJ, is that you?
This is the second time I’ve been likened to this guy. Why is he famous while I’m not?
Because you’re not an asshole
Also because you don’t cater to neanderthals, dude.
I’m glad you don’t look like a total goober like I imagine most bloggers look like.
I demand to know where this stereotype originated from!
Unlike most bloggers, I work out more often than I update.
Post of the year.
Why say it twice?
It never gets old.
And it only happened because I wore the same costume three days in a row!
LOL this is too blue for me!!!
Sorry if I blue too much. It was my first time after all. With a little practice I’ll get better at holding back.
Basketball is easy, why not make a Captain Tsubasa cosplay next time ? Kojiro and his infamous Dragon Kick could serve you even better as a slacker cosplay.
Basketball is lazier. With the dragon kick, you go through all the trouble of making a hole in the net. In basketball, the nets come with a hole pre-made!
You got me, this is a genius answer!!! lol.
My hair has also gotten blued. We’re together in this!
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