What is cosplay? Why is cosplay not understood?

Cosplay culture is an eye-catching highlight and has become an important part of the mainstream culture of contemporary teenagers. It is deeply loved by teenagers and has played a huge impact on their development process.

Cosplay is the abbreviation of Costume Play in English, which translates to "role-playing". To put it simply, it is to restore a virtual character in a game, animation, comics or film and television in reality through props, makeup, and wearing C clothes. A narrower explanation is to imitate and dress up the characters in the virtual world, also known as role-playing. As a result, a new meaning has been derived on the Internet, and it is often used to describe "a person who pretends to be a certain type of person." As the name suggests, cosplay is the abbreviation of the English word costume play, and its verb is cos, and people who play cosplay are generally called coser. In a general sense, the earliest Chinese translation of cosplay came from Taiwan, which means role-playing.

Speaking of which, cosplay has a long history. It can even be traced back to the stage actors in ancient times. They wore special clothes and played the characters in mythology, which is similar to the spirit of modern cosplay, and the only difference is the occasion and the characters. The birthplace of modern animation cosplay should be the hometown of Mickey Mouse - the United States. In the 1950s, the "Mickey Mouse" costumers in Disneyland were the real ancestors of cosplayers all over the world in the current era. It can be said that it is precisely by using cosplay as a commercial promotion method that it can achieve long-term development and recognition. Cosplay began to get on track with the rapid maturity of the game industry in the Japanese ACG industry and the emergence of visual bands, and became a large-scale subsidiary culture of the ACG industry. Whenever the Japanese ACG industry holds anime and game exhibitions, comics or game manufacturers at each booth will hire some booth ladies to cosplay as their own company's ACG characters to attract audiences. Take the Tokyo Game Show as an example. The comic exhibition ladies are always an indispensable landscape at the show, and even magazines select various exhibition lady awards every year.

First of all, we all know that most people get their knowledge and understanding of cosplay from the Internet. However, some descriptions of cosplay on the Internet are not so accurate, and some articles are even negative. For example, we often see some bloggers spreading some relatively naked cosplay photos on Weibo in order to "attract attention and traffic". Most parents may feel disgusted when they see these photos. On the basis of disgust, how can they agree to their children to play cosplay? In fact, we often see some so-called "decent" bloggers who do not support or even satirize cosplay. Therefore, through the spread of this information, parents often feel that the cosplay circle is immature. In fact, not to mention the impact of those naked photos on parents, the "strange costumes" of cosplayers will also make parents feel disgusted, which may be the most unacceptable thing for parents. And from another perspective, we also know that most people who play cosplay are relatively young, including junior high school students, high school students, college students and even some elementary school students. In fact, in the eyes of most parents, we should study hard at these stages instead of playing so-called hobbies like cosplay.

Secondly, we all know that cosplay is very expensive. For example, some of the girls around me who play cosplay usually spend thousands of dollars on a small skirt, and most cosplay enthusiasts are crazy about buying skirts. Most parents cannot accept such a costly hobby. On the one hand, the family economy cannot accept it, and on the other hand, parents do not want their children to develop the habit of excessive extravagance.

Finally, for the third reason, we all know that cos actually originated from the two-dimensional world. Almost everyone who likes cosplay is a follower of the two-dimensional world. In the hearts of our parents, real life is different from the two-dimensional world. Real life is real, and in comparison, the two-dimensional world is a non-existent world and a false world. Therefore, most parents believe that their children should not be addicted to the two-dimensional world, let alone imitate the characters in the two-dimensional world, that is, play cosplay.

1. The practical value of cosplay clothes is low. Some people may ask, what is the relationship between practical value and price? In fact, it is wrong. For example, if you buy an ordinary piece of clothing for 1,000 yuan, but you can wear it for half a year, you will definitely not feel that it is expensive. On the contrary, COSPLAY clothes are just props after all, and they are very likely to be disposable props. Considering the convenience of practicality, it is natural to feel that cosplay clothes are expensive.

2. Most cosplay clothes are custom made. There is no way around it. After all, such clothes cannot be mass produced. Considering that most cosplays require a lot of props, the clothes must perfectly match the cosplayer. Therefore, they must be custom made. If it is an unpopular character or a newly appeared character, the tailor may also have to design the costumes, so the price cannot be reduced.

3. Small workshops that make cosplay costumes face great cost pressure. In fact, domestic clothes are already very cheap compared to those made by foreigners, and small workshops that make cosplay costumes have to face some very embarrassing problems. Strictly speaking, the clothes made by small workshops are "three-no products". If you are unlucky, someone will report them and implement the report, so they have to be taken off the shelves and cannot be sold. In addition, small workshops have too many warehouses, and cosplay costumes cannot be sold in theory, so they can only be treated as waste. If the customer says they don't want them, the clothes will theoretically be scrapped, which is also a loss. With such a big risk, the cost will naturally not come down.

1. The first thing I would like to recommend is the cosplay of Rin Toosaka. It is not difficult to do, the hairstyle is simple, and the clothes are not complicated. Moreover, the character of Rin Toosaka is also loved and supported by everyone. I believe that Rin Toosaka is the second dimension wife of many people. After all, the tsundere second dimension girl is always a little lovable and distressed.

2. The second one to talk about is Altria, who is also a top popular character. Altria has many types of equipment. After all, there are many job classes. Of course, a sword class has all kinds of fancy clothes. Formal wear, swimsuit play... And in the minds of players, Altria is also a goddess-like existence. Cosplay Altria is really suitable.

3. Asuna, whose real name is Yuuki Asuna, her game name is Asuna, and she is commonly known as Honko Na. So her popularity is completely unquestionable, don’t you think? After all, the nickname says it all. Moreover, Asuna’s character is almost perfect, and her popularity is very high. After all, the most perfect wife role is basically Asuna.

4. Finally, let's talk about Rem. Rem is also a character that everyone loves. She is also one of the most popular characters. She has a good personality, is gentle and virtuous, and is very suitable to be a wife. Her popularity reached its peak in 2016. When cosplaying Rem, you can really play both a lolita and a ladylike queen.