Vampire Knight: Yuki Cross 02

Yuki is the adopted daughter of Cross Academy’s headmaster, Kaien Cross. She is a first year student who acts as a Guardian to keep peace and harmony among the Day Class, consisting of mostly human students, and the Night Class, which are composed of vampires.

Despite her affection for Night Class Leader and President, Kuran Kaname, she has a fear of vampires due to her childhood experience of one of them trying to bite her. Kaname is an exception because he was the one who saved Yuki, but after she witnessed his vampire nature of feeding on one of Night Class students, she became distant to him, though her affections stubbornly remained.

Another beautiful photo by Tony Quan! This cosplayer makes a pretty cute Yuki, just like the other cosplayer I featured some time ago. Wonderful job! Thanks for sharing this!

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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: Kozuki Kallen

Kallen Stadtfeld, who prefers to be called by her birth name, "Kozuki Kallen", leads a double life as a meek and fragile Ashford Academy student, and as a member of the Order of the Black Knights by Lelouch Lamperouge. She use to live with both her Britannian stepmother and biological mother who was employed as a maid, but her happy life was shattered when her biological mother was arrested for using an illegal drug known as Refrain.

I've read that the seiyuu for this character, Koshimizu Ami, had a difficult time voice acting Kallen because of her double life. It makes you realize what a hard life this character must lead in the anime. Great cosplay though! It looks like she even considered the location of this photo shoot... A good choice, I might add.

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Fate/Stay Night: Saber 02

I seem to have the habit of flooding this blog with Saber cosplays… This is technically only the second Saber from Fate/Stay Night, but I had 2 Dark Saber’s from Fate/Hollow Ataraxia already.

I really have to find other cosplayers of the other characters.

Anyhow, Saber is a loyal and powerful warrior who chooses to suppress her emotions in order to focus on her goals. She is actually Arturia Pendragon in her previous life, the female version of King Arthur. She desires to win the Holy Grail War in order to correct her previous mistakes in her life.

Beautiful shot! I love the dress and how this was taken. Given, she should be blond, but she makes a nice Saber. Good job!

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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ayanami Rei 03

The child who’s origins are purposefully left a mystery, Ayanami Rei is a quiet girl who often keeps to herself. She resembles Ikari Shinji’s mother, Ikari Yui, and often acts motherly towards him, despite being (or "appearing to be") the same age. It is stated in the Red Cross Book that Rei was actually created from the salvaged remains of Yui after she was absorbed into the Unit 01 in 2004.

I’m not sure if Sanriotown moderators will mind posting a picture like this, but in case there is a problem, do let me know so I can take this down? I don’t want to make any trouble… But she makes a really impressive Rei!

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Zazzle and Me

Me, in Chika Ogiue hairstyle ^^;

Weee! My shirts from Zazzle finally arrived. I've been meaning to get one when Chun first showed the art and shirt prospect at DannyChoo.com. I was hoping she can order some and I'll buy it off her, lol. So then she told me about a deal from Zazzle during Remembrance/Veteran's Day sale, so I took up the offer and ordered the Tare-DC.com shirt along with a custom shirt and a magnet to increase the minimum I need for the discount. The second custom shirt was actually denied at first because I put a Haruhi Suzumiya picture in it... so I had to redo it before November 11 ended. But it was finally approved and was shipped on the 13th or 14th of November. I only received it on Monday, on the 24th...

So as you can see in the picture above, I look exactly like Chika Ogiue from Genshiken. I haven't cut my hair for a while and it grew that long, so I figured might as well keep it to make this shot XD And I like the shirt very much, it's just that... my belly's stretching causing it to wrinkle up on the side >_<
The other shirt I ordered is my own custom shirt I've been meaning to make for a while now, but I needed something better than going to the post office or printing it on an iron-on decal. This is my "John Smith" shirt. Well if you're wondering why it has an SOS Brigade logo in the front with those letters, then you need to read The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Volume 4 of the light novels and the Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody chapter of the third volume. Or wait until the second season of Haruhi Suzumiya starts XD Those who can't wait to know what it is then read the spoilers below. Those who want to wait, skip the following text after this sentence.

*** SPOILER ALERT ***

In the Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody chapter, Kyon ended up travelling back in time to 3 years ago when Haruhi was just a middle-schooler. Since Kyon doesn't want to reveal who he really is, he uses the name "John Smith" instead. Haruhi doesn't believe it, but like she really cares. In The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Kyon was suddenly transported into a parallel world, which makes him a slider! In that world, Haruhi was not in his classroom nor in the school, which made him believed that Haruhi "disappeared". In actuality, she was at a different school altogether. Kyon needed her to get himself back to the "real" world, but she doesn't know him... Which brings us back to "John Smith", the only name Haruhi would recognize. When it was finally resolved, Yuki claimed responsibility and told Kyon that her higher ups might reprimand her for what she did. Kyon told her that if the Integrated Data Sentient Entity do anything to her, then he'll use the magic spell, "My name is John Smith" on Haruhi, which should initiate Haruhi's power to get Yuki back and eliminate the Entity.

*** END OF SPOILER ***

Anyway... before I went off on a tangent... the other thing I ordered was a Katamari magnet, and really it was just something to boost the minimum total, nothing too interesting.

I got my brother to take my pictures. Thank you very much bro, especially for your patience while I had my wardrobe change lol! So I've edited some of them and while I was at it I made some more just for fun ^_^

Wasn't really planned, but I'm a huge fan of Kemeko DX atm ^^;

*KIRA*

Yes I know I should've put Kyon's face instead, but the pose and the armband is Haruhi's XD

~Spirited Away

❤All credits to the cosplayers and photographers❤

~DOLLS

❤All credits to the cosplayers and photographers❤

=First Brigade=

Shouta Mikoshiba 御子柴笑太



Seiju Shikibu 式部清寿




Usaki Toudou 藤堂羽沙希

=Second Brigade=

Rami Aikawa 藍川蘭美

Yoshino Saeki 佐伯慈乃

Ayane Kubou 久宝綾寧

=Thrid Brigade=

Riku Kamijou 上條璃宮

Motochika Kagami 香我美元親

Mizuki Kurose 黒瀬瑞城

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Sakurazawa Tokio 桜澤時生

Tatsuto Mikami
Sakyou Igarashi
Tamao Hasui 蓮井珠緒

~Count Cain : God Child

❤All credits to the cosplayers and photographers❤


++Cain ''' Mary

++Cain'''Raffael


++Cain Christopher Hargreaves

++Riffael "Riff" Raffit

++Mary Weather Hargreaves

Mikaila

Hikaru no Go: Kishimoto Kaoru

The president of the Go Club in Kaio Middle school, Kishimoto Kaoru was a former insei who did not become a professional Go player. Kaoru is known for having the ability to read his opponent’s habits and weaknesses, an observation he uses to attack them directly. He is also well known for his love of black coffee.

It took me a while to try and figure out who this character is. I was only able to read some chapters of this manga and I wasn’t able to read about this character at all. I did remember Toya Akira going to Kaio Middle School though, so it gave me a clue as to who he was.

Great job on this cosplay! I love the attitude the cosplayer is projecting…

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Another Wednesday Shopping Day

"Yee-haw! Ride'em cowgirl!"

So after staying out til 3:30 AM last night I woke up at 10:30 AM to go out shopping for Otaku stuff. Ok I didn't leave til 11:30, but I should've gone out later to actually check the computer since I couldn't last night... Then I could've found out that they've delayed the re-opening of SakuraMedia, a local anime store at Metrotown, until tomorrow... Ugh, didn't find out til I saw the store still boarded up...

Anyway, went through a few stores today. First stop was Crystal Mall to find my brother's a headrest for the car... apparently a bust since he doesn't like it, oh wellz. Then off to the two anime stores there, but nothing great. I am eyeing this Perfect Grade Eva Unit 01 though... I'm not gonna put bring that on the bus, so I'm not gonna buy it yet ^^; I also kept eyeing this iGallop machine they had in one of the stores. I did ninja a picture of the machine, but later on I asked if I can take a clearer picture but denied, so I'm glad I took a ninja pic lol. I also posted this at DannyChoo.com to see people's reaction to the machine (and the somewhat inappropriate video I posted lol).

Then moved on to Ages 3+... nothing there. I'm hoping for this figure of a girl in a Chinese dress from Kotobukiya to be there, but nothing today. Probably not out yet. At Toys R Us I bought Ninja Gaiden for PS3 ($5 off yay!) and Bangaio Spirits for the DS ($10 off! Yippee!). I wanted to try these two games for a long time now! At AutoWorld, I bought a mirror top display which I'll be using for one of my figure shoots, heh heh heh *evil grin*.

So since SakuraMedia was still closed, I moved on to Downtown, which is just a Skytrain ride away, to go to Golden Age. Chatted with people there and surprised to see someone actually know who the character is on my shirt, Fuko Sanjou! Got some of my manga fix from there and hopefully Secret Invasion #8 is on that list... I tend to just buy and don't double check, stupid habit. So with a huge bulging backpack I head home, but not before I dropped my MP3 player... It still works, built tough I guess ^_^

The shirt I wore today. Picture from Hobby Search.

One of my typical Wednesdays... Probably will head out to Richmond tomorrow, heheh.

Kuroshitsuji: Sebastian Michaelis

The butler of the Phantomhive household, Sebastian Michaelis is akuma de shitsuji desukara, literally "a demon and a butler" or "one hell of a butler". He is actually the demon with whom Ciel Phantomhive has formed a contract with, to serve him and protect him until he fulfills his goals.

And of course, as soon as that happens, Sebastian will take Ciel's soul; as their contract states.

A rather splendid cosplay of the demon "servant". It would be interesting to know why exactly he would go to such lengths to get Ciel's soul. I wouldn't think demons would work so hard for just any soul. Great cosplaying!

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Final Fantasy X-2: Yuna 03

The kind-hearted summoner changes for after the events in Final Fantasy X. Yuna still puts others’ needs before her own, but she becomes more open and direct, looking up to Rikku as a sort of role-model. She even picked up Rikku’s expressions such as “disasteriffic” and “oh, poopie!”; something the younger Yuna wouldn’t have dreamed of saying.

Yuna still seems to be one of the cosplayers’ favorite character to cosplay even though the game’s already somewhat old. I love seeing different versions of Yuna from different parts of the world.

I’m not sure if Koffel is the cosplayer or the photographer of this image since I found it in a random website, but if anyone would like to point me in the right direction where this is originally from, please do let me know!

EDIT: Thanks to Raiku for the Deviant Art Link!

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Onegai My Melody: Fujisaki Mana

Another one of Yumeno Uta’s friends, Fujisaka Mana is a tomboyish, athletic girl who has a constant fear for all things cute. She is a loyal and devoted friend of Uta’s, even though My Melody disturbs her to no end. Often times, Mana would kick Kuromi and Baku out of the vicinity for causing trouble.

A convincing cosplay of Mana! She’s actually one of my favorite characters in the series. Good Job!

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Vampire Knight: Kuran Kaname and Kiryuu Zero

Born into a well-known Vampire Hunter Family, Kiryuu Zero had a twist of fate, thanks to a pure blood vampire Hio Shizuka wiping out his entire family. It is because of her that he hates vampires, and the fact that he has become a Level E vampire himself makes it difficult for him to get over his hatred.

He has a dependent relationship with Kaname, another pure blood vampire who allowed Zero to drink his blood in order to suppress his thirst for blood.

Gorgeous cosplay by On/Off, the pair who performed Vampire Knight opening song, Futatsu no Kodou to Akai Tsumi (Two Heartbeats and the Red Sin). I wish Zero had silver hair, but he's got the attitude down. Great work!

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Ragnarok Online: Assassin Cross

I think this week will be pretty easy for those who are familiar with online games.

My guess is that she’s from Ragnarok. But it’s been years since I last played the game, so I’m no longer that updated when it comes to character looks and such.

This could also mean that I’m lazy or something of the like to look for information regarding this cosplay. Haha!

EDIT: Thanks to Fairlady-Z for letting me know this is Ragnarok Online’s Assassin Cross!

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