Me, In Real Life

hello again, blog. It’s been a hot minute since I’ve last written something down, which is mostly because I keep forgetting this thing exists and then I get the renewal reminder and then it’s like…ok…I should write something in here.

I’ve had a pretty interesting couple of months. The start of summer 2024 was rather hard for me, mentally, when there was little hope in the future of this country. I suddenly decided that, fuck it, I would try to make myself happy for once. So I did something impulsive and a little scary.

I bought a mask.

Not just any mask though. A kigurumi mask. Those (sometimes) creepy anime style face masks that make the wearer look like an anime figure come to life.

This is a type of niche cosplay that I’ve been interested in for years but never got up the courage or opportunity to partake in until now. Certain…factors…had to happen before I had the confidence to do this cosplay, and hey, here it is. My kigurumi anime-style cosplay. He’s just a generic semi-custom mask, not a previously existing character. I vaguely based his clothes on Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day, during the American Idiot era.

I’ve come to realize that the vast majority of kigurumi cosplayers, both male and female, have female kig personas. I’ve come to terms with the fact that since my kig is male, he’ll never get as much attention as some of the female kigs I’ve seen. And that’s totally fine! I’m mostly doing this for me, to tickle the part of my brain that loves anime and cosplaying and pretending to be someone else. My love of roleplaying factors in too. I’ve roleplayed so many male characters over the years, i suppose it makes sense that I’d eventually cosplay one too.

Anyway, I know I’ll never garner much attention as my little kig dude, but I’m having fun being him.