CATDOLL: Cosplay at a comic convention is actually a "fashion show" How do you view the incident of Cosplayers wearing underwear on their heads at comic conventions?

Recently, Japan's largest comic exhibition C88 opened; there are many anime enthusiasts from all over the country who COS the exhibition. At this exhibition, some Japanese netizens were dissatisfied because of the revealing clothes of some Cosplayers; also at the "COSPLAY Festival" held in Xiamen on August 21, netizens were hotly discussed because of a COS character from the popular animation "A Boring World Without Dirty Jokes" (Hwaseong Ayame, the leader of the dirty joke terrorist organization SOX, dressed in black long straight hair and a panty mask, with nothing underneath the white cloak.);

Is it a pervert if a coser wears underwear on his head?

First of all, we all know that wearing underwear on your head is a perverted behavior, not to mention running around with nothing on but a white cape (the picture is too beautiful to imagine). In this regard, if such a thing happens on your way to work/school, there is no doubt that you will definitely think that this person is stupid or mentally ill; however, we need to realize a prerequisite; that is, where these "alternative Cosers" appear! Do you know about this industry? Comment later.

As the saying goes, "Birds of a feather flock together." You will naturally put two identical things together, but if they are different, you will want to separate them; it's like putting two people with completely different thoughts or even living in completely different worlds together, there will only be endless surprise and confusion between them; it's like a man will never feel the pain of a girl when she has her period.

Cosplay from fashion shows

In fact, even within the same circle, there are many "factions". After all, there are all kinds of birds in the forest. Who knows what kind of bird you will meet? Even if the Coser wears too revealing clothes at the comic exhibition, it will cause disgust among some comic fans. If you still think that those who play those alternative Cosplays are not doing their job properly or are mentally ill, then let's take a look at the following example;

What do you think after looking at the two pictures above? The first one doesn't make any sense, it's very normal, many people wear it on the streets in summer; but look at the second one, is this something for children to watch? Is this an AV? Too shameless! Is it some kind of pyramid scheme? How can you let children watch this kind of thing? In fact, this is a model on a fashion show;

Fashion show. Actually, to put it bluntly, it is a group of men and women wearing trendy clothes designed by "big-name" fashion designers and walking on the catwalk. And this kind of show is mainly divided into two categories. One is commercial, which is like the first picture we saw, focusing on practicality and daily wear. The other is artistic and cultural, which is actually a bit "alternative"; the second picture belongs to this category; not all "artistic and cultural" fashion shows are as low-level as "shooting AV", in fact, this is a French vacuum fashion show that is often held; at this point, some people may say, are you using such an extreme example to discredit fashion shows? Or something like that.

Well, why do you think this example is extreme? Because the second picture is less accepted by ordinary people than the first picture; and you think I will deliberately smear or have prejudice against fashion shows, because you know that this fashion show is recognized by the world, you may think it is "authoritative", fashion shows represent the trend of world clothing, etc. When you see an "alternative" that you don't agree with on such a big stage, then rumors will appear. Because you don't understand this industry, you don't know why such revealing clothes are put on the fashion show; so you will judge this kind of exhibition with your common sense.

Those "Alternative Cosers" at the Comic Exhibition

Back to our topic today, those "alternative Cosplayers" who were reported to be wearing revealing clothes or even underwear on their heads, what is the difference between the "alternative Cosplayers" you see and the revealing clothes in the national vacuum fashion show? They are also very alternative, and they are also not allowed to be seen by children!

However, not all Cosplayers dress and play like this. There are also many Cosplayers who dress normally. Even if they wear the same clothes on the street in their daily life, they will not receive strange looks. For children, these words will not cause any strange thoughts. They can only let them see their favorite anime characters in the three-dimensional world.

Cosplay has its own world

Compared with the fashion shows that have formal stage venues and even very formal and professional industry journalists, the Cosplay at the comic exhibition is too "childish". The difference between them is that they are considered by the secular public that one is leading the world trend and has clear classifications, while the other is a child's play without formal planning; it's that simple. What they have in common is that they all have their own special venues and will not go out on the street in casual clothes. They are more targeted at people in this circle; some people may think, I just wear some clothes casually, I am not a professional who does any show, what does this fashion show have to do with me? If you hold a comic exhibition, what will happen if my child goes there in the future and sees Cosplayers wearing revealing clothes? Actually, it is not like that. The so-called fashionable clothes that people usually wear are mostly produced in commercial fashion shows and finally shown to the general public. The other kind of artistic and cultural performances are really aimed at the audience in the industry and will not be allowed to appear casually in shopping malls. It's like CosPlay. Because it does not have an accurate plan, every time there is a comic exhibition or COS exhibition, the costumes on the scene are different, and the media will report it extensively when they see something new. If the planning of comic exhibitions in the future is the same as that of fashion shows, then there will be no more revealing or alternative Coser, and then using this as a highlight to discredit the COS circle and the animation circle. Similarly, if there are children going, they can be classified as 18+, and there will be no parents complaining about their children participating in comic exhibitions.

It’s still what I said at the beginning, “Birds of a feather flock together.” If the same things are put together, nothing will happen differently; two people with different ideas will never get along, because they don’t understand what the other person is thinking.