mishmash of genres, costumes, veterans and amateurs, dominated by females. I combed the area looking for shy cosplayers hiding in corners or people who were otherwise off the beaten path.

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This trio of girls, dressed as Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne characters, are easily the nicest people I talked to all day.

Ran, on the right, cosplayed the Shiva demon. She chose Shiva because she's interested in Indian gods, and wanted to do an Indian couple cosplay with her friend Ruri (on the left). Ran's favorite videogame is the mysterious Mujin, which she says is "so hard-core that hardly anyone even knows it exists." Ran's dream is to communicate with foreign cosplayers.

In the middle is Yukiya, cosplaying the game's main character, Naoki Kashima. She said she originally started cosplaying for the challenge of trying to really "become" a favorite character. Her favorite game is Mugen no Frontier: Super Robot Taisen OG Saga. She also wishes she could communicate with foreign cosplayers more.

Then I found out that Yukiya is actually fluent in English, and used to live in London. "Then, you can communicate, online!" I told her. Yukiya is apparently too timid to write things online, however, and prefers meeting people in person.

On the left we have Ruri, cosplaying as the Parvati demon. Her favorite game is Itadaki Street, a dicelike board game for the Famicom, because she likes making other people bankrupt. Not surprisingly, her dream is to become filthy rich.

Authors: Dan Luffey

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