RE:Hunter 10 (original) (raw)

Last Sunday was the Hunter x Hunter Only event!! I'm so glad I could make it despite the typhoon - it would be sad that the ONE time I spent months preparing some new cosplay I wouldn't be able to go T_T Especially because this cosplay was tailored specially to this event! At general, all-genre conventions, not many people were going to recognize who we were, but at HxH Only, even the most minor characters are appreciated and loved, yay

I did actually have plans to cosplay Pockle and Ponzu with another friend back in... 2014 or so? But that friend never even started on her cosplay, so I didn't either because cosplaying Pockle by himself would just be too lonely. But this time, ayanihime_0909 and I made our costumes together from scratch, so we could coordinate and make sure everything turned out as best we could =D

Close enough...! I still can't believe how well Ponzu's hat turned out, even though it's not perfectly round xD It makes my friend look so tiny and cute!
The wig color is great, too! It's one I originally bought when I was going to cosplay Yukina from Yu Yu Hakusho, but I didn't like how saturated the color was, so I bought a paler one for Yukina and then just never used this one (I wasn't aware I'd kept it until we were working on the hat and needed a wig - any wig - to check what the hat size would need to be like with a wig on. And then I found it in the bottom of my wig box, like hidden treasure. Yay!

She found some bees too, aren't they adorable!?

Cute Ponzu! *fangirls*

It must've been funny for the obverver to watch me dressed as Pockle taking a ton of pics of Ponzu, haha <3

Pockle~ I opted not to make or buy a real bow and arrows because I'd probably get in the way in such a narrow, crowded event space anyway, so I made do with imaginary ones, haha. I love how the participant badge/sticker thingie matched the colors of my outfit, so I stuck it on the front xD

Ponzu's not so much, so we stuck it on her back... She looks adorable from the back too, either way xD

We were some of the first people in the cosplay area because we didn't really have any limited-edition goods or doujinshi that we really needed to buy, but after a while this cool Leorio joined. I think I took a pic with him last year too when I was Kurapika xD

Morau! He was super tall, I had to use my wide-angle lens to get the whole pipe in the picture!

There was also a whiteboard where everyone could doodle. Everyone is so good *-*

Found the Gon-san stand

With Kurapika! <3

Netero-san! His makeup was impressive, it was hard to tell how old the cosplayer really was =O

Gon and Killua! So cute!

Found the examiners! xD There were a ton of Yorkshin Arc characters this time because the event was actually held on September 1st, so we were happy to find some other Hunter Exam arc characters ^o^

It totally looks like I'm humping Satotsu but I was really trying to hold up my friend's selfie stick in such a way to fit us all into the photo ^^;;;

Heavens' Arena staff! I love it, that's brilliant! There were actually 3 of them at the event and apparently another one who couldn't make it due to the typhoon, would've loved to see them all together >w<

Found another ponzu! And miraculously enough, she was doing the new anime version, so there wasn't any overlap between our cosplays!

AND a new anime Pockle!? What kind of magic is this!? =O
We tried our best to get the four of us in a picture, but the new Ponzu and Pockle weren't together, so we couldn't get a hold of them at the same time until everyone gathered for a group pic at the end of the day (and after that we spotted THEM taking a bunch of pics together, haha). The pic of the four of us was on my friend's phone though, so maybe I'll get it later >w<

Tried to get some obligatory "cool" pics sitting on stairs... We got some without any people in the background too, but somehow I like this one better - having the main characters in the background gives more of a "minor character" vibe, lol

Same for Ponzu, haha. Love that Kurapika and Shizuku are casually chatting over there xD

A photographer took this pic of us together <3

And another took this one <3
It's nice to have some that aren't just selfies, too!

The group pic was uploaded already! Comparing it to last year's, there REALLY were a ton of cosplayers this year! That's incredible, especially if you consider that a bunch of people weren't able to make it because of the typhoon... Next year's event is scheduled at the same venue, but at this rate we're going to burst out of the available space =O

Can you find us? Haha

Loot! I didn't buy that much, other than Shirozone's new release, and a mini-artbook with Pockle and Ponzu because the artist was fangirling so hard over our cosplays >w< The rest were all free postcards and such.

That artist also had a little acrylic stand, so I got that, too. Also some KilluGon stuff, and schedule book stickers! People are so creative, I love it.

Now to think about what I want to cosplay next year... I haven't got any clear ideas for any new characters I want to do, but it would be nice to do something that nobody else is likely doing... Hmm... I've got a year to decide

(or, a few months, considering the time it takes me to actually make anything, but eh...)