Hakken Ryou: Cosplayer from Malaysia

Aku betul-betul ingat gambar ni lukisan. Kalau bukan lukisan, ni graffic realtime 3D anime yang biasa nampak dalam game-game atau contoh senang la eh, Final Fantasy. Tapi sebenarnya ini cosplay ya. Ni orang betul. Dia letak makeup, buat rambut dan pakai baju cosplay. Tapi masalahnya ini adalah cosplay paling realistik pernah aku tengok! Sebijik sama dengan anime. Ka aku sorang ja rasa macam tu? hahahah

Masa tengah scroll media massa tadi, tiba-tiba aku ternampak satu video Hakken Ryou ni. Aku be like, eh cantiknya anime 3D ni, betul-betul nampak real. Ke patung benda ni? Lama gak aku perati tangan dia. Tangan tu nampak real sangat. Sekali orang betul laa. Just how muka dia sangat er ummm anime? Akhirnya ada manusia yang rupa macam anime ka? 

Sebelum ni aku rasa Cosplay Anime ni semua merepek dan jujur buruk bila depa try hard nak nampak macam charater tu. Like, what on earth man, you don't look anything like him/her. Stop it please.

Nak dijadikan cerita, rupanya dia ni orang Malaysia! Dan dia ni sebenarnya seorang perempuan! Plot twist! Dia sangat suka buat male cosplay. Then, how would you explain her body? Aku pun tak tau. She consider herself as 'agender' not a male transgender. Dan dia tak kisah kalau nak address dia as 'she' atau 'he'. She must be the most handsome girl i've ever seen then.

Weh, Usui Takumi is real!

Biasanya aku tengok cosplay tak menjadi. Mungkin sebab bentuk muka dan sebagainya. Tapi cosplay hakken ni nampak almost perfect. Ni apa dia cakap dalam satu interview: 

Many people comment on your realistic cosplays, saying that they look “2.5D”. How do you achieve that look with makeup?

I think contouring and the eye makeup makes a really big difference, as well as the lip makeup. Through contouring, you can make your face look sharper, or your nose higher, so you can look more like the character. For the eye makeup, it’s not about the shape, but the feeling that you give your audience through different eye makeup, according to the character. You want to make your lips look thin and in shape.

Ahh, the power of makeup. Sebelum ni dah cukup amazed dengan makeup yang mampu ubah muka 360 darjah lain, boleh ubah muka seseorang menyerupai orang lain, muka dijadikan canvas untuk art dan sebagainya. Tak terfikir, cosplay anime pun boleh evolve dengan kuasa makeup. For me, its really is interesting. 

**her gender issues is not my main point here. its all about how realistic the cosplay is**

Yoru ni kakeru: Race into the night

Lagu ni stuck dalam kepala weh. Ingatkan lagu opening anime mana. Sebab ada vibe anime sikit. The thing is lagu ni 1 year ago tapi tiktok bawak lagu ni jadi hype balik. Yang lawaknya, lagu ni pasal depression & suicide tapi budak-budak tiktok buat menari-nari pulak. Tapi tu la, sebab rancak kan, bunyi mcm happy-happy gitu, suara penyanyi pulak comel-comel.

I feel like I'm sinking, I'm melting

On this night when the two of us spread across the sky

 

All you said was “goodbye”

I realized everything in a single word

The sun submerges in the sky with your form

Across the fence, piled up

 

From the first day, we met

You stole everything from my heart

You, somewhere in the fickle air

With those lonely eyes

 

Always with the 'Tic-Tac'

How many times in this ringing world?

In a tiresome voice - thoughtless, touching words

Even if the tears spill

As for joy, surely it can be discovered by two people

 

For you not being able to laugh in boisterous days

I could not think of a radiant tomorrow

Before dropping in an unraveled night

Take my hand, c'mon!

Even I wish to forget those days of confinement

It'll melt away from the warmth of an embrace

Until I rise, there's nothing to be afraid of

Let’s stay together

 

I can only look at you

I hate it when you stare at something

As if you are captivated as if you've fallen in love

I hate that face

 

I want to believe but I can’t believe it

Surely, by any means - it must be like that

How many times will it happen from now on?

This time we got mad and we wept

Still, surely, someday, we'll surely...

We'll be able to confide in one another

 

I've had enough and I'm tired of it

You keep waving off the hand I'm holding out

I've had enough and I'm tired of it

Honestly, I wish to tell you

 

See? Again with the 'Tic Tac'

How many times in this ringing world?

None of the words I prepared for you can reach you

“I want to end” is what I would like to say

The moment I'm lured in your words

For the first time - you laughed

 

I've become unable to laugh in these sad days

You are beautiful in my eyes

Even the tears are flooding from unraveled night

Maybe with your smile I could live on

 

I've been crying in these invariant days

And gently inviting me for the end

I feel like I'm sinking, I'm melting

The stained mist clears up

In those days of confinement, I wish to forget

I'll reach for your held hand

The cool breeze blows through as if it's swimming through the sky

Don't let go of our connected hands

Now, we'll both race into the night

credit: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/yoru-ni-kakeru-racing-night.html

Rindu blogger yang dulu

Isnin. 8 februari. 10.25pm. Disebabkan PKP aku bukak blog aku ni hari-hari. Bila nak start tulis entry. Oh no, Oh no no no, no no. Blank. Taktau nak tulis apa. Aku pergi kat reading list, nak tengok perkembangan blogger2 yang aku dah follow sejak 10 tahun lepas. Kebanyakkannya dah tinggalkan dunia blog. Post terakhir sekitar 7-8 tahun lepas. Ramai jugak yang dah delete blog masing-masing. Ramai blogger yang famous satu ketika zaman aku dulu dah menghilang. Blog terbengkalai. Ada juga yang tiba-tiba jadi website lain, untuk download movies lah, bahasa jerman lah. Macam aku jugak la, bila dah makin busy dengan hidup, terpaksalah guna platform media massa untuk luangkan masa. Lebih cepat dan efisien. 

Rindunya zaman aku gila dengan blog. Aku rasa puas lepas dah publish 1 post. Walaupun aku banyak merepek ja. Tapi itu la blog suatu masa dulu. Penuh dengan catatan harian dan diari yang dipertontonkan pada awam. Aku pun tak bosan baca life orang masa tu. Blog ni pun aku tengok start tahun 2011. Padahal aku start blogging dari zaman sekolah rendah. Darjah lima waktu tu, aku ingat lagi, baru pindah johor bahru. Aku tak ramai kawan dekat sana, infact takda kawan rapat pun masa sekolah rendah. Sedih betul, nak luahkan dekat myspace, segan pulak sebab ada kawan-kawan dari sekolah lama & baru. Jadi aku belajar buat blog, edit-edit, deko-deko, sampailah blog jadi hobi aku. 

Tapi sebab terlalu banyak rahsia aku dekat blog tu, aku delete dan buat baru. Blog yang baru tu lepas berapa tahun aku delete jugak dan buat pula blog ni. Dan sampai sekarang blog ni masih ada. Blog kesayangan. Tapi banyak juga post2 yang aku delete, risau memudaratkan. hahah. Masa blog ni lah aku cuba benda baru, belajar html, edit dalam classic template. Masa tu blogskin sangatlah famous. Sekarang, website blogskin tu dah takda. Aku sempat publish lebih kurang 5 skin kat situ, dan best gila bila ramai yang guna. Aku start guna skin, lepastu pahamkan maksud koding tu semua, last sekali try create semula skin tu. Aku marah betul kalau ada yang guna tapi tak credit aku, padam nama aku. Padahal aku dulu pun mula dengan base code orang. Dasarrr

Aku saja edit blog aku mcm oldschool skin. Macam ni la rupanya skin basic dulu. Design kotak, wrapped. Warna blog harus ceria. Bezanya, dulu suka letak mcm2 gadget mcm floating music, floating status, floating chatbox, guna spoiler lah, hover mcm2 style, salji lah, cursor comel lah, pop out welcome note, banyak lah. Pastu nanti blog jadi berat. Ada pulak website untuk check speed blog. pehh. Lepas tu makin maju sikit, jana pendapatan thru ads. aku guna churpchurp, dah RM80, sekarang tak ingat dah password semua. maleh la, nanti bila2 rajin baru tengok balik.