Kiroku Kinugawa SSR "Cosplaying With Love" Track 1
Location: Living Room
Nanaki: Thanks for waiting on this page for me, Kiroku. You can turn to the next one now.
Kiroku: Okay…
Momiji: (Huh? Everyone except Ushio-kun is crowded onto the sofa around Kiroku-kun…)
Ushio: …
Akuta: Umm~? “Indeed…I have come to–” …Re…rejahvenate?
Muneuji: Rejuvenate.
Akuta: Thanks! Rejuvenate! “I have come to rejuvenate this school. To carry out my plan, I have traveled from the future” —
WHAAATTTTTT!? HINOMIYA IS FROM THE FUTURE!?
Nanaki: Woah, chill out.
Kiroku: Isotake…my ears…
Akuta: Oops, my bad.
Ushio: The shrieks of a first-time reader never gets old.
Momiji: You boys look like you’re having fun. What’re you up to?
Nanaki: Oh, it's Chief.
Muneuji: We’re reading the new volume of Patibato together.
Akuta: None of us could wait for our turn with the book, so we ended up putting Kiroku in charge of holding it while the rest of us read over his shoulder!
Momiji: That's nice…Patibato is Ushio-kun’s favourite manga, right?
Kiroku: You…know it…too?
Momiji: Mhm, I remember it from a heated café conquest that me and Ushio-kun took on together…!
Nanaki: What’s that all about…?
Ushio: Let’s not talk about that, Chief-san.
Akuta: Do you wanna join our read-along then? Come sit, there’s a spot next to Kiroku with your name on it!
Akuta: I’ll watch from back here—
Kiroku: …Isotake…stop clanking your jaw…against my head…
Momiji: Ahaha, thank you! I’ll squeeze in here then…
Nanaki: gh…
Kiroku: …?
Muneuji: Let’s carry on from the scene where Reito obtains a new spatula and challenges Hinomiya to a rematch.
Kiroku: Okay…
…Ah.
(The paneling on this page is…incredible. It communicates Reito’s resolve and his relationship with Hinomiya, all in just a single drawing…)
I want…to try drawing this…
Ushio: …!
Momiji: I’d love to see this scene in your artstyle!
Kiroku: Nanamegi, could you…help me again…
Ushio: Buddha Statue~? Drawing is one thing, but you’re not going to ask him to model for you again, are you now?
Kiroku: uh…
Nanaki: Wellー
Akuta: Did someone ask for a model!?
Hold that thought! To the kitchen!!!
Akuta: Here, hold this spatula!
Nanaki: You’re zipping around like a hummingbird.
Akuta: I, the great Akuta Isotake, will provide you with the perfect poses for you to draw to your heart’s content!
One. Two. Three—
Kiroku: This…feels more like a croquis…than a sketch…[1]
Muneuji: This is the scene you’re trying to replicate, yes? Why don’t we dress Nanamegi in an apron as well then?
Akuta: You’re a genius! I’ll change up his hair style with a hair tie while I’m at it.
Momiji: Ahaha, that’s perfect. Wait, isn't this type of thing called cosplaying..?
Ushio: As if. This is way too scuffed to be cosplay.
Kiroku: Cos…play…
Nanaki: Aren't you good at that type of thing, Akuta? I remember you showing me a horseshoe crab outfit once.
Akuta: Oh, the magic horseshoe crab! I wouldn’t call that a cosplay, it’s more of a costume for making films with.
Cosplay is like, something too sexy for me to even directly look at…I’m not ready for that yet…
Momiji: I definitely see a lot of those type of cosplays during Halloween…
Ushio: …
Don’t talk about—
Sakujiro: —Cosplay in such a manner!
Akuta & Momiji: AAH!?
Momiji: Sakujiro-san!?
Kiroku: W-Where did you…come from…
Sakujiro: Pardon me. I heard mention of my area of expertise and had to intervene.
Nanaki: So it’s not just dressing up in an outfit you like?
Ushio: *sigh*…Allow me to offer a simple explanation that even a casual like yourself can understand.
Cosplay is about using your understanding of a character’s personality and lore to embody them.
Sakujiro: Likewise, it is just as much a way of expressing your love for a character. It would be disrespectful to describe cosplay as anything short of a distinguished art form!
Akuta: Ohh, I get it. It’s kinda like those super dedicated actors that do method acting! I guess I can manage to look directly at something like that!
Kiroku: Cosplay…is an art too…
Ushio: If you still want to do it, then I’ll be putting your love of Patibato to the test.
Momiji: Huh? Do…what?
Akuta: He's gotta be talking about a modelling contest, right?
Muneuji: I believe he’s saying that we should all try embodying the Patibato characters. I will do my best not to disappoint.
Kiroku: ah…
Sakujiro: Allow me to join you as a judge, if I may.
Nanaki: Even Sakuchan-sensei got roped into this…
Kiroku: (All I did was say I wanted to draw something…how did we end up here…?)
(But…this’ll help me draw a sketch so…it’s fine…right?)
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Notes
1. Croquis is a french word that refers to a rough sketch of a live model before they change poses.
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