Does it still count as cosplay if I dress up as something from Japanese culture but not a specific character? For example a Yakuza or Delinquent but I'm still just "myself"?
Lots of days have gone into styling wigs and outfits
>>9462139
isn't that just j-fashion?
>>9462139
so, bosozoku/yanki fashion, anon?
>>9462139
It might pass as cosplay, but be prepared for the inevitable "What character are you?" question.
Another slight problem might be that you could end up insulting people wearing that J-fashion by calling it cosplay, especially if you disregard the finer details of that fashion.
>>9462456
Exactly, a group of friends and I are going to a con as a gang of highschool yankii
>>9462139
Does it really matter what you call it?
>>9462597
If you're talking classic japanese uniform, slick hair type stuff--
Just coordinate the colors right and say you're Kuwabara and his crew.
>>9462139
I was sort of wondering this. If I dressed up in an Adidas tracksuit, paperboys cap and gold chains, would that be a cosplay or just a racist slav "potato-face?"
>>9462597
Every time someone asks what you're from, make up an anime. It's really fun to watch people go "oh yeahhhhh, I've heard of that! But I haven't watched it yet" while you pull stuff out of your ass.