#basara cosplay

[wakiwakichan]

猿飛佐助/戦国BASARA

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[poupoulebambou-blog]

[ask-misun-and-oc]

Misun!bot

Errrr... it's just swords sticking on 'your' cloak.

Misun!bot

Can't stop imagining Ikemen Sengoku but the chara is from Sengoku Basara. @masamuneskitchen @ask-yuki-and-sasuke @keiji-corner

[koorinokujira]

Yakuza 0 is a SPECTACULAR game and I'll shove my love for it in everyone's faces now

Alright, I'll take a bit of a break from regularly scheduled Basara-posting (don't worry, the next batch of imagines is getting worked on), because boy, am I full of emotions right now. This will most likely turn into a mini-series of posts, I don't know yet.

TLDR: Background of me getting into it all and me gushing about my appreciation for the game since I finally finished it. Some (at least vague) spoilers will definitely be involved, so if you haven't played the game yet, here's your warning! Also, I ramble a lot, sorry.

So, I am still fairly new to the Yakuza fandom, all things considered. While I first discovered the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series a few years ago (through a Majima meme, lol), I wasn't that into it at the start. I had other hyperfixations at the time, and it was just sort of at the background. I watched some gameplays, saw some memes, and after watching a full playthrough of Yakuza Kiwami (and a bit of Y0), I eventually decided to get Y0 and play it myself. Bought it and played for a few chapters, but then it got buried again beneath other games, even if I liked it a lot. But this year, it all just came back to me, and I decided to throw myself into it fully this time, restarting my Y0 playthrough (and engaging with the fandom a bit more).

And I'm incredibly glad I did.

At the time of writing this, I finished the game like 30 minutes ago, give or take, and I feel like I'm feeling everything right now. There aren't many games that hit me so hard. Every single second of this game just kept my eyes glued to the screen, and even when I was not playing, the feelings from the story lingered.

You know, I've been sort of living through other people's experiences with the series lately, especially here on Tumblr. Even if I don't know half of the characters everyone talks about yet, I still appreciate the funky stuff everyone here creates. I love the ridiculous memes, the sweet Minedai and Kazumaji fanarts, the kick-ass cosplays, and all the other stuff! You guys made me love it even more and keep going, so I could enjoy it even more! But I have to say, experiencing at least Yakuza 0 for myself hits so much harder than just watching a gameplay.

I got to play as a buff, scary looking man that races toy cars with kids as if his life depends on it, and constantly gets tangled up in ridiculous situations and helps people around town, all the while he's putting his life on the line to protect those he loves the most. I got to hire a chicken as a real estate manager, enjoy some karaoke with my best pal Nishiki, and save some poor ladies from terrible guys who harassed them on the street. And there was also so, so many heart-wrenching things that made me stop what I was doing, because I just hated to see Kiryu's kind, gentle heart get torn apart by the world he willingly stepped into.

I also got to play as a man that went through hell and clinged onto life through sheer determination. A man that was lost, but slowly found what was important to him through the course of the story. But even with him, I got to experience a ton of hilarious weirdness, which may or may not include things like pretending to be a desperate girl's boyfriend, beating up a cult leader or accidentally raising the taxes for all of Japan. Majima, I love you too, you crazy bastard!

All the characters are written so well, and felt very real to me the whole time. Nothing was really black and white, and even the simpler looking characters ended up being very complex most of the time. Honestly, I could ramble on and on about how it broke me to see Tachibana cry, or how much I adore Kashiwagi, even with the limited screentime. I will probably make a few more in-depth posts about certain characters and how I view their themes in the future.

But all this is to say, I'm glad that I finally took the plunge, and I am looking forward to what I have yet to experience! I even have a few OCs that I may share in the future (if I finally learn how to draw properly, that is), and maybe some fanfics, too!

After I finally 100% Ghost of Tsushima, I am definitely buying Kiwami, too! Glad to finally count myself a "proper" member of the RGG fandom ＼(￣▽￣)／

Thank you for reading my excited ramblings, and as I always say...

Have an amazing day!

[filliteapot]

Such a good day to remember the Basara Board Game I mentioned here is not just my imagination but a real thing that exists in the second (”Earth”) artbook

I didn’t translate the rules but I bet they are smth like this: “you got trapped - you lose your turn cosplaying the hanging man tarot card” or “skip two turns gathering your enemies’ coats to make a hot air balloon” or “skip three dealing with your enemy’s pregnant wife your ally brought to your war camp”. They must be so or it’s not Basara. No matter how many years will pass - these canon jokes are still funny to me

[yukipri]

not really related to your art or your writing even though both are sick as hell- i just wanted to share that everytime i see your username on my dash, i read it like how togepi in the pokemon anime would say it's name except its your username. so like, yuki-priiiiiii

Aw, that's super cute! And you're defs not the first person to say that, it's really funny how a lotta English speakers seem to make that connection!

(my url YukiPri comes from a combo of Yukimura + Princeton. When I first started this blog waaay back in the day 10+ years ago, it was my first fandom social media, and I made it specifically to keep in touch with some Sengoku Basara cosplayers I met at a con. I cosplayed Sanada Yukimura. There was also another person cosplaying the same character, so they called me the Princeton Yukimura, since that's where I was going to University at the time. Hence Yuki + Pri!

I've thought about it changing since, but now a lot of social media sites are old, and a lot of the shorter, catchier urls are long taken, and I've already sorta built my brand around YukiPri. So eh. It's fine, I don't hate it! It's also why I have a separate handlename, "Kazu" in addition to my brand/url ^ ^;

And there's your sudden impromptu YukiPri history lesson lmao)

❀ ❀ Send YukiPri an Ask! ❀ ❀

[doronjosama]

Day 19 of #29DaysOfBlackCosplay2024

features TheFluffyPrince's rockin' Basara cosplay! I can almost hear "Seventh Moon"! #CosplayIsForEveryone

#28daysofblackcosplay

Reposted from @thefluffyprince

Breaking up the constant Yu-Gi-Oh with some Macross! Basara was so fun to take pictures in. I'll probably never wear him again though. .

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📸: @visualsly .

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#macross #macrosscosplay #basara ##basaracosplay #macross7 #blackcosplayer #otakon

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[callgespenst]

My Ohayocon 2k23 Writeup

Every time I go to a con and I think “wow, so much happened, that was fun” and then it all blends together with every other con I’ve ever been to after a few weeks. This will be the first of hopefully many convention diaries/life updates so I can look back in a few years and -not- wonder where the time has gone.

THURSDAY: while the con had events (mostly badge pickup, really) on Thursday, we elected to skip out to go see the Reincarnated as a Slime movie before the weekend really got started. Good movie! Got cash out for the con and some last minute supplies (more E6000 glue for my boot covers).

FRIDAY: My wife and I both had to work in the morning but as soon as that was done we got our costumes on and got out the door! I wore my Paptimus Scirocco cosplay, which I haven’t taken the chance to do since ANYC 2019. (There haven’t been a whole lot of anime cons since then, or at least, not ones I’ve felt safe going to). Got in, bought our badges at the door (almost glad we didn’t pre-reg, the line for that was much longer) and went straight to the dealer’s room. Ran into a few friends, went to our long time favorite vendors of Otaku Joseph and Megaroad, and didn’t actually spend a whole lot of money because our collections are already massive and out of control. I got a lot of small stuff (my last daily photo) going through some dealer’s bins and chatted with a guy who was also looking through for cool robots. After that was dinner with friends at the local pizzeria, and a panel, and then we left early.

THE PANEL: Went to a guest panel for Shin Kurokawa, who worked on the AnimEigo Macross release in the early aughts. I’ve learned a lot about early anime fan culture (exchanging raw VHS tapes, some of the first cons, etc), but never really heard anything about working from an official perspective at that point, so that was fascinating. Used to be a lot harder to make DVDs, that’s for damn sure. Kurokawa revealed that the release of the DVD set got pushed up, after being delayed for a while, because 9/11 happened, a lot of people cancelled their preorders, and they wanted to cut their losses. So then someone at the end of the panel, starts to ask “So, if 9/11 hadn’t happened...” and everyone starts laughing because, what a way to open a question about anime.

SATURDAY: Our friend Koji came up for the day so a lot of our Saturday was showing them around the dealer’s hall, artist’s alley, and taking photos (I was Gamlin on Saturday, and my wife was dressed as Nekki Basara all weekend). We got lunch at North Market during the only lull in the ramen place’s line, and managed to show Koji around and have a good time. Took those two back early and then went back to the con center on my own.

KARAOKE: Fumbled my way through Totsugeki Love Heart, I usually do a lot better but I felt weirdly self-conscious at the time. The funny part was before karaoke, when we were sitting outside the room in line. The hosts were doing a sound test, and it sounded suspiciously like “The Borderline” by Sharon Apple. So I turn to my buddy next to me in line and say “Hey, isn’t that The Borderline?” and he says “I don’t think it is”. So I go up and open the door just to confirm, and I was right! And in my con-powered enthusiasm I turn around and shout “IT -IS- THE BORDERLINE, FUCK YOU ANTHONY!” to the confusion of most of the other people around us.

SATURDAY EVENING: Went to go get pizza again with a slightly different group of friends. Met a Quattro cosplayer who seemed pretty cool. Ended up sitting around for three or four hours just bullshitting, which is always good. Got tired and left just before midnight.

SUNDAY: Designated Mahjong Day. Most of the rest of my usual group didn’t show up until one, so I played some DDR (did awful) and some Initial D (did alright). I think that was the exact motivation I needed to get back into playing DDR more seriously, accidentally put on a ten-footer (on basic mode!) and got most of the way through it even though it wasn’t a song I was familiar with. Just gotta build my stamina back up. Then I helped with a mahjong teaching session, which was a nice confidence booster, I felt like I was doing pretty well with three players who were mostly unfamiliar with the game. We had -both- genders of Americans interested in riichi mahjong, “played it via Yakuza”, and “played it via FFXIV”. The game room closed early due to snow, and then we went home.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS: the literal, honest to god barbershop quartet that was there on Sunday. I don’t think they were there as attendees, they just went to entertain a crowd, and they were pretty damn good. Their group name was “The Fourskins”, and you can “follow them on nowhere”.

All in all, I had a great convention! No drama, no bullshit. Fewer of the lads made it this year than usual, but those who did come, I got to have a good time with, which is what counts. For my next convention I really need to submit some panels, cons don’t quite feel right without them.

[kleptoyade]

Klepto plays Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi - Ishida Mitsunai Drama Route & Anime Route

I absolutely LOVE the Sengoku Basara series, but haven't played it for a couple years, and it's so good to get back to it and remember how much I love it! Starting off with Mitsunari's route because he's one of my faves and I’ll be making this cosplay next year!

[g1-skywarp]

this was supposed to be masamune sengoku basara cosplaying as captain harlock from captain harlock buuuut I ended up drawing the actual character instead lol.

Anyways back to suffering from spm

[lygerzero14]

For several years, I was obsessed with Sengoku Basara. Such an over the top, ridiculous video game similar to Dynasty Warriors but more like Dragonball Z meets Samurai.

I got nostalgic when I recently started watching Gakuen Basara and dug out my collection.

(Still surprised that it got a English dub despite being so niche)

[wakiwakichan]

猿飛佐助/戦国BASARA

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[renegade-revolution]

Continuing on with our Face your Art / Cosplay challenge posts, here's Scott's contribution!

(left to right, top to bottom):

Phoenix Wright, Ishida Mitsunari, Tidus, Kobra Kid / Mikey Way, Leon S. Kennedy, Commander Shepard, Nightwing / Dick Grayson, Virgil Tracy and Gintoki Sakata.

[shino-a]

Sengoku BASARA Sanada Yukimura den / Benmaru 戦国BASARA 真田幸村伝/ 弁丸

第壱：紅葉さん 第弐：me （しの）

[lovenikkicosplayqueen]

Cosplay Nikki #366→Kyōgoku Maria (Sengoku Basara)

*Requested by anonymous *Outfit details under the cut!

Outfit details •Silvery Waves (Hair) •Heaven Smoke (Jacket) - Color edited •Tarot Coat (Top) - Color edited •Tarot Bottoms (Bottom) - Color edited •Bun’s Determination (Hoisery) •Morning Geta (Shoes) •Covenant Constraint (Gloves) - Color edited •Fair Maiden and Peach Blossom (Headwear) •Moment Like a Dream (Makeup)

[stingray6]

Masamune Date & Katakura Kojuro

As One Eyed Dragos @artss6

Sengoku Basara