According to Tsugumi Ohba, creator of Death Note Cosplay, the main protagonist, L is the world’s most efficient and clever detective. L fights for justice all over the world. This has captured the hearts and imagination of young readers of detective fiction and the death note costume too, has become extremely popular.
Death note cosplay has been accepted wholeheartedly by anime lovers. The focus on the death note costume has also changed, particularly that of the character Mello. He is known to stand out in a black jacket and leather trousers thus giving him a very cool, avant-garde look. Given its oriental origin, the death note costume now comprises kimonos, overcoats, cheongsams, waistcoats and long skirts. Take the Naruto Zabuza Momochi Cosplay costume for example. Done in black completely, it looks ultra chic with its black sleeveless vest and three quarter hugging pants.
Among the other notable death note cosplay costumes are Naruto Young Yahiko Cosplay costume, the Kakashi, Jiraiya Cosplay, Yondaime 4th Hokage Cosplay, Yakushi Kabuto Cosplay, Uzumaki Cosplay, Uzumaki 6th Hokage Cosplay, Uchiha Sasuke Cosplay, Two Tailed Monster Cat Yugito Nii and the Tsunade 5th Hokage Cosplay Costumes, to name few.
All these costumes have been designed keeping oriental cuts, fashions and designs in mind. You have kimonos, long skirts, broad sashes to be tied at the hips and other accessories which are common to Japanese fashions for both women and men. Death note cosplay, in fact, has become so popular that various websites specializing in them are offering them on the internet, often at discounted prices.
Go for the brightly colored Japanese silk kimonos with their broad sashes, three quarter pants, body hugging slacks, loose shirts with colorful sequins that make up the total death note cosplay wardrobe. The internet is undoubtedly the best bet for getting these costumes. With the growing popularity of this genre of detective fiction particularly in the US, this type of clothing is fast becoming popular like the Barbie or the Hannah Montana brands of costumes and accessories.
The main protagonist of death note cosplay, L has become so popular that all death note websites are flooded with requests and reviews on the concept. As far as the costumes are concerned, such is their popularity that the trend of mixing and matching and creating new costumes out of daily wear is also not uncommon. There se suggestions even of buying a simple pair of jeans and teaming it with a baggy white shirt to get the effect of a death note costume.
