Conventional Preparation

"I am the bone of my sword.

Steel is my body, and fire is my blood.

I have created over a thousand blades.

Unaware of loss.

Nor aware of gain.

Withstood pain to create weapons, waiting for one's arrival.

I have no regrets. This is the only path.

My whole life was Unlimited Blade Works."

...So goes the iconic chant said by a certain red-haired swordsmith before creating a domain filled with endless weapons memorized throughout his life. Yes, I'm sure each and every one of you has heard those words before, and the name Emiya Shirou is burned into your collective minds just the same as it is embedded within mine as if the epithet was branded onto the neurons of my mind with a burning, red-hot iron! Now, given my eccentric personality and habitual tendency to reference media - especially visual novels - you may be under the merited assumption that I have made Emiya Shirou the topic for today's blog solely because of my boundless fascination and adoration for the character. However, that is merely a lilliputian fragment of the bigger picture. The truth of the matter is that I am going to Bakanime tomorrow, and I will be cosplay as none other than the legendary Emiya Shirou from Fate/Stay Night! In fact, I already have each every piece of my costume prepared, down to the meticulous stylizations of the wig! I've chosen to cosplay his appearance towards the latter portions of the third route, Heaven's Feel, my personal favorite if you recall. Featuring his traditional white and blue baseball T-shirt, plain jeans, and an eye-catching, awe-inspiring vermillion bandage wrap known as the Shroud of Martin enveloping every inch of his left arm, before flowing freely off of his arm as if carried by an elegant wind, his appearance in this route can be described as nothing less than purely and utterly awesome. I am filled with an indescribable amount excitement for tomorrow... Keh, it truly is a shame that I don't have a prop of Berserker's sword in order to replicate Emiya Shirou's iconic "Nine Lives Bladeworks" pose...