Summary
A dedicatedSekiro: Shadows Die Twicefan shared their cosplay based on the game’s protagonist, which took four years to complete.Sekiro: Shadows Die Twicewas released in 2019, and it quickly earned its place among the impressive games released by FromSoftware.
Set in Japan’s Sengoku period,Sekiro: Shadows Die Twicefollows the character after whom the game is named. A highly skilled shinobi, Sekiro serves Kuro, the young lord of an ancient lineage. He finds himself in a tricky situation when he has to defend his lord from lethal enemies, including the Ashina clan. To succeed in his mission,Sekiro has many abilitiesand equipment to use in battle, such as his Kusabimaru katana. Honoring the fearlessSekiro: Shadows Die Twiceprotagonist, a talented fan shared their recreation online.
On the cosplay subreddit, a user named pandaredss shared theirSekirocosplay, which took four years to complete. The images show the fan wearing a recreation with the same hairstyle and facial markings as the main character inFromSoftware’s acclaimed game. They impress with their wealth of detail, such as the arm and leg protectors, the orange robe that goes over the shinobi’s costume, the use of real chainmail, and the katana with which they pose in the photos - the first of which refers to one of the game’s official artworks.
Fan Dresses Up as Sekiro and the Result Impresses
According to them, the project began in 2020, when the plan was to compete in the World Cosplay Summit (WCS), but the COVID pandemic paused the famous cosplay championship. The cosplayer, who is Russian, was faced with another problem when Russia was subsequently banned from the WCS. The dream only became real in 2024, when they were selected to take part in the event as a wildcard. OnInstagram, they posted a video showing how they made the most iconic part of the cosplay:Sekiro’s prosthetic armused to cross distances on his journey through ancient Japan. The comments section was full of praise for the OP’s cosplay, with many saying that for a moment they thought it was a screenshot from the game.
After releasingSekiro: Shadows Die Twiceand adding another hit to its catalog, FromSoftware returned in 2022 withElden Ring. A partnership between Hidetaka Miyazaki, creator of theDark Soulsseries, and George R.R. Martin,Elden Ringturns players into the Tarnished and introduces a rich cast of characters such as Malenia and Miquella. And likeSekiro, theElden Ringuniverse also inspires eye-catching cosplays.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
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Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the critically acclaimed adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of the Dark Souls series.In Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice you are the ‘one-armed wolf’, a disgraced and disfigured warrior rescued from the brink of death. Bound to protect a young lord who is the descendant of an ancient bloodline, you become the target of many vicious enemies, including the dangerous Ashina clan. When the young lord is captured, nothing will stop you on a perilous quest to regain your honor, not even death itself.Explore late 1500s Sengoku Japan, a brutal period of constant life and death conflict, as you come face to face with larger than life foes in a dark and twisted world. Unleash an arsenal of deadly prosthetic tools and powerful ninja abilities while you blend stealth, vertical traversal, and visceral head to head combat in a bloody confrontation. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
