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Hiring a "Virtual Boyfriend": Chinese Cosplayer Construct Authenticity and Romantic Fantasies in Cosplay Commission — Pop Junctions

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At an event centered on Chinese otome games (dating games aimed at a female audience), I cosplayed as a male game character and was asked several times if I would accept cosplay commissions — getting paid to cosplay as someone’s favourite character and going on a date with them. Cosplay com

At an event centered on Chinese otome games (dating games aimed at a female audience), I cosplayed as a male game character and was asked several times if I would accept cosplay commissions — getting paid to cosplay as someone’s favourite character and going on a date with them. Although I turned them down at the time, the practice of combining cosplay and otome games caught my attention. I asked one cosplayer friend for their advice; they told me “You should try cosplay commissions to understand it.” Thus, I began undertaking cosplay commissions, which meant I cosplayed as the client’s chosen

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