- Over my many years on YouTube, wearing all of the worst possible
cosplays one can imagine, one thing that has been
requested over and over again is for me to try an actual good cosplay. In this video, I'll be
going behind the scenes at one of Japan's top
costume making stores, to get a professional
cosplay made from scratch. But making a cosplay like
this isn't done overnight. It requires months of
planning and meetings, to make sure the cosplay fits just right. So I'll be taking you guys
on that journey with me. And when we finally have our cosplay, we'll be doing a professional photo shoot, with professional makeup artists, and professional photographers. And in the end, will it really be worth it? Let's find out. So we start our journey way
back in February of 2021 outside of a little unassuming store in the back alleys of Shinjuku. - Hey guys, so this is a cosplay maker. - Ro Shay? - Row-shh. - Row-shh, oh wow. Ooh la la, very fancy
and they make cosplay? - Custom made cosplays. So you can request not just the size, you're gonna get your own measurements, and you're gonna have the
cosplay, like, very fitting. Like, literally fitting. - [Connor] So if Kaho normally needs a professional cosplay made by hand to perfection, Kaho will come here to Roche. - And also you can make a
request on materials too. If you want latex, you know, why not? - I'm normally used to the
worst kind of materials ever. So I'm very excited to get something done very professionally. - That's you. - Without further ado, let's go inside and see how the whole process is done. - Yes. - So typically when you go
to get your professionally handcrafted cosplay made at Roche, there are quite a few steps
that take many months. Step one, which you'll be
seeing today is the planning. It's a very simple meeting where they just ask you what character do you want to cosplay? They'll ask you a bit about it. Is there any material preference you might have beforehand? And then they'll take your measurements. The point of this meeting
is that they'll go off and do a lot of research in between this and the next meeting so they can come to you with a plan. Something that was really
interesting about this photography studio is that this is just in the apartment building. Like, like somebody is their neighbor. This whole area had been
turned from a normal apartment into this weird spaceship-esque
just for photos. It's really insane. You wouldn't see this outside of Japan. It's just not a normal thing. Guys, I have to stop telling
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they make stuff for like professionals like idle. - [Kaho] Yes yes, for idles. - That's forming Budweiser on it. So I think now we're waiting
for them and then we'd get our measurements first.
We're gonna be waiting here. - [Kaho] Have a meeting. - Have a meeting. Wow. This is very extra. Just
for like a costume, right? This is so professional. - Yes yes yes - The reason this video is
happening is because I asked her, could you help me make a cosplay? And then we can do like
a cosplay shoot together. Now Kaho was actually
finished her cosplay. - Yes. - So she's gonna get
to try it on today and what are you cosplaying? - You know what, you are gonna see. - Okay. It's a little bit of a surprise. Okay. - Pink hair? - That doesn't help. - Okay, there is too many
pink here in characters - And then I guess I'm going
to pick a matching character to go along with your outfit. - Today we happened to
be here coincidentally. Like totally coincident. - This was not planned at all. So we're just going to figure
out what's going to happen. - Today's going to be the
finalized date for my cosplay.. So you're going to be, you're going to see the whole
thing you're going to witness, what kind of cosplay they
be are capable of making. - So I guess let's see. - Yeah. I'm going to go change. - All right. I'll sit and wait. Eagerly. - Sip those coffee. - Oh boy. I'm so excited. I can't wait. So Kaho is there. I can't see her and
she's going to come out in he Zero two cosplay, and I'll give him my genuine reaction. So I guess I'll close my eyes and you can walk in. - Of Course this is without
make up, like you know cos-. - All right, all right.
Lowering my expectations. - Oh please - This is the cosplay part. - All right. Okay. Oh, wow. Damn. Damn, indeed. This is Kaho's Zero two
beautiful white variation, custom made cosplay. And to get something like
this made from scratch, it'll cost you $2,000. And I know that seems high,
but you will get to see the whole process of why it costs that much. And to make sure that we can
do a dual photo shoot together, I'll be cosplaying Hero, Zero two's, counterpart in Darling In The Franxx. Now my body is quite different to that of a teenage boy in an anime, but I'm convinced with the
expertise on handed Roche, I think we'll be able to make
a cosplay that looks amazing with a little bit of photo editing. - I always wanted Zero two white costume. - I totally forgot the Zero
two wears a red costume. - Yeah. There are a lot of, like, a red, kind of like not a good quality cosplay, but there are a lot of red ones out there, but not the white ones. - That looks really good, really fancy. That looks really high quality. I'm excited to get mine. - You wanna touch them? - You want me to touch? - Not my body, but you know this- - I know what you meant Kaho, Don't worry. Oh wow. That's like solid. Yeah. There's lots of detail here. And there's lots of detail down here. It was crazy how well done it is. Like all the details of that,
even with the vertebrae. So cool. - This is the most
important part obviously. And it was still hard to get the shape. - I was going to say, like,
yeah it's a very unique - They have to look separate, right? That's the whole point. - So I guess I need to get measured now. - Yes. - For my cosplay right. - Lets get yourself measured. So after being extremely
impressed by Kaho's costume, it was time for me to
get myself measured up. And when I say measure, they want to know every single
measurement on your body. From your shoe size to your ego size, they'll know it all. And if you have a large
behind like myself, they'll want to measure that too. See this is big buck confirmed. I've never actually done a
serious cosplay in my life. So I'm going to see how it goes. So they went out and bought
a figure just for a reference for Kaho's cosplay. So that's a sort of investment
already. It's really cool. Oh, wow. Flaps on the back, come out
as well. And the bottom. You see that, all one-to-one perfect. So yeah, just like I said, they'll go through that book
of extensive list of materials and they'll just discuss. Every single member of a
different team will be here. And they all coordinate with
each other to decide which materials are best for which aspects. For Hero in Darling In The Franxx, there's quite a lot going on, even though it doesn't look like it. First of all, we need to
make a full body suit, which is normally out
of one type of material. And then on top of that,
he's wearing some armor. So that needs to be made as well. So these different artists
talk to each other and discuss which materials and what type
of colors would work best. Well, that was what an hour and a half - You're in good hands.
- I thought it was going to be something along the lines of- Come in, Okay, cool we'll make that, Good, Bye-bye. Come back at a month and come get it. But no, that is a lot of detail. - It's not just like
"Hey, send me a paycheck." - But it makes sense, right?
Because, if you came here, you'd probably be someone who
really wants to know about every single detail and have
a say in it. Cause I mean, it's not cheap. The quote that we were given
was around $1,500 maximum. Can we get a sponsor. We'll come back and around April. - Yes. - And we'll see how stuff goes. So I guess we'll be back in a month. Bye And after two months have passed, I head back to Roche to talk
to them more about the cosplay making experience. Before
they actually make a cosplay. They'll typically buy figures of any kind if they can get them. Alongside watching the anime multiple times and taking screenshots,
and looking at pictures on the web and looking at
fan art to see what exactly the characters details are. And so today, a few months later we'll be discussing the cosplay making experience with them a little bit more. So these are the reference
photos that they've used to make the cosplay. This is one. - So, and this like a full figure. - Like a full design. Like the shoes as well. Oh, and then that's a previous cosplay by someone else has made. Oh. Wow. - Do you want to make
these parts more realistic? - Yeah, it looks quite like here doesn't look very good. So hopefully the final one will
look much better than this. Oh (laughing) This is like, from my cosplay videos like this, isn't like a good cosplay. More pictures of the character, just these reference so
they can make a design. They also ask me the customer, which material I like the
most and which one I think is the best representation
of the character. So maybe a certain color is more faithful to the actual character, but maybe I just prefer a
slightly different color. They also ask me to feel the cosplay, to see if I liked the
feel of the material. So there's, there's detail on
the belt here, that's orange, but in some shots it's a white- out there. So then I wasn't sure exactly which color to go for with it because it just changes. You'd think the anime would
be the consistent source, but apparently that's just a lie. This is where you would
scream, read the manga. But there is no manga, so. - This is like it, an original. - Yeah, exactly. So it's like, who are you
going to blame anime fans? And whilst we were discussing
the intricate aspects of making this cosplay, there was a bit of a disturbance outside. (sounds from the street) - Nice, Potato. - What is that? - Japanese potato, outside. Sweet potato. - Its just a potato. - It is sweet potato - Yeah. So today we're done, we've chosen the materials we wanted. We've discussed the design and
the next time we'll be trying on the actual outfit or the
first draft, if you will. So I guess for today we can go home. Nice. We're done. - Let's get some potatoes. - Yes, some sweet potatoes. All right, Bye. - Hello! I'm with Kaho once again. And it's the part of
the series where I guess we get to finally see something
and to wear something. - Yeah. They made something. - Yes. Well I wonder what
are they made today, Kaho? Do you know by any chance? - I heard they gave me some parts. - Oh, not the costume yet. We're going for the
plastic first, I guess, to make sure that fits. - And then they said to balance. You're like a Camen rider now. It is like a neat patch. It just reminds me of Batman and Robin. - Like this? - They have a neat patch. - They had like nipples and
their costume didn't they? I look like I actually work out now. - They actually seem higher than your actual nipple
area, with the soft fabric. - Yeah. It's really soft, actually. - Oh, cool - I don't know how to- it's
like a phone room, right? That's really cool. For a first draft though, It's still pretty crazy though. - Yeah, Cosplay in the making. - Yeah, I really like
these, I don't know why. Maybe I should just wear these
like a fashion statement. You know? Just like a- - Just on your T-shirt. - Yeah. just running
in the gym with these. Feel like a science experiment. Oh. Sorry, if my armpits smell. - Don't hydrate too much,
but you know hydrated enough. Then you can survive. - Yeah. I will do. Will do. I can't hydrate too much
or I'm about to piss. - They're going to prepare
a tight body suit for you. They might have third cutting
while you're wearing it. - Wow, Okay, that sounds scary. So after checking the, the
arm of fitted me correctly, it is now time to wait and wait, until they finally make the first draft of the actual costume. I'm excited. It feels like next time
we'll probably have like nearly the finished thing,
we were really close. I'm getting excited now
before I was just like, Oh, I don't know about the
materials now you see it. You're like, oh my God. That's so cool, so excited. All right, cool. I guess we'll see you the next step. Bye. And after drinking a ton of
coffee and destroying my body, a month had passed and it was time to go and try on the costume. All right. So, It's been a few weeks since we were last here. And today we're going to
be doing the final fitting. Am I correct? - Yes, and you have to
get all the adjustments and then final products. - So Next time we get the final thing. This is just the, just
getting everything perfect, so that next time I can go out
of here and do a photo shoot. So let's get into it,
let's go do the fitting. - I got the camera. - Oh, okay, we're going in. This is very small room. Yeah. So we're standing in this, okay. Oh wow. It feels super stretchy too. This a hand tie angle, what is this? All right. I guess...
How do I, how do you get, Oh my God, I feel like a condom. This is the body suit. I think the back is a little tight. Maybe a little bit. No? - Yeah,hey have to adjust that. - I look like I'm being, wedgied. Look at that. Oh my God. My ass looks like it's being
destroyed by this thing. It'll just be the like
porno version, right? It's like a massive butt or something. I don't know. Oh my God! - Your lower body is
like more exposed than I- - What are you doing? What
are you getting shots of? What are you getting shot of? So once I'm wearing the
first draft of the costume, they'll actually measure it
again and make adjustments based on how I'm kind of feeling in it. Even though I was joking
that the ass was tight, it was actually extremely tight. To the point where if I sat down, I'm pretty sure it
would've ripped in half. So they'll go and adjust that setting, they'll also measure my legs. They can put more detail on the costume, but also measure the armor
again to make sure that it fits before they start finally making it fully. I'm going to get more material samples to compare to the suit I'm wearing for the other details on the suit. So it's a very intricate process. Okay, so the body is going
to be one way material, and the gloves are going
to be two way material. and it goes over here and tucks in. Isn't that cool? Very cool, very smart. Right, so now that we have
our attempt one costume, we're going to come back in a few weeks and get the final costume.
So I'm going to go home now. It's really hot and I'm sweating, bye. So I actually did go
back a few weeks later and I got the costume and it did fit. I just forgot to film this part, I'm dumb. Very dumb, but anyway, now that we finally have been
through the whole process and we have our costume, it is time for the photo
shoot where we've hired a professional photographer
and makeup artist to make me look amazing. Oh, well attempt to. All right, today is finally the day we're going to be recording
and shooting the cosplay shoot. How many months is it we have been- - Oh no, four? - Yeah, like half a year. It
feels like a very long time. As today we're going
to be doing the shoot. So you'll be able to see
all the behind the scenes of everything and the
whole process, I suppose. And how that is. - Isn't that beautiful studio. Yeah. This is kind of crazy. It looks like a space ship,
it's really interesting. Right, so I guess without further ado, we'll just get started. We'll get changed and then
we'll start taking photos. It takes a long time to do this stuff. - Yes, So.. All right,
okay, let's get going. All right, we're fine. I'm not in much of a talking mood. I just woke up at 7:30 AM to do the shoot. Unfortunately I have to
say goodbye to my beard and a bit like a child again, which is just what I have to do whenever I hang out with Kaho. Kaho always finds a way to make me shave. This time I came prepared. Last time I had to like buy a shady razor, I got
all my stuff this time. Okay, I'm just. oh, bye-bye hair oh God, (Screaming) It's crazy, how much younger you look in like 10 seconds. Kaho is gonna be like 50
and then like, 20 still. I'm gonna to be so jealous.
I'm going to age like, like milk and I reach 30, I'm
just gonna look old as shit. And so as tired and angry Corner from waking up far too early,
shaves his beard bye-bye, I contemplate in dread about what I'm going to have to look like. Oh God, I remember being like this. This is like, when I was like
19, oh, I cut myself off. And now that I'm looking
like a human baby one, it is time for me to get my makeup done. I'm also trying not to laugh cause it's ticklish as... Comment down below. Don't call me drag queen only. I have no idea. One thing that cosplay makers
told me not to do during this process what's to not
gain or lose any significant amount of weight. Well, I went back to
the UK about a month ago and I was there for three weeks and I drank a lot of beer
and eat a lot of crisps. So I may have gained a
little bit of weight. So let's hope that doesn't
affect how I look in the costume. Now that my golf GF inspired
make-over is completed. It's time to get my cosplay
on and ready for the shoot. It's really the change now, cool. I look so visual K. - Oh my God. You're a boy, not a man. - I'm not a boy, I know,
I know I've come back. Okay, I guess I'll change now. Sorry, Cameraman. This is a one time getting
her wearing a cosplay and it's not going to be caught on camera. Voila! I can't bend over much, or I rip it. It's very difficult to get
the boots on as the cosplay. Isn't that stretchy and this
is the final completed armor. It looks like I can do this
on my own, that's good. I definitely don't look like
the MC if we can just do like video editing and just
composite his face over mine. And then maybe I'll look like him. I look like my junk stick's
out, that's great though. Kaho looks exactly like Zero two. And I looked like Netflix adaptation. This is a shame, I feel
like I look terrible, but the costume looks amazing,
if you know what I mean. But that's just because
my face is like not built to be an anime boy, a
10 year old anime boy. Maybe I could be a depressed, ugly bastard or something in future. That's my true calling. Past I was busy feeling sorry for myself and complained to the camera, Kaho was busy killing it. I'm sorry about the audio now. All right, now that I am
fully dressed in my cosplay, - Yes - What do you think Kaho? - Incredibly different. - Yeah different is
the right word, though, I wouldn't say I look
exactly like the character but I guess that's cosplay right? Now we need to start
taking the photos with you, and what is this process normally like? - Right, so the either check the color do light tests and since we are in this particular room, we can try with different lights and it can be bright
blue, brown or anything I think it's going to take a while, which light and which color we go with - Right right, I guess we will just do it. I don't know what else there is to do. Lets just do it, lets take some photos and hopefully they look
good, but I don't look down. Don't worry, looks amazing. It's already easy. All right, let's go ahead. Let's do it, I'm gonna
waddle over to the photo... And after complaining a little bit more as any good British man would
it was time to start posing. Gonna be honest with you guys. Posing is not really my thing. I do really know where to
look or what to stand like. How does, how does one look hot? I really would like to know, but after doing a bunch
of group photos with Kaho, I think I was starting to get the hang of things a little bit. Definitely got a lot
easier as the shoot went on and I got more comfortable, but, damn is it still unnatural for me. Don't rip don't rip don't rip the pants gone up, please. That's a thousand dollars. I have to say, I was really
shocked when I saw the photos because there was no editing
being done on the photos live. It was just the camera and to
see how different it looked for me in the mirror
versus it on the camera, it was really shocking. So I guess this video is
just more about promoting the benefits of good lighting and why good lighting
will make you look good, because you will be
shocked at the difference between me on my camera, versus
the photographer's camera. Every few photos or so, the makeup artists would come
over and just fix my hair to make sure that I had
perfect hat, which I, as an unexperienced model did
not appreciate at the time. It was a lovely finishing touch. And as you can see, Kaho is
an absolute natural at this. Me, well, not so much. After doing group photos of me and Kaho, It was my turn to get my solo shoots done. And I have to say, I
felt like a lost child. I didn't know who to bounce off of. I didn't know who to look at or what to do or how to pout how to smile, but I think it came out okay in the end. I've learnt today that I'm
a terrible at posing myself, and I don't know what
to do when that like, look here, look there. Where? I look ugly in
every single direction. I don't know what I'm doing,
I can't get this off my hand. My head really, really
hurts from this wig. I can't wait to take this off Now, my head really hurts. Kaho is so good though. I'm like terrible competitor. Kaho is like a natural,
but yeah, I felt bad. I felt like I was letting her down. Definitely a lot more work goes into this than I originally thought,
even just like posing. It's really difficult. And some of it, I feel
like I need to learn. And I need to look at myself more, and figure out what looks good when I pose, I never look at myself. I hate looking at pictures
of myself, so I dunno. I dunno how I look when I pose. In future, definitely would
do not a shorter character. More of a older boy would
be a lot more funny thing, but that was a lot of fun,
I really enjoyed that. The like Casper, the ghost
has had too much fun with me. The marks on my head, look at that. I was getting really bad
headaches towards the end of that. Is that normal? I think it is when you're
out works, Isn't it? My head was really starting to hurt. Cosplayers, I know you're struggle, just like one hour in that costume is quite, quite hard, really quite. I should just put my
pants on, shouldn't I? I'm just standing around here, like a dick head, right? I was just so comfortable with it. I don't even question it when
I'm on camera would like it. Oh God! My Calvin Klein is showing. And so after the shoot, it was time to pay the
photographer and makeup artists. In Japan, when you pay
someone for their work, you typically put it in an envelope and the notes can't be creased at all. They have to be perfectly flat notes. It is a respect aspect of the culture, and it's just something that
you have to keep in mind. And you bet that I've
forgotten and Kaho reminded me. We're obviously done now, right? That's it. All that's left to do now is to have sort of a
touch up for the photos, and then upload them for
Klaus, that's what we do. - Oh my God, you look so different. I'm just so distracted by how different... - I can feel every air
molecule hitting my face. - Yeah, we were just talking about, I was talking with the
photographer and makeup artists, you rock the gossip or the boy band. - Oh, maybe I feel like I
look terrible in my scenes, but I need to find my niche. I heard from next time we
can do some other cosplays and maybe try some other
types of characters. Well write down below. Do you think that we should
try this again with somebody more manly characters as well. But anyway, Thank you for watching, I'll throw you back to me at home, right? Bye. So yeah, that was my long overdue professional cosplay experience. Was I good? Maybe, maybe I'm too critical on myself. I think the photos actually
turned out really good. So onscreen right now, I'm going to show you some of the photos that the photographer edited
and I'm not gonna lie. Wow, it doesn't look like
me, It's really weird. I don't know how to feel about it. It looks amazing and shocking actually, but really impressive. It really made me readjust my mind on how I see professional cosplays now. I feel like, oh, shit
editing does help out, alot. But it's also really amazing
seeing the lengths that people will go to, to bring
these characters to life. And I have to say, I have way more respect for cosplayers and how much effort they put in. This took nearly a year to do. Admittedly, it was a lot slower because of how I did things
and it would go a bit faster, but still it's not a
fast process by any means much, much more difficult
than simply going on a website and buying the cheapest thing
that they have available and trying it on. but I'll be posting these
to Twitter and Instagram. So please do consider going, liking them and stuff like that and links to the photographer and
Roshe are in the description. And of course, Kaho, she has posted some of
her Zero two pics already. So go make sure to like
those on Instagram, but I want to know, what did you think? Did you enjoy this video first of all? And what did you think about my cosplay? And do you want me to
do this again in future with a different character, perhaps one that is more fitting of me, maybe one that I can
keep my beard preferably. That would be nice. But I got to say overall, I am really happy with this video. It was a bit different
from my normal stuff, but I'm still really glad
that we went out of the way to do something that just took forever and was fun and was interesting. And I feel like you
don't really get to see these types of videos about Japan. So I really wanted to
make something like this. And a massive thank you to you, the viewers for making it this far, without people like you,
who watch all of the videos, I wouldn't be here today. And I wouldn't be able to make
these videos that cost a lot of money with the cosplay,
the studio, the photographer, the makeup artist, the
video editing the cameramen, all of it costs a lot of money. And I'm really glad that we
can invest in this and make this type of content, so
thank you guys so much. I really do appreciate it. Oh, without further ado, I'm going to go and enjoy my beard and stroke it meticulously. Thank you so much for watching. I'm going to slide under my desk now. Bye! (bright upbeat music)
