Saturday evening, Emmanuel Macron had dinner with Argentine President Javier Milei. The far-right leader who campaigned wearing a chainsaw on stage, synonymous with the drastic cut he intends to make in the country’s public spending. A staging which has led more and more activists to participate in its meetings disguised as “Chainsaw Man”, the demon hunter from a Japanese manga born in 2018 and distributed to more than 20 million of copies.
Not surprising when we know that Javier Milei’s campaign team includes a cosplayer who took part in competitions at the Magic Fair in Monaco.
“The chainsaw man”, a phenomenon encountered this Saturday in the aisles of the Grimaldi Forum in a version much closer to the text and peaceful. Under the mask, Alkry Cosplay, 21-year-old local child, passionate about cosplay for five years. “I discovered cosplay through video games and anime. Seeing my favorite characters adapted into cosplay I said why not me and I gave it a go. I often go through artists to do 3D modeling of accessories, then I 3D print them and rework them by hand.” Tedious craftsmanship which took this student four months of work. work-study developer in Sophia Antipolis.
“It’s an anime that really immersed me in a fictional world and that I loved for a long time. It was a challenge in terms of complexity and I think I achieved a high level there”congratulates the one who had to strengthen himself to support his creation. “The blade at the front is 1 kilo, so I have to have a counterweight at the back by wearing metal chains. I fought a lot for comfort. The helmet itself is 4 kilos, there’s a lot of muscular work behind it.”
Anyone who wants to enter competitions now works on their staging and artifices, such as video and sound backgrounds. If smoke is already coming out of his helmet, Alkry hopes to add a speaker to make people shiver.
