Japanese cosplayer Amatsu Pukupu, recently shared on her official Twitter/X profile, a reflection on some of her publications and the multiple reactions her cosplay images receive. Through a series of visual comparisons, she revealed a surprising pattern in the interaction of her followers, addressing the relationship between the presentation of her physical attributes in the world of cosplay: cosplayer Pukupu has shown that the images where her physical attributes are more appreciated get a significantly higher number of likes, comments and impressions.
Cosplayer Amatsu Pukupu talks about the different reactions to her publications.
Recently, a Japanese cosplayer decided to make known the truth about the world of cosplay. In her publications, Amatsu Pukupu clearly and concisely presented the results of her analysis by comparing photographs of her cosplay of Rem, where her attire is more demure, with those of Emilia, where her figure is more exposed. Here it can be seen that the difference in the number of reactions is abysmal: while Emilia’s cosplay has surpassed 95 thousand likes, Rem’s cosplay barely managed to surpass 2500 reactions. This pattern is repeated in other of her publications, where the cosplayer has experienced an exponential increase in interactions by showing more obviously her physical attributes.
Faced with this evidence, the Pukupu, made another test, now deciding to show the same image of Rem, against another equal of the same cosplay of the girl, but this new image would show more of her attributes. Now despite being similar, the image where she shows more, managed to get more than 19,000 reactions, showing that in her most successful publications, the cosplayer chose to show more of her physical attributes, while in the images that got less reactions, the focus was more on the cosplay itself.
Given this statement from the cosplayer, comments from her followers showed her point of view, many of the followers agreed with the observation, arguing that content that highlights attributes tends to receive more attention on social media. However, others pointed out that there are cosplayers with a similar or larger number of followers who do not need to show off their attributes to attract reactions, some mentioned that the quality of the cosplay, attention to detail and creativity in presentation are equally important in cosplay.
It is relevant to note that cosplayer Amatsu Pukupu is not the only one to point out this trend, other cosplayers and content creators have shared similar experiences, showing how this is a systemic problem in the cosplay community. This situation has generated multiple reactions around the objectification of women in cosplay, particularly in countries where cosplay is more common, and the pressure they feel to meet certain standards of beauty and to continue to have a following and stay in the cosplay medium.
In the end, perhaps the crucial thing to remember is that cosplay, as an art form, should allow each individual to be true to themselves, where each person who is or wants to enter the world of cosplay and share their recreations of certain characters with fans of the anime or character, can do so in the way they see fit. That is to say that they are not afraid to publish and be rejected by the community, or where they only seek to get more reactions than other cosplayers, and although the copslayer has a somewhat correct point of view, it does not mean that all cosplayers should follow that trend.
