[Lovebound Kiyohime cosplay] Onmyoji 10th Anniversary, A Custom design cosplay of Kiyohime Wearing Her Snake Tail Back

This Lovebound Kiyohime custom design cosplay essentially materialized that obsession in my heart. Many friends asked me why I wanted to create a setup where she wears her snake tail back; it's actually to visually intensify her sense of alienation and obsession as being half-human, half-snake. Selecting the material for the green scaled fabric took quite a bit of effort, and I finally chose a material that casts a ghostly shimmer under cool lighting. Paired with red-and-blue spliced fabric and metal chains, the entire styling exudes a somewhat dangerous aura amidst exotic charm. Makeup is the highlight of this photoshoot. The white-haired wig needed to be styled with fluffy layers, avoiding a rigid, flat appearance. The red floral钿 on the brow and the red makeup beneath the eyes are the soul of the look; I deliberately extended and deepened the red blush at the outer corners of the eyes, pairing it with cool-toned contact lenses to hopefully reveal that sorrowful yet obsessive cold vibe in front of the lens. The black snake and metal arm rings wrapped around my arms added to the character's eerie aura in terms of details. A lot of time was also spent setting up the shooting environment on the day. To recreate that ghostly underwater atmosphere, a large amount of white tulle and a smoke machine were used on site to create a hazy, cool-toned feeling. That skeletal frame and the blindfolded Buddha head in the corner were key props I tracked down. While shooting the frame hugging the skeleton, I kept pondering the phrase in the copy: whether what binds is the lover's bone or one's own heart. To perform in that state, I tried my best to make my body language look gentle yet tense—fingertips resting lightly on the bones, body slightly curled up, as if embracing an entity that lost its warmth long ago while fearing it would dissipate the next second. Because of the snake tail setting, movement was actually quite inconvenient, and I could basically only maintain sitting or kneeling-prone postures. The prone, downward-looking shot in the photos was actually taken several times back and forth, because I had to balance the extension of my limbs in front of the lens while holding the heavy skeleton in my hand and controlling the smoke so it wouldn't block my face; my muscles were truly sore after that routine. But seeing those ghostly blue-green tones in the final photos made all the hassle completely worth it. I didn't expect Onmyoji to already be at its 10th Anniversary. As an veteran player who has played all the way through, seeing these characters evolve from their initial appearance to now brings a lot of emotion. Kiyohime has gone through different forms in the game, but she has always been trapped by a certain obsession. For this custom design, I didn't entirely copy the original model, but instead incorporated elements like bones, tulle, and snakes based on my own understanding of her paranoid emotions. This cosplay experience was, for me, not just about restoring her appearance, but more like completing a dialogue about obsession with the character at a certain moment. Being able to freeze frames like this with the combination of cool-toned lighting and white tulle drapes is already deeply satisfying.