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The octopus teacher who must die

Koro-sensei

Koro-sensei took in Anime Boston at the Hynes today, taking a break from his work educating students in Assassination Classroom (where they must kill him to prevent him from destroying the earth, only they can't, because not only does he have several superpowers, he is helping them improve their grades).

Surprisingly for an octopus that can move at twice the speed of sound, he had trouble getting up some stairs.

Meanwhile, this genie asked bystanders how to get to Agrabah:

Anime genie

Gorilla my dreams, times two:

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<p>Where's Luigi?</p>
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Anime centurion
Anime swordswoman
Anime Pikachu
Anime orange hair

Even hard-driving Boston anime fans need to break for a Dunkin' iced coffee:

Anime coffee
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Hundreds of the Anime fans dressed in costumes and heavily armed with everything from swords to replica rifles rode the MBTA today and no one noticed anything out of the ordinary.

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And did you happen to notice that absolutely none of those guns looked like real guns? I mean, a lot of those people had giant blades, too, but none of them, on close inspection, were capable of decapitation. And, speaking just for myself, I wasn't too worried that octopus would kill me.

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I get that this is all make believe (and those costumes are awesome), but this morning when I walked past the Hynes on Boylston, I couldn't help wishing that, in light of real world events, they had chosen some other character to adorn the left end of the banner at the entrance, not the young anime heroine posing with a lethal weapon.

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Maybe someone should email AnimeBoston and let them know!

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the.... ray gun? that looks like a space gun from an 80s BBC sci-fi show?

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This happens on pretty much the same weekend every year. We know what it is by now.

When any given backpack could contain an arsenal or a bomb, I don't think conspicuous costumes are the problem.

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And every one of those weapons were checked by a security guard after they had gone through the metal detectors. Lighten up, Francis.

I also wish I had gotten a picture of the 16 yo Muslim girl in a hijab and the best Captain America costume I had ever seen in my life, but I was too blown away by the fact she came alone and on the T to take a pic.

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A million times over!!

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Though I haven't gone to Anime Boston in years, I've gone to various conventions since the mid 90s around the US, and all of them have a very descriptive and bolded weapons prop section, including 'peace bonding' anything that may be sharp, and anything too realistic wouldn't even be let into the convention hall or any costume contest. For the most part, though plenty of anime characters have guns, the most weapons I saw were on paper mache gundams.

I'll also note, most characters with automatic weapons / rifles were military / soldier characters. If Ranma or Pikachu shows up with an AK 47, then I'd be looking for security.

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No trouble catching their real weapons and they weren't even out of the trunk!

http://www.universalhub.com/2016/iowa-men-who-brought-real-weapons-bosto...

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Ranma 1/2... with automatic weapons... poor P-Chan would never have had a chance to get anywhere near Akane Tendo!

Pika is just too awesome to need automatic weaponry. If he did own any, he'd probably turn it into art or something.

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Starts this Thursday and goes until Sunday. Can't wait!

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Just remember at these costume events, you need to be careful.

Always remember the infamous and cautionary words of Admiral Ackbar...

"It's A Trap!"

[ Tongue in cheek here... ] :-)

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One the one hand, I totally get that these are candid, journalistic photos, meant to capture the crowd and variety of the con and give people an in-the-moment feel. Great job at that.

On the other, cosplayers spend a lot of time and effort on costumes, makeup, wigs, practicing posing, checking references, etc, so that they can really embody their character and express the craft to the fullest, and most really don't like when "normies" and other non-congoers snap these pics of them walking by awkwardly. We'd much prefer being stopped and asked for a picture, so we can pose and do our whole thing properly. :(

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These photos were all taken in a public place - the Prudential Center mall, not the inner sanctum of the convention itself. If you really don't want to be bothered by "normies" in public, I suppose the answer would be to put your costume in a bag and only put it on inside the convention center; otherwise, you kind of have to accept people are going to look and take photos (and, at least in the case of me and my daughter, enjoy all the work that went into the costumes) in public places that are open to everybody.

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I mean I'm def not saying you can't take pics - and I get the point of candids, for a news site, for sure - but it's still a shame when it's a whole hobby that is about willingly posing for pictures because we love the source material and showing it off, to get open mouthed, glassy eyed, mid-meal candids published instead.

We will absolutely, 100% smile and pose for you if asked, I guess is my point.

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I believe the OP was referring to signage at the event that specifically stated that the proper etiquette was to ask before taking a photo. Kind of weird considering cosplaying is by definition a seeking of attention, but their place their rules and they did say no means no in the announcement.

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but Adam was not in the event hall. If ya are going to walk around in a public space dressed as a gorilla, all bets are off.

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hence the conundrum.

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