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Hi everyone!

Today I am surprisingly publishing a new set of photos to honor the great work of a dear person ^.^

In this cosplay, I immerse myself in the role of the ninja girl Yura Shirataki, the protagonist of the Italian fantasy book series "L'Ombra di Hastlevain" (The Shadow of Hastlevain) written by my dear sister and published on Amazon.
It's an adventure and action novel that combines fantasy with Japanese culture and ninjutsu discipline, divided into five volumes, which we have concluded together in recent years, and I personally illustrated the covers.
It's a long journey filled with characters, creatures, magic, action, feelings, and desires, unfolding across many lands. For us, writing and reading together has been somewhat like living a JRPG video game ^_^

Currently, four volumes are available, but the fifth and final volume, which will see the conclusion of all the adventures of Yura and her companions, will be published soon, and we can't wait!

Unfortunately, the books are only available in Italian, but who knows, maybe in the future, we'll have the opportunity for an English translation.

If you're interested, speak Italian, likes the genre that mix fantasy and oriental, and devour long books for breakfast, this might be right up your alley!

Links to the author's page:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.it/stores/Elena-Gomez/author/B078Q7TLGV

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elenagomez_autrice_fantasy/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/hastlevain
 

With that said, for this cosplay, I used a ninja shozoku and tabi, the classic ninja footwear that separates the big toe from the other toes. They're less uncomfortable than I thought :°D
A big thanks to my sister who lent me everything I needed from her ninja accessory collection! Naturally, Yura hides her red hair during missions under a typical black hood, as shinobi do, but to make the reference to her more recognizable, I decided to take the photos with visible hair, as I also illustrated on the cover of the first volume.

During this time, to find backgrounds to include in my photos,

I played Ghosts of Tsushima, taking numerous screenshots

thanks to the beautiful photo mode for this purpose.
In the end, being a very simple cosplay, it was more about

editing work, but I believe the author of the book will be very

happy to see these images! (ps- the two pics where I'm

sitting in meditation: it's the same one with a different

background, I didn't know which one to choose!)

I hope that even if you're not familiar with the saga and the

character, you can appreciate and perhaps become

intrigued!

I'll leave you with the summary of the first volume translated

into English:
 

 

"𝘋𝑢𝘳𝑖𝘯𝑔 𝑎 𝑛𝘪𝑛𝘫𝑢𝘵𝑠𝘶 𝘦𝑥𝘢𝑚, 𝘏𝑎𝘺𝑎𝘵𝑒, 𝘢 𝘑𝑜𝘯𝑖𝘯 𝘰𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑌𝘶𝑢𝘳𝑒𝘪 𝘯𝑖𝘯𝑗𝘢 𝘤𝑙𝘢𝑛,

𝘪𝑠 𝑐𝘶𝑟𝘴𝑒𝘥 𝘣𝑦 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑓𝘰𝑟𝘣𝑖𝘥𝑑𝘦𝑛 𝑚𝘢𝑔𝘪𝑐 𝑜𝘧 𝘢𝑛 𝑜𝘱𝑝𝘰𝑠𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘤𝑙𝘢𝑛, 𝘵ℎ𝘦 𝘈𝑟𝘤𝑎𝘯𝑒

𝑆𝘩𝑎𝘥𝑜𝘸𝑠, 𝘸ℎ𝘪𝑐𝘩 𝘪𝑠 𝑑𝘳𝑎𝘪𝑛𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘵ℎ𝘦 𝘮𝑎𝘨𝑖𝘤 𝘷𝑒𝘪𝑛𝘴 𝘰𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑒𝘢𝑟𝘵ℎ 𝑤𝘪𝑡𝘩 𝘵ℎ𝘦

𝘦𝑥𝘤𝑒𝘴𝑠𝘪𝑣𝘦 𝘶𝑠𝘦 𝘰𝑓 𝑓𝘰𝑟𝘣𝑖𝘥𝑑𝘦𝑛 𝑚𝘢𝑔𝘪𝑐. 𝘠𝑢𝘳𝑎, 𝘢 𝘵𝑤𝘦𝑛𝘵𝑦-𝑦𝘦𝑎𝘳-𝘰𝑙𝘥 𝘸𝑖𝘵ℎ

𝑙𝘰𝑛𝘨 𝘴𝑐𝘢𝑟𝘭𝑒𝘵 𝘩𝑎𝘪𝑟 𝑎𝘯𝑑 𝑠𝘬𝑖𝘭𝑙𝘦𝑑 𝐶𝘩𝑢𝘯𝑖𝘯 𝘰𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑆𝘩𝑎𝘥𝑜𝘸𝑠 𝑜𝘧 𝘵ℎ𝘦 𝘠𝑢𝘶𝑟𝘦𝑖

𝐶𝘭𝑎𝘯, 𝑎𝘭𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑤𝘪𝑡𝘩 𝘩𝑒𝘳 𝘤𝑜𝘮𝑝𝘢𝑛𝘪𝑜𝘯𝑠 𝐶𝘶𝑜𝘳𝑒 𝐴𝘭𝑎𝘵𝑜, 𝘒𝑢𝘳𝑜, 𝘚𝑎𝘵𝑜𝘳𝑢, 𝘒𝑖𝘳𝑎, 𝘚ℎ𝘦𝑟𝘪𝑔𝘢, 𝑅𝘺𝑢𝘫𝑖, 𝘢𝑛𝘥 𝘚𝑒𝘨𝑟𝘦𝑡𝘰, 𝑠𝘦𝑡𝘴 𝘰𝑓𝘧 𝘰𝑛 𝑎 𝑗𝘰𝑢𝘳𝑛𝘦𝑦 𝑡𝘰 𝘴𝑎𝘷𝑒 𝑀𝘢𝑠𝘵𝑒𝘳 𝘏𝑎𝘺𝑎𝘵𝑒 𝑓𝘳𝑜𝘮 𝘵ℎ𝘦 𝘤𝑢𝘳𝑠𝘦 𝘢𝑛𝘥 𝘵𝑜 𝑑𝘦𝑣𝘦𝑙𝘰𝑝 𝑘𝘯𝑜𝘸𝑙𝘦𝑑𝘨𝑒 𝑎𝘣𝑜𝘶𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑎𝘳𝑐𝘢𝑛𝘦 𝘢𝑟𝘵𝑠 𝑎𝘭𝑤𝘢𝑦𝘴 𝘳𝑒𝘱𝑢𝘥𝑖𝘢𝑡𝘦𝑑, 𝘴𝑜𝘰𝑛 𝑑𝘪𝑠𝘤𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘳𝑖𝘯𝑔 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝘵 𝘴ℎ𝘦 𝘪𝑠 𝑓𝘶𝑛𝘥𝑎𝘮𝑒𝘯𝑡𝘢𝑙 𝑡𝘰 𝘵ℎ𝘦 𝘱𝑙𝘢𝑛𝘴 𝘰𝑓 𝑀𝘦𝑐𝘳𝑜𝘯𝑜, 𝘢𝑛 𝑎𝘯𝑐𝘪𝑒𝘯𝑡 𝐴𝘣𝑦𝘴𝑠𝘢𝑙 𝐷𝘦𝑚𝘰𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑟𝘦𝑎𝘵𝑒𝘯𝑖𝘯𝑔 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑙𝘢𝑛𝘥𝑠 𝑜𝘧 𝘏𝑎𝘴𝑡𝘭𝑒𝘷𝑎𝘪𝑛, 𝘵ℎ𝘦 𝘩𝑒𝘢𝑟𝘵 𝘰𝑓 𝑚𝘢𝑔𝘪𝑐 𝑎𝘯𝑑 𝑣𝘪𝑡𝘢𝑙 𝑏𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑛𝘤𝑒.

𝑀𝘦𝑐𝘳𝑜𝘯𝑜, 𝘨𝑒𝘯𝑒𝘳𝑎𝘵𝑒𝘥 𝘧𝑟𝘰𝑚 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑒𝘷𝑖𝘭 𝘴𝑖𝘥𝑒 𝑜𝘧 𝘵ℎ𝘦 𝘭𝑒𝘨𝑒𝘯𝑑𝘢𝑟𝘺 𝘢𝑛𝘥 𝘥𝑒𝘤𝑒𝘢𝑠𝘦𝑑 𝐾𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘌𝑤𝘦𝑟𝘢𝑛, 𝘵𝑜 𝑟𝘦𝑔𝘢𝑖𝘯 𝘩𝑖𝘴 𝘱ℎ𝘺𝑠𝘪𝑐𝘢𝑙 𝑓𝘰𝑟𝘮 𝘩𝑎𝘴 𝘰𝑛𝘭𝑦 𝑜𝘯𝑒 𝑝𝘰𝑠𝘴𝑖𝘣𝑖𝘭𝑖𝘵𝑦: 𝘵𝑜 𝑢𝘴𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑜𝘴𝑒 𝑤𝘩𝑜 𝑎𝘳𝑒 𝑐𝘰𝑟𝘳𝑢𝘱𝑡𝘦𝑑 𝑏𝘺 𝘵ℎ𝘦 𝘤ℎ𝘢𝑟𝘮 𝘰𝑓 𝑓𝘰𝑟𝘣𝑖𝘥𝑑𝘦𝑛 𝑚𝘢𝑔𝘪𝑐 𝑎𝘯𝑑 𝑝𝘢𝑟𝘵𝑖𝘤𝑢𝘭𝑎𝘳𝑙𝘺 𝘠𝑢𝘳𝑎, 𝘵ℎ𝘦 𝘰𝑛𝘭𝑦 𝑜𝘯𝑒 𝑎𝘣𝑙𝘦 𝘵𝑜 𝑠𝘶𝑟𝘷𝑖𝘷𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑣𝘪𝑡𝘢𝑙 𝑑𝘳𝑎𝘪𝑛𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘰𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑆𝘩𝑎𝘥𝑜𝘸'𝘴 𝘴𝑤𝘰𝑟𝘥, 𝑎 𝑚𝘢𝑔𝘪𝑐𝘢𝑙 𝑎𝘳𝑡𝘪𝑓𝘢𝑐𝘵 𝘪𝑛 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝘤ℎ 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑒𝘴𝑠𝘦𝑛𝘤𝑒𝘴 𝘰𝑓 𝐿𝘪𝑔𝘩𝑡, 𝘛𝑤𝘪𝑙𝘪𝑔𝘩𝑡, 𝘢𝑛𝘥 𝘕𝑖𝘨ℎ𝘵 𝘮𝑢𝘴𝑡 𝑏𝘦 𝘦𝑛𝘤𝑙𝘰𝑠𝘦𝑑 𝑡𝘰 𝘦𝑙𝘦𝑣𝘢𝑡𝘦 𝘪𝑡 𝑡𝘰 𝘢 𝘎𝑜𝘥. 𝑌𝘶𝑟𝘢 𝘢𝑛𝘥 𝘩𝑒𝘳 𝘧𝑟𝘪𝑒𝘯𝑑𝘴 𝘸𝑖𝘭𝑙 𝑛𝘰𝑡 𝑏𝘦 𝘢𝑙𝘰𝑛𝘦 𝘰𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝘪𝑟 𝑗𝘰𝑢𝘳𝑛𝘦𝑦: 𝘵ℎ𝘦 𝘴𝑡𝘳𝑎𝘯𝑔𝘦 𝘋𝑒𝘮𝑜𝘯 𝘙𝑎𝘫𝑎𝘴𝑘𝘢, 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑒𝘤𝑐𝘦𝑛𝘵𝑟𝘪𝑐 𝑤𝘰𝑚𝘢𝑛-𝑠𝘢𝑖𝘭𝑜𝘳 𝘛𝑒𝘳𝑒𝘨𝑢, 𝘵ℎ𝘦 𝘩𝑎𝘶𝑔𝘩𝑡𝘺 𝘔𝑒𝘭𝑙𝘰𝑛, 𝘵ℎ𝘦 𝘢𝑟𝘳𝑜𝘨𝑎𝘯𝑡 𝐽𝘰𝑛𝘪𝑛 𝑜𝘧 𝘵ℎ𝘦 𝘚ℎ𝘢𝑑𝘰𝑤 𝐴𝘳𝑐𝘢𝑛𝘦 𝘏𝑎𝘳𝑢𝘬𝑎, 𝘢𝑛𝘥 𝘮𝑎𝘯𝑦 𝑜𝘵ℎ𝘦𝑟 𝑐𝘳𝑒𝘢𝑡𝘶𝑟𝘦𝑠 𝑤𝘪𝑙𝘭 𝘢𝑐𝘤𝑜𝘮𝑝𝘢𝑛𝘺 𝘵ℎ𝘦𝑚 𝑎𝘭𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑝𝘦𝑟𝘪𝑙𝘰𝑢𝘴 𝘱𝑎𝘵ℎ."