Cosplay As Itachi Uchiha
Itachi Uchiha is a fictional character in the Naruto series. The young man with no expression was a child prodigy that grew up to become one of the most powerful S-Ranked missing-ninjas. If you admire Itachi, you may wish to adopt some of his traits. Keep reading to find out how.
Steps
- Use your intelligence: develop wisdom, initiative and the ability to deal with situations in a calm and effective manner by developing your reasoning and analytical abilities. Read a lot to gather knowledge in different areas and do mental exercises to improve your logic and thinking ability. Itachi was a child prodigy and is an incredibly intelligent ninja; if one wishes to emulate his behavior, one must be able to think from an intelligent and analytical perspective.
- Develop strength and stamina, maintaining a healthy and strong body by adhering to a balanced exercise regime. Itachi is lean and trimmed, so one should work on endurance and power (the speed at which one can exert strength) to gain muscle tone and not get bulky.
- Learn how to defend yourself, practicing a fighting style, as Itachi is an extremely skilled and deadly ninja. Increase your combat skills and ability to deal with dangerous situations more effectively. Itachi uses fighting styles like Judo, kickboxing, and boxing. His strong points are sword fighting, illusions (Itachi uses Sharingan for that, however this eye technique doesn't exist in real life-but there are other ways to manipulate the mind of your opponent) and shuriken accuracy. However, Itachi prefers to use strategy to win a battle.
- Keep your eyes on your opponent(s) at all times. Do not hold eye contact with anyone unless you wish to interact with them; just walk past others, as if they were objects with varying velocities. If you sense that you are getting into a conflict with someone, end the interaction quickly and peacefully. Itachi knows when to act and when to stay quiet, so try to emulate his calm nature.
- Dress in a timeless fashion by wearing nothing from a particular contemporary style or trend. Avoid wearing baggy pants and clothes with noticeable brand logos. Your outfit as a whole should adhere to an overall theme and should not stand out in vibrancy or design. If you wear glasses or have inadequate eyesight, switch to using contacts. Take care of your image; your hairstyle should be done properly and not detract from your appearance.
- Have no fear: be aware of your surroundings at all times. Develop an awareness reflex, which means having a part of your subconscious alert you of when you are unaware of something. This is obviously tricky, but it can be self taught with practice. It's similar to that part of the mind that reminds you to look both ways before crossing the street, or to keep a part of your focus when you are walking on avoiding things that you might trip over. Notice everything around you, any movement, anything.
- Stay calm at all times. Get into the habit of always making a straight face, revealing absolutely no emotion. True calmness reveals little facial expressions other than a straight face. Don't do anything beyond a simple short-lived smile, if you find something very funny.
- Be non-confrontational and only fight people as a last resort, as Itachi does. Sometimes even walking away can be the best solution; however, be careful on who you turn your back on. Ultimately though, it is always best to avoid the conflict in the first place.
Tips
- Don't quote any scenes from a movie either.
- Develop a backup plan for emergencies. Learn effective techniques to neutralize or defeat an opponent. In terms of fighting, some people carry knives, while other people know how to incapacitate someone quickly and efficiently. However, it is best for one to learn to habitually avoid confrontation and potentially confrontational situations (best option), which takes intelligence, wisdom, and experience.
- Never show that you are hurt because someone insults you. If someone insults you, insult them back in a calmer manner.
- Learn from your mistakes and never repeat them again. Also, share your mistakes so others don't make that mistake.
- If you have a crush, try to keep it very secret just like the truth about Itachi. Tell her when none of her friends are looking or in the phone. Do not use any "how to go out with girl advice".
- In a fight, you should analyze your opponent: are the punches slow, dodges good, is there fear when you throw punches. In a fight you analyze and execute quickly (let's say he kicks, you dodge -- and then find on his body an unprotected spot, so you attack there).
- Never do any Naruto hand seals/signs.
- No Converse shirt, no over done skinny jeans or no skinny jeans at all, but that's hard, if that's all you got.
- Even though Naruto Universe does not have sports, it is important to be good at them -- as being good at sports will show that you're talented, which is what's needed because Itachi was talented.
- Wear a jacket (mainly black) wear infamous shoe's (easy to hide logo shoes). Any necklace is fine as long as it is not showing wealth, no ear piercing. Do not wear Converse shoes or shirts that say something dumb like "I dressed myself", "My mom thinks I'm cool", or a shirt that has it's logo on the outside of it.
- Never wear a wig or use a marker to trace the lines.
- Dressing like him is simple; wear a color shirt with no logo or anything. Wear jeans (mainly blue, dark blue, washed out blue jeans)
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Sources and Citations
- Naruto Anime
- Naruto Manga
- Naruto books and databases
- Wikipedia
- http://www.cosplayfu.com/ A company offers tailor-made cosplay costumes and accessories.
