Cosplay Corner: Commander Mango Cosplay

BNP: Please tell us a little about yourself. I go by Dasiim Ali but CommanderMango works too, I’m from the middle of this western mass of rock, and I left that corn behind in aspirations of learning about myself for the sake of Art. I foolishly enrolled in Art school, suffered the consequences and gained peace in doing so. I’ve been doing computer based art for half a decade; currently I’m in a hate-like relationship with programming and video editing (it’s smooth when I pay attention). BNP: This is your first entry into the cosplay world — what initially drew you in, and why? Also, why Afro? Aw shucks, thank you… I promised my friend awhile back we’d be Samurai together (Mugen in the photos) plus the rest of my group was adamant that I go as Afro (who else could I have been? …Tousen from Bleach?). I actually held it off for years out of fear and discomfort of the character at the time. The movies that I’ve watched of Afro Samurai reveal that he’s constantly under attack by the world around him because of the title that his family head represents, originating from Justice killing his father and taking their home. Everything that this boy identified with is taken away from him with only his memories and his fathers severed head… and it only gets worse! His new friends can’t even understand nor relate to his past so he never speaks of it and once he takes the path to retrieving the Number 1 headband he helps destroy his family like relationship and drives Jino to seek re…