Final Fantasy VIII: Rinoa Heartilly 02
Hm… What do you guys think? Does Shirokumapan rival Shibata Ina’s version of Rinoa?
I honestly can’t decide the two of them… I suppose there’s also the problem that in the original game, it’s a bit difficult to know Rinoa’s “true” personality when we never heard her talk! But I think Shirokumapan and Shibata Ina both do a brilliant job portraying her!
View more of Shirokumapan’s cosplays in her personal website.
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February 22nd, 2008 at 9:50 am
she’s pretty. But I think the shibata version is more spot on.
February 22nd, 2008 at 2:28 pm
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February 26th, 2008 at 4:18 am
June 1st, 2008 at 7:04 pm
I can’t watch the video? Why is my computer being so lame?
October 9th, 2008 at 6:55 am
“I must be dreaming.”
I looked upon both nanao-chan’s and shibata’s Rinoa. I honestly think in my own opinion Nanao-chan’s better.
January 4th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Shibata is pretty, I’ll admit, but Shirokumapan captures Rinoa much more convincingly.
January 8th, 2009 at 3:04 am
I suppose, since Shibata has all brown hair.
January 12th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Shirokumapan of course wins this. She has the pale skin, similar eyes, jaw and facial structure is similar to Rinoas, though her nose is a little too big… Her costume doesn’t look cheap, like Shibata’s, and the hair is very close to Rinoa’s (though the streaks should be more up and to the sides - not at the tips). Anyway, she wins, because she looks like the character. Shibata looks nothing like Rinoa, just another pretty asian girl, and not all asian girls look like Rinoa.
July 12th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
I do enjoy all of Shirokumapan’s cosplays, but my absoluste favourite has to be her Yuna cosplay from FFX.
Take a look at her cosplay.com gallery(still known as shirokumapan there) and maybe you’ll see why
July 20th, 2009 at 6:49 am
[…] looks like an older, more mature version of Rinoa to be honest. But I think a few people will get mad at me for saying that. Beautiful cosplay […]