Cosplay is discovered no longer best as a playful domain in this video but as "extreme entertainment" (Stebbins 2007)—a voluntary hobbyist exercise that calls for investments and competences that equate it with hard work.
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The stakes in extreme amusement are one-of-a-kind from hard work, but, in that they contain self-growth and competition. The video suggests that these elements are essential in cosplay and additionally relates them to the validation of the fan or outsider.