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If I was to ever dress up in Cos Play. It would be as Pino. Maybe it’s because she plays a melodica (like me!). Maybe it’s because she is stubborn and does not like to be interrupted when she is reading her favorite fairytales (also like me!). Maybe it’s because s she wanders off a lot (again, me!). See the above pic? See it? The resemblance is too uncanny, if you ask me. Two peas in a pod, in matching bunny PJs.

Pino, short for Pinocchio, is my current favorite anime character. She is an infected companion AutoReiv from the anime Ergo Proxy. The infection leads the droids to have a “soul”, emotions of their own. She was scheduled for “decommission” after her “family” was granted permission to have a real child. Before this could happen, her “mother” and infant “sibling” were killed.

Pino is also one of the few characters in this series that is in bright cheerful colors. Everyone else is in somber gothic tones. She is very innocent, and learning the difference ranges of emotions (mainly loss, though still not fully understanding it, as any real child would), as each series passes.

Ergo Proxy reminds me a lot of Bladerunner meets Highlander, tinged with Neon Genesis Evangelion. It is beautifully animated, and the story line is excellent. A dark, dark science fiction tale.