Brooklyn —
The scene seemed straight out of a Japanese comic book: a young maiden swathed in a kimono stood demurely under a row of blossoming cherry trees, her long hair flecked with pink petals. Next to her, a samurai warrior wielded a wooden sword.
But this was no manga page: The setting was Brooklyn.
“I’m playing Naminé from Kingdom Hearts!” declared college student Michelle Folvar, 19, as she strolled the Brooklyn Botanic Garden recently.
Folvar is not a performer or movie extra — she’s a dedicated “cosplayer.”
