| “ | It's not that they were confident enough to cosplay. These people, you could say, are all outcasts of society. These costumes gave them the courage they needed...to star having faith in themselves. Us superheroes are not the only ones...with the tools we need...to transform our feelings to power. | ” |
— L'Arc Materia Renoir about their friends to Shy | ||
"Hello, Stranger" (ハロー・ストレーンジャー Harō Sutorēnjā?) is the fourth chapter of Volume 10, and eighty-first overall of the SHY manga series.
Summary
L'Arc Materia Renoir suddenly visit Teru Momijiyama and invites her to a cosplay event in France. Teru is embarrassed with the clothes she is wearing, but L'arc justify by telling her they are cosplaying. The Japanese girl is, actually, rather uninterested in manga and anime, but immediately recognizes cosplays from horror movies. Her unique taste fascinates L'arc.
L'arc bring attention to a bulky man cosplaying as Shy. His name is Francis, a friend of L'arc, and he is delighted to meet Teru. As he wishes a good convention to both of them, L'arc and Teru enjoy the event for a bit, she seems surprised by how French people are unashamed to cosplay in public. L'arc show she is wrong by how Francis, a professional nurse, treats a young woman who had collapsed. They explain to her that it was her hero persona who helped him come out of his shell and fight depression. They also reveal other three friends of theirs that also improved themselves through cosplaying.
L'arc's confidence.
Just then, L'arc is called to perform their duty at the convent as France's hero. Before they go, Teru asks whether they had something that gave them courage. L'arc replies by telling her that maybe they have always been a hero. As they transform and go into stage, they think about the incentive they received when younger by someone important. After the event, Teru tells them she had fun and, as this was a "date", L'arc leaves after giving her a present.
It is, actually, just a silly prank.
Appearances
Characters
- Teru Momijiyama
- L'Arc Materia Renoir/La Voile
- L'arc's friends (debut)
- Spirit (background)
Locations
Items
Abilities
Trivia
- The event L'arc and Teru attend is called Japan Expo, the biggest Japanese culture convention outside of Japan that takes places in Paris, France.
- Teru cosplays Revozexal again in this chapter, and one of L'arc friends cosplays Spirit.
- Many media are referenced in this chapter. To avoid copyright, their names are slightly changed. The characters and works referenced are as follows:
- L'arc cosplays Makima (Akima) from Chainsaw Man (Sawblade Man) by Tatsuki Fujimoto.
- Tomie Kawakami (Tomiko) by Junji Ito.
- Ochozai (Ochonan) from Fuan no Tane (Fuan no Me).
- Garvey cosplays Ryu from the Street Fighter series.
- The following characters appear in the background:
- Sadako Yamamura from the Ring franchise.
- Iruma Suzuki from Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun.
- Kakashi Hatake from the Naruto series.
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| Volume 1 | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 |
| Volume 2 | 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 |
| Volume 3 | 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 |
| Volume 4 | 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 |
| Volume 5 | 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 |
| Volume 6 | 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 |
| Volume 7 | 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 |
| Volume 8 | 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 |
| Volume 9 | 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 |
| Volume 10 | 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 |
| Volume 11 | 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 |
| Volume 12 | 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 100 • 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 |
For extra chapters, see: Omakes
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