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Botan is a character in the 90s anime, Yu Yu Hakusho. Flying around on her paddle, Botan is similar to the Grim Reaper. She is sent to advise Yusuke about the conditions of his resurrection. When he becomes a Spirit Detective, she teaches him how to use various detective tools and facilitates communication with Koenma. She becomes close to Keiko to protect her from any supernatural situations. Caring and sentimental, Botan uses her knowledge and powers for good.

Levi Ackerman (voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya and Matthew Mercer) is a main character in the anime and manga series Attack on Titan.  Often referred to as Captain Levi, he is widely considered humanity’s strongest soldier, an especial feat given he is of such small stature.  Levi rarely shows emotion (unless it’s his proclivity for cleaning), which means he’s not close to many of his fellow Survey Corps members like Mikasa and Eren.

Loid Forger (voiced by Takuya Eguchi and Alex Organ) is an undercover spy with the codename “Twilight” in the anime and manga series Spy x Family.  Loid has a cold demeanor while working but has been shown to have a warm personality when it comes to his wife Yor and adopted daughter Anya.  Loid has blonde hair and wears a green suit with a gold dagger-shaped lapel pin.

Johnny Joestar is a character in the Steel Ball Run arc in the anime Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure. As the seventh Joestar, he is the protagonist of series. His career as a jockey ended after he lost the use of his legs. He joins the race to find out if the Steel Balls can heal him. Over the course of the race, Johnny utilizes both Spin and Stand with Tusk.

Anya Forger (voiced by Atsumi Tanezaki and Megan Shipman) is the adopted daughter of Loid and Yor Forger in the anime and manga series Spy x Family.  Anya was formerly known as Test Subject 007 and has telepathic abilities as the result of experiments conducted by an unknown organization.  Anya has pink hair and large green eyes.  She wears a black dress with gold trim and white stockings and black shoes.  If you don’t want to purchase a full cosplay set of her costume, you can recreate a similar look with a white shirt layered under a square-neck dress.

Diego Brando is an antagonist in the Steel Ball Run arc of the anime Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure. Also known as Dio, like the antagonist of the first arc, he is a genius British jockey. He is projected to win the Steel Ball Run Race, a long distance horse race across the United States. Yet after learning the race’s true purpose, Diego plots to gather the Saint’s Corpse for President Funny Valentine instead. He acquires the Stand of Scary Monsters, and the corpse gives him the ability to turn into a dinosaur. Selfish and vindictive, he becomes a rival of Gyro Zeppeli and Johnny Joestar.

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Makoto Kino (voiced by Emi Shinohara and Amanda Céline Miller) is a Sailor Guardian in the anime and manga series Sailor Moon.  Known as Sailor Jupiter when in her Sailor form, Makoto is an orphan, having lost her parents in a plane crash.  She is tomboyish and loves cooking.  Makoto has long brown hair that she wears in a ponytail.  Her school uniform consists of a khaki skirt and matching blouse.  Finding an exact match can be tough, but you can recreate the look with a similarly colored sailor sweatshirt (though you may want to pin the rabbit ears on the hood out of sight).  When fighting evil by moonlight with Sailor Moon and the rest of the Guardians, Sailor Jupiter’s costume is dark green with matching boots.  In both her civilian and Sailor forms, she wears pink rosebud earrings and a green hair tie in her hair.