It's Not Hard To Capture Japan's Imagination with a Single Cosplay

Meet Sunny Lin. The Macau-born sexy pin-up cosplayed as One Piece's Boa Hancock—something that quickly drew the attention of the Japanese internet.

That, in turn, got her on the evening news in Taiwan where she now resides. Online in Japan, new Sunny Lin fans are clamouring over the model, noting that if anyone looks like the curvy One Piece character, it's her.

International diplomacy in action, folks.

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