>>10906476
So #1 about you going alone. There are tons of Telegram and Discord groups and probably one just in your city for cosplayers. Get online and start looking!

#2
As far as older characters to cosplay as, there are FUCKING TONS MAN!!

Jiraiya from Naruto
Kisuke Urahara from Bleach
Jet Black from Cowboy Bebop
Dracule Mihawk from One Piece
Kakashi gets into his 30's later in the series


I'm in my 40, but I am very muscular .. lots of steroids huge. I can grow a real big beard, and when I shave I look quite a bit younger ... get one of my female friends to put some makeup on me, and I can cosplay fucking young-ish Naruto characters. So honestly I feel like I'm a better cosplayer at 40 than I was at 23. I was a big dude ( played university sports ) in my 20s, but now I can grow a beard and I'm way more "stacked" ( i.e. look at Dwane "I am not The Rock" Johnson in his 20s vs 40s ).

I can do Brolly, Roah, Nappa, lots of Baki The Grappler characters etc... It will take you 3 years and probably some PEDs to do that, but still, its something a 40y old can do that a 20yr old cant ( most of the time )

Make friends, have fun!