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BUR #29091 has been rejected.
create alias kigurumi -> onesie
The tags kigurumi and onesie is basically used for exactly the same thing (a type of soft jumpsuit with hood and often with animal motif). It seems like it was considered separate mainly because the wiki page for kigurumi once misleadingly described it as "A type of cosplay", which is grossly incorrect. So I think it's time to merge them for good to avoid confusion.
Don't agree with this alias, especially with Animegao that implicates it. Notably from Wikipedia it's clear the Japanese term covers broadly full body costumes which is what Danbooru's definition of the tag was until the OP changed it themselves to narrow it only to costume pajamas Wikipedia.
Animegao kigurumi is a type of masked cosplay that has its origins in the official stage shows of various Japanese anime but has also been adapted by hobbyists. In Japan, most performers refer to this kind of cosplay as 'kigurumi' (着ぐるみ) instead of 'animegao' (アニメ顔, meaning "anime face"), which has been used overseas in order to differentiate the cosplay from the onesies sharing the same name.
Man, these tags are a mess. Kigurumi implies cosplay (which is also a big reason why it shouldn't be aliased to onesie), but I think a lot of posts tagged kigurumi shouldn't be tagged cosplay, e.g. all the animal pajamas.
Is there any legitimate usage of kigurumi cosplay that is not also animegao? Do mascot costumes count as cosplay?
The bulk update request #29091 (forum #295145) has been rejected by @nonamethanks.
