2.5-jigen no Ririsa, episode 10
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Nagomi’s still got quite a bit to go before I’ll accept her in my heart.
Thought it was going to be a cosplay battle only for it to be a character exposition of someone’s passion turning into cynicism, which is just what fandoms in a nutshell do recently sadly.
That said love how much passion the monologues were given, it was classic Anime levels of cheesiness but it’s what makes it so enjoyable.
Nagomi fell into the very classic trap of turning what you love into something you can make a living off of. One that embittered her as a whole to the love of cosplay. Its a very monologue heavy episode but then again cosplay photography is literally about standing still in certain poses, so this episode was as good as any for that. Its a very emotional episode too with the VAs and the director really pulling out all the stops to make this look wonderful.
That was a great cosplay match, much better than the shitshow the NFL displayed yesterday.
And I’m glad Nagomi remembered the most important thing about cosplaying!
Nagomi has all the photographers to herself and it seems like there won’t be any chance for other cosplayers to get a turn…meanwhile Nagomi is just looking for Kai-sama the whole time and the literal “Kai-sama” has no idea.
But a new challenger has appeared! Mayura, Nagomi’s nemesis, has returned to the stage of cosplay and is dressed to kill in her masterpiece! She’s like a divine succubus arriving from the heavens! It’s time for two of the Heavenly Queens to go head-to-head in a battle of attention! And even Eri’s there to see Mayura back in all her glory!
I love how the moment Mayura shows up Nagomi knows the only way she can keep an audience is to strip and show off that fine mage behind.
It’s no surprise Mayura was so popular. She totally embodies her character in all her sensual, sexy, and pleasant glory. And that just makes Nagomi even more self-conscious thinking that the way she went about her own cosplay, and how she cosplays multiple characters without “loving” them, is wrong. If she can’t beat Mayura, what does that say about her? And her own complex about loving herself (and Kai-sama) too much to really get into the characters?
But while Nagomi was jealous of Mayura, Mayura was jealous of her. Jealous of how much she genuinely loved cosplay, enough to be able to pro with it, and how she puts her all in her cosplay. She respects her so much she muses about being best friends instead of rivals. But she also knows that it’s because Nagomi loves cosplay so much that she internalized all the criticism and online hate to the point of hardening her heart and making her lash out at others.
Mayura’s work is done here…she’s stolen the show and set it up for the next generation. A generation that has the kind of thing both Nagomi and Mayura have lost: a love of cosplay and a pure enjoyment of just doing it. And once again Liliel arrives to make a splash in the world of cosplay.
Is there a right reason to cosplay? All Ririsa can do now is push forward with her pure love of Liliel and enjoy herself, and right now that’s enough.
Nagomi wasn’t always a drop-dead gorgeous cosplayer, she became that way because she wanted to change and become the Heroine of her favorite Otome game with Kai-sama, and then she grew to love cosplay and the validation of people calling her cute. But the desire for that adoration, and not being able to process the hate, just destroyed her emotionally. Yet in seeing Liliel enjoy cosplay so much makes her realize what she’d lost…that sense of fun in cosplaying. So rather than throw in the towel, Nagomi just gets back into it with gusto! Now she’s enjoying herself!
2.5-jigen no Ririsa is my favorite sports anime
Man, didn’t expect to feel this bad for Nagomi
They say if you make your passion your job, you never have to work a day in your life again, but for her, going pro killed of all the joy she found in cosplaying and mader her [despise](https://imgur.com/K6iy9xY) more and more of it [](#sadholo)
The contrast between how she acted around the newby cosplayers, who she liked because they liked cosplaying, and the serious once like Lustalotte and Liliel is quite stark… I guess it was the internet that jaded her after all [](#therethere)
That said, I’m really glad she found her [passion](https://imgur.com/8mfiRhI) again, and even if she is [crying](https://imgur.com/kvVwu9s) on the inside, she is a pro after all
Oh btw did the script mess something up? Mayura Sama was called Mayuri once, but I thought the only thing that gave her plausible deniability was that she changed a sillable for her cosplay character?
I was so locked in on Nagomi’s heartfelt introspection on why she loves cosplaying as much as she does and what made her lose sight of enjoying what she’s passionate about, but lmao, our guys getting hyped up about Ririsa finally making her entrance as not just Liliel but as “Chaos Form” Liliel (i.e. Liliel but with a few extra cutesy accessories that are apparently really important to the lore) cracked me up so hard.
“Look…. she’s stripping….her ass!!!!”
Spoken like a true group of photo taking horndogs!
Still love the Lustalotte name. Just so appropriate for her.
Really enjoying the competition between the 2 queens. Both doing what they love with different reasons behind it.
“I gotta get changed so I can get pics!”. The fangirl has emerged once more!
It really sucks Nagomi has such a fear of not being thought of as cute that she basically does cosplay for attention now and not for the love of the cosplaying like when she started. It was great to see that spark back at the end. I was waiting for an Oshi no ko eye sparkle from Nagomi as her joy seemed to be rekindled by Ririsa.
A solid 8/10. This was more about perseverance through hardships and pain then the cosplay itself and it worked really well.
Say what you will about Ecchi anime, but this episode had more backstory/character building than many drama/sports anime/battle shonen!
Soon as Nagomi’s assistant said that line about Nagomi [‘not being a regular cosplayer anymore’, I knew we were in for some good stuff about her past!](https://imgur.com/fj1NZf9)
[So it seems Nagomi and Mayura go back (and not in a good way)!](https://imgur.com/V3CVWng)
The fun of cosplaying was part of it for Nagomi’s past, but it was more than that; [She thought herself ugly, and thought her fictional crush would never fall for someone like her…](https://imgur.com/cbD34Dq)
She may be a little vain now, but it’s still sad to see what led up to this…
And it may be expected given she’s just a ‘pro’ now, but [she’s not just fake, she FEELS fake, she’s not really enjoying what she’s doing anymore…](https://imgur.com/uGnjIak)
[Poor girl…](https://imgur.com/rJZbR77)
[](#akkotears)
[I THOUGHT I WOULD FEEL SAD FOR RIRISA, NOT NAGOMI! GIVE ME BACK MY FEELS!](https://imgur.com/uhHFF8X)
Well, the feels were pretty good, and [Nagomi was pretty cute too, ](https://imgur.com/IeffwEG)
BUT I’m sorry, [there’s just no beating a succubus for me! (Or a Sensei, for that matter)](https://imgur.com/6VqVxfm)
Mayura still #1 in my heart!
[](#delighted)
When they hinted at what they were doing in the previous episode I was wondering how that would play out, I mean if these 2 huge names are competing for the crowd, how would Ririsa even get any attention…
But Sensei made a well-timed exit to give her the spotlight! [Not JUST for that, of course; She wanted to get some pics too!](https://imgur.com/9aMb3yy)
(Sensei loves Ririsa almost as much as I love Sensei. ALMOST).
[They got this right; New characters may be all the hype, BUT there’s no beating an old childhood crush character!](https://imgur.com/hB51pSU)
I like to see cosplay of my favorite current characters, but seeing those I liked when I first started anime (or even years before, with videogame characters and the like) would be a little more special!
[And then there’s the newcomers/recency bias dudes who don’t know anything older than 3 years!](https://imgur.com/KkeZ1Qq)
*Sailor Moon? Who’s that?*
[](#azusalaugh)
[Good of Sensei to care about her, still! Hope they become friends (even if they stay rivals)!](https://imgur.com/w9MtRpw)
And speaking of Sensei, I think I didn’t *gush* too much over her in this thread (compared to my usual *sensei gushing* anyway), this ain’t right…
[So let’s end this on a Sensei pic!](https://imgur.com/x2w4irr)
When Mayura goes up against Nagomi, the real winners are the weebs lol. Hurray for cosplay waifus!
It’s interesting to get an inner look at Nagomi’s approach. Somewhere along the way she lost her love for cosplaying and it just became a competition and then a job. I felt bad seeing her sorta have an internal crisis.
But man, Ririsa’s entrance was something else. She killed it as Liliel. Helped remind Nagomi why she did this in the first place too.
Nagomi is my favorite character. Gotta love a girl with a few screws loose.