2.5-jigen no Ririsa • 2.5 Dimensional Seduction – Episode 14 discussion

Bet y’all didn’t expect that Okumura isn’t the one solving the problem, am I right?

Anyway, if there’s no more padding, time for the best arc to come!

Also Mikari bias is real. So to recap, the voice actors, the producers, the directors, and the animators all love her. As expected of best girl.

There’s a deep misunderstanding between Ririsa and Nonoa, two people who want to get along and be closer but totally misunderstand how they feel about each other…and can anyone break the ice? Maybe Cosplay Harem master Okumura?

Okumura bravely faces off against Nonoa’s feral face and relates to her as someone who also struggles to talk to people. And he also makes her understand that, unlike the girls in the anime club, REAL otaku don’t judge people for their likes/dislikes. And in the process he becomes the first person she’s felt comfortable around in a long, long time. And he even lets her take her time and feel even more comfortable so she’ll be able to speak to him…letting her utter the first words to come out of her mouth in who knows how long, and inspiring her to fix things with Liliel!

Though Nonoa isn’t the only cosplay girl with confidence issues because Ririsa is really struggling at the idea that someone, and their fans, might hate her. But luckily she’s got her Heavenly Queen Senpai’s to give her a pep talk, especially Nagomi who thanks to Ririsa understands now that you shouldn’t let the hate get to you or care about what other people think. It’s all about what YOU feel and want to do! I love how much Nagomi has grown.

Well, props to those photographers for braving Nonoa’s face of pure disgust to take pictures of her, even if they totally misunderstood what she was trying to convey as she’s trying to find Ririsa. Ririsa for her part is trying to find Nonoa, but can’t say no to the fans. But luckily Nagomi is once again a supportive wingwoman and steals the show to free up Ririsa.

Nonoa still can’t speak up and tell Ririsa the truth, but Ririsa’s overflowing love and sincerity shines through to her, and they end up speaking in a mutual language they both understand…posing in-character as cosplayers! And they finally become an effective and highly photogenic duo as Liliel and Coulia!

Mayuri is straight up going to steal Okumura’s photographer job at this rate.

But, despite all that, the air still hasn’t been cleared between Ririsa and Nonoa, and Ririsa seems like she’ll have to settle for leaving things as they are between them…but Nonoa manages to fight herself, her self-doubt and anxiety, and believe that she can change. I mean, if she can become Coulia, she can become anyone, right? And that first step to her new self is asking Ririsa if they can be friends, and Ririsa is more than willing to oblige her.

The cosplayers aren’t the only ones posing in this episode as Mikari is hard at work as a professional model…but she’s also ready to shift from the model plan to the cosplay plan to win Okumura’s heart, even if she has to kind of screw over her manager in the process. But in the game of romance, you have to play for keeps.

And so after a horribly relatable episode where Nonoa manages to take the steps forward to become Ririsa’s friend, we end off with Mikari taking her own steps to conquer Sempai. And she better, one more cosplay arc without her and Okumura might actually realize his feelings!

A new member has joined the party!

That was so well done and I loved seeing Nonoa come out of her shell. She’ll have amazing friends from now on.

Given the little scene at the end with Mikari, we’re getting more group cosplays soon and I’m all for that.

Oh my god, Nonoa is so incredible [cute](https://imgur.com/meYEZS5), I just want to [hug](https://imgur.com/9VZ2i5v) her [](#holdme)

Btw, [full ED](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVLESfv6DDU) got released earlier than last one

Oh, and after paying more attention, what’s up with the [double Liliel](https://imgur.com/XStKGIb) in the OP?

First Mikari’s doomed fate and now Nonoa’s intense glares. Cosplayers having traits or quirks that coincidentally mirror their characters will never get old lmao

It’d be pretty wild if Mikari can somehow make it on that blog with her grand return.

So it turns out that [the picture of Liliel and Nonoa holding hands in the ED](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/l4necdqap94.png) is effectively [the same picture that was taken by Masamune/Mayuri](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/b49zcd3xqry.png) during this week’s episode. I didn’t see any foreshadowing to any future events in this week’s ED however.

Talking to someone you admire can be hard, and it certainly doesn’t help if [Ririsa looks like an actual angel descended from heaven](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/e4gdcqjeqj4.png)! But Nonoa fortunately managed to break the ice [when she got into character](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/my8xco5moj4.png) (she looked pretty cool here!).

The real battle was speaking to “Liliel” as herself and not “Coulia” of course. Cosplay can be your ‘armor’ for going into public, but it probably should be *you* wearing this and not the character. She might’ve resembled Coulia in her appearance, but [it was Nonoa who’d become a new person](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/l7lxc85loj7.png) and [asked Ririsa herself to become friends](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/myd5c6apdj4.png).

The character growth in 2.5D Seduction has been great so far. [Nagomi is perhaps stern with Ririsa](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/j7kzcqk3857.png) at times, but I really like [how she and Mayuri are looking out for Ririsa as veteran cosplayers](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/84jdc5e9zl4.png). And Mikari also seems to be taken steps towards the future! She totally outplayed her agency by ‘confessing’ her love for cosplay. [That cheeky smile of Mikari](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/84apcapxmr4.png) was great.