Lvxferre [he/him]

I don’t think we’ll see it this season. But the show is popular, and there’s enough content for three seasons, so I do think we’ll see a third season.

In fact, I think they’ve been planning this since the start:

• Season 1 - from ch. 01 (vol. 1) to ch. 39 (end of vol. 5)
• Season 2 - from ch. 40 (vol. 6) to ch. 79 (end of vol. 10)? Current content is ch. 76.
• Season 3 - from ch. 80 (vol. 11) to ch. 115 (end of vol. 14)?

It splits too cleanly to not be on purpose, you know?

Indeed, how can we help her make take the leap? 😁

If I were to answer this I’d be spoiling it with content from the manga, so… sorry 🫢

I don’t need them to sleep together either. But it’s fun how Marin fooled herself into believing that.

Kitagawa can appear half naked at a cosplay convention in front of dozens but can’t tell a boy she likes him 🤷

The manga explores it better, but Marin’s issue is not shyness - she’s afraid that, if she confesses her feelings, Wakana might distance himself from her. And she doesn’t want to lose his friendship. (She’s basically friendzoning herself!)

I think it’s less about indecision and more about anxiety. More like “she wanted it, but was anxious and afraid and what if she didn’t like it, and what’s up with Gojou-kun being suddenly too much into it?”. People are like this when young and inexperienced, and I really love how well this series shows it.

Poor Marin, getting her hopes up then realising it wasn’t what she was waiting for. At least Wakana had an enjoyable albeit slightly traumatic night playing Coffin.

Also: the opening rocks.

Great episode as usual. The contrast of the two heroes is nice - Isla is a sweetheart but looks foul, Atou is foul* but looks cute.

*except towards Takuto.

This was chapter 74, no? Please please please give me a third season, I want to see this story animated from the beginning to the end!

This Coffin arc is fun, by the way. And Marin getting her hopes up~
(Aah, teenagers… you love, you’re loved back, but you don’t know how to express yourself or to pick up the clues from the other person. Wakana and her are an adorably baka couple!)

EDIT: I had some epiphany about this series. Might as well share it here.

Stories where the protag (protagonist) and MC (main character) are the same character are so common that people often confuse both roles. Even if they’re distinct - the protag is the one driving the story and pursuing goals, while the MC is the character you share the point of view with. My Dress-Up Darling starts as an exception:

• Kitagawa Marin is the protagonist, actively making the story to progress; she asks “Gojou-kun~!” to make her cosplays so she can show her love for her favs and the hobby as a whole. We don’t see a lot from her PoV, except through her interactions with Wakana.
• Gojou Wakana is the main character. Unlike Marin, Wakana is reacting to the story, in a rather passive way. But we see things through his eyes, we have access to his thoughts, so goes on.

That’s only at the start, though. As the story progresses, those two roles start blurring into each other; with Wakana standing up and deciding “it’s OK if I love hina dolls!”, and we get more and more of Marin’s thoughts. Such as in this episode, where she’s anxiously hopeful for the night with Wakana. They’re becoming both protagonists, and both main characters.

And someone might say “meh… it was atypical at the start, now typical? Boring”. But nope - it’s brilliant, because it mirrors the progression of their relationship, and the impact one has in the other’s life. They start in different worlds (the popular gyaru and the lone otaku), but they’re getting closer to each other and more able to understand each other.

To say things further I’d need to spoil the manga; I’m not going to do it. So thanks for coming to my TED talk.

Damn. I read the associated LN, so the scene wasn’t a surprise for me. But it’s still damn great to see the Brain Eaters - goofy but terrorising at the same time.

Also, the sisters were 10/10 - Takuto should send them as envoys more times!

Relevant to note that, if you ask 1000 people how they split media genres, you’ll get 1000 different answers. There’s no “true” answer, and making a list that encompasses all genres is impossible.

That said I feel like this video should be a good intro for people who aren’t into anime yet.

Yup. I actually recommend it; it still shows gore as the anime, but since it’s contextualised it doesn’t feel so edgy.

Another good series from the same mangaka is Gokukoku no Brynhildr / Brynhildr in the Darkness.

Lilium has an even bigger impact if you contrast the lyrics with the manga - because unlike the anime, the manga shows themes like: “what’s even a human being?”, “does evil come from nature or nurture?”, “is redemption even possible?”.

…and the lyrics are basically a prayer for redemption, I’ll coarsely translate them here:

The mouth of the just will repeat wisdom
And his tongue will utter the evidence (i.e. declare judgment)
Blessed the man who endures temptation
Since he was tested, he'll get the crown of life

Oh Lord, [you are the] source of goodness
Oh Lord, [you are] divine fire, have mercy [of us]

Oh, so holy, so serene
So benign, so delightful, the one believed to be the Virgin (Mary)
Oh, so holy, so serene, so benign, so delightful
Oh, lily of chastity

It fits perfectly once you identify Lucy with the sinner: she knows she’s guilty, and she’s asking God for redemption. With Kouta intervening in her favour, always showing compassion, much like the Virgin Mary would do in Christianity.

Leave screwing with their opponent to Atou - if that world has/had ghosts (dunno), created from living regrets, she’d be an expert at farming them. Thankfully she’s a pacifist~

Anyone else read this and excited for it?

Me. I love this series. Scarlet’s personality is so atypical it’s refreshing.

Expect memes like “$person deserves to meet Scarlet”.

He’s still anxious about people mocking his hobbies, isn’t he? And then suddenly they don’t care, or rather they do care but for the good reasons.

Oh, nice. I like this series, I didn’t know it was being adapted to anime. Get into the bag Nebby! Get into the list, series!

The manga has heavy “Charmander evolves to Charmeleon!” vibes.

Good-looking dark elves >> homunculi 100% of the time. Plus Takuto got some great early game bonus, research tends to be a big deal in this sort of game.

They made Atou absolutely adorable! Seeing her embarrassed at the start, then pouting after the charity…

Also, great job highlighting the contrast between how Atou sees Takuto vs. how the dark elves see him. Not just in look (he looks like a shadow, that was already in the manga and novel), but also in “mood”, he’s supposed to be an Eldritch abomination from their PoV and the anime did a great job at it.

The opening was also cool IMO.

…perhaps I’m a bit too excited because it’s one of those series I anticipated quite a bit, but so far it’s a decent start IMO.

Yes. All my yes.

I’m low-key excited. It has been a long time since the anime series, it was a blast, and based on this trailer it seems the movie keeps rather well the “everything is so fucked up might as well laugh” feel.