July 06, 2024
2.5-jigen no Ririsa
I first learned the word jigen to be a counter for dimensions from the ED of Space Dandy (You know, the one that starts "Hey Everett!". Weird song by a weird girl, but it has that breathy delivery that I've come to like.) I'm not sure when exactly the terminology for 2D girl (drawn or animated) vs. 3D girl (live) came into being, but that distinction has brought about the term 2.5D girl to refer to cosplayers (i.e. a 3D girl portraying a 2D girl.).
And of course, in Otaku culture, 2D girls are considered superior to 3D girls because they are perfect, beautiful, and demand nothing of you (except all your money for their collectable merch). Being the debased lowest members of society, Otakus resent 3D girls because in spite of sometimes desiring them, real women look at them with disgust and derision, so eventually they turn their backs on real women and become near hermits, in love with their 2D "Waifu"
Yeah, all two of you who read this already know this.
Okumura is a second-year and the only member of the school's Manga club, because his three seniors graduated, and he's turned the room into his personal hangout where nobody bothers him, especially not girls, and made it a shrine to Liliel, his favorite character from The Ashford Chronicles. On this day, while he's enjoying the finest Ashford Chronicles OVA, the worst possible thing happens. There's a knock at the door, and it's a girl asking to join the club.
It's Ririsa Amano, a first year who really loves Manga. She has pink hair and full rim red framed glasses (SO close.) Now, Livechart spells her name Lilysa, but the subs are Ririsa. But they have the title as Ririsa. Okay, so allowing for the typical R/L confusion, there's a pun in the title, because if you plug 2.5-jigen no Ririsa into DEEPL, it comes out as 2.5 Dimension Seduction. Or it could just mean 2.5D [the girl's name]. I mean, you'd probably have to dig deeper into the Kana to see if she really was named Seduction....
Okumura's only hope is that the Liliel Shrine nature of his private man-cave will scare her off. She gets to the shelf full of figures and accidentally touches the "Cast Off" figure, and the clothing parts practically spring off at her touch. Instead of being appalled, she starts going into a technical discussion about the white panties the figure is wearing, and how it really isn't shown in the program, but that she thinks the character would actually be rocking black lace, and she shows a depth of knowledge not only about the show, but even about the Hentai Dojinshi that particular figure is based on.
Okumura is impressed by her knowledge, and silently agrees with her, but he's still desperate to find a way to drive her off. In the meantime, she has an attack of embarrassment for talking about how sexy the character would be. They then launch into impassioned explanations about why they love the character, and Okumura is taken aback that anyone could love Liliel as much as he does, let alone a girl, but she caps it off by saying she wants to BE Liliel.
They gush over the old OVA, both screaming over what appears to be Liliel's death (it's only temporary, she comes back as an angel). Then Ririsa confides in him, asking if he could help with a weird hobby she has (wait, she's got one weirder than this?). She opens her backpack and pulls out a collection of CosRoms, Cosplay ROMs (DVDs full of pictures and video). She confesses that she wants to make one. She has always loved sexy costumes and imagined herself wearing them. She never told anyone until she wandered into her first convention and saw so many cosplayers, and women loving them too. (Until she got kicked out for being underaged). She asks him if he'll be the photographer - since she doesn't trust the usual photographers you'd find online - and says she wants to make a CosRom of Liliel.
So he relents. He allows her to join the club, and says that Cosplay is part of Manga Fandom, and swears that she doesn't have to worry about him because he has no interest in 3D girls, and Liliel is his Waifu. He realizes that gender aside, she's a true Otaku, and they have plenty in common.
And then... she starts stripping right there in the club room. Mind you, the room is on the first floor, and has a giant window looking out into the commons, which has no curtains (that's how she saw the Liliel posters on the wall when she was there to take her entrance exam). Thinking fast, Okumura drags a freestanding whiteboard in front of the window. She changes, and tells him it's okay to look. The music surges, he turns around, and is literally blown away by the sight of his dream girl given form.
And then, just as he manages to calm himself down, she shows off how accurate her costume is by showing off her panties... totally obliviously....
When he comes to, she's holding a cold cloth to his head while giving him a thigh pillow, still in costume. He then concludes that 2.5D Girls are worth giving a try.
The next day he gets to educate her about a rare OVA that she was never able to get, and play the game together, and he realizes it's great to have a friend to share his passion with, even if she is a filthy girl.
And then she shows off more costumes for him....
And you know, even though this is never going to stand up to My Dress-up Darling, it's actually not bad.
Even if it does get a little shouty in spots. Something you have to accept in anime, I guess.
Even if it does get a little shouty in spots. Something you have to accept in anime, I guess.
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Well, they've at least nailed the girl designs (personally I'm hot for teacher...). As for the names, the kanji in the show title is "yuuwaku"(temptation/seduction/to lure), with furigana telling you to read it as "ririsa" instead. The girl's name is just written phonetically in katakana as Ririsa; Livechart is copying the "Lilysa" localization from the series description written by the manga translators.
If there's any special meaning to her name, my WAG would be the loanword "ririisaa" = "releaser".
Based on the trailer and description, I hadn't been planning to watch this one, but checking out the cast, Ririsa is Kaori Maeda (Magia Magenta, Miss Kuroitsu), hot teacher is M.A.O, shy girl is Sayumi Suzushiro (Romantica, Wise, etc), and otaku boy is Junya Enoki, best known to me as the lead in Hoe Harem. Maybe?
-j
If there's any special meaning to her name, my WAG would be the loanword "ririisaa" = "releaser".
Based on the trailer and description, I hadn't been planning to watch this one, but checking out the cast, Ririsa is Kaori Maeda (Magia Magenta, Miss Kuroitsu), hot teacher is M.A.O, shy girl is Sayumi Suzushiro (Romantica, Wise, etc), and otaku boy is Junya Enoki, best known to me as the lead in Hoe Harem. Maybe?
-j
Posted by: J Greely at July 07, 2024 05:17 AM (oJgNG)
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I see what you mean about the teacher's costume....
I was amused when I saw "Nagomi" and almost read it as "753"
Anyway, given how bad this season it, it might be worth a shot.
I was amused when I saw "Nagomi" and almost read it as "753"
Anyway, given how bad this season it, it might be worth a shot.
Posted by: Mauser at July 07, 2024 06:07 PM (nk1Z+)
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Hang on, in the cast comment it really is 753...
Posted by: Mauser at July 07, 2024 06:09 PM (nk1Z+)
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