2.5-jigen no Ririsa
2.5 Dimensional Seduction

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At a glance one might be forgiven for assuming that 2.5 Dimensional Seduction is a clone of the much more well known My Dress-Up Darling: both are ecchi rom-coms that use the world of cosplay as their setting, and the former started publishing about a year after the latter. But whatever the authors initial motivation for writing 2.5D might have been, the reality is that it tells a very different story, and has grown into something that far surpasses its rival.

Both mangas leaned heavily into their ecchi fan service early on to build a following, and then shifted focus more towards the cosplay side of ... things as the story progressed. But while Dress-Up Darling has seemingly abandoned all pretences of being a rom-com, and thus become an incredibly dull read as a result, 2.5D has never forgotten what it originally sold itself as. That's more than just remembering to keep up a supply of drawings of cute girls wearing cosplay outfits; it's maintaining a focus on character interactions and motivations, romantic development, and comedy.

If anything, 2.5D has got better as it has gone along. The art has been great from day one, but some of the drawings in more recent chapters have been truly stunning. As they've become more confident in both the manga itself and the readers familiarity with the characters, the author has really started to have fun with the format, introducing some great little recurring gags, 3rd (and possibly 4th?!) wall breaking, references to other media, and using different art styles to highlight the 2D vs 2.5D vs 3D themes of the story. A steady stream of new characters have been added, each of whom gets enough time for us to get a good feel for who that are and their motivations for wanting to cosplay.

That exploration of why the different characters want to cosplay is what really makes this manga shine. This isn't just a superficial vehicle for delivering fan service, it's a solid exploration of a subculture that I assume the author has a lot of love for, and those varying motives for cosplaying give us a cast of well rounded and interesting characters. So much so that they're all best-girl contenders, there really is no clear choice for who the male lead should end up with in the end.

The male lead is an interesting character in his own right too, who shows real growth as the story progresses. He's not just some self-insert blob devoid of personality, nor a Mary-Sue, nor an infuriating Kazuma type. Yes, the setup itself is about as unlikely as you'll find in any harem-esque manga, but at the same time it never feels out of place that all these pretty girls are hanging out with this diehard otaku, primarily because we've seen him do enough to earn the affections of each of them.

If you're not averse to some fan service then 2.5D Seduction is well worth reading. It delivers on all its promises, providing a read that is fun when it needs to be fun and meaningful when it needs to be meaningful. Hopefully the anime adaptation coming later this year will bring it the audience it deserves, and will pull it out of Dress-Up Darling's shadow.

*currently there are 26 chapters out*

What is exactly 2.5 jigen no ririsa (the synopsis is quite light). You have MC (big otaku fan of waifu : liliel). A girl will join his useless manga "research" club and this girl is almost like liliel + this girl is also fan of liliel and manga. She loves to cosplay especially liliel's cosplay. You will have during the 25 chapters that I have read a mix between chapters focused on the girl(s) trying cosplays and some more serious chapters where main characters will do real cosplay contest etc... because the girl wants to become pro in cosplay.

This manga ... is quite more serious than the synopsis says. You will have the MC (he will be the photgrapher and will learn how to take good pictures) and the main girl who will cosplay. Both obviously want to step up in the cosplay game.

This is obviously a rom/com and will have the cliche childhood friend (the most known girl of the highschool who is also an idol) who will also join the club because she's in love with MC for no particular good reason (it's a cliche I said it). The main girl seems to notice quickly that she's in love with MC after they both played and worked hard together. The MC is quite tense, when he seems to fall in love with the main girl, he persuades himself that it's just because she is like liliel and that he only likes liliel but it seems to improve thgroughout the story especially when both MCs do something serious like a cosplay contest.

I cant say it now but the manga seems to have a progression in the romace plot (it doesnt seem to be the cliche shounen where both MCs are tense and wont ever admit that they're in love with each other even in 500 chapters).

When the story is not serious, you will have chapters focused on cute cosplay moments with gorgeous drawings for the girls. Girls will take some daring positions to be photographed (they're not particularly slut just quite naive it seems, do not forget it's a shounen half made for the fanservice with the girls)

The story is not a jewel but it has potential and it's readable.

Characters are not bad at all and i believe that both MC have great potential especially with the romance plot if the author does not fall in the trap to strech everything during 100 chapters or more without anything happening. MC is quite cliche but he will do everything to help the girl accomplish her dream; understand by this that MC is not a cuck that helps a girl by freewill, he's very important too even if he's not as public as the cosplayer. It's a team and the girl cant do anything without him in particular. Girl is surprisingly refreshing without being a hit. She's enjoyable and very hard working. She's also kind and a little bit shy. I really appreciate her. The childhood friend is only there to make more fanservice during school club's time.

I think if you are interested in romance or cosplay, you need to give it a try.

It's nothing more, nothing less. Everything about it is exactly what you would expect. It doesn't bother doing anything out of the norm and all the girls are made for mass appeal. The main character is not an actual character, he is just a device to set up the next erotic premise. He does exactly what is expected of him as nothing more than an audience self insert.

There is some very, very, VERY shallow and one dimensional commentary on otaku/cosplay culture that does not have any actual impact on anything in the long run and is instead just there so that the usual "uwu ... so happy!" female main lead can have a sad face for a while.

Crappy, tsundere childhood friend who exists to lose the harem horse race, she is in this and sucks as usual.

...Ok that should be enough words. Let's get to the point.

This manga is plain fucking boring, why even bother reading any of the dialogue when nothing fucking happens for 20 chapters straight? There is no care put into the story, premise, characters or world. It's your average softcore porn manga. Now, it doesn't need to be anything more than that...However, it would be really nice if it did.

This manga has over 100 chapters or so, but I highly doubt the rest will have any ambition beyond selling well.