Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru Season 2 Episode 12 Discussion

Manga Spoiler:

I’m a little confused why the ending credits (this season, not episode 12 technically) showed a glimpse of her Mandate of Heaven cosplay when it was clear half way in we wouldn’t be making it to that arc.

I know a lot of comments here disagree, but I enjoyed this season way more than the first. It felt like there were fewer cringe moments, which has always been my biggest issue with this anime—the characters’ constant overreactions. Take the scene where Akira confesses to being a huge Marin fan, for example. I get they’re trying to show joy and passion, but the exaggeration feels overdone. I prefer something more subtle and natural.

That said, this season was a blast overall! Really hoping they wrap it up with a third season.

Oh look, someone needs a cosplay stitched, and guess who came back from the dead to do it... our good old simpleton drone, Gojou. And ofc the crossdressing weirdo is back too... like anyone actually cares. At this point, I feel like we’ve been doing nothing but a photoshoot for the last 3–4 episodes, or maybe my memory’s broken, because I can’t recall anything else. One thing I do remember: we were supposed to have a confession... wait, where is it? Oh right, this show doesn’t actually do romance. Almost as forgettable as the whole season, but hey, we move on.

Speaking of forgettable, who even are half these characters? Even outside of cosplay, the group dynamics are weak, not helped by the mediocre, boring supporting cast. It’s honestly baffling how, after all this, I still can’t tell who’s who... oh wait, that’s not my fault. And did I mention again that literally nothing happened? Oh, and miss crossdressing lady or whatever her name is, look at her, a hardcore, like really hardcore simp. So that makes her soooo cute, right? RIGHT???? Makes me wonder what was even the point of this character besides just adding another face to Marin’s endless queue of fangirls?

This season is actually horrendous and a baffling attempt at turning into a SOL. Newsflash show: to make a good SOL, you need good characters. I can’t even name one here, but hey, keep trying, because it’s clear you’re not putting any effort into the romance side. This and Takopii have really shown me how much people can be blinded by sakuga and flashy direction into thinking nothing-burger shows like these are good. Literally the definition of “carried by animation,” and I hate to even use that term.

This whole scene was absolutely pathetic lol. What a terrible way to end a season. They didn’t even tease a certain character at the end, so fingers crossed that means season three isn’t happening.

Marin's phone RIP 🕯️ 🙏

So Marin has officially fallen in love with Gojou and now she cant even look at him without getting embarrassed.
Its a funny transition from how casually she treated her relationships with Gojou at first, she was just chilling before.

I really like that photoshoot.
It was very stylish and dark.
Marin's nun cosplay is just great, its actually my favorite Marin's cosplay but why were there so few of that?
I wish i could see a bit more of her in that outfit.
That black outfit, straight black hair, bright red lips—she is such a goth baddie.

And also with that Marin's typical genki personality, she looks amazing.
For some reason it reminded me of Ame-chan.

And that moment when Gojou cheerfully splashed blood on the table lol.
It all was so fun.

And they really made that transition from a plate of blood, chunks of flesh and an eye to a memory of her mother feeding her vegetables she doesnt like?
Stylish and funny at the same time.

Akira waifu.
"You see, Akira hate... doesnt like me."
"Eh?"
"Eh??"
"Eh???"

That was awesome.

Shy Akira is so cute.

And it turns out shes actually Marin's fangirl.
I had that thought but Akira seemed so cool and dark and it looked like she genuinely hates her that i decided there was something else going on...

I was really hoping Marin would confess at the end, but she didnt...
And there was perfect moment with beautiful sunset, but Marin still decided that friendship is more precious and more fun.
Well i think their relationships will go more romantic way from now.




And now the most important question thats been bothering me since i started (re-)watching this anime.

Its just me or is second season actually different from the first?
It has a completely different vibe.
I wasnt a big fan of first season and dropped the second one after first episode, but then i started watching again and now i love this anime.

I think second season is diffirent not like the first season.
It even feels like a different anime.

Or maybe its just me imagining it because its been a while since i watched first season.
Does anyone else have the same feeling?

I'd say the big different vibe from the two season could be because of two major things :

1) Mangaka didn't need to put fanservice as much as she used to at this point since the Manga started to become very popular around the time Volume 5 released (season 2 starts at Volume 6) so no risk of the Manga being axed anymore. She could finally focus on what she always wanted to draw (her main couple and ESPECIALLY cosplay) a lot of people wrongfully think the Mangaka of MDUD likes the fanservice but she hinted it was always something that was forced by her editors in the first place (the "they require panty shots" is a big hint) :




("Mandate of heaven/Haniel" is the final arc of the Manga and she said it's her fav because she could finally draw like she always wanted and this arc contain absolutely ZERO fanservice , hinting that the huge amount of fanservice around the first half of the Manga was never coming from her).

2) The assistant director for this season 2 of MDUD (Yusuke Yamamoto) is now the upcoming director for Bocchi the rock season 2 and was the assistant director of BTR season 1 , he gave Shinohara (the director of MDUD) "ton of ideas he would have never thought about" according to him , I assume him working that much on Bocchi The rock helped the team to find a lot of fun ideas since Bocchi is a very fun and creative show overall.

@Saizo32 generally i like fanservice in anime, but this situation is different.
If a mangaka wants to draw something but forced to draw fanservice, im against it.
Art should be free and if author wants to do what she want, thats her right.
But i also understand that sales are very important.
But i dont know if we really should blame fanservice. There was a lot of cosplay in the first season too and fanservice didnt really ruin that, right? Although i dont remember first season very well so maybe it was really fanservise fault.

The second fact seems more important to me: i had a feeling someone other was directing this anime, but i didnt look for information.
If that so then that explains everything.
But the funniest thing is that i dont like BTR, but secound season of bisque doll i liked.

Maybe i should give BTR a chance too?
Well, maybe someday.

@x_scolopendra_x

To clarify , director for this season 2 is the exact same from season 1 (Keisuke Shinohara) only assistant director changed and like I said the new assistant director will be the actual director of the upcoming Bocchi The Rock season 2 and was very involved in the first one so it's obvious that he played a big part as to why the vibe changed.

To give more weight to my statement Shinohara did mention that Yusuke Yamamoto like I said, gave him a ton of ideas for season 2 :




https://shinseiki.blog/2025/08/17/shinohara-bisque-doll-2-nt/

Didn't like this season as much as the first. Why? Two reasons - 1. To much Cosplay 2. Almost zero romance

Man I give a f**k about cosplaying i don't care. I'm here for the romance and for nothing else. Season 3 would be nice but i heard from Manga Readers that the romance part is getting more worse then it's alteady, so my expections are not high if a 3rd season happens. It's a shame i really loved every damn Episode in season 1.