2.5-jigen no Ririsa
2.5 Dimensional Seduction

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Okay so i'm writting my first review and since i'm not a native english speaker don't judge please.

It's the first ecchi that i'm reading and it was really cool, the story is good, if you don't mind the ecchi and if you like cosplay it could be interesting for you to read it.
The art is absolutely amazing, it's cute and there is a lot of colors (the mangaka did a really good job with the colors honestly).
The characters are very attatchig and sometimes relatable, the relationships between them are very well written too.

As a conclusion i would like to say that personnally the ... ecchi didn't bother me that much, but i agree that during the first chapters it's a bit too much. The overall story is well written and funny and if you want to spend a good time reading something that will not require you to think too much.

Thanks for reading that review again it's my first one and i don't really know if my english is that good lmao.

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.

This is a classic harem ecchi with lots of otaku references and the plot mostly revolves around cosplay.

Good:
1. Ecchi: There's lots of it. We don't have any weird incest or loli or gender bait stuff.
2. Art: The backgrounds are kinda plain, but all the character panels (especially cosplay ones) are amazing.
3. MC: He's basically an otaku version of Naoya (from Kanojo Mo Kanojo), but also more complex due to his past trauma. His passion for his favorite character leads to an epic moment with a manga author somewhere around chapter 100. That is peak manga and anyone who reads until then will remember ... this series by that panel.
4. self awareness of its own tropes. references to older and newer otaku pop culture stuff.
5. Comedy: Very similar to 100 girlfriends or girlfriend, girlfriend. It makes fun of its tropes by explicitly calling a tsundere a tsundere or saying that the childhood friend always loses in the harem race.
6. Harem: The girls are all super nice and get along with each other as best friends.
Bad:
1. Drama can be a bit of a mess and gets a little too serious too often. I'm here to enjoy romcom harem stuff, so I hated the drama parts (especially how often and common drama is every volume). The romance is often blocked by MC's traumatic past. Fortunately, with manga, you can always skip the boring serious parts.
2. Preachy. The manga wants to show cosplay as a true "Art". There's also a lot of debating about what's an art or what's love or whether you should make money with your passion/art etc.. and potential answers to them. That is not bad by itself, but again, it happens too often with a wall of philosophical text panels.
3. Flanderization. A few characters like nonoa or Aria become one dimensional tropes after their introduction arcs. Once you go beyond a certain number of harem girls, author needs to boost their stereotypes to make them feel unique among the group. Some of them are also "obviously tier-2" harem members, that have no character development beyond their introduction arcs.

Overall
This is an easy to recommend manga, as long as you are comfortable with lots of ecchi. It ain't ground breaking or era defining, but it will give you exactly what you expect from a harem ecchi cosplay manga.

2.5 Dimensional Seduction is a modern shounen masterpiece.
It has the ecchi, it has the romcom, it has the cosplays, it has the drama, it has the pop culture references, it has unparallelled friendship, effort, victory. It's kinda crazy to think about where this series started to where it was 50 chapters in to where it is now 160 chapters in. The cosplay romcom battle shonen that could.

Cause 2.5 Dimensional Seduction is a manga about love, love for artists, love for fans, love for community, love for people. It's an unfiltered love letter. Love for the very Otaku world that would have you reading this ... sort of manga or play a mobile game, or cosplay. It is art that loves art, and there's nothing more beautiful than that.
And all wrapped in a story about two no boundary degenerate otaku who learn to love the world of cosplay and thus their manga club grows beyond the two of them. Way way beyond.

I love Okumura and Lilysa, it's genuinely so good how they are both the protagonists and the story masterfully switches between them and explores and utilizes their characters. Their connection over a fictional Jump manga is very endearing. They are equals. And nothing is lost as new cast members get introduced. It's genuinely awe inspiring how well put together everything is, and then when Summer Comiket hits, the ride keeps going up, and it's been far too many chapters to ask "when is it going down?"

Yu Hashimoto is an amazing mangaka. So many great expressions. So many great outfits. So many cute Nonopis. What a storyteller, what an artist.

This is a series everyone should read. If I could I'd make this mandatory reading for teenagers especially
Otaku responsibly, find a good place where you can freely express yourself, and fill yourself with love cause love is a powerful thing.
Lots of good adult things to take away from this series other than well, the ecchi.

As of this writing, the anime is about to air and go on for 2 cours, a mobile game being developed, so much merchandise being produced from many figures to a collaboration with the bandai card game Union Arena. And this is the scale of it all BEFORE airing, even more to come after?
And frankly, this review ive been wanting to write for a while now feels small compared to the push the series is now getting by production commitees, and I couldn't be any more prouder.
It's one of those rare series where everything is aligned and it's getting all the love it rightfully deserves.

Here's to this amazing manga. I can't wait to come back and say, this series was amazing all the way to the end.

This is my second manga review, after Hanebado!. I don't even know why I really want this manga I want to review, actually there are two..

I don't know why not many people discuss this manga....if his anime wasn't announced maybe I wouldn't know until now 😅 but for sure I hope many people discuss this manga 😤 LILIEL IS FUCKING CUTE

[Story] 10/10
If you talk about the story, it's about cosplayer, honestly, it's crazy good, I swear.. I don't know what's missing if the story part for this manga looks perfect to me and I never get bored of every chapter I read. If you want ... to compare it with My Dress-Up Darling, honestly, I have to give more for this manga...At first I thought the story was just ordinary but some important elements were good...If you are Otaku you will know that the Plot is good, not like My Dress-Up Darling in this manga, the cosplayer like competition is very interesting to me. The Ecchi here aren't bad 😏and Cringe doesn't always Ecchi either...his story is quite serious if you want to know...Like I said, there are many important elements such as love elements, family elements, etc. Although closed with comedy, but when the serious part I was really touched and LILIEL IS FUCKING CUTE


[Character] 10/10
If for character, everything is good from the MC, the heroines, the teacher, and the supporting characters all leave a deep impression. Maybe many people don't like MC Masamune, Okumura because they are only interested in 2D characters, but believe me MC has great potential, especially with the romance plot...from the title 2.5D there will be development of MC also for other characters...


[Art] 10/10
The art for me is not stiff and looks alive... I am really satisfied with the art in this manga, there are parts of the shoes that are well made with enough detail and elegance....LILIEL IS FUCKING CUTE ...Sorry...Almost forgot there is also a color page in this manga


[Additional]
My favorite characters in this manga: ....LIL...sorry too much my favorite character in this manga, So I don't list it

It's good for me.. people's tastes are not the same, but if you're an Otaku what are you waiting for READ it for sure this manga is related to Otaku judge for yourself whether this manga is good or not

For the last time I'm not saying My Dress-Up Darling is bad, yes each has its own characteristics

Thanks for taking your precious time for my bored review ^_ ^

[Story] 10/10

2.5 Jigen no Yuuwaku -Ririsa- starts out as a fairly typical ecchi, about a protagonist duo who are both otaku and share a fondness for the same anime/manga character, Lilliel.
The first few chapters can be quite decisive when it comes to wondering whether to continue reading or not, as fanservice (obviously) abounds in this series, but if it doesn't bother you at all, you'll enjoy it a lot. The story is simple and easy to follow, the ecchi and comedy elements make it quite funny on its own and that's something I always liked and I think throughout it continues to work very well. ... As the chapters progress the plot continues to develop and that's when it truly gets interesting.... Something I love is the point of view and how the author reflects and makes representation of the importance of cosplay throughout the story. How he uses the basis of it to tell us how the characters' background, development and aspirations are based on this hobby.

I really like how each character has their moment, each character has a story to tell and how they manage on several occasions to overcome their fears and complexes.


[Characters] 9/10

Wow, I simply can't hate any character in this series, I love them all, for different reasons. We have the typical personalities or the typical stereotypes of manga characters, especially female ones and I don't think it's particularly bad, the personalities or stereotypes they represent are well constructed and it doesn't really feel like any character is over or that any one is really less or more important than the other, the main cast fascinates me and continues to grow, Which I like a lot more!
There are characters that throughout the story I was able to connect with emotionally, see the case of Yoki-san, Nonoa-san and Marina-san! I personally like them a lot, but I really like them all!!!! (I think it was already too clear) Haha. Characters such as Mayura or Magino are key in the story because of what they have represented for Lilysa throughout the story and how they have helped her at various times, to grow as a person and move forward. As the plot progresses, so do the characters as a whole and you can really feel a connection between them, a mutual feeling of a true friendship, which makes them quite human.

[Art] 9/10

The art is fantastic, in important moments it is really quite remarkable and praiseworthy. It has very memorable panels and the author's drawing improves as time goes by, obviously, we are talking about an ecchi manga and the racy scenes are really very well worked, which is also very appreciated. As I mentioned before, in the important moments, the author manages to convey a lot visually and stands out a lot, but overall the drawing is pretty good!

[Enjoyment]

This is probably one of the best manga I've read in a long time and I'd say it has become one of my current favorites. With each passing page I fall more and more in love with the characters, their ambitions and in general everything this series encompasses makes me quite happy at the end of the day. It has taught me to value true friendships and to value my hobbies, to value my personality and who I really am!
It starts out as a fairly typical series in its genre, but then manages to forge an identity of its own that makes it unique and a must read if you're interested in either cosplay or ecchi, with touches of romance. I eagerly await the anime adaptation and the new chapters to come!

For some time now I have been reading 2.5D and believe me, it is good.
For the 70 chapters I´ve read the story progress in our beloved rom/com way, I mean yes the mc can be dense(but he has motives, that show up later on), yes we have a childhood friend that is somewhat in love with the mc (and for people who say its only a cliche and she dont have motives, just READ the manga man)
Our story is focused pretty much in the cosplay world and itself has a whole bunch of information that is based on reality, its a cool manga that carries ... the reader along with the good characters and plot, the ecchi is a thing but if you dont want it just dont read, its that simple
So if you like a fun rom/com with pretty frames, oh the art is gorgeos btw, and that whole setting of cosplay give it a read it is worth it.

You say "Lola Bunny" no one bats an eye, but when I say "Mega Lopunny with a 12 inch slong" everyone loses their mind.


Story

MMC loves a 2d character and only wants the fictional character. FMC also loves 2d character, but cosplays as her. Misunderstandings and romcom hijinks ensue.

Let's just keep it a hundred. This is just more a ecchi My Dress-Up darling. But instead of a more casual like MDUD, these characters are cosplaying for the school club they both are in.

The one big downside I dislike, they are in high school. And we have the FMC stripping pretty much at all times. It ... is for the cosplay part, but it is very unnecessary.

Art

Characters designs are pretty good. Though the MMC is run of the mill design. All the FMC are way better then I would have thought for a "hehehe look at boobies"

The overall art is standard basic looks.


Overall

6/10. Good romcom cosplay slop. It is worth the investment

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.