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(Six episodes watched): Season two takes off as if the final episode of season one ran a week rather than three years ago. That is, there is little attempt to refresh our memories. Marin has a new scantily-clad character that she would like to dress up as, and Gojo gets to work on the costume. She invites him to a Halloween party attended by the popular and stylish teenagers like herself, which makes him somewhat uncomfortable. Gojo recalls the childhood incident which traumatized him in regards to making friends, and realizes he may have badly misunderstood something--I had pretty much forgotten about this important angle to the premise of this show. I wish episode one had taken off in some new and definitive direction, since so much time has passed since season one, but instead it seems like more of the same. But I see that episode one of the first season didn't excite me all that much either. At the party a misunderstanding causes Gojo to embarass himself but Marin is impressed. Then she gets seriously sick and Gojo tends to her. And then once healthy again the two of them meet a cross-dressing cosplayer who has some intriguing tricks to teach them--all in the space of episode two. This was OK but I couldn't help feeling that the plot seemed to be drifting rather than heading in a well defined direction and the jokes weren't funny enough to completely compensate. In episode 15 this cross-dressing person, Himeno, shares a number of secrets regarding cosplaying with Gojo and Marin. Gojo gets a feel for the difference between Marin the model and Marin the cosplayer. In episode four Gojo and Marin are informed of an upcoming cultural festival that will include an odd beauty show in which girls will dress as boys and vice-versa. Marin jumps at the chance but with all his responsibilities it seems that Gojo can't design her outfit and she'll have to do so herself, which is something she's not very good at. Things are worked out and Gojo will be able to do the job after all. In episode five work on the 'host' costume moves ahead. But I couldn't help feeling somewhat bored; yet another costume is put together, but there's no significant progress in the romance between Gojo and Kitakawa. I wished this episode would hurry up and be over so that I could watch something else, which isn't a good sign. In episode six the festival and beauty contest finally come about, and the contest goes pretty much as expected. Also, we learn the trick behind creating a 'rainbow rose'. Gojo is urged to participate in a big celebration afterwards, which will hopefully improve his social skills but didn't excite me all that much. But more fun than last week. Last updated Thursday, August 21 2025. Created Wednesday, July 09 2025. | ||||||||
