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Takkun4343
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Not gonna lie, reading today's review was a little rough. Referring to characters strictly by their surnames isn't a wise idea when two characters share the same, and I feel an exception could have been made by referring to Shinju as Shinju, and not just "Inui's sister" or "the sister".
(On the flip side, the accidental reference to "Kitagawa" as Marin made me smile.  )
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Cryten
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Well its definetly living up to the name. As we dont really explore the technical side so much as mention them. What I mean is We dont actually see people trying to learn the craft and the technical foibles, only the 100% perfect implementations. As such its more like a game of Gojo dressing up the girls as dolls then a real exploration of the cosplay artistry. Like how it glosses over time and effort required or any possible failure.
Well it keeps it fun and glossy, which suits its Gal aesthetic. |
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Akcoll99
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Well after Ham-bird-ler stole last week's episode, I think we should give it up for this week's breakout star, Gojo's Box of Tissues...
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Folcwine P. Pywackett
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I agree with you. When I began "My Dress-Up Darling" I knew zero, zip, nada about Cosplay. I thought it was like Halloween where kids put on a store-bought costume, and that's that! But I forgot that the Japanese turn everything into a detailed art-form, so I should not have been surprised to learn of the details involved. I am very much enjoying learning about real Cosplay. Another point is calling this a Romance. Make no mistake, Kitagawa Marin-tan is one fantastic female character. Everybody seems to be in love with her and for good reasons, but she is the only one in love as of EP 9. A Romance requires two people in love, and it is very important to know the full details and backstories of both. So far this is Gojō Wakana-kun's story and not Kitagawa Marin-tan's story. We actually know very little about her. Where does she get her values which are highly advanced for a 15 year old. She certainly knows value in males. Is her father a high quality male and that is how she judges other males? We don't know and may never know should the father never be introduced. Also at this point in the story, Gojō Wakana-tan has not arrived at the love station where Kitagawa Marin-tan is waiting for him. The author, Shinichi Fukuda-san, has gone to great lengths to show that our hero is fully capable in a physical sense of Romance. But he has spent the last 15 years of his life with no friends at all. It seems to me only, that a good friend makes for a good lover, and friendship and socialization with friends is a learning experience which our hero lacks! This Summer he is spending exclusively with Kitagawa Marin-tan, and we all know what that might do to his learning in how to be friends and lovers. The author is in full control of her beautiful story, and this will be one heck of a Summer! (Please no Manga spoilers) I am reminded of a cute Yiddish story about Romance stories. A man goes to a play, and afterwards he is asked what he thought. He answers, "Ahhh, In Act 1, the man wants and the woman does not. In Act 2, the woman wants and the man does not, and in Act 3, both want and the curtain comes down!" |
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thedarkemissary
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I feel like the reviewer really missed on this one. You could read "body insecurities" into it, but I think there's only 1 theme and it's "there's a way for anyone to cosplay." If the last episode was about camera and photography, this episode was about techniques and budgets. "Here's how you do convincing male gender with gear and techniques while on a budget." It was much closer to a by-the-books "learn about the hobby" episode.
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Yuvelir
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Sure they could go for inaccurate cosplay but... why would they? Giving up on being more accurate would just make for worse television. Thanks to this desire for accuracy we got to see them striving, researching and getting excited finding out as we the audience got to learn of about half a dozen tricks.
Shinju giving up and just throwing on an uniform and a wig and being content with that would have been moving, but not half as exciting. |
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Guile
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They were not even trying to hide the blatant Guilty Gear reference to Ramlethal. I am not complaining though as I enjoy that game and character. Seeing Marin cosplay a parody character of her was nice. All the talk of under-boob was also very true...
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MFrontier
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Is Juju falling for Gojo? She blushed super hard around him and really appreciated what he did for her sister...and they lingered on him in the picture while Juju was considering doing a group cosplay with them.
Gotta love Marin's jealousy over Shinju being with Gojo alone at this place perfectly matched with the anime she was watching. Marin has a deep understanding of how healthy underboobs are. Marin becoming a true gyaru by finally going tan, although thanks to foundation instead of actual tanning. Surprised it took this long to see Marin naked. And, unsurprisingly, the camera panned up her entire bare backside to show it off, complete with her fine behind. I love how Marin tries to pick out clothes for her man but she's so Gojo-sexual he looks good in anything to her. Poor Marin freaking out at the prospect of Gojo ending their relationship when he's really just too self-conscious to see her in something so skimpy. |
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boldulysses
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What? How is that any different than altering any other part of your appearance for the sake of displaying a character? It's not blackface, it's cosplay. Two separate categories. Really thought the review would've focused more on Juju's confession about her disappointment that there are certain characters she feels like she just can't pull off, esp. since the reviewer had a soapbox moment about that last review. |
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Kuzu
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So as someone who is almost completely ignorant to the cosplay community and its intricacies, why is Kitagawa darkening her skin a controversial topic? I feel like I'm not understanding some context.
Id appreciate being enlightened. |
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09jcg
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It's something I didn't even consider while watching, it honestly reminds me more of bronzing and spray on tanning than black face. Last edited by 09jcg on Mon Mar 14, 2022 3:19 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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a_Bear_in_Bearcave
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The whole nonsense about "controversy" is basically Americans trying to saddle the whole world with their own racist baggage of historical "blackface" performances, which somehow means no one else in any country, of any race, can cosplay with different skin color then natural one, even though changing the way your body looks is completely normal in cosplay. Don't bother to try to understand it.
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Gem-Bug
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Putting certain words in quotations doesn't diminish or erase their meaning to people. If you think these things are all "nonsense", you could easily just keep that to yourself rather than thinking you're going to what, find like-minded folks here? 
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SkyLETV34
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Wait, what's wrong with the tan? I don't get it. Like, I know about the whole blackface controversy but comparing it to this is such a stretch. Maybe it's because I'm not that knowledgeable about the cosplay world or because I'm not "American" but dedicating two paragraphs to it and wanting to relate it to Marin understanding Gojou's discomfort seems dumb to me.
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FilthyCasual
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I was hoping it'd be an anime tan instead of makeup. The muzzle and chains sure didn't help. That being said, the anime doesn't have a spiteful bone in its body, so I can let it go.
The rest of the episode was great, with Marin's Soul Gem darkening as Gojo talked about his private cosplay time with another girl being a highlight. |
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