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My Dress-Up Darling (TV).

I'm glad you liked it. I, for one, am not looking forward to another Nagatoro. I hope this dynamic isn't going to be the norm, and the start to approach each other as equals quite soon.

I'm glad you liked it. I, for one, am not looking forward to another Nagatoro. I hope this dynamic isn't going to be the norm, and the start to approach each other as equals quite soon.

Marin painted her toenails to match her eyes. Why is she having problems cosplaying again? And why does she ask that question herself? I've never seen a show have so little faith in its own premise... Her reaction when Gojo's hand reached her groin, that I understood, the rest of it, no.

Why would Marin being able to paint her toenails to match her eyes mean that she should be able to make her own cosplay costume? One is a pretty basic skill that most people could learn in just a few minutes, while making costumes is so much more complicated, especially for someone who has never sewn before. Plus, for all we know, she might not have painted her toenails herself and, instead, may have gone to a salon to get a pedicure.I don't see why her not understanding why she can't make a costume even though she has a book on how to make costumes equates the show not having faith in its own premise.

I'd say the series realized after the fact that Marin's first attempt would be taking a base outfit and accessorizing it to the point she gets a gross approximation of what she's trying to make but they try to hide it by saying "oh no, what she'd really do it start at 0 with some cloth and a book saying it's so easy, anyone can do it... and we'll then lampshade it with a comment from Marin saying she still couldn't do it."
Editor: "But everything else about her is prefab so why would her first cosplay outfit attempt be 100% homemade?"

This is why writers hate editors, they're such pests. I am glad that we're not coming into the premise with Marin merely seeking to improve her cosplay... and that is still true after episode 2... but I am annoyed the series spent more time ogling her body than it did explaining what she's trying to do and why. With an established hobby, we can build a character from there but with a new interest right from the start, we have to first establish a baseline character.

Oh. there's my biggest problem here. Seeing how adept Marin is at establishing her appearance in every situation... presumably... why would she even try to act clueless as to what her appearance is doing to Goji, let alone be clueless? "Because it's funny"?

It's funny in the classroom, in his bedroom it's something else entirely.

Nah, the lack of self-awareness is actually developmentally typical for the age. I actually loved how un-self-conscious she was. It spoke of confidence and comfort in her own skin.

The first sentence there doesn't seem to match the next two. If lacking self-awareness (in the context here of being aware of how you're perceived rather than an objective analysis of your mental state of being) is typical, then being unself-conscious and comfortable in your own skin wouldn't be extraordinary for a teenager. I dunno, most of the teenagers I knew (and was) and know are hyper-self-aware, and always concerned about how they might be seen by others. Which is why her being so comfortable in her own skin and oblivious to Gojo's view of her stands out as unusual.