2.5 Dimensional Seduction

2.5 Dimensional Seduction (2.5次元の), abbreviated as Nigoriri (にごリリ), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yu Hashimoto. It was serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ website from June 2019 to December 2025, with its chapters collected in twenty-five volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by J.C.Staff aired from July to December 2024. A second season has been announced.

Premise

Masamune Okumura is a second-year high school student who serves as the president and only member of his school's manga club. An, he claims he has no interest in real girls due to his obsession with a fictional character named Liliel (リリエル). Suddenly, a first-year student named Lilysa Amano, who is passionate about cosplay, joins the club and recruits Okumura to be her official photographer. When Okumura learns her favorite character is also Liliel, he starts to fall in love with her, making him feel conflicted. Other girls soon join the club as well, including Okumura's childhood friend Mikari Tachibana, whose unrequited love for him constantly leaves her frustrated.

Characters

• Masamune Okumura (奥村 正宗)
• Okumura is a second-year high school student who is the president of his school's manga club. He is an who has been obsessed with a fictional character named Liliel since he was young. He has put up posters of Liliel in the club room and has DVDs of her anime series. His mother abandoned his family when he was young. Initially, he did not like the idea of falling in love or having a relationship, which resulted in him isolating himself from others. However, as the story progresses, he begins to open up thanks to the girls in the manga club.
• Lilysa Amano (天乃 リリサ)
• Lilysa is a beautiful first-year student who joins the manga club. Due to her passion for cosplay, she recruits Okumura to be her photographer. Like Okumura, she is also a fan of Liliel. She was first inspired to become a cosplayer when she visited a cosplay event. She wears glasses outside of cosplay. Though initially oblivious, she starts to slowly fall in love with Okumura later on.
• Mikari Tachibana (橘 美花莉)
• Mikari is a first-year student who is Okumura's childhood friend and Lilysa's classmate. A gorgeous and popular model, she has a crush on Okumura since they were young, which he has never noticed. At the end of the series, she becomes Okumura's girlfriend.
• 753♡
• 753♡ is a professional cosplayer. Due to her popularity, she is considered to be one of the four Heavenly Queens of Cosplay. Her stage name is pronounced as "Nagomi" (なごみ). She takes an interest in Okumura as he looks like exactly like her favorite character, Prince Kai.
• Magino (マギノ)
• Magino is a cosplayer who is willing to give Lilysa and Okumura advice.
• Ogino (オギノ)
• Ogino is a photographer who hangs out with Magino. He serves as a mentor for Okumura.
• Mayuri Hanyu (羽生 まゆり)
• Mayuri is a popular new high school teacher who becomes the advisor of the manga club. She is a former cosplayer known as Mayura (まゆら), one of the four Heavenly Queens of Cosplay. Later on, she reconnects and enters into a relationship with her female best friend, Eli.
• Nonoa (ノノア)
• Nonoa is a rookie cosplayer who is a huge fan of Lilysa. Having experienced trauma in the past, she has a shy personality. She desperately wants to befriend Lilysa, but has trouble doing so due to her anxiety and insecurity.
• Aria Kisaki (喜咲アリア)
• Aria is a and a new cosplayer who does not have much knowledge about anime and manga. She is the daughter of manga artist Yoichi Higarashi and originally took up cosplay to reach him, as her parents got divorced when she was young. As the series progresses, she starts to develop feelings for Okumura.
• Yoichi Higarashi (日枯 陽一) / Yo Kisaki (キサキ ヨウ)
• Higarashi is a manga artist who is the author of Liliel: Side Story, a spinoff manga of Ash's War Chronicles, and Aria's father. He previously created the manga Valkyries Battlefield, which was quickly cancelled due to its poor reception and sales. His only fan letter came from Okumura, which he continues to treasure. Despite his previous failures as a manga artist, the fan letter helped inspire him to continue his career. His real name is Yo Kisaki.

Media

Reception

Itachi Utada from Famitsu praised the story and characters of the series, particularly enjoying the cosplay elements present.[26]

In the 2020 Next Manga Award, the series ranked fourth in the web manga category.[27] By January 2022, the series had one million copies in circulation between its digital and print releases.[26]

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