My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 Episode 12 Review: A Good But Unromantic Last Episode

The 12th episode of My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 is here, and it was a fun ride. Let’s discover how this episode plays out.

My Dress-Up Darling Episode 11 Recap

The episode begins by diving into Akira’s childhood, showing how her mother disapproved of her love for manga and anime. At one point, she even went as far as throwing away Akira’s entire collection. Now that Akira is older, however, she no longer has to hide her passion and openly embraces the things she loves. Later, she visits Gojo’s home, where she praises his doll-making skills. Watching him work up close, she asks thoughtful questions about his craft, making it clear that she respects his dedication and admires the pride he takes in his artistry.

Meanwhile, the story shifts focus to the cosplay community. We see how some cosplayers enhance their appearance, such as altering their chest size to fit certain roles, showing that body type doesn’t limit creativity. Miya shares her own journey, explaining how she never let her height or build stop her from cosplaying male characters. Over time, she’s honed her craft so well that she can convincingly portray male roles without anyone noticing.

Back with Gojo, he opens up to Akira about his dream of creating dolls entirely on his own. Beyond the personal moments, the episode also highlights the supportive and uplifting nature of the cosplay world.

My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 Episode 12 Review

Marin becomes determined that she will finally confess her feelings to Gojo. However, this is a bold step that can change the relationship between them for better or worse, and that terrifies Marin. Gojo comes to pick her up and do her makeup, but she is already conscious of him. Later, everyone reaches the studio, where they all prepare for the cosplay event. Things play out exceptionally well as they all do their best to emulate everything to perfection.

Though the cosplay section was fun, the latter half was better. In this part of the episode, things get interesting because Marin and Akira finally come face-to-face. They get landed in a situation where they must photoshoot together, and we finally get to know that the reason Akira doesn’t want to look at Marin is not because she hates her, but because she loves Marin too much. Akira literally calls Marin her Princess and becomes too nervous in front of her.

This was a hilarious addition to the episode, and it clears up much of the mysterious air about this whole hating situation. Akira also hated the fact that she made a very bad first impression on Marin, and thus, she didn’t want Marin to see her flustered. But the most important moment of this episode is definitely the confession part. But whether she actually confesses to Gojo or not is something that you will have to see for yourself.

Verdict

Today’s episode was a decent episode that ended on a fun and exciting note. It was not a romance-heavy episode till the last moments, and that is something that I personally did not like that much. As the last episode, there should have been more chemistry between the two main characters, which we did not get.

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