2.5 Dimensional Seduction

{{Short description|Japanese manga series and its adaptation(s)}}

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| ja_kanji = 2.5次元の{{ruby-ja|誘惑|リリサ}}

| ja_romaji = Nitengo-jigen no Ririsa

| image = 2.5 Dimensional Seduction volume 1 cover.jpg

| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover, featuring Lilysa Amano as Liliel (left) and herself (right)

| genre = {{ubl|Harem{{cite web|first= Kara|last=Dennison|title=2.5 Dimensional Seduction: Lessons About Fandom|url=https://otakuusamagazine.com/2-5-dimensional-seduction-lessons-about-fandom/|website=Otaku USA|date=September 10, 2024|access-date=December 13, 2024|archive-date=December 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241228120048/https://otakuusamagazine.com/2-5-dimensional-seduction-lessons-about-fandom/|url-status=live}}|Romantic comedy}}

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| author = Yu Hashimoto

| publisher = Shueisha

| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Seven Seas Entertainment}}

| demographic = Shōnen

| imprint = Jump Comics+

| magazine = Shōnen Jump+

| first = June 15, 2019

| last =

| volumes = 23

| volume_list = List of 2.5 Dimensional Seduction chapters

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = TV Series

| director = Hideki Okamoto

| producer = {{ubl|Naoki Hara|Masahiko Takeuchi|Kuninori Yoshizaki|Akihiro Sotokawa|Atsushi Fujishiro|Yurie Uehara}}

| writer = Takao Yoshioka

| music = Hiroaki Tsutsumi

| studio = J.C.Staff

| licensee = Sentai Filmworks

| network = Tokyo MX, tvk, CTC, Teletama, TV Aichi, MBS, TVQ, BS11, AT-X, Animax

| first = July 5, 2024

| last =

| episodes = 24

| episode_list = List of 2.5 Dimensional Seduction episodes

}}

{{Nihongo|2.5 Dimensional Seduction|2.5次元の{{ruby-ja|誘惑|リリサ}}|Nitengo-jigen no Ririsa|{{translation}} "2.5 Dimensional Lilysa"|lead=yes}},{{efn|The kanji {{Nihongo2|誘惑}} in the Japanese title, glossed with furigana as {{Nihongo||リリサ|Ririsa}}, are normally read as Yūwaku ("temptation", "lure", "allurement", or "seduction").}} abbreviated as {{Nihongo|Nigoriri|にごリリ}}, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yu Hashimoto. It began serialization on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ website in June 2019. 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 {{Transliteration|ja|otaku}}, he claims he has no interest in real girls due to his obsession with a fictional character named {{Nihongo|Liliel|リリエル|Ririeru}}. 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

;{{Nihongo|Masamune Okumura|奥村正宗|Okumura Masamune}}

:{{Voiced by|Junya Enoki|Jack Stansbury{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=2.5 Dimensional Seduction Anime Gets English Dub on May 7|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-05-06/2.5-dimensional-seduction-anime-gets-english-dub-on-may-7/.224217|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 6, 2025|date=May 6, 2025|archive-date=May 6, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506223327/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-05-06/2.5-dimensional-seduction-anime-gets-english-dub-on-may-7/.224217|url-status=live}}}}

:Okumura is a second-year high school student who is the president of his school's manga club. He is an {{Transliteration|ja|otaku}} 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. As the series progresses, he starts to fall in love with Lilysa.

;{{Nihongo|Lilysa Amano|天乃リリサ|Amano Ririsa}}

:{{Voiced by|Kaori Maeda|Shanae'a Moore}}

: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.

;{{Nihongo|Mikari Tachibana|橘美花莉|Tachibana Mikari}}

:{{Voiced by|Akari Kitō|Jade Kelly}}

:Mikari is a first-year student who is Okumura's childhood friend and Lilysa's classmate. A gorgeous and popular model, she has had a crush on Okumura since they were young, though he has never noticed.

;753♡

:{{Voiced by|Aya Yamane}}

: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 {{Nihongo|"Nagomi"|なごみ}}. She takes an interest in Okumura as he looks like exactly like her favorite character, Prince Kai.

;{{Nihongo|Magino|マギノ}}

:{{Voiced by|Yuka Nukui|Courtney Lomelo}}

:Magino is a cosplayer who is willing to give Lilysa and Okumura advice.

;{{Nihongo|Ogino|オギノ}}

:{{Voiced by|Tomokazu Sugita|Benjamin McLaughlin}}

:Ogino is a photographer who hangs out with Magino. He serves as a mentor for Okumura.

;{{Nihongo|Mayuri Hanyu|羽生まゆり|Hanyū Mayuri}}

:{{Voiced by|M.A.O{{cite web|title=2.5 Dimensional Seduction Anime Casts M.A.O|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-16/2.5-dimensional-seduction-anime-casts-m.a.o/.207665|website=Anime News Network|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=February 16, 2024|access-date=February 16, 2024|archive-date=February 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228041228/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-16/2.5-dimensional-seduction-anime-casts-m.a.o/.207665|url-status=live}}|Shelley Calene-Black}}

:Mayuri is a popular new high school teacher who becomes the advisor of the manga club. She is a former cosplayer known as {{Nihongo|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.

;{{Nihongo|Nonoa|ノノア}}

:{{Voiced by|Sayumi Suzushiro}}

:Nonoa is a rookie cosplayer who is a huge fan of Lilysa. She desperately wants to befriend her, but has trouble doing so due to her anxiety and insecurity.

;{{Nihongo|Aria Kisaki|喜咲アリア|Kisaki Aria}}

:{{Voiced by|Sayumi Watabe}}

:Aria is a {{Transliteration|ja|gyaru}} 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.

;{{Nihongo|Yoichi Higarashi|日枯陽一|Higarashi Yōichi}} / {{Nihongo|Yo Kisaki|キサキヨウ|Kisaki Yō}}

:{{Voiced by|Junichi Suwabe}}

: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

=Manga=

{{Main|List of 2.5 Dimensional Seduction chapters{{!}}List of 2.5 Dimensional Seduction chapters}}

Written and illustrated by Yu Hashimoto, the series began serialization on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga website on June 15, 2019.{{cite web|script-title=ja:[第1話]2.5次元の誘惑|url=https://shonenjumpplus.com/episode/13933686331679642476|website=Shōnen Jump+|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718095552/https://shonenjumpplus.com/episode/13933686331679642476|archive-date=July 18, 2020|url-status=dead|access-date=July 24, 2022|language=ja}} As of January 2025, the series' individual chapters have been collected into twenty-three {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes.{{cite web|script-title=ja:2.5次元の誘惑 23|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-884547-0|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=May 2, 2025|language=ja}}

In June 2021, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they licensed the series for English publication under their Ghost Ship imprint.{{cite web|title=Seven Seas Licenses The Muscle Girl Next Door, 'Hello, Melancholic!', Witches Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-30/seven-seas-licenses-the-muscle-girl-next-door-hello-melancholic-witches-manga/.174644|website=Anime News Network|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=June 30, 2021|access-date=July 23, 2022|archive-date=December 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217055706/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-30/seven-seas-licenses-the-muscle-girl-next-door-hello-melancholic-witches-manga/.174644|url-status=live}}

=Anime=

{{Main|List of 2.5 Dimensional Seduction episodes{{!}}List of 2.5 Dimensional Seduction episodes}}

An anime television series adaptation was announced on December 10, 2022.{{cite web|script-title=ja:2.5次元の誘惑：「ジャンプ＋」のラブコメがテレビアニメ化 3次元と2次元が交差する熱血青春コスプレ作品|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20221209dog00m200075000c.html|website=Mantan Web|date=December 10, 2022|access-date=December 10, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=February 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219200715/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20221209dog00m200075000c.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=2.5 Dimensional Seduction Manga Gets TV Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-09/2.5-dimensional-seduction-manga-gets-tv-anime/.192777|website=Anime News Network|last=Mateo|first=Alex|date=December 9, 2022|access-date=December 10, 2022|archive-date=December 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221195449/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-09/2.5-dimensional-seduction-manga-gets-tv-anime/.192777|url-status=live}} It was produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Hideki Okamoto, with scripts written by Takao Yoshioka, character designs handled by Tomoyuki Shitaya, and music composed by Hiroaki Tsutsumi.{{cite web|script-title=ja:『2.5次元の誘惑』2024年放送開始でPV公開出演は榎木淳弥・前田佳織里・鬼頭明里|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2290564/full/|website=Oricon|date=August 12, 2023|access-date=August 12, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=August 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812012330/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2290564/full/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=2.5 Dimensional Seduction TV Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals Main Cast, Staff, 2024 Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-08-11/2.5-dimensional-seduction-tv-anime-1st-promo-video-reveals-main-cast-staff-2024-premiere/.201199|website=Anime News Network|last=Mateo|first=Alex|date=August 11, 2023|access-date=August 12, 2023|archive-date=August 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811154831/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-08-11/2.5-dimensional-seduction-tv-anime-1st-promo-video-reveals-main-cast-staff-2024-premiere/.201199|url-status=live}} The series aired from July 5 to December 13, 2024, on Tokyo MX and other networks.{{cite web|title=2.5 Dimensional Seduction Anime Unveils More Cast, July Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-05/2.5-dimensional-seduction-anime-unveils-more-cast-july-premiere/.207249|website=Anime News Network|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=February 5, 2024|access-date=February 5, 2024|archive-date=February 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205134005/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-05/2.5-dimensional-seduction-anime-unveils-more-cast-july-premiere/.207249|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=2.5 Dimensional Seduction TV Anime Reveals Half-Year Run, More Cast|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-04-26/2.5-dimensional-seduction-tv-anime-reveals-half-year-run-more-cast/.210237|website=Anime News Network|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=April 26, 2024|access-date=April 26, 2024|archive-date=August 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831072141/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-04-26/2.5-dimensional-seduction-tv-anime-reveals-half-year-run-more-cast/.210237|url-status=live}} For the first cour, the opening theme song is {{nihongo|"Shutter Chance"|シャッターチャンス|Shattāchansu}}, performed by Meychan, while the ending theme song is "Watch Me", performed by Kaori Maeda and Akari Kitō as their respective characters.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=2.5 Dimensional Seduction TV Anime Reveals New Visual, Theme Song Artists, July 5 Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-10/2.5-dimensional-seduction-tv-anime-reveals-new-visual-theme-song-artists-july-5-debut/.210695|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 10, 2024|date=May 10, 2024|archive-date=May 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530134220/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-10/2.5-dimensional-seduction-tv-anime-reveals-new-visual-theme-song-artists-july-5-debut/.210695|url-status=live}} For the second cour, the opening theme song is {{nihongo|"Tsugihagi no Tsubasa"|ツギハギの翼||"A Wing's Patchwork"}}, performed by Soraru, while the ending theme song is "Release Sigh", performed by Kaori Maeda, Akari Kitō, Sayumi Suzushiro and Sayumi Watabe as their respective characters.{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=2.5 Dimensional Seduction Anime Reveals 2nd Half Promo Video, New Theme Songs, Cast Member|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-09-15/2.5-dimensional-seduction-anime-reveals-2nd-half-promo-video-new-theme-songs-cast-member/.215546|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 15, 2024|date=September 15, 2024|archive-date=October 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001194152/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-09-15/2.5-dimensional-seduction-anime-reveals-2nd-half-promo-video-new-theme-songs-cast-member/.215546|url-status=live}} Sentai Filmworks licensed the series in North America, Australia and British Isles for streaming on Hidive.{{Cite web |last=Mateo |first=Alex |date=June 3, 2024 |title=HIDIVE to Stream 2.5 Dimensional Seduction TV Anime |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-03/hidive-to-stream-2.5-dimensional-seduction-tv-anime/.211488 |access-date=June 3, 2024 |website=Anime News Network |archive-date=August 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822093452/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-03/hidive-to-stream-2.5-dimensional-seduction-tv-anime/.211488 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=HIDIVE Unveils the Allure of 2.5 Dimensional Seduction July 5|url=https://news.hidive.com/2024/6/27/hidive-unveils-the-allure-of-2-5-dimensional-seduction-july-5|website=Hidive|date=June 27, 2024|access-date=July 4, 2024|archive-date=August 31, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240831073149/https://news.hidive.com/2024/6/27/hidive-unveils-the-allure-of-2-5-dimensional-seduction-july-5|url-status=live}}

Following the airing of the final episode, a second season was announced.{{Cite web|first=Joseph|last=Luster|title=2.5 Dimensional Seduction Season 2 Announced|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2024/12/13/2-5-dimensional-seduction-season-2-announced|website=Crunchyroll|date=December 13, 2024|access-date=December 13, 2024|archive-date=February 19, 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250219211842/https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2024/12/13/2-5-dimensional-seduction-season-2-announced|url-status=live}}

=Video game=

An online role-playing video game game developed by Aiming and Team Caravan, titled {{nihongo|2.5 Dimensional Seduction: Angels on Stage|2.5次元の{{ruby-ja|誘惑|リリサ}} 天使たちのステージ|Nitengo-jigen no Ririsa Tenshitachi no Sutēji}}, was announced during Jump Festa 2024.{{cite web|title=2.5 Dimensional Seduction Reveals More Anime Cast, Smartphone Game|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-16/2.5-dimensional-seduction-reveals-more-anime-cast-smartphone-game/.205573|website=Anime News Network|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=December 16, 2023|access-date=December 16, 2023|archive-date=December 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216062711/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-16/2.5-dimensional-seduction-reveals-more-anime-cast-smartphone-game/.205573|url-status=live}} It was released for iOS, Android, and PC via DMM Games on September 3, 2024 in Japanese and English.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「2.5次元の誘惑（リリサ）天使たちのステージ」，9月3日にリリース決定。事前登録受付も本日開始|url=https://www.4gamer.net/games/761/G076197/20240701018/|website=4Gamer.net|date=July 1, 2024|access-date=July 5, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=July 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702014628/https://www.4gamer.net/games/761/G076197/20240701018/|url-status=live}} A PC version was released on October 31, 2024.{{cite web|first=Jenni|last=Lada|title=2.5 Dimensional Seduction: Angels on Stage Game Launches on Steam|url=https://www.siliconera.com/2-5-dimensional-seduction-angels-on-stage-game-launches-on-steam/|website=Siliconera|date=October 31, 2024|access-date=December 8, 2024|archive-date=December 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208215543/https://www.siliconera.com/2-5-dimensional-seduction-angels-on-stage-game-launches-on-steam/|url-status=live}}

Reception

Itachi Utada from Famitsu praised the story and characters of the series, particularly enjoying the cosplay elements present.{{cite magazine|script-title=ja:漫画『2.5次元の誘惑』のココがすごい！ 3次元の女に興味なし。でもそれが“2.5次元”だったら……？|url=https://s.famitsu.com/news/202201/15244925.html|magazine=Famitsu|last=Utada|first=Itachi|date=January 15, 2022|access-date=July 24, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=February 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219200753/https://s.famitsu.com/news/202201/15244925.html|url-status=live}}

In the 2020 Next Manga Award, the series ranked fourth in the web manga category.{{cite web|title=Norio Sakurai's The Dangers in My Heart Wins Tsugi ni Kuru Web Manga 2020 Awards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-08-19/norio-sakurai-the-dangers-in-my-heart-wins-tsugi-ni-kuru-web-manga-2020-awards/.163088|website=Anime News Network|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|date=August 19, 2020|access-date=July 24, 2022|archive-date=September 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929030319/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-08-19/norio-sakurai-the-dangers-in-my-heart-wins-tsugi-ni-kuru-web-manga-2020-awards/.163088|url-status=live}} The series has one million copies in circulation between its digital and print releases.

Notes

References

External links

{{Official website|https://shonenjumpplus.com/episode/13933686331679642476|Official manga website at Shōnen Jump+}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Official website|https://ririsa-official.com/|Official anime website}} {{in lang|ja}}
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