My Dress Up Darling was bordering on being really good. But it never arrived, for me personally. It was just flirting with the idea. Kitagawa was constantly teasing him and undressing, while acting like she wasn't doing anything outside of normal behavior. and Gojou was so much of a dweeb and a celibate that he never acted upon any one of his multitude of opportunities, which was also a little hard to watch.
It was like a nerd fantasy of having access to the hot, popular girl, although she didn't mean it. Yeah, we sorta get there in the finish. But she was undressing in front of him in like episode 2. Seemingly just to hook the viewer.
They dance around the idea the entire season, and frankly for SoL that was a very poor representation of the way anything would EVER go down irl. It was kind of this weird double-edged nerd fantasy. Where the girl gets all the guy's attention, love, and time, without ever having to become intimate. And the guy gets the dating relationship, even though she's not his girl and he never gets a payoff. The show really seemed to be aimed towards all the folks whom struggled with relationships, and possibly graduated as virgins, but saw themselves as something different. I'm sure it struck a chord with many Gen-Z'ers too. In that so many people desire having more real meaningful friendships and relationships, but without needing to have any intimacy.
Many of the situations were pretty good. Another positive note is this show had more than normal, and they were in most episodes. I guess they couldn't corner themselves with no room for a S2 from having a climax in the end. That is one aspect that definitely does mirror real life lol.
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