Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi o Suru - Vol. 12 Ch. 94

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For the love of god CONFESS ALREADY.

It's bad enough that the focus of the series has shifted from Marin and Gojou to the actual cosplay and construction and whatnot to the point that any sort of interpersonal bits with them are drip fed at an agonizing pace. But here we are at chapter 94 and it feels like they've been on the verge of some sort of relationship evolution for like a literal year or two and it just sits there idling and accomplishing nothing.

Because the stupidest part is that if the author really did fall down the cosplay rabbit hole far enough that she wanted to just switch to that being the focus of the manga instead of it as a delivery vehicle for the main characters' interactions, THEY CAN STILL DO THAT PART JUST AS EASILY WHILE BEING A COUPLE. And it would even open up new wrinkles and opportunities (like Gojou seeing Marin in an outfit getting ogled by creepy fans and hating it/feeling more protective because she's his girlfriend). The idea that relationship/sexual tension is necessary to sustain a romantic story and that the resolution of it and transition into an actual romance is the death knell for dramatic or enjoyable storytelling is such an overly tired trope that's not even true as long as you're a halfway competent author.

I have followed this series since the earliest days. It is, to the best of my recollection, one of the first things I put into my feed when I finally made an account on here. The fact that I've seen dozens of conceptually similar odd-couple romcoms live and die in the time that this series has been spinning its wheels on the precipice of these two growing up and admitting their obviously mutual feelings for each other is actually getting irritating at this point.
 

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