Marin's enthusiasm doesn't need a confession scene to hit, it lives in how she drags Wakana into increasingly ridiculous cosplay projects, and how he actually shows up for them. Season 2 knows exactly what it is: a show about two people who care about each other figuring that out through the work of building something together, not through plot mechanics. The animation gets out of the way and lets the comedy breathe, which means you're watching them instead of waiting for them to kiss.

Marin Kitagawa and Wakana Gojo, who bonded over cosplay, keep growing closer as their world widens through classmates and new cosplay friends. Gojo still makes Marin's outfits and has plenty left to learn, and each lesson deepens his love of sewing and of the hina dolls he learned to make from his grandfather. Marin, meanwhile, finds it ever harder to keep her feelings for him hidden. People keep assuming the two are a couple, which embarrasses Gojo, who sees their worlds as too far apart. Yet as he finds that others do not mock his passions, a romance between them starts to seem possible. This second season is a romantic comedy with slice-of-life warmth and ecchi moments.