I must say this episode of My Dress-Up Darling did leave me with a bit of a weird feeling. On the one hand, I think it encapsulates a lot of the major emotional and technical considerations that aspiring cosplayers who are more insecure or trepidatious about entering the world of cosplay have. There have been plenty of people that I’ve come across in real life who want to dress up as their favorite characters but feel that they can’t. Some of that does come down to monetary limitations. Cosplaying is an expensive hobby, and we can’t always afford to find a person like Gojo to make super detailed outfits for us to wear. Sometimes you have to make practical concessions, and I love how this episode explores cosplaying on a budget from repurposing everyday clothing to finding solutions to costume malfunctions. In fact, I would go so far as to say that this is probably one of the…
