"I have no interest in real girls!" So claims Okumura, the president of the school's manga club. He's your typical otaku, obsessed with a sexy (fictional) 2D manga character known as Liliel. Then the new school year starts, and a (real!) 3D girl named Lilysa whose passion is cosplay joins the club. Lilysa convinces Okumura to become her photographerand guess who her favorite manga character is? Not only that, but Lilysa is into modeling the fetishy stuff! The boundaries between 2D and 3D s...

Okamura and Lilysa take part in a cosplay convention in a bid for the manga club's survival. Their plans are derailed by the appearance at the con of one of the Four Heavenly Queens of cosplay, Nagomi--and their advisor, Mayuri, shows up as well... Both Lilysa and Okamura are forced to look into their own hearts and think about what cosplay means to them. The path of otakudom has more twists and turns than ever!

The upcoming culture festival gives Lilysa and Mikari an idea for a surprise club activity. Hint, hint: it involves cosplaying Liliel and Miriella as maids. In preparation for the next convention, Okumura arranges for secret photography training sessions. But the path of otakudom is not without hurdles, and the Manga Club might be about to face their biggest one yet!

Manga club president Okamura always insisted he had no interest in real live 3D girls. His heart belonged to his favorite 2D character, Liliel. But when Lilysa joined the club, things got complicated: her passion is cosplaying Liliel down to the sexiest detail! Now that she's convinced Okamura to be her photographer, they prepare for her debut at her first-ever convention!

Okumura is still obsessed with 2D character Liliel, but another convention brings him closer to real-life Lilysa, who is touched by his valiant efforts to support her dream. Thanks to him, she's able to hold her own against Nagomi, one of the Heavenly Queens of Cosplay. Back at school, Okumura submits an activity report that puts the survival of the manga club at stake. What is club advisor Mayuri to do now?

Hoping to find her long-lost mangaka father, Aria sets out to make headlines at Summer Comiket, and even Mikari pitches in to help. Aria fights an uphill battle sewing her costume, but what if after all that effort, theHoping to find her long-lost mangaka father, Aria sets out to make headlines at Summer Comiket, and even Mikari pitches in to help. Aria fights an uphill battle sewing her costume, but what if after all that effort, the man she longs to see doesn't show up? The struggles of ...

Lilysa and Nonoa want to be friends, but when they try to reach out, their emotions get lost in translation. Feeling crushed, Nonoa storms out of the event. Okumura follows and they have a conversation that allows Nonoa to take a new step forward. Meanwhile, Lilysa is struggling to focus on her photoshoot... Can these otaku work it all out?

Lilysa hits a snag coming up with a Liliel costume and the manga club decides to do a cosplay of a game Magic Girls for Winter Comiket. But they're not the only ones: Heavenly Queens Hoshizuki Yoki and Nagomi are going as magic girls, too. Whose cosplay will attract the bigger crowd? May the path of otakudom rise to meet these otaku!

As an otaku obsessed with a 2D girl, Okumura is not good at reading emotions in his real-life photography subjects. He vows to improve during the manga club's summer training camp. How else is he to make good on his promise to help Lilysa create a topnotch photo cosrom? On top of that challenge, he overhears Mikari and Lilysa having a heart-to-heart about him. The path of otakudom continues its twists and turns in volume 9!

The news of Lilysa's Paratroopers cosplay has reached Aria's father, the author of Liliel: Side Story, as Aria hoped. When Aria sees him at Summer Comiket, she puts into action a secret plan to express her feelings to him. Will it work? May the light in the hearts of these otakus show them the way in volume 8!

The student council holds a cosplay cafe for the culture festival and Vice President Marina reveals herself as an otaku on the cafe stage. Her mother is shaken by the news, but she comes around when she sees the way Marina lights up when she's cosplaying and dancing. After the festival, Marina stops by the manga club. What could it be about?! The path of otakudom is turning into a maze!!

Together with new member Hana Tsubaki, the manga club is attending the cosplay convention Cossto, where the venue is buzzing over the surprise joint cosplay from two Heavenly Queens, Nagomi and Yoki. Meanwhile, Tsubaki is struggling to find a reason to cosplay... The path of otakudom is about rising back up even if you get knocked down!