My Dress-Up Darling

My Dress-Up Darling is a manga series. It was made by Shinichi Fukuda. It first started being made on January 19, 2018. The first volume was released on November 24, 2018. It is published by Square Enix.

The show was popular and well liked. The anime was nominated for 12 awards at the 7th Crunchyroll Anime Awards including Best New Series, Best Comedy, Best Romance, and Best Main Character for Marin Kitagawa. Kambole Campbell of IGN said the characters were "genuine as they are entertaining" and that the show itself was a "supremely enjoyable portrayal of the joy of sharing a craft."

Plot

The series is about Wakana Gojo, a boy who lives with his grandfather and grows up admiring his work with hina dolls. He wants to also make dolls when he grows up.

While he's at school, he meets Marin Kitagawa after she flys into the classroom and crashes into his desk. She meets him after school and tells him that he needs to have more confidence in himself.

Wakana is making dolls at home when his sewing machine breaks. He decides that he will start making them at school using the sewing machine there. Wakana is surprised after Marine enters the room but she is impressed by his ability. She asks him if he can make her a cosplay outfit. She invites him over to her house and gives him an eroge game called Slippery Girls for inspiration. Wakana and Marine bond after shopping for supplies for her costume.

Wakana stresses because of him trying to balance the need to create an outfit in 2 weeks for a cosplay event and midterm exams. He shows her the outfit. She loves it but also feels bad after she admits that the time limit was a lie. They go to the event and on the train ride back, Marine tells Wakana that she wants him to help create 50 more costumes which he agrees to.

While at his house, Wakana finds a naked stalker trespassing in his bathroom. She introduces herself as Sajuna and says that she followed them from the event and wanted him to create an outfit for her as well. He goes to Mariner's house to watch the anime Black Lily for inspiration. Marine is secretly crushing on him while he's at her house.

Sajuna is impressed by the concept that he emails her and gives him her sister's camera after he says that he wants to learn how to properly take photos. They all meet her Shinju, sister at a dinner and she teaches them photography. They have a photoshoot at an abandoned hospital for Sajuna's outfit. Wakana shows up to the shoot with Shinju and both Marine and Sajuna are surprised to see her in a cosplay outfit.

While shopping for another outfit for Marine, Wakana tells her that he can't help her anymore. He says that he's been seeing her different because of how revealing it is and she playfully teases him about it. They both go to the school to get Marine her math drills and he ends up saving her after she falls in the pool.

She invites him to a festival and they watch fireworks. He carries her home and they phone each other later. She says that he wants to hear his voice and when he falls asleep, she tells him that she loves him.

Anime

The anime started broadcasting in Japan on January 9, 2022. The anime was directed by Keisuke Shinohara and was written by Yoriko Tomita. It was produced by CloverWorks.

On September 17, 2022, a sequel was announced.

Other websites

• Official website