Is my dress up Darling finished?

My Dress-Up Darling
Is my dress up Darling finished?

Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Marin Kitagawa

その着せ替え人形(ビスク・ドール)は恋をする
(Sono Bisuku Dōru wa Koi o Suru)
Genre

  • Romantic comedy[1][2]
  • Slice of life[2]

Manga
Written byShinichi Fukuda
Published bySquare Enix
English publisher

NA

Square Enix

ImprintGangan Comics
MagazineYoung Gangan
DemographicSeinen
Original runJanuary 19, 2018 – present
Volumes10 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byKeisuke Shinohara
Written byYoriko Tomita
Music byTakeshi Nakatsuka
StudioCloverWorks
Licensed byCrunchyroll

SEA

Muse Communication

Original networkTokyo MX, GYT, GTV, BS11, ytv, Mētele, AT-X
Original run January 9, 2022 March 27, 2022[a]
Episodes12 (List of episodes)

My Dress-Up Darling (Japanese: その着せ替え人形(ビスク・ドール)は恋をする, Hepburn: Sono Bisuku Dōru wa Koi o Suru, transl. "That Bisque Doll Falls in Love")[b] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinichi Fukuda. It began serialization in Square Enix's Young Gangan in January 2018, and has been compiled into nine volumes as of March 2022. An anime television series adaptation by CloverWorks aired from January to March 2022. A sequel has been announced.

As of September 2022, the manga had 7.5 million copies in circulation.

Premise[edit]

Wakana Gojo is a high school student with a secret admiration for hina dolls and aspires to become a craftsman like his grandfather. Having been socially traumatized for his passion, he had closed himself off from everyone. One day at school, his classmate Marin Kitagawa runs into him using a sewing machine for making a doll's costume. After admiring Wakana's doll and praising his work, Marin asks if Wakana could help her create cosplays. Initially, Wakana is nervous about his ability to create cosplay clothes for Marin because of his experience being limited to hina dolls. However, he agrees to do it.

Characters[edit]

Wakana Gojo (五条 新菜, Gojō Wakana)Voiced by: Shōya Ishige,[3] Tomoyo Takayanagi[4] (young) (Japanese); Paul Dateh,[5] Jack Britton[5] (young) (English)A first-year high school student. Being an orphan, he was raised by his grandfather, a craftsman of hina dolls, who also inspired him to become a kashira-shi (頭師), a craftsman who makes the head of a hina doll. Wakana has a large physique and is over 180 cm tall, but he has low self-esteem and is reclusive due to a bitter memory of being criticized by his childhood friend, who thought a boy should not be playing with girl dolls. Likewise, he hid his doll-making hobbies and had no real friends until he met Marin. Though Wakana's feelings for her can arguably seem to remain platonic for most of the series, he later holds the same feelings for Marin as he once did for hina dolls, indicating that he realizes he loves her.Marin Kitagawa (喜多川 海夢, Kitagawa Marin) Voiced by: Hina Suguta[3] (Japanese); Amanda Lee[5] (English)A beautiful girl with the appearance of a gyaru, also notable for her warmth, friendliness, positivity, and outgoing nature. Marin is shown to dislike overly critical people who judge others based on their interests, prompting her to reject the advances of a boy at the start of the series who made fun of her liking anime. After a series of successful cosplay, Marin grows closer to Wakana and eventually realizes she is in love with him. She continually does whatever she can to invite him to places and spend time with him.Sajuna Inui (乾 紗寿叶, Inui Sajuna)Voiced by: Atsumi Tanezaki[6] (Japanese); Risa Mei[7] (English)A cosplayer who presents herself under the nickname of "Juju" (ジュジュ). She is a sophomore at an all-girls private high school. However, despite being a year older than Wakana and Marin, Sajuna's youthful appearance was mistaken for a junior high or elementary student. On the other hand, she is outspoken and proactive, similar to Marin, who will go to great lengths to achieve her goals. Sajuna cherishes her younger sister Shinju and does all she can to make her happy. She is also a fan of Marin's cosplay.Shinju Inui (乾 心寿, Inui Shinju)Voiced by: Hina Yomiya[6] (Japanese); Jad Saxton[8] (English)Sajuna's younger sister. Shinju is a junior high school student, but compared to her sister's petite figure, she is so big that she could almost fit into Wakana's uniform. She is 178 cm tall and has voluptuous curves, because of which she is sometimes mistaken for an adult. However, despite her imposing physique, she is remarkably timid. Shinju is close to her sister and holds her in high regard. When Sajuna cosplays, Shinju assumes the role of a photographer, using a camera borrowed from their father. She is also skillful at using a computer, processing and uploading the images she takes. While Shinju secretly wishes to cosplay herself, she fears falling short of her sister's high standards.

Production[edit]

Shinichi Fukuda set Wakana as an orphan without friends in order to create a situation where he has to solve problems with Marin, instead of his parents or other friends.[9]

Media[edit]

Manga[edit]

Written and illustrated by Shinichi Fukuda, the series began serialization in Young Gangan on January 19, 2018.[10] The individual chapters are collected and published by Square Enix, with nine tankōbon volumes being released as of March 2022.[11]

During the Anime Expo in July 2019, Square Enix announced the English version of the series under the title My Dress-Up Darling and published it under its new publication imprint Square Enix Manga & Books.[12]

Volume list[edit]

No.Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 November 24, 2018[13] 978-4-7575-5920-2 April 14, 2020[14] 978-1-6460-9032-7

  • Chapters 1–7
  • Bonus (おまけ, Omake)

2 November 24, 2018[15] 978-4-7575-5921-9 August 25, 2020 (digital)
September 1, 2020 (physical)[16]
978-1-6460-9033-4

  • Chapters 8–15
  • Bonus (おまけ, Omake)

3 May 25, 2019[17] 978-4-7575-6138-0 December 29, 2020[18] 978-1-6460-9034-1

  • Chapters 16–23
  • Bonus (おまけ, Omake)

4 October 25, 2019[19] 978-4-7575-6355-1 June 8, 2021[20] 978-1-64-609051-8

  • Chapters 24–31
  • Bonus (おまけ, Omake)

5 May 25, 2020[21][22] 978-4-7575-6657-6
978-4-7575-6658-3 (SE)
May 10, 2022[23] 978-1-64-609113-3

  • Chapters 32–39
  • Bonus (おまけ, Omake)

6 November 25, 2020[24] 978-4-7575-6959-1 August 16, 2022[25] 978-1-64-609128-7

  • Chapters 40–47
  • Bonus (おまけ, Omake)

7 April 24, 2021[26][27] 978-4-7575-7212-6
978-4-7575-7213-3 (SE)
January 24, 2023[28] 978-1-64-609164-5

  • Chapters 48–55
  • Bonus (おまけ, Omake)

8 October 25, 2021[29][30] 978-4-7575-7344-4
978-4-7575-7345-1 (SE)

  • Chapters 56–63
  • Bonus (おまけ, Omake)

9 March 25, 2022[31] 978-4-7575-7837-1

  • Chapters 64–71
  • Bonus (おまけ, Omake)

10 September 24, 2022[32] 978-4-7575-8101-2

Anime[edit]

An anime television series adaptation was announced in the ninth issue of Young Gangan, which was published on April 16, 2021.[33] It was produced by CloverWorks and directed by Keisuke Shinohara, with Yoriko Tomita handling the series' scripts, and Kazumasa Ishida designing the characters and serving as chief animation director. Takeshi Nakatsuka composed the series' music.[34] It aired from January 9 to March 27, 2022, on Tokyo MX and other networks.[3][a] The opening theme song is "Sansan Days" (燦々デイズ, lit. "Sun-Drenched Days") by Spira Spica, while the ending theme song is "Koi no Yukue" (恋ノ行方, lit. "Where Love Is") by Akari Akase.[36] The narrator is Misako Tomioka.

A sequel was announced on September 17, 2022, via the anime's official Twitter account.[37]

Funimation licensed the series outside of Asia.[38] On January 28, 2022, Funimation announced that the series would receive an English dub, which premiered the following day.[5] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the dub was moved over to Crunchyroll. Muse Communication licensed the series in Southeast Asia.[39]

Episode list[edit]

Reception[edit]

In August 2019, the series was ranked sixth in the print manga category according to the votes for the fourth edition of the Next Manga Award, organized by Da Vinci magazine from Media Factory and the Niconico website.[43] In February 2022, it was reported that the manga had an additional 1.5 million copies in circulation following the premiere of the anime adaptation.[44] As of June 2022, the manga had over 7 million copies in circulation.[45] As of September 2022, the manga had risen to 7.5 million copies in circulation.[46]

The manga was ranked sixteenth for readers in the 2020 edition of the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guide from Takarajimasha.[47]

The manga was ranked third in Honya Club's Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2020, a survey that collected results from 1,100 professional bookstore employees in Japan.[48][49]

Explanatory notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Tokyo MX listed the series premiere at 24:00 JST on January 8, 2022, which is effectively January 9 at midnight.[35]
  2. ^ The kanji 着せ替え人形 in the Japanese title, glossed with furigana as Bisuku Dōru (ビスク・ドール), are normally read as Kisekae Ningyō ("dress-up doll").
  3. ^ All English titles are taken from Funimation.[41]
  4. ^ This episode aired at 12:05 a.m. JST, 5 minutes after the original air time.[42]

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  • Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi o Suru on the official Young Gangan website (in Japanese)
  • My Dress-Up Darling on the official Square Enix website
  • My Dress-Up Darling anime official website (in Japanese)
  • My Dress-Up Darling at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Is the My Dress

Was My Dress-up Darling Cancelled? Some fans could believe the series got canceled due to a possible lack of popularity and how it ended after only 12 episodes, with no episode 13 this April 2, 2022. However, the series was always planned to be only 12 episodes, one cour, from the start, and was not canceled.

Will there be season 2 for My Dress

The first season of My Dress-Up Darling! was very well received, and news of a second season will come highly welcomed as the return of one of the most notable manic-pixie dream girls of 2022, Marin Kitagawa, is now on the cards. The announcement teaser can be seen below.

Is Episode 12 The last episode of My Dress

My Dress-Up Darling episode 12, the season finale is scheduled to release around the world on Saturday, March 26th. The season finale will premiere from the following international times on both Crunchyroll and Funimation for premium subscribers: Pacific Time – 9:30 AM PDT.

What chapter did My Dress

The final episode of My Dress-up Darling season 1 covers chapters 37 to 39 of the manga. If you'd like to see what happens next, you should start reading starting chapter 40.