My Dress-Up Darling

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, lit. "The Bisque Doll Fell in Love") 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 eight volumes as of October 2021. An anime television series adaptation by CloverWorks is set to premiere in January 2022.

My Dress-Up Darling
Cover of the first 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
Manga
Written byShinichi Fukuda
Published bySquare Enix
English publisher
Square Enix
ImprintGangan Comics
MagazineYoung Gangan
DemographicSeinen
Original runJanuary 19, 2018 – present
Volumes8
Anime television series
Directed byKeisuke Shinohara
Written byYoriko Tomita
Music byTakeshi Nakatsuka
StudioCloverWorks
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, GYT, GTV, BS11, ytv, Mētele, AT-X
Original run January 9, 2022 – scheduled

Plot

Wakana Gojo is a first-year high-school student who dreams of becoming a hina doll craftsman. One day during his first semester, his popular classmate Marin Kitagawa sees him making doll costumes in the school's clothing room. Marin, who has wanted to cosplay for a while and has observed Wakana's skill in sewing, asks him to create the costume of a character from a video game that she adores. Despite the fact that Wakana had no experience making a costume on a human scale, he was inspired by Marin's tenacity and agreed to make one for her.

Characters
Wakana Gojo (五条 新菜, Gojō Wakana)
Voiced by: Shōya Ishige[3]
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 180cm 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.
Marin Kitagawa (喜多川 海夢, Kitagawa Marin)
Voiced by: Hina Suguta[3]
A girl in the style of gyaru with an extroverted personality who is in the same class as Wakana. She is quite energetic and proactive but clumsy with details and is not particularly skillful in handiworks. She is a big otaku with a wide range of preferences, from magical girl anime to adult video games.
Sajuna Inui (乾 紗寿叶, Inui Sajuna)
Voiced by: Atsumi Tanezaki[4]
A cosplayer who presents herself under the name of "Juju" (ジュジュ). She is a second-year high school student who attends a school for girls. Still, her physique does not match her age, with Wakana and Marin initially believing Sajuna was a junior high or elementary student. Nonetheless, like Marin, she is an outspoken and proactive individual who will go to great lengths to pursue her goals.
Shinju Inui (乾 心寿, Inui Shinju)
Voiced by: Hina Yomiya[4]
Sajuna's shy and reserved 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. 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 in using a computer, processing and uploading the images she takes. Nevertheless, she secretly wished to cosplay herself but feared falling short of her sister's appearance level.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Shinichi Fukuda, the series began serialization in Young Gangan since January 19, 2018.[5] The individual chapters are collected and published by Square Enix, with eight tankōbon volumes being released as of October 2021.[6]

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.[7]

Volume list
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 November 24, 2018[8]978-4-7575-5920-2April 14, 2020[9]978-1-6460-9032-7
2 November 24, 2018[10]978-4-7575-5921-9August 25, 2020[11]978-1-6460-9033-4
3 May 25, 2019[12]978-4-7575-6138-0December 15, 2020[13]978-1-6460-9034-1
4 October 25, 2019[14]978-4-7575-6355-1June 8, 2021[15]978-1-64-609051-8
5 May 25, 2020[16][17]978-4-7575-6657-6
978-4-7575-6658-3 (SE)		March 22, 2022[18]978-1-64-609113-3
6 November 25, 2020[19]978-4-7575-6959-1July 12, 2022[20]978-1-64-609128-7
7 April 24, 2021[21][22]978-4-7575-7212-6
978-4-7575-7213-3 (SE)		——
8 October 25, 2021[23][24]978-4-7575-7344-4
978-4-7575-7345-1 (SE)		——

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced in the ninth issue of Young Gangan that was published on April 16, 2021.[25] It is 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 is composing the series' music.[26] It will premiere on January 9, 2022 on Tokyo MX and other networks.[3][lower-alpha 1] The opening theme song is "Sansan Days" (Sun-Drenched Days) by Spira Spica, while the ending theme song is "Koi no Yukue" (Where Love Is) by Akari Akase.[27] Muse Communication licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia.[28]

Reception

In August 2019, the series was ranked 6th in the "Comics category" according to the votes for the fourth edition of Tsugini kuru Manga Taishō (次にくるマンガ大賞), organized by Da Vinci magazine from Media Factory and the Niconico website.[29]

The manga was ranked 16th for readers in the 2020 edition of the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guide from Takarajimasha.[30]

The manga was ranked 3rd in Honya Club's Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2020, a survey that collected results from 1,100 professional bookstore employees in Japan.[31][32]

Notes
  1. Tokyo MX lists the series premiere at 24:00 JST on January 8, 2022, which is effectively January 9 at midnight.

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