Completed Anime
My Dress-Up Darling

“Shy doll-maker Gojou helps popular Marin with cosplay, bridging their contrasting worlds through sewing and friendship.”

My Dress-Up Darling

8.13
533 rank · 1,302,031 viewers · 23,467 favorites
Romance Otaku Culture School Seinen
12 episodes · 23 min per ep min · Winter 2022 · CloverWorks · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Shy doll-maker Gojou helps popular Marin with cosplay, bridging their contrasting worlds through sewing and friendship.

High school student Wakana Gojou spends his days perfecting the art of making hina dolls, hoping to eventually reach his grandfather's level of expertise. While his fellow teenagers busy themselves with pop culture, Gojou finds bliss in sewing clothes for his dolls. Nonetheless, he goes to great lengths to keep his unique hobby a secret, as he believes that he would be ridiculed were it revealed. Enter Marin Kitagawa, an extraordinarily pretty girl whose confidence and poise are in stark contrast to Gojou's meekness. It would defy common sense for the friendless Gojou to mix with the likes of Kitagawa, who is always surrounded by her peers. However, the unimaginable happens when Kitagawa discovers Gojou's prowess with a sewing machine and brightly confesses to him about her own hobby: cosplay. Because her sewing skills are pitiable, she decides to enlist his help. As Gojou and Kitagawa work together on one cosplay outfit after another, they cannot help but grow close—even though their lives are worlds apart.

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Derived from 283 sampled reviews

7.5 /10

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87% recommend
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median 8 mode 8 σ 1.94
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σ 1.94 · split reception

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The polarity gap

4.9 pts

Recommenders 8.5 · others 3.7

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↓ 0.47

Running avg · Jan 2022 → Feb 2026

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A Tv Production · Winter 2022

CloverWorks.
in association with

Aniplex · Square Enix

  • Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
  • Aired Jan 2022 – Mar 2022 Winter 2022
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-20647 catalog

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