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My Dress-Up Darling

“Shy doll-maker Gojou helps bold Marin with cosplay, forming an unlikely friendship through their shared creative talents.”

My Dress-Up Darling

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834 rank · 194,361 readers · 7,240 favorites
Seinen Otaku Culture School Romance
119 chapters · 15 volumes · 2018 - 2025 · Manga
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Synopsis

Shy doll-maker Gojou helps bold Marin with cosplay, forming an unlikely friendship through their shared creative talents.

Engrossed in the family business of traditional doll making, Wakana Gojou is a reserved high school freshman without friends. Harboring painful memories of a childhood friend's disdain toward his interest, Gojou cannot relate to his classmates and their pastimes, eventually isolating himself. Gojou has yet to perfect his crafting of dolls' faces, but is exceptionally skilled at making their clothes. His finesse with the sewing machine is soon discovered by his beautiful classmate Marin Kitagawa, whose boldness and honesty Gojou both admires and envies. Instantly, she shares with Gojou her own hobby: she likes to cosplay as characters from erotic video games. However, Kitagawa cannot sew her own costumes, leading her to seek Gojou's expertise. Now, as he is dragged along to the charming girl's endless cosplay-related affairs, Kitagawa becomes his first friend who fully accepts him. Thus, although polar opposites, their relationship slowly blossoms through their aptitude in helping each other in the intricate world of cosplay.

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Derived from 53 sampled reviews

7.2 /10

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86% recommend
Score distribution
median 8 mode 6 σ 2.11
1510
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Polarized

σ 2.11 · split reception

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The polarity gap

5.3 pts

Recommenders 8.7 · others 3.4

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Score over time

↑ 0.23

Running avg · Oct 2018 → Apr 2026

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A Manga Publication

  • Format 119 × 15 ch × vol
  • Total read 15h 52m approx
  • Published Jan 2018 – Mar 2025
  • Source Manga media type
  • Ref. BS-M47427 catalog

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