My Dress-Up Darling
A school romance about Wakana Gojo, an aspiring hina-doll craftsman who begins making costumes for cosplay-loving classmate Marin Kitagawa, building skill, confidence, friendships, and growing feelings through their creative work.
- Genre:
- ラブコメディ / コスプレ / 学園 / 青春
- Medium:
- Manga / Anime
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My Dress-Up Darling — Timeline12 events
Marin asks Wakana to make her first cosplay costume
After Marin sees Wakana sewing hina-doll clothing, he learns that she has been unable to make the cosplay costume she wants. Moved by her enthusiasm, he agrees to create an outfit for the game character Shizuku Kuroe.
Vol.TVアニメ Season 1 第2話 さっそく、しよっか？Ch. — Official Season 1 Episodes 1–2 synopses. ↗
Wakana finishes the Shizuku costume and attends his first event with Marin
While balancing the family business and midterm exams, Wakana completes Shizuku Kuroe's costume in two weeks. Marin becomes the character she longed to portray, and the pair attend their first cosplay event and photo session the next day.
Vol.TVアニメ Season 1 第5話 この中で一番いい乳袋だからじゃん？Ch. — Official Season 1 Episodes 4–5 synopses. ↗
Marin realizes that she has fallen for Wakana
After their first cosplay event, Wakana's sincere recognition of Marin's beauty changes how she sees him. She begins to think of her costume-making partner as someone she has romantic feelings for.
Vol.TVアニメ Season 1 第6話 マ！？Ch. — The change in Marin's feelings covered by the official Season 1 Episode 6 synopsis. ↗
Marin, Sajuna, and Shinju complete their first group cosplay shoot
Wakana meets popular cosplayer Sajuna Inui and her sister Shinju, then makes two costumes for a shoot with Marin. Shinju's secret cosplay joins the session, and their first group shoot at an abandoned-hospital studio succeeds.
Vol.TVアニメ Season 1 第10話 誰にでも色々あるんですCh. — Official Season 1 Episodes 7–10 synopses. ↗
Marin and Wakana undertake the Liz studio shoot
Wakana encourages Marin when she doubts that the succubus Liz will suit her, and he completes the new costume. Discovering that their booked studio is a love hotel, they nevertheless proceed with a shoot that uses the location's setting.
Vol.TVアニメ Season 1 第11話 俺は今、ラブホテルにいますCh. — Official Season 1 Episode 11 synopsis; the episode identifies the shoot location. ↗
Marin and Wakana attend the summer festival together
While finishing summer homework, the pair return to school for a forgotten workbook and make plans for a summer festival. Marin wears a yukata and Wakana a jinbei as they explore the festival and watch the fireworks together.
Vol.TVアニメ Season 1 第12話 その着せ替え人形は恋をするCh. — Official Season 1 Episode 12 synopsis. ↗
The pair meet Amane Himeno and broaden their view of cosplay
At an event featuring Marin's new Shizuku outfit, she and Wakana meet cross-playing cosplayer Amane Himeno. Learning about Amane's makeup, silhouette techniques, and reasons for starting cosplay broadens their understanding of how people express the characters they love.
Vol.TVアニメ Season 2 第15話Ch. — Official Season 2 Episodes 14–15 synopses. ↗
The class begins creating Marin's Rei cross-play costume
Chosen to represent the class in the Culture Festival pageant, Marin uses its cross-dressing rule to portray Rei Kogami. Wakana takes charge of the costume while their classmates begin supporting the pair with materials and performance planning.
Vol.TVアニメ Season 2 第16話Ch. — Official Season 2 Episodes 16–17 synopses. ↗
Wakana completes the Rei costume under his classmates' expectations
After struggling to make the rainbow rose, Wakana feels the full pressure of the pageant on Culture Festival day. With help from the class, he completes Rei's look and sends Marin onto the stage.
Vol.TVアニメ Season 2 第18話 俺が絶対に 俺の手でCh. — Official Season 2 Episode 18 synopsis. ↗
Marin and Wakana meet separate peers, including Akira Ogata
At a cosplay event, the pair split up for separate appointments: Marin meets Amane, Suzuka, and Miyako, while Wakana meets prop-making cosplayer Akira, whose real name is Akira Ogata, beginning a new creative collaboration.
Vol.TVアニメ Season 2 第20話Ch. — Official Season 2 Episode 20 synopsis. ↗
Marin and her friends organize a large Coffin group cosplay
Marin invites Sajuna and Shinju to a group cosplay based on the horror game Coffin and prepares with Miyako, Suzuka, Amane, Akira, and the others. Wakana works with Akira on props supporting each participant's portrayal.
Vol.TVアニメ Season 2 第23話Ch. — Official Season 2 Episodes 21–23 synopses. ↗
The Coffin group shoot begins as Marin resolves to confess
The large Coffin photo session begins, including a two-shot between Akira and Marin. Marin has decided to tell Wakana how she feels once the shoot ends and approaches that moment in mounting anticipation.
Vol.TVアニメ Season 2 第24話 Dear My Dress-Up DarlingCh. — Official Season 2 Episode 24 synopsis; this records Marin's resolve without asserting the confession's outcome. ↗
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