My Dress-Up Darling Celebrates Season Finale With New Artwork

CloverWorks' breakout hit, My Dress-Up Darling, released new artwork to celebrate the final episode of its first season.

My Dress-Up Darling recently aired the finale of its 12-episode first season. The new artwork was shared on the anime's official Twitter account and showed Marin Kitagawa and Wakana Gojo surrounded by the incredible cosplays they created throughout My Dress-Up Darling's first season. Several of My Dress-Up Darling's other colorful characters, such as Gojo's grandfather and the Inui sisters, are featured as well.

The ongoing My Dress-Up Darling manga series by Shinichi Fukuda was first published in Square Enix's Young Gangan in January 2018 and now consists of nine volumes as of March 2022. The story follows high school students Gojo, who has an intense passion for creating hina dolls, and Kitagawa, who has a deep love for video games and anime. Combining his sewing skills and her tenacity, the two work together to pursue her dream of cosplaying.

Currently, there are over five million copies of the My Dress-Up Darling manga series in circulation worldwide, a number that is in part due to the popularity of its recent anime adaptation, which is directed by Keisuke Shinohara (My Little Witch Academia) and written by  Yoriko Tomita (BUILD-DIVIDE -#000000- CODE BLACK). It was further clarified by Aniplex, the production company that assisted in producing the series, that 1.5 million copies have been sold since the anime's premiere on Jan. 9. Fans have not only been showcasing their love for My Dress-Up Darling by purchasing volumes of the manga; they have also been embracing the cosplay aspect of the story and creating their own versions of Kitagawa's costumes.

Both the manga and anime series have been praised for their accurate depiction of cosplaying and the struggles of real-life cosplayers. This includes the time and effort that goes into creating a costume, as well as the difficulty in wearing a cosplay for an extended amount of time. My Dress-Up Darling has also been praised by fans for subverting traditional gender roles and expectations with Gojo's interest in fashion and Kitagawa's passion for video games and anime. As Kitagawa states in "Wanna Hurry Up, and Do It?," the second episode of Season 1, "does being a boy or a girl matter when you really like something?"

The entire first season of My Dress-Up Darling is now available to stream on Crunchyroll and Funimation.

Source: Twitter

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