My Dress-Up Darling

Wakana Gojou is a quiet high schooler devoted to the traditional craft of hina dolls, spending his free time sewing outfits and striving to one day match his grandfather’s skill. Surrounded by classmates absorbed in pop culture, he keeps his passion carefully hidden, convinced it would only invite ridicule.

Marin Kitagawa, a striking and self-assured girl who seems to live at the center of the school’s social world, unexpectedly crosses into Gojou’s life after noticing his talent with a sewing machine. When she candidly shares her love of cosplay—and admits she can’t sew well enough to make her own costumes—she asks for his help. As they collaborate on cosplay looks one after another, the distance between their very different worlds begins to shrink, and their partnership turns into something more personal.