Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru (2024)

Space_Boyfriend

Not Recommended

I cannot emphasize this enough, but My Dress-Up Darling is an ECCHI rom-com. Forget the synopsis about the interesting life of a cosplayer and doll-maker respectively, this is a terrible high school slice of life with some of the worst ecchi sequences I have ever seen. I would like to preface at the beginning of this review that My Dress-Up Darling has become one of my most hated anime. Admittedly, that doesn’t excuse me from just trashing the show entirely, so I will still try to be as objective as I can, since this review is meant for potential viewers.

I’ve seen many shows and movies ...

MonadProxyy

Not Recommended

My Dress Up Darling is fun and all but sadly nothing but waifu bait.

The story is set up in the way all romcoms are, its the that same formula used here. Its about cosplaying which is unique enough to the whole anime romance genre, but the thing is everything else in MDD is seen somewhere else.

Girl and Boy accidentally meet
Girl and boy get together every time in some way
Both develop feelings for each other

This is exactly how MDD is set up and how it works, yep, the same way you have seen in every romcom. Its very predictable because of that but trust me, the ...

againn

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Shows become overrated when the people who are clearly not the target audience don't talk about why that is. Instead they opt to seek to see what they believe everyone else is seeing for the sake of conformity. While it makes sense that a show like this would have a solid base audience, I believe this one is not for many people, and I will try to illustrate my own disconnect.

This is a "rom-com" that is far more adjacent to a harem show for example. Some easy to see reasons why: The main character isn't nearly as enigmatic in personality or in design as the ...

Kyline

Not Recommended

*SOME SPOILERS AHEAD*

During these past few anime seasons, I've noticed one thing; that's there's ALWAYS that one romance anime where it has one goal in mind - to bait weebs with such a "high-quality waifu" that would boost the anime's popularity. I call this the "waifu bait anime." It usually has the main girl characterized as an "amazing waifu" with colored hair and eyes, and of course a good body that would basically generate more simps to her, and of course a dull, basic, lame looking MC who just hit the jackpot because they have the main girl by his sides because *ahem* p l ...

YamI_SukeHir0

Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

The hero of the piece is a withdrawn and meek high school boy (now there’s a switch) called Gojou Wakana (Ishige Shouya). Basically, the course of his entire childhood is set by one horrible little who mocks him for his love of hina dolls. I can totally buy this – childhood traumas like that are incredibly scarring. Wakana’s love of dolls isn’t stunted, but he does retreat into social isolation (though he might have been isolated before, too), with only his doll-making grandfather (Ono Atsushi) in on his secret. This is pretty unavoidable, as Wakana is in training to take over the family doll shop.

Frankly, ...

umarudesuwa

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

“My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined”

After watching the first episode of this show, I thought that it had the potential to be great. I even was about to predict this show as anime of the season. Luckily for me I didn’t make that prediction, because if I had, I would have probably been even more disappointed. And believe me when I say I’m disappointed by this show, so much so that I’m actually writing another review. So let’s get into it. Spoilers for the first two episodes and the opening of the third included.

This show laid amazing groundwork in the first episode. ...

Ranssuu

Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

I actually can't get the right words to come out. This show is just amazing. Also not spoiler free review.

Marin who is a popular girl turns out to have a desire for cosplays, with the lack of people she knows who knew how to sew, she tries to make those cosplays herself, which turned out horribly until she met Gojo, who has a love for making hina dolls, but his lack of social interaction due to the distinct interests he has with other people makes it hard to deal with Marin, who is a popular socially active gyaru, thus the story begins.

When I first heard ...

HellLyter

Mixed Feelings

I welcome you to the latest installment of...WAIFU WARS!!!

A recent phenomenon where current popular anime are often completely spearheaded by one girl. Nothing else, such as an insightful plot or having a non generic protagonist, matters in the face of this one girl. Creators think, "How can I sell my work and get it recognized by the public?" And the answer they arrive at is really quite simple.

People. Want. Waifus.

There are multiple varieties of anime that could potentially fit this mold, so I'll give you some of the bigger names that I believe really exemplify the Waifu Wars mentality. The prequels to My Dress ...

Zicroxy

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Romance and Slice of Life with Fan-service as main ingredient.

So, this story is about a traumatized-ish and isolated guy who has a unique hobby, dolls. He meets a cosplayer girl. Ok. They now want to do different cosplays. That's it, for now. Very bland.

Now, usual of a SoL show, there's no final objective to keep you watching so it ought to have a deep and meaningful dialogue and/or funny jokes throughout the episodes to actually be enjoyable, this anime got none. I laughed 3 times for 10 seconds; the rest of the time I spent it suffering extreme boredom.
The only reward watchers get ...

literaturenerd

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (5/12 eps)

Natsuki_SanJuan

Not Recommended

***THIS IS MY SECOND REVIEW FOR THIS SHOW BECAUSE MY FIRST REVIEW WAS POSTED IN WRONG USUAL TIME. IT CONTAINS SPOILERS AND IS CO-WRITTEN BY MY ROMANCE ENTHUSIAST FRIENDS AND MY OLDER SISTER***

WARNING: IF YOU DON’T LIKE CRITICISMS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO STOP VIEWING THIS REVIEW. BUT IF YOU CALM DOWN YOUR BALLS AND ARE OPEN TO SOME OPINIONS, FEEL FREE TO READ.

Hey!
Hey, you
Yeah you...

In a nutshell (Powerpuff Girls Intro):
A self-inserting MC (3D Kanojo Girl), good animation (Horimiya), and a cheeky FML (Nagatoro-san). These were the ingredients chosen to create the “perfect” manga.
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biserKashona

Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

abystoma2

Mixed Feelings

Sono Bisque Doll is another of the “unpopular guy gets bitches” subgenre. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that’s bad by itself. I have, after all, enjoyed to some extent Nagatoro-san or Uzaki-chan. So why didn’t I have similar experience with My Dress-Up Darling? Good question.

Let’s start with the good parts. First off, the production value is surprisingly high. The animation is fluid and the visuals are crisp. This applies especially for fanservice scenes, as there is obviously significant increase in effort during those. One small detail that I also quite liked is that when scenes from an older (fictional) anime are shown, ...

Caeleb

Not Recommended

If you have read a couple of reviews about this anime, you will agree with me that there are two clear opinions about it: People who paint it as a 'Masterpiece' (I'm serious, there are people who have rated it working with a 10 and also explicitly spelled 'Masterpiece') and the people who 'hate' it. I personally find that the most appropriate word to describe what is told in the synopsis and the premise of the series is 'misleading'.

Before continuing I would like to make it clear that I have seen a good amount of anime with the genres that are labeled My Dress Up ...

miiafiction

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (4/12 eps)

Now writing this I'm going to comment on some things that some people don't find to be issues, but when reading and watching even 4 episodes of this horrible anime I couldn't keep going. Spoilers ahead, includes every bit of story.

These characters are 14-17 years old, the main character Gojo being 15, and Marin being 15-16. The fan service really ruined this anime... filled with straight up children. Theres even a 13-14 year old that pops up and she is sexualized as well, she hasn't been in the anime yet but I can promise she will be.

Marin loves cosplaying, her first cosplay was appropriate ...

noob2121

Recommended

This review contains minor spoilers.

My Dress-up Darling is the hottest new seasonal anime of Winter 2022. While it was airing, this beat AoT and Demon Slayer in several top anime of the season polls, which goes to show that it's popular and really well-liked. There are many things to love about Dress-up Darling, but at the same time, I don't think it’s perfect.

Well, why is it so well-loved?

The most obvious reason would be the characters, both leads in particular. Marin Kitagawa, the poster girl of this show has been a widespread hit among the community at large. Fanarts of her have been spreading like a ...

Pipe

Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru is one of those funny stories, interesting but with some fanservice.

The story focuses on Marin and Gojou's relationship. The latter is a typical character who has no friends and who has some unexpected hobbies. Marin, on the other hand, is a popular, outgoing otaku (that's very atypical for a series), who loves cosplay, but she never had a real chance to share those feelings with anyone until she found Gojou. From paper, anyone would think that we have a typical and generic relationship. However, the relationship begins to develop comically and bears some resemblance to Runway Waratte's series. ...

devaatmyanime

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Stark700

Recommended

Humans really are fascinating animals, with the most potential of any species on this planet that we can Earth. If we look into a mirror, we see a reflection and may ask ourselves who or what we want to be. What if I told you that there's a beautiful girl named Marin who takes up cosplaying as a life hobby? When she looks into a mirror, she sees herself as a cosplayer, playing on her fashion style and character.

Translated as 'My Dress-Up Darling', the anime is based on the manga about a guy with a girlish hobby making friends with a very attractive girl, with ...

Hail_Lelouch

Not Recommended

Another Rom-com anime, My Dress-up Darling had a brilliant animation by Cloverworks, but a poor representation of romance between the main characters.

First of all, Kitagawa is way too lewd and the Gojo was too innocent. I kinda felt this duo seemed a total mismatch somehow, and couldn't even get through many irrelevant laugh that were in the show. Creating a show with a beautiful/waifu type eroge inspired female mc and an innocent good looking male mc, is not all that is needed to have a good romance.

The story was not so good, and there was strong fanservice, although I am surprised how it is not ...