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My Dress-Up Darling Ep. 24 "Dear My Dress-Up Darling" ends the second season on quite the high note. All with the entire group getting in on the Coffin cosplay in a beautifully horrific way. Add in some interpersonal revelations among the friend group and even a confession from Marin to Wakana, and
![My Dress-Up Darling Ep. 23 "I Didn't Think Anything Good Would Ever Happen to Me": Cosplay Compassion [Review]](https://thathollywoodshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Dress-Up-Darling-Review-660x371.webp "Dress-Up Darling Review")
My Dress-Up Darling Ep. 23 "I Didn't Think Anything Good Would Ever Happen to Me" is basically the calm before the storm. With the calm being a chance for Juju to finally get over her hangups about cosplay. All while the storm being the upcoming Coffin group cosplay, which is coming along
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My Dress-Up Darling Ep. 22 "So We're Gonna Do It All Right Now?!" is an episode of contrasts. On one hand, it's absolute hilarity as Marin Kitagawa and Wakana Gojo engage in the misunderstandings of misunderstandings, the biggest of the anime so far. On the other hand, the show takes a dip into
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My Dress-Up Darling Ep. 18-21 shows us more of the cosplay world of the story, complete with both returning friends and new ones. Alas, not all is well with some members of the group. Which will probably be a bit of a pickle for them, since they plan to have a group cosplay session together. My
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My Dress-Up Darling Ep. 17 "800 Million" is basically one big lesson for all women wanting to cosplay as male characters. All because Marin really wants to dress up as her favorite male character...who is himself actually a her in-universe. The level of recursive gender play here is why this anime
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The third and fourth episodes of the second season of My Dress-Up Darling (aka. Ep. 15-16) continues and builds upon the plot of the previous episode in a big way. Namely, in how cosplay can clash heavily with gender roles in a highly conservative society. Fortunately, this story is about how the
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My Dress-Up Darling is all set to continue the romcom hijinks between Wakana Gojo and Marin Kitagawa in this upcoming second season. Oh, and don't forget the cosplay hijinks as well, which these first two episodes of that season 2 has in spades. It's once more a fascinating dive into the world of
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