My Dress-Up Darling took fifth place on Japanese media group Kadokawa's list of the top 100 e-books for the first half of 2024. The list, created by e-book platform BookWalker, is primarily are fantasy and isekai series, of which My Dress-Up Darling is the only non-fantasy series to earn the highest position in the top 10.
BookWalker's Top 100 Ebooks of 2024 are ranked by the most popular/most-read manga and light novels on the platform from January to June. The top 10 most popular series include many titles that are also familiar to anime fans, with titles like Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Oshi no Ko also making high spots. The full top 10 list can be found below.
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Kadokawa's BookWalker Reveals Top-Rated Titles for 2024 (January-June)
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Episode 13) An Old Man from the Countryside Becomes a Sword Saint: I'm Just a Sword Teacher in the Countryside, but My Successful Students Won't Leave Me Alone! (Episode 5) Reincarnated as a Slime (Episode 25) Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World (Episode 10) My Dress-Up Darling (Episode 13) Jujutsu Kaisen (Episode 25) Uncle from Another World (Episode 11) The Fake Alchemist (Episode 1) Oshi no Ko (Episode 14) Reincarnation Colosseum – Using the Weakest Skill to Defeat the Strongest Women and Creating a Slave Harem (Episode 3)
BookWalker's 10 Best Books of 2024 Are Mostly Fantasy and Isekai
Other notable series in the top 25 include Classroom of the Elite (Year 2 Volume 11), Spy x Family (Volume 13), Apothecary's Diary (Volume 13) and Dangers in My Heart (Volume 13) Volume 10). However, the top 10 spots, sans My Dress Up Darling, were all occupied by popular fantasy or isekai series, or series that heavily involved supernatural or fantasy elements. My Dress-Up Darling was the only slice-of-life series to make the top 10 — a testament to its popularity with a wide audience and its dedicated fan base.
My Dress-Up Darling, created by Shinichi Fukuda, tells the love story between high school loner Wakana Gojo and his popular classmate Marin Kitagawa. Gojo is obsessed with creating hina dolls – traditional dolls originally used to represent the Japanese royal family during the Heian period. Creating the dolls requires a keen eye for detail, as well as a high level of sewing ability and the ability to draw and paint intricately. Coincidentally, Wakana and Marin meet after school in the sewing room, where Wakana is sewing one of her doll dresses while Marin is attempting to sew a cosplay dress. She recruits Wakana to help her in her cosplay endeavors since she has no sewing skills, which begins their friendship and eventual romance.
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My Dress-Up Darling became a popular manga series after it was first published on Young Gangan in 2018. Volume 13, ranked fifth in BookWalker's top 100 e-books for the first half of 2024, is the volume most recent manga, released on May 24, 2024. The series was adapted into an anime in 2022 and received critical acclaim. A second season of My Dress-Up Darling has been announced but there is still no official release date at the time of writing.
Baby wear my clothes
In this heartwarming and touching romantic comedy, a loner boy and an outgoing girl discover a shared love of cosplay. A high school student with a knack for sewing and a passion for traditional dolls reluctantly joins in creating cosplay costumes for one of the most attractive and popular girls in class. As this unlikely pair develop a closer bond, they find themselves in increasingly provocative situations.
Author Shinichi Fukuda
Artist Shinichi Fukuda
Release date January 19, 2018
Category Romantic comedy
Chap 76
Booklet 12
Publishing company Square Enix
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Source: BookWalker