This article includes spoilers for the manga “Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru (My Dress-Up Darling).” Reader discretion is advised.

There is no doubt that “Sleep Doll Bisque wa Koi wo Suru (My dear dress up)” is one of the most popular romantic comedies of recent years, especially after its successful anime adaptation produced by the studios CloverWorks. Although, It seems like the “comedy” aspect was forgotten for several episodes.and fans of the work began to despair with the way author Shinichi Fukuda is dealing with the current arc.

After a successful participation at Comiket during the Mandate of Heaven Arc, Marin Kitagawa received a job offer to become a professional cosplayer. (although evidently the offer does not include Wakana Gojo's participation). On the other hand, Gojo inexplicably felt that he was losing Kitagawa (something difficult to explain, precisely because he still does not know about the offer they made to Kitagawa), causing a dark expression to appear on his face and he began to walk away from her.

What's more, the latest chapters brought back Non-chan, the girl who traumatized Gojo in his childhood, telling him that his taste in dolls was "disgusting", and pushing him away. In fact, we also learn that Non-chan was always by Gojo's side during his childhood (specifically after his parents' death), trying to make him happy. When she found out that the Hina dolls had achieved this for Gojo, she couldn't help but feel jealous and, following her childish impulses from that time, said those hurtful words.

In the most recent chapter, we finally got to see this cycle complete, with Non-chan appearing at Gojo's house and asking for forgiveness for what he said. This finally motivated Gojo to do what he should have done months (many episodes) ago: talk to Marin directly. And that's when the scene that made the latest chapter go viral comes in, Well, when Gojo asks Marin what cosplay she wants him to do next, she says she doesn't need him anymore.

Obviously, there's a bit of context that Gojo doesn't know but readers do, which is that Marin realized that Gojo's helping her all this time had greatly affected her hina doll-making skills. This is not just his dream, but Gojo hopes to prove to his grandfather that he is ready to take over the family business before he dies. This has left Marin completely devastated, who realizes that all this time she has been nothing more than “an obstacle to Gojo’s dreams.”

This would all be resolved if the two of them actually talked about it (and they have excuses, since they've both been acting "weird" around each other), but that hasn't happened. Fans' criticism is precisely about this fact, as they believe that the author has already extracted a lot from this drama. and considering that he changed the serialization of “Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru” from biweekly to monthly, they expected the matter to have been resolved months ago.

And of course, all of this is reflected in the comments:

• «Author! You've cooked enough. Let them get along once and for all.».
• «Well, you start being cold to her without explaining anything. It's logical that she decides to leave and not bother you.».
• «For a beautiful girl who works as a model, she has very little self-confidence when it comes to other women.».
• «Just end the relationship between Gojo and Marin, please. Let them go their separate ways so they can work on themselves and then reunite after some character development.».
• «Please don't withdraw the letter from the agency. I know it will happen sooner or later. Ugh, this drama is long and painful. Good job author, a bit too long but oh well».
• «He wants to make the best Hina doll before his grandfather passes away. And I'm sure Kitagawa will become the best Hina doll he and his grandfather have ever seen.».
• «Finally some drama, it was so boring. Now there is drama and the confession will make her go back to cosplay».
• «Yes, she will distance herself from him and join that cosplay agency. I'm predicting that now. In the next chapter, she will tell him that she will join that agency.».
• «The author is definitely frustrating all the readers, what's with this pace?».
• «Yes, seriously… Another comment above says “finally some drama”, and sure, but that’s the problem, you can’t just suddenly release a drama when everything was fine before. It wasn’t a slow buildup over several chapters of Kitagawa thinking he was taking advantage of Gojou, it happened all of a sudden. This change of pace started less than 10 chapters ago, and we’re already over 100 chapters in, it should have started 50 chapters earlier».
• «People will always have difficulty communicating with each other, no matter what.».
• «This manga has become darker and more depressing than the DC universe».
• «Oh yeah, so they think about the other person and discover they're in love.».
• «You know what's worse than that? Let this manga be published monthly. PLEASE LET ME WAKE UP NEXT MONTH NOW».
• «I hate authors who have a great manga but promote a dramatic arc just to stay in the market. It's like you either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain.».
• «It's taking a long time for this manga to update, but at the same time, this chapter seemed to be moving really fast, or maybe it's because the chapters are so short... I don't know».
• «At the cosplay event, she realized that maybe Marin has reached a point where she can't reach her anymore. Like she was made for the world and keeping it simple and small with him wouldn't work. I honestly don't like this development, this angel arc was one of the best in the entire series, how the author portrayed each scene was pure art, but the drama is poorly written so far».
• «“This is a cosplay manga” keeps giving us stupid, annoying drama that no one wanted.».
• «The chapters are getting shorter. I don't know if the first chapter is over 40 pages and the second is 28 pages, but after that it was 19-20 at the beginning, but the last chapters were 16-17 pages. That's an average of three pages less per chapter and the equivalent of 2 chapters less per year. And considering it's a monthly publication, that's quite a lot.».
• «I'm still upset that the author created a problem out of nothing that no one thought was a problem just because».
• «The author tries to make the manga last longer. The reappearance of the cruel childhood friend is a cliché».
• «She decided for his own good, but it will only make things worse. He will think that he is no longer needed because, not only will she not want him to make suits for her, but he will also disengage from the relationship.».
• «I hope they at least talk. Keeping the shitty drama going, leaving both of them in the dark, will suck. Please don't let this be cliché!».

Source: Twitter