Summary

My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 releases on July 5, 2025, with global streaming expected shortly after the Japanese broadcast.
The series will be available on Crunchyroll globally, except for a few select countries. Netflix Asia may also stream it in some territories.
My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 is unlikely to be the final season, based on the pacing and content of the manga's arcs.

After three years, My Dress-Up Darling is finally returning with its second season, which was confirmed back in 2022. With a recurring main staff and cast, the series is expected to keep the same quality that ensured several nominations at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards.

My Dress-Up Darling, also known as Sono Bisque Doll, was a strong 2022 hit, partly due to its innovative way of addressing cosplaying and other themes that resonate with anime and manga fanbases worldwide. Read on to learn all we know about the second season of the anime.

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My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 Release Date

My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 will be released in the US and Canada on July 5, 2025. There's currently no official time for the global debut. The first episode will air on Japanese TV at 12 a.m. On July 6, 2025. If it premieres on international streaming platforms at the same time, it will debut in the US at 8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET on July 5. However, global releases usually happen a few hours after the Japanese broadcast, so it would be reasonable to expect it to hit streaming platforms between 8 a.m. And 2 p.m. PT / 11 a.m. And 5 p.m. ET (but remember that this is just an estimate).

For those living outside the US, here are a few time zone references for this estimate:

Canada: between 11 a.m. And 5 p.m. (July 5)
Mexico: between 9 a.m. And 3 p.m. (July 5)
Argentina / Brazil: between 12 p.m and 6 p.m. (July 5)
Western Europe (WEST): between 4 p.m. And 10 p.m. (July 5)
Central Europe (CEST): between 5 p.m. And 11 p.m. (July 5)
Eastern Europe (EEST): between 6 p.m. And 12 a.m. (July 5–6)
Angola: between 4 p.m. And 10 p.m. (July 5)
South Africa / Namibia: between 5 p.m. And 11 p.m. (July 5)
Egypt / Turkey / Yemen: between 6 p.m. And 12 a.m. (July 5–6)
India: between 8:30 p.m. And 2:30 a.m. (July 5–6)
Pakistan: between 8 p.m. And 2 a.m. (July 5–6)
Australia (ACT): between 12:30 a.m. And 6:30 a.m. (July 6)
New Zealand: between 3 a.m and 9 a.m. (July 6)

Where to Watch My Dress-Up Darling Season 2

My Dress-Up Darling will be streamed in all countries where Crunchyroll operates globally, excluding Japan, China, South Korea, and Mongolia. The service is expected to dub the new episodes, just like it did with the previous ones.

Netflix Asia typically streams most seasonal anime, so it is possible that the service will air it in select territories. The first season is currently available in Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand on Netflix Asia. Other streaming services may also air the series in select countries around the world.

Will My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 Be the Last?

The first season aired from January to March 2022, totaling 12 episodes. The second season is expected to follow a similar pattern, especially since studio CloverWorks rarely handles series with consecutive cours. My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 will likely begin with Chapter 40, where the previous season left off. If it follows a similar pacing, the new season should cover from the Arisa Izayoi arc to the Coffin arc.

That would leave only one more arc, Mandate of Heaven (from Chapter 86 to Chapter 108), left to be adapted. However, this arc doesn't seem to have enough content for a full season of 12 episodes. So, the production team might either rush the pacing to fit everything in, or slow it down to leave at least the Coffin Arc (or most of it) and the Mandate of Heaven Arc for the third season. Another option would be to follow the same pacing and adapt the final arc into a movie. Either way, the marketing for the series hasn't focused on it being the last one, so it seems unlikely that this will be the final season.

Is the Ending of My Dress-Up Darling Good?

The manga ended a few months ago, with a total of 108 chapters and 14 volumes. However, while the series was a hit within a relatively large manga niche, most fans didn't like the ending of the story. In fact, they felt that the conclusion was rushed, but most of them didn't complain that much since the author, Shinichi Fukuda, was making a strong effort to keep writing the story. The manga went through many hiatuses due to Fukuda's health issues in the past few years, so fans generally were sympathetic to her situation.

The My Dress-Up Darling manga is licensed by Square Enix in the US.

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