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This has been a really fun and overall enjoyable read. Marin and Gojo and their dynamic and development has grown. It was really shown in Gojo's individual development as a person aspiring to make Hina dolls the best he can, and also in his personality.


I think that if you read this for the romance mainly, some may be disappointed, as I do feel that it was like 60-70% Cosplay and other stuff and then the rest being the romance, but the manga didn't shy away from the romance. Although short and sweet, the last few chapters was a great ending to be had, although ... they did leave potential growth and development off the table. The art and the characters are beautiful as well, and I love the incorporation of cosplay.

I'd want more from this title, but me wanting more means that I enjoyed the ride a lot. If you want an enjoyable read, going through it all at once would be nice. I will say during later chapters when more characters are introduced it may get confusing since sometimes it's hard to tell who's speaking and who's who. But again, I really enjoyed the ride.


Overall Rating: 7.8/10

"Why?"

Even after hearing the unexpected "next chapter will be the last one" last month, and reading the last chapter today, it seems like it is a consensus: "why did the author end the manga like this?" So if you in the future are reading this, know that the manga will end unexpectedly, it is not like there were major loose ends, but it is still so frustrating.

The whole cosplay idea behind the manga is good, we get some behind the scenes on how far cosplayers go to create their costumes with different make-up tricks, stuffing, concealing, fabrics, a wide variety of topics that are very ... interesting - and surely didn't seem like the author talked about everything she could on this matter because cosplayer are always learning and adapting to the situation they are in. Not only that we did have a story that people were immersed and that is why we asked: "why?" as in "is that it? Is this how the story ends?"

The last arc was a mix of feeling: its pacing was bad, it was lukewarm, it was also kinda boring considering how it kept on dragging, however, as always, the art was always on point and definitely the best cosplay Marin has ever pulled; now that I said it, could it be that the author felt like she could not top this moment? Did she even have to top that moment?

There was so much to tell in this story, sure, there is a controversial moment where it felt like the author was taking as to a direction and then it was something completely different, I wonder if it was then that the author decided to finish the story as quickly as possible, because all the branches that the story could spread were pruned then.

Is it worth reading? It has good art, it has amazing cosplayer content, Marin is a lovable goofball - there are plenty of rip-off of her out there now -, but as for the story? Not really. At least it is a "short" manga with a little over 100 chapters. The author said she plans to release an epilogue and side stories, but those can not salvaged this.

Meh

This manga was too frustrating to read in my opinion, especially since I read it while the chapters were coming out. Every chapter took almost a month or sometimes more than a month to release, for each one to be disappointment after disappointment, it became really tiring really fast, but now that it's finished, the reading experience might be a bit better... still, there are many issues with Sono Bisque Doll.

But first I'm gonna talk about the "good", and that is the relationship between Gojo and Marin of course, the stuff about cosplay is nice too, but most of us kept reading because of the ... romance. For like 1/3 of the chapters we can enjoy some cute interactions, classic romcom stuff with a nerdy protagonist and an energetic girl, we've seen it countless of times but it's still entertaining.

Now, about the bad things.
First, the secondary characters are uninteresting and underdeveloped: the manga spends many chapters on some of the most uninteresting secondary characters I've ever seen, these chapters are simply a waste of time, the story never bothers to show why I should care about these characters.

Second, this manga abuses too much of the "will they/won't they" cliché: we all know Gojo and Marin will end up together at some point, but the story takes its sweet time to give us any developments, things just keep happening to stop the progress and that brings me to the next point.

Third, the forced drama: There are way too many chapters wasted because of the forced drama, and it's really infuriating, because most of this drama is caused by some stupid misunderstanding and the characters refusing to actually talk with each other, it never brings anything of value, it's just a cheap way to stretch the story.

Fourth, the unsatisfying ending: after enduring all of the bullshit chapters wasted on cheap forced drama, misunderstandings and boring secondary characters, when the story finally gets to the part everyone was waiting, it simply ends, that's it, we barely get to enjoy the resolution of the story.

Still, I think there was something good in the beginning, that's why I give Sono Bisque Doll a 4/10, I liked the first season of the anime, now the second season will be airing soon, and I think it will be an enjoyable watch too, but if there's ever a third season, fourth or anything else, they will adapt some of the most boring and infuriating chapters, so just stay with the first and second season of the anime.