Method for manufacturing display device and display device

A method for manufacturing a display device, comprising:

• preparing a flexible substrate on which a display area, a frame area, a bent area, and a terminal area are provided in this order and which includes an alignment mark, the display area displaying an image, the terminal area being provided with a terminal;
• preparing a spacer that includes a notch or a hole penetrating from a back surface side to a display surface side of the spacer;
• disposing the spacer on a back surface side of the flexible substrate;
• and
• bending the bent area to conform to a shape of the spacer and disposing the terminal area on the back surface side of the spacer, wherein
• in the step of disposing the spacer, the alignment mark is read through the notch or the hole from the back surface side of the flexible substrate so as to position the spacer on the flexible substrate.