Doll

DOLL

By Mitsukazu Mihara

review by Shelby

I think that's the author's name. Anyway. This is kinda a science fiction manga. It's about a time (i don't know if it's in the future, or present-day Japan... you know whenever it is) when people have "dolls," that is, robots who look like humans. People use dolls as servants, companions, assasin tools, lovers, whatever. Each manga has several little stories about people and their dolls. Before each chapter there is an illustration of a broken or otherwise... weird doll. Some of the stories are connected.

One of my favorite stories is about this lady, who has a girl doll. They move somewhere and everyone gossips about them. When they're shopping, a guy at the market begins to like the doll... and everone's like "what the heck's wrong with you? it's a doll" but it turns out that it WASN'T a doll. The lady had gotten pregnant out of wedlock and kept her child (even though her family would've wanted her to get an abortion). She was ashamed of her girl and raised her, all the time telling her she was a doll, and abused her. The girl finally realised she was a girl when she A: kinda liked that boy too, and B: got her period. Ahh that story was sooooo cool i'm sorry for spoiling it.