Thursday, February 14, 2008

Absolute Boyfriend


Rejected way too many times by good-looking (and unattainable) guys, shy Riiko Izawa goes online and signs up for a free trial of a mysterious Nightly Lover "figure." The very next day a cute naked guy is delivered to her door, and he wants to be her boyfriend!
Has Riiko died and gone to heaven? The cute guy turns out to be sweet, smart, a great cook, and lots more. And he looks like a million bucks, which is what he's going to cost Riiko if she doesn't return him in time...
Absolute Boyfriend, aka Zettai Kareshi, is a cute shoujo manga, by manga-ka Yuu Watase. AB has a similar theory to Chobits. Can a robot become the best lover, able to unselfishly fulfill the needs of their owner? This manga is 33 chapters long, but I feel it successfully creates some great characters. In the beginning it is awkward, and funny at times. As the story goes on, though, things somewhat become more complicated. Sometimes its forgotten that Knight is not a real human, as he begins to show very common human attributes and emotions. The last chapter certainly made me cry a bit, and not many mangas have done that. This is a great Romantic manga, as well as involving some comedy scenarios.

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