doll manga doll japanese hepburn science fiction targeted women manga appearing serial japanese manga magazine thirty chapters doll collected bound volumes published august august taking place future plot focuses relationships people eponymous series overarching plot follows illegal dolls revenge corporation creates characters corporation dolls concept dolls appeared earlier short manga quality integrated circuit later collected licensed series english language translations north_america united_kingdom publishing series august october series received positive reviews english language critics volume placed list best selling graphic novels july north american branch stopped publication returned manga licenses plot set future doll centers relationships humans eponymous created manufactured development doll mental condition begins deteriorate attempting retain copy mind memories prototype doll realizes mistake trying replace wife retiring corporation care leaves prototypes seen series male doll constant companion woman cremated maid discovered trash elderly farming community honey secretary loyal president cherry maid award winning writer maid elderly man younger wife dolls built sexual intercourse unnamed partner hunts illegally dolls doll focuses dolls abused chosen president beloved doll orders jealous relatives doll shown kindness destroyed longer successor studied aspects doll business eighteen years old left began dolls illegally seeking revenge years later finds unnamed destroyed owner mimic human emotions companion eventually find purchase acts suffers psychological trauma date recovers memories having ordered bury master corpse mistress captured agents learning leaves rescue wishes captured tagged destruction reunited finds ordered switch places escape gives tag destruction killed moment father finally recognizes doll concludes scandal subsequent bankruptcy wife content knowing left dolls world live house purchased development character concept dolls appeared manga artist earlier short manga quality integrated circuit later collected doll began simple notion humans robots uses fashion clothing style influenced style victorian eras character designs way convey characters felt fashion failed manga depth centered plots psychological aspects expressed interest exploring impact childhood environment person especially relationships parents stories doll involve eponymous family life short story contains independent theme maid servant example takes inspiration book aging fears serves theme story school inspired book solely teaching theories overarching plot doll started second volume envisioned parental pressure doll heal psychological pain explained flaws appear human characters hopes perfection appear dolls dolls developed consciousness dolls capable mimicking human emotion contrast typical progression stories genre considered making capable emotion wishing narrative center human characters release written illustrated thirty chapters doll appeared serial japanese targeted women manga magazine chapters collected bound volumes published august august licensed doll english language translation north_america united_kingdom series published august october volume published limited edition hardcover north american branch stopped publishing manga licenses returned doll translated german volume list reception volume doll debuted spot list best selling graphic novels july estimated copies sold doll received positive reviews english language critics placed list recommended horror manga according stories proved haunting despite following traditional model horror stories finding art especially memorable wrote focus social effects dolls environments greatly contributed appeal series wrote doll examines relationships people realistic level clamp follow reviews wrote series conveyed sense reality unsettling stories harsh reads violent tragic according doll simultaneously examines meaning humanity modern day fears surrounding possibility wrote jaw dropping beautiful artwork contrasted characters misery manga wrote family served manga themes according character designs artwork complemented stories nicely conversely reviewed hardcover edition doll mixed feelings according stories lacked entertainment value artwork failed catch reader eye praised presentation concluded hardcover edition appeal avid collectors
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