japanese hepburn science fiction targeted women manga written illustrated collection seven unrelated short stories appeared japanese manga magazine stories collected bound volume japan october licensed english language release north_america published january positively received english language critics readers reviewers identified themes literary elements collection generally enjoyed short stories art seven short stories consist debut away kids set future aids destroyed desire sex iron maiden focuses young woman haunted childhood sexual abuse quality integrated circuit deals events surrounding couple robotic rose wire centers boy love girl caring elderly father fish water revolves captured mineral features disturbed college student alive set future human practiced plot consists seven short stories format frequently uses narrative stories unrelated featuring different protagonist stories incorporate twist ending away kids revolves future teenagers desire sex result aids story focuses taught sex school encouraged parents ultimately understands desire sex iron maiden focuses woman struggles create happy life despite childhood sexual abuse older brother backstory parents refused believe child brother abuse upset bites doll develops habit biting later adult husband child discovering battered doll memories unhappy childhood bites child quality integrated circuit centers android keeps house old man married younger woman man treats seeing daughter tea garden wife contrast abuses allows lover old man reveals plans divorce wife murders orders bury remains recognizes remains old man story ends garden keeping promise man having tea bloom rose wire boy falls love girl taking care elderly father fails appear father day finds dressed mourning clothes smile face burning basket kept fish water focuses captured refusal speak attempts pull living remembers girl mother tried lake years ago mother died survived imagined wakes finding hospital instead begin recover mineral revolves college student collects rocks memories frog learning girlfriend pregnant upset busy highway set future human practiced alive focuses clone sent live humans assignment meets cheerful girl named time taken killed organs revealed thought clone style themes works uses character designs incorporating fashion clothing style influenced style victorian eras explained particular style conveys characters showing delicate balance delicate strong selfish wild involved shaping gothic style fashion incorporates dark colors artwork illustrated covers fashion magazine book later returned illustrating covers seventh volume fall reviewers identified multiple themes literary elements manga according uses minimal dialogue narrative instead conveying emotion behavior characters ign stated theme stories meaning humanity oxford wrote manga contains themes society fragile nature human mind thought mental instability figures prominently stories according away kids deals nature sex oxford believed story raises question declining birth rate japan developed countries author manga considered quality integrated circuit elements film noir featuring mute fish water makes implicit reference little according oxford treatment elderly children focus stories according ain cool news speculated alive focuses meaning living release written illustrated seven short stories appeared japanese manga magazine debut manga artist away kids won contest feel young short stories published bound volume isbn japan october stories generally draws inspiration real life problems society unhappy times life licensed english language release north_america united_kingdom works beautiful people haunted house requiem translated japanese adapted english language audience published january isbn north american branch stopped publishing reception legacy positively received english language reviewers readers manga ranked eighth reader poll best new manga manga targeted women praised collection easily best work available english highly recommended manga describing darker counterpart beautiful people art frequent source praise reviewers wrote older stories art level later work doll storytelling went critics oxford commended ability create unrelated short stories commonly seen manga rating manga half stars thompson enjoyed stories felt occasionally predictable endings ideas story failed expand hurt manga learning illustrations stories general positively received west surprised pleased people overcoming cultural barrier getting message appearing serial feel young science fiction manga doll examines relationships eponymous human owners future narrative primarily consists unrelated short stories develops overall plot involving man illegally revenge corporation creates character quality integrated circuit appears doll prototypes discovered doll companion acts suffers psychological trauma recovering memories having bury master
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