A thought-provoking and slightly sadistic manga on what it means to be human
by Mitsukazu Mihara
Genre / themes: androids, science fiction, Japan, humanity, psychological, death,
Art level: Good (manga style), black and white
Star Rating: 4/5
Number of Books: Six, complete series.
Other notes: Short stories with emerging common characters and themes, 'adult' Chobits. Dolls with no will or emotions/modifications to them.
Doll: Amazon Blurb
In these haunting tales, dolls--human-like androids--have an uncanny way of working themselves into the lives of their masters: A woman develops an unusual closeness to doll that she takes beyond the grave...A man wants to make his doll into the perfect human lover...A father buys his son a doll to help him get over the death of his mother. Doll examines the question of what it means to be truly human.
My Review
The second manga that I recommend (the first was Lady Snowblood by Kazuo Koike) Doll is for older readers. It has very pretty - and highly stylised - manga-style art with Gothic Lolita designs (big eyes, long legs, very pretty faces on everyone). It's also an intelligent pyschological twister that I rate well above Deathnote, but is a fair bit more mature - think Chobits
for adults!The six Doll books tell the different stories - that gradually and subtly intertwine - of people, scientists and very realistic androids. Twisted little stories about replacements for lost parents, creating the ideal lover, and what it really means to be human that gradually culminate into a macabre and thoughtful anthology. Definitely not for younger readers.
The complete 'Doll' manga series
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