Jan 11, 2024
I should start by saying that I was, once, incredibly fond of this manga.
I had it rated 10/10. It was in my favourites list. I'd read up to chapter 20-something--wherever it was up to, at the time.
Recently, I've had the time to catch up with latest volume. It is no longer in my favourites list. It is no longer 10/10. I couldn't bear to bring it any lower than a 7, simply because of my lingering appreciation of what came before.
An excellent premise which lost its direction.
The story starts with a man, so desperate for human connection, that he falls in love with his
...
toaster. That being, a cooking robot. Second-hand. Designed purely for basic housework, and little else. It seems to be sentient.
The world we are introduced to, here, is unmistakeably science-fiction. Albeit, far more subdued than Star Wars or Gundam. It is the sort of science-fiction that just takes our world--but tweaks it, a little. In this case, it is the introduction of highly-advanced personal robotics. I quite like this sort of setting. It allows for a poignant, but tame, analysis of our own society. Of the human condition.
Indeed, that is what this story first sets out to be. It is a sort of 'psychological rom-com' based on a man who has fallen in love with his toaster. The growths and tests of their relationship. How the both of them grow and develop, as people. The implications, therein. The reactions of those around them--of society, at large.
All coupled with some anime-esque comedy to make you chuckle and roll your eyes. To keep you entertained.
It starts off as such a charming, if bizarre, little series.
However, the latest volume--volume 4--has come to feature aliens. Terrorist plots. Secret societies. Its focus seems to have left the SoL relationship-building of the main couple, and has progressed to some silly unserious shounen. I honestly don't care to recount it, any further.
Comedy which might've started as a one-off April Fools' joke now takes centre-stage of the most recent chapters. Did the writer get bored, I wonder?
Perhaps I'll keep reading, hoping that things get back on track. Perhaps I won't.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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