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Honestly if it weren't for the oppai and fanservice, this anime is pretty much like watching a poor attempt at pokemon or something, MC and his partner fights a whole school of people to be the best, I mean wiseman. This anime's biggest flaw is that it quite apparently rushed. The moods of this anime tries to take on a serious tone at times and other times it takes on a harem anime approach, but it switches between the two so quick that I honestly can't tell what the main theme of the anime is. A lot of things lack explanation, for example the combat ... moves, we know MC shouts some stuff, some coloured aura appears around his partner and yeah, that's it. Does she gain attack power, defense power, speed or what, we don't know, there is no clear indication either of what exactly he did. Some rather cringy situations too, we are shown the doll's 'awakening' and after the whole first crisis ended I still have no idea what was the point of that happening if they were still gonna get their ass whooped and passing all damage taken as a "calculated risk", as quoted in the anime itself.

Story: 4

Pretty solid idea of combat machine dolls. Had a lot to look forward to. Perhaps the LN takes a better approach in this but I can confidently say the anime does not dive deep into the plot. How should I put it, its as if the anime is just a warm up, introducing the characters and barely touching on the MC's initial motives. I must also comment that this anime has many, many logical flaws. Of course, anime and logic don't really go well together but this one takes the cake, to the point I created an account on MAL just to comment on this aspect.

Art: 6

Decent visuals. That's it. The scenery and animation is decent but I do hope the combat animations were a bit more tidy. The battles mostly occur at night, so it isn't very obvious what's going on. It sometimes has typical anime-style visuals but sometimes they attempt to make 3D animations, which wasn't very impressive. The MC supposedly gives magic to his doll but the only difference between these spells or whatever they are is the colour. Same aura, same thickness and effects.

Pretty good character designs though.

Sound: 5

OP was quite average, it was a singer I recognised immediately who sung some pretty good songs so this one was a bit of a letdown, ended up skipping the OP beyond the second episode. ED was catchy, kinda vocaloid-like. Character voices were good, the girls weren't overly yappy and the male MC had a good voice matching his personality, at least.

Character: 4

Again, good character designs. Poor character development though, you just don't feel the characters developing and it feels more as if they were dolls (true to the anime name I suppose). By this I mean one moment a girl is 'broken' and seemingly insane and the mood goes serious and all with MC thinking things like "I shouldn't have done this" and all of a sudden they're hugging and all back to normal. Just like that in the blink of an eye. It was at this point I started cringing at all the anime's attempts to portray emotion.

MC initially appears as a smart and talented guy and that's what all the side characters suggest but watching him in action is like watching a 'badass' character with a pea brain. Making poor decisions in combat based off...oh dear...emotions. Instead of focusing on his whole 'tragedies of the past' scheme, which was his whole reason for being at the academy, he pokes at others' business and quite often it feels like playing a RPG where you ignore main quests to just focus on sidequests.

Heroine is like an ultra loyal waifu that initially appears quirky with her thirst for MC D, but over time it gets a bit cringy and rather awkward. I'm surprised the MC has 'love for dolls' what with his dislike of his partner's overly perverse nature.

The other harem candidates are just airheads and yeah pretty stereotypical personalities. Somewhat lovable though, depending on you I suppose

Enjoyment: 4

Some decent fanservice material with ok waifus but as the MC is a massive cockblock himself, I wouldn't call this anime a fanservice anime either. The start to climax was decent at best, but the conclusion for this rushed anime was relatively satisfying. Still left with many questions, but if I take this anime as a harem anime, its okay I suppose.

Overall: 4

I probably wouldn't recommend this anime unless you really don't have anything to watch. There really is nothing outstanding or noteworthy which I can praise aside from character design and Frey.