Pretty good story. ( )

Nice story. Cute. Easy, lovely read. ( )

At first I wasn't overly impressed with the first two stories, although I thought they were okay, but the third had the very rare ability to make me want to cry. All three stories were centered around the sci-fi idea of creating an android which would grow in relation to the amount of love bestowed upon it by its owner. In all three stories, the hybrids knew what they were, but this did not seem to stop them from having their own emotions and feelings. Nothing more graphic than kissing was portrayed in any of the stories, although in the second story there is a bit of dialog which might kick this up to the upper teen level. The commonality between the stories, in addition to the hybrids themselves, was the appearance, or at least mention, of the creator of the hybrids who becomes a main character at the end. This is a more emotional manga than many and, in the end, totally tugged on my heartstrings. Ultimately it was the conclusion that made me better appreciate the manga as a whole. ( )

Three stories about incredibly lifelike 'dolls' (I'd really put them more in the realm of androids, but I think in the time period it's set in, which seems to be based on late Tokugawa and early Meiji restoration [late nineteenth century] it's more accurate call them clockwork dolls), that start off as children then grow, nourished by the love of their owners. I was a little worried this might be a lot of shota, but it wasn't so much; only a few bits made me uncomfortable. The only male/male sex going on is between consenting adults. Another I would have liked to have read more of, but I think it was a one shot and not a series. It reminded me a lot of the series 'Dolls' by Yumiko Kawahara, except yaoi/boyslove instead of shoujo. ( )