Doll, Volume 3

Doll #3

by Mitsukazu Mihara, 三原ミツカズ

*English Adaptation by Simon Furman (Transformers, Death's Head.) *Appeals to fans of Chobits. Shocking tales of life and lust abound as androids known as dolls blur the line between humanity and circuitry. In this collection of stories, a man discovers that his family might be dolls; a hermaphrodite sex-droids fulfills the deepest desires of its human partners; and a tormented girl and an abused doll take solace in each other. The breathtaking blend of romance, betrayal and tragedy is inside the eerie symphony that is Doll.

Genres: Manga, Science Fiction, Robots, Horror

192 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2001

About the author

三原 ミツカズ (MIHARA Mitsukazu) is credited with helping shape the GothLoli look through her work in the "Gothic & Lolita Bible"

In 1994, she won the first "Feel Young New Face Manga Awards" Judges’ Special Prize with her short work, "The Children Who Don’t Need Rubbers."

She resides in Osaka, Japan.

Sometimes credited as MIHARA Tsukazu.
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Reviews

[hotsake (André Troesch) · Rating 4 out of 5]

These were some dark and deeply twisted stories.

[Essi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meni vähän mustemmaksi kun kahessa ekassa osassa tämä touhu nyt.

[Vex · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume contains incredibly disturbing and violent stories.

[jeanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Volume 3 of the Doll series is by far my favorite entry in the series. It is also the darkest and most disturbing in my opinion. There are lot of ominous implications and themes. The last short story is my favorite as well. I really liked the characters - Mami, a high school student and Orie, an illegally remodeled doll. Characters aren't very important usually in this series, but these characters made an impact on me. They are both very different from each other but believe in the same thing - a guardian angel. They turn out to be each other's "guardian angel" in the end. I highly recommend checking out Doll. The books do not necessarily need to be read in order, but there is one story that is continued throughout a few of the volumes.

[Josée Leon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This particular volume was quite dark and violent.

[Toni · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is so dark

[Miss Susan · Rating 2 out of 5]

didn't really enjoy this volume. rape and abuse: not a whole lot of fun to read about. 2 stars

[Alex Sarll]

Another handful of stories set in a world where realistic androids are ubquitous (think a less confined Westworld, or Humans with a better script). Opening with a story of bereavement that's no less affecting for its incredibly obvious twist, the volume continues with the most explicit look we've yet had at the sexual use of the dolls – but it remains far more oblique, and considerably more bleak, than the flirtatious chapter art might lead one to expect. Though once those floodgates have been opened, well. I suspect that, even though I'm only getting through a volume every month or so, I may have been reading through this series too close together. This new darker tone (and it was already fairly dark to begin with, albeit less viscerally so) is definitely interesting, but also something I'm even less inclined to binge.