Doll, Volume 2

Doll #2

by Mitsukazu Mihara, 三原ミツカズ, Yuki N. Johnson (Translator)

These haunting tales of human-like androids, called Dolls, range from romantic to tragic, from comic to ironic, and everything in between. In these stories, dolls have an uncanny way of working themselves into the lives of their masters: A woman develops an unusual closeness to doll that will affect her human family from beyond the grave...A man wants to make his doll into the perfect human lover, but discovers that humans are not perfect...A father buys his son a doll to help him get over the death of his mother. Doll provides a firsthand glimpse into the psychology of the human-doll relationship and examines the question of what it means to be truly human.

Reccommended for older teens ages 16+.

Genres: Manga, Science Fiction, Fiction, Josei, Gothic, Fantasy, Robots

180 pages, Paperback

First published January 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

[Essi]

Mielenkiintoisia lyhyttarinoita ja pohdintoja ihmisnukeista ja niihin liittyvistä moraalikysymyksistä.

[Cel Red]

No es tan impresionante como el primer volumen, pero aun así es bueno.

Mi favorito es el último, en donde un doll se dedica a cazar a dolls modificados que parecen casi humanos. Y en general de eso trata todo el volumen, de algo más humano que lo humano.

[I'mogén]

Actual rating: 3.5 / 5

I remember reading the first volume years ago when I was probably too young to read it. On my quest to try and finish series I've started, here I find myself.

I don't remember exactly what I thought of the first volume, other than it being disturbing, as it was pre-review writing, but I vaguely remember enough of the story to jump back in. In fact, this really didn't matter because I quickly learned that it collects short stories, rather than continue one main story arc.

The first story was quite sad, about a man chasing his dreams that he left his life and family for and regretted, deeply. The story about Makota, the oracle of sorts was another one I really enjoyed. It was surprisingly hopeful!

Doll house was another story I couldn't stop thinking about! It was sad and pretty dark and unexpected.

The final story felt more like a plot that could be continued and I enjoyed the development we got about the terrorist group and the assassin doll, in just this short amount of time.

If, like me, you like shows like 'Humans', this would probably peak your interest.

Overall, I'm pleasantly surprised by how much I liked the different stories. I would like to continue and hopefully will get to volume 3 quicker than I got to this one.

Pick it up, give it a go & enjoy!

[killu readmode]

euh le bdsm

[Mark Lattman]

This is a collection of short, free-standing but same universe stories, all of which were good and some of which were great. The only real issue I had is that the dialogue bubbles were not directly attributed to the speakers, making it difficult sometimes to immediately know who was saying something. Otherwise, there was smart writing, decent art, and a good concept - a near future world with very humanoid androids (called Dolls here) - made for a strong introduction to the Manga for me, and I will read any I can find, including Vol 1 (though this had a good recap and stood on its own fine). 89/100

[Miss Susan]

wow the chapter illustrations in this sure are fetish-y! it's a shame, i feel kinda skeeved looking at them and if someone picked up the volume thinking they're representative of the story content they'd be disappointed

OH WELL

3 stars

[Jennifer]

they keep getting creepier and I love it!..well creepy and enduring

if anyone has 3 I would love to borrow it

hint hint
<3

[Alex Sarll]

Still suffering from cover and chapter art which, while very pretty, doesn't relate in the least to the melancholy tone of the stories, this contains another five vignettes of unhappy people dealing with a world where androids often seem to offer solutions to our problems. Alas, even when it works out for someone, there's generally a loser, because humans joined by robots remain humans. The last story pulls back to the bigger picture, and plays a little louder, but remains a long way from English adapter Simon Furman's best-known robot stories.