The Doll

by Kichiku Neko

Genres: Manga, Yaoi, Science Fiction, Light Novel, Graphic Novels, M M Romance, Comics

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Name: 鬼畜猫: Kichiku Neko (ナルキッソス)

Name (in native language): 猫鬼畜

Associated Names:
Guilt | Pleasure
G|P
KichikuNeko
narcissus
Sadistic Cat

Birth Place: Taiwan

Doujinshi Circle: Guilty Pleasure (G|P) with CHEN Jo

In Real life she is a cop. She is also a Taiwanese.

Horoscope: Scorpio

Favorite Places: Rome, Italy; Normandy, France.

Favorite Movies: Tampopo and Shall We Dance? (Japanese Version)

Hobbies: Travel; BL Manga/Novels/Drama CDs

Secret Lust: Men in sharp, expensive suits or uniforms

Genres: Drama / Mature / Psychological / Smut / Yaoi

Email: kichiku_neko@guiltpleasure.com

Social Networking:
http://kichiku-neko.livejournal.com/
https://twitter.com/Kichiku_Neko

Reviews

[Britta ★ Nachteule ★ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Typically GP.

A very Noir feeling.

Let me think about what makes a human.

[Imanewreader ✨ · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.75

cw/tw - rape, murder, sex scenes
(pretty common themes with Guilt Pleasure)

okay. i have mixed feelings. it's very short and many ideas are thrown at us.
this could have been so good if some things were added and others taken out.

the illustrations are, as usual, absolutely stunning and so detailed. i can't stop looking at them. the face features are.. breathtaking.

[Aenea Jones · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had no illusions about this one - I knew the story would be superficial and kinda trashy, but the illustrations alone are worth to own it.

[Rainy-Night-Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it...
#artificial intelligence #psychological suspense

[Luka · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tatsächlich bin ich der Meinung, dass Toga und Neko immer mehr nachgelassen haben nach In These Words ...

Das Thema dieser Novel ist mindestens genauso außergewöhnlich, ernst und schwierig wie in den anderen Novels, wird aber nur oberflächlich behandelt.

Die Novel ist mehr eine Ansammlung von Dialogen. Viel passiert nicht.
Und Vincents Handlungen kann ich auch nicht ganz nachvollziehen. Erst ist er ein Mann der Prinzipien, will seinen Auftrag genau ausführen und dann plötzlich nicht mehr. Verliebt sich in eine halbmenschliche Puppe und würde sofort für sie sterben.

Die Geschichte hat mich leider nicht wirklich mitgenommen und für 12€ lohnt sich das nicht.
Sehr schade, aber so ist das manchmal.

[Sheyla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fast plot and makes you want more and more

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was definitely a GuiltPleasure project through and through. Wasn't as explicit as usual and I was kind of sad. The art was amazing as always.

[Chloe K · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dark as usual but then again I expect no less from kichiku

[Libra · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story ultimately suffers from being way too short. This is a very very plot driven book, but with a story that should have been and wanted to be character driven. Because the characters are just running around, trying to get to all the plot points, there is no character development, because there simply isn't enough time for the characters to develop. Because of that, I just didn't feel invested in this story at all.

For a story that is supposed to be about an artificial human that may or may not develop genuine human emotions, that didn't get across at all. I feel like I don't even know the main characters. I genuinely can't understand why Vincent behaved the way he did, why he was supposedly so invested in Kai's fate. At times it literally felt like Vincent just wanted Kai to have emotions, but Kai never gave me the impression that he did.

This had a very promising premise, but I know the author's could have done a way better job at executing it.

[Islam Nashrif · Rating 3 out of 5]

Happy ending yay! But then it gets all spoiled in the next installation! grrrrr

[Hypatia's Study · Rating 4 out of 5]

The topic is very close to my heart. Where does 'object' end and where does 'human' begin? What does it take to assign soul to something? Where do we start to treat something as 'living'. Doll was saved on my hard drive from before it was removed from GuiltPleasure's site but despite my interest somehow I never got to read it. Dunno why. Now when I did I have the feeling that it ended different than I expected. A bit uncharacteristic for GP. It is kind of... staggering in its flow too. Not that I dislike it. Most recommended for every BJD owner and fan.

[Isabella ~Mikku-chan~ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I guess I waited for this publication over almost 2 years. 2013 I heard about it but I couldn't read the preveiw cause these were taken down from the GP-website after they had to deal with some sort of copyright infringement.

2015 after a long period of patiently waitng The Doll was published. And it was worth waiting for it.

Lynch is my second favourite character of all GP works after David. *^*
Looking forward to read Persona non Grata, the sequel of the novel. :3

[Gore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still give it a 4/5 after all these years.