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Loading... Absolute Boyfriend, Vol. 2 (edition 2005)by Yuu Watase
Work InformationAbsolute Boyfriend, Vol. 2 by Yuu Watase
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Interesting, but nothing too special. Originally I was a fan of both Night and Soshi, but now I'm definitely leaning towards Soshi. Night is interesting and all, but I find it hard to care. Riko's funny and cute and pitiful and all, but equally boring. I'll keep reading of course, but this series is not destined to be one of my favorites. When you want a boyfriend none are around, that is just how Riiko feels. On the path of desperation she signs up for a free trial for a robotic boyfriend. What can go wrong right? Nope, wrong! Riiko receives the extravagant Night, a hot and sexy man that only wants to please her. Seriously this is one of the best manga I have ever read! It is filled with romance and comedy and enjoyable characters. I fell in love with every aspect of this series right from the beginning. There is an interesting love triangle that also develops, I had a hard time choosing which guy I would end up picking, you will have to see for yourself. Riiko is just a doll! No, not literally, but cute nonetheless. She is always looking on the bright side of things and is protective of the ones she loves. Night is the epitome of every girls dream guy. He is so adorable when he is learning all of the different emotions and things Riiko is trying to teach him. Night is really cute when he starts becoming overprotective of Riiko. I really wish they would make it into an anime!!! no reviews | add a review
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Riko needs money after giving all she had to help pay for Night, so she finds a job at the same place Soshi works. She doesn't tell Night about her new job, but he finds out about it. Night worries about how Riko is beginning to feel about Soshi. No library descriptions found. |
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I can't stand Riiko's naive eternally forgiving dense attitude towards everything. I hate that Watase's female characters are either blushing klutzy paragons of virtue or conniving hate-filled backstabbers and 'bitches' who exist merely to ruin the main protagonist's life and make the MC look like saints in comparison. Girl, you need to deal with all that internalized misogyny that you've had since Fushigi Yuugi and Ceres.
I am getting real tired of Soshi's crush on Riiko, since it makes him do stupid things. Soshi has NO RIGHT to get upset at Riiko for not returning his feelings when for the most part, Soshi never actually says outright "I like you, will you consider my feelings?". Human beings are not psychic! Riiko can't read his mind! If Soshi won't say it out loud, he can't expect her to get the hint through lovesick looks and vague expressions of emotions.
The entire "if another person kisses Night, they'll become Night's owner!" shtick is tired and contrived. Especially when you add the condition of sex equally a 'fully imprint', meaning that their relationship is a sham unless it's been consummated. Which wow, so problematic on so many levels, but I've never labored under the delusion that Watase is some great social commentator.
I'm not touching the fact that the owner of the Vietnamese restaurant doesn't look human like everyone else. Because that's too questionable to think about.
The sad thing is, I'm still reading this series. It made me laugh a few times, and I actually want to see how it ends. Plus, Night's antics as he figures out how human beings work amuse me. But I won't be making a huge effort to get my hands on book 3 any time soon. ( )