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“Beautiful plant-women dolls for sale; dark sci-fi tales explore love's unequal power dynamics.”
Dolls
観用少女〈プランツ･ドール〉
7.44
3,750 rank · 1,943 readers · 40 favorites
Shoujo
Psychological
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Synopsis
Beautiful plant-women dolls for sale; dark sci-fi tales explore love's unequal power dynamics.
Dolls are living plant life forms that look like beautiful women which can be purchased at a special shop for the right price. But be careful what you wish for. Set in an upside-down world combining a murky mix of science fiction, reality and moral ambiguity, Yumiko Kawahara's short stories examine the ineffable disparities that exist between the lover and the loved one. (Source: VIZ Media)
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Derived from 2 sampled reviews
9.5
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9.5
mode 9
σ 0.50
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Running avg · Apr 2008 → Jan 2017
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “I really like this manga, I found it totally by accident, and it's one of the few I read that's specifically aimed at girls and you can sort of see why. The stories are all really touching and...”
- 10 “You may have to read a few chapters to begin to 'get' this manga, and realize it is not just strange, but also wondrous, in a dreamy laid back yet profoundly thought provoking way. Each chapter a...”
Verbosity
Short · 100%
Medium · 0%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 25 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 20m approx
- Published Jan 1991 – Jan 1999
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M3368 catalog