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 Ggultra2764
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[series:2803#1552] |
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Unbreakable Machine Doll is a mashup of fantasy mystery-action and harem comedy in its focus on Raishin and his magical doll Yaya learning more about the morally questionable activities of some among the students and faculty at Walpurgis Royal Academy. The harem comedy is pretty formulaic with Yaya and a few girls at the academy taking interest in Raishin, with the lead being butt monkey to their antics due to the typical tiresome misunderstandings he would get into while interacting with them. The mystery-action element has its intriguing elements with exploring the moral issues that arise with making Banned Dolls since they are illegally made by fusing human remains with the materials used for making dolls and help create solid world building. Still like many titles, the series lacks a proper ending as its manga source material is still ongoing with Raishin still seeking out his family's killer and a new enemy threat having just made their presence felt in the anime's final episode. While having some engaging story elements related to its magical doll premise, Unbreakable Machine Doll still falls into a good number of pitfalls typical of many modern anime thanks to its tiresome harem comedy antics and lack of a proper ending. I'd find it hard to recommend watching more than once.
Last updated Wednesday, October 25 2017. Created Wednesday, October 25 2017. | ||||||||
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 Devil Doll
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[series:2803#752] | ||||||
(11 episodes watched)
Unfortunately, another show where the "there can only be one" scenario inevitably causes conflicts between potential allies as a replacement for deeper character development. Yaya's horniness loses importance after a few episodes, then being replaced by a complex system of hidden agendas which is the true story of this show.Despite the off-putting premise (aiming at the top for revenge purposes), it's the whodunit mode of the first arc that made me attempt to watch this show (whereas the puppets' attributes are less important until Yaya goes into "super mode"). Certainly not a deep show and with clichéd character roles, but the tech-talk explanation for "Cannibal Candy" (the first arc's baddie) at least seemed consistent with the "magic dolls" scenario. The most interesting element for me is the relation between Raishin and Charlotte which the first arc sufficiently set up (and we learn about Charlotte's reason for trying to become Wiseman in episode 4), but nothing more. This show has two main elements. One is Rainshin developing from the total underdog to a serious contender for the Wiseman title, and changing the intentions of some semi-evil opponents in the process, thus earning himself some allies; this is not really plausible at times, even with Yaya being such an outstanding automaton. The second one is the background story about what's actually happening behind the scenes, which seems much more interesting; unfortunately I didn't pay too much attention to some of the episodes and thus couldn't follow all the clues. So whoever wants to seriously watch this show, focus on the background story and just deal with the Raishin/Yaya combo being too super-heroic. Last updated Wednesday, December 18 2013. Created Tuesday, October 22 2013. | ||||||||
| Unevaluated |
 Stretch
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(One episode watched): Yaya is a very horny girl, but that's OK, the implication is, because she's not really human--sort of like how tentacle rape is OK because it's some sort of alien that is to blame for it. In fact she's clearly an automated sex doll, if that's what you cared to use her for, and that has to be the ploy this show is using to attract male viewers, because it hasn't got much else. Raishin is out for revenge against some guy for some thing, but since that's about all we're told, what do we care? Raishin might be the bad guy for all we know. The jokes are lame. This is yet another of the sort of show where even if the ecchi element is off limits, I wish the makers had entrusted it to me so that I could jazz up the main plot and give viewers who aren't just watching to masturbate a little entertainment. What would they have to lose? Maybe some people think that Magic is intriguing in and of itself, but to me when it's used like this it just seems like a shortcut to get around having to write a plausible plot and develop interesting characters. Last updated Tuesday, October 15 2013. Created Tuesday, October 15 2013. | ||||||||
