already sent an ask about my feelings but I’ll do it AGAIN!
genuinely such an amazingly written story that’s as hot as it is ghoulish. The way each human character (surprise surprise) objectifies their respective android is so fascinating and makes for a really interesting character study each time. There’s so many little details that make the characters feel REAL- and it makes the androids stand out as artificial that much more.
I really enjoyed the power dynamic that Touma and Shima had- that was the story I was the least interested in pre-read but I think it ended up being my favorite.
Ratna was such a fun character to read and her admiration of Mari’s inner mechanics and apathy towards her artificial personality really amplified that hot/ghoulish feeling. Also god, Ratna is so hot.
And Samart… the way the story tries to maintain this “innocence” when you can see his actual true feelings towards Marinette and actual human women slip through the cracks is genuinely haunting. I really feel like this toes the line towards horror more than any of Taylor’s previous work.
Overall, very very very very good. came for the sexy robots, stayed for the really fucking great character studies.