So I am known for my long ptr its never ending as some say and so I asked my mutuals to give me short manga from my list that I could clear from my intense backlog. My Anilist bestie told me to read it because she thought the cover was funny so I went with it. After all I have been enjoying the other manga Yuu Watase was working on at the same time as this: Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden. And I know which manga all her braincells were going to. Absolute Boyfriend reads like bad Wattpad fanfiction. The kind where Y/N gets sold to One Direction. After reading the first volume I genuinely wondered if her parents would try to sell her or something. The plot goes as follows: high schooler Riiko gets rejected by her crush who blatantly sucks and shes so depressed that she orders a male love doll/ robot with personality customization under the impression that it would be a 3day trial. However she misses the deadline by a little bit and now owes the company a million dollars The best and fastest way to repay her debt is to help her robot companion dubbed Night cause hes from the Nightly Lover series learn about what girls really want so he can fulfill his purpose. And then Riiko enters a love triangle between NIght and her childhood friend Soshi. I wish I was joking when I say that 90 of the plot is the salesman trying to pressure Riiko into having sex with Night so that he can truly fulfill his purpose as a love doll and get data. So much of the plot was them planning to have sex and getting interrupted by rivals or something and Riiko not being ready. Night is respectful of this but the freaking salesman isnt. The sheer amount of cringing I did when I read this was kind of admirable. The part where her best friend reveals herself to be evil and wanting to steal her boyfriend legitimately made me laugh since it was so extra and out of nowhere and yet so cliche. I also found the part where her absent parents return for a chapter pretty weird. It made her dad seem like a pedophile whos into her like almost every other guy in the manga. The characters are a lovely bunch. Riiko doesnt have many traits beyond expressing interest in the male cast and being considered unattractive by everyone until Night enters her life. Shes sort of a discount Usagi Tsukino in terms of personality. All I remember about her is that shes in a love triangle and isnt ready to sleep with Night. Its not even that I hate boycrazy female characters. I like some of them. Its just that she had no other traits. NONE. Night is a perfect man and the only thing I can think of is Sevral Timez from Gravity Falls. Hes a bit dramatic when it comes to Riiko and its kinda funny when he jumps through walls to see her. https://i.yt.com/vi/TIZKKmh6YM8/maxresdefault.jpg Soshis a character Ive had mixed feelings about. I hated him at first but once I realized that theyre close enough to have a bantering relationship he grew on me. I liked him better than Night I think. Gaku.... Where do I start. He wears weird clothes I had to attach a picture for reference. And his hobby seems to be trying to force a teenager to sleep with a robot. Not creepy at all. Like isnt trying to make her sleep with a robot to pay off her debt kind of prostitution? Im not familiar with laws enough to comment but it doesnt feel legal. https://encryptedtbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQdenSU5csvBClpNeakMg054yVuFZtS445udgusqp=CAU There was also the other guy who may have raped Riiko and thats brushed under the rug. She didnt remember anything and it looked like she was drugged? I dont know it was confusing. And he took advantage of the fact that she thought he was her childhood crush? I hated that guy. The art was fine. It was so funny to see a sidebyside of Night and Soshi since they look the same just Soshi has glasses and different hair. https://semperquondamnumquam.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/nozakikunep02somanysuzukikuns.png I dont know. It was pretty bad Entertaining but bad. I dont think I could read this again but I did have fun suffering. If you like suffering or you like Wattpad love triangles read Absolute Boyfriend