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  <title><![CDATA[Absolute Boyfriend (Volume 1)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Shy high school student Riko Izawa aches for a boyfriend but guys just won't look her way. Then one day she signs up for a three-day trial of a mysterious &quot;lover figurine,&quot; and the next thing she knows, a cute naked guy is delivered to her doorstep--and he wants to be her boyfriend!&lt;P&gt;Has Riko died and gone to heaven? The cute naked guy turns out to be smart, super nice, stylish and a gourmet chef. Plus, he looks like a million bucks.... Trouble is, that's about what he's going to cost Riko because she didn't return him in time!&lt;P&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2005</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Yuu Watase]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first volume in Absolute Boyfriend is tons of fun. High schooler Riiko is sick of being rejected by other men, so when a strange man gives her a card for a special website where she can buy a robotic boyfriend, she figures there's no harm in signing up for the free trial. Unfortunately, things g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4108544">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="4990106">
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  <date_added>Thu Aug 23 06:36:55 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 23 06:45:30 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yet another shoujo manga. This one is a sort of role-reversal of the other popular series &quot;Chobits&quot; (see my review). Instead we have a lonely female character who mistakenly ends up with a male android/love doll; this makes it all the more enjoyable because it reverses a typical archetype ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4990106">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="19470924">
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    <location><![CDATA[Mapleton, UT]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Apr 04 14:58:10 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I avoided this series at first, because I'm not a fan of Yuu Watase.  I got it off Manga Takeout because I found out there's going to be a new drama based on it starring Hiro Mizushima.  XD<br/><br/>I really loved it!  I wasn't expecting it to be as good as it was.  If you were turned off by Fushi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19470924">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46296700">
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Feb 13 21:56:27 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought the whole story line was great. I think it's more for the mature older kids, (like me!!! =3) and the teenagers. Too mature for the lil guys.]]></body>
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    <review id="52008877">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 08 19:04:18 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 03 15:21:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[ Riko deals with not having a boyfriend most of her teenage life. All her crushes rejected her. That’s until she stumbled over a website where you can make your prefect boyfriend.  Riko decides do try the three-day trail. The next day a handsome lovable boy was dropped at her door. With her new bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52008877">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44753701">
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    <name><![CDATA[Amanda]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Jan 29 09:11:47 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Such a Cute Series! the First book Introduces the charecters, as well as the plight Faced by Riiko and Night. Definetly the best place to start.]]></body>
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    <review id="76068414">
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  <date_added>Wed Oct 28 19:01:01 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like <em>Imadoki</em>, <em>Absolute Boyfriend</em> is a lighthearted title from Watase, who's more known for her fantasy adventure manga <em>Fushigi Yugi</em> or her horror manga <em>Ayashi no Ceres</em>.  <em>Imadoki</em> is a completely commonplace high school story, but <em>Absolute Boyfriend</em> has a bit of fantasy mixed in.  It's a <em>DearS</em> and <em>Cho...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76068414">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65473322">
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    <name><![CDATA[Treasure]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A funny, rather sexual manga about a lonely girl who mail orders a boyfriend (is he a robot? a figure?) who happens to be perfect. Hilarity ensues as he repeatedly tries to bed her and she confronts what happens when you get exactly what you think you always wanted. Underneath the clowning and sex i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65473322">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Nick]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[<p><strong>Overall Rating: A</strong><br/><em>Summary: A romantic comedy manga with a splash of science fiction created by Yuu Watase. Absolute Boyfriend is six volumes long and is the story of Riiko Izawa. Riiko is a high school girl with an addiction to buying things online, and has never had a boyfriend. In fact, she i...</em></p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32599532">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50982964">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jessica]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love finding a new manga that I get into from the very start and this was defintly one of those mangas! I love Yuu Watase's work including Fushugi Yuugi and Ayashi no Ceres so I thought I would give this one a try. It's very funny, cute, and full of romance. For mature audiences only!! No kids on ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50982964">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="74981909">
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    <name><![CDATA[Cloudine]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sun Oct 18 20:32:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[hilarious story about a girl who buys a robot boyfriend and all hell breaks loose! romantic and funny story! I loved it! its a good manga for people who have never read manga before! good manga inductor! haha! beautiful art and story by the same mangaka who wrote fushigi yuugi! ^_^ ]]></body>
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    <review id="25577220">
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    <name><![CDATA[Susan]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Entertaining manga, like a Chobits reversal.  Sweet Riiko can't get a boyfriend (despite the fact that she lives alone).  Even her longtime neighbor Soshi gives her the brush off.  After she gets rejected by Ishizeki, she despairs and by fate crosses paths with Guko (?) a strange salesman who deals ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25577220">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76957418">
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    <name><![CDATA[Ms Anderson]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Wayne, PA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A cute series that's borderline un-recommendable due to partial nudity...but it's still good! And it gets better the more you read. Since it's manga, I'm only going to count the first book, as with the other manga series I've read.<br/><br/>4/5 on here, 8/10 for myself]]></body>
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    <review id="74961784">
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    <name><![CDATA[Mrs.soule]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This series is basically Chobits with a male robot. Not as philosophically deep as Chobits, but still fun exploring a teen girl's desire to be wanted by <em>someone</em>, even is that someone happens to be a robot designed to be the perfect boyfriend.]]></body>
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    <review id="40156858">
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yuu Watase did another one like this I enjoyed that one, but this one annoys me. Who would choose a AI over an actual human? and Would that guy have come back to her after having an AI chosen over him?]]></body>
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    <review id="48118878">
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    <name><![CDATA[Evelyn]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is hilarious &amp; cute. <br/>I recommend it to all girl teens!<br/>Who want to read about a girl who can get a &quot;JerK&quot; to like her.&amp; ends up with hawt who seems to be a really life barbie doll. :)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The reason I started to read this manga was merely because of curiosity. It was mentioned pretty much often, so I decided to read it.<br/><br/>It has Watase Yuu's usual humor (which is really funny, silly, and fun ^^), and the usual romance, plus some advertorial to sleep with your boyfriend along...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37396454">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 13 08:07:08 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 13 08:15:31 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[yes, it's true: in an alternate universe i am a teenage japanese schoolgirl. i don't know any other way to explain loving this series. part chobits; part ah! my goddess and ALL GIRLY. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Apr 30 12:34:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read worse manga, read better. It was relatively amusing. A friend said it was really really deep. I haven't got a clue what she was talking about. Brainless fluff, really.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Oct 28 20:10:40 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[After reading the first few pages I almost wanted to put the book down. I really did not like it at all at first, but I continued on and am glad I did. The story was kinda scattered and stuff making bits harder to understand, but other than that it was a light, fun manga to read.]]></body>
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