A.I REVOLUTION 1

A・Iレボリューション [A.I Revolution] #1

by Yū Asami

Año 2020, ha habido un gran aumento. La MG Company, empresa líder en robótica, ha creado un nuevo modelo inimaginable de robot, Vermillion. Su apariencia, gestos e incluso sentimientos pueden equipararse a los de los humanos. Sui, hija del director de la Compañía, será la encargada de enseñarle a Vermillion ...

Genres: Manga, Shojo, Science Fiction, Fiction

204 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1995

About the author

Name in native language: 浅見侑

Yuu Asami writes her boy love work under the pseudonym Lee .

Reviews

[Jessika Hoover · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ll be perfectly honest—this isn’t “good.” I won’t try to convince you that this is a high quality manga, but I will say that I am utter trash for late ‘90s/early 2000s shojo and therefore really enjoyed it. It’s over the top, totally ridiculous, and completely dramatic, but I love it all the more for that. I thought the art was so good, too. I grabbed the rest of what’s available in English on eBay for pretty cheap, so I’ll continue this at least until I (sadly) won’t be able to continue anymore (only 5 of 17 volumes made it to English, from what I can tell).

[Nicholas Whyte · Rating 3 out of 5]

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This is manga written for a teenage girls' magazine, which is not a sub-genre that I am at all familiar with; Vermillion the robot is being taught how to be human by his creator's teenage daughter Sui, and Feelings ensue.

I had to get to grips with reading right to left, and with the very fluid approach to frames - the story sometimes flows all over the page; and there's a lot of incidental detail that is hinted at rather than shown or told. But these are five solid enough sf stories with a firmly shared setup; Sui and her father are enmeshed in a society where some have an irrational hatred of robots, some are jealously trying to move in on her father's trade secrets, and Sui herself is trying to be a normal teenager in 2021 with a beautiful boy robot waiting for her at home. (Her mother is not mentioned at any point.)

It did seem to me that Vermillion the robot is a perfect unthreatening boyfriend in that he is good company, helps out with the house work and not a sexual prospect in any way - in the very first story, he calls out a predatory professional contact of Sui's father's; there is genuine physical peril for the characters in most of the stories, which Vermillion is usually able to help them to escape from. I still hate cute anthropomorphic robots as a theme, but this was far enough off my usual beat to keep me interested. I don't think I will bother with any more, though, I don't think that there will be any development of the overall story arc; it's really a case of this month's perilous situation.

[Ashley Kempkes · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 - I liked it, but nothing special.

[Cynthia · Rating 3 out of 5]

An enjoyable shoujo manga. Mostly a sort of guilty pleasure since it's got robots and quoted asimov's first law (pretty rare in a japanese manga) which is always a plus in my book. [Speaking of which, I'm still patiently waiting for Pluto by Naoki Urasawa to get brought over. It's probably my #1 favorite T_T]

I do like the fairly believable concept of a near future in Japan where simple household helper robots are mainstream, and except for few more advanced technologies, life is pretty much the same as it is now. But of course, being a shoujo manga the real focus is a romance plot between the robot bishounen and the main lead girl, so unfortunately not as interesting to me.

And finally, while this a fairly decent title, it smacks to me too much of Absolute Boyfriend and Chobits to be truely original. (But you may enjoy it anyway, YMMV)

[Filia Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book to be a quick, fun read- but nothing else. There wasn't that much depth to it yet, nor were the characters all that interesting. Which is very unfortunate, as this type of manga (manga involving humans and androids) is typically interesting, and thought provoking. I was very disappointed by this, but just in case it gets better, I will read the next volume.
Also.. I've noticed quite a few reviews compare this to Chobits and Absolute Boyfriend, and dismiss this as a mere copy of those titles. While, yes, it is similar (the latter are much better, however), this was published in Japan first. The copyright information lists this as being released in Japan in 1995- years before the other two. Which means that they're taking inspiration from this title, not the other way around. Just thought I'd point that out.

[Reader17 Der · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is about a girl and her father makes robots. He has created a new roboot that looks just like a human. He looks so much like one you can not tell he is robot except for maybe the way he talks. Then there is another robot introduced partway into the book and he also looks like a human. So far it has been about her meeting the robots and some of the things they can do. Also a scientist that they used to trust they can no longer trust. It has some fun parts, some scientific parts, and one or two sad parts but I enjoyed this

[Sandy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Midori's father makes robots, and his latest is a "fun" robot that mimics human behavior more than any other has. This first book seems like a disjointed collection of short stories involving Midori and Vermillion, and later Kira another robot who joins their happy family, and how Vermillion passes for human among the outside world. Not terribly cohesive.

[scarlettraces · Rating 3 out of 5]

several degrees better than Watase's Absolute Boyfriend. [however, if you want true robot boyfriend hilarity i recommend the drama version, Zettai Kareshi, with Hayami Mokomichi perfectly capturing the essence of robot.:]

[Mailee · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a very good anime

[TT · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh, series is kind of boring, I dropped it. Never got past v. 4.