ZETTAI KARESHI

the characters are awesome.... and the story is a little unique (only few stories i know have that kinda relationships)....

Story: like i said a little unique only chobits, And the cell phone girl (forgot the manga name) are the stories that start in finding a package of cuteness in some area...

Art: it's fair enough, it's good and not bad..

Character: the love triangle is wonderful, you don't really know in the start who will love who....

Enjoyment: Well it's really cool on how the story progress and the Love triangle of a male, female, and a male like doll....

Absolute Boyfriend is the perfect thing to read when you're down about a guy. I feel that it's a good fantasy series. If Kronos Heavan really existed, then I would totally buy a boyfriend, if I had the money! One downfall I foudn, though, is that I felt that in the first series, copared to the sixth, all the characters looked compleatly different. I know, Yuu Watase probably was just getting used to drawind for Absoulute Boyfriend, but it wa really odd for me.
-Todd

Absolute boyfriend is in theory like Chobits but with the roles reversed. However, unlike Chobits or Hand Maid May which were pure joyous ecchi (for the most part) Absolute boyfriend has a sad ending. Up to that point this is an entertaining, funny, steamy, bodice-ripper of a manga. There. Don't say I didn't warn you if you're looking for redemption.

Story: Girl is desperate for a boyfriend. Girl finds mysterious way to order boyfriend on the internet. Inexplicably, everyone around her suddenly finds her utterly irresistable and are pissed that she now has a mail-order boyfriend. Rest of story finds her torn between the different men.

The story is more soap opera than anything else, and the high-school drama gets a little overwhelming at times. On the other hand, the author has a bad habit of pulling sci-fi plot twists without a lot of logic behind them which can get particularly frustrating.

Art: Fine. Nice art, good proportions. Pretty boys, generic girl.

Characters: Not overly-developed, but they fit the purpose. One definitely gets attached to them as time goes on.

Enjoyment: Pretty good....until the end.

Overall: Short series, entertaining and fun, but heartbreaking. Bring tissues.

So basically, this addictive old skool shoujo read provided a sudden shock ending here. I literally was not expecting that it was gonna turn out that way tbh! Well guess y'all have to find out what happened;)

Anyways I soul heartedly agree that the MC was dense enough to the fact that she was clumsy and didn't seem to want the robot doll of a teen chad in the first place. However she grew midway when she stood up for herself.

Gaku and Soushi were actually the best characters in this series. Gaku is like the type of a funny sidekick that you'd like to adventure with. Whereas Soushi on the other hand, is that smart guy who isn't a fool at all and was always the perfect match for Riiko in the first place! I kinda liked Riiko with Night but much prefer her to be with Soushi lol.

Folks this is a cute and funny read , you gotta check it out!

AB was a manga I read after seeing all the recommendations for it plus i love Yuu Watase. It is about a girl named Riiko who has been yearning and trying(unsuccessfully) to hook a boyfriend. She then meets a man who can grant her a "boyfriend". And this is how the story begins.
STORY:
I felt the basic concept was pretty entertaining...the whole fake lover sort of thing. But not to fear there is also romance with a real guy. I really enjoyed the love triangle and the semi-perverted comedy. The story will certainly not disappoint romance-fans. It's Yuu Watase of course! On the cons side, after you get past the fake lover concept, the romance turns out to be fairly cliche. Girl loves hot boy, but childhood friend loves girl. Also there are s some very perverted scenes, where sex is seen as a way to "seal the deal". I am not going to lie, I felt that is was un-needed. Lastly, the little thing that bothered me was the abrupt ending. Even though I knew what was going to happen, I felt that an epilogue was needed.
ART:
The art was very well done. Yuu Watase is obviously pretty much flawless with her art and drawing. AMAZING!
CHARACTER:
This will be my general opinion on the characters, so some people may think otherwise.
Night: I really loved Night, Riiko's fake boyfriend. I felt that he was perverted but he was also very caring and protective(which i think is hard to come by.) He was also very cute and very funny. He was really an entertaining character who's personality was adorable.
Soushi: I really loved Soushi as well. He was very handsome and the romance between him and Riiko was very entertaining. He is a boy-next-door/childhood friend turned lover type. I loved his personality too. He always put himself last and treasured Riiko's true feelings.
Riiko: Now I am very judgmental when it comes to the female lead. So to be honest, I thought she was a fairly weak lead. She is pretty desperate when it comes to love and is your typical yearning-for-a-boyfriend airhead. Now she wasn't the worst heroine I have ever seen but at some points in the story she really got on my nerves.
ENJOYMENT:
If you are into a shoujo romance/bishie/love triangle --sort of thing like I am than you will enjoy it(heck, i enjoyed it despite the heroine).
OVERALL:
It is a light, short romance that is good to read when you have some extra time on your hands. I wouldn't say this type of story caters to everyone but it does justice to shoujo romance fans(or Watase fans). So I would say give it a go and you will probably enjoy it.
*keep in mind that there are some sexual themes*
-OtakuKLP >.< hope this helped!!

excellent story.
a complex love story, with interesting characters, that grow through the chapters. it's about true love, and how we understand it

just an amazing work by Yuu Watase.

If you're looking for a romance story, I suggest this Absolute Boyfriend (Zettai Kareshi). It's a very dramatic love story, you're emotions will go wild, but it's very good I promise.

It's very cute at the beginning, and as you learn about the characters and their relationships, it gets very dramatic. It keeps you wanting more. It's very hard not to fall in love with the characters, or get emotional with the storyline. Just a note; Have some tissues by you when you're on the last volume.

I have been a Fushigi Yuugi otaku since the past 9 years now, so when I finally got around to checking out Watase's other works, Zettai obviously stood out for its more swoony description and the unbeatable bishi artwork. You'll be hard pressed to find a dreamier android boytoy than Night Tenjou! Or a more thoughtful one. Though that's not all Zettai boasts of...

You obviously know that a girl unwittingly orders herself an android-like boyfriend online, but what arrives is nothing robotic or even human. Superhuman maybe! He's charming and makes her weak in the knees but obviously, just when a couple has found happiness, the boy next door (literally) has to suddenly confess his undying love for the heroine. Grr. Trials and tribulations ensue, though not all of them are of the hackneyed kind. Some situations like sticking together in a couple's spa despite running naked and protecting your boyfriend's chastity by climbing up a balcony are pretty darn novel! It's not something you stop crying for even after the fifth or sixth read and that's really saying something about a 6 volume manga!

Art wise, I see similarities in how Night and Tamahome and other Watase bishies are drawn, it's almost identical, but I guess dashing knights in shining armors always end up looking equally swoon-worthy! The few action sequences, combat or otherwise are done masterfully, with each character's motion and style being unique. Riico is drawn well enough but what really stands out in this manga is her and everyone else's chibi expressions! Really, the range of facials these SD characters are capable of puts us lowly humans to shame! Each page is littered with plenty of them, and you can especially look forward to Gaku being his eccentric self, chibi and otherwise with plenty of smart ass dialogues and odd angles to his eyebrows which induce the giggles only too easily.

Each character is thoroughly invested in, they aren't just cardboard cut outs of ideal boy, naive love starved ingénue, and infatuated boy next door.
I adored how Night was portrayed as this naive but besotted lover figure that is hopelessly devoted to making Riiko happy and is still learning the ropes... Though maybe he goes a bit far sometimes like when he asks Soshi if he knows what Riico's sensitive spots are! However, his quixotic view of his undying feelings for Riico despite his physical limitations fully exonerates him of any slights he may have made along the way. Little things he does like remake a broken bracelet and offer his own services to help make money which he's not supposedly programmed to do, make him an endearing character.
I'm not a huge Soshi fan, so I can't appreciate him as well, but the fellow had his moments. He was always coming to Riico's rescue when he could, and was forever on the lookout for semi-vulnerable moments where he'd entrance Riico with his personal understated charm. He was depicted realistically, as being shy and hiding his feelings at first with incessant teasing but only realizing their true depth when his position as No.1 Comforter was threatened.
Of course Riico is the lead in so many ways. Though she appears to simply be looking for a (read any living, breathing, capable of physical intimacy) boyfriend, she shows a lot of moral restraint throughout the story as well as moments of unprecedented maturity and personal sacrifice whenever Night's safety is in question. Sure she's clumsy and mediocre and prone to jealousy and insecurity, but really, which 16 year old isn't? She's just a character we're supposed to relate to, so it's expected of her to have tangible flaws.

Secondary characters lend the most flair to this manga, and Gaku tops that list hands down! His cheeky delivery of in-your-face dialogues along with outrageously lurid suggestions regarding Riico’s virginity makes him a most likeable candidate for comedic relief. Then there's Riico's new friend who brings her own back story into the plot. Clever little side characters like Riico and Soshi's boss at the restaurant assure you that the manga is not taking your sense of humor for granted and surely wants to titillate your palette right through the end.

Hmm, most importantly of course, being that it's shoujo, there are plenty and I mean PLENTY of those almost intimate moments that make your heart scream ba thump ba thump. There's enough fan service courtesy Night to keep you up at night cursing Riico's great fortune and drooling at his physique at the same time. And there are also some heart wrenching scenes with both Night and Soshi to make you lose your train of though for just an instant and simply stare into the character's (magnificently drawn) faces!

I think you should definitely give this a read. The plotline becomes less trite and predictable after the first three chapters, and you're sucked into this beautiful realm where the only ideal in a bishie's existence is to be the best boyfriend possible at all costs! Personally I feel the ending is a little abrupt and unfinished somehow, but not something that makes you regret reading Zettai. If Watase were to come out with a sequel or related work even after some years, I know I would be an instant fan.

While shorter than Fushigi Yuugi, Zettai Kareshi invokes the same passionate responses in readers that FY possibly did. You fall in love with characters and their weaknesses and strengths, you cheer for a couple to stay together and feel oddly anxious when they face obstacles (So much so that you want to jump into the panel and rip apart the occasional villains and just force Night on Riico!). I think Yuu Watase is very skilled at making you really become a part of her fascinating world like this. You want to vicariously live Riico's life here and once you start the manga, I'm pretty sure you won't have the control to put it down without devouring it whole!