When TokyoPop announced that they'd be publishing Karakuri Odette by Julietta Suzuki as part of their Fall 2009 manga line-up, I'll admit that I didn't have very high expectations. A story about a teenage girl android who attends high school but doesn't quite get the subtleties of human behavior sounded like a classic set-up for some goofy, mindless comedy. Boy, was I wrong.
As I read (and re-read) this new shojo sci-fi series, I was pleasantly surprised by its gently humorous tone and inventive twists. Suzuki could have opted to portray Odette as a mechanical bimbo, but instead created a genuinely likeable teen robot who is more human than she thinks.
Check out my review of Karakuri Odette Volume 1 by Julietta Suzuki and see why this unconventional shojo series caught me off guard and won me over in spite of my preconceptions.
Karakuri Odette was featured as one of the 50 new manga for Fall 2009 worth checking out. See the rest of the list, and see what else is coming your way in the next few months.
Image credit: © Julietta Suzuki / HAKUSENSHA, INC.
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