(I received a free copy of this book, through NetGalley, in exchange for a review).
(This review may contain spoilers).
I’ve always liked reading Japanese manga books and this wasn’t an exception. I liked the artwork of this book and I liked the different storylines that still linked together while showing different relationships between the different characters.
The four-year limitation on owning the androids was quite an interesting idea and I found it interesting to see that the final story, at least, dealt with someone not able to let go. I think it would have been interesting to see more people who had that difficulty. There was some violence involved, but I liked the fact that the stories centered more around the people. Even though it would have been interesting to see the technology behind the androids, it was good to see how they interacted with people… though I wondered if their feelings were ‘real’ or merely mimicked.
I particularly liked the artwork in this book. I felt that most of the characters looked different enough that I didn’t have too many problems telling them apart.
I felt one of the stories dealt with one serious issue particularly well. I was a bit hesitant at one of the scenes, but it went much better than I’d expected.
I’m not sure there were any stories I liked better than others. They were all quite sweet in their own way. I felt sorry for the humans and the androids, even knowing that the androids wouldn’t remember anything after the four years were up. I would have liked to see something about people realising that that was wrong.
I’d probably read more stories set in this world at some point in the future. I found this collection to be really entertaining and I enjoyed reading it. It might not be for everyone, but I did enjoy this.
Ink of Blood 