is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by Yuu Asami. It was serialized in ''

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'' magazine from 1994 to June 2003. The final chapter of ''A.I. Revolution'' is listed in the table-of-contents of ''Princess'' magazine's July 2003 issue, released on June 6, 2003. The individual chapters were collected and published in 17 volumes by

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, with the first volume released in July 1995; the last volume was released in October 2003. The series was licensed for an English-language release by

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and for a Spanish-language release by Mangaline Comics.

Plot

The series focuses on Sui, the daughter of a genius engineer, and Vermillion, a new high tech robot created by her father that looks, talks, and acts like a human teenage boy. Sui is tasked with teaching him what it means to be human, not expecting to find herself falling in love.

Media

Volume listing

Reception

Pop Culture Shock's Katherine Dacey compares the manga's artwork to

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's artwork "with its slightly stylized character designs, delicate linework, and sparing use of screentone". Michelle Smith compares the episodic nature of the manga to '' Inuyasha'', where "most of the nefarious doings can be traced back to the same culprit". Manga Life's Ysabet Reinhardt MacFarlane commends the manga for its "detailed and very easy to follow" artwork. Mania.com's Sakura Eries criticizes the manga for its "not very compelling" protagonists. Later reviews by Sakura Eries criticizes the manga, which was published in 1996, for its "futuristic

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" of the story that is set in 2021. Eries comments that the scenarios would seem dated in the post

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world. She also criticized the manga for its unrealistic plot.

References

External links

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