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%%* {{Bokukko}}: Kasumi
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* MakeMeWannaShout: Rena, whenever she's not getting her way.
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* GirlInABox: May is delivered in a box. Then again, she's small.
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* IHaveTheHighGround: Cyberdoll Sara leaps up onto a power pole to aid in her search for May. Kotaro Nanbara has to climb up the more conventional way.


%%* PantyShot: A ''lot''. It makes maybe half of the series' {{Fanservice}}, with the other being, well, GagBoobs.
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* DarkestHour: The final two episodes, where all of the Cyberdolls became mysteriously infected, leading to them being permanently shut down; Kazuya and May would try to find the cause of the Cyberdolls's infection.

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* DarkestHour: The final two episodes, where all of the Cyberdolls became mysteriously infected, infected with a virus, leading to them being permanently shut down; Kazuya and May would try to find the cause of the Cyberdolls's infection.

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It centers on the adventures of 19-year-old engineering student and hopeless nerd [[LovableNerd Kazuya Saotome]] and a hand-sized robotic cyberdoll named [[RobotGirl May]] that Kazuya accidentally orders from the Cyberdyne Corporation website while trying to fix the damage caused by a computer virus. May is programmed to serve Kazuya's needs and desires, but must be plugged into Kazuya's computer at night to recharge her batteries because her standard charger was damaged when he first received her.

Further complications develop due to May, the first being his inability to pay for her. This causes Kazuya's rival Nanbara to try to take May away with the aid of several Cyberdyne cyberdolls ([[HaremAnime all of whom wind up falling for Kazuya]]).

This was followed by the three-episode 2003 OAV spinoff series, ''Hand Maid Mai'' (note different spelling), which is about Hideo Ozu, a struggling adult film editor, who received three cyberdolls named Mai, Ai, and Mie, who resemble actress and childhood friend, Mai Kurosawa, at different ages, with Mai as the oldest, Ai as the middle aged, and Mie the youngest. It also features cameos by Kasumi and Sara, dubbed Cyberdoll Sara Mk. II. Despite all three episodes being completed, only the first episode was released, as the series' original distributor, Five Ways, went bankrupt in mid-2003.

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It centers on the adventures of 19-year-old engineering student and hopeless nerd [[LovableNerd Kazuya Saotome]] and a hand-sized robotic cyberdoll Cyberdoll named [[RobotGirl May]] that Kazuya accidentally orders from the Cyberdyne Corporation website while trying to fix the damage caused by a computer virus. May is programmed to serve Kazuya's needs and desires, but must be plugged into Kazuya's computer at night to recharge her batteries because her standard charger was damaged when he first received her.

Further complications develop due to May, the first being his inability to pay for her. This causes Kazuya's rival Nanbara to try to take May away with the aid of several Cyberdyne cyberdolls Cyberdolls ([[HaremAnime all of whom wind up falling for Kazuya]]).

This was followed by the three-episode 2003 OAV spinoff series, ''Hand Maid Mai'' (note different spelling), which is about Hideo Ozu, a struggling adult film editor, who received three cyberdolls Cyberdolls named Mai, Ai, and Mie, who resemble actress and childhood friend, Mai Kurosawa, at different ages, with Mai as the oldest, Ai as the middle aged, and Mie the youngest. It also features cameos by Kasumi and Sara, dubbed Cyberdoll Sara Mk. II. Despite all three episodes being completed, only the first episode was released, as the series' original distributor, Five Ways, went bankrupt in mid-2003.



* ChekhovsGun: In the first episode, Kotaro sends a DVD-ROM to Kazuya, but the disc contains a virus that would crash Kazuya's computer, which led to Kazuya accidentally ordering May from the Cyberdyne website. [[spoiler:It turns out that same virus had infected the present and future Cyberdolls in the final story arc.]]

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* ChekhovsGun: In the first episode, Kotaro sends a DVD-ROM to Kazuya, but the disc contains a virus ComputerVirus that would try to crash Kazuya's computer, which led to Kazuya accidentally ordering May from the Cyberdyne website. [[spoiler:It turns out that same virus had infected the present and future Cyberdolls in the final story arc.]]



* DarkestHour: The final two episodes, where all of the Cyberdolls became mysteriously infected, leading to them being permanently shut down; Kazuya and May would try to find the cause of the Cyberdolls's infection.



* ShowWithinAShow: "The Whirlwind of Love", watched by the cyberdolls; it consists of the main couple saying each other's names.

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* ShowWithinAShow: "The Whirlwind of Love", watched by the cyberdolls; Cyberdolls; it consists of the main couple saying each other's names.

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%%* FestivalEpisode* FestivalEpisode: Episode 6 takes place at one, with Sara trying out yakisoba, believing it to be a "new form of ramen", and Kei attending a goldfish scooping stand.



* SchoolFestival: Episode 6 takes place at one, with Sara trying out yakisoba, believing it to be a "new form of ramen", and Kei attending a goldfish scooping stand.
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%%* GoldfishScoopingGame

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%%* GoldfishScoopingGame* GoldfishScoopingGame: Kei attends a goldfish scooping stand at the school festival in episode 6, and is an expert at it.



* SchoolFestival: Episode 6 takes place at one.

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* SchoolFestival: Episode 6 takes place at one.one, with Sara trying out yakisoba, believing it to be a "new form of ramen", and Kei attending a goldfish scooping stand.



%%* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cyberdoll Sara loves ramen.

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%%* * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cyberdoll Sara loves ramen.ramen, despite being a cyborg. Kazuya and Cyber-X enjoy a specific brand of milk.

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* [[spoiler:KidFromTheFuture]]: Cyber-X [[spoiler:and Commando Z, who are descendants of Kazuya and Kotaro, respectively.]]

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* [[spoiler:KidFromTheFuture]]: KidFromTheFuture: Cyber-X [[spoiler:and Commando Z, who are descendants of Kazuya and Kotaro, respectively.]]



* SchoolFestival: Episode 6 takes place at one.



* ShoutOut: The Cyberdyne robotic company has the same name as the robotic company from ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. Also, Cyberdoll Sara is one for Sarah Connor.

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* ShoutOut: The Cyberdyne robotic company has the same name as the robotic company from ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.''The Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' franchise. Also, Cyberdoll Sara is one for Sarah Connor.



%%* ShowWithinAShow: The soap opera.

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%%* * ShowWithinAShow: The soap opera."The Whirlwind of Love", watched by the cyberdolls; it consists of the main couple saying each other's names.
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This was followed by the three-episode 2003 OAV spinoff series, ''Hand Maid Mai'' (note different spelling), which is about Hideo Ozu, a struggling adult film editor, who received three cyberdolls named Mai, Ai, and Mie, who resemble actress and childhood friend, Mai Kurosawa, at different ages, with Mai as the oldest, Ai as the middle aged, and Mie the youngest. It also features cameos by Kasumi and Sara, dubbed Cyberdoll Sara Mk. II. Despite all three episodes being completed, only the first episode was released, as the series' original distributor, Five Ways, went bankrupt in mid-2003.
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* ChekhovsGun: In the first episode, Kotaro sends a DVD-ROM to Kazuya, but the disc contains a virus that would crash Kazuya's computer, which led to Kazuya accidentally ordering May from the Cyberdyne website. [[spoiler:It turns out that same virus had infected the present and future Cyberdolls in the final story arc.]]

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* {{Bokukko}}: Kasumi

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* %%* {{Bokukko}}: Kasumi



* CasanovaWannabe: Nanbara.

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* %%* CasanovaWannabe: Nanbara.



* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Unlucky Kasumi.
* CuteLittleFang: Mami.

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* %%* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Unlucky Kasumi.
* %%* CuteLittleFang: Mami.



* FaceFault
* FestivalEpisode

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* %%* FaceFault
* %%* FestivalEpisode



* GoldfishScoopingGame

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* %%* GoldfishScoopingGame



* {{Meido}}: The cyberdolls.
* {{Otaku}}: Kisaragi.
* PantyShot: A ''lot''. It makes maybe half of the series' {{Fanservice}}, with the other being, well, GagBoobs.
* PersonalSeals

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* %%* {{Meido}}: The cyberdolls.
* %%* {{Otaku}}: Kisaragi.
* %%* PantyShot: A ''lot''. It makes maybe half of the series' {{Fanservice}}, with the other being, well, GagBoobs.
* %%* PersonalSeals



* Creator/RieKugimiya: In perhaps her first role as a {{tsundere}} girl wearing [[ZettaiRyouiki thigh-highs.]]



* RobotMaid: May.
* SayMyName: The soap opera.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Not in the usual way, mind you.

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* %%* RobotMaid: May.
* %%* SayMyName: The soap opera.
* %%* SheIsAllGrownUp: Not in the usual way, mind you.



* ShowWithinAShow: The soap opera.

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* %%* ShowWithinAShow: The soap opera.



* ThirdPersonPerson: Rena
* TokenMiniMoe: Rena

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* %%* ThirdPersonPerson: Rena
* %%* TokenMiniMoe: Rena



* ATwinkleInTheSky
* {{Tomboy}}: Kasumi Tani
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cyberdoll Sara loves ramen.
* VerbalTic: Mami says "Ara Ara Ara" ("Oh my my!" in the dubbed version) quite frequently

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* %%* ATwinkleInTheSky
* %%* {{Tomboy}}: Kasumi Tani
* %%* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cyberdoll Sara loves ramen.
* VerbalTic: Mami says "Ara Ara Ara" ("Oh my my!" in the dubbed version) quite frequentlyfrequently.
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** At the end of episode 2, Kazuya and Sarah have one to ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', including Rhett Butler's iconic phrase.
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* ShoutOut: The Cyberdyne robotic company has the same name as the robotic company from ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.

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* ShoutOut: The Cyberdyne robotic company has the same name as the robotic company from ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. Also, Cyberdoll Sara is one for Sarah Connor.



* SittingOnTheRoof: Variant: The ladder between their apartments serves as the private place for Kazuya Saotome and Kasumi Tani. But since it becomes practically an expressway in the anime, they head for the traditional roof escape later.

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* SittingOnTheRoof: Variant: The ladder between their apartments serves as the private place for Kazuya Saotome and Kasumi Tani. But Tani, but since it becomes practically an expressway in the anime, they head for the traditional roof escape later.
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* ZettaiRyouiki: Rena, plus Kasumi and other Cyber Dolls at times.
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* {{Landlord}}: Kasumi Tani.
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* GirlInABox

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* GirlInABoxGirlInABox: May is delivered in a box. Then again, she's small.



* PantyShot: A ''lot''.

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* PantyShot: A ''lot''. It makes maybe half of the series' {{Fanservice}}, with the other being, well, GagBoobs.
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* {{Ecchi}}: ''In spades.''

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* {{Ecchi}}: ''In spades.''There's {{Fanservice}} ''in spades'' in this anime.

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