Well here's a great anime for those of you who like kawaii animes. No, no, don't be embarrassed. I too am captivated by all things kawaii. The premise of the show is a guy that is trying to build a chibi squid-robot when suddenly he accidentally orders a cybernetic Hand Maid doll who's name is Sherry. Nah, just kidding it May :P. With him there to nurture her she begins to develop a personality and tries her best to help around the house even though she is less than a foot tall.

From a glance its easy to tell that Hand Maid May is a comedy/romance. Like most animes in this category there's one guy, Saotome-kun, and a large handful of girls. Saotome and May bond emotionally as they go through many things together, from grocery shopping to near-death experiences to being repossessed (May, not Saotome ^_^). Along the way the group of main characters steadily grows with more cute cyberdolls, life sized ones.

One of the greatest things about HMM is that it lacks a real nemesis. There's no big bad dude who is trying to take over the world causing the main characters to be force to cooperate and bond together to fight him. Nor is there an evil company making cyberdolls for war that causes the main characters to develop and use their love to fight the company. Of course there is one real enemy of Saotome-kun who is an annoying rich guy that's jealous of Saotome's success but he's just there for comic relief (well he does play a part in a couple love triangles). In fact instead of a real enemy he usually is just one of the group occasionally failing miserably to cause trouble. Thankfully, the audience is allowed to watch characters bond and develop relationships through normal everyday life. Well, if you can overlook the fact that 80% of the main characters are cyberdolls.

A lot of great comedy, a lot of great love triangles, and some good character development (not to mention one of the characters developing right before your eyes throughout the series) make this anime a top choice. I give a 8/10! If you like cute animes where you have a wide variety of characters to fall in love with then this anime is for you. If you don't, you will probably like it anyways! It's that good!

If you like this anime try: Ranma 1/2, Saber Marionette J and Love hina!

Tetsubo

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