Does it Count if You Lose Your Virginity to an Android Vol. 1

Author: Yakinikuteishoku
Illustrator: Yakinikuteishoku
Publishers: Seven Seas Entertainment
Age Group: Older Teen 17+/YA
Genre: Girl Love, Romance
Type: Manga

Content Warnings: Sex, Lewd/Naughtiness, dubious consent

Spoilers ahead

Plot

Beautiful, brainy Tsuda Akana is indispensable at the robotics manufacturer where she works, but her colleagues never see her private side. At home, Akane’s a hot mess with an apartment that looks more like a landfill than a living space. When she drunkenly orders a maid to help her tidy up, the lady android who arrives is a horny hottie who’s about o give Akane more service than she bargained for! 

Character Development

The two main characters in this are well thought out. 

Our protagonist is a brilliant young woman who is frustrated that all her planning (as she’s in the planning department) doesn’t get used once it’s in development. Her company focuses on making A.I. appliances and tech that will help make everyday life easier. She prefers to keep life just the way it is as she thinks that having a beer after a long day is more perfect than doom-scrolling with A.I. spectacles.

While her home is a disaster zone, when you mix this with beer we get shopping sprees. What’s better than getting a maid? Akane is brilliant during the day and a slob at night. It makes her character endearing from the start. The audience can relate to her because who doesn’t like a little retail therapy?

Akane is a thorough thinker. We see this when Nadeshiko tries to seduce her into “registering her fingerprint” in a certain feminine organ. Akane doesn’t want to because pleasure androids are illegal in this world and registering would not only make her complicit in such an activity but also make Nadeshiko seem like a slave (which doesn’t sit right with her). This is understandable as Nadeshiko doesn’t act or appear like normal android technologies. She can learn, has feelings, and even feels like a human. Thus, we also see that Akane has good morals as well.

Akane is also a bit of a nerd as she learns about Nadeshiko’s different functions. Being in the planning department that uses A.I. technology, she can’t help but want to know more as Nadeshiko is vastly superior to anything on the actual market. 

Only our secondary protagonist isn’t just a maid, she’s a pleasure android. Nadeshiko may be a horndog of an android but she’s also very sweet. She learns functions that can help “her master” (thought not really her master…yet) such as cooking and cleaning. She can be cunning by using her body to get Akane worked up and try to trick her into “registering”. This doesn’t happen as Akane comes to her senses at the last minute. Nadeshiko is also naive and misses social cues outside the bedroom. 

Other characters outside of this are flat. We don’t get to know Akane’s co-workers well, other than they exist. There’s not a lot of reason for them besides showing more about Akane’s work and what it’s like. 

World-building

The bit of world-building we do get shows that A.I. has been adapted to make lives easier and enjoyable. The VR spectacles are fascinating in their own right. We also know that pleasure androids are illegal. This is an interesting piece of information showing the world is still pretty conservative and weary of utilizing A.I. in those regards. Having a story that uses A.I. correlates well with the emergence of A.I. in our reality. 

The smut may be vanilla but the bathroom scene does have a unique twist that’s worth mentioning. It’s a nice twist that gives the classic bathroom scene a new take. 

Themes

Don’t drink and shop.  This is a good idea because as they say "don't shop on an empty stomach." I think the same maxim can be said for retail therapy while tipsy and drunk.

Observations & Predictions

While the main characters are great, the world-building needs to be fleshed out more. This first volume is just full of comedy watching Akane deal with this new development in her life and failing miserably. Also, the smut is pretty vanilla (while necessary as Akane was a virgin) is what you’d expect from a smut title. 

I hope that with the coming volumes we get more of a plot, more background character development, and more imaginative smut. As of this first volume, it’s cute but not worth the read.

**Watch for a special edition of the second volume.**

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