Cyborg Girl

So, in order to try to forget I'll be moving to Austin tomorrow (and back to school), I decided to squeeze in a movie: Cyborg Girl/Cyborg She (我的女友是机器人), a Japanese comedy (with a little bit of a romantic story woven into it). It stars Haruka Ayase and Keisuke Koide. The summary (taken from MySoju) is as follows:

One day, a beautiful cyborg girl appears in front of a dull university student. Even though the cyborg starts to like him, she can’t truly feel emotions, so the boy has no choice but to say goodbye to her inhuman power and ‘violence’. Missing her, he continues his lonely existence. Some time thereafter, a disastrous earthquake hits Tokyo, and the cyborg girl saves his life. In that moment, she starts to have feelings like a real human being.

This was one of the Top 10 Movies of the Week on MySoju so I decided to try it out. And since I thought the summary has potential. So... I tried it out and it was cute, sweet, and funny. Well, and a bit sad at one point - but it was short-lived. :) OK, so I know it had to be funny, considering that the genre it was categorized under was "comedy", but it seriously did make me laugh (and go "I cannot believe that just happened"). The sad part was to be expected, because, well, every movie has it's ups and downs. I have to say that it's a pretty good movie, especially on those nice quiet nights that just scream for entertainment - this may be the movie for you!

This can be watched here.