I really wound up loving this series and Yuu Waatase proves to be an exceptional author once again. Absolute Boyfriend plays on a, relatively, common theme out there when it comes to pondering the limits of technology. In the movie "Weird Science" the perfect girl is created. In Ken Akamatsu's "A.I. Love You" a programmer creates the perfect girlfriend. Well, in Absolute Boyfriend a high school girl, Riko, purchases her perfect boyfriend from an online "dating service". 
 That's right, the boyfriend is an Android, but the story creates a structure that makes a lot more realistic sense than the other two references above. In fact, I liken this a little bit to the movie "A.I." where you get a brief glimpse into the pornographic result of artificial intelligence with Jude Laws character. There he is an artificial boy toy and Yuu Waatase's creation runs along similar lines. While the movie "A.I." explores concepts of "what is family love", Absolute Boyfriend looks at what is love between partners. It lends credence to other famous stories like "I, Robot" and "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep". I don't know if Yuu Watase intended for all this material to come up over the course of her six volumes, but it really does. 
 The story runs along similar lines as Akamatsu's "A.I. Love You" in the sense that it deals with a high school student that now suddenly has this artificial significant other. Naturally, they're insanely attractive to the plain person they're dating and all the students wonder what, exactly, is going on. Riko sort of bumbles through all kinds of wonderful and hilarious adventures. The major difference between "A.I. Love You" and "Absolute Boyfriend" is that Yuu Watase is a superior writer, in my opinion. Her ability to craft a story and comedy are far more engaging. 
 One of the reasons that Watase's writing stands out is that the pacing never feels like it drags on artificially. In a lot of serialized manga, sometimes I feel like the author is told to extend the story, but doesn't have a great vision on how to do that. We never feel that this is a problem in "Absolute Boyfriend" and I'm quite thankful for that. One of the things that I noticed with well written stories is they're less clearly predictable. Even though, this does have a somewhat predictable ending to the series, you really aren't sure which way it will go until the very end. So, for that, I'm thankful. Reading the side panels you'll note that Watase herself was on the edge of indecision while writing this, so perhaps that is why it feels very genuine. 
 I think fans of Shojo mangas will find this an enjoyable tale overall. It's a fun and comedic tale of a young girl that is in way over her head with her new "toy". Come for the comedy, stay for the philosophical questions about "what is love?" or "what is life?".