Machine Dolls

"*Her name was Nerima 599 Mi 39-39... a product of advanced A.I. and biotechnology, a bipedal robot known as a Machine Doll.*"—**Opening Narration**, *Machine Doll Nanami-Chan*

**Machine Dolls** (機械人形,kikai ningyo, ***Machine Dolls***?) *(referred to as "Mobile Dolls" in the game's English translation)* are robots featured in the Machine Doll Nanami-Chan manga as well as the Dead Or School video game.

## Overview

"*Ugh, how pathetic... he got so into that piece of junk that he forgot the value of real women... makes me sick...* "—Noriko's classmate, *Machine Doll Nanami-Chan*

In the near future, androids with a feminine form known as Machine Dolls were invented, a result of great leaps in robotics technology. Their main functional purpose was to assist their owners in domestic or medical affairs. Though somewhat expensive, Machine Dolls became quite popular in Japan, with many households possessing at least one unit.

A typical Machine Doll has advanced A.I. and more than sufficient knowledge of their specialty function based on the model type, with some having the ability to display emotion. A common element that all Machine Dolls share is having thought and behavior patterns of a 9-year old girl by default, as well as a Robotomy Device that makes them subservient and unable to harm their owners, much less other humans. Another distinguishing feature that Machine Dolls possess is the registration number displayed on their foreheads that resembles a car's license plate.

Many men purchase Machine Dolls not only to fulfill their domestic or medical needs, but also carnal desires. Illegal modification kits that make certain parts of a Machine Doll resemble that of a real woman as well as applications that give the Machine Doll the necessary data to perform sexual favors have been spread around to meet such demands.

In less than 5 years, the government has declared a total ban on Machine Doll ownership, since they purportedly made the existing problems in society much worse than they already were: particularly shut-ins, unemployed and unmarried people. To enforce this, owners were given confiscation notices in the mail that came to be known as a Red Paper, commanding them to cooperate with the Sanitation Department operative that will be coming to their house to take away the Machine Doll.

Of course, many owners did not abide to this as they've grown attached to their Machine Dolls, with some seeing them as family or the best life partner they ever had. However, the dismantling operatives were relentless, scrapping them one after the other using Captive Bolt Pistols.

## Development and the Truth behind the Red Papers

Machine Doll bodies were developed by Tokyo 2.0 Heavy Industries. They were nothing but mere shells at first, since no existing A.I. program could handle their complex physiological build. The company later recruited a neurosurgeon named Isao Ami who was performing experiments on how to copy human memories into microchips, essentially creating a living A.I. system. However, the technology hasn't been perfected yet and almost always killed prior test subjects since the EMP wave radiation that scans the brain can potentially burn it from the inside. Nonetheless, they went through with it, sacrificing the lives of 4 terminally ill wards from the government hospital in the process. Isao's younger sister Luna, who was suffering from childhood Alzheimer's, was among the recorded casualties. Despite this, the memories were successfully copied and imprinted into an A.I. system that was transplanted into the prototype bodies.

The company ran into another setback as the memories they copied proved impossible to control. After all, they were from children, making them completely unpredictable. Tokyo 2.0 director Sakata ordered Isao to delete all unneccesary emotions from them so they can be prepared for mass production. Since one of the doll shells carried Luna's memories, Isao was unwilling to go through with it, but at the same time could not disobey Sakata. Left with no other choice, he created the Robotomy system. Said device ostensibly removed all traces of humanity from the A.I., but its actual function was a limiter; it only supressed all emotional facilities, in turn making the Machine Doll completely subservient.

The system was approved and Machine Dolls became a common sight in Japan after just a few months of being put up for sale in the market. However, the black boxes of the Robotomy system were eventually decrypted and Sakata feared that this would jeopardize his secret long-term plan of turning Machine Dolls into soulless tools for war. To this end, he went into negotiations with the national government and was successfully able to enact a recall order on false grounds that Machine Dolls aggravated or created problems in society.

## Dead Or School

**NOTE:** *Dead Or School serves as a what-if scenario of a possible future in the manga. As such, these in-game events may not be considered canon.*

At a later point in time, Machine Dolls were able to find a way to disable or even destroy their Robotomy limiters and rebelled against humans to survive, igniting what came to be known as the Doomsday War. It escalated to a point where both sides employed biological warfare. Machine Dolls were afflicted with a program virus that not only drove them berserk, but also disabled their systems from taking in electricity. In retaliation, they released a bioweapon that turned humans into walking corpses. The Machine Dolls later utilized them as a source of bio-energy.

The berserker Machine Dolls gradually ceased to sport a purely feminine form *(though the proportional silhouette remained)*, being mass-produced as heavily-armed humanoid battle robots that will attack any human in sight. Some of them started wearing Mutant bodies as skins, in turn becoming hybrid creatures known as Cyborgs.

## Known Machine Dolls

* Mikumiku
* Nanami
* Fou
* Shizuku
* Luna

## Machine Doll Enemies In Dead Or School

* Machine Doll
* MD:Superior Attack Type
	+ MD:Superior Attack Type:Shield
	+ MD:Superior Attack Type:Flight

## Gallery

Nerima 599 Mi 39-39 (Mikumiku), the very first Machine Doll to be dismantled.
## Notes & Trivia

* Though they ostensibly say "Attack!" in-game, the Machine Doll voice actor made the accent a little too subdued so it sounds like "A truck!" as a result.

## External Links

* http://www.nanafushi.jp/
* http://mokusei2.blog46.fc2.com/
* https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A9%9F%E6%A2%B0%E4%BA%BA%E5%BD%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%83%8A%E3%83%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93