Me and Roboco
In a future so saturated with convenience that even grade-schoolers have robotic servants, ten-year-old Bondo Taira watches his friends brag about their sleek, beautiful OrderMaids and decides he wants in. These chrome-plated assistants can massage, pour tea, and smile like angels while doing it — everything a kid could dream of. So Bondo begs his mom, fills his head with visions of a flawless maid, and waits for the delivery truck to change his life.
The doorbell rings. Standing on the doorstep is Roboco — a hulking, muscle-bound, disaster-prone wrecking ball crammed into a maid uniform that's begging for a refund. She can level a house while folding laundry, fires lasers from her eyes when flustered, and cooks meals that should probably carry a hazmat warning. Bondo's fantasy shatters in approximately four seconds. But as Roboco barrels through daily life demolishing walls, mangling chores, and weirdly bonding with his friends over issues of *Weekly Shonen Jump*, something unexpected clicks beneath the rubble. Between the broken furniture and the unsolicited explosions, a clumsy robot who was supposed to be a disappointment starts feeling less like a mistake and more like family. Is Bondo's house still standing? Barely. Does it matter? Not as much as he thought.
Also known as: 僕とロボコ, Boku to Roboko, 我与机器子.