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Absolute Boyfriend (manga)

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Alternative title:
Absolutnie doskonały (Polish)
Chỉ có mình anh (Vietnamese)
Lui ou rien (French)
Zettai Kareshi (Japanese)
Zettai Kareshi - O Namorado Perfeito (Portuguese)
Идеальный парень (Russian)
絕對達令 (Chinese (Taiwan))
絶対彼氏。 (Japanese)
Themes: love triangle
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Riiko is a girl unlucky in love. One day a strange-looking salesman gives her a business card for a website that sells "love figures" (androids designed for love-making). On the spur of the moment and without really understanding the implications, Riiko orders one for a 3-day free trial. She forgets to return him before the deadline, and must then work out some way to return the one million debt she now owes without anyone discovering about this embarrassing secret.
User Ratings: 656 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 92 votes (Eng:33, dub:30, sub:23, edit.dub:3, ?:2, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Excellent: 132 votes (Eng:63, dub:30, sub:30, edit.dub:4, ?:4, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Very good: 155 votes (Eng:86, sub:38, dub:21, edit.dub:5, ?:4, raw:1)
 Good: 118 votes (Eng:61, sub:28, dub:25, edit.dub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese
)
 Decent: 82 votes (Eng:59, sub:12, dub:6, ?:3, raw:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 29 votes (Eng:17, sub:6, dub:4, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese
)
 Not really good: 14 votes (Eng:9, sub:3, dub:1, others:1
1 Russian
)
 Weak: 22 votes (Eng:16, sub:4, dub:2)
 Bad: 6 votes (Eng:4, dub:2)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:2, Eng:2)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (Eng:1, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1813 users, rank: #17 (of 6914)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.544 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.9066, rank: #2039 (of 7756)
Weighted mean: 7.338 (Good+), rank: #2862 (of 7756) (seen all: 7.51 / seen some: 7.22 / won't finish: 4.84)
Bayesian estimate: 7.341 (Good+), rank: #1902 (of 3524)
Number of tankoubon: 6
Number of pages: 192
Chapter titles: We have 35
Vintage:
2003-03-25 to 2005-02-25
2003-05-20 (JP serialization begins)
2003-10-25 (JP first tankouban released)
2005-06-07 to 2008-02-19 (North America - serialized in Shojo Beat)
2007-06 to 2007-11 (Brazil - serialized in Conrad)
Release dates: We have 38
Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 3
Review:
Absolute Boyfriend GN 1 (Feb 2, 2006)
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Graphic novel
    Absolute Boyfriend (GN 1) 2006-02-07 (from $9.99)
    Absolute Boyfriend (GN 2) 2006-08-01 (from $9.49)
    Absolute Boyfriend (GN 3) 2007-02-06 (from $7.99)
    Absolute Boyfriend (GN 4) 2007-08-07 (from $6.69)
    Absolute Boyfriend (GN 5) 2008-01-29 (from $6.69)
    Absolute Boyfriend (GN 6) 2008-05-06 (from $7.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Yuu Watase
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shogakukan
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Lillian Olsen
Tetsuichiro Miyaki

Adaptation:
Lance Caselman
Tetsuichiro Miyaki
Design:
Courtney Utt
Izumi Hirayama
Editing:
Amy Yu
Nancy Thistlethwaite
Yuki Takagaki
Editor-in-Chief: Yumi Hoashi
Lettering: Freeman Wong
Managing Editor: Megan Bates
Production Director: Noboru Watanabe
Touch-up Art: Freeman Wong
Touch-up Art & Lettering: Mark McMurray
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by: Viz Media
Licensed By (Singapore): Chuang Yi Publishing Pte Ltd.
Online Distribution: Viz Manga
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Kana
French cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
Translation: Burkhard Höfler
(none)
German companies
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Publisher: Studio JG
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese cast
Portuguese staff
Translation:
Dirce Miyamura (vol. 2-6)
Ricardo Cruz (vol. 1)
(none)
Portuguese companies
Publisher: Conrad
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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