Just finished watching the science fiction/romance movie CYBORG SHE: Boku wa Kanojo was Cyborg (My Girlfriend is a Cyborg), and boy, was it entertaining! Sure, it had a lot of sprawling storylines with so-so conclusions as well as multiple conflicting time-travelling paradox issues, but it also featured Ayase Haruka as the titular Cyborg Girlfriend and HOLY CRAP, SHE WAS THE CUTEST, MOST GORGEOUS THING EVER!!!!
The movie also stars Keisuke Koide as the Cyborg Girl's love interest, and when we first meet up with the both of them, they're both shopping in a department store: He’s buying a birthday gift for himself, and she’s stealing clothes to wear (to replace her torn time-travel suit)… His eyes meet hers, and much to his surprise, when he leaves, she begins happily following him!
I cannot even begin to fully describe how cute she is in this movie, especially at the beginning. There’s this scene when they’ve just met, and she’s following him around town, smiling that infectious Ayase Haruka smile (Dammit, can anyone resist that?!), and once she has his attention, begins happily dancing and skipping along, MAN! SO CUTE!!!
Now, going into the movie, unless you’re the type to watch a something going in blind, you already know that Haruka’s character is a cyborg from the distant future, and it is a joy watching her naïve innocence as she becomes smitten with Keisuke Koide’s Jiro character, throwing those heart-melting smiles and childishly giggling to herself as she tries to get his attention:
AHAHAHAHA!!! HILARIOUS!! And Ayase Haruka...Too Darn Adorable!!! Sorry I don't have thknowledge or means to give you a streaming clip, but hopefully my "fotonovelization" of the scene gives you an idea!
The next time they meet is exactly one year later, when Ayase reveals that she is a cyborg from the future, created by his future self to protect him from the dangers that would have befallen him in the natural progression of time as well as correct other tragedies that his future self has helplessly witnessed once upon a time.
Now, as I mentioned at the beginning, there were a few issues I had with the story. First off, we all know how tricky it is with Time travel stories, because so much of it can conflict with itself, and as always, paradoxes abound. I didn’t mind too much about the storylines contradicting each other, for me, it was more about how many there were to keep track of!! And some of them, I just wish went another way. In fact, at the end, I thought it had wrapped up to a fairly decent ending, but then they added an additional epilogue of sorts, and sadly, it actually kind of spoiled my beloved “first meeting” scene.
Ahh, best not to think about it, and simply enjoy those wonderful opening scenes for what it’s worth!
