Hand Maid May

Brief anime review of Hand Maid May, the cute small cyberdoll maid delivered at your home to try out all of her functions. More cyberdolls on the way!

Kazuya Saotome (a nice guy), is an electrical engineering student at a local college. His hobbies are programming, building a robot squid named Ikariya, and blushing madly every time his landlady's daughter Kasumi slips through his room's window to talk to him.

He also has a rival, a bizarre hyperactive mental case named Nanbara who's richer, smarter, better looking, and much more clever than Kazuya... at least, according to Nanbara. One day, the jealous Nanbara's plot for revenge results in Kazuya getting a package from Cyberdyne Corporation.

Kazuya takes delivery of May, a pint-sized "cyberdoll" with a French maid's outfit (very cool), a desire to please, and a recharge port in a very intimate place. For his part, Kazuya has to contend with keeping May a secret from the public at large, making her feel wanted and useful.

However, Kazuya hasn't actually made any payments for May, so Cyberdyne tasks Sara—a woman with a passion for noodles—with retrieving May by any means necessary.

That is how we are introduced to Rena, a girl in a nurse's outfit who attempts to retrieve May but ends up becoming so fond of Ikariya that she forgets her mission. She turns out to be a cyberdoll as well who likes romantic soap operas.

Then Miss Kei appears—a 21-year-old cyberdoll genius. With her high IQ, she devises a plan to get May back, but upon seeing the relationship between May and Kazuya, she decides to focus her efforts on analyzing that situation instead.

Then Mami appears—another cyberdoll who arrives to help Kazuya with housework; she understands Kasumi's feelings for Kazuya and, in a way, tries to help.

Amidst all this, May receives an upgrade that transforms her into a human-sized girl, while Kasumi feels a twinge of jealousy whenever she sees Kazuya with any of the Cyberdolls.

May's upgrade triggers a new problem that could affect all the Cyberdolls from the Cyberdyne company. Will Kazuya and May be able to find a solution?

Personal comment

Hand Maid May is a sweet-and-funny type of anime, and not the hentai harem type you would expect. Every episode (a total of 11) its very comic and awesome. In adition, the animation in this series is bright and cheerful and the characters are very cute and friendly (with a subtle fan service)