Does this site think people are fucking robots? How apt.
My Wife Has No Emotions conjures the same FEELINGS as other works of similar topics. I thought of Her quite often during the show. Sci-fi with darker takes like Blade Runner pretty much helped form this entire wing of androids in media. Inspiring other cyperpunk entities like Ghost in the Shell.
What makes this show interesting is its lighthearted take. It's very much pro-robot, pro-technology. I didn't really have a problem with that. Because, I think they knew certain viewers would be turned off out the gate.
What made the show work was the hoops it was willing to jump through. The robot in question has way more autonomy than a simple wish fulfillment fantasy would allow. The show also doesn't really contain much sexuality (several shows I enjoy unnecessarily shoehorn in fan service).
The show is really about making an odd connection and having that connection on your own terms. Really, it's about letting someone be happy in their own way. I think that's perfectly fine. In reality land, this would be some kind of connection with a person, but sci-fi is about investigating a theoretical.
And while yes, this is largely a slice-of-life romance, it does still put in some attention to the technical side of the sci-fi. A silly ah premise/show like this often won't and could get away with not getting into technicals. Which is why I do appreciate it acknowledging some ethical quandaries and answering questions of how this world functions. It's kinda fun how it does the two.
Ultimately, the focus is on the relationship and its characters. They're interesting and often humorous. There's a cutesy mascot character who actually is fun to have around. The love story part has a lot of sweetness.
I do think that powering through it all at once, it probably isn't one I'm gonna flock back to immediately. It's cute and has it's moments. I don't think it strikes me the way other slice-of-life have. Also, it kinda confused me who it was for. Was it for 20-30 year olds or is it for teens? The humor and cartoonier parts feel adolescent but several concepts reach further up the age range. Idk. Enjoyed it overall and glad I watched it. That's called an emotion and it's what you fucking have watching something!
