Review of I Love You and Auto Memory Dolls

I dithered for a long time before taking the plunge and watching this series. After having been burned many times in the past with seemingly good anime's only to discover something which was barely watchable, I have to say this series is not one of them. The animation is excellent as is the dialog, which considering it's a translation very impressive. I will go back to the Japanese version one day to check how accurate the translation is, but so far nothing in the first episode make no sense, so I suspect we have an example of excellent storytelling and good translation. While common with many Japanese anime, the first episode starts the story arc presenting the viewers with a lot of mysteries and questions. Violet is not a normal human, but we have no idea what she actually is. She is organic, but lacks a wide range of emotions. We know she is an effective killing machine, but the story does not dwell on that aspect too much. The viewer will need to watch the series to discover all the answers, which makes for a compelling story line. The secondly trope is Violet has been badly injured in the last war, losing both arms and having them replaced with mechanical Adamantite steel arms and hands. She covers these with gloves, so for the most part looks normal. Her commanding officer, who she had some feelings for, was killed in the war. This is a powerful cocktail of emotions and self-discovery. After watching episode 1 I cannot but recommend this series and I hope I can say that when I complete the series.