Sabi no Yume

Shindou is an employee at a company engaged in the development of a highly unconventional product: a cyborg sexroid meticulously modeled after the body of a real boy. Despite his reservations about the nature of the project, Shindou finds himself reluctantly assigned to oversee the prototype. He approaches this new responsibility with deep reluctance, harboring strong objections to both the assignment itself and the unsettling implications of the artificial companion he has been tasked to manage. However, as time passes and Shindou continues his daily interactions with the prototype, his rigid stance begins to falter. What starts as a burdensome professional obligation gradually transforms into something far more personal. Against all his initial resistance and deeply held misgivings, the cyborg boy's presence slowly chips away at Shindou's defenses. Through their unexpected bond, the machine ultimately manages to melt his guarded heart, leaving Shindou to navigate the complex emotions that arise from his connection to the very creation he once despised.