Ever had that anime you watched years ago but revisiting it makes you wonder why you even liked it, that's the energy going into today's review.

Kazuya is an engineer college student with a love of robotics as he works on Ikariya, a robot squid, in order to pass his course.
Nanbara, Kazuya's self proclaimed friend and enemy tries to sabotage him with a computer virus only to cause Kazuya to make an order for a robot maid, this tiny maid known as May becomes part of Kazuya's life as she tries her best to make him happy, all the while drawing in more Cyberdolls like May as it seems Kazuya has more in common with these Cyberdolls than you think.
I watched this as a teen and loved it but returning to it in my 30s, it doesn't seem that great, the story is confusing, lacking explanations which would answer some essential questions; the show's gimmick of May being small is scrapped mid series losing it's uniqueness among it's peers at the time; with Nanbara being Nanbara, the dub is unwatchable suffering from early dub awkardness, it's not bad but my god Nanbara is only just bearable in Japanese.
It's not entirely terrible, it's more restrained than most harem shows and much of the cast are very endearing, I think that's what I remembered best when I watched it back in 2002 and that remains true now.
Final Verdict: The story needs some serious rewrites because there is a good anime within this as the characters are good to work with, otherwise it's okay.