Utterly failing to communicate his feelings to her, he creates an android almost exactly like her, close enough to pass for her twin, and names her Marie.

Soon, a tough girl, Hibiki, enters the picture, and threatens to reveal the truth about Marie, unless Hiroshi becomes her boyfriend.

Written and illustrated by Sakura Takeuchi, My Dear Marie was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from 1994 to 1997.

Ross stated: "My Dear Marie is an adorable little romance story where you don't expect to find one, and it's definitely on my list of tapes to buy in the near future.

Emotionally, it's insulting", criticizing as well the randomness of its plot, concluding: "Maybe to old school anime fans, this will bring back some fond memories of when they watched this crap on VHS, but welcome to The Present.