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Weapons grade escapism about a government mandated gf assigned to a suicidal 20-something guy. The mandated gf is invisible to everyone else and needs to be glued the MC's side at all times. At one point the guy considers raping the mandated gf but don't worry, she's pretty chill about it. She's kind of depressed too, just like you always imagined she'd be. There's even a bonus Lars and the Real Girl angle where everyone in the community becomes fond of the MC's eccentricity as they watch him interact with his invisible gf--how fortunate that he can both find love and become a beloved facet ... of his community in one swoop. I guess I'm not sure what I expected.

The message about the value of your time actually hits home but it unfortunately buckles under the weight of sheer escapism. We spend time with other people daily. They are not all our age, or attractive, or attracted to us, but they still help create the little moments that make up those three days that we'd sell a lifetime to live through again. Not only that, but it's in those small moments that we may find avenues for deeper connection and romance. This manga takes an opposite approach, offering the promise of a perfect, convenient romance that transforms you into the selfless, glowing person that you genuinely could be. The formula's just perniciously wrong.