Marionette Generation, Volume 1,Entrances,3 Manipulations Paperback
by Haruhiko Mikimoto (Author, Illustrator)
Kinoko, a junior high school student and assistant to a lackluster illustrator, catches her boss with a cute rag doll, which comes to life and begins to walk, talk, and display a bad attitude.
Manga illustrator Izumi Morino is sufficiently shocked when he awakens next to a strange rag doll. But when the doll starts walking, talking, and calling him nasty names, Izumi is completely dumbfounded! More complications arise when a stalker targets Izumi’s lovestruck assistant and Izumi gets involved in a mind-meld.