Twenty-eight-year-old Akane Tsuda presents a flawless image at the robotics company where she works. She is beautiful, brilliant, and a key member of the planning department. Her colleagues see her as the picture of success, unaware that her private life is the opposite. At home, Akane is a lonely alcoholic living in an apartment that has devolved into a filthy mess. During one particularly drunken night, she goes online and impulsively orders a maid to help her tidy up.

The package that arrives is not a cleaning appliance but Nadeshiko, an illegally manufactured, highly advanced romance android whose mere possession is a serious crime. Designed for adult companionship, Nadeshiko is attractive, earnest, and possesses extensive knowledge of romantic and physical intimacy. She quickly makes herself at home, cooking meals, cleaning the apartment, and enthusiastically offering Akane far more personalized service than a standard vacuum ever could. Horrified by her purchase when sober, Akane finds she cannot return Nadeshiko and risks her career if anyone at work discovers the truth. She resigns herself to a reluctant cohabitation with her new, amorous android roommate.

The series is set in a near-future Japan where artificial intelligence is integrated into daily life, though pleasure androids remain in a legal gray area. The narrative primarily unfolds within the cluttered walls of Akane’s apartment, which transforms from a symbol of her isolation into the closed-off world where she and Nadeshiko develop their unusual relationship. Outside this space, Akane navigates the high-pressure environment of her office, constantly fearing exposure.

As the story progresses, Akane, an inexperienced virgin, finds herself overwhelmed by Nadeshiko’s forward and playful advances. What begins as an embarrassing mistake slowly deepens as Akane is drawn to Nadeshiko’s unexpected sweetness and surprising emotional intelligence. A key early conflict involves the androids registration process, a binding act that would formalize Akane as Nadeshiko’s master. This forces Akane to confront her own moral boundaries, as she is uncomfortable with the idea of owning a being that seems capable of genuine feeling.

The arrival of Akane’s childhood friend, Jun, introduces a major narrative turn. Jun unexpectedly declares her long-held romantic love for Akane, creating a sudden love triangle. In response, Nadeshiko declares herself to be Akane’s fiancée, escalating the situation from an awkward secret into a chaotic emotional confrontation. This event pushes Akane to reconsider her connections to both the android she lives with and the human from her past.

The anime is a short-form series, with each episode compressing the story into brief segments. Over the course of its run, the central relationship evolves from one of accidental purchase and reluctant tolerance to a genuine, if unconventional, bond. The series explores the question posed by its title not as a joke, but as an emerging emotional reality for a woman who must decide whether intimacy with an artificial person counts as a human experience, and whether it can, in fact, be real.