>In any case, the dolls don't always need to explode to get the job
>done; Shanghai, for example, will straight-up cut a bitch, as shown
>below.
>
>

"We call that one la mort adorable."

(Also, my eye initially parsed what she's holding as a toothbrush, which gave me the slightly epic image of Alice's morning routine involving just sort of standing there half-asleep while a squadron of dolls squares everything away. :)

I have to admit, one of the things that really clicks for me about this franchise is that Victorian Children's Literature aesthetic a lot of the Western characters have. All the frills and bows and whatnot. I dunno why, since that kind of thing is not my usual jam, but it makes them seem very... comfortable to me.

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