The nerdy Techno Rejiro has lived in his nuclear bomb shelter all his life, monitoring the world outside -- a spectator to life, rather than a participant. One day, a mysterious girl named Hitomi stumbles upon his grounds, thereby opening the door to the real world, figuratively speaking. With his horde of unusual technological contraptions, he sets out to discover why this girl stirs unfamiliar feelings within him, though he might not have her full cooperation...
Hiroshi Karigari is a mad scientist, is in love with the beautiful tennis star Marie, and is incredibly lonely. So lonely, in fact, that he decides to create his own robotic version of Marie to enjoy for his own! Though she is content, at first, with assuming the role of Hiroshi’s “brother”, Marie soon finds that she wants him as more than a friend… but difficulties await! From childhood rivals to the affections of the human Marie, plenty of obstacles lie in the path of romance. Will machine or human love win the affections of the bumbling Hiroshi? Only time will tell…
Quick, name two 1990s-era series about mecha otaku who are inexperienced with girls? Hiroshi Karigari of Boku no Marie is older than Daisy's Reijiro Tekuno ("Techno"), and seems to have more of a life, but both are guys who clearly have let their left brain take complete control; what they both need is a little female companionship to take the scientific edge off. While Karigari builds Marie-chan, the perfect woman in robotic form, Techno chooses a somewhat easier path and finds a human classmate whom he places on a sky-high virtual pedestal and renames "Daisy" (much to her chagrin). The two series then diverge, with Boku no Marie verging into Marie-chan's inner life and the nature of her feelings towards Karigari, while Don't Leave Me Alone Daisy spends more time exploring how Techno came to be a technologically-advanced shut-in. Still, there's enough of an overlap that those who like one title will like the other.