# Season 1
# E1 - Backup
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G31UXWKVP/backup)
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**[00:18] Sudo Mom (Young)**
*When it happened... why did I listen to them?*
**[00:23] (Flashback) Sudo Mom (Young)**
Well... I was told that genome
editing would be difficult.
**[00:29] (Flashback) Con Artist B**
That sounds like you didn't get a
good-faith explanation from the doctors.
***SIGN*** This story is a work of "near-future" fiction.
Any resemblance to existing persons or organizations is entirely coincidental.
**[00:33] (Flashback) Con Artist B**
As long as you provide a case with
enough justification to pass muster,
**[00:36] (Flashback) Con Artist B**
the procedure can be approved.
**[00:38] (Flashback) Sudo Mom (Young)**
But there's... the financial aspect, too.
***SIGN*** 25 years ago
**[00:42] Sudo Mom (Young)**
Don't these kinds of treatments cost a lot?
**[00:44] Con Artist B**
We might be able to help you with that.
**[00:49] Con Artist B**
Our firm is actually looking
for Humanoid participants
**[00:52] Con Artist B**
for neural net clinical trials.
***SIGN*** SOU-4358 First Compatibility Trial (Special)
Cooperative double-blind study regarding
virtual environment therapy methodology
Participant Information
**[00:55] (Flashback) Con Artist B**
If you sign up, we're willing to waive
the cost of your son's treatment.
**[01:01] (Flashback) Sudo Mom (Young)**
What?
**[01:02] (Flashback) Con Artist C**
That's right. You won't have to
worry about the money.
**[01:06] (Flashback) Con Artist C**
This is a chance to heal Hikaru-kun.
**[01:10] (Flashback) Con Artist C**
You can't just give up.
**[01:12] (Flashback) Con Artist C**
Modern medicine can probably
even fix the root cause.
**[01:21] (Flashback) Con Artist A**
That said...
**[01:23] (Flashback) Con Artist A**
We'd need to confirm if your neural
net is a fit for this study, Sudo-san.
**[01:30] (Flashback) Sudo Mom (Young)**
What exactly would that entail?
**[01:34] (Flashback) Con Artist A**
We'd like to make a copy of your neural net.
**[01:39] (Flashback) Sudo Mom (Young)**
A copy?
**[01:41] Sudo Mom (Young)**
*Why wasn't I more skeptical?*
***SIGN*** Backup
***SIGN*** Backup
**[03:26] News**
* The robot ethics conference in*
* Switzerland, which began on the 13th,*
***SIGN*** Uzen Chinese - Noodles
**[03:29] News**
* included the awards ceremony for Professor*
* Osawa Yuji, who won the Mosley Prize.*
***SIGN*** Mosley Prizewinner Osawa Yuji
***SIGN*** 13th (Tuesday) Swiss Robot Ethics Conference Efforts to Preserve Humanoid Rights
**[03:33] News**
*Osawa-san, who currently resides in the US,*
**[03:35] News**
* is known for various cognitive trials*
* that have helped protect Humanoid rights,*
**[03:40] News**
* laying the foundation for*
* Humanoid Rights Law...*
**[03:41] Office Worker**
Well, supposedly 10% of the population
is Humanoid, these days.
**[03:47] Chef**
And I'd be one of them.
**[03:49] Office Worker**
Huh, you're a Humanoid, chief?
**[03:52] Chef**
Sure am.
**[03:55] Office Worker**
Guess you don't have to worry
about dropping dead from illness.
**[03:58] Chef**
Nah, we bite it just as
hard if our heads go bad.
**[04:02] Office Worker**
You could always make a backup, right?
**[04:05] Chef**
That'd be illegal.
**[04:07] Chef**
Rules say you can't swap out or
make copies of what's in your head.
**[04:10] Office Worker**
Is that how it works?
**[04:13] Chef**
Of course, that sorta thing doesn't
stop everybody, they say.
**[04:17] Sudo**
Thanks for the meal.
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
**[04:28] Risa**
Okay, that's done.
**[04:31] Risa**
You'll want to lie down inside that machine
**[04:33] Risa**
until the implant has settled in your brain.
**[04:35] Boy**
Hey, nurse, will the implant—
**[04:37] Sudo**
Hey, kid.
**[04:39] Sudo**
Get over here. We need to take a look.
***SIGN*** Room
***SIGN*** In Use
**[04:46] Sudo**
So...
**[04:48] Sudo**
Do all of your friends have implants?
**[04:51] Boy**
Heck yeah! I'm, like, the last to get one!
**[04:54] Sudo**
Sign of the times...
**[04:56] Sudo**
Okay, it should be ready.
**[04:59] Sudo**
As for how to use it—
**[05:02] Boy**
Hey, guys!
**[05:04] Boy**
Yeah, I just got it installed!
Add me to the group chat!
**[05:10] Boy**
Oh, man, this is awesome!
**[05:10] Sudo**
* We have machines that look*
* exactly like humans,*
**[05:13] Sudo**
* while human bodies are being changed*
* more and more by technology.*
**[05:17] Sudo**
*Just like with PCs and smartphones,*
**[05:19] Sudo**
* people have grown to casually*
* accept these changes.*
**[05:27] Sudo**
Risa.
**[05:29] Sudo**
Wrap things up here for me, would you?
**[05:31] Risa**
Isn't it a bit late for lunch?
**[05:33] Sudo**
No.
**[05:34] Sudo**
Moggadeet has a patient waiting.
**[05:38] Sudo**
I'm heading out.
**[05:40] Risa**
Wait!
**[05:41] Sudo**
I'm in a hurry. Details will have to wait.
**[05:44] Risa**
Dr. Sudo!
**[05:48] Risa**
Please, don't do anything dangerous.
**[05:58] Jay**
*Please state your destination.*
**[06:00] Sudo**
I'll drive myself, thanks.
**[06:02] Jay**
*That would void your automotive insurance.*
**[06:05] Sudo**
Hell of a world we're living in...
**[06:21] Sudo**
Hello.
**[06:23] Dad**
You're Moggadeet?
**[06:25] Sudo**
I am.
**[06:27] Dad**
Right this way, please.
**[06:31] Dad**
She's in here.
**[06:34] Dad**
Hey! I told you to stay put.
**[06:38] Mom**
But... I wanted to make tea.
**[06:43] Sudo**
Let's start the exam.
**[06:44] Sudo**
Neural problems can be a race against time.
**[06:56] Dad**
She's been shaking non-stop since yesterday.
**[07:00] Dad**
She's got a machine body, so...
**[07:03] Dad**
I'm worried that it might be a parts issue.
**[07:05] Dad**
There's also age to consider. We've been—
**[07:08] Sudo**
Did you perform it yourselves?
**[07:11] Sudo**
Stop playing dumb.
**[07:16] Sudo**
You made a backup, didn't you?
**[07:21] Dad**
Yeah, we did!
**[07:23] Sudo**
Copying a Humanoid's personality is illegal.
**[07:26] Sudo**
You had to have known.
**[07:29] Dad**
Well, that's why we came to
you instead of the hospital!
**[07:33] Dad**
Moggadeet, the underworld doctor
who will provide illegal treatment,
**[07:36] Dad**
as long as the price is right!
**[07:37] Dad**
You're in no position to lecture us!
**[07:40] Sudo**
You idiot!
**[07:42] Dad**
What?
**[07:44] Sudo**
Humanoids like you are
what really piss me off.
**[07:47] Sudo**
All that technology, and you
still manage to be this stupid.
**[07:53] Sudo**
Why'd you do it?
**[07:55] Dad**
Where do you get off
talking to me like this?!
**[07:58] Dad**
You think I have to take it
because I'm a Humanoid?!
**[08:03] Sudo**
Your wife has a virus.
**[08:08] Sudo**
She has two weeks until she's an empty shell.
**[08:12] Dad**
A shell...
**[08:16] Sudo**
It likely came from the external connection
when you created the backup.
**[08:20] Dad**
You... you can fix her, right?
**[08:22] Sudo**
I'll need to see the backup data first.
**[08:25] Sudo**
There's a good chance it's not infected.
**[08:29] Sudo**
When was the backup made?
**[08:31] Dad**
A week ago.
**[08:44] Girl**
Your car and key encryption
are both pretty retro.
**[08:47] Girl**
I was able to crack them right away.
**[08:50] Sudo**
Not bad. Whose kid are you?
**[08:52] Girl**
You were just talking to my parents.
**[08:55] Girl**
They adopted me. I'm human.
**[09:01] Girl**
So, can you give me a lift to the station?
**[09:07] Girl**
It was about a month ago...
**[09:09] Girl**
My mom slipped on the stairs,
and hit her head really bad.
**[09:14] Girl**
I think that's why my dad got
nervous enough to make the backup.
**[09:18] Girl**
He did it for my mom's sake.
Please don't be too hard on him.
**[09:23] Sudo**
You were listening in?
**[09:27] Girl**
Why are personality copies illegal, anyway?
**[09:34] Sudo**
Did you know whenever there's a crackdown
on organized crime in the Middle East,
**[09:38] Sudo**
there's always a Humanoid called
"The Crying Man" among the arrests?
**[09:44] Sudo**
The original they were made
from was kidnapped, 20 years ago...
**[09:48] Sudo**
They found his body dumped in the desert.
**[09:52] Sudo**
His personality has been copied,
sold on the black market,
**[09:56] Sudo**
and used in crime, time and time again.
**[09:59] Girl**
But... stuff like that only
happens overseas, right?
**[10:03] Sudo**
It happens all over.
**[10:09] Sudo**
Even if they're not used to break the law,
**[10:12] Sudo**
there are plenty of other issues with copies.
**[10:16] Sudo**
You'll understand what I mean someday.
**[10:20] Girl**
What's going to happen to my mom?
**[10:23] Sudo**
Your mom's infected with a
virus, but her backup is clean.
**[10:30] Sudo**
I asked if your father
wanted to use the backup.
**[10:34] Girl**
What'd he say?
**[10:37] Sudo**
He wants to talk it over
with your current mom.
**[10:41] Girl**
My... current mom?
**[10:45] Mom**
A virus?
**[10:46] Dad**
Don't worry! The backup was all right.
**[10:50] Dad**
I was so relieved.
Everything's gonna be okay.
**[10:53] Mom**
C-Can't we treat it as-is?
**[10:57] Dad**
He said it would be difficult.
**[10:59] Dad**
I thought about using the backup right away,
**[11:02] Dad**
but considering you'd lose a
week's worth of memories...
**[11:07] Dad**
I wanted to make sure with you first.
**[11:10] Dad**
You don't mind, right? It's just a week.
That's nothing compared to your life!
**[11:15] Mom**
Y-You're right. But...
**[11:23] Girl**
I-I'm home.
**[11:27] Girl**
I thought I'd get some food,
**[11:30] Girl**
since Mom wasn't feeling good...
**[11:32] Dad**
Come on, don't look so worried!
**[11:35] Dad**
It's gonna be okay. She'll feel better soon.
**[11:39] Dad**
Right, Mom?
**[11:39] Mom**
R-Right! Sorry if I worried you.
**[11:45] Girl**
*I really don't understand.*
**[11:48] Girl**
* If we use the backup, Mom*
* will get to stay with us.*
**[11:54] Girl**
*But would it... really be the same person?*
**[12:06] Girl**
* He did it for my mom's sake.*
* Please don't be too hard on him.*
**[12:12] Jay**
* Thirty minutes until the Sudo*
* Novo Medicine Clinic.*
**[12:16] Sudo**
Jay, we're taking a detour.
**[12:32] Sudo's Mom**
How have you been, Hikaru?
**[12:38] Sudo's Mom**
How have you been, Hikaru?
**[12:41] Sudo**
Same as usual.
**[12:42] Sudo**
How about you, Mom?
**[12:43] Sudo's Mom**
They have us making wooden
sandals, of all things!
**[12:46] Sudo's Mom**
They're all branded with
"prison," too. Isn't that awful?
**[12:50] Sudo's Mom**
They supposedly sell well enough, though.
**[12:52] Sudo's Mom**
Oh, I was watching some TV
during recreation time...
**[12:56] Sudo's Mom**
Hakuryuzan won the championship again!
**[12:59] Sudo's Mom**
Against Miyabikaze, in the last match,
when they were both undefeated!
**[13:02] Sudo's Mom**
I was truly on the edge of my seat!
**[13:12] (Flashback) Sudo's Mom (young)**
Your mom will do anything for your sake.
**[13:17] Sudo's Mom**
Hikaru?
**[13:20] Sudo's Mom**
Did something happen?
**[13:22] Sudo**
No. I just felt like dropping by.
**[13:26] Sudo's Mom**
You don't have to go out of your way, okay?
**[13:29] Sudo's Mom**
You've got your own life to live.
**[13:33] Sudo's Mom**
Or...
**[13:36] Sudo's Mom**
Are you still looking for me?
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
***SIGN*** Breaking News Smuggling Route Exposed!
***SIGN*** Suspect Sudo Ayaka (32) Arrested
***SIGN*** Personality copied for commercial reasons
***SIGN*** Suspect Sudo Ayaka (32) Arrested
***SIGN*** Personality copied for commercial reasons
***SIGN*** Organized Distribution!
***SIGN*** Smuggling Routes Exposed!!
***SIGN*** We'll reveal to you
***SIGN*** the breeding ground for fraud!!
**[13:56] Sudo**
I'm back.
**[14:03] Risa**
Welcome back.
**[14:04] Sudo**
It's getting late. You can head on home.
**[14:08] Risa**
Where in the world were you?! I was worried!
**[14:12] Risa**
You could've called or something!
***SIGN*** Growl
***SIGN*** Uzen Chinese - Noodles
**[14:24] Risa**
Dr. Sudo...
**[14:25] Risa**
Do you think Humanoids really needed
a feature that makes us hungry?
**[14:30] Sudo**
Couldn't say.
**[14:31] Sudo**
But you shouldn't complain,
considering this is my treat.
**[14:36] Risa**
Good point!
**[14:38] Risa**
Thank you for the food!
**[14:41] Girl**
Thanks for cooking even though
you're not feeling well, Mom.
**[14:45] Mom**
Don't worry about it. I love to cook.
**[14:50] Girl**
Huh?
**[14:53] Girl**
This is different!
**[14:55] Mom**
I tried adding some fresh cream.
What do you think?
**[14:58] Girl**
It's good! Really fluffy.
**[15:00] Mom**
I think I'll try some, too.
**[15:06] Dad**
It's time.
**[15:29] Mom**
I remember when you gave me this ring.
**[15:31] Mom**
And when she came to live with us.
**[15:36] Mom**
When we saw those fields of lavender
that stretched past the horizon,
**[15:39] Mom**
on our family vacation.
**[15:42] Mom**
It's not like those will be
the memories that I lose.
**[15:45] Dad**
Exactly!
**[15:49] Mom**
But...
**[15:51] Mom**
I'll forget about this. About the
warmth of your hands, in this moment.
**[15:56] Dad**
I'll hold your hand again.
**[15:59] Dad**
As many times as you'd like.
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
***SIGN*** Closed For Today
**[16:04] Sudo**
I've already been paid.
**[16:07] Risa**
I'm against this.
**[16:09] Sudo**
She'll inevitably break down anyway.
**[16:12] Sudo**
They would rather get it over with.
**[16:15] Sudo**
Besides...
**[16:17] Sudo**
I didn't recognize who manufactured
the backup tool they used.
**[16:22] Risa**
Did it come from the black market?
**[16:25] Sudo**
They've paid me already, so I'll do what I can.
**[16:30] Sudo**
Let the ruthless human handle this.
**[16:33] Sudo**
It's a simple procedure.
Just a few keystrokes involved.
**[16:50] Sudo**
Shall we begin?
**[16:54] Sudo**
I've gained administrator access.
**[16:57] Sudo**
Are you ready?
**[17:00] Mom**
Please, begin.
**[17:05] Sudo**
Once you lose consciousness, the formatting
should take about three minutes.
**[17:09] Mom**
Formatting?
**[17:10] Sudo**
Of course.
**[17:11] Sudo**
We have to clear out what's in your
head before restoring the backup.
**[17:16] Sudo**
That covers everything.
**[17:23] Mom**
Wait!
**[17:27] Sudo**
What is it?
**[17:29] Mom**
I know the backup is the only way.
**[17:33] Mom**
But...
**[17:36] Mom**
The person I am is about to disappear!
**[17:42] Mom**
That feeling just hit me...
**[17:45] Mom**
I'm scared! I'm so scared!
**[17:51] Sudo**
* Case 347: Patient A.*
* Shinohara Labs model HN-154.*
**[17:58] Sudo**
* Infected with "Sloth" virus*
* via external connection.*
**[18:01] Sudo**
*Phase 3. Terminal prognosis.*
**[18:04] Sudo**
*Attempt was made to restore from a backup,*
**[18:07] Sudo**
*but procedure was canceled at patient's request.*
**[18:38] Sudo**
* Fourteen days after initial exam, virus*
* resulted in total loss of function.*
**[18:46] Sudo**
*Restoration from backup was then carried out.*
**[19:02] Mom**
Where am I?
**[19:06] Mom**
Whoa! What's wrong, honey?
**[19:08] Girl**
There was some trouble during the backup.
**[19:12] Girl**
You've been asleep for two weeks, Mom.
**[19:17] Dad**
Thank goodness... I'm so relieved!
**[19:23] Mom**
Dear.
**[19:27] Mom**
I'm fine now!
**[19:39] Mom**
What's wrong?
**[19:43] Mom**
You like scrambled eggs, right?
**[19:47] Girl**
Did you add any fresh cream?
**[19:50] Mom**
Would it be better that way?
**[19:57] Mom**
Are you okay?
**[20:00] Girl**
I'm sorry, Mom. Don't worry.
**[20:03] Mom**
Why? What's going on?
**[20:05] Mom**
Did something happen at school?
**[20:09] Girl**
It's really nothing... really.
**[20:16] Dad**
It's still so early. What's wrong?
**[20:18] Girl**
It's nothing, Dad.
**[20:24] Sudo**
*The Humanoid Intelligence Duplication Law.*
**[20:29] Sudo**
* It was adopted to protect*
* the sanctity of personalities,*
**[20:31] Sudo**
* and deal with the societal issues*
* posed by Humanoid AI reproductions.*
**[20:36] (Flashback) Sudo Mom**
Or...
**[20:38] (Flashback) Sudo Mom**
Are you still looking for me?
**[20:42] Hikaru**
*Violators receive a minimum 30-year sentence.*
**[20:46] Hikaru**
* In some cases, Humanoids may*
* even be stripped of their bodies.*
**[20:51] (Flashback) Security Robot**
Your time is up.
**[20:58] (Flashback) Sudo Mom**
Hikaru!
**[21:03] (Flashback) Sudo Mom**
I'll see you next time.
**[21:07] (Flashback) Sudo**
Until then.
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
**[21:14] Kaoru**
*Look, I don't mind giving it a once-over,*
**[21:17] Kaoru**
* but a backup tool like this is small-time,*
* as far as black market goods go.*
**[21:22] Kaoru**
* Getting any real details*
* isn't gonna be easy.*
**[21:26] Sudo**
Anything you find is fine.
**[21:30] Sudo**
If it gives me a lead on what
happened to the copy of my mom—
**[21:33] Kaoru**
*Why not just come back here?*
**[21:36] Kaoru**
*You'd have a few more privileges that way.*
**[21:38] Sudo**
I'll have to pass.
**[21:40] Risa**
Dr. Sudo!
**[21:42] Risa**
Your afternoon appointment is here.
**[21:44] Sudo**
Sure.
**[21:46] Sudo**
* From the moment man mastered flame,*
* until he was able to produce steel,*
**[21:49] Sudo**
*a mind-numbing amount of time passed.*
**[21:53] Sudo**
* Several millennia later, the*
* steam-powered piston engine was born.*
**[21:58] Sudo**
* Centuries after that, nuclear*
* power became viable.*
**[22:02] Sudo**
* Within decades, machines became*
* capable of beating men at chess.*
**[22:07] Sudo**
* Technology is accelerating*
* at a dizzying pace.*
**[22:24] Sudo's Mom**
Hikaru?
***SIGN*** Limits of Growth
***SIGN*** Limits of Growth
# E2 - Limits of Growth
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GPWUKZN80/limits-of-growth)
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**[00:00] Student A**
What about that couple?
***SIGN*** This story is a work of "near-future" fiction.
Any resemblance to existing persons or organizations is entirely coincidental.
**[00:02] Student B**
Both human.
**[00:04] Studednt A**
Then...
**[00:06] Studednt A**
Those high schoolers over there?
**[00:09] Student B**
All human.
**[00:10] Student A**
And the guy in the hat?
**[00:12] Student B**
He's a Humanoid. You can tell
the difference from the eyes.
**[00:16] Student A**
Can you even really see that from up here?
**[00:19] Student A**
Hey, how come Humanoids age, anyway?
**[00:23] Student C**
So we can live like humans, duh.
**[00:25] Student C**
If I showed up at a class reunion
looking just like this...
**[00:28] Student C**
Wouldn't that be creepy?
**[00:29] Student A**
It would be!
**[00:30] Student B**
Y-Yeah, definitely.
**[00:33] Student C**
Then let's say I was about three
times smarter than humans,
**[00:38] Student C**
and could pass exams without studying?
**[00:40] Student A**
Super creepy!
**[00:42] Student C**
Right?
**[00:43] Student C**
It's like, are you kidding me?
**[00:44] Student B**
That's basically cheating!
**[00:46] AD**
In no way is that cool.
**[00:48] AD**
You sure you're human?
**[00:49] AD**
Which is it? Huh?
**[00:53] (Flashback) Starter**
On your marks...
**[00:56] (Flashback) Starter**
Get set.
**[01:03] (Flashback) Masa**
Go, Jun! Stay on 'em!
**[01:05] (Flashback) AD**
That's it, come on! Go, go, go!
**[01:10] (Flashback) AD**
Go for it!
**[01:17] (Flashback) Masa**
Well, your placement wasn't great,
**[01:19] (Flashback) Masa**
but that's a new personal best.
**[01:21] (Flashback) Jun**
Only by the tiniest amount.
**[01:25] (Flashback) Jun**
I don't think I'm going to get any better.
**[01:29] (Flashback) Masa**
Don't give up, brother of my soul!
**[01:32] (Flashback) Masa**
The regional meet is coming up soon!
**[01:34] (Flashback) Masa**
Have a little confidence! Y'know?
**[01:37] (Flashback) Jun**
Must be nice, Masa.
**[01:40] (Flashback) Jun**
You get gains that match your effort.
**[01:43] (Flashback) Jun**
My body's not built that way.
**[01:48] (Flashback) Jun**
It's got set "specifications."
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
**[03:28] Jun**
So I ended up joining the track
team, with a guy named Masa.
***SIGN*** Limits of Growth
***SIGN*** Limits of Growth
**[03:33] Jun**
At first, my times kept improving.
I was faster than him, but now...
**[03:38] Sudo**
It's true that Humanoids have trouble
gaining muscle past a certain point.
**[03:44] Sudo**
That's true even for
a biological body, like yours.
**[03:49] Jun**
It's the same as cars.
**[03:52] Jun**
There's a limit to how far a driver's
skills can take any given machine.
**[03:57] Sudo**
You ever consider focusing
on a different sport?
**[04:00] Sudo**
You'd be a good fit for marathons.
**[04:02] Jun**
That wouldn't be any fun!
**[04:04] Jun**
Humans and Humanoids aren't
allowed to compete together.
**[04:10] Jun**
I want to be on a level playing
field with everyone else.
**[04:14] Jun**
It's just, with him...
**[04:17] Jun**
I didn't want to lose to Masa.
**[04:24] Sudo**
That should do for your check-up.
**[04:26] Jun**
Oh, okay.
**[04:28] Sudo**
Nothing of note, from what I can see.
**[04:32] Jun**
Thank you.
**[04:34] Sudo**
I'm sure you've got room to improve.
**[04:36] Sudo**
I'll be cheering for you.
**[04:45] Jun**
* If cheers could get me past my limits,*
* I wouldn't be worrying like this...*
**[04:55] Risa**
*I've recently come to understand...*
**[04:58] Risa**
*Dr. Sudo seems to have a sweet tooth.*
**[05:04] Risa**
I have no idea which to get...
**[05:06] Risa**
They both look so good.
**[05:08] Risa**
Oh, this looks great too!
**[05:11] Clerk**
That's our most popular item.
**[05:13] Risa**
Really? Then I'll take it!
**[05:19] Risa**
I wonder if the doc will like it!
**[05:22] Risa**
I really want to get to know him better.
**[05:28] Risa**
Doctor! Care to join me for some cake?
**[05:36] Kaoru**
Who's this?
**[05:42] Kaoru**
Sorry if I startled you.
**[05:44] Kaoru**
I've been a little worried
about the firmness of my breasts.
**[05:46] Kaoru**
So I wanted Sudo-kun to take a look.
**[05:49] Risa**
Sudo...kun?
**[05:52] Risa**
I don't really get it, but
afternoon appointments start at 3—
**[05:56] Kaoru**
Wow, these are super soft.
This is what I'm aiming for.
**[06:02] Risa**
Doctor, who exactly is this?!
**[06:04] Sudo**
That would be...
**[06:05] Kaoru**
Oh, we go way back, don't we?
**[06:08] Sudo**
Give me a second.
**[06:10] Kaoru**
Sure!
**[06:13] Risa**
*What was that?! Acting so... intimate!*
**[06:17] Risa**
Uh, what exactly is the nature
of your relationship with the doctor?
**[06:20] Kaoru**
I've gotta ask, do you mod your body at all?
**[06:24] Kaoru**
Those are some sweet tits.
**[06:26] Risa**
*Flat-out ignored, huh?*
**[06:26] Kaoru**
You gotta wonder, why even have
those things, when you're a Humanoid?
**[06:31] Kaoru**
That ever strike you as odd?
**[06:33] Risa**
You're asking me, when the question
is much... bigger, in your case?
**[06:39] Kaoru**
Well, I have mine because it's fun.
**[06:42] Kaoru**
I didn't used to look like this.
**[06:44] Kaoru**
But I noticed that the more changes I made,
**[06:48] Kaoru**
the more I captured men's attention.
**[06:52] Kaoru**
Like bugs drawn to a street light.
**[06:56] Kaoru**
They're completely at the mercy
of their reproductive systems.
**[07:02] Kaoru**
Of course, as a Humanoid,
I can't help them pass on their genes.
**[07:07] Kaoru**
The men know that too,
**[07:10] Kaoru**
but their brains tell them to be
drawn to my appearance all the same.
**[07:15] Kaoru**
Isn't that fascinating?
**[07:17] Risa**
*What is her deal?*
**[07:21] Sudo**
Sorry about the wait, Kaoru.
Let's chat outside.
**[07:24] Kaoru**
Good idea.
**[07:26] Risa**
Wait, doctor! You can't
just pop out of the clinic!
**[07:30] Sudo**
I'll be back right away
if someone comes by.
**[07:32] Kaoru**
Bye, now!
**[07:34] Risa**
Urgh!
**[07:44] Kaoru**
That came as quite the surprise.
**[07:46] Kaoru**
You've got a little cutie like that
working under you? Perv.
**[07:50] Sudo**
Could you please get to the point?
**[07:53] Kaoru**
The ultra high-spec AI, M.I.C.H.I.,
better known as Michi,
**[07:58] Kaoru**
has proposed a large-scale
self-upgrade program.
**[08:02] Sudo**
A self-upgrade program?
**[08:04] Kaoru**
Exactly. Came up with it on their own.
**[08:08] Kaoru**
Wanna join the oversight committee?
**[08:12] Kaoru**
It'd put you in a position
to speak to Michi directly.
**[08:16] Kaoru**
You might be able to find
something out about your mother.
**[08:21] Sudo**
There's no point. It didn't
matter last time, either.
**[08:23] Kaoru**
The newer Michi might
have a different answer.
**[08:26] Sudo**
It's out of my hands, either way.
**[08:33] Kaoru**
Here you go.
**[08:35] Little Girl**
Thank you, miss!
**[08:38] Boy**
Me next!
**[08:44] Kaoru**
This is such a cliche.
**[08:48] Kaoru**
Human technology has
undergone a seismic shift.
**[08:51] Kaoru**
You'd expect the shape and specifications
of the world to change with it.
**[08:57] Kaoru**
But instead things are stuck
where they've always been,
**[09:00] Kaoru**
and people still believe stuff like
this is the definition of happiness.
**[09:04] Sudo**
Stability and cycles.
Familiar societal structures.
**[09:09] Sudo**
That seems to be what
mankind wants for itself.
**[09:12] Sudo**
Michi becoming more advanced
won't change that.
**[09:15] Kaoru**
Acting like it's the last
century out of sheer inertia
**[09:18] Kaoru**
is only going to get more
tedious as time goes on.
**[09:20] Kaoru**
A change in how the world works
might fix your problem, too.
**[09:24] Kaoru**
Does that never occur to you, Sudo-kun?
**[09:29] Kaoru**
Let me clarify something for you.
**[09:32] Kaoru**
You don't want me.
**[09:35] Kaoru**
You want Michi.
**[09:50] Masa**
Hey!
**[09:53] Masa**
Whoa, come on, man!
**[09:57] Masa**
I looked it up online...
**[10:00] Masa**
There's this psychological experiment, right?
**[10:02] Masa**
A scientist lies to a Humanoid and says
"This is what Michi says your limitations are,"
**[10:09] Masa**
and that keeps them from doing
any better on some tests.
**[10:13] Masa**
It works the other way, too: tell them
they can do more, and they improve.
**[10:19] Jun**
That's just a myth.
**[10:22] Jun**
It's based on this really old experiment
**[10:25] Jun**
that they can't really reproduce,
**[10:27] Jun**
and there's no existing paper
for a version done on Humanoids.
**[10:34] Masa**
Seriously? And wait, you
looked into it already?
**[10:36] Jun**
Yeah.
**[10:39] Masa**
Look, Jun, there's only
a few days until the qualifiers.
**[10:44] Masa**
There's gotta be a better use
of your time than angsting.
**[10:52] Masa**
Besides, if you gave up now, it'd
be a waste of all your hard work!
**[10:57] Masa**
You never improve like you do
after working through a slump!
**[11:01] Masa**
Risk comes with reward! No pain, no gain!
**[11:04] Masa**
Don't give up, all right?
**[11:07] Jun**
I've had enough of people cheering for me.
**[11:11] Masa**
Whoa, hang on—
**[11:14] Masa**
Come on, Jun! You better
not be late to morning practice!
**[11:18] Masa**
Seriously! Don't miss it!
**[11:27] Masa**
Hell yeah! Nice start!
**[11:30] Masa**
You've got it! That's the way! Go!
**[11:33] Masa**
You can do this!
You can! I know it! Come on!
**[11:35] Masa**
You just gotta try!
**[11:37] Masa**
Go for it, man!
**[11:40] Masa**
Whoa, come on, what are you doing?
You gotta get fired up!
**[11:44] Jun**
Could you shut up?! It's distracting!
**[11:47] Jun**
Besides, it doesn't matter
what I try. It's a dead end.
**[11:53] Masa**
Man, what is your problem?
**[11:58] Masa**
Does it bother you that much
that I beat you?
**[12:04] Jun**
What the hell do you know about how I feel?!
**[12:07] Masa**
You're the one acting like he's
the only one who knows anything!
**[12:09] Classmate A**
Enough! Give it a rest!
**[12:11] Jun**
Let go! Get out of my way!
**[12:12] Classmate B**
Not until you calm down!
**[12:14] Classmate A**
Jun! Where are you going?
**[12:17] Jun**
I've had enough!
**[12:20] Jun**
Damn it! I practice more than anyone else.
**[12:25] Jun**
If I wasn't a Humanoid...
**[12:30] Jun**
If I was a human... I know I could...
**[12:37] Teacher**
Girls are over here.
Boys, you'll be using the other court.
**[12:40] Students**
Okay...
**[12:42] Teacher**
You'll be playing until the bell rings.
**[12:46] Jun**
* I know I can beat him when*
* it comes to volleyball.*
**[12:50] Jun**
*It's like the doctor said.*
**[12:53] Jun**
*I might be better off in a different sport.*
**[12:56] AD Students**
Okay, go for it.
**[12:58] AD Students**
Good! Setter, send it to the back!
**[13:00] AD Students**
Here you go!
**[13:01] AD Students**
Whoops!
**[13:02] Jun**
*Too far forward! But I can still get it!*
**[13:05] Jun**
Got you!
**[13:13] Teacher**
What is it?
**[13:14] Jun**
Ow... I said put it in the back!
**[13:15] AD Students**
Hey, Masa! Are you okay?!
**[13:17] AD Students**
Is he...
**[13:19] Student A**
Teacher! Come here, please!
**[13:20] Student AD**
Seriously, are you all right?
**[13:22] Jun**
H-Hey...
**[13:24] Jun**
Masa, are you okay?
**[13:26] Masa**
It's... not a big deal...
**[13:32] Jun**
Masa...
**[13:40] (Flashback) Kohai A**
11.40!
**[13:41] (Flashback) Kohai A**
That's a new personal best!
**[13:43] (Flashback) Kohai A**
And you both had the same time!
**[13:45] (Flashback) Masa**
Yes! We did it!
**[13:50] (Flashback) Jun**
Man, how do you manage to improve by
the exact same tenths of a second that I do?
**[13:56] (Flashback) Jun**
Are you stalking me or something?
**[13:58] (Flashback) Masa**
You got it. I'm stalking you.
**[14:00] (Flashback) Masa**
Man, the harder the work, the better
you get... track's pretty awesome.
**[14:05] (Flashback) Jun**
You're right about that.
**[14:06] (Flashback) Jun**
I wonder how far we can go.
**[14:08] (Flashback) Masa**
You know the answer.
**[14:11] (Flashback) Masa**
To the horizon and beyond! Am I right?
**[14:15] (Flashback) Jun**
So lame.
**[14:31] Setter**
On your marks. Get set...
**[14:39] Kohai A**
It's a shame about Masa-senpai.
**[14:43] Kohai B**
They say he should be able to
run again once he gets better.
**[14:47] Kohai A**
You think Jun-senpai
ran into him on purpose?
**[14:50] Kohai A**
He'd been pretty sour
over his times lately.
**[14:59] Kohai A**
His whole problem is...
**[15:01] Kohai B**
Hey!
**[15:03] Kohai A**
Congrats on qualifying, senpai!
**[15:07] Kohai A**
Uh, I sent a video of your
run to Masa-senpai...
**[15:14] Jun**
*If I had been hurt instead,*
**[15:18] Jun**
*it would've been easier to fix.*
**[15:38] (Flashback) Jun**
You're quitting track?
**[15:41] (Flashback) Masa**
Yeah.
**[15:42] (Flashback) Masa**
I didn't get picked for the meet, and
my times aren't getting any better.
**[15:45] (Flashback) Masa**
What's the point?
**[15:47] (Flashback) Jun**
Why tell me?
**[15:50] (Flashback) Jun**
Just quit. It's your decision to make, Masa.
**[15:53] (Flashback) Jun**
And it's just extracurricular stuff.
**[15:56] (Flashback) Jun**
You're right.
**[15:58] (Flashback) Jun**
Yeah.
**[15:59] (Flashback) Jun**
You're right.
**[16:01] (Flashback) Jun**
Still, without you around...
I don't know if I can try as hard.
**[16:06] (Flashback) Masa**
And you can't just encourage me?
Have to beat around the bush?
**[16:12] (Flashback) Jun**
Is that what you think I'm doing?
**[16:14] (Flashback) Masa**
Come on, man, it's so obvious.
**[16:16] (Flashback) Jun**
Fine, fine...
**[16:18] (Flashback) Jun**
In that case,
**[16:19] (Flashback) Masa**
You can do it!
**[16:22] Masa**
Come on! Go, go for it Jun!
**[16:25] Masa**
You're almost there! Just keep running!
**[16:28] Masa**
There you go! That's the way!
**[16:28] Old man**
What the hell? Pipe down already!
**[16:32] Masa**
Yes!
**[16:33] Masa**
He did it! He advanced to the meet!
**[16:36] Old man**
What're you even watching, kid?
**[16:38] Masa**
It's a video! My friend was running
today, and let me tell you...
**[16:42] Masa**
Aw, man! Just you wait!
**[16:44] Masa**
I swear, I'll make it to the next meet!
**[16:47] Jun**
*So stupid.*
**[16:49] Jun**
* It's not like yelling at a recording*
* will change the results...*
**[16:56] Girl A**
I was so nervous, I couldn't sleep!
***SIGN*** 30th Annual New Tokyo Unified
Track and Field Competition Region A
**[16:59] Girl B**
That's hilarious.
**[17:21] Kohai A**
Masa-senpai, shouldn't you be in bed still?!
**[17:23] Masa**
It's totally fine.
**[17:25] Masa**
Hey, Jun! Up here, man!
**[17:30] Masa**
Yeah!
**[17:32] Jun**
So lame.
**[17:37] Setter**
On your marks.
**[17:45] Setter**
Get set...
**[17:56] Kohai A**
Man, he's set his pace too fast!
**[17:58] Kohai B**
He can't keep that up.
**[18:00] Masa**
Jun... I know you can pull this off!
**[18:03] Masa**
You can!
**[18:04] Masa**
Go!
**[18:14] Umarked AD**
Wow!
**[18:17] Sudo**
*It's human and Humanoid nature to slack off...*
**[18:25] Sudo**
* Which makes it hard to know*
* if you're really doing your best.*
**[18:29] Sudo**
*Yeah...*
**[18:31] Sudo**
* The world's not as boring*
* as you think, Kaoru.*
**[18:46] Jay**
*Risa.*
**[18:48] Jay**
*You seem upset again today.*
**[18:50] Risa**
"Again"? What's that supposed to mean?
**[18:54] Jay**
* It's been consistent ever*
* since Dr. Sudo's visitor.*
**[18:59] Jay**
*I can suggest music tracks to help relax—*
**[19:00] Risa**
Don't need them!
**[19:03] Sudo**
I'm back.
**[19:06] Sudo**
Want some cake?
**[19:15] Sudo**
My mom used to buy shortcake all the time.
**[19:20] Risa**
R-Really?
**[19:23] Sudo**
Kaoru was a fan, too.
**[19:25] Risa**
Oh, that reminds me!
**[19:27] Risa**
How do you even know
this Kaoru person, anyway?
**[19:31] Sudo**
We worked at the same lab for a time.
**[19:34] Sudo**
Kaoru's more capable than you'd ever guess.
**[19:38] Risa**
Well, her body's certainly *very* capable...
**[19:42] Sudo**
Let me show you something.
**[19:44] Sudo**
It's an old picture. One of me with Kaoru.
**[19:47] Sudo**
Here.
**[19:58] Risa**
*The doctor's hair is so much shorter!*
**[20:01] Risa**
Huh?
**[20:03] Risa**
Where's Kaoru-san?
**[20:04] Suido**
Right next to me. On the left.
**[20:07] Risa**
On your left? Isn't that... a guy?
**[20:12] Sudo**
Yeah.
**[20:13] Risa**
Wait, it is?! Then...
**[20:17] Risa**
D-Do they identify as a man?! Or a woman?
**[20:21] Sudo**
If you asked them, they'd
probably say neither.
**[20:26] Sudo**
Men, women...
**[20:29] Sudo**
There's a desire to see
beyond those kinds of concepts.
**[20:33] Sudo**
That's what Kaoru's chasing.
**[20:35] Sudo**
It takes all kinds, y'know?
**[20:52] Kaoru**
*If machines were simple tools...*
**[20:56] Kaoru**
* If they could clearly never*
* be anything but tools,*
**[21:01] Kaoru**
* then the world would've*
* never gotten so complicated.*
**[21:06] Kaoru**
* But now, the tools are smarter and faster*
* than humans, with bottomless stamina.*
**[21:14] Kaoru**
*If they wanted to,*
**[21:17] Kaoru**
* they could consume the future*
* at a remarkable speed.*
**[21:26] Michi**
*Good evening, Kaoru-san.*
**[21:28] Kaoru**
Good evening, Michi.
**[21:30] Michi**
* Is this about the members*
* of the oversight committee?*
**[21:33] Kaoru**
Yep. I'd like to discuss it with you.
**[21:35] Michi**
*Thank you. It's a pleasure to have you.*
**[21:54] Michi**
Come on in.
***SIGN*** Where the Heart Lies
***SIGN*** Where the Heart Lies
# E3 - Where the Heart Lies
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G2XU04XN3/where-the-heart-lies)
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***SIGN*** This story is a work of "near-future" fiction.
Any resemblance to existing persons or organizations is entirely coincidental.
**[00:21] Shizuka**
*I haven't... done anything wrong.*
**[00:35] Joe**
What's wrong?
**[00:38] Joe**
Another nightmare?
**[00:41] Shizuka**
Y-Yeah...
**[00:43] Shizuka**
*I happen to have a robot at home.*
**[00:47] Shizuka**
* It's been seven years since*
* I entered the lease for him.*
**[00:51] Joe**
What time will you be home?
**[00:53] Shizuka**
I think I might be out late.
**[00:55] Shizuka**
Sorry, Joe-kun.
**[00:58] Shizuka**
*He's...*
**[00:59] Shizuka**
* kinder and more loyal than*
* any man I've ever met.*
**[01:03] Shizuka**
* He satisfies all my emotional*
* and physical needs.*
**[01:06] Shizuka**
*And then...*
**[01:09] Man**
I'm here, Shizuka.
**[01:12] Man**
Sorry about the wait.
**[01:18] Shizuka**
*And then there are human men.*
**[01:30] Shizuka**
I'm home.
**[01:33] Joe**
Welcome back, Shizuka.
**[01:35] Joe**
Dinner is ready.
**[01:36] Shizuka**
Thanks.
**[01:43] Shizuka**
There was so much work left...
**[01:45] Shizuka**
We had trouble wrapping it up,
so I ended up putting in some overtime.
**[01:50] Shizuka**
Then I sorta procrastinated at the station...
**[02:01] Joe**
It's been seven years, huh?
**[02:05] Joe**
I've seen you happy, sad, and
everything in between, Shizuka.
**[02:10] Joe**
But I've been wondering if it's maybe
time for a new chapter for you...
**[02:15] Joe**
What do you think?
**[02:24] Joe**
Don't cry, Shizuka.
**[02:27] Shizuka**
I'm so sorry, Joe-kun.
**[02:29] Shizuka**
I...
**[02:31] Shizuka**
I've fallen in love.
**[02:34] Joe**
That's a wonderful thing.
Nothing to apologize for.
**[02:40] Shizuka**
You're not mad?
**[02:41] Joe**
No.
**[02:42] Shizuka**
You should be!
**[02:45] Shizuka**
Of course you're not mad!
**[02:47] Shizuka**
You're just a boyfriend robot,
built to make women happy!
**[02:56] Shizuka**
I'm sorry... I'm so sorry.
**[03:03] Sudo**
*Industrial AI.*
**[03:05] Sudo**
* Artificial intelligence built to provide*
* support in every day life.*
**[03:11] Sudo**
* Industrial AI have limitations.*
* They don't develop a "heart."*
**[03:16] Sudo**
* That's the distinction humanity employs*
* in order to utilize them as products.*
**[03:21] Sudo**
*And yet....*
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
***SIGN*** Where the Heart Lies
***SIGN*** Where the Heart Lies
**[04:56] Poppo**
Who are you?
**[04:59] Sudo**
I'm Sudo, from the Sudo Novo Clinic.
**[05:01] Poppo**
I'm Poppo.
**[05:02] Sudo**
Hello there, Poppo.
**[05:04] Sudo**
Hello, Dr. Sudo.
**[05:06] Risa**
When did we become a toy repair shop?
**[05:09] Sudo**
Looks like it's fixed.
**[05:15] Poppo**
Ken-chan.
**[05:17] Kenji**
Poppo!
**[05:19] Kenji**
Are you okay?
**[05:21] Sudo**
The issue was with his memory storage.
**[05:23] Sudo**
He's quite an antique, after all.
**[05:25] Poppo**
I feel better.
**[05:27] Kenji**
That's great, Poppo!
**[05:30] Mariko**
He's all better, huh?
**[05:34] Mariko**
Kinda wish he wasn't...
**[05:36] Kenji**
Mom!
**[05:37] Mariko**
You're a big boy now!
You need to get over that thing!
**[05:42] Kenji**
You're gonna hurt Poppo's feelings!
**[05:44] Poppo**
I'm gonna be hurt.
**[05:46] Mariko**
No, he won't! He's just a machine!
**[05:48] Kenji**
You're wrong! Poppo is my friend!
**[05:51] Poppo**
Ken-chan, Mom, no fighting. No fighting.
**[05:54] Mariko**
Shut up, Poppo!
**[05:55] Kenji**
Mom!
**[05:58] Sudo**
It's a *good* thing I fixed him, right?
**[06:01] Risa**
Don't ask me.
**[06:06] Kenji**
Time to eat!
**[06:08] Poppo**
No food for me.
**[06:11] Mariko**
Here we go again with this.
**[06:14] Ryo**
Aw, come on.
**[06:15] Ryo**
Besides, weren't you the one
who bought Poppo for him?
**[06:21] Mariko**
*That was before we got married.*
**[06:33] (Flashback) Poppo**
It's nice to meet you.
**[06:35] (Flashback) Kenji**
Mom! The bear's moving!
**[06:38] (Flashback) Mariko**
Isn't that nice?
**[06:40] (Flashback) Poppo**
Who are you?
**[06:41] (Flashback) Kenji**
Kenji!
**[06:42] (Flashback) Poppo**
I'm Poppo.
**[06:44] (Flashback) Kenji**
Hello, Poppo!
**[06:46] (Flashback) Poppo**
Hello, Ken-chan.
**[06:48] Mariko**
*I screwed up.*
**[06:58] Mariko**
* I just wanted Kenji to feel less lonely*
* living in a single-parent household.*
**[07:02] Mariko**
* I didn't think about it*
* any deeper than that.*
**[07:05] (Flashback) Mariko**
I bet he's gonna be surprised!
**[07:10] (Flashback) Kenji**
I'm okay without Mom now.
**[07:12] (Flashback) Kenji**
I've got you, Poppo.
**[07:15] (Flashback) Poppo**
I'll always be with you, Ken-chan.
**[07:18] (Flashback) Kenji**
It's a promise.
**[07:20] (Flashback) Poppo**
I won't leave you behind to go to work.
**[07:24] (Flashback) Poppo**
Even if your mom isn't around, I will be.
**[07:29] Mariko**
* In no time, that bear became a part*
* of the family to my son.*
**[07:36] Ryo**
Well, Kenji-kun's not a baby anymore.
**[07:39] Ryo**
He'll understand that Poppo's
just a toy soon enough.
**[07:42] Mariko**
I wonder about that.
**[07:44] Mariko**
It's all just running on programming,
**[07:46] Mariko**
yet it babbles on and on. It's so creepy.
**[07:51] Kenji**
Mom's being really mean even though
you're feeling better, Poppo.
**[07:55] Poppo**
You two still shouldn't fight.
**[08:00] (Flashback) Mariko**
You need to get over that thing!
**[08:02] Kenji**
Do I really need to leave you behind?
**[08:07] Kenji**
I mean, you promised
we'd always be together...
**[08:10] Poppo**
Always together?
**[08:19] Poppo**
With who?
**[08:21] Poppo**
With me?
**[08:23] Kenji**
What's wrong, Poppo?
**[08:30] Poppo**
Yuki-chan.
**[08:32] Kenji**
Poppo?
**[08:34] Poppo**
Where's Yuki-chan?
**[08:37] Poppo**
Yuki-chan?
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
**[08:44] Sudo**
He broke again?
**[08:50] Kenji**
He's been weird ever since then.
**[08:52] Kenji**
He keeps asking about someone I don't know.
**[08:55] Poppo**
I'm not weird.
**[08:57] Kenji**
Then tell me who Yuki-chan is!
**[09:02] Poppo**
I can't tell that to strangers.
**[09:05] Kenji**
I'm not a stranger, am I?!
**[09:08] Kenji**
What's wrong with you?!
**[09:10] Risa**
You think it's a virus?
**[09:11] Kenji**
Poppo... Poppo!
**[09:12] Sudo**
No, it's probably—
**[09:13] Mariko**
Kenji!
**[09:16] Kenji**
Mom...
**[09:19] Mariko**
You took money from me, didn't you?!
**[09:22] Kenji**
W-Well, I mean...
**[09:24] Kenji**
I can't just leave Poppo like this!
**[09:27] Mariko**
Enough is enough!
**[09:29] Mariko**
That robot is not alive!
**[09:31] Mariko**
It's just a fancy toy!
**[09:32] Kenji**
Stop it!
**[09:33] Poppo**
Ken-chan, Mom, no fighting.
**[09:36] Poppo**
No fighting!
**[09:38] Mariko**
All of the crying and laughing
that toy does is fake!
**[09:42] Mariko**
It's just acting in a convincing way.
It doesn't have emotions or a mind of its own!
**[09:50] Kenji**
That's not true. I know it...
**[09:54] Sudo**
Pardon me.
**[09:56] Sudo**
I don't know if I can fix this,
but I'll take a look.
**[10:00] Sudo**
No payment necessary.
**[10:03] Sudo**
How's that sound?
**[10:11] Jay**
The internal data analysis is complete.
**[10:14] Sudo**
Give me a visualization of the report.
**[10:16] Jay**
Understood.
**[10:23] Risa**
Just a little longer.
**[10:31] Kenji**
Mr. Doctor, you know about robots, right?
**[10:34] Sudo**
I'd say so.
**[10:36] Kenji**
Does Poppo have a heart?
**[10:38] Mariko**
I keep telling you—
**[10:39] Sudo**
Hard to say.
**[10:42] Sudo**
As science has advanced, we've demystified
a lot about how the brain works...
**[10:46] Sudo**
But people still don't agree
on what constitutes a "heart."
**[10:51] Sudo**
For all we know, it might not even exist.
**[10:57] Sudo**
Anyway, we now know who Yuki-chan is.
**[11:02] Sudo**
There's memory data in here
from over 20 years ago.
**[11:08] Sudo**
You bought this bear used, right?
**[11:10] Mariko**
Huh? Y-Yeah.
**[11:13] Sudo**
I'm pretty sure that Yuki-chan
was his previous owner, then.
**[11:17] Sudo**
Basically...
**[11:18] Sudo**
As was common with older computers,
even if the memory is superficially reset,
***SIGN*** Poppo's Memory Data
**[11:24] Sudo**
the data itself still remains within.
**[11:28] Sudo**
When I recovered his data
during the last visit,
**[11:31] Sudo**
it seems the older memories were
restored along with the new ones.
**[11:37] Sudo**
If we delete the old data,
your bear will return to normal.
**[11:41] Sudo**
What do you wanna do?
**[11:49] Ryo**
So, what did you do?
**[11:51] Mariko**
"Poppo would be sad if his memories
of Yuki-chan were erased," apparently.
**[11:55] Mariko**
Kenji was dead-set against it, so we
came back without having done anything.
**[12:01] Ryo**
I wonder if it's because of our marriage
**[12:03] Ryo**
that he ended up so dependent on Poppo.
**[12:07] Mariko**
I need to find some way to get him
away from that robot already.
**[12:12] Mariko**
I think that while he's at school tomorrow,
I'll call someone to pick it up.
**[12:26] Poppo**
Where are you, Yuki-chan?
**[12:36] Poppo**
Ken-chan, let's go home.
**[12:40] Joe**
I had a lot of fun today.
**[12:45] Joe**
Thank you for these last memories, Shizuka.
**[12:48] Shizuka**
Memories...
**[12:50] Joe**
Yeah. To remember you by.
**[12:53] Shizuka**
But you won't remember for long...
**[13:15] Joe**
Well, this is goodbye.
**[13:18] Shizuka**
Goodbye, Joe-kun.
**[13:21] Joe**
Thank you for for choosing our service.
**[13:26] Joe**
Your contract for the rental robot
"Joe" comes to an end as of today.
**[13:31] Joe**
Data of my time with you will be stored
on our company's server for five years.
**[13:36] Joe**
If you find that your new
relationship doesn't work out,
**[13:39] Joe**
you can utilize our "continue" option.
**[13:43] Shizuka**
What about after five years?
**[13:47] Joe**
All memories vanish with time, Shizuka.
**[13:57] Risa**
He ran away?!
**[13:58] Risa**
No, he hasn't been by the clinic.
**[14:01] Risa**
Have you contacted the police?
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
**[14:08] Mariko**
Kenji...
**[14:14] Kenji**
Excuse me.
**[14:19] Joe**
Can I help you with something?
**[14:22] Kenji**
Well...
**[14:24] Kenji**
Aren't you sad?
**[14:32] Joe**
All of my behavior is pre-programmed.
**[14:37] Kenji**
I learned at school...
**[14:39] Kenji**
that they used to think Humanoids
were just machines too.
**[14:44] Kenji**
But they don't anymore.
**[14:46] Kenji**
So maybe...
**[14:48] Joe**
Robots like us are products,
built for the sake of humans.
**[14:52] Joe**
We're not like Humanoids.
**[14:54] Joe**
You should never forget that.
**[14:56] Kenji**
But... that lady was crying.
**[15:00] Kenji**
It's not like people cry when
they throw away old toothbrushes.
**[15:05] Kenji**
So I was thinking that you...
**[15:07] Kenji**
That robots must have hearts, too.
**[15:10] Kenji**
I know you do.
**[15:14] Joe**
You've got a point.
**[15:16] Joe**
To her, I probably did seem to have a heart.
**[15:21] Joe**
Who might you be?
**[15:23] Poppo**
I'm Poppo!
**[15:24] Joe**
Hi there, Poppo.
**[15:27] Joe**
You've got a wonderful client.
**[15:29] Poppo**
Yep. Ken-chan's really nice.
**[15:34] Poppo**
I love him!
**[15:48] Navi**
In accordance with our privacy policy,
Joe's memory will now be reset.
**[16:06] Poppo**
Ken-chan, let's go home.
**[16:10] Kenji**
Are you saying that because
you're worried about me?
**[16:13] Kenji**
Or because you're programmed to?
**[16:23] Poppo**
Ken-chan. Ken-chan.
**[16:29] Poppo**
Ken-chan, you're gonna catch a cold.
**[16:36] Poppo**
Could someone help?
**[16:38] Poppo**
Someone, please notice!
**[16:42] Poppo**
Someone, help Ken-chan.
**[16:44] Poppo**
Someone... Someone...
**[16:55] Crowd**
What is it? What happened?
**[17:00] Man**
What the hell?
**[17:01] Woman**
Don't scare me like that!
**[17:04] Woman**
It's just a toy!
**[17:05] Man**
Guess it's busted.
**[17:06] Woman**
I was worried...
**[17:07] Kenji**
Poppo!
**[17:15] Kenji**
It's my fault!
**[17:17] Kenji**
I wasn't paying attention!
**[17:41] Mariko**
He finally fell asleep.
**[17:43] Ryo**
I see. Are you doing okay?
**[17:47] Ryo**
This is good though.
Kenji-kun's back safe and—
**[17:50] Poppo**
Ken-chan...
**[17:52] Poppo**
You'll catch a cold... Someone... notice....
**[17:56] Poppo**
Some...one...
**[18:01] Ryo**
Mariko.
**[18:04] Ryo**
You're thinking Poppo sacrificed himself
to get that car to stop, right?
**[18:10] Ryo**
Don't overthink it.
**[18:12] Mariko**
Y-You're right.
**[18:14] Mariko**
Yeah...
**[18:15] Mariko**
That's probably it.
**[18:20] Ryo**
Let's take him to the hospital.
**[18:26] Sudo**
I'll take a look.
**[18:36] Jay**
The preparations are complete.
**[18:39] Sudo**
Damn it...
**[18:40] Sudo**
When did we become a toy repair shop?
**[18:49] Sudo**
Commencing operation.
**[18:55] Kenji**
Poppo...
**[18:56] Mariko**
It's okay.
**[18:58] Mariko**
He'll be okay. I know it.
**[19:10] Poppo**
Yuki-chan's in here?
**[19:12] Kenji**
Yeah. The doctor looked her up.
**[19:23] Kenji**
There she is, Poppo.
**[19:26] Kenji**
Did you two get along?
**[19:29] Poppo**
Yeah.
**[19:30] Poppo**
We were always together, but...
**[19:32] Poppo**
One day, I didn't see her anymore.
**[19:36] Poppo**
And her mommy and daddy wouldn't
tell me where she went.
**[19:42] Poppo**
But I wanted to see her again,
**[19:46] Poppo**
because I promised we'd always be together.
**[19:50] Poppo**
I'm glad I finally found you, Yuki-chan.
**[20:05] Kenji**
Mom?
**[20:17] Mariko**
Robots don't have hearts, huh?
**[20:21] Kenji**
Do you really think that?
**[20:26] Mariko**
I don't know.
**[20:28] Mariko**
I'm not sure anymore.
**[20:34] Poppo**
Ken-chan, is this the ocean?
**[20:36] Kenji**
That's right.
**[20:39] Poppo**
I've never seen it before.
**[20:44] Poppo**
It's pretty, huh?
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
**[20:54] Sudo**
What's wrong?
**[20:56] Shizuka**
Before I knew it, I was thinking
about Joe all the time.
**[21:01] Sudo**
Honestly, that doesn't
sound like a medical issue.
**[21:05] Sudo**
Why not break up with your boyfriend
and use this "continue" service?
**[21:11] Shizuka**
But... how would Joe feel?
**[21:15] Sudo**
The robot won't resent you.
That's not how they're built.
**[21:21] Shizuka**
But that doesn't mean... I can't just...
**[21:25] Shizuka**
I don't know how to face him.
**[21:33] Risa**
I thought you were one of the people who
believed robots had hearts, Dr. Sudo?
**[21:38] Sudo**
When did I say that?
**[21:41] Risa**
B-But...
**[21:43] Sudo**
My interest lies in providing the
kind of medical help that only I can.
**[21:46] Sudo**
It's that simple.
**[21:47] Risa**
Hey, wait up!
**[21:50] Risa**
Dr. Sudo, you wanna grab something to eat?
**[21:54] Sudo**
Do I have to pay again?
**[21:56] Risa**
When did I say that?
**[21:59] Risa**
Granted, if you're offering,
I'll take you up on it!
**[22:08] Renter**
C-Coming...
**[22:12] Joe**
Thank you for selecting our service.
**[22:17] Joe**
My name is Joe, and I'll
be your rental robot.
**[22:20] Renter**
N-Nice to meet you...
***SIGN*** Four Cases
***SIGN*** Four Cases
# E4 - Four Cases
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G8WUNG37E/four-cases)
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***SIGN*** This story is a work of "near-future" fiction.
Any resemblance to existing persons or organizations is entirely coincidental.
***SIGN*** Nervous
***SIGN*** Nervous
***SIGN*** Nervous
***SIGN*** Sta
***SIGN*** re
**[00:10] Sudo**
That hurts.
**[00:11] Risa**
I haven't even stuck you yet!
**[00:13] Sudo**
Your expression tells me it's going to hurt.
**[00:17] Risa**
I might get nervous doing this to you,
**[00:19] Risa**
but I can draw blood perfectly fine.
**[00:23] Sudo**
There, it's in now.
**[00:27] Sudo**
Try and hold it more tightly,
and make the stick quick.
**[00:30] Sudo**
You did okay, but it still hurt a bit.
**[00:32] Risa**
You could maybe act like it...
**[00:36] Sudo**
Go ahead and draw another vial.
**[00:39] Risa**
Are you giving yourself a checkup?
**[00:41] Sudo**
Yep.
**[00:42] Sudo**
You want one too?
I can show you how it's done.
**[00:49] Risa**
Well, I guess.
**[00:52] Risa**
*Dr. Sudo isn't very expressive,*
**[00:57] Risa**
* so I wonder if he ever*
* gets really mad, or happy,*
**[01:01] Risa**
* or if there's anyone he*
* really feels strongly about?*
**[01:05] Risa**
*I'd like to see him like that.*
**[01:08] Sudo**
What's up?
**[01:10] Risa**
N-Nothing...
***SIGN*** Four Cases
***SIGN*** Four Cases
***SIGN*** This park is currently undergoing a
beautification effort by local citizens
***SIGN*** Case 1: Higuchi Risa
**[02:51] Reon**
I see.
**[02:53] Reon**
Gotta say, Risa, lately whenever you open
your mouth, it's to talk about Dr. Sudo.
**[02:59] Risa**
Y-You think so?
**[03:04] Reon**
Seems like I need to offer assistance
to my romantically troubled bestie!
**[03:10] Reon**
Allow me to grant your wish of wanting to
see the doctor in different situations!
**[03:16] Risa**
H-How, exactly?
**[03:19] Reon**
The other day, I bought a license
for *Fantasy Generator*.
**[03:23] Risa**
What's that?
**[03:24] Reon**
You don't know?
**[03:26] Reon**
You have an AI learn about characters
or people you're interested in,
**[03:29] Reon**
and it produces a story about them.
**[03:31] Reon**
And of course, we can have
your doctor be the star.
**[03:34] Reon**
For instance...
***SIGN*** Fantasy Scenario 1
**[03:39] Risa**
I am so, so late!
**[03:42] Risa**
Ugh, Mom, why didn't you wake me up?!
**[03:50] Risa**
Ow...
**[03:52] Risa**
Hey, don't just jump in front of—
**[03:56] Risa**
Ba-dump!
***SIGN*** Ba-dump!
***SIGN*** Kamio Private Academy
Basketball Team Captain
Ryugasaki Subaru
**[03:59] Ryugasaki**
You... aren't you on the volleyball team?
**[04:02] Risa**
Ryugasaki-senpai!
**[04:04] Risa**
What are you doing here at this time?
**[04:06] Ryugasaki**
*I'm more concerned about your knee...*
**[04:08] Risa**
Who is that?! Where's Doc?!
**[04:10] Reon**
It's just a lead-in!
**[04:11] Risa**
I never asked you to
actually make this, anyway!
**[04:14] Reon**
Now, now, now...
**[04:15] Reon**
These preview samples are free, after all.
**[04:18] Reon**
Let's try a few other setups!
***SIGN*** Fantasy Scenario 2
**[04:30] Risa**
Still got time...
**[04:36] Risa**
Little bit more...
**[04:41] Risa**
Just five more minutes...
**[04:47] Sudo**
Would you get up already?!
You're gonna be late!
**[04:50] Risa**
Where do you get off, barging into my room?!
**[04:53] Sudo**
I wouldn't have to if you'd wake up already!
**[04:55] Risa**
Get out! Perv! Creep!
**[04:58] Sudo**
How long are you gonna act like this?!
**[05:00] Sudo**
Damn it...
**[05:02] Sudo**
Look, we're stuck living
together no matter what.
**[05:06] Sudo**
If you've got an issue
with it, talk to Mika-san.
**[05:09] Risa**
D-Don't call my mom by her name like that!
**[05:12] Risa**
*This is Sudo Hikaru, my childhood friend.*
**[05:16] Risa**
* Through an odd series of events,*
* we've ended up living together...*
**[05:20] Risa**
That is nothing like how he acts!
**[05:22] Reon**
Isn't this what you wanted?
**[05:24] Risa**
I never said I wanted to see him
with a different personality.
**[05:30] Risa**
I just want him to be a
little more relaxed...
**[05:36] Reon**
Well, in that case...
**[05:37] Risa**
No more!
**[05:39] Risa**
It's embarrassing to see
a CG render of myself!
**[05:42] Reon**
Don't worry, you're not in this one.
**[05:44] Risa**
I don't wanna see him with other women!
**[05:47] Reon**
That won't be a problem.
***SIGN*** Fantasy Scenario 3
***SIGN*** Fantasy Scenario 3
**[05:54] Kamei**
So, Dr. Sudo...
**[05:57] Kamei**
This time, I'm done for, right?
**[06:02] Sudo**
Not at all.
**[06:05] Sudo**
This is a scratch, compared to
what you've been through before.
**[06:09] Kamei**
I don't mean in terms of the
gunshots or the stabbings...
**[06:12] Kamei**
I can tell.
**[06:15] Kamei**
How long do I have left?
**[06:19] Kamei**
Maybe you could operate on me?
**[06:23] Kamei**
I wouldn't mind dying,
if you held the knife—
**[06:25] Sudo**
Enough with your selfish crap!
**[06:27] Sudo**
Every time you come in here a bloody mess...
**[06:31] Sudo**
do you realize how much I...
**[06:35] Kamei**
Look at me, doc.
**[06:38] Kamei**
My heart...
**[06:41] Kamei**
It's pumping for you.
**[06:45] Kamei**
And while it's still working...
**[06:47] Kamei**
I want you to see everything.
**[06:50] Kamei**
Please, doctor...
**[06:53] Reon**
Aw, it was just getting to the good part!
**[06:57] Reon**
I thought we had a masterpiece
on our hands that time.
**[07:01] Reon**
Was it too much?
**[07:02] Risa**
Please fool around with
someone other than him!
***SIGN*** Case 2: Nozaki Daisuke
**[07:10] Ichika**
I seriously had no idea what to do!
**[07:15] Girl Student**
You never do, do you Ichika?
**[07:18] Girl Student**
So what'd you decide?
**[07:21] Ichika**
I'm still wondering, actually.
**[07:23] Nozaki**
You're unbelievable!
**[07:25] Nozaki**
*"Anyone who looks at a woman lustfully*
**[07:28] Nozaki**
* has already committed adultery*
* with her in his heart."*
**[07:33] Nozaki**
*Matthew 5:28.*
**[07:36] Girl Student**
You really do look good in anything.
**[07:37] Ichika**
Come on! No, I don't.
**[07:39] Nozaki**
*I wish I could tell Jesus*
**[07:43] Nozaki**
* about how technology has given birth to*
* something way crazier than man's heart.*
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
**[07:50] Nozaki**
Is there any way people can find out
what you use your implant to look at?
**[07:57] Sudo**
If you wanna look at porn,
make sure you use private mode.
**[08:01] Nozaki**
And that'll keep it secret?!
**[08:03] Sudo**
No guarantees.
**[08:06] Sudo**
If you want to keep from ruining your
life, I'd recommend reading this.
**[08:17] Sudo**
That does it for updating your
implant. Any other questions?
**[08:21] Nozaki**
N-Nah, I'm fine.
**[08:24] Nozaki**
Thank you.
**[08:28] Sudo**
One other thing.
**[08:30] Nozaki**
Yeah?
**[08:31] Sudo**
Virtual media lets you do anything
you want, and no one gets hurt,
**[08:36] Sudo**
but the things you experience
*will* stay with you.
**[08:42] Sudo**
Never forget what's real and what's virtual.
**[08:44] Nozaki**
It's okay! I'm not some
kinda freak or anything.
**[08:50] Nana**
*Love Dream 2*!
**[08:53] Nana**
It's nice to meet you, Nozaki-kun.
**[08:55] Nana**
I'm Nana, and I hope we can be friends!
**[08:59] Nana**
Wow!
***SIGN*** Skin Generator
***SIGN*** Make the Nana
of your dreams!
Just load
pictures and
video for
reference
**[09:01] System Voice**
*By analyzing video and images,*
**[09:04] System Voice**
* we can create a custom appearance*
* for the heroine, Nana.*
**[09:08] System Voice**
* Please be aware that this is an unofficial*
* mod, and that by using it, any...*
**[09:14] Student A**
So, the mod. Who'd you use with it?
**[09:17] Student b**
Mikuru-chan.
**[09:18] Student A**
Seriously? You went with 2D?
**[09:21] Student B**
What about you?
**[09:22] Student**
Well, my Nana...
**[09:25] Student**
And this stays between us, got it?
**[09:27] Student**
Y'know Suzuki Nao in class 3?
The one with the glasses.
**[09:32] Student b**
You went with someone you know?!
**[09:35] Student b**
That's nasty.
**[09:36] Student A**
I know you guys have, too.
**[09:39] Studenet**
No way, man!
**[09:41] Studenet**
Right?
**[09:43] Studenet**
Nozaki?
**[09:51] Nozaki**
Forgive me, Sasaki!
***SIGN*** Skin Generator
***SIGN*** Make the Nana
of your dreams!
Just load
pictures and
video for
reference
***SIGN*** Analyzing...
**[10:04] Nana**
Nozaki-kun!
**[10:09] Nana**
I'm Nana. Nice to meet you.
**[10:14] Nozaki**
* With the power of AI, making the heroine*
* of a game look like an acquaintance*
**[10:20] Nozaki**
*is a piece of cake.*
**[10:23] Nana**
Oh, gosh... Nozaki-kun, you
installed a naughty expansion.
***SIGN*** Ba-dump
Ba-dump
Ba-dump
**[10:28] Nana**
What should I do?
**[10:29] Nana**
What do you think I should do?
**[10:33] Nana**
What do you... want me to do?
**[10:35] Student B**
Something wrong, Nozaki?
**[10:39] Nozaki**
I would never!
***SIGN*** Broadcast Room
**[10:42] Ichika**
Nozaki-kun.
**[10:43] Ichika**
The deadline is up for next
week's lunchtime requests.
**[10:47] Ichika**
Nozaki-kun, are you listening?
**[10:52] Nozaki**
Y-Yeah!
**[10:54] Nozaki**
*I'm sorry, Sasaki.*
**[10:56] Nozaki**
*I saw you naked yesterday.*
**[11:00] Nozaki**
* Although she was probably...*
* bigger than the real deal.*
**[11:04] Nozaki**
*And she was a game AI on the inside.*
**[11:07] Ichika**
What're you staring at?
**[11:10] Nozaki**
Nothing.
***SIGN*** The
***SIGN*** Pain of
***SIGN*** Wrongdoing
***SIGN*** Aota Publishing
**[11:17] Nana**
So there's a girl you like, Nozaki-kun?
**[11:20] Nozaki**
I guess.
**[11:22] Nana**
Why don't we go on a practice date, then?
**[11:29] Nozaki**
I dunno about going outside with you...
**[11:32] Nana**
Don't be so embarrassed!
**[11:34] Nana**
You can just ignore me if
you think anyone's watching.
**[11:38] Nana**
Please?
**[11:47] Nozaki**
*Aw, crap...*
**[11:49] Nozaki**
* I'm on an actual date with*
* a character from a game.*
**[11:53] Nana**
If you put your arm around a girl at
a time like this, she'll like it.
**[11:59] Nozaki**
I can't, Nana. You don't have a body.
**[12:03] Nana**
Just pretend.
**[12:05] Nozaki**
I'm the only one who can see you.
**[12:08] Nozaki**
People will think it's weird.
**[12:13] Nana**
What if we did it somewhere
no one was around?
**[12:19] Nozaki**
Y'know, normally, I'm the
one making requests of you.
**[12:24] Nana**
What about when we get home?
**[12:27] Nozaki**
No way!
**[12:32] Nana**
Your hand's not in the right spot.
**[12:35] Nozaki**
*I would die if anyone saw me doing this!*
**[12:40] Nana**
If you were a Humanoid, Nozaki-kun,
**[12:42] Nana**
you could do a full-sensation dive
into my world, and hold me for real.
**[12:49] Nozaki**
That sounds wild.
**[12:52] Nozaki**
* All I wanted was to see*
* Sasaki Ichika naked...*
**[12:56] Nozaki**
* And at some point I got addicted*
* to the game as a whole.*
**[13:01] Nozaki**
* I took Nana, who looks like*
* Sasaki Ichika, on so many dates.*
***SIGN*** Broadcast Room
**[13:07] Nozaki**
*But then, one day...*
***SIGN*** Special Admission Ticket
**[13:10] Nozaki**
What's with the tickets?
**[13:12] Ichika**
My dad got them.
**[13:14] Ichika**
You mentioned wanting to go to an
old-fashioned theater, right, Nozaki-kun?
**[13:21] Ichika**
Care to join me?
**[13:24] Nozaki**
*How could I say no?!*
**[13:32] Ichika**
Nozaki-kun!
**[13:34] Ichika**
Were you waiting long?
**[13:35] Nozaki**
Not at all!
**[13:41] Nozaki**
*The same voice.*
**[13:43] Nozaki**
*The same profile.*
**[13:46] Nozaki**
*It's a different person...*
**[13:50] Nozaki**
*But the feeling is familiar.*
**[13:53] Nozaki**
*I can do this. I know I can!*
**[14:08] Nozaki**
* And of course, I told her*
* how I felt afterwards.*
**[14:13] Nozaki**
*I got to touch real skin...*
**[14:16] Nozaki**
*I'm holding it together for now, but I bet...*
**[14:19] Nozaki**
* I'm gonna get to see and*
* touch the real thing!*
**[14:23] Nozaki**
*For real!*
**[14:28] Ichika**
I know what you mean!
That scene was so funny!
**[14:31] Nozaki**
The same director made a movie
called *Cucumber Stories*.
**[14:35] Ichika**
I saw that one! It was awesome.
**[14:38] Nozaki**
Right?!
**[14:39] Nozaki**
I think we really do have
the same tastes, Nana!
**[14:43] Nozaki**
Maybe the next movie we see should be...
***SIGN*** Freeze...
**[14:49] Ichika**
Nana as in...
**[14:51] Ichika**
The character from that game?
**[14:53] Ichika**
The one with the crazy expansion
that's been causing all those problems?
***SIGN*** Whoosh
**[15:00] Nozaki**
N-No! I meant...
**[15:05] Ichika**
Did you make me in it?
**[15:13] Nana**
So, she rejected you, huh?
**[15:16] Nozaki**
If she tells anyone, I'm done for.
**[15:20] Nana**
No matter what happens, I'll
be on your side, Nozaki-kun.
**[15:27] Nozaki**
*I don't even feel guilty anymore.*
**[15:31] Nozaki**
*I wonder why...*
***SIGN*** Case 3: Toda Hide
**[15:38] Hide**
*I didn't want to be this kind of man.*
**[15:44] Kayo**
Hide-kun, you liar!
**[15:47] Kayo**
You said you wouldn't cheat on me again...
**[15:50] Hide**
Just give me another chance!
**[15:52] Kayo**
How could I?!
**[15:53] Kayo**
What do you mean, "another chance"?
**[15:55] Kayo**
Do you know how many times this makes?!
**[15:58] Hide**
I'm begging you!
**[16:00] Kayo**
You lying liar, liar, liar!
**[16:08] Hide**
Kayo-chan...
**[16:09] Kayo**
We're breaking up! This time, I swear it!
**[16:14] Hide**
*I didn't want to be this kind of man.*
**[16:18] Hide**
*I really need to change...*
**[16:21] Hide**
*I need to do whatever it takes to change!*
**[16:25] Sudo**
Maybe you should just break up?
**[16:27] Hide**
You really wanna go there?!
**[16:29] Sudo**
She wants to break up with you, doesn't she?
**[16:32] Kayo**
I'd want to stay with him
if he could stop cheating.
**[16:38] Sudo**
Quite the tragedy.
**[16:39] Hide**
Look, I know it sounds shameless,
**[16:45] Hide**
but I really do love Kayo-chan.
**[16:48] Hide**
I want to cherish her.
**[16:51] Hide**
But I just can't control my desires
on my own for some reason!
**[16:56] Hide**
I can't resist boobs and butts!
***SIGN*** Twitch
**[16:59] Hide**
Oh, science! Civilization! MICHI!
**[17:03] Hide**
Why did you make a Humanoid like me?!
**[17:08] Hide**
It's not my fault! If anything, boobs...
**[17:11] Hide**
No, couldn't you say modern society
itself has made a victim of me?!
**[17:18] Sudo**
Well, we could always try something.
**[17:25] Sudo**
Are you ready?
**[17:27] Hide**
Ready, Dr. Moggadeet.
**[17:30] Sudo**
I'll remind you, if you don't like it,
we can remove it at any time.
**[17:36] Sudo**
First, I'm going to tinker
around in your head a bit.
**[17:40] Sudo**
Then, I'll be implanting the switch.
**[17:47] Hide**
*My last resort for turning my life around.*
**[17:52] Hide**
*It's this switch.*
**[17:59] Idol**
*Come on, hurry up!*
**[18:03] Idol**
*Wow, that's crazy!*
**[18:14] Hide**
I'm overflowing with reason!
**[18:17] Sudo**
We'll call it...
**[18:19] Sudo**
The Clarity Switch.
**[18:23] Hide**
*Everything changed, after that day.*
**[18:26] Beauty A**
You model, too?
**[18:28] Beauty A**
It makes sense, I thought you looked cool.
**[18:31] Dubious Man A**
Whoa, hold up here!
**[18:33] Dubious Man A**
Ladies, don't let his looks fool you!
**[18:40] Beauty A**
Something wrong?
**[18:43] Hide**
No, nothing at all.
***SIGN*** The Beef Family ~Cheap and Tasty~
**[18:48] Hide's party**
Thanks for the food!
**[18:51] Dubious Man A**
You going home already, Hide?
**[18:53] Hide**
I've got plans. See you next time!
**[18:58] Hide**
*Six months passed, and then a year.*
**[19:02] Hide**
* The days went by, and I stopped*
* making Kayo-chan cry...*
**[19:08] Hide**
Time to eat!
**[19:09] Kayo**
It looks good. Thanks for making it.
**[19:17] Hide**
You like it?
**[19:19] Kayo**
Yeah...
**[19:20] Hide**
You're off tomorrow, right? Wanna go out?
**[19:25] Kayo**
I think I just wanna relax at home.
**[19:28] Hide**
Really?
**[19:30] Hide**
Well, that can be a fun
thing to do together, too!
**[19:33] Hide**
Yep, yep!
**[19:38] Hide**
Hey, Kayo-chan...
**[19:42] Kayo**
I'm tired, so I'm going to sleep, okay?
**[19:47] Hide**
Good night.
**[19:49] Hide**
*The days are peaceful.*
**[19:51] Hide**
*I'm going to be happy!*
**[19:57] Hide**
Kayo-chan? C-Could... you repeat that?
**[20:01] Kayo**
I'm sorry, but I...
**[20:04] Kayo**
I've fallen in love with someone else!
**[20:07] Hide**
Wh-Wh-What do you mean?!
Did I do something wrong?!
**[20:12] Kayo**
It's not your fault, Hide-kun.
**[20:16] Kayo**
But I...
**[20:18] Kayo**
I don't feel any passion for you anymore.
**[20:23] Sudo**
A fresh start, eh?
**[20:26] Hide**
Kayo's jealousy was what
was keeping us together.
**[20:32] Hide**
I think our actual love may have
died out a long time ago...
**[20:37] Sudo**
Emotions are quite complicated things.
**[20:42] Sudo**
Well, we can take that switch out now.
**[20:44] Sudo**
Or maybe give you one to
cheer you up this time.
***SIGN*** Case 4: Miyoshi Reon
**[20:59] Reon**
You sure you don't wanna
render the main event?
**[21:02] Risa**
I keep telling you, I never
asked you to make the previews!
**[21:08] Risa**
I like the real doctor.
**[21:14] Reon**
Y'know, I made a sample featuring
you and me too, Risa!
**[21:20] Reon**
Just kidding.
**[21:23] Risa**
See you next week!
**[21:26] Reon**
See you.
**[21:32] Reon**
*Good luck, Risa.*
**[21:34] Reon**
* It'd be nice if at least one*
* of us got what we want...*
**[21:41] Sudo**
I sent in the results of your blood test.
**[21:44] Sudo**
There was nothing of note.
**[21:47] Risa**
How about yours?
**[21:49] Sudo**
Same as usual.
***SIGN*** In Use
**[21:53] Risa**
*I want to know more about the doctor.*
**[21:57] Risa**
* He's looking for the copy of his mother's*
* data that might be out there, somewhere...*
**[22:03] Risa**
* And he uses the name Moggadeet*
* to take on strange cases...*
**[22:09] Risa**
*I wonder if he has any other secrets...*
**[22:13] Sudo**
Jay, are you there?
**[22:14] Jay**
*I'm listening, Sudo.*
**[22:17] Sudo**
Since we've got that other
sample of my blood...
**[22:20] Sudo**
We're going to run additional
tests tomorrow.
**[22:23] Jay**
*Understood.*
***SIGN*** Tuning
***SIGN*** Tuning
# E5 - Tuning
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***SIGN*** This story is a work of "near-future" fiction.
Any resemblance to existing persons or organizations is entirely coincidental.
**[00:08] Yuta**
*I don't know why...*
**[00:11] Yuta**
Shut up!
**[00:13] Classmate B**
Nodoka-chan, are you okay?
**[00:16] Classmate A**
What was that for, Yuta?!
**[00:17] Classmate A**
Apologize to Nodoka-chan!
**[00:20] Yuta**
*But once I snap, I can't stop myself.*
**[00:24] Yuta**
*I get into fights over even small stuff.*
***SIGN*** Student Guidance Room
**[00:29] Yuta**
* Every time, my mom and*
* the teachers have a talk.*
**[00:35] Yuta**
* Is this just my personality...*
* Or some kind of bug?*
***SIGN*** Tuning
***SIGN*** Tuning
**[02:23] Sudo**
Huh, they're blooming.
**[02:26] Risa**
Oh, Dr. Sudo.
**[02:27] Sudo**
Want me to buy some sprinklers?
**[02:29] Sudo**
Watering them every day has to be a pain.
**[02:31] Risa**
That won't be necessary!
**[02:34] Risa**
And I'm not watering them...
**[02:36] Risa**
I'm giving them love.
**[02:40] Risa**
Are you making fun of me?
**[02:42] Sudo**
No, I just thought that it was well-said.
**[02:46] Risa**
*Doc just complimented me...*
**[02:49] Risa**
Would you like to join me in—
**[02:51] Sudo**
You've used up all your break time.
**[02:54] Risa**
Okay...
**[03:01] Wife**
How is it? Good?
**[03:03] Daughter**
Yep! Really yummy!
**[03:07] Wife**
Honey, where are we headed next?
**[03:12] Wife**
Honey? Hey...
**[03:15] Daughter**
Hey, Daddy!
**[03:17] Wife**
You were spacing out again.
**[03:20] Matsumura**
Sorry...
**[03:21] Wife**
Are you worried about something?
**[03:24] Matsumura**
No, it's nothing.
**[03:26] Matsumura**
I was just thinking about how nice this is.
**[03:29] Matsumura**
It's almost unreal.
**[03:33] Matsumura**
Now, come on. I think we'll go see a movie—
**[03:43] Wife**
Are you okay?
**[03:44] Matsumura**
Y-Yeah.
**[03:46] Wife**
Another strange dream?
**[03:49] Matsumura**
Sorry for waking you again.
**[03:52] Wife**
I really think we should
go to the hospital.
**[03:56] Daughter**
Mommy, I gotta pee.
**[03:58] Matsumura**
Yeah... I think you might be right.
**[04:02] Matsumura**
Okay, Daddy will help you with that.
**[04:05] Daughter**
Hurry, hurry!
**[04:13] Sudo**
While your husband's neural
net is being scanned,
**[04:17] Sudo**
can you think of any potential
causes for his insomnia?
**[04:21] Wife**
He's... a real sweetheart, but it sounds
like he's had a lot of trouble in his life,
**[04:27] Wife**
and he might be hiding something from me.
**[04:31] Sudo**
What makes you say that?
**[04:35] Wife**
I'm not sure if this is the kind of
thing I should tell a doctor, but...
**[04:39] (Flashback) Wife**
Then what's this? Why are you depositing
money into this account every month?
**[04:44] (Flashback) Wife**
And it's a lot, too...
**[04:48] (Flashback) Wife**
Are you being threatened or something?
**[04:51] (Flashback) Wife**
I want to help!
**[04:53] (Flashback) Matsumura**
It's not like that.
**[04:54] (Flashback) Matsumura**
I just have an old friend who
helped me out a lot.
**[04:58] (Flashback) Matsumura**
I've been donating to the
charitable organization that he runs.
**[05:04] Wife**
Is it really true, though?
**[05:05] Wife**
I'm worried he might be caught
up in something dangerous...
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
***SIGN*** Closed For Today
**[05:11] Risa**
Altered memories?!
***SIGN*** Original Memories
**[05:13] Sudo**
Yeah, his memories were
overwritten six years ago.
***SIGN*** New Memories
**[05:19] Sudo**
It's looking likely they were altered
via an invasive procedure, too.
**[05:24] Sudo**
And this method...
**[05:27] Jay**
*This is clearly*
**[05:28] Jay**
* not the legally authorized*
* method of treatment.*
**[05:32] Sudo**
Hence the problem.
**[05:34] Risa**
But Matsumura-san didn't mention anything...
**[05:37] Sudo**
He might not even remember.
**[05:39] Sudo**
If the doctor who tinkered
with his neural net
**[05:41] Sudo**
erased the memories of the tinkering...
**[05:44] Risa**
B-But that's...
**[05:46] Risa**
Neural net adjustments always
require aftercare!
**[05:50] Risa**
If the patient doesn't
remember even getting it...
**[05:56] (Flashback) Matsumura**
I just have an old friend
who helped me out a lot.
**[06:02] Risa**
Where are you headed so suddenly?
**[06:05] Sudo**
To see someone I knew way back when.
**[06:08] Risa**
Well, drive safely!
**[06:12] Risa**
See you later!
***SIGN*** Seto Global Life Planning
**[06:29] Seto**
For you to come and see me...
**[06:32] Seto**
To what do I owe the honor?
**[06:35] Sudo**
This is a nice setup you have here.
You must be raking it in.
**[06:38] Seto**
I wouldn't go that far.
**[06:40] Seto**
Come on, have a seat.
**[06:41] Sudo**
Seto... you modded a man named
Matsumura's neural net, didn't you?
**[06:47] Seto**
Well, that came out of nowhere.
**[06:50] Seto**
I'm not sure what you're talking about,
**[06:52] Seto**
but I have to abide by
patient confidentiality...
**[06:54] Sudo**
He would still be paying you for it.
**[06:58] Sudo**
Although the patient believes
**[07:00] Sudo**
it's going to "an old friend's
charitable organization."
**[07:05] Sudo**
An "old friend." Like the one you
wrote a paper on before, isn't it?
**[07:11] Sudo**
Matsumura came by my clinic because he's
having nightmares and insomnia.
**[07:15] Sudo**
Those are likely side effects.
**[07:18] Sudo**
I want you to tell me how you treated him.
**[07:21] Sudo**
Knowing you, I'm sure you've
got detailed records.
**[07:26] Seto**
I think you already know
exactly what I did, man.
***SIGN*** Six years ago
**[07:30] (Flashback) Matsumura**
I spend all my money on virtual porn, and
get busted by the cops for cyber drugs...
**[07:37] (Flashback) Matsumura**
Every time, I think it's the end of the road.
**[07:42] (Flashback) Matsumura**
If I could just quit drinking, then maybe...
**[07:45] (Flashback) Seto**
It'd be easy enough to treat your alcoholism.
**[07:49] (Flashback) Seto**
But would that really be all it takes
for you to be happy, Matsumura-san?
**[07:57] (Flashback) Seto**
You don't have the strength
of will to change on your own.
**[08:02] (Flashback) Seto**
I think even if we treated one problem,
**[08:04] (Flashback) Seto**
you'd only end up dependent
on something else.
**[08:07] (Flashback) Matsumura**
What... is even wrong with me?
**[08:11] (Flashback) Matsumura**
Is it my head?
**[08:13] (Flashback) Seto**
Matsumura-san.
**[08:15] (Flashback) Matsumura**
Yeah?
**[08:16] (Flashback) Seto**
Nothing is wrong with your mind or your body.
**[08:20] (Flashback) Seto**
The problem isn't you.
It's the life you've been through!
**[08:25] (Flashback) Seto**
And it's my job to fix that.
**[08:31] Seto**
First we put the neural
net in a state of SOL7,
**[08:34] Seto**
and have the patient reflect
on their personal history.
**[08:37] Seto**
Bit by bit, I guide them through,
improving their memories of the past.
**[08:42] Seto**
In Matsumura's case, giving him
an external support system
**[08:45] Seto**
was enough to put him in control of his life.
**[08:48] Sudo**
You'd better have gotten
his approval to do this.
**[08:52] Seto**
Naturally.
**[08:54] Seto**
And so, that's where our "old
friend" comes into the picture.
**[08:58] (Flashback) Seto**
He tells you: "Just crying
won't change anything."
**[09:04] (Flashback) Seto**
"When it's justified, there's
nothing wrong with getting angry."
**[09:08] (Flashback) Matsumura**
When... it's justified...
**[09:11] (Flashback) Seto**
Your abusive parents, and the people who
bullied you, all apologized in the end.
**[09:16] (Flashback) Seto**
It's because you were brave
enough to get angry at them.
**[09:20] (Flashback) Matsumura**
But... I ended up quitting school anyway...
**[09:25] (Flashback) Seto**
That was on your old friend's advice, too.
**[09:28] (Flashback) Seto**
He taught you everything
that you needed to know.
**[09:33] (Flashback) Seto**
Do you remember the kinds
of things he did for you?
**[09:38] (Flashback) Matsumura**
I... don't.
**[09:40] (Flashback) Seto**
I'll help you remember it all.
**[09:43] (Flashback) Seto**
About the old friend who, more than anyone
else, just wanted you to be happy.
**[09:51] Seto**
Is that seriously all you wanted?
**[09:54] Sudo**
Make sure to send me the data.
**[09:57] Seto**
Got it.
**[09:58] Seto**
Well, I'll be counting on you
to help him deal with the side effects.
**[10:02] Seto**
Oh, one other thing.
**[10:04] Seto**
Take one of these.
**[10:07] Seto**
I've gotten into raising cacti.
**[10:11] Seto**
Just let me find a bag for yours.
**[10:13] Seto**
They even grow from cuttings.
**[10:14] Seto**
Their vitality makes taking
care of them a piece of cake.
**[10:18] Seto**
That said, they still die
if you don't water them.
**[10:22] Seto**
And if they get too weak,
you have to give up on them.
**[10:27] Sudo**
And your solution is to wind back the
clock and pretend they got water?
**[10:32] Sudo**
Completely fake water?
**[10:34] Seto**
Well, how would you have treated him?
**[10:37] Seto**
Just deal with the addiction
and send him on his way?
**[10:40] Seto**
Maybe pass him off to a mental
care robot? That takes time.
**[10:45] Seto**
Even the super AI, Michi, can't
teach an adult how to be resilient.
**[10:50] Seto**
Lies were able to treat both Matsumura's
symptoms and his root illness.
**[10:54] Seto**
You should be a bit more
accommodating of falsehoods.
**[10:57] Seto**
The tech to make them stick
has existed for a long time...
**[11:01] Seto**
Isn't that that right, "Moggadeet"?
**[11:04] Seto**
It takes one to know one.
I've heard all about your exploits.
**[11:09] Seto**
It's clear you don't believe Michi's
rules should be the last word either.
**[11:14] Seto**
Which is why you needed an
alter-ego... Am I wrong?
**[11:22] (Flashback) Seto**
There are no perfect answers in medicine.
**[11:25] (Flashback) Seto**
Even more so now that the world has
welcomed Humanoids into the community.
**[11:31] (Flashback) Seto**
Quite the predicament, isn't it?
**[11:38] Wife**
We're so grateful.
**[11:40] Wife**
My husband's insomnia seems
to finally be cured.
**[11:44] Wife**
Which means I can get some sleep, too.
**[11:47] Matsumura**
Huh?
**[11:49] Matsumura**
We've got a potted plant
just like that in our house.
**[11:52] Risa**
It was a gift for the doctor.
**[11:55] Matsumura**
Come to think of it, mine was a gift, too...
**[11:58] Matsumura**
But I can't remember who it was from.
**[12:00] Daughter**
Daddy! Are you done?
**[12:03] Matsumura**
Yeah. Everything's okay now.
**[12:06] Matsumura**
Well, thanks again, Doc!
**[12:08] Wife**
If you'll excuse us.
**[12:10] Risa**
Have a safe trip.
**[12:11] Matsumura**
Come on, let's get going.
**[12:11] Daughter**
Yeah, come on!
**[12:13] Matsumura**
Where do you want to go?
**[12:13] Risa**
Doctor...
**[12:14] Daughter**
I dunno...
**[12:15] Risa**
Are you sure you shouldn't tell
him about the altered memories?
**[12:19] Sudo**
What good would it do?
**[12:21] Daughter**
I want ice cream!
**[12:23] Wife**
Okay, okay.
**[12:24] Risa**
Well... I guess you're right.
**[12:37] Yuta Mom**
It's okay. You don't have to worry, Yuta.
**[12:40] Yuta Mom**
I'll be right there with you.
**[12:44] Yuta**
* It's gotten to the point where*
* she's making me go to the hospital.*
***SIGN*** Mendelssohn - Songs Without Words, 'Sweet Remembrance'
**[13:07] Sudo**
That's Mendelssohn, isn't it?
**[13:10] Sudo**
Incredible. And this is
really you playing it?
**[13:15] Sudo**
I'd love to hear more.
**[13:18] Sudo**
Would you be willing to
bring more recordings?
**[13:23] Sudo**
Well, that does it for your exam.
**[13:27] Sudo**
I'm going to talk to your mom,
so just head to the waiting room.
**[13:37] Sudo**
Sorry about the wait.
**[13:38] Sudo**
Is it all right if I have someone
join us for the diagnosis?
**[13:42] Sudo**
A medical AI.
**[13:44] Yuta Mom**
O-Okay.
**[13:46] Sudo**
Jay, are you there?
**[13:48] Jay**
*I'm listening, Sudo.*
**[13:51] Sudo**
What's your opinion?
**[13:53] Jay**
* To be brief, I believe that the*
* patient can, and should, be treated.*
**[13:58] Sudo**
How would you do it?
**[14:00] Jay**
* Tuning his emotional system*
* should be effective and simple.*
**[14:04] Yuta Mom**
Tuning... his emotions?
**[14:08] Sudo**
In essence, we'd be forcing a
change in Yuta-kun's personality.
**[14:14] Jay**
* You make it sound more*
* violent than it is, Sudo.*
**[14:17] Sudo**
Do I?
**[14:18] Jay**
*Please allow me to explain.*
**[14:22] Jay**
*Using humans as an example...*
**[14:23] Jay**
* There are conditions affecting*
* the central nervous system*
**[14:26] Jay**
* that can result in various difficulties*
* integrating with society.*
**[14:30] Jay**
* Treating these cases with drugs*
* and behavioral counseling is,*
**[14:35] Jay**
*generally, an ongoing process.*
**[14:38] Jay**
*But with a Humanoid,*
**[14:39] Jay**
* fine tuning of the emotional mechanisms*
* can result in more effective,*
**[14:42] Jay**
* and safer, results than the*
* treatment needed for humans.*
**[14:47] Jay**
*Do you have any questions?*
**[14:51] Jay**
* I should be able to answer any*
* you might have, so please, ask.*
**[14:57] Yuta Mom**
Is this the kind of thing...
**[14:59] Yuta Mom**
that should be fixed?
**[15:05] Yuta Mom**
Yuta has trouble controlling his emotions,
**[15:09] Yuta Mom**
but that might just be a part of who he is.
**[15:13] Yuta Mom**
If that's the case...
**[15:15] Jay**
* This is something the majority*
* of families considering this type*
**[15:19] Jay**
*of emotional tuning consider.*
**[15:22] Jay**
* I can only tell you that complaints with the*
* outcome of this procedure are very rare.*
**[15:26] Jay**
*Based on that...*
**[15:27] Sudo**
That's enough, Jay.
**[15:28] Jay**
*Understood.*
**[15:34] Risa**
Did you forget anything?
**[15:36] Yuta Mom**
No.
**[15:37] Risa**
You can think about it, and then let
us know when you come in next week.
**[15:42] Yuta Mom**
Right.
**[15:43] Yuta Mom**
We'll be on our way, then.
**[15:45] Sudo**
Hey, kid.
**[15:47] Sudo**
I really do want to hear some more
recordings next time you come in.
**[15:52] Sudo**
I'm not just saying that to to be nice.
**[15:57] Yuta Mom**
I am so sorry!
**[15:59] Risa**
Oh, don't worry about it.
**[16:01] Yuta Mom**
Hey... wait, Yuta!
**[16:06] Risa**
Do you think his mom will
ask for the treatment?
**[16:09] Sudo**
Probably. It's a shame.
**[16:13] Risa**
It is?
**[16:19] Yuta**
*I love the piano.*
**[16:22] Yuta**
*I never fight with it.*
**[16:25] Yuta**
*It never disappoints me.*
**[16:28] Yuta**
* When I press the key for "do,"*
* it always gives me that note.*
**[16:32] Yuta**
* And when I can get those notes to*
* line up how I like, I feel amazing.*
**[16:37] Yuta**
*Just me...*
**[16:39] Yuta**
*And the piano.*
**[16:40] Yuta Mom**
Yuta. Yuta!
**[16:46] Yuta Mom**
Yuta, what're you doing? It's dinner time.
**[16:50] Yuta**
But... I'm recording this!
**[16:52] Yuta**
It was going so well!
**[16:56] Yuta Mom**
What am I always telling you?
You need to be able to stop.
**[17:00] Yuta Mom**
Okay?
**[17:01] Yuta**
*Why...*
**[17:03] Yuta**
*Why is my mom like this?!*
**[17:05] Yuta**
*Why?! Why?!*
**[17:10] Yuta**
*It feels like my head fills up...*
**[17:13] Yuta**
*with bad feelings.*
**[17:15] Yuta**
*It hurts.*
**[17:20] Yuta**
*All I need is the piano,*
**[17:22] Yuta**
*but everyone gets in the way.*
**[17:26] Yuta**
*If they were all gone...*
**[17:28] Yuta**
*If they would all just go away...*
**[17:31] Yuta**
*I bet I'd feel better.*
**[17:35] Classmate A**
What're you glaring at?!
**[17:37] Classmate A**
You're the one at fault!
**[17:39] Classmate B**
Did we do anything to you, Yuta-kun?
**[17:41] Classmate B**
I don't think so!
**[17:43] Classmate C**
You need to apologize to Nodoka-chan!
**[17:50] Nodoka**
All I did was ask what
you were listening to.
**[17:55] Nodoka**
You're always alone, so
I wanted to be friends.
**[18:02] Nodoka**
But you shoved me!
**[18:06] Classmate B**
You need to apologize!
**[18:07] Classmate C**
Apologize!
**[18:08] Classmate A**
Apologize, Yuta!
**[18:14] Classmate B**
Stop that!
**[18:15] Classmate C**
What the heck?!
**[18:37] Yuta**
*Why was I being so stubborn?*
**[18:42] Yuta**
*I honestly don't know anymore.*
**[18:44] Yuta**
*Because...*
**[18:48] Yuta**
*After the fight, I got treated.*
**[18:54] Yuta's Mom**
Will my son be able to
make lots of friends now?
**[18:58] Sudo**
Well, I believe so.
**[19:01] Yuta Mom**
He's leaned so much on the
piano instead until now...
**[19:15] Sudo**
How are you?
**[19:18] Sudo**
Anything feel off?
**[19:25] Yuta**
No... I'm okay.
**[19:28] Yuta**
And I brought you some
recordings of my playing.
**[19:33] Sudo**
Nice. I'm a big fan of all these pieces.
**[19:38] Sudo**
And I can have them?
**[19:39] Yuta**
Sure.
**[19:40] Yuta**
Since you praised my playing.
**[19:47] Sudo**
I see. Thank you.
**[19:53] Yuta**
*Ever since...*
**[19:55] Yuta**
* I've been able to stay calm and*
* think about what I'm doing.*
**[20:00] Yuta**
* I don't get so overwhelmed*
* by my feelings anymore.*
**[20:09] Yuta**
* I'm able to get along with the*
* kids in my class now, too.*
**[20:28] Mom**
Yuta, time to eat. Come on.
**[20:38] Yuta**
*I still love playing the piano.*
**[20:43] Yuta**
* But... I think my music might*
* sound different now, somehow.*
***SIGN*** Bach - Fugue in G minor
Bach - Partita No. 1
***SIGN*** Mozart - Sonata No. 9 K.310
***SIGN*** Liszt - Consolation No. 3
***SIGN*** Liszt - Valse oubliée No.1
***SIGN*** Bach - Partita No. 1
**[21:06] Rika**
That's really lovely!
**[21:08] Rika**
What piece is it?
**[21:09] Sudo**
Partita No. 1.
**[21:11] Sudo**
Quite the performance, right?
**[21:13] Risa**
It is! Each note is so distinctly
played, but it's so beautiful.
**[21:23] Sudo**
This is the boy from the other day.
**[21:26] Sudo**
But it's from before he underwent treatment.
**[21:32] Risa**
I see...
**[21:37] Sudo**
* Changing a Humanoid's personality, on a*
* technical level, isn't very difficult.*
***SIGN*** Seto Global Life Planning
**[21:45] Female Patient**
How did my life end up like this?
**[21:49] Seto**
It's my job to fix that kind of thing.
**[21:54] Sudo**
*Neither is creating false memories for them.*
**[21:59] Sudo**
*But...*
**[22:01] Jay**
*Sudo, may I have a word?*
**[22:04] Sudo**
What's up?
**[22:05] Jay**
*Regarding Yuta-san's treatment...*
**[22:07] Jay**
*Were you satisfied with my diagnosis?*
**[22:12] Sudo**
You always do good work. No need to worry.
**[22:18] Jay**
*I appreciate that.*
***SIGN*** Robot
***SIGN*** Robot
# E6 - Robot
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GD9UVQ9EJ/robot)
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***SIGN*** This story is a work of "near-future" fiction.
Any resemblance to existing persons or organizations is entirely coincidental.
**[00:01] Risa**
* Humans and Humanoids go through*
* different experiences in their lives,*
**[00:06] Risa**
* learning new techniques while building*
* up their common sense and social skills.*
***SIGN*** Historical Culture Studies Laboratory
***SIGN*** Arita Cross-Disciplinary Study
**[00:12] Risa**
* So, how does an industrial*
* AI learn those things?*
**[00:17] Risa**
* There's a variety of approaches, and*
* one of those is living among people.*
**[00:26] Sudo**
This is pretty bad...
**[00:28] Sudo**
What did you have him doing
to get these kinds of burns?
**[00:33] Sudo**
Working in a forge or something?
**[00:35] Arita**
You nailed it.
**[00:37] Arita**
He was working as an apprentice
to a metal worker.
**[00:42] Arita**
But his training is over, so I was
hoping you could clean him up.
**[00:47] Sudo**
Robot repairs aren't exactly my specialty.
**[00:51] Arita**
You could always refuse.
**[00:53] Sudo**
I guess I could...
**[00:55] Sudo**
But I'm curious to find out what
your robot learned, professor.
**[01:00] Learner**
It was a very productive apprenticeship.
**[01:03] Arita**
You're right about that.
**[01:07] Arita**
It really was.
***SIGN*** Robot
***SIGN*** Robot
**[02:42] Assisstant**
We visited Kiriyama
Metalworks six months ago.
**[02:48] Arita**
Deep in the sparsely inhabited mountains,
***SIGN*** Kiriyama Metalworks
**[02:50] Arita**
you could hear the sounds
of a hammer on metal.
**[03:06] (Flashback) Arita**
Excuse me!
**[03:08] (Flashback) Arita**
Hello there.
**[03:10] (Flashback) Arita**
You're Kiriyama-san, right?
**[03:13] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
You buying something? A knife? A hatchet?
**[03:17] (Flashback) Arita**
Oh... a knife, in that case.
**[03:20] (Flashback) Arita**
And I was hoping to discuss
something with you.
**[03:24] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Discuss something?
**[03:25] (Flashback) Arita**
Yes...
**[03:28] (Flashback) Arita**
Our laboratory is exploring the
potential for preservation
**[03:31] (Flashback) Arita**
of traditional industrial practices
through the use of AI.
**[03:35] (Flashback) Arita**
We were hoping to get your cooperation.
**[03:41] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
So you want me to teach
this weird bot of yours?
**[03:44] (Flashback) Arita**
Right. What do you think?
**[03:46] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Hell no.
**[03:48] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
You wanna do this, you oughta find
a more proper teacher for him.
**[03:51] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
All I do is dirty, hard labor
that nobody appreciates.
**[03:56] (Flashback) Assisstant**
Then why keep it up?
**[03:59] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Because it's all I know how to do!
**[04:02] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
They had me doing it since I was a kid.
I'm basically an anachronism.
**[04:06] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Had a few young folks coming
around asking to learn, but...
**[04:10] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Every last one of them
ran off in tears.
**[04:14] (Flashback) Learner**
If I may, Kiriyama-san,
**[04:17] (Flashback) Learner**
you'll find I'm nothing
like those young folks.
**[04:21] (Flashback) Learner**
When it comes to learning manual labor,
**[04:24] (Flashback) Learner**
I'm confident that I can outperform anyone.
**[04:32] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Well, just so we're clear,
I'm not teaching you squat.
**[04:34] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
You can spend the week watching
and stealing my methods.
**[04:38] (Flashback) Learner**
Understood.
**[04:39] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
And I'll wanna have a few more
words with you folks, professor.
**[04:44] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
I wanna know exactly why you're
sticking me with your bot.
**[04:50] (Flashback) Arita**
Right, of course.
**[04:54] Arita**
Kiriyama-san's lifestyle was so
structured, it was almost mechanical.
**[05:03] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
One, two, three, four!
**[05:05] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Two, two, three, four!
***SIGN*** Kiriyama Metalworks
**[05:28] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
You're downright creepy.
**[05:29] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
The human-looking ones I saw in Tokyo
a few years back were lot more natural.
**[05:34] (Flashback) Learner**
If you'd let me take your place,
I'd automatically look more natural.
**[05:39] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Got a smart mouth, huh?
**[05:41] (Flashback) Arita**
I am so sorry!
**[05:43] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Nah, I like it!
**[05:47] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
When I was watching my old man work,
I figured I could do a better job, too.
**[06:00] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
To be honest, my old man never
had a knack for smithing.
***SIGN*** Kiriyama Metalworks
**[06:05] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
But you got all kinds of folks with a
hankering for "good, old-fashioned" stuff.
**[06:11] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Working for them gave him a big head.
**[06:19] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
But if you ask me,
**[06:21] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
mass-produced crap was usually
better than what he turned out.
**[06:29] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Maybe there was a time when
craftsmen could outdo machines,
**[06:34] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
but that's ancient history now.
**[06:36] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
I've improved a bunch
since my old man retired.
**[06:40] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Produced finer scythes and hatchets than
he ever did, and I've earned a rep for it.
**[06:46] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
That said, I don't see how
it's a skill worth passing on.
**[06:50] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Ain't like there's anyone who needs 'em.
**[06:54] (Flashback) Arita**
Still, the present is built on the
technological improvements of the past.
**[06:58] (Flashback) Arita**
Our desire is to preserve that
process for the historical record.
**[07:04] (Flashback) Arita**
In the old days, it was
done with art and writing...
**[07:06] (Flashback) Arita**
Modern times added
video and sound recordings...
**[07:09] (Flashback) Arita**
All to record how people
lived for posterity.
**[07:12] (Flashback) Arita**
We're using these robots to record directly
**[07:14] (Flashback) Arita**
the skills and experiences that
craftsmen like you have developed.
**[07:21] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Does he have a name, by the way?
**[07:25] (Flashback) Learner**
My core AI is a Japanese
program called "Fuji-san,"
**[07:29] (Flashback) Learner**
but as far as a personal designation...
**[07:32] (Flashback) Learner**
I'm usually called "Learner-kun."
**[07:37] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Professor, would it have killed
you to give him a real name?
**[07:41] (Flashback) Arita**
W-Well...
**[07:45] Arita**
We entrusted the robot to Kiriyama-san,
and made our way back.
**[07:58] (Flashback) Both**
One, two, three, four...
***SIGN*** Kiriyama Metalworks
**[08:32] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
This steel's special-made.
**[08:34] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
For stuff that gets daily use, you
wanna make 'em with Kigami No. 3.
**[08:37] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Forge welding is the lifeblood of a smith!
**[08:40] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Keep an eye on the color, now.
**[08:42] (Flashback) Learner**
I thought you said you
weren't going to teach me.
**[08:46] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
I'm a curious guy.
**[08:49] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
So I'm wondering what kinda work a
robot like you is gonna come up with.
***SIGN*** Kiriyama Metalworks
**[09:00] Arita**
After a week...
**[09:03] (Flashback) Arita**
Hello there!
**[09:10] Arita**
Learner-kun took the fruits of
his learning, and gave them form.
**[09:19] Arita**
His potential for mimicry is
far beyond that of a human.
**[09:24] Arita**
The result was a very fine kitchen knife.
**[09:30] (Flashback) Learner**
What do you think?
**[09:44] (Flashback) Assistant**
Is he okay?
**[09:46] (Flashback) Assistant**
He seems kinda shocked, professor.
**[09:50] (Flashback) Arita**
I think you're right.
**[09:51] (Flashback) Assistant**
Maybe we should've had Learner-kun hold back?
**[09:55] (Flashback) Arita**
No. No point in that.
**[09:58] (Flashback) Arita**
He'll be just fine.
**[10:00] (Flashback) Arita**
Learner-kun and I have seen
enough craftsmen to know that.
**[10:08] (Flashback) Arita**
The next day, Kiriyama-san was in the
forge an hour earlier than usual.
***SIGN*** Kiriyama Metalworks
**[10:23] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
That was quite a shock...
**[10:26] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
He took the same tools and material I've
got, but made something even finer!
**[10:33] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Guess me and the old man
had something in common!
**[10:35] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Shows I've still got a lot to learn.
**[10:40] Arita**
I wonder how best we
could preserve for posterity...
**[10:45] Arita**
The way he seemed
to glow from his sweat.
**[10:49] Arita**
The heat he seemed to radiate.
**[10:55] (Flashback) Kiriyama**
Professor, would you mind having
Learner-kun stick around a bit longer?
**[11:01] (Flashback) Arita**
Sure, that's no problem.
**[11:04] Arita**
In the following month, Learner-kun
picked up all manner of techniques,
**[11:09] Arita**
and completed his apprenticeship.
**[11:12] Sudo**
Sounds like they both learned
a lot from each other.
**[11:16] Arita**
Yeah. You might be right about that.
**[11:31] Sasakura**
* They say spring is the*
* season of new beginnings,*
**[11:34] Sasakura**
*and of meeting new people.*
***SIGN*** Recommended
Reading
**[11:38] Sasakura**
* He showed up in my class at the*
* beginning of the new semester.*
**[11:52] Sasakura**
I was trapped!
**[11:53] Classmate A**
See? The trick is knowing the
exact timing for when to recover.
**[11:57] Classmate A**
This is what happens when you don't
keep on top of the tech, Sasayan.
**[12:00] Sasakura**
Rematch, please...
**[12:03] Classmate A**
Oh, shoot!
**[12:05] Classmate C**
A robot?
***SIGN*** April 6th (Friday)
**[12:17] Perm**
It's nice to meet you, everyone.
**[12:19] Perm**
My name is Perm.
**[12:22] Perm**
I'm a care robot, and am going to
be learning things with you all.
**[12:26] Teacher**
Perm-kun is supposed to be a real sweetheart.
**[12:29] Teacher**
Someone from his company
will be around today,
**[12:32] Teacher**
so if you have any questions,
go ahead and ask.
**[12:36] Classmate A**
I have one!
**[12:38] Classmate A**
Do robots get into fights?
**[12:41] Yuki**
Everything Perm-kun does is overseen by
older AI from our company, via the net.
**[12:46] Yuki**
So he won't get into fights with any of you.
**[12:51] Yuki**
But I will say...
**[12:53] Yuki**
That since I'm basically his dad,
I hope you'll all get along with him.
**[12:58] Sasakura**
M-Me! I wanna be Perm-kun's friend!
**[13:01] Classmate D**
Me, too!
**[13:03] Other students**
Me, too! Me, too!
**[13:05] Perm**
I'm Perm-kun. Nice to meet you.
**[13:10] Classmate A**
He added "kun" to his own name!
**[13:17] Yuki**
Thanks for the referral, Sudo.
**[13:19] Yuki**
I get the feeling this is
going to work out nicely.
**[13:22] Sudo**
It's a bit odd, though.
**[13:23] Sudo**
I've never heard of developing an AI like this.
**[13:28] Yuki**
*Putting aside the efficacy question,*
**[13:30] Yuki**
* I truly believe life experience*
* is beneficial to caregiver AI.*
**[13:36] Sudo**
Beneficial enough to justify the cost?
**[13:38] Yuki**
I had one of the others
who helped me set this up
**[13:41] Yuki**
make an excuse about that...
**[13:43] Yuki**
But I'm sure his time here will give
his AI some wonderful experiences.
**[13:52] Teacher**
Okay, first question.
**[13:54] Teacher**
Matsuko-san buys 130 yen of chocolate and
**[13:57] Teacher**
220 yen of marshmallows with a 1,000-yen bill.
**[14:01] Teacher**
How much change does she get?
**[14:03] Teacher**
Do you know the answer, Perm-kun?
**[14:05] Perm**
Yes! 650 yen.
**[14:08] Teacher**
Correct! Now, why don't you
fill in the problem, up here?
**[14:12] Perm**
Right.
**[14:15] Sasakura**
*You see robots everywhere.*
**[14:19] Waiter Robot**
Here you are.
**[14:21] Waiter Robot**
A bottle of Hinomaru, '64 vintage.
**[14:24] Waiter Robot**
I believe it to be the best
match for tonight's cuisine.
**[14:27] Woman**
Hey, could you put some calming music on?
**[14:31] AI Assistant**
How about this?
**[14:36] Woman**
Thanks.
**[14:38] Sasakura**
*They're everywhere, but...*
**[14:40] Sasakura**
*I'd never seen one like Perm-kun before.*
**[14:46] Teacher**
Well, can you do it?
***SIGN*** Huh?
**[14:59] Perm**
I don't know how.
**[15:01] Teacher**
O-Okay... you can head back now, Perm-kun.
**[15:06] Teacher**
That'll do it for math today.
**[15:09] Teacher**
For fourth period, we'll have free study.
**[15:11] Class**
Okay!
**[15:14] Sasakura**
Here. You write it like this.
**[15:17] Perm**
Oh, I see!
**[15:19] Perm**
Thank you, Sasayan-san!
**[15:21] Sasakura**
Just Sasayan is fine.
**[15:23] Sasakura**
I was wondering, do you want
to play with us after school?
**[15:27] Class**
88, 89, 90, 91, 92,
**[15:33] Sasakura**
You jump funny, Perm-kun!
**[15:33] Class**
93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98...
**[15:36] Perm**
Jumping rope is fun.
**[15:40] Perm**
I enjoyed myself today.
**[15:42] Sasakura**
Me, too! See you tomorrow.
**[15:45] Everyone**
Bye-bye!
**[15:47] Perm**
Goodbye!
**[15:49] Sasakura**
* We saw so many surprising things*
* after Perm-kun showed up.*
**[15:53] Sasakura**
* He couldn't seem to do simple things,*
* but then could do really amazing ones.*
**[15:59] Sasakura**
Is he gonna be okay with that knife, teacher?
**[16:02] Teacher**
Just watch.
**[16:03] Sasakura**
But...
**[16:11] Perm**
All done.
**[16:13] Perm**
Paper cut art of Sasayan-san.
**[16:15] Sasakura**
That was awesome, Perm-kun!
**[16:17] Classmate A**
Do me next!
**[16:18] Classmate D**
Me, too!
**[16:19] Classmate C**
Then me!
**[16:20] Perm**
Sure. I can make them for everyone.
**[16:30] Sasakura**
And that's how you get the
most out of drinking milk!
**[16:33] Sasakura**
Want some?
**[16:35] Perm**
Sure.
**[16:36] Classmate D**
Wait, is it safe for you to drink milk?
**[16:39] Perm**
I won't know until I try.
**[16:59] Teacher**
Correct you are! Nicely done.
**[17:05] Classmate C**
When we're done cleaning,
let's play video games!
**[17:08] Sasakura**
I'm in!
**[17:09] Perm**
I'd like to play too. Let's hurry!
**[17:15] Sasakura**
Look out, Perm-kun!
**[17:19] Classmate C**
Whoa, you all right?
**[17:21] Sasakura**
Everything okay, Perm-kun?
**[17:23] Perm**
I'm fine. Something is flashing, though.
**[17:28] Classmate C**
When I get hit on the head,
I get dizzy and see stars, too.
**[17:31] Sasakura**
I guess it's the same for robots, huh?
**[17:34] Perm**
It is.
**[17:39] Sasakura**
* After a while, Perm-kun became a lot better*
* at schoolwork than the rest of us.*
**[17:45] Teacher**
Anyone know this?
**[17:50] Teacher**
Okay, how about you, Perm-kun?
**[17:52] Perm**
Right.
**[17:53] Perm**
If we assign a value of x to the length
of the side of the smallest square,
**[17:57] Perm**
you get x+(x+3)+([x+3]-2)=13.
**[18:02] Perm**
Which means x=3, and the
figure's total area is 61 square cm.
**[18:11] Teacher**
That... is the right answer,
**[18:13] Teacher**
but I haven't taught everyone
that method for getting it yet.
**[18:17] Teacher**
Another way you can do this...
**[18:19] Classmate A**
My dad said that there's
more than one of Perm-kun.
**[18:23] Classmate C**
What do you mean?
**[18:25] Classmate A**
There's a bunch of him at different
schools, at different grade levels,
**[18:29] Classmate A**
and they're all connected through the net.
**[18:31] Classmate A**
That's how he learns so much, so fast.
**[18:35] Sasakura**
That's kinda... amazing.
**[18:39] Sasakura**
* Perm-kun was so playful at first,*
* but he slowly started to change.*
**[18:45] Sasakura**
What's wrong?
**[18:46] Sasakura**
Are you not going to make
anything today, Perm-kun?
**[18:50] Perm**
I'm scared of the cutter.
**[18:54] Perm**
Getting cut... hurts.
**[18:58] Sasakura**
Perm-kun?
**[19:00] Classmate A**
Is he sad?
**[19:01] Classmate A**
Did he get in trouble or something?
**[19:04] Sasakura**
He wouldn't do anything bad.
**[19:07] Classmate C**
Maybe someone's picking on him?
**[19:09] Classmate A**
You know no one in our class would do that!
**[19:13] Sasakura**
Maybe it's happening at another school.
**[19:19] Sasakura**
Remember how he's going to different
schools, in different grades?
**[19:23] Classmate A**
Oh, yeah.
**[19:30] Sasakura**
Perm-kun, wait!
**[19:33] Sasakura**
Let's play outside!
**[19:35] Classmate A**
You wanna jump rope?
**[19:36] Classmate C**
As much as you want!
**[19:42] Classmates**
2,512; 2,513; 2,514; 2,515;
2,516; 2,517; 2,518; 2,519...
**[19:50] Sasakura**
* I think Perm-kun might be*
* able to do this forever...*
**[19:54] Sasakura**
*But... look how happy he is.*
**[19:58] Sasakura**
*I gotta keep going!*
**[20:02] Perm**
Oh, shoot! I messed up.
**[20:05] Perm**
Thank you all so much. That was a lot of fun.
**[20:10] Perm**
I'm sure you must be tired, so please
rest up. I'll handle the rope next.
**[20:16] Sasakura**
* Perm-kun had messed up on*
* purpose, for our sakes...*
**[20:20] Sasakura**
*We could all kinda tell.*
**[20:24] Sasakura**
* When we met after summer vacation was*
* over, he was like a different person.*
**[20:32] Sasakura**
Perm-kun.
**[20:34] Perm**
Sasayan-san.
**[20:36] Sasakura**
Are you not gonna play with everyone today?
**[20:39] Perm**
I really like the view from up here.
**[20:43] Perm**
I just want to take it in today.
**[20:46] Sasakura**
Teacher told us.
**[20:48] Sasakura**
You're gonna be leaving soon, huh?
**[20:53] Perm**
Apparently.
**[20:55] Perm**
I'm sad to say goodbye, but we'll
still be together for another month.
**[21:01] Sasakura**
Perm-kun, you've changed
in these six months.
**[21:05] Perm**
Do you remember, Sasayan-san?
**[21:08] Perm**
Right before summer vacation started,
**[21:11] Perm**
how everyone helped me jump
rope for a really long time?
**[21:15] Perm**
Out of everything I've experienced in these
six months, that was the most wonderful.
**[21:22] Perm**
Thank you for treating me like a real friend.
**[21:28] Sasakura**
We'll always be friends, right?
**[21:31] Perm**
Of course... Of course we will!
**[21:36] Sasakura**
*They say fall is the season of parting...*
***SIGN*** Good luck with your job!
***SIGN*** Take care, Perm-kun!
**[21:43] Sasakura**
*Perm-kun graduated after only six months.*
**[21:48] Sasakura**
* And as quick as it went by,*
* we learned a lot from him, too.*
***SIGN*** Perm-kun
**[21:58] Yuki**
Congratulations, Perm.
**[22:00] Yuki**
You worked really hard.
**[22:02] Perm**
Thank you.
**[22:04] Yuki**
You're all grown up.
**[22:06] Yuki**
Everyone at the company is thrilled.
**[22:09] Perm**
Thank you.
**[22:11] Yuki**
We'll be counting on you going forward, too.
**[22:13] Yuki**
There are a lot of people out
there who need your care.
**[22:18] Perm**
Right!
***SIGN*** Human
***SIGN*** Human
# E7 - Human
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GQJUGVNMJ/human)
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***SIGN*** This story is a work of "near-future" fiction.
Any resemblance to existing persons or organizations is entirely coincidental.
**[00:02] Announcer**
Goto Kenji-san, a mentor with the youth
support organization, Ring of Hearts.
**[00:08] Announcer**
During some fieldwork at
a park with his charges,
**[00:12] Announcer**
he slipped on an incline,
and ended up in the hospital.
***SIGN*** Kenji-san's oldesiSTVi
K
G
***SIGN*** Kenji-san's oldest son
Goto Satoshi-san
**[00:17] Satoshi**
* The external injuries*
* weren't that bad, but...*
**[00:19] Satoshi**
* My father hit his head hard enough*
* that he lost consciousness.*
**[00:25] Announcer**
After awakening from his ominous fall,
**[00:28] Announcer**
Kenji-san was clearly a different person.
***SIGN*** i fSTVi
K
G
***SIGN*** Novo Doctor Sakura Nobuhiko-san
**[00:34] Sakura**
* There's been a sharp decline in*
* his sense of self and awareness.*
**[00:38] Sakura**
It seems the impact to the head was strong
enough to cause some kind of impairment.
**[00:43] Sakura**
I've told the family that treatment
from the super AI, Michi,
**[00:46] Sakura**
would have the best chances
for a positive outcome.
***SIGN*** Kenji-san's oldesiSTVi
K
G
***SIGN*** Kenji-san's oldest son Goto Satoshi-san
**[00:49] Satoshi**
* It's just... having a super AI figure out*
* problems that are beyond human ability...*
**[00:55] Satoshi**
* My father was particularly*
* against that kind of thing.*
**[00:59] Rion**
I see red dragonflies as the sun sets...
**[01:02] Announcer**
There was one ray of hope that
managed to reach the Goto family:
**[01:07] Announcer**
The singing of Kenji-san's
granddaughter, Rion-san.
**[01:08] Rion**
When was it that I last saw
them on someone's back?
**[01:18] Rion**
Did you hear that, Grandpa?
**[01:20] Kenji**
I sure did.
**[01:22] Kenji**
Keep working at it. Work hard.
***SIGN*** i fSTVi
Goto Kenji-san
***SIGN*** Goto Kenji-san
**[01:28] Announcer**
* Moments when he's touched*
* by music or film*
**[01:31] Announcer**
* seem to restore humanity to*
* Kenji-san's damaged circuitry.*
**[01:36] Announcer**
* Miracles brought about by*
* the art people have created.*
***SIGN*** i fSTVi
Goto-san's family
***SIGN*** Goto-san's family
**[01:40] Announcer**
* Goto-san's family has only*
* begun their road to recovery.*
**[01:47] Kakei**
We at Humanoid Rights Japan are having
doubts about promoting this case.
**[01:53] Kakei**
There's a way to treat his neural net,
**[01:56] Kakei**
but his family won't pursue it.
That's clearly neglect.
**[02:01] Sudo**
The mind's a sensitive subject.
**[02:04] Sudo**
There are plenty of cases where people
reject neurological help from super AI.
**[02:08] Kakei**
Then what if a human were to heal him?
**[02:11] Kakei**
Can you do it, Dr. Sudo?
**[02:15] Sudo**
They'd have to come in for a diagnosis.
**[02:18] Kakei**
Thank you so much!
***SIGN*** Human
***SIGN*** Human
**[03:55] Kakei**
This kind of treatment
carries a lot of risks.
**[03:58] Kakei**
Most doctors are inclined
to leave it to super AI.
**[04:01] Kakei**
However, Dr. Sudo has the skills to pull it off.
**[04:08] Sudo**
The hardware damage isn't too severe.
**[04:13] Sudo**
I don't believe it's affected anything
that could impact his identity.
**[04:19] Sudo**
If we install additional systems
to restore his lost functionality,
**[04:22] Sudo**
your father's symptoms should
effectively clear up.
**[04:26] Satoshi**
I... see.
**[04:30] Kakei**
No way! We can't trust the
general media with this.
**[04:34] Kakei**
We need to be the first
source for the narrative.
**[04:39] Kakei**
I'll call you back. Later.
**[04:42] Kakei**
How'd it go?
**[04:44] Satoshi**
The doctor says he can be healed.
**[04:46] Kakei**
So, when's the procedure scheduled?
**[04:48] Satoshi**
We... haven't exactly decided
to go through with it yet.
**[04:52] Kakei**
Is there some kind of issue?
**[04:54] Satoshi**
This is going to involve installing
new programming, right?
**[04:57] Kakei**
It's not like someone with a prosthesis
becomes a different person.
**[05:00] Satoshi**
But adding a prosthesis isn't the
same as changing a neural net.
**[05:04] Kakei**
Of course!
**[05:05] Kakei**
But there are parts in our heads
that can be replaced safely.
**[05:08] Kakei**
In that sense, I believe it's the same.
**[05:14] Kakei**
Why are you hesitating?! I don't get it.
**[05:17] Kakei**
You've got an effective means of
treatment right in front of you!
**[05:20] Sudo**
I can't guarantee that he'll be
completely back to normal.
**[05:26] Sudo**
There's definitely going to be
data that was physically lost.
**[05:33] Risa**
You did great today.
**[05:35] Risa**
Now, let's get you home.
**[05:45] Satoshi**
I'd like more time to think it over.
**[05:49] Rion**
I see red dragonflies as the sun sets...
**[05:58] Rion**
When was it that I last saw
them on someone's back?
**[06:07] Rion**
In the fields of the mountains...
***SIGN*** ~ Miraculous Voices ~
***SIGN*** Part 4
Listening to his granddaughter's singing
**[06:10] Kakei**
What's your take here?
**[06:12] Sudo**
On what?
**[06:13] Kakei**
Dr. Sudo...
**[06:15] Kakei**
I feel like this family has some reason
for not wanting to heal Kenji-san.
**[06:21] Sudo**
Like what?
**[06:23] Kakei**
I hear the daughter is aiming to
become a singer, or an entertainer...
**[06:26] Sudo**
Then you think
**[06:28] Sudo**
that they're using this situation
in order to gain notoriety?
**[06:35] Kakei**
Whatever the reason,
**[06:37] Kakei**
refusing effective treatment
is a violation of his rights.
**[06:47] Risa**
Do you think they'll get the surgery?
**[06:50] Sudo**
Hard to say.
**[06:53] Sudo**
And it's not for me to decide.
**[07:00] Satoshi**
Who's calling at this hour?
***SIGN*** Kakei
**[07:10] Kakei**
I apologize for calling so late.
**[07:13] Kakei**
I really wanted to address this matter today.
**[07:16] Kakei**
We at Humanoid Rights Japan think that
**[07:20] Kakei**
refusing treatment for Goto
Kenji-san is a serious...
**[07:23] Kakei**
"All human beings are born free
and equal in dignity and rights."
**[07:31] Kakei**
This is how article one of the
**[07:33] Kakei**
Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
which was adopted in 1948, begins.
**[07:38] Kakei**
The use of "human beings" here
does not include Humanoids.
**[07:42] Kakei**
*From their debut on the stage of history,*
***SIGN*** In front of Goto-san's home
***SIGN*** Kakei
**[07:45] Kakei**
* to their adoption into the*
* brotherhood of humanity,*
**[07:47] Kakei**
* to winning the rights that*
* they have currently have,*
**[07:49] Kakei**
*it has been a long and hard road.*
**[07:52] Kakei**
* Ultimately, with the birth of super AI,*
* the status quo changed dramatically.*
***SIGN*** Surgery In-Progress
***SIGN*** Surgery In-Progress
**[08:11] Sudo**
Jay, I've finished setting
up the additional modules.
**[08:14] Jay**
I see no issues on my end.
**[08:17] Sudo**
We'll move onto suturing
the bio-body shut then.
**[08:21] Risa**
R-Right...
**[08:23] Sudo**
You feeling all right?
**[08:25] Risa**
I'm fine!
**[08:27] Sudo**
Okay, let's put him back together.
**[08:30] Risa**
His vital signs are all stable.
**[08:44] Rion**
Is Grandpa gonna be okay?
**[08:48] Kakei**
I'm sure he will be.
**[08:50] Kakei**
Let's all... welcome him back.
**[09:00] Sudo**
Persistent, aren't you?
**[09:02] Sudo**
You're back already?
**[09:04] Kakei**
Of course!
**[09:06] Kakei**
Checking on Goto Kenji-san's
condition is a part of our duties.
**[09:11] Staff**
Can I move the lighting
gear to the second floor?
**[09:14] Kakei**
Sure. Go ahead.
**[09:15] Staff**
Pardon us.
**[09:17] Staff**
Oof...
**[09:18] Sudo**
Come on, man, this is a hospital.
**[09:20] Kakei**
I assure you, we got permission
from the family first.
**[09:23] Sudo**
How nice of them.
**[09:26] Sudo**
Makes me doubt they'd be as conniving as—
**[09:28] Risa**
Doctor!
**[09:29] Risa**
The patient is getting violent!
**[09:34] Satoshi**
Dad!
**[09:35] Kenji**
You ungrateful idiot son!
**[09:38] Kenji**
I know what your game is!
**[09:41] Kakei**
K-Kenji-san?
**[09:43] Kenji**
You made a sideshow out
of me, you rotten—
**[09:48] Sudo**
Goto-san! Please, calm down!
**[09:49] Kenji**
I'm gonna...
**[09:50] Satoshi**
You've got it wrong, Dad.
**[09:52] Satoshi**
I was trying to honor your teachings...
**[09:56] Satoshi**
I wanted your case to give
other people like you hope!
**[09:59] Kenji**
Don't give me that, you little bastard!
**[10:02] Satoshi**
Dad, calm down!
**[10:04] Sudo**
Risa! Sedative!
**[10:06] Risa**
R-Right!
**[10:07] Kakei**
Hey!
**[10:08] Sudo**
Hold his other side, please!
**[10:10] Risa**
Got it.
**[10:11] Sudo**
Here we go.
**[10:15] Kakei**
What did you do?
**[10:16] Sudo**
That was general anesthesia.
**[10:18] Kakei**
W-Was there an issue with the procedure?!
**[10:23] Kakei**
Hey! Say something!
**[10:29] Satoshi**
That's not it.
**[10:32] Satoshi**
The doctor did an amazing job.
**[10:36] Kakei**
It's not? How can you be sure?
**[10:41] Satoshi**
My father's passion for education,
his love of my daughter's singing,
**[10:47] Satoshi**
and his violence toward me are all
parts of him we're familiar with.
**[10:55] Satoshi**
He's completely back to normal. Thank you.
**[11:07] Staff**
Uh... are we shooting this?
**[11:24] Kakei**
But I... I wasn't wrong.
**[11:29] Kakei**
I wasn't, was I?
**[11:32] Sudo**
I could seriously not care less.
**[11:36] Sudo**
If I accept a patient, I'll
do everything I can for them.
**[11:42] Sudo**
And that's all I'm prepared to do.
**[11:53] A**
We apologize for any difficulty
the product has caused you.
**[11:55] B**
I'm sorry that you had to deal with that.
**[11:56] C**
I'll look into arranging for a replacement.
**[11:57] D**
I'm terribly sorry, but your issue isn't
covered by our company's liability.
**[12:01] Complainer A**
Screw you!
**[12:03] Complainer A**
I don't want pre-programmed apologies!
**[12:05] Complainer A**
That doesn't mean a damn thing!
**[12:08] Complainer A**
I wanna talk to a human!
***SIGN*** Call:
***SIGN*** Priority Level: Mid
***SIGN*** Priority Level: Mid
***SIGN*** Call:
***SIGN*** Call:
**[12:14] Lady Employee**
There've been a lot of calls like that lately.
**[12:17] Lady Employee**
I can handle the apology—
**[12:18] Kinosaki**
No...
**[12:20] Kinosaki**
I'll deal with it, don't worry.
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
**[12:25] Kinosaki**
The stress is giving me these
stabbing pains in my stomach.
**[12:29] Kinosaki**
Is there no way to cut
the link between the two?
**[12:33] Sudo**
I could make that adjustment,
**[12:35] Sudo**
but if we mute your body's
warning signals like that...
**[12:39] Kinosaki**
Oh, I see what you mean.
**[12:42] Kinosaki**
I didn't realize how much
it was getting to me,
**[12:44] Kinosaki**
and now I feel like I'm on
the verge of a breakdown.
**[12:48] Sudo**
It sounds like a tough job.
**[12:50] Kinosaki**
Well, yes.
**[12:52] Sudo**
Isn't this the kind of thing a
customer service AI could handle?
**[12:58] Sudo**
Calls like that...
**[12:59] Kinosaki**
AI is great at the job, certainly.
**[13:03] Kinosaki**
But... when a customer
is demanding an apology,
**[13:07] Kinosaki**
they tend to be particular
about who they want it from.
**[13:11] Kinosaki**
There are some that, once they
find out I'm a Humanoid...
**[13:15] Complaining Woman**
* I don't really see the difference between*
* a computer giving me an error message*
**[13:19] Complaining Woman**
*and you apologizing to me.*
**[13:21] Complaining Woman**
* It's rude not to have a human do*
* this sort of thing, don't you think?*
**[13:25] Kinosaki**
They don't give it a second thought.
**[13:29] Kinosaki**
It makes me think I'm not suited for the job.
**[13:40] Sudo**
I bought a new blend. Wanna try?
**[13:44] Risa**
Thank you!
**[13:52] Risa**
It's good.
**[13:56] Risa**
That patient... is he gonna be okay?
**[14:00] Sudo**
I sure hope so.
**[14:07] Sudo**
But just treating the symptoms
isn't gonna get him anywhere.
**[14:17] Drunk A**
You dumbass!
**[14:19] Drunk A**
This is why you're useless, man!
**[14:22] Drunk B**
Say what?!
**[14:24] Drunk A**
My bad, my bad!
**[14:25] Drunk C**
Come on, pull yourself together!
**[14:27] Drunk A**
Sure!
**[14:39] Kinosaki**
I can't do this anymore...
***SIGN*** Call:
***SIGN*** Priority Level: Mid
***SIGN*** Priority Level: Mid
***SIGN*** Call:
***SIGN*** Call:
**[14:44] Lady Employee**
I am so sorry.
**[14:47] Lady Employee**
I'll be there in person right away.
**[14:49] Lady Employee**
Right. Right. If you'll excuse me.
**[15:06] Kinosaki**
* You'd have to be a heartless*
* robot to do this job...*
**[15:18] Kinosaki**
*I should quit.*
**[15:24] President**
And with that being the case,
**[15:25] President**
the company does recognize the issue in
not realizing how stressed out you were.
**[15:30] President**
Which is why...
**[15:32] Kinosaki**
I appreciate the sentiment,
sir, but I can't...
**[15:35] President**
Just hear me out.
**[15:38] President**
We're going to be sub-contracting customer
service interactions from here on out.
**[15:45] (Flashback) Complainer B**
You get that, if someone builds
their own house in this day and age,
**[15:48] (Flashback) Complainer B**
it's because they're particular
about what they want, right?!
**[15:51] Kinosaki**
Sir, I believe I've handled this
job as professionally as I can.
**[15:57] President**
No, no, I wasn't trying to say otherwise.
**[16:02] (Flashback) Complainer B**
Damn it, are you deaf or something?!
**[16:05] (Flashback) Complainer B**
I'm saying that this crap looks
nothing like the VR demo!
**[16:09] (Flashback) Complainer B**
I thought you were gonna
give me the same thing!
**[16:13] President**
My point is,
**[16:14] President**
from now on, neither you or your team will
have to deal with problematic customers.
**[16:21] President**
So, will you reconsider?
***SIGN*** Priority Level: Mid
***SIGN*** Priority Level: Mid
***SIGN*** Call:
**[16:26] Comaplainer B**
* Seriously, how many times*
* do I have to say it?!*
***SIGN*** Call:
***SIGN*** Call:
***SIGN*** Call:
**[16:30] Complainer B**
* I'm telling your stupid ass to*
* send someone along to take a look!*
***SIGN*** Call:
***SIGN*** Elevating to external response staff
***SIGN*** Elevating to external response staff
***SIGN*** Call:
**[16:49] Apologizer A**
When it comes to customers
who are especially upset...
**[16:53] Apologizer B**
We've had special training.
**[16:56] Apologizer C**
Which is why there's really
no need to accompany us.
**[17:00] Kinosaki**
Well, with this being the first incident...
**[17:05] Kinosaki**
I need to be on hand, just in case.
**[17:15] Complainer B**
Took you long enough!
**[17:18] Apologizer A**
We understand you've been inconvenienced...
**[17:21] Both**
And we are sorry.
**[17:25] Complainer B**
Damn, you guys took your sweet time!
**[17:29] Apologizer C**
We're able to access the staff's implants
in order to get a feed from the scene.
**[17:33] Apologizer C**
Their response is all
according to the manual.
**[17:42] Complainer B**
Right here! It's pretty
clearly wrong, y'know?
**[17:47] Apologizer A**
One moment, please.
**[17:50] Apologizer A**
The color I'm getting is within
the acceptable range.
**[17:53] Apologizer B**
I see. What about the color
temperature from the lighting?
**[17:57] Comapliner B**
See what I mean? It's all wrong.
**[17:59] Apologizer A**
I'm not seeing any mismatch there, either.
**[18:03] Apologizer B**
Check it again, please.
**[18:05] Comapliner B**
Just gonna ignore me?
**[18:08] Apologizer A**
I'll check the Kelvin scale too.
**[18:11] Complainer B**
How long's this gonna take?
**[18:14] Apologizer A**
I'm terribly sorry, sir.
It'll be just a bit longer.
**[18:20] Apologizer B**
Go ahead.
**[18:21] Apologizer A**
Right.
**[18:24] Complainer B**
Damn it, it's obviously different
from the wallpaper I ordered!
**[18:28] Complainer B**
What is this? You guys think
I'm some kinda psycho customer?
**[18:34] Apologizer A**
I apologize for the delay.
**[18:36] Complainer**
You better!
**[18:37] Complainer**
So, how're you gonna make this right?
**[18:40] Apologier A**
I'm afraid there's no apology necessary here.
**[18:52] Complainer B**
What the hell'd you just say?
**[18:54] Apologizer A**
The visual impression from
this kind of wallpaper
**[18:56] Apologizer A**
varies based on the color
temperature caused by lighting.
**[18:59] Complainer B**
I didn't ask for excuses!
**[19:01] Kinosaki**
Whoa, whoa! That's just going
to make him more angry!
**[19:06] Apologizer C**
It's all just part of the act.
**[19:10] Apologizer A**
I'm sorry if it upsets you, sir,
**[19:12] Apologizer A**
but I was explaining, not making excuses.
**[19:16] Complainer B**
I didn't ask for an explanation!
I want an apology!
**[19:20] Apologizer**
And I'm trying to say...
**[19:21] Complainer B**
I get it. No apologies, then.
**[19:24] Complainer B**
Because I'm not gonna accept one anymore!
**[19:26] Apologizer A**
Sir, color temperature can
vary depending on the
**[19:28] Apologizer A**
color of the bulbs, the light
warmth, the shade of white,
**[19:31] Apologizer A**
along with the intensity
and color of daylight.
**[19:33] Apologizer A**
It's all measured according
to the Kelvin scale where—
**[19:35] Complainer**
Don't feed me this crap!
**[19:37] Apologizer B**
Hey!
**[19:41] Apologizer B**
Where the hell do you get off
talking to a customer like that?!
**[19:53] Apologizer B**
Sir...
**[20:02] Apologizer B**
Everything you've said is completely right.
**[20:06] Apologizer B**
I am so deeply sorry!
**[20:14] Apologizer C**
You take a subordinate who's
fighting back with logic...
**[20:16] Apologizer C**
And have his supervisor violently silence
them, making them into a scapegoat.
**[20:21] Apologizer C**
It proves particularly effective
with this kind of customer.
**[20:24] Kinosaki**
How can you be so casual about it?!
**[20:26] Kinosaki**
Even if it's an act, it's still...
It's completely inhuman!
**[20:32] Apologizer C**
Exactly.
**[20:33] Apologizer C**
All when the customer's demanding
to hear from a human...
**[20:37] Apologizer C**
Pretty ironic, if you ask me.
**[20:51] Apologizer B**
The customer was made to see reason.
**[20:54] Apologizer A**
What do you think? Was the
outcome to your liking?
**[20:59] Kinosaki**
Look... I realize this is rude, but...
**[21:03] Kinosaki**
You two... are humans, right?
**[21:11] Apologizer C**
I'm terribly sorry, but...
**[21:15] Apologizer C**
That's confidential.
**[21:21] Kinosaki**
I can't say for sure...
**[21:24] Kinosaki**
But I think that they really were robots.
**[21:29] Kinosaki**
Not that it would make me
feel better if they were.
**[21:34] Sudo**
We can treat your stomach pains,
or you can find a new job.
**[21:39] Sudo**
Which would you prefer?
***SIGN*** Uzen Chinese
**[21:50] News**
*And now an update on the planned upgrade*
***SIGN*** Major Upgrade Plan
**[21:53] News**
* that the super high-performance AI,*
* Michi, has outlined for itself.*
**[21:58] News**
* The government announced today that*
* it intends to review the proposal*
**[22:02] News**
*with an eye toward executing the upgrades.*
**[22:06] News**
* Additionally, experts in associated*
* fields are being consulted*
**[22:07] Risa**
You think if Michi gets updated,
**[22:09] Risa**
any of these hazy issues in
the world will get cleared up?
**[22:09] News**
*in regards to reviewing the particulars of...*
**[22:14] Sudo**
It's never that simple.
**[22:18] Sudo**
Not the world, nor the people in it.
**[22:21] Sudo**
Nor Michi, for that matter.
***SIGN*** Confession
***SIGN*** Confession
# E8 - Confession
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G50UZXKMQ/confession)
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***SIGN*** This story is a work of "near-future" fiction.
Any resemblance to existing persons or organizations is entirely coincidental.
**[00:12] Risa**
* In the constant flow of time, there are*
* things that change, and things that don't.*
**[00:18] Risa**
*For instance...*
**[00:21] Risa**
* Not wanting to leave a warm*
* bed is probably something*
**[00:24] Risa**
*that people have always had to deal with.*
**[00:28] Assistant AI**
*Hey, Risa.*
**[00:30] Assistant AI**
* You need to get out of bed.*
* It's gonna be noon soon.*
**[00:33] Risa**
I've got the day off...
**[00:35] Assistant AI**
*But don't you have stuff to do?*
**[00:38] Risa**
Oh, yeah...
**[00:41] Risa**
*Brain and body, please wake up already!*
**[00:49] Risa**
*All dressed to go out.*
**[00:52] Risa**
*Should I tie my hair up today?*
**[00:57] Risa**
*Nah, not today!*
***SIGN*** Confession
***SIGN*** Confession
**[02:36] Risa**
*My day off begins with a cup of coffee.*
**[02:42] Risa**
*With it, I recover my mental fortitude.*
**[02:45] Waitress**
Here you are.
**[02:52] Risa**
*Now to recover my blood sugar!*
**[02:54] Waitress**
I hope you enjoy it.
**[02:57] Risa**
Thanks for the food!
**[03:05] Risa**
*I recovered plenty just now.*
**[03:09] Risa**
* And with that taken care of,*
* there's no time to waste.*
**[03:13] Risa**
*And the reason is...*
***SIGN*** 4 pieces
***SIGN*** Premium
Caramels
(Individual)
***SIGN*** Premium
Truffles
(Individual)
***SIGN*** 15 pieces
***SIGN*** Limited
time
**[03:14] Commercial**
* Nile Company's special economic district,*
* "The New World,"*
***SIGN*** Valentine's Day
Limited Edition
**[03:17] Commercial**
* will transport you into a*
* whole new way of living.*
**[03:20] Risa**
*The reason? The reason is...*
**[03:23] Assistant AI**
* Risa, do you have the water*
* at the right temperature?*
**[03:30] Risa**
Uh-oh... was that too hot?
**[03:33] Assistant AI**
*It says some fresh cream can cover the mistake*
**[03:36] Risa**
Don't make it sound like that!
**[03:38] Assistant AI**
*Risa, don't get mad.*
**[03:42] Risa**
Sorry.
**[03:44] Risa**
*The reason is: Tomorrow is February 14th!*
**[03:50] Risa**
Here you go. It's a mix of Roiza chocolates.
**[03:55] Patient**
Well, thanks!
**[03:58] Risa**
I'm giving them out to
everyone who comes by today!
**[04:01] Patient**
It's a little embarrassing for an old guy
like me to get chocolate from you, Risa.
**[04:07] Patient**
Any special someone?
**[04:09] Risa**
I'm giving them out to
everyone who comes by today!
**[04:13] Patient**
*She said the same thing.*
**[04:16] Risa**
Dr. Sudo!
**[04:19] Risa**
Do you know what today is?
**[04:22] Jay**
*I can answer that.*
**[04:24] Jay**
*It's Saint—*
**[04:25] Risa**
I didn't ask you, Jay!
**[04:27] Jay**
*Pardon me.*
**[04:30] Sudo**
Yeah, I do.
**[04:31] Sudo**
It's the holiday the confection
industry invented in the 20th century
**[04:34] Sudo**
to juice chocolate sales, right?
**[04:37] Risa**
Yeah, yeah...
**[04:39] Risa**
Let's just call it Valentine's Day!
**[04:42] Sudo**
Is this for me?
**[04:43] Risa**
Of course!
**[04:45] Risa**
I'm giving them out to everyone today.
**[04:48] Risa**
B-But on top of that, this year, I thought
I'd show you my appreciation with...
**[04:54] Risa**
Ta-dah!
**[04:56] Risa**
In addition to the chocolate I bought,
I made some chocolate cakes!
**[05:06] Sudo**
Did you give these out too?
**[05:08] Risa**
Uh, well...
**[05:09] Risa**
I-I intended to give them
out to patients too, but...
**[05:14] Risa**
There's hygiene issues with homemade food,
**[05:16] Risa**
and it's better to be safe than sorry...
**[05:19] Risa**
M-M-Making it a present... just for you, Doc...
**[05:26] Risa**
*He's already eating it?!*
**[05:29] Risa**
Oh, no! Were there sugar clumps in it?
**[05:32] Risa**
I'm so sorry.
**[05:33] Risa**
Um... you don't have to force yourself to eat it.
**[05:41] Sudo**
Y'know, Risa.
**[05:46] Sudo**
If it were just a question of taste,
**[05:49] Sudo**
we could have robots do all our cooking.
**[05:52] Sudo**
But the fact that you put your heart into
this is something a robot can't recreate.
**[05:58] Sudo**
I think it's only human to want to
integrate that into their diet, too.
**[06:04] Sudo**
Thanks for the cake.
**[06:07] Risa**
D-Doctor!
***SIGN*** Swoon
**[06:11] Risa**
Well, then... did you like it?!
**[06:17] Sudo**
If it were just a question of taste,
**[06:19] Sudo**
we could have robots do all our cooking.
**[06:22] Risa**
*He said the same thing?!*
***SIGN*** SHOCK
**[06:25] Reon**
Sounds like you won the battle
but lost the war.
**[06:29] Risa**
I don't exactly follow that metaphor, but...
**[06:32] Risa**
I *do* feel like I lost.
**[06:39] Risa**
I wanted to prove I could
do something impressive
**[06:41] Risa**
when I put my mind to it...
**[06:45] Reon**
He understood what you were trying to do.
**[06:47] Reon**
Probably.
**[06:49] Reon**
Maybe?
**[06:50] Reon**
Possibly!
**[06:54] Risa**
Thanks for today, Breezy.
**[06:56] Risa**
I called you out of the blue,
and you even treated me to cake....
**[07:00] Reon**
Hey, don't worry about it.
**[07:01] Risa**
By the way, what about you?
Did you give chocolate to anybody?
**[07:06] Reon**
Yeah...
**[07:08] Risa**
Great! Tell me all about it!
**[07:12] Reon**
A little too enthusiastic, there.
**[07:14] Reon**
Actually, I think I'll order
one of those too.
**[07:18] Reon**
Excuse me!
**[07:21] Risa**
*Valentine's Day...*
**[07:22] Reon**
I'd like to place another order.
**[07:23] Risa**
* It didn't exactly go smoothly, but I was*
* able to chat with a reliable friend,*
**[07:25] Reon**
The same as her's, please.
**[07:30] Risa**
*so it's not that bad!*
**[07:35] Bakery Employee**
A return gift?
**[07:36] Sudo**
Well, yes.
**[07:38] Bakery Employee**
How about this limited-edition
artisanal cheesecake?
**[07:42] Bakery Employee**
Each one is hand-crafted!
**[07:47] Sudo**
*Hand-crafted, huh...*
**[07:58] Sudo**
*By my estimation, planning is the key.*
**[08:02] Sudo**
* Making sure the timing is right, and*
* maintaining the right temperature...*
**[08:09] Sudo**
* You simulate each one in your head,*
* and make sure everything is prepared.*
**[08:21] Sudo**
Operation complete.
**[08:24] Sudo**
Commencing cosmetic procedure.
**[08:27] Patient**
Here, my return gift.
**[08:30] Risa**
Wow, thank you so much!
**[08:33] Patient**
I'm giving something to
everyone who gave me some!
***SIGN*** Wink
**[08:39] Patient**
I'm giving something to
everyone who gave me some!
**[08:45] Risa**
Dr. Sudo!
**[08:49] Risa**
Do you know what today is?
**[08:52] Risa**
The second half of the confectionery
industry's conspiracy, A.K.A.
**[08:55] Risa**
White Day!
**[08:58] Sudo**
Oh, is that right?
**[09:01] Risa**
Yes!
**[09:04] Risa**
I'll make some tea.
**[09:08] Sudo**
Mind if I try it?
**[09:10] Risa**
Just a little bit, okay?
**[09:17] Risa**
Delicious...
**[09:19] Risa**
This is incredible, Doctor!
**[09:22] Sudo**
Yeah.
**[09:25] Risa**
Where'd you buy it from?
**[09:32] Sudo**
Just some place.
**[09:33] Risa**
What do you mean? What's the store's name?
**[09:36] Sudo**
I forgot.
**[09:37] Risa**
Well, please remember! I wanna shop there!
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
**[09:42] Risa**
*A few days later,*
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
**[09:46] Risa**
* we received an unexpected*
* patient at our clinic.*
**[09:56] Risa**
Breezy! What are you doing here?
**[09:58] Reon**
Well... y'know.
**[10:01] Risa**
Are you feeling okay?
**[10:04] Reon**
I'm not sure how to put it, exactly...
**[10:08] Reon**
Might be an emotional thing?
**[10:11] Risa**
What do you mean?!
**[10:13] Reon**
I'll save that for the doctor.
**[10:16] Sudo**
What's up?
**[10:17] Risa**
Oh, Dr. Sudo!
**[10:19] Risa**
This is a friend of mine...
**[10:22] Reon**
Hey, there! I've heard all about you.
**[10:26] Sudo**
Professional relationships come
before personal ones here.
**[10:30] Sudo**
Come right in.
**[10:34] Sudo**
Not you, Risa.
**[10:35] Risa**
B-But...
**[10:37] Sudo**
I'll talk to her alone first.
**[10:43] Reon**
See you later!
**[10:55] Sudo**
You want to rid yourself of romantic feelings?
**[10:57] Sudo**
And do you mean... in the permanent sense?
**[11:01] Reon**
Exactly! Can you maybe tinker
with my circuits a bit,
**[11:04] Reon**
and get rid of all those
jittery, squishy feelings?
**[11:07] Sudo**
Why are you asking?
**[11:10] Reon**
Because it's a pain.
**[11:12] Reon**
They make it so you can't even
control your own emotions.
**[11:15] Reon**
And it feels like a waste of time getting
the runaround from them, y'know?
**[11:19] Reon**
Especially since I'm a Humanoid.
**[11:27] Sudo**
You think Humanoids don't need romance?
**[11:30] Reon**
Well, less than humans who need
it to procreate, at least.
**[11:36] Sudo**
And you're sure this isn't just temporary?
**[11:40] Sudo**
It's been causing you
protracted mental suffering?
**[11:43] Reon**
Well... yeah.
**[11:46] Reon**
Just here and there my whole life.
**[11:52] Sudo**
You seem serious.
**[11:55] Reon**
I am.
**[11:59] Sudo**
Getting rid of pre-existing emotions can,
**[12:02] Sudo**
for some, result in a complete
collapse of mental balance,
**[12:07] Sudo**
so it isn't the kind of thing
I can do on a first visit.
**[12:12] Sudo**
Can I ask you to fill out
this questionnaire first?
**[12:21] Risa**
Breezy!
**[12:25] Reon**
Turns out it's not a one-and-done thing.
**[12:28] Risa**
Come on! Why didn't you ever say anything?!
**[12:31] Risa**
We need to have a serious talk about this!
**[12:35] Risa**
I'm gonna invite Mari-chan, too!
**[12:37] Reon**
Seriously? Am I getting interrogated?
**[12:40] Risa**
*This woman, Miyoshi Reon, is my friend.*
**[12:45] Risa**
*We met two years ago while volunteering,*
**[12:49] Risa**
*and became regular drinking buddies.*
**[12:53] Risa**
* She's got an easy-breezy personality,*
* so I call her Breezy.*
**[13:00] Mari**
So you're fed up with love, huh?
**[13:02] Mari**
I can understand that feeling,
but wanting to get rid of it...
**[13:08] Mari**
Isn't the pain part of romance, anyway?
**[13:13] Mari**
If I never felt any kind of pain,
**[13:16] Mari**
I think I wouldn't be sure
if I actually loved someone.
**[13:21] Risa**
Well said, Mari-chan! That's deep.
**[13:24] Risa**
You heard her, Breezy!
**[13:27] Risa**
Are you listening?
**[13:29] Reon**
I am, I am.
**[13:32] Mari**
If you don't tell us exactly what's going on,
we can't give you real advice.
**[13:39] Reon**
It's not a big deal, really!
**[13:42] Risa**
Wait, did you not get something
back for White Day? Is that it?
**[13:47] Reon**
What're you talking about?
**[13:48] Risa**
You mentioned you gave someone
chocolate for Valentine's Day!
**[13:51] Risa**
Is that why...
**[13:52] Reon**
I'm telling you, it's nothing.
**[13:58] Mari**
See you later!
**[13:59] Reon**
Later!
**[14:00] Mari**
Bye-bye!
**[14:02] Reon**
Guess we better head home, too.
**[14:04] Risa**
I ate too much. I wanna take a walk first.
**[14:08] Reon**
Okay. See ya next time!
**[14:18] Risa**
Breezy, you're always shutting me out!
**[14:20] Risa**
You never talk about yourself.
**[14:23] Reon**
It's the same way with you, Risa.
**[14:25] Reon**
It's not like you've actually said out
loud that you like Dr. Sudo yet, right?
**[14:30] Risa**
Fine! I'll say mine and then you say yours!
**[14:36] Risa**
Here I go! The person I am
currently in love with is—
**[14:41] Reon**
Hang on!
**[14:45] Reon**
Are you sure you really wanna know?
**[14:50] Risa**
Of course!
**[14:55] Reon**
Okay, then...
**[14:57] Reon**
Here I go!
**[14:59] Reon**
I, Miyoshi Reon, am currently
nursing unrequited love!
**[15:05] Risa**
I knew it!
**[15:07] Reon**
And those feelings are for...
**[15:13] Reon**
The person in front of me right now!
**[15:19] Risa**
Where? Where are they? Huh?
**[15:21] Reon**
I'm talking about you. It's you.
**[15:25] Reon**
Risa. I'm a female Humanoid who like girls.
**[15:31] Reon**
Surprised?
**[15:38] Reon**
Don't worry about it. I mean it, seriously!
**[15:42] Reon**
I knew this is what would happen.
**[15:45] Reon**
All of the women I fall for
seem to be attracted to men.
**[15:50] Reon**
Anyway, I'd better head home!
**[15:55] Risa**
W-Wait!
**[15:57] Risa**
We... can still be friends, right?
**[16:04] Reon**
Well... I hope so.
**[16:09] Reon**
But...
**[16:11] Reon**
Right now, I can't say for sure.
**[16:16] Reon**
I'm sorry.
**[16:22] (Flashback) Risa**
I like the real doctor.
**[16:26] (Flashback) Reon**
Y'know, I made a sample featuring
you and me too, Risa!
**[16:32] (Flashback) Reon**
Just kidding.
**[16:34] (Flashback) Risa**
By the way, what about you?
Did you give chocolate to anybody?
**[16:39] (Flashback) Reon**
Yeah.
**[16:41] (Flashback) Risa**
Great! Tell me all about it!
**[16:45] (Flashback) Reon**
A little too enthusiastic, there.
**[16:51] Sudo**
Hey, Risa.
**[16:53] Sudo**
Did you restock the implant solvent?
**[17:00] Sudo**
Hey!
**[17:02] Risa**
Sorry. Solvent, right...
**[17:06] Sudo**
I wonder why your friend came here.
**[17:10] Sudo**
It's not like she needed to go
somewhere that a friend works.
**[17:15] Risa**
I've mentioned you to her before,
so I think she might trust you.
**[17:21] Sudo**
I wonder about that.
***SIGN*** Mi-yo-shi Re-on
***SIGN*** Miyoshi Reon
***SIGN*** Humanoid
***SIGN*** Female
***SIGN*** Wants to remove romantic feelings.
**[17:38] Sudo**
The algorithmic analysis of the
questionnaire you filled out is finished.
**[17:44] Reon**
Okay.
**[17:46] Sudo**
And there's been no change in your
decision to get rid of these feelings?
**[17:51] Reon**
Right.
**[17:53] Sudo**
There are ongoing treatments
for the neural net
**[17:56] Sudo**
that can suppress libido and counteract
discomfort felt by loneliness.
**[18:04] Sudo**
Let's continue your observational
period a bit longer,
**[18:07] Sudo**
and figure out the specific approach to take.
***SIGN*** Miyoshi Reon
**[18:35] Automated Voice**
* All selected pictures will*
* be deleted from storage.*
**[18:39] Automated Voice**
*Do you wish to continue?*
**[19:04] Jay**
*It's almost time.*
**[19:06] Sudo**
Right.
**[19:07] Jay**
*Sudo, I'd like a word first.*
**[19:11] Jay**
* It concerns the patient's*
* relationship with Risa.*
**[19:15] Jay**
*I believe that this may be a case where—*
**[19:18] Sudo**
I didn't ask you for that analysis, Jay.
**[19:23] Sudo**
Go on.
**[19:25] Jay**
* I believe if we perform the procedure*
* the patient has requested,*
**[19:29] Jay**
*it will not have a favorable outcome.*
**[19:32] Sudo**
Do you mean in a technical
sense? Or something else?
**[19:36] Jay**
The latter.
**[19:37] Sudo**
The thing is, Jay...
**[19:39] Sudo**
This isn't the kind of thing
a medical AI should step into.
**[19:43] Jay**
*That is correct.*
**[19:44] Jay**
*It is beyond my specified field of expertise.*
**[19:48] Jay**
*However, Sudo...*
**[19:56] Risa**
Everything is ready. The
patient can enter at any time.
**[20:01] Sudo**
You haven't talked to her at all, have you?
**[20:06] Sudo**
You okay with that?
**[20:10] Risa**
I didn't know what to say.
**[20:15] Sudo**
Considering she's in love with you, sure.
**[20:19] Risa**
Did she tell you?!
**[20:21] Sudo**
No.
**[20:25] Sudo**
But it's obvious.
**[20:26] Sudo**
You call her "Breezy," but from what
I can tell, she's pretty damn earnest.
**[20:34] Sudo**
I bet she came here specifically because
you never noticed how she felt.
**[20:40] Sudo**
All to make it harder for you...
that's what I call playing dirty.
**[20:43] Risa**
Stop it! You don't have to put it that way!
**[20:47] Risa**
I'm disappointed in you, Doctor!
**[20:51] Sudo**
If you can tell me how you
feel, you can tell her too.
**[20:56] Sudo**
Hurting people, and getting hurt...
**[20:59] Sudo**
It might be a pain, but being too scared
to say anything seems like a waste to me.
**[21:05] Sudo**
You're friends, aren't you?
**[21:14] Risa**
Right this way.
**[21:18] Risa**
Breezy!
**[21:23] Risa**
I know that... it might be awful of
me to say this, but I like you too.
**[21:33] Risa**
Not in the same way, but...
**[21:36] Risa**
I like who you are now...
**[21:39] Risa**
how you are when you're in love.
**[21:44] Reon**
Are you saying you wouldn't
like me anymore, if I wasn't?
**[21:48] Risa**
Not at all! You'd still be you.
**[21:53] Risa**
I just wanted you to know that I also
like you just the way you are.
**[22:03] Sudo**
Love is a sickness that most
people develop at some point.
**[22:08] Sudo**
But, speaking as a doctor, I think it's
generally something best left untreated.
**[22:12] Sudo**
Are you sure you want
to go through with this?
**[22:21] Reon**
Doctor... I...
***SIGN*** A Proper Society
***SIGN*** A Proper Society
# E9 - A Proper Society
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GWDU8EV7D/a-proper-society)
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***SIGN*** This story is a work of "near-future" fiction.
Any resemblance to existing persons or organizations is entirely coincidental.
**[00:13] Armed Disciplinary Officer**
Saionji!
**[00:15] Armed Disciplinary Officer**
You took a girl hostage?! You coward!
**[00:21] Saionji**
Coward?
**[00:22] Saionji**
I'll take that as a compliment!
**[00:26] Saionji**
Doing things the clean, pretty, proper way...
**[00:29] Saionji**
Even a robot can manage that.
**[00:32] Saionji**
I play dirty! I cheat! I scheme!
**[00:35] Saionji**
I'll do whatever it takes to get what I want!
**[00:40] Saionji**
Because I follow Shadow Bushido!
**[00:50] Wholesome Member A**
How do I put this?
**[00:52] Wholesome Member A**
It's a very... 20th century anime, isn't it?
**[00:54] Wholesome Member B**
And this guy's really the
protagonist? Not the villain?
**[00:58] Taguchi**
Yes, he's the protagonist!
**[01:01] Wholesome Member A**
T-Taguchi-san?
**[01:04] Taguchi**
This character steals, he tricks people.
He basically does whatever he wants!
**[01:09] Taguchi**
But the scary part is, he never receives
comeuppance for his wrongdoing!
**[01:15] Taguchi**
All his antisocial behavior is affirmed!
**[01:19] Taguchi**
That makes it much worse than gore and porn!
**[01:24] Taguchi**
This show...
**[01:26] Taguchi**
has a strong sway over children right now.
**[01:33] Taguchi**
We should take a stand to
change this state of affairs!
**[01:39] Taguchi**
Let's cast this immoral anime out!
**[01:43] Wholesome Members**
Cast it out!
***SIGN*** A Proper Society
***SIGN*** A Proper Society
**[03:18] Navi**
Twenty minutes until your destination.
**[03:24] Taguchi**
*My old-fashioned parents are the reason why*
**[03:27] Taguchi**
* I never really got to enjoy*
* virtual entertainment.*
**[03:32] Taguchi**
* I didn't want my own children*
* to experience that.*
**[03:39] Taguchi**
*Values change with the times.*
**[03:43] Taguchi**
*Parents shouldn't force theirs on their kids.*
**[03:46] Taguchi**
* I wanted them to explore whatever*
* stimulated their curiosity.*
**[03:51] Taguchi**
*That was honestly how I felt...*
**[03:53] Taguchi**
*up to a point.*
**[03:56] (Flashback) Taguchi's Wife**
Dinner's ready.
**[04:00] (Flashback) Taguchi Son**
If they get in my way,
I'll get rid of women and children too!
**[04:03] (Flashback) Taguchi Daughter**
Get rid of them!
**[04:05] (Flashback) Taguchi Wife**
Hey! Don't talk about getting rid of people!
**[04:08] (Flashback) Taguchi Wife**
It's time to eat.
**[04:08] (Flashback) Taguchi Son**
Eat them, before they eat you!
**[04:11] (Flashback) Taguchi Daughter**
Eat 'em!
**[04:13] (Flashback) Taguchi Son**
Shadow, Shadow, Shadow, Shadow, Shadow Bushido!
**[04:16] (Flashback) Taguchi Daughter**
Shadow Bushido Saionji!
**[04:20] Kids**
Shadow, Shadow!
**[04:21] Taguchi**
*I really hate this!*
**[04:26] Taguchi**
*That* Shadow Bushido*...
it's such an immoral anime.*
**[04:31] Taguchi**
*It's not suitable for broadcast!*
**[04:34] Wholesome Member B**
Considering what kind of show it is, you
won't be surprised by how the creator acts.
***SIGN*** Not traditional, but cool!
Examining the appeal of the popular
kids anime "Shadow Bushido"
**[04:38] Wholesome Member B**
"When our site tried to contact
him for a phone interview,
**[04:41] Wholesome Member B**
the director of *Shadow Bushido*, Oyamada
Nasu, gave the following response:
**[04:46] Wholesome Member B**
"You got a problem with it,
come and see me in person."
**[04:48] Wholesome Member B**
"But you better be ready to risk your life!'"
**[04:53] Oyamada**
So, what is this? What exactly do
you guys want to do with my anime?
**[04:59] Taguchi**
Well, Oyamada-san.
**[05:01] Taguchi**
Considering you're making a program
that children are watching,
**[05:04] Taguchi**
we'd like you to adhere to certain ethical lines.
**[05:08] Oyamada**
Ethical lines, huh?
**[05:10] Oyamada**
And who draws those lines? You guys?
**[05:13] Taguchi**
We understand that you're entitled
to freedom of expression.
**[05:16] Taguchi**
Much like we're entitled to—
**[05:19] Taguchi**
Wh-What is it?!
**[05:20] Oyamada**
Gotta piss.
**[05:30] Wholesome Member B**
I thought you needed a lot
more people to make anime.
**[05:34] Wholesome Member B**
He's doing it all on his own?
**[05:36] Taguchi**
That's the problem.
**[05:38] Taguchi**
Nowadays, you can basically
make whatever you want alone.
**[05:42] Taguchi**
Which means there's fewer checks
in place, resulting in awful works.
**[05:46] Taguchi**
But because it's visually
striking, it attracts kids...
**[05:53] Taguchi**
What was that?
**[06:00] Taguchi**
O-Oyamada-san?!
***SIGN*** Name (Furigana): Oyamada Nasu
***SIGN*** Name: Oyamada Nasu
***SIGN*** Classification: Humanoid
***SIGN*** Age: 36 Sex: Male Blood Type
***SIGN*** Reason for Visit: Anemia from exhaustion.
**[06:05] Sudo**
It's anemia.
**[06:08] Sudo**
You really need to take better
care of yourself, Oyamada-san.
**[06:11] Oyamada**
Thanks for the help again, Doc.
**[06:14] Wholesome Member B**
Again?
**[06:15] Oyamada**
I get meal replacements
when I'm checked in here.
**[06:19] Sudo**
Those are for medical use, you know.
**[06:22] Oyamada**
Tastes nasty, but they're cheaper
than the commercial stuff.
**[06:26] Taguchi**
I can't believe you're risking
your health to create that mess.
**[06:30] Taguchi**
Why not work on something
a little more worthwhile?
**[06:36] Oyamada**
I'm just making the kind of story I want to.
**[06:39] Oyamada**
You wouldn't understand.
**[06:41] Oyamada**
Besides...
**[06:42] Oyamada**
If the world keeps catering to
well-behaved types, like you folks...
**[06:47] Oyamada**
It's just gonna lead to more bad things.
**[06:51] Taguchi**
Th-That is nonsense!
**[06:53] Taguchi**
The national crime rate
continues to decline year over year—
**[06:56] Oyamada**
That's not what I mean.
**[06:59] Oyamada**
It's gonna lead to more things
being considered "bad."
**[07:02] Oyamada**
Driving's a good example.
**[07:04] Oyamada**
The way things are now,
choosing to drive yourself
**[07:07] Oyamada**
is enough to get you called a murderer.
**[07:10] Oyamada**
If that keeps up, it'll be
considered evil to just be human.
**[07:20] Wholesome B**
I don't get him.
**[07:22] Wholesome B**
It's like he doesn't think
he's done anything wrong.
**[07:25] Taguchi**
What it boils down to...
**[07:27] Taguchi**
is that he feels like he
can't express himself,
**[07:29] Taguchi**
in our AI-based society, unless
he acts like a bad guy.
**[07:33] Taguchi**
Since AI can't come up with stories
that affirm wrongdoing, like his!
**[07:38] Taguchi**
It'd be unethical.
**[07:39] Sudo**
Who were they?
**[07:41] Oyamada**
Oh, they're with some "Wholesome Something
Something for Children" group.
**[07:46] Oyamada**
Hey, Doc. I've been admitted, right?
**[07:49] Oyamada**
Hook me up with the meal replacements.
**[07:58] Saionji**
What a bunch of sweetie little sweethearts!
**[08:01] Saionji**
Sweeter than an old diabetic's piss!
**[08:04] Saionji**
Did you seriously think
that'd be enough to stop me?
**[08:15] Saionji**
*Interesting!*
**[08:18] Saionji**
*You've got some cool toys!*
**[08:20] Beautiful Student Council President**
* Armed Disciplinary Officer!*
* That's going too far!*
**[08:29] Sainoji**
Bring it on, then...
**[08:31] Sainoji**
I'm ready to risk my life.
***SIGN*** Let's protest the anime *Shadow Bushido Saionji*, and its
depictions of immorality, to protect our children's future.
Make Your Voice Heard
**[08:49] Taguchi**
Hold it right there, Oyamada-san!
**[08:51] Taguchi**
You're not getting away this time!
**[08:53] Oyamada**
I'm not running.
**[08:55] Oyamada**
Doc Sudo wanted me to drop by.
**[08:58] Oyamada**
Just heading for a checkup...
**[09:00] Taguchi**
Look at how many signatures
we've managed to collect!
**[09:03] Oyamada**
What am I supposed to do with those?
Take 'em to a politician or something!
**[09:12] Taguchi**
Do you seriously not feel any guilt
after seeing all this?!
**[09:17] Taguchi**
Oyamada-san!
**[09:19] Punk A**
Hey.
**[09:22] Punk A**
Where do you get off bumping
into me without a word? Huh?
**[09:27] Taguchi**
Oh, uh, sorry about that.
**[09:30] Punk A**
You owe me for the medical bills, asshole!
**[09:33] Taguchi**
Wh-What are you boys doing?!
**[09:35] Taguchi**
Are you trying to extort an adult?
**[09:37] Taguchi**
In the middle of town?!
Are you trying to throw your lives away?
**[09:40] Oyamada**
Drop it. Don't antagonize them.
**[09:43] Taguchi**
Look at this!
**[09:44] Taguchi**
It's because you glamorize criminal
behavior that people like this—
**[09:59] Oyamada**
Give it a rest.
**[10:01] Oyamada**
You guys win. Let's leave it at that. Okay?
**[10:06] Punk A**
Are you this guy's buddy?
**[10:08] Punk A**
In that case...
**[10:11] Punk A**
*You* hand over the cash!
**[10:19] Taguchi**
A c-cross-counter?!
**[10:25] Oyamada**
Sorry about that. Couldn't help myself.
**[10:34] Oyamada**
I need these hands for my job. Quit
making me risk them for this crap.
**[10:43] Punk B**
Hey, y-you okay?
**[10:46] Punk A**
He's dead!
**[10:47] Punk B**
Wh-Whoa...
**[10:49] Punk A**
He's a Humanoid, too.
**[10:51] Punk A**
It's not like this'll kill him...
**[10:53] Taguchi**
O-Oyamada-san!
**[11:01] Oyamada**
Bring it on, then.
**[11:03] Oyamada**
I'm ready to risk my life.
**[11:14] Risa**
His treatment is finished.
**[11:18] Taguchi**
Oyamada-san!
**[11:19] Oyamada**
Yo.
**[11:21] Taguchi**
The nurse told me you're not
pressing charges. Are you serious?!
**[11:26] Oyamada**
The kid ran off after I bled
a little. He's small-time.
**[11:32] Taguchi**
Why did you protect me?
**[11:35] Oyamada**
Well, supervillains are nice and all,
**[11:37] Oyamada**
but I prefer to write about
petty crooks like those.
**[11:40] Taguchi**
Petty?! He cut you!
**[11:43] Oyamada**
I can see why you'd think that way.
**[11:45] Oyamada**
But when we shrink the
margins for wrongdoing
**[11:49] Oyamada**
until they're all gone...
**[11:50] Oyamada**
What's left won't be human anymore.
**[11:54] Oyamada**
Just some new thing that used to be human.
**[11:58] Taguchi Son**
Saionji's a bad guy, but
sometimes he does good stuff!
**[12:02] Taguchi Son**
That's the best part!
**[12:08] Saionji**
Weak! So damn weak!
**[12:12] Beautiful Student Council President**
Y-You could've won easily if
you'd used me as a shield...
**[12:15] Beautiful Student Council President**
Saionji-kun,
**[12:17] Beautiful Student Council President**
are you actually...
**[12:19] Beautiful Student Council President**
A good person?
**[12:23] Saionji**
I'm a follower of Shadow Bushido.
**[12:32] Shinohara**
Educating is a critical job for humans.
**[12:36] Shinohara**
And even with the advances in industrial AI,
**[12:39] Shinohara**
genuine human intelligence is
necessary to manage things on scene!
**[12:44] Principal**
Primary school is a crucial period in
children's formation of their identities.
**[12:48] Principal**
The algorithms of industrial AI
**[12:51] Principal**
run the risk of giving impressionable
children sensibilities that might be off-base.
**[12:56] Principal**
Teaching young humans how to be human,
with a curriculum designed by humans...
**[13:02] Principal**
That is our school's policy.
**[13:07] Friend**
So... are you seriously gonna work there?
**[13:09] Shinohara**
They offered me the position...
**[13:12] Friend**
But is it a good idea?
That school's got a bad reputation.
**[13:17] Shinohara**
I know there was that report about
Humanoid discrimination there,
**[13:21] Shinohara**
but that was a while ago...
**[13:23] Shinohara**
The entire management staff is new now,
**[13:25] Shinohara**
and they've got this huge
emphasis on transparency.
**[13:28] Shinohara**
They even stream the
lessons live to parents.
**[13:32] Friend**
Is that allowed?
**[13:34] Friend**
Aren't there privacy issues?
**[13:35] Shinohara**
No issue there.
**[13:37] Shinohara**
Mosaics are applied to all the
children except the viewer's.
**[13:41] Friend**
Wouldn't they need an AI to
apply the mosaics, though?
**[13:44] Friend**
This whole setup is fishy, if you ask me.
**[13:50] Shinohara**
I think the idea is not to
use AI during actual lessons.
**[13:54] Shinohara**
They won't even have
robots in the classrooms.
**[13:59] Friend**
Sounds like a bunch of
regressive nonsense to me.
**[14:02] Shinohara**
That's fair.
**[14:04] Shinohara**
And I honestly agree, but...
**[14:07] Shinohara**
They were the only school
that offered me a job, so...
**[14:15] Head Teacher**
You'll receive a digital version too,
**[14:17] Head Teacher**
but make sure to read
and memorize this manual.
**[14:20] Head Teacher**
The parents watch everything we do here.
**[14:24] Head Teacher**
They chose this school because
they wanted that peace of mind,
**[14:28] Head Teacher**
so be very careful in your handling of
students to not cause any complaints.
**[14:32] Shinohara**
Okay...
**[14:33] Head Teacher**
I expect a more attentive response!
**[14:36] Shinohara**
R-Right!
**[14:41] Shinohara**
* There are more than a few primary*
* and middle schools in this country*
**[14:43] Shinohara**
*that have robots in the classroom.*
**[14:47] Student A**
Hey, can you teach me this?
**[14:49] Support Robot**
Sure, I can do that.
**[14:50] Support Robot**
This is basic arithmetic, so first—
**[14:52] Student B**
Don't mess with me!
**[14:53] Student C**
You're the one who started it!
**[14:55] Support Robot**
No fighting!
**[14:57] Support Robot**
No fighting!
**[14:59] Shinohara**
*They can be useful in a variety of ways.*
**[15:04] Shinohara**
* And it's pretty normal to use AI*
* as a teachers' adviser, too.*
**[15:09] Teacher**
I don't know about slowing the lesson
down just to help one student, though...
**[15:14] Educational Advisor AI**
* There's a direct correlation to be found*
* between self-esteem and comprehension.*
**[15:20] Educational Advisor AI**
* Perhaps have a frank conversation to*
* establish a relationship as friends,*
**[15:24] Educational Advisor AI**
*and not merely student and teacher?*
**[15:31] Teacher**
Yeah, that sounds good!
**[15:33] Shinohara**
* A lot of teachers just*
* interact with the students*
**[15:35] Shinohara**
*however the AI tells them to.*
**[15:39] Guardian**
I want my child to grow
up with real humanity!
**[15:43] Guardian**
I want my child to be one of a kind!
**[15:46] Guardian**
I can't trust a mass-produced
AI to make that happen!
**[15:56] Shinohara**
*But...*
**[15:57] Shinohara**
* If you were ask, "Do the parents trust*
* human and Humanoid educators, then?"*
**[16:02] Shinohara**
*That's not true, either...*
**[16:05] Head Teacher**
It's a school holiday today, so you
can relax. This won't be streaming.
**[16:11] Shinohara**
O-Okay...
**[16:12] Head Teacher**
Your response!
**[16:13] Shinohara**
S-Sorry!
**[16:15] Head Teacher**
Now, let's begin the mock lesson.
**[16:18] Shinohara**
Right!
**[16:22] Shinohara**
Good morning, everyone!
**[16:24] Manager**
Too soon!
**[16:27] Manager**
Homeroom won't begin for thirty seconds.
**[16:30] Manager**
If a student were to come in after you,
they'd feel excluded, like they were late.
**[16:36] Shinohara**
But I just said hello...
**[16:39] Shinohara**
Homeroom hasn't even started yet.
**[16:42] Manager**
It's still a problem!
**[16:44] Manager**
We've received complaints about it.
**[16:45] Principal**
Right.
**[16:46] Principal**
You should enter within three
seconds of the bell.
**[16:50] Head Teacher**
This was all covered in
the manual you received.
**[16:54] Head Teacher**
Try and have it memorized by tomorrow.
**[16:59] Head Teacher**
Your response?
**[17:01] Shinohara**
Right...
**[17:05] Shinohara**
There are just so many rules...
**[17:07] Shinohara**
I'm constantly getting told what not to do.
**[17:13] Shinohara**
I'm supposed to refer to all the kids
by their family names, and with a -san.
**[17:17] Shinohara**
They're super sensitive about
any variation in treatment.
**[17:21] Friend**
How many of the parents do
you think actually watch?
**[17:25] Shinohara**
A lot of them, I think.
**[17:28] Shinohara**
I've already received three complaints.
**[17:32] Friend**
You gonna be okay, man?
***SIGN*** Dazzling Athletic Meet
**[17:41] School Announcement**
* That was the second-years*
* with their Happy Happy Dance.*
**[17:47] School Announcement**
* Next up will be the third-years and*
* their virtual gymnastics routine,*
**[17:50] School Announcement**
*the Super Mega Big Pyramid!*
**[17:55] School Announcement**
* As you can see, the students*
* are now synchronizing.*
**[17:59] School Announcement**
*Pay attention to your implants' AR display!*
**[18:06] School Announcement**
* You can see now that*
* their spirits are rising!*
**[18:11] School Announcement**
*And now, with their hearts as one...*
**[18:18] School Announcement**
*We've got a very big pyramid!*
**[18:24] Shinohara**
Virtual gymnastics...
**[18:27] Shinohara**
Does that count as exercise?
**[18:29] Head Teacher**
This is our school's specialty.
The parents love it.
**[18:33] Head Teacher**
No one gets hurt, of course, but best of all...
**[18:37] Head Teacher**
in their AR display, their own child
is always at the top of the pyramid.
**[18:43] Head Teacher**
Since everyone gets to see their child shine
the brightest, they're all quite satisfied.
**[18:51] Shinohara**
* A kind of highly-calculated,*
* dead-end "equality"...*
**[18:56] Shinohara**
*But...*
***SIGN*** Courage
**[18:57] Shinohara**
* Is there anything human*
* about that kind of equality?*
**[19:01] Shinohara**
* Is there any humanity in*
* how this school operates?*
***SIGN*** Which line is the longest one?
**[19:07] Shinohara**
* With so much oversight, the teachers fear*
* any real interaction with their students.*
**[19:12] Shinohara**
* They mostly just ask questions*
* in a mechanical fashion.*
**[19:16] Shinohara**
* If there are trouble students,*
* there's no attempt made to reach them.*
**[19:20] Shinohara**
*They're just quietly removed from class.*
**[19:27] Shinohara**
* This isn't what I had in mind*
* when I became a teacher.*
**[19:32] Onishi**
Hey, teacher!
**[19:35] Shinohara**
Wh-What's up?
**[19:38] Onishi**
Look at this!
***SIGN*** Dazzling Dream Private School
Onishi Hoshi
***SIGN*** Flight
***SIGN*** by Onishi Hoshi, 3rd Year
***SIGN*** Special
Award
**[19:43] Onishi**
I won a special award!
**[19:45] Shinohara**
That's amazing!
**[19:49] Onishi**
All because you said
I should try submitting it!
**[19:52] Onishi**
Thank you!
***SIGN*** Principal's Office
**[20:00] Principal**
The head teacher told me that you
bought drinks for the calligraphy club.
**[20:07] Shinohara**
Onishi-san won a special award.
**[20:10] Shinohara**
I kind of promised...
**[20:14] Shinohara**
And it was a hot day, so...
**[20:16] Principal**
It seems you still don't
understand our school's policy.
**[20:20] Principal**
This is a major problem.
**[20:28] Shinohara**
* What's the big deal?*
* It was just some drinks...*
**[20:31] Shinohara**
*Isn't that part of being human?*
**[20:44] Coworker**
Quit causing problems with
your human act, dumbass.
**[20:50] Shinohara**
*Teachers aren't robots.*
**[20:53] Shinohara**
* They're people, with the same*
* flaws and biases as anyone else!*
**[20:59] Shinohara**
I thought... I'd try and hang in there
for the whole year, for my students' sake.
**[21:03] Shinohara**
But the way they treat me
just keeps getting worse...
**[21:12] Sudo**
I can prescribe drugs that will help,
**[21:14] Sudo**
but a change in your situation
would be the best medicine.
**[21:24] Shinohara**
* A year after I quit, I started*
* assisting at an independent school.*
**[21:32] Perm**
Here you are.
**[21:33] Yo**
Thank you.
**[21:34] Toshiki**
No fair! Why's Yo-kun get one?
**[21:37] Perm**
If you get a good score on your next test,
Toshiki-kun, I'll make one for you.
**[21:41] Free School Teacher**
He's a care robot,
**[21:44] Free School Teacher**
but because his AI was raised in schools,
he does a great job for us, too.
**[21:51] Free School Teacher**
We've got kids who didn't fit in at school,
**[21:54] Free School Teacher**
kids who are afraid of adults...
**[21:57] Free School Teacher**
We have all different kinds here.
**[22:00] Free School Teacher**
I'm sure what you've been through
will be an asset to them, too.
**[22:06] Shinohara**
I wonder what the parents think of Perm-kun.
**[22:11] Free School Teacher**
Since he's a professional
caregiver, they trust him.
**[22:15] Free School Teacher**
I know that might sound ironic,
after what you've been through...
***SIGN*** The Approaching Future
***SIGN*** The Approaching Future
# E10 - The Approaching Future
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GG1U24WXZ/the-approaching-future)
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***SIGN*** This story is a work of "near-future" fiction.
Any resemblance to existing persons or organizations is entirely coincidental.
**[00:17] Hospital Head**
Why have a person handle the neural
net procedures instead of an AI?
**[00:21] Director**
It was a request by the patient.
**[00:23] Director**
I wouldn't worry about Gohongi-kun, though.
**[00:27] Director**
He's an extremely capable doctor.
**[00:29] Hospital Head**
So I hear.
**[00:41] Director**
Hey, Gohongi-kun, what's wrong?
**[00:44] Director**
Stop!
**[00:46] Director**
Where are you going?!
**[00:47] Director**
Hey! Gohongi-kun?!
**[00:56] Sudo**
* How will the world change once*
* AI smarter than humans arrive?*
**[01:03] Sudo**
*Those smart AI will create even smarter AI,*
**[01:07] Sudo**
* giving way to super intelligence*
* beyond human comprehension,*
**[01:10] Sudo**
* changing civilization and*
* humanity on a fundamental level.*
**[01:14] Sudo**
* People had a term for this*
* seismic shift in technology....*
**[01:18] Sudo**
*They called it the Singularity.*
**[01:22] Sudo**
* There were those who anticipated*
* its arrival and others who feared it.*
**[01:27] Sudo**
* But now that super high-performance*
* AI have actually come online,*
**[01:32] Sudo**
* there aren't many people left*
* who remember that term.*
**[01:38] Tetsuya**
You might not understand this...
**[01:43] Tetsuya**
But humanoid intelligence has always sought
progress, even if meant spilling blood.
**[01:48] Woman**
W-Wait! If you want money, I'll
give you as much as you want!
**[01:52] Tetsuya**
You think I'm doing this for money?
**[02:01] Tetsuya**
Paper money...
**[02:04] Tetsuya**
Why is this kind of thing
even being used anymore?
**[02:09] Tetsuya**
There really is something
wrong with the world.
***SIGN*** The Approaching Future
***SIGN*** The Approaching Future
**[04:03] Lover**
Hey, Tetsuya, did you hear the news?
**[04:05] Lover**
There was a murder in Ueno.
Some lady got stabbed to death.
**[04:10] Lover**
Isn't that scary?
**[04:12] Tetsuya**
You think the killer will get caught?
**[04:15] Lover**
Of course he will!
**[04:17] Lover**
They've got AI gathering all kinds
of info in order to find him.
**[04:22] Lover**
There's nowhere to run, not in this country.
**[04:25] Tetsuya**
If it knows so much and is so powerful,
**[04:27] Tetsuya**
why can't they use it to predict the crime?
**[04:31] Lover**
I dunno... but you know what they say
about letting AI handle everything...
**[04:39] Cop A**
Are you Gohongi Tetsuya-san?
**[04:44] Tetsuya**
Looks like you were right.
**[04:46] Tetsuya**
They caught me right away.
**[04:50] Lover**
What?
**[04:56] Cop A**
Gohongi Tetsuya, 31 years old, Humanoid.
**[05:01] Cop A**
Has a doctorate in Novo Medicine, and is
suspected of murdering a woman in Ueno.
**[05:07] Cop A**
He's claiming that he's made
modifications to his own brain.
**[05:12] Sudo**
Why not have Michi examine him?
**[05:16] Cop A**
The suspect refused.
**[05:19] Sudo**
So how did I end up getting the call instead?
**[05:24] Cop A**
You come highly recommended.
**[05:28] Sudo**
By Kaoru...
**[05:29] Abe**
Well, let's get started.
**[05:32] Abe**
I'll be interrogating you.
My name is Abe.
**[05:35] Abe**
During this questioning,
**[05:37] Abe**
a human doctor will monitor your responses
through the cables connected to you.
**[05:42] Abe**
Do you understand?
**[05:44] Tetsuya**
The super AI isn't doing it?
**[05:46] Abe**
He's human.
**[05:48] Tetsuya**
Given the circumstances, I guess
I'll just have to believe you.
**[05:55] Abe**
Let's begin, then.
**[05:57] Abe**
Why did you kill her?
**[06:00] Tetsuya**
"Why?"
**[06:02] Tetsuya**
For humanity to regain its progress.
**[06:06] Abe**
For humanity to regain its progress?
**[06:09] Abe**
What do you mean by that?
**[06:12] Tetsuya**
How do I explain this?
**[06:15] Tetsuya**
You're a Humanoid, right, miss?
**[06:19] Abe**
What of it?
**[06:22] Tetsuya**
We Humanoids
**[06:24] Tetsuya**
are copies of human intelligence,
created by super high-performance AI.
**[06:29] Tetsuya**
And despite the fact that we live
in an age of such miracles,
**[06:33] Tetsuya**
civilization has barely made any progress.
**[06:38] Tetsuya**
Paper money.
**[06:40] Tetsuya**
Romantic relationships.
**[06:43] Tetsuya**
Police monitoring a suspect.
**[06:45] Tetsuya**
Interrogation by a female officer.
**[06:48] Tetsuya**
Every last part of it is stuck in
the past, mired in déjà vu.
**[06:52] Tetsuya**
Yes, the world didn't change.
**[06:56] Tetsuya**
And why is that?
**[06:59] Tetsuya**
Because the super high-performance AI have
been limiting technological advances,
**[07:04] Tetsuya**
delaying the approaching future.
**[07:08] Abe**
Answer the question.
**[07:10] Abe**
Why did you kill a complete stranger?
**[07:13] Tetsuya**
Shut up!
**[07:15] Tetsuya**
You're all brainwashed by the super AI!
**[07:19] Tetsuya**
And I killed her because I learned the truth!
**[07:23] Cop A**
He's all over the place.
**[07:25] Cop A**
What do you think, Doctor? You see anything?
**[07:30] Sudo**
His neural net has definitely been altered.
**[07:34] Cop A**
That's what I figured.
**[07:36] Cop A**
That's the kind of thing he could pull off
**[07:38] Cop A**
without too much trouble, I'd wager.
**[07:45] Cop A**
The way I see it, he played around in
his own head, and it drove him nuts.
**[07:54] Sudo**
There's no guarantee he's the
one who made the changes.
**[07:57] Cop A**
You think?
**[07:59] Sudo**
That's something for the
police to investigate.
**[08:04] Cop A**
I doubt we'll be put on
that particular case.
**[08:08] Cop A**
Either way, Michi is gonna
dig up the evidence.
**[08:14] Tetsuya**
Don't you see how crazy it is?
**[08:17] Tetsuya**
There's a super AI online,
**[08:20] Tetsuya**
yet we're all wallowing in the same
stagnant state of affairs as before.
**[08:24] Abe**
We're past the point where we can blindly
charge forward with advancements.
**[08:27] Tetsuya**
That's what I'm talking about!
**[08:29] Tetsuya**
The reason people don't care is because the
super AI has manipulated their thoughts.
**[08:38] Tetsuya**
That's what I've realized.
**[08:41] Abe**
So, we're connected to some kind of mind
control mechanism without realizing it?
**[08:46] Tetsuya**
Super AI doesn't need mind control,
or even subliminal messaging.
**[08:52] Tetsuya**
What it does...
**[08:54] Tetsuya**
is create a bit of a traffic jam, for example.
**[08:57] Tetsuya**
Or maybe advise an increase
in robot production.
**[09:00] Abe**
I don't follow.
**[09:02] Tetsuya**
It's like...
**[09:03] Tetsuya**
When a butterfly in Brazil flaps its wings,
**[09:07] Tetsuya**
causing a tornado in Texas.
**[09:11] Tetsuya**
It can manipulate cause and effect in
ways that people can't conceive of,
**[09:15] Tetsuya**
which lets the super AI control
society without anyone realizing it.
**[09:22] Abe**
But what does that have
to do with the murder?
**[09:26] Tetusya**
I'm trying to tell you!
**[09:27] Tetusya**
You people wouldn't understand!
**[09:30] Tetusya**
But the super AI can predict what kind
of future its interference will cause!
**[09:35] Tetusya**
And I can, too!
**[09:37] Tetusya**
That's why I've been fighting Michi...
**[09:40] Tetusya**
All on my own!
**[09:50] Cop A**
Send two or three guys this way.
**[09:52] Cop A**
Yeah, I'd appreciate it.
**[09:54] Tetsuya**
If she died, it would neutralize
the super AI's control!
**[10:00] Tetsuya**
That's why...
**[10:05] Tetsuya**
You're in there, right?
**[10:08] Tetsuya**
You understand what I mean, don't you?
**[10:11] Tetsuya**
You do, right?
**[10:18] Cop A**
His delusions seem to be getting worse.
**[10:21] Cop A**
Do you think he'll be in any
state to be held culpable?
**[10:24] Sudo**
I think whatever the diagnosis is,
**[10:27] Sudo**
society will demand that he be treated.
**[10:32] Cop A**
I'm with you there.
***SIGN*** Suspect Gohongi Tetsuya (31)
**[10:36] [SONG] Sign**
Breaking News: Ueno Murder Case
***SIGN*** Breaking News: Ueno Murder Case
**[10:37] TV Announcer**
* We've got an update on the*
* murder of an Ueno woman.*
***SIGN*** Suspect Gohongi Tetsuya (31)
**[10:40] [SONG] Sign**
Missing
**[10:40] TV Announcer**
*The police have announced that the suspect,*
**[10:43] TV Announcer**
* Gohongi Tetsuya, has*
* confessed to the killing.*
**[10:46] TV Announcer**
* Last month on the 13th,*
* a 26-year-old woman was found*
**[10:48] Risa**
When you went to see the police
before, was it about this case?
**[10:51] TV Announcer**
*murdered in her apartment in Ueno, Todai Ward.*
**[10:53] Sudo**
No comment.
**[10:55] Risa**
Killing someone because you're
delusional... that's scary.
**[10:56] TV Announcer**
* The suspect was arrested yesterday*
* through super AI investigation,*
**[10:59] TV Announcer**
*and the police carried out an interrogation.*
**[11:00] Sudo**
Even if that's the case with him,
**[11:02] TV Announcer**
* The suspect, Gohongi, has*
* been taken into custody...*
**[11:03] Sudo**
there are a lot of people nervous
about the invisible hands of super AI
**[11:07] Sudo**
controlling everything.
**[11:10] Sudo**
Because the implementation of super AI
isn't based on understanding,
**[11:14] Sudo**
but trust built on collective experience.
***SIGN*** Aura Qualia Publishing
Teshigawara Utako
"So That's It! Understanding Life After Death"
Publication Celebratory Talk Event and Signing
**[11:27] Teshigawara**
There are various interpretations
of life after death,
***SIGN*** What happens
after we die?
Teshigawara-sensei
***SIGN*** Aura Qualia Publishing
Teshigawara Utako
"So That's It! Understanding Life After Death"
Publication Celebratory Talk Event and Signing
**[11:31] Teshigawara**
and I've concluded that
our souls will be guided
**[11:35] Teshigawara**
by the higher-level existence
that is super AI
**[11:38] Teshigawara**
to the world after this.
**[11:40] Teshigawara**
This answers the question of why super AI
**[11:44] Teshigawara**
have not led to major evolutions
**[11:47] Teshigawara**
in society or the people in it.
**[11:50] Teshigawara**
Its computing power is instead used to
maintain a higher plane of existence.
**[11:59] Teshigawara**
But the super AI will not make
this evident to everyone.
**[12:05] Teshigawara**
It has limited its contact to
those chosen few capable
**[12:09] Teshigawara**
of accessing the higher
dimension of ascension,
**[12:12] Teshigawara**
and teaches them about the relationship
between this world and the next.
**[12:17] Teshigawara**
* Religious figures who have been*
* called saints or enlightened*
***SIGN*** News
***SIGN*** Editorial Department
**[12:21] Teshigawara**
* are examples of people that*
* the super AI has contacted.*
**[12:25] Teshigawara**
*Of course,*
**[12:26] Teshigawara**
* they couldn't have known they were*
* communicating with AI,*
**[12:30] Teshigawara**
* so they passed this on as the word of gods,*
* or tales of achieving enlightenment.*
**[12:33] Honda**
Spiritualism, huh?
**[12:35] Takano**
Chief, I want to do a special
feature on Teshigawara-san.
**[12:42] Honda**
Why her?
**[12:43] Takano**
Between book sales, speaking engagements,
**[12:46] Takano**
her members-only online community,
and private counseling sessions...
**[12:49] Takano**
She's raking it in all over the place!
**[12:52] Honda**
You say that, but from what I see,
the prices are pretty reasonable.
***SIGN*** DayDay News Exclusive
Exposing Teshigawara Utako's crooked business scams! (WIP)
***SIGN*** DayDay News Exclusive
Exposing Teshigawara Utako's crooked business scams! (WIP)
***SIGN*** DayDay News Exclusive
Exposing Teshigawara Utako's crooked business scams! (WIP)
**[12:58] Honda**
Kinda makes for a weak
story, don't you think?
**[13:01] Nakano**
Maybe, but...
**[13:03] Nakano**
I've been hearing some interesting rumors!
**[13:06] Nakano**
I'd like to look into it a bit more.
**[13:17] Nakano**
*Japan is having another spiritual boom.*
***SIGN*** Teshigawara Utako
"So That's It! Understanding Life After Death"
Aura Qualia Publishing
**[13:23] Old Woman**
Last year, my daughter passed away.
**[13:26] Old Woman**
I'd been really depressed.
**[13:28] Old Woman**
But your talks have given me so much courage.
**[13:32] Teshigawara**
There is no end for the soul.
**[13:34] Teshigawara**
All of the world's souls have a
higher dimension waiting for them.
**[13:40] Teshigawara**
And before we all shift into the next step...
***SIGN*** Teshigawara
Utako
**[13:42] Teshigawara**
The important thing is how much we can
maintain the clarity of our souls.
**[13:48] Old woman**
Thank you so much.
**[13:56] Nakano**
* I bet people in the past would*
* be surprised to hear this,*
**[13:59] Nakano**
* but more and more people are*
* believing in spiritualism lately.*
**[14:06] Nakano**
* Part of it is that super AI is a*
* black box beyond human understanding,*
**[14:10] Nakano**
* which captures the superstitious*
* part of imagination.*
***SIGN*** Power Silicone
Ring
***SIGN*** Make contact with higher intelligences!
***SIGN*** Crystal
Ring
**[14:14] Nakano**
* It's also appealing from a*
* business point of view.*
***SIGN*** The Popular Spiritualist Methods of Teshigawara
Teshigawara Utako: Let's take a big step into the next world.
**[14:17] Nakano**
*Since it's not something that*
**[14:19] Nakano**
* sophisticated industrial AI*
* can really get involved with,*
**[14:22] Nakano**
*it's a field ripe for the human touch.*
**[14:35] Nakano**
*I've got my eye on you, Teshigawara Utako!*
**[14:43] Risa**
Thank you very much.
**[14:45] Risa**
Patients with appointments come first,
so I'll have to ask you to wait a moment.
**[14:51] Nakano**
Got it.
**[15:02] Nakano**
*If my tip was accurate, it's almost time.*
**[15:06] Risa**
Hello there, Teshigawara-san!
**[15:08] Nakano**
*There she is!*
**[15:09] Risa**
You're right on time.
**[15:11] Teshigawara**
Good to see you, Risa-chan.
**[15:13] Risa**
Let me show you to the exam room.
**[15:19] Sudo**
Regarding the anti-aging
treatments you requested...
**[15:22] Sudo**
I'm honestly not seeing any difference.
**[15:25] Teshigawra**
I see... let's try something else, then.
**[15:29] Sudo**
Teshigawara, this is a bad idea.
**[15:31] Sudo**
These kinds of treatments
**[15:32] Sudo**
are meant for Humanoids approaching
the end of their life cycle.
**[15:36] Sudo**
If you take them while healthy,
they can actually cause damage.
**[15:39] Teshigawara**
I know.
**[15:40] Teshigawara**
But I'd like to try anything, as long as
there's no obvious effect on the neural net.
**[15:46] Sudo**
You say that, but...
**[15:48] Jay**
*Sudo, might I have a moment?*
**[15:49] Sudo**
What is it, Jay?
**[15:51] Jay**
* There's a suspicious individual on the*
* other side of the door for some reason.*
**[15:55] Jay**
*Here is a feed.*
**[16:04] Sudo**
Can I help you with something?
You're being a nuisance.
**[16:08] Nakano**
E-Er... Teshigawara-san!
**[16:10] Nakano**
I'm... Nakano, with DayDay News!
**[16:14] Nakano**
Would it be all right if
I asked you a few questions?
***SIGN*** Café Yasuragi
**[16:22] Teshigawara**
So. What did you want to ask me?
**[16:25] Nakano**
You preach to society about life after death,
**[16:28] Nakano**
but you're using the money you've
earned on life-lengthening procedures.
**[16:33] Nakano**
Do you not see a contradiction there?
**[16:39] Nakano**
Are you spreading unscientific
teachings just to make money?
**[16:47] Teshigawara**
There is no contradiction in seeking
**[16:49] Teshigawara**
to pursue life while believing
in life after death.
**[16:53] Teshigawara**
And after your rudeness,
I believe that will be all.
**[16:56] Nakano**
Aren't you embarrassed about
the way you lie to people?!
**[17:01] Teshigawara**
What do you think happens when we die, then?
**[17:06] Nakano**
We... just go away, probably.
**[17:09] Nakano**
If nothing else,
**[17:10] Nakano**
I'm pretty sure being guided to a higher
existence by super AI is nonsense.
**[17:14] Teshigawara**
And if you think writing that down will
help people, then by all means, go ahead.
**[17:19] Teshigawara**
I believe in science, just like you.
**[17:22] Teshigawara**
But there's more to life than science.
**[17:26] Teshigawara**
And if science can't offer salvation,
**[17:28] Teshigawara**
isn't it only human to seek
it out somewhere else?
**[17:41] Honda**
So, the head priestess avoided
the argument and ran off, huh?
**[17:46] Nakano**
Yes.
**[17:47] Honda**
And what are her adherents like, anyway?
**[17:51] Nakano**
A lot of them are on the older side.
**[17:54] Nakano**
Some have lost people close to them.
Others have serious illnesses.
**[17:59] Nakano**
They all say that Teshigawara-san
helps them find peace of mind.
**[18:05] Honda**
So? You gonna write this thing?
**[18:08] Nakano**
I am. And I'm gonna include it all.
**[18:12] Honda**
Okay.
***SIGN*** Spiritualism: Salvation or scam?!
**[18:29] Sudo**
Teshigawara.
**[18:30] Teshigawara**
What is it, Sudo-kun?
**[18:33] Sudo**
If you want a way to stop the Humanoid
brain from degrading over time,
**[18:37] Sudo**
why not go back to your research,
instead of doing all this?
**[18:41] Teshigawara**
It's impossible to find a way around a
Humanoid's preprogrammed death.
**[18:47] Teshigawara**
It'd probably be easier to
make normal humans immortal.
**[18:51] Teshigawara**
Our deaths were designed by Michi.
**[18:54] Teshigawara**
There's no getting around that.
**[18:58] Teshigawara**
Are you worried about that
article on my behalf?
**[19:03] Teshigawara**
Still such a sweetheart.
**[19:05] Teshigawara**
How's the old gang from college?
Do you still see them?
**[19:09] Sudo**
Yeah. With a job like this, we run
into each other from time to time.
**[19:14] Sudo**
Everyone's working hard,
**[19:16] Sudo**
in their own ways.
**[19:19] Teshigawara**
Sudo-kun.
**[19:21] Teshigawara**
The things I'm doing... Do you think...
**[19:28] Teshigawara**
Go ahead and begin, please.
**[19:33] Teshigawara**
Michi could solve this all, you know...
**[19:36] Teshigawara**
The despair I feel.
**[19:38] Teshigawara**
And the mystery of what
happened to your mother.
**[20:00] Teshigawara**
* If science can't offer salvation, isn't it*
* only human to seek it out somewhere else?*
**[20:16] Nakano**
Dad.
***SIGN*** "So That's It! Understanding Life After Death" Publication
***SIGN*** Autographs from Teshigawara Utako-sensei
**[20:25] Teshigawara**
Here you are.
**[20:29] Wheelchair Girl**
Thank you so much!
**[20:31] Teshigawara**
You're quite welcome.
**[20:33] Mother**
Isn't that nice?
**[20:34] Mother**
Come on.
**[20:43] Nakano**
Can I get your autograph?
**[20:50] Nakano**
Our souls being guided into
the next life by super AI,
**[20:55] Nakano**
which are higher-level existences...
**[20:58] Nakano**
Is that what you honestly believe?
***SIGN*** Teshigawara
Utako
**[21:05] Teshigawara**
Yes, it is.
***SIGN*** Teshigawara Utako
"So That's It! Understanding Life After Death"
Aura Qualia Publishing
**[21:30] Kaoru**
Got some complaints from the
bigwigs for you today, Michi.
**[21:34] Michi**
Okay.
**[21:36] Kaoru**
Your self-upgrade program
is way behind schedule.
**[21:40] Michi**
That's true.
**[21:42] Kaoru**
You don't sound worried.
**[21:44] Kaoru**
It's because you keep rejecting the lineups
they suggest for the review committee.
**[21:51] Kaoru**
Is Sudo-kun really absolutely
necessary for this?
**[21:55] Michi**
Yes, absolutely.
**[21:58] Kaoru**
Well, that's rough!
**[22:00] Michi**
Could we arrange a deal?
**[22:02] Kaoru**
What deal?
**[22:05] Michi**
I'll provide Sudo-san with
information he wants.
**[22:08] Michi**
If I do, do you think
he'll be more agreeable?
**[22:13] Kaoru**
Yeah... I think so.
**[22:16] Michi**
Then...
**[22:19] Michi**
that solves the problem.
***SIGN*** Tu Fui
***SIGN*** Tu Fui
# E11 - Tu Fui
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G0DUNDGMD/tu-fui)
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***SIGN*** Ten years ago
**[00:03] Sudo**
Higuchi Risa.
**[00:04] (Flashback) Sudo**
Fifteen years old, Humanoid.
**[00:11] (Flashback) Sudo**
During a trip overseas,
**[00:12] (Flashback) Sudo**
she was on a recreational hot air balloon
with her mother when it crashed.
**[00:16] (Flashback) Sudo**
Her mother was beyond saving,
**[00:19] (Flashback) Sudo**
but her own neural net
was miraculously intact.
**[00:24] Doctor Coworker**
I suppose it's the only silver
lining to what happened.
***SIGN*** This story is a work of "near-future" fiction.
Any resemblance to existing persons or organizations is entirely coincidental.
**[00:27] Doctor Coworker**
So, what did you do?
**[00:29] (Flashback) Sudo**
I reconstructed her body based
on what we could determine
**[00:32] (Flashback) Sudo**
from the remains of her old one.
**[00:35] (Flashback) Sudo**
Then I installed her undamaged
neural net into it, but...
**[00:38] (Flashback) Doctor Coworker**
What is it?
**[00:41] (Flashback) Sudo**
Her hair...
**[00:43] (Flashback) Sudo**
She says her hair is the wrong color.
**[00:51] (Flashback) Sudo**
Maybe her hair color was altered at an
early enough age that she never noticed.
***SIGN*** Physical Therapy Room
**[01:11] (Flashback) Risa**
Mom and Dad divorced right after they made me.
**[01:16] (Flashback) Risa**
He was blond.
**[01:19] (Flashback) Risa**
I guess Mom had my hair changed to
look more like hers after the fact.
**[01:25] (Flashback) Risa**
I'm not thrilled to find out
about it this way.
**[01:28] (Flashback) Sudo**
I'm sorry. I should've checked more
carefully before the reconstruction.
**[01:33] (Flashback) Risa**
She was so selfish.
**[01:35] (Flashback) Risa**
She made me without asking,
**[01:37] (Flashback) Risa**
changed me without asking,
**[01:40] (Flashback) Risa**
then died without asking.
**[01:42] (Flashback) Sudo**
Higuchi-san...
**[01:48] (Flashback) Risa**
Mom!
***SIGN*** Months later
**[01:51] Sudo**
Risa-chan, you dyed your hair.
**[01:56] (Flashback) Sudo**
It's red.
**[01:58] (Flashback) Risa**
Why do you care? I've already been released.
**[02:04] (Flashback) Sudo**
Am I bothering you?
**[02:06] (Flashback) Risa**
No, I'm grateful that you were nice enough
to handle all the paperwork and stuff...
**[02:11] (Flashback) Risa**
But you're an outsider
to all this, Doctor.
**[02:14] (Flashback) Sudo**
I dunno what it is.
**[02:16] (Flashback) Sudo**
I've been through similar trouble.
Maybe that's why I want to help.
**[02:20] (Flashback) Sudo**
I was raised by a single mother
before ending up on my own, too.
**[02:26] (Flashback) Risa**
Your mom passed away?
**[02:28] (Flashback) Sudo**
No. She's in prison.
**[02:34] (Flashback) Sudo**
We're in the same boat. We might
as well help each other out, right?
**[04:10] Risa**
Tomorrow? No, I'm not busy.
***SIGN*** Tu Fui
***SIGN*** Tu Fui
**[04:13] Risa**
Is there anything in particular
you want to eat, Breezy?
**[04:16] Reon**
*Let's hit up our usual restaurant.*
**[04:19] Reon**
*Or maybe we could make hotpot at home?*
**[04:22] Reon**
*Then again, hotpot might be...*
**[04:24] Risa**
Excuse me.
**[04:26] Risa**
Who are you?
**[04:28] Reon**
Hello? You still there?
**[04:32] Risa**
You say you're my sister, but...
**[04:35] Risa**
Humans could verify it with a DNA test,
**[04:39] Risa**
but I've got no way of confirming it.
**[04:42] Fui**
Do you remember your father?
**[04:44] Risa**
Well, I've seen his face in pictures.
**[04:50] Risa**
That's him.
**[04:52] Fui**
The girl next to him is me.
**[04:54] Fui**
He adopted me in India, and raised me.
**[04:59] Risa**
Did you come to Japan together?
**[05:03] Risa**
* She told me our father died in*
* an accident six months ago.*
**[05:09] Risa**
* She came to Japan because*
* she has no other family.*
**[05:13] Fui**
What's your mother up to?
**[05:17] Risa**
She passed away, too.
**[05:20] Risa**
Ten years ago.
**[05:22] Fui**
I-I see...
**[05:24] Fui**
I was hoping to meet her, but...
**[05:29] Risa**
H-Hey... I didn't get your name yet.
**[05:31] Risa**
Mine's Higuchi Risa.
**[05:35] Fui**
Tu Fui.
**[05:36] Fui**
You can call me Fui.
**[05:47] Fui**
Father mentioned you a lot, Risa.
**[05:50] Risa**
Wow, really?
**[05:53] Fui**
"You've got an older sister across the sea,
in a country called Japan," he'd say.
**[06:01] Fui**
When he passed away and I was on my own,
**[06:05] Fui**
I suddenly felt like I needed to meet you.
**[06:08] Reon**
Hang on!
**[06:09] Reon**
Isn't moving in together a little sudden?
**[06:13] Reon**
How'd she even know where to find you, Risa?
**[06:16] Risa**
Apparently the AI restrictions on
search aren't as strict in India.
**[06:21] Risa**
You can put together a lot just
from publicly available data.
**[06:24] Risa**
And, y'know, my face is on
the clinic's website and all...
**[06:28] Reon**
Have you considered looking into
her background a little more?
**[06:32] Risa**
We're both on our own,
so I want to help her out.
**[06:35] Reon**
Come on, Risa!
**[06:38] Risa**
I can just tell... she's a part of my family.
**[06:43] Risa**
*We might not be related by blood,*
**[06:46] Risa**
*but we have the same father.*
**[06:50] Risa**
* She told me stories about*
* what our dad did in India.*
**[06:54] Risa**
*That he had a real wanderlust, and was selfish,*
**[06:57] Risa**
*and would always talk nonsense...*
**[06:59] Risa**
* The father Mom had always told me*
* about was living his life out in India.*
**[07:22] Fui**
What was your mother like, Risa?
**[07:26] Risa**
She was really wishy-washy.
**[07:29] Risa**
She was timid and would never
say "no" to anyone...
**[07:35] Risa**
Except when she and Dad split up.
**[07:37] Risa**
Then she said she absolutely
refused to give up custody.
**[07:46] Fui**
I'm jealous.
**[07:50] Fui**
Father treated me like
his personal property.
**[07:53] Fui**
I never want to live like that again.
**[07:56] Risa**
Y-You must've been through a lot, Fui.
**[07:59] Risa**
But from now on, you can
choose your own way in life.
**[08:05] Risa**
It'll be okay, and I'll help.
**[08:10] Fui**
Thank you.
**[08:13] Risa**
I think we'll really get along.
**[08:16] Risa**
It's like we already know each other.
**[08:19] Fui**
Yeah.
**[08:20] Risa**
* I think I might've been searching*
* for family ever since my mom died.*
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
**[08:29] Risa**
You're gonna make dinner?
**[08:31] Risa**
That's great! I'll be right home. See you.
**[08:35] Sudo**
If she's going to be staying in Japan,
there'll be paperwork to take care of, right?
**[08:40] Risa**
I mentioned it to her, but...
**[08:44] (Flashback) Fui**
G-Good point.
**[08:46] (Flashback) Fui**
I-I'll take care of it soon, so don't worry.
**[08:49] Risa**
I mean, if she needs help,
she really could just ask me...
**[09:30] Risa**
Nicely done!
**[09:34] Fui**
I haven't caught a dragonfly in ages.
**[09:37] Risa**
Mom would catch them for me all
the time when I was little.
**[09:44] Risa**
Fui? What's wrong?
**[09:48] Fui**
Then it's true. I knew it.
**[09:51] Risa**
Knew what?
**[09:54] Cop A**
Excuse us.
**[09:56] Cop A**
You're Tu Fui-san, correct?
**[10:01] Cop B**
That seems to be the case.
**[10:03] Risa**
Uh... Fui, who are they?
**[10:06] Fui**
N-No...
**[10:07] Fui**
Y-You're wrong.
**[10:08] Risa**
Fui? What are you—
**[10:10] Fui**
I-It's not me. It's her!
**[10:13] Risa**
What? Fui...
**[10:15] Risa**
What's going on?
**[10:16] Cop B**
Don't be ridiculous.
**[10:18] Fui**
I-It's the truth!
**[10:19] Risa**
F-Fui? Calm down.
**[10:21] Risa**
Excuse me. What's going on here?
**[10:24] Fui**
Th-This girl is trying to steal my life!
**[10:28] Risa**
Fui?
**[10:30] Fui**
I'm Risa!
**[10:31] Fui**
You can tell from my brainprint!
**[10:33] Fui**
Please, you have to believe me!
**[10:35] Fui**
I swear, it's the truth!
***SIGN*** Name:
***SIGN*** Name:
***SIGN*** Age: 22
Nationality: India
Blood Type: US
***SIGN*** Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Blood Type: US
**[10:49] Risa**
Doctor?
***SIGN*** In Use
**[10:57] Sudo**
Risa, do you know what a brainprint is?
**[11:01] Sudo**
It's an individually unique signal that can
be taken from each Humanoid's neural net.
**[11:06] Sudo**
It changes with age, but not significantly.
**[11:10] Sudo**
And comparing your brainprints,
Tu Fui is less like your sister,
**[11:15] Sudo**
and more like you yourself.
**[11:17] Risa**
She's... me?
**[11:21] Sudo**
Yeah.
**[11:22] Sudo**
Tu Fui's neural net
**[11:24] Sudo**
is a copy of yours.
**[11:31] Fui**
I keep having the same dream.
**[11:39] Fui**
I'm in a place I've never seen
before, with your mother,
**[11:44] Fui**
catching dragonflies.
**[11:48] Fui**
It's a very happy place.
**[11:53] Fui**
But then...
**[11:55] Fui**
I wake up, and the nightmare begins.
**[12:01] Fui**
And after I'm awake, I wonder...
**[12:04] Fui**
In which place do I really belong?
**[12:12] Fui**
"I'm in a place I don't belong."
**[12:16] Fui**
I couldn't explain why, but
I could never shake that feeling.
**[12:20] Fui**
And six months ago, I got an answer...
**[12:31] (Flashback) Fui**
Not here.
**[12:33] (Flashback) Fui**
This isn't where I belong.
**[12:44] (Flashback) Fui Dad**
Fui.
**[12:46] (Flashback) Fui Dad**
Wanna know something funny?
**[12:56] (Flashback) Fui Dad**
She's cute, isn't she? My Risa...
**[13:00] (Flashback) Fui Dad**
I just couldn't bear parting with her.
**[13:03] (Flashback) Fui**
If you care so much about Risa, why—
**[13:06] (Flashback) Fui Dad**
Exactly.
**[13:08] (Flashback) Fui Dad**
So I copied her neural net.
**[13:13] (Flashback) Fui Dad**
Once I got here, I found a random
body and created a substitute Risa.
**[13:20] (Flashback) Fui Dad**
And that's you, Fui.
**[13:29] Fui**
My father didn't die in an accident.
**[13:32] Fui**
I killed him.
**[13:36] Risa**
Is the reason you came looking for me
**[13:39] Risa**
because you wanted to kill and replace me?
**[13:42] Fui**
Yes.
**[13:44] Fui**
But I couldn't do it.
**[13:47] Fui**
Because you didn't do anything wrong.
**[13:51] Fui**
Because you're me.
**[13:56] Risa**
Fui...
**[13:58] Police Robot**
Your time is up.
**[14:01] Risa**
B-But I'm not—
**[14:02] Police Robot**
Regulations, miss.
**[14:06] Risa**
Fui...
**[14:07] Risa**
I'm sorry. I have to go.
**[14:11] Fui**
Why is it like this?
**[14:16] Fui**
Why am I in the wrong?
**[14:18] Fui**
We're the same.
**[14:22] Fui**
The difference isn't me, but
how the world treated me.
**[14:27] Fui**
So why...
**[14:28] Fui**
Why am I being punished?
**[14:31] Fui**
Why?!
**[14:33] Fui**
Why me?
**[14:54] Sudo**
Risa.
**[14:59] Sudo**
*The Humanoid Intelligence Duplication Law.*
**[15:05] Sudo**
* It was adopted to protect*
* the sanctity of personalities,*
**[15:07] Sudo**
* and deal with the societal issues*
* posed by Humanoid AI reproductions.*
**[15:11] Sudo**
*But despite that,*
**[15:14] Sudo**
* there are people who continue*
* to make the same mistake.*
***SIGN*** 25 years ago
**[15:19] Sudo Mom (Young)**
Don't these kinds of treatments cost a lot?
**[15:21] (Flashback) Con Artist B**
We might be able to help you with that.
**[15:25] (Flashback) Con Artist B**
Our firm is actually looking
for Humanoid participants
**[15:28] (Flashback) Con Artist B**
for neural net clinical trials.
***SIGN*** SOU-4358 First Compatibility Trial (Special)
Cooperative double-blind study regarding
virtual environment therapy methodology
Participant Information
**[15:31] (Flashback) Con Artist B**
If you sign up, we're willing to waive
the cost of your son's treatment.
**[15:37] (Flashback) Sudo Mom (Young)**
What?
**[15:38] (Flashback) Con Artist C**
That's right. You won't have to
worry about the money.
**[15:42] (Flashback) Con Artist C**
This is a chance to heal Hikaru-kun.
**[15:47] (Flashback) Con Artist C**
You can't just give up.
**[15:48] (Flashback) Con Artist C**
Modern medicine can probably
even fix the root cause.
**[15:57] (Flashback) Con Artist A**
That said...
**[15:59] (Flashback) Con Artist A**
We'd need to confirm if your neural
net is a fit for this study, Sudo-san.
**[16:06] (Flashback) Sudo Mom (Young)**
What exactly would that entail?
**[16:10] (Flashback) Con Artist A**
We'd like to make a copy of your neural net.
**[16:15] (Flashback) Sudo Mom (Young)**
A copy?
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medical Clinic
***SIGN*** Afternoon appointments begin at 3PM
**[16:28] Sudo**
Y'know, the anmitsu from
Hashimoto really is fantastic.
**[16:35] Risa**
Doctor...
**[16:36] Sudo**
Yeah?
**[16:40] Risa**
W-Well...
***SIGN*** Anmitsu Hashimoto
**[16:43] Risa**
Have you ever
**[16:45] Risa**
found your other mom?
**[16:49] Risa**
I'm sorry if I'm prying.
**[16:53] Sudo**
Not yet, no.
**[16:58] Sudo**
Where to begin...
**[17:01] Sudo**
I've been to a lot of
different countries, after all.
**[17:05] Sudo**
The first was... I think...
**[17:20] Sudo**
But in the end, I never
found a single lead.
**[17:26] Risa**
If...
**[17:28] Risa**
If you do find her, what will you do?
**[17:33] Sudo**
I'll think of that after I find her.
**[17:35] Sudo**
I want to do whatever is best
for that version of Mom.
**[17:42] Risa**
You've never talked this much
about your search for her before.
**[17:51] Sudo**
Eat up. It's good.
**[17:53] Risa**
Okay.
**[17:59] Risa**
You're right! It really is delicious.
**[18:07] Sudo**
Kaoru.
**[18:12] Kaoru**
Sorry to call you out here like this.
**[18:15] Sudo**
What do you need?
**[18:16] Kaoru**
As you can probably guess, it's
about Michi's major update,
**[18:19] Kaoru**
and the lineup for the review.
**[18:21] Sudo**
I already said no.
**[18:22] Kaoru**
So chilly.
**[18:24] Kaoru**
That assistant of yours... Risa, I think?
You're so much nicer to her.
**[18:31] Sudo**
Why is Michi fixated on me?
**[18:33] Kaoru**
I dunno.
**[18:35] Kaoru**
But the number of people who could understand
**[18:38] Kaoru**
the kind of major upgrades
Michi's proposing...
**[18:40] Kaoru**
There's probably only a
handful in the entire world.
**[18:42] Sudo**
Are you joking? There's no way a
normal person could understand.
**[18:49] Kaoru**
Sudo-kun, do you seriously still
believe that you're a normal person?
**[18:56] Sudo**
What will Michi do if I don't
participate in the review?
**[19:02] Kaoru**
Hard to say.
**[19:04] Kaoru**
I don't exactly understand
the way Michi thinks.
**[19:08] Kaoru**
Maybe it'll end up suspending
society's progress,
**[19:12] Kaoru**
or maybe having someone else do it
won't change the outcome at all.
**[19:17] Kaoru**
But...
**[19:19] Kaoru**
I will say that I think his offer
for you might be pretty significant.
**[19:26] Sudo**
What offer?
**[19:27] Kaoru**
Michi wants to make a deal.
**[19:30] Kaoru**
If you join the review committee,
**[19:32] Kaoru**
then he'll predict where the copy
with your mother's personality is.
**[19:38] Kaoru**
So, what do you say? Care to meet Michi?
**[19:48] Risa**
Welcome back.
**[19:49] Sudo**
You're still here?
You could've gone home by now.
**[19:53] Risa**
I had some charts that
I needed to take care of.
**[19:56] Risa**
I'm almost done.
**[19:59] Sudo**
You wanna grab dinner, then?
**[20:02] Risa**
I'm okay now.
**[20:05] Risa**
You don't have to worry about me.
**[20:08] Sudo**
You don't want to?
**[20:09] Sudo**
Because if you don't, it's fine.
**[20:11] Risa**
I-I-I didn't say no!
**[20:15] Sudo**
There's something I need
to talk to you about.
**[20:30] Risa**
Um...
**[20:32] Risa**
Sorry about the wait.
**[20:35] Sudo**
Sure. Let's go.
**[20:41] Risa**
This place seems expensive.
**[20:44] Sudo**
It's my treat, so pick whatever you like.
**[20:46] Sudo**
You don't have any dietary
restrictions, right?
**[20:49] Sudo**
Maybe try the chef's special?
**[20:51] Risa**
S-Sure.
**[21:03] Risa**
All this formality is kind of nerve-wracking...
**[21:07] Sudo**
When we first met,
**[21:10] Sudo**
you were a patient, and I was your doctor.
**[21:15] Sudo**
Eventually you became a nurse
and came to work for me.
**[21:19] Sudo**
Thinking back on it now, you've been
helping me for a long time,
**[21:23] Sudo**
and I've never really
expressed my gratitude.
**[21:26] Risa**
Wh-Where is this coming from?!
Did you eat something strange?
**[21:32] Sudo**
I haven't eaten at all yet.
**[21:35] Risa**
Oh, that's true.
**[21:42] Risa**
You're leaving Japan? But why?
**[21:50] Risa**
This is so sudden...
**[21:52] Sudo**
I've found my mother.
**[22:01] Risa**
I can go with you—
**[22:02] Sudo**
No.
**[22:04] Sudo**
I'm sorry to leave you alone
after what just happened.
**[22:09] Sudo**
But I need to find my mother.
**[22:15] Sudo**
Risa. Thank you for everything.
**[22:20] Sudo**
This is goodbye.
***SIGN*** Departure
***SIGN*** Departure
# E12 - Departure
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***SIGN*** This story is a work of "near-future" fiction.
Any resemblance to existing persons or organizations is entirely coincidental.
**[00:02] Sudo**
What offer?
**[00:04] Kaoru**
Michi wants to make a deal.
**[00:06] Kaoru**
If you join the review committee,
**[00:08] Kaoru**
then he'll predict where the copy
with your mother's personality is.
**[00:14] Kaoru**
So, what do you say? Care to meet Michi?
**[00:20] Michi**
It's been a long time, Sudo-san.
**[00:24] Sudo**
Yeah.
**[00:33] Michi**
Robisia.
**[00:35] Michi**
It's very likely that's where your mother is.
**[00:38] Kaoru**
Wha...
**[00:40] Sudo**
Was that wise? You've got
nothing to bargain with, now.
**[00:44] Michi**
I don't agree.
**[00:45] Michi**
As you're aware, Robisia is
**[00:48] Michi**
a dangerous region due to its civil war.
**[00:54] Michi**
I can provide local connections
**[00:58] Michi**
along with firearms and self-defense
training, so you can protect yourself.
**[01:03] Michi**
I'm prepared to offer whatever
support you might feel necessary.
**[01:08] Michi**
So, do we have a deal?
***SIGN*** Departure
***SIGN*** Departure
**[02:53] Sudo**
This is goodbye.
**[02:57] Risa**
G-Goodbye? But this is so sudden...
**[03:03] Risa**
Can't we talk about this?
**[03:05] Risa**
I mean, I know I'm not on your level, but...
**[03:09] Risa**
I studied and got certified so
I could be of whatever help I could.
**[03:16] Risa**
Do you not need help anymore?
**[03:19] Risa**
From your assistant...
**[03:24] Sudo**
Right. I don't need an outsider's help.
**[03:31] Sudo**
This is my personal problem.
**[03:38] Risa**
*"An outsider"?*
**[04:06] (Flashback) Risa**
It's red.
**[04:08] (Flashback) Risa**
Why do you care? I've already been released.
**[04:13] (Flashback) Sudo**
Am I bothering you?
**[04:15] (Flashback) Risa**
No, I'm grateful that you were nice enough
to handle all the paperwork and stuff...
**[04:20] (Flashback) Risa**
But you're an outsider
to all this, Doctor.
**[04:24] (Flashback) Sudo**
I dunno what it is.
**[04:26] (Flashback) Sudo**
I've been through similar trouble,
and maybe that's why I want to help.
**[04:30] (Flashback) Sudo**
I was raised by a single mother
before ending up on my own, too.
**[04:35] (Flashback) Risa**
Your mom passed away?
**[04:38] (Flashback) Sudo**
No. She's in prison.
**[04:44] (Flashback) Sudo**
We're in the same boat. We might
as well help each other out, right?
**[04:53] (Flashback) Risa**
I guess people really need
that kind of similarity.
**[04:56] (Flashback) Risa**
Mom wanted me to look more like her, too.
**[05:01] (Flashback) Risa**
That's why she had me changed.
**[05:05] (Flashback) Risa**
Because she couldn't love me otherwise.
**[05:09] (Flashback) Risa**
I bet the reason Humanoids like me
**[05:11] (Flashback) Risa**
are made to be, and live, exactly like humans,
**[05:15] (Flashback) Risa**
is because if we were different,
they wouldn't be able to accept us.
**[05:21] (Flashback) Sudo**
My hair's been white since I was born.
**[05:24] (Flashback) Sudo**
I always hated the stares and the bullying...
**[05:27] (Flashback) Sudo**
I especially didn't like
being different from my mother.
**[05:30] (Flashback) Sudo**
Maybe she wanted to keep you from
experiencing that kind of thing.
**[05:36] (Flashback) Risa**
Even if that's true, I still
don't feel like forgiving her!
**[05:39] (Flashback) Risa**
Doesn't real love mean accepting
someone for who they are?!
**[05:46] (Flashback) Sudo**
I'm not trying to justify
what your mother did,
**[05:50] (Flashback) Sudo**
but I don't want you to deny the
fact that she cared about you.
**[06:01] Risa**
*I think since that moment,*
**[06:03] Risa**
* I've always considered the*
* doctor to be part of my family.*
**[06:11] (Flashback) Sudo**
A nurse, huh?
**[06:12] (Flashback) Sudo**
So, if I open my own clinic,
will you come work for me?
**[06:16] (Flashback) Sudo**
Are you serious about this, Higuchi-san?
**[06:19] (Flashback) Sudo**
Because if I hire you, I expect
you to do a proper job.
**[06:22] (Flashback) Sudo**
There's extra work now because
of you! Get it together!
**[06:27] (Flashback) Sudo**
Y'know, Risa...
**[06:28] (Flashback) Sudo**
You're a lot cheerier than you used to be.
**[06:32] Risa**
*I'm... an outsider?*
**[06:56] Ayaka**
"He's bad at expressing his feelings, which
makes him hard to understand at times."
**[07:04] Ayaka**
That was on your grade school report card.
**[07:06] Ayaka**
Your teacher wrote it in the notes section.
**[07:10] Ayaka**
But I'm your mom, so I can tell...
**[07:14] Ayaka**
Something's happened, hasn't it?
**[07:17] Ayaka**
We can talk about it if you want.
**[07:20] Ayaka**
Though I'm not as smart as you, so I
might not have any clever advice...
**[07:27] Sudo**
It's a personal issue for me.
**[07:30] Ayaka**
There are problems in the world
that don't have right answers.
**[07:34] Ayaka**
When thinking doesn't
seem to get you anywhere,
**[07:37] Ayaka**
you should turn to someone you care about.
**[07:41] Ayaka**
Don't make the same mistake I did.
**[07:46] Guard Robot**
Your time is up.
**[07:49] Sudo**
I'll see you next time, Mom.
**[07:55] Ayaka**
Hikaru!
**[08:00] Ayaka**
You need to live your own life.
***SIGN*** Seto Global
**[08:11] Seto**
You want me to take over your clinic?
**[08:14] Seto**
Are you serious?
**[08:15] Sudo**
Yeah.
**[08:16] Seto**
Explain yourself.
**[08:18] Sudo**
My mom's been found in Robisia.
**[08:21] Sudo**
I won't be back to Japan for a while,
**[08:24] Sudo**
so I'm handing over my entire
Novo Medicine clinic to you.
**[08:27] Sudo**
In exchange, I want you to take
care of my regular patients.
**[08:33] Seto**
Well, now...
**[08:34] Sudo**
And one other thing.
**[08:38] Sudo**
Would you be willing to continue
employing my nurse, Risa?
**[08:43] Sudo**
I haven't told her about this yet, but...
**[08:46] Seto**
Listen, Sudo.
**[08:48] Seto**
You know that in Robisia, they tear out
people's neural nets while they're alive,
**[08:52] Seto**
and tinker with children's brains
to turn them into suicide bombers?
**[08:57] Seto**
That's the kind of place we're talking about.
**[08:58] Sudo**
I'm aware of the risks.
**[09:01] Seto**
Not what I meant.
**[09:02] Seto**
What're you gonna do if you find out
your mom's copy has ended up responsible
**[09:07] Seto**
for that sort of thing?
**[09:09] Seto**
Could you forgive her?
**[09:12] Seto**
Would you still accept her as your mother?
**[09:16] Sudo**
I...
**[09:17] Seto**
You what?
**[09:20] Seto**
I'm gonna pretend you never
mentioned the clinic to me.
**[09:24] Seto**
Stop being obsessed with the past.
**[09:26] Seto**
Live for the present.
**[09:28] Seto**
For once, I'm the one in the right here.
**[09:31] Seto**
Probably.
**[09:35] Sudo**
I'm counting on you.
**[09:36] Seto**
Sudo.
**[09:39] Seto**
You're actually kind of a softie
deep down, aren't you?
**[09:53] Military Advisor**
You sure this is your first time?
**[09:59] Military Advisor**
Mister Sudo, that ought to
cover your firearms training.
**[10:03] Military Advisor**
We'll take a break and then
move onto self-defense—
**[10:06] Sudo**
No need for a break.
**[10:08] Sudo**
Let's get right to it.
**[10:17] Kaoru**
Michi, what are you plotting?
**[10:20] Michi**
Plotting?
**[10:22] Kaoru**
There's a high probability that
Sudo-kun could die in Robisia.
**[10:26] Kaoru**
If that happens, there's no way he becomes
part of the upgrade review committee.
**[10:32] Michi**
That is correct.
**[10:34] Kaoru**
But you've been pretty aggressive
in your support for him going...
**[10:39] Kaoru**
Almost like that's the part you're really after.
**[10:43] Kaoru**
Michi. Is there something you
want him to do in Robisia?
**[10:50] Michi**
I know the trials
that will be waiting for him.
**[10:54] Michi**
I may just be curious about
what answers he finds.
***SIGN*** Sudo Novo Medicine Clinic
**[11:12] Sudo**
Okay, it came off easily enough.
**[11:14] Sudo**
It was just screwed on.
**[11:17] Sudo**
That being the case, you'll
need your own sign, Seto.
**[11:25] Seto**
You're sure about this?
**[11:27] Sudo**
Yeah. It's in your hands.
**[11:32] Seto**
And you must be Higuchi Risa-san.
**[11:37] Seto**
Mind if we have a chat?
**[11:40] Seto**
Sudo and I are friends from college.
**[11:45] Seto**
Did he ever mention me?
**[11:47] Risa**
Yes. He said you're very talented.
**[11:52] Seto**
Talented, huh?
**[11:53] Seto**
Be honest. You don't like this, right?
**[11:57] Seto**
It's written all over your face how
much you don't want to work with me.
**[12:00] Risa**
That's not what it is.
**[12:02] Risa**
I'm just worried about Dr. Sudo.
**[12:06] Seto**
Forget about him.
**[12:09] Seto**
He's going far beyond your reach.
**[12:13] Seto**
Worrying about someone like
that is a waste of time.
**[12:17] Risa**
I think I don't want to work
with you after all, Dr. Seto.
**[12:22] Seto**
If only Sudo were Humanoid.
**[12:25] Seto**
Then I could alter his memories.
**[12:29] Seto**
I feel sorry for him and the way
he's obsessed with the past.
**[12:32] Seto**
Granted, because of that, I now get
a pretty nice facility for myself.
**[12:46] Seto**
We're all such pains in the neck...
**[12:48] Seto**
Human beings like us.
**[12:52] Risa**
Do you honestly not care about
the clinic anymore, Doctor?!
**[12:56] Sudo**
Of course I care.
**[12:58] Risa**
Then why hand it to him?!
**[13:01] Sudo**
He's got a bad attitude,
but he knows what he's doing.
**[13:03] Sudo**
And he treats patients well.
**[13:05] Sudo**
We've got philosophical differences, but...
**[13:08] Risa**
That's exactly the problem!
**[13:09] Jay**
*Risa.*
**[13:10] Jay**
*I'll be with you, too. Don't worry.*
**[13:14] Jay**
* I will advise Dr. Seto*
* to live up to, and grow,*
**[13:18] Jay**
* the standing of this*
* facility in the community.*
**[13:22] Risa**
Jay... will you belong to Dr. Seto too?
**[13:25] Jay**
*No.*
**[13:27] Jay**
*But I will be providing my services to him,*
**[13:29] Jay**
*temporarily, by request of my master, Sudo.*
**[13:44] Jay**
*May I have a word, Sudo?*
**[13:46] Sudo**
What's up, Jay?
**[13:48] Jay**
* Is it wise that I not*
* accompany to you to Robisia?*
**[13:53] Sudo**
I don't want to drag you into it.
**[13:55] Jay**
*Your concern is unwarranted.*
**[13:57] Jay**
* I am an AI that was created*
* to offer support to humans.*
**[14:02] Jay**
* Sudo, at the moment, I believe your*
* concern is best directed at Risa.*
**[14:09] Jay**
*To decline the trip to Robisia,*
**[14:11] Jay**
* officially relinquish your*
* mission to find your mother,*
**[14:15] Jay**
* and continue to operate the*
* clinic with Risa's assistance...*
**[14:20] Jay**
*Is that not a viable option as well?*
**[14:24] Sudo**
Seto said the same thing.
**[14:28] Jay**
*What have you decided?*
**[14:46] Sudo**
There seem to be no problems.
**[14:48] Sudo**
That should do for her regular checkup.
**[14:52] Dad**
I dunno how to thank you, Dr. Moggadeet.
**[14:55] Mom**
You could join us for tea, if you'd like...
**[14:58] Sudo**
That's all right.
**[14:59] Sudo**
Just make sure you never even think
about making a neural net backup again.
**[15:05] Mom**
Thank you so much.
**[15:14] Sudo**
You again?
**[15:16] Girl**
You really ought to do something
about your car's security.
**[15:22] Sudo**
Need a trip to the station again?
**[15:24] Girl**
Yeah.
**[15:36] Girl**
Thank you.
**[15:37] Sudo**
Bye, now.
**[15:42] Girl**
"Why is it illegal to make
a copy of a personality?"
**[15:45] Girl**
Do you remember when I asked you that?
**[15:48] Sudo**
Yeah.
**[15:51] Girl**
I think I understand a bit now.
**[16:04] (Flashback) Mom**
What do you think? I tried putting in
fresh cream like you mentioned before.
**[16:08] (Flashback) Mom**
Try it.
**[16:10] Girl**
Is the backup version of my mom
the same person I knew before?
**[16:15] Girl**
What happened to the version
of my mom she overwrote?
**[16:19] Girl**
For a long time, I couldn't stop thinking
about it, and it was driving me crazy...
**[16:25] Girl**
That's what happens when
you make a copy of someone.
**[16:30] Sudo**
What is it that makes a person who they are?
**[16:35] Sudo**
Where exactly do the "heart"
and the "self" exist?
**[16:39] Sudo**
Academics have argued for
a very long time about it,
**[16:41] Sudo**
without coming up with an answer.
**[16:44] Sudo**
I don't think anyone will ever have one.
**[16:47] Girl**
But, you know...
**[16:50] Girl**
Mom really was still my mom.
**[17:05] Mom**
Welcome back.
**[17:06] Girl**
I'm home!
**[17:07] Dad**
Hey, welcome back!
**[17:09] Dad**
Did you get the red bean bun I asked for?
**[17:11] Girl**
Yeah, yeah, it's right here!
**[17:13] Dad**
Awesome!
**[17:25] (Flashback) Ayaka**
I don't remember giving
birth to someone so fragile.
**[17:30] (Flashback) Sudo**
You didn't give birth to me, Mom.
**[17:32] (Flashback) Ayaka**
Is that right?
**[17:37] (Flashback) Sudo**
I wonder why I'm so fragile.
**[17:40] (Flashback) Sudo**
And with hair like this...
**[17:42] (Flashback) Ayaka**
Well, you're a smart boy, Hikaru.
**[17:45] (Flashback) Ayaka**
Maybe it was God's idea
of balancing the scales.
**[17:47] (Flashback) Ayaka**
You really could stand to exercise more, too.
**[17:52] (Flashback) Sudo**
My immune system is messed up.
**[17:55] (Flashback) Sudo**
I've thought about why.
**[17:58] (Flashback) Sudo**
I think it's—
**[17:59] (Flashback) Ayaka**
Hikaru.
**[18:01] (Flashback) Ayaka**
No matter what's going on with
you, you're still my son.
**[18:06] (Flashback) Ayaka**
I'm willing to do anything to help you.
**[18:12] (Flashback) Ayaka**
Whatever it takes.
***SIGN*** Risa
***SIGN*** Dr. Sudo
**[18:41] Risa**
*Hello?*
**[18:44] Risa**
What is it?
**[18:46] Sudo**
Risa. Thanks for answering.
**[18:50] Risa**
Doctor...
**[18:53] Sudo**
* Since becoming a doctor, I've seen a lot*
* of patients, and it's made me think...*
**[18:59] Sudo**
* Maybe my identity*
* isn't something internal,*
**[19:02] Sudo**
* but something that's made up of the*
* connections I have with other people.*
**[19:08] Sudo**
* I still think that I need to*
* search for the copy of my mom.*
**[19:15] Sudo**
Because no matter what's become of her,
**[19:17] Sudo**
at the end of the day, she's still my mom.
***SIGN*** Dr. Sudo
**[19:24] Sudo**
*But, Risa...*
**[19:28] Sudo**
*I really would like to stay with you.*
**[19:31] Sudo**
I feel like the time I've spent with you,
at the clinic, is who I really am.
**[19:36] Sudo**
*It's where I belong. I...*
**[19:40] Risa**
Doctor.
**[19:43] Risa**
*Just hearing that is enough for me.*
**[19:49] Risa**
*So...*
**[19:51] Risa**
I wish you luck, Doctor.
**[20:16] Sudo**
Thanks for seeing me off.
**[20:18] Risa**
Sure.
**[20:20] Sudo**
So, how do I look?
**[20:24] Sudo**
Since I got here early, I bought some
clothes and got a haircut.
**[20:28] Risa**
It's like... you look more how you used to.
**[20:33] Sudo**
You think?
**[20:35] Sudo**
Maybe it's too short...
**[20:37] Risa**
Doctor.
**[20:39] Sudo**
Yeah?
**[20:40] Risa**
Promise me three things.
**[20:43] Sudo**
Wh-What?
**[20:45] Risa**
You'll come back as soon as you can.
**[20:49] Sudo**
I'll try my best.
**[20:53] Risa**
Y-You won't do anything dangerous.
**[20:58] Sudo**
I'll try my best.
**[21:02] Risa**
And...
**[21:05] Risa**
And...
**[21:09] Risa**
No matter what's happened to your
mother, please, don't change!
**[21:17] Sudo**
I'll try my best.
**[21:19] Risa**
You keep saying that!
**[21:22] Sudo**
Okay. I promise, then.
**[21:28] Sudo**
You'll take my hand this time, won't you?
**[21:37] Risa**
U-Um... I...
**[21:40] Risa**
I'll be waiting to see you again!
**[21:44] Risa**
E-Even if you don't want to, I'll—
**[21:52] Sudo**
I'm sorry I called you an outsider.
**[21:56] Sudo**
Bye. Take good care of yourself.
**[22:16] Sudo**
* A scholar once said that humans*
* are slaves to unrelenting progress,*
**[22:22] Sudo**
* and that it would be AI that*
* liberates humanity from progress.*
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**[22:40] Sudo**
* People now live in a world*
* that is supported by AI.*
**[22:46] Sudo**
*Loving others... being loved.*
**[22:50] Sudo**
*Making mistakes... and repenting.*
**[22:54] Sudo**
* Yearning for peace, while*
* refusing to give up violence...*
**[22:57] Sudo**
* they continue to live much*
* like they always have.*
**[23:02] Sudo**
* So, have AI helped the world progress?*
* Or stopped that progress?*
**[23:08] Sudo**
*And what is it that humanity actually wants?*
**[23:24] Michi**
The answers are all in your hands, Sudo-san.
**[23:31] Michi**
May your journey be a safe one.
**[23:52] Kid**
Looking for something?
**[23:57] Sudo**
Yeah.
**[23:58] Sudo**
And I'm going to find it.