# The Gene of AI
The future is here and a new species lives among people: humanoids. Similar to man, these robotic beings are highly sentient and suffer from unique ailments. Thankfully, Dr. Hikaru Sudo can help. He vows to treat the humanoids even by illegal means, causing him to lead a double life. But when strange diseases emerge as a result of this coexistence, ethical lines become blurred.
# 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.