# 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