E3 - 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?
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[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...
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