# E5 - Tuning
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GZ7UV2QD0/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