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| Natsuki going all bonkers that the girl of his dreams is indeed Atri, and the more he thinks about it, the more he gets flustered. The depression on Natsuki's face says it all, and try as he might to run away from the problem, everyone wants to pester him on their development. Still, their banter just feels the same as per normal despite Atri having a heart, and Minamo feels alright that as much as she's pursuing Natsuki in the past, having both Ryuji and Yoko to question her if leaving him is a choice, but having Atri around does help her fulfill seeing the old version of him, the same that she has always known him to be. At least Atri is getting better at her cooking, and even trying to entice Natsuki that he has feelings for her. Atri getting cheeky to flash herself at Natsuki, he's clearly being teased at for sexual harassment, and after giving it some thought, confesses what she meant to him as someone precious, with things taken one small step at a time towards romantic development, eve if they have to sleep on the same bed, separated by a curtain cover. But the memories of the past, as well as with the daily diary that Atri wrote on her log that he coincidentally chanced upon, was it all a planned coincidence, or something unnatural? |
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| poor Natsuki. He's been tricked |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
| Wow feel so bad for Natsuki at the end looks like he's been fooled. |
| AI girlfriends are all fun and games until you take a glimpse into their code. Poor Natsuki. And man, Minamo standing no chance was pretty much a given from the start but watching her officially give up still hurts. |
| I don't care if she's artificial robot, she's real to me!! 😭😭 |
Flynn_bridge said: That was one hell of a Plot Twist I wasn't expecting. 🤯(☉｡☉)! I was expecting like, She really had something inside her and the bad guys are after her because of that. In the novel there were little clues, like situations where Atri would stand still thinking when experiencing a new situation for the first time and she didn't know how to react so it took her a few seconds to figure out how to do it. |
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| I don't expect much from this anime (as a player of the novel) but this is where the real story begins. spoiler: |
NakigePlayerSep 2, 12:16 AM
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| Putting aside the questionable side of this relationship (I mean um pretty sure ATRI is the same age as Natsu technically) this show is really great. There relationship has really developed far. But then the tricky question of does she have a heart, can she feel emptions or if she is even properly conscious like a real person. It's all very conflicting. But strangely on one of the last pages of her diary it looked almost like there were dried tears. Unless I saw that wrong. So maybe a hint of genuine emotions is breaking through her normal code. |
| Bro really in denial about being a lolicon lmao. Embrace it Natsuki it’s who you are 😂 . Another really good episode, everyone’s kinda coming to terms with how they feel and where they stand. Obviously Atri and Natsuki relationship was the main focus of the episode with Natsuki struggling to accept how he feels about her, but I really liked Minamo’s maturity in this episode. She’s been with Natsuki for so long and obviously been in love with him, but rather than sit there and be sad about him developing feelings for Atri she’s happy that he’s found someone who brings him back to his old self. True love isn’t selfish or possessive, but we often see romance as being portrayed that way in anime so when I see a character handle things so well like this I have to praise them! The Atri flashbacks continue. Ever since she saw the school in like episode 4 or so and then that fight against the debt collectors, we’ve been getting these hints that Atri got violent in the past with a student and I’m really curious about what happened! It’s gotta be why she was placed in sleep in the first place “Starting today I’m going to look at you as a humanoid with a heart” oof considering how the episode ended this stings. Natsuki finally started seeing Atri as a person and then he finds that diary entry.. idk why she would be writing something like that in plain sight anyway, you’d think she’d be more protective with something that could blow her entire cover.. hate seeing Natsuki look at her like she’s some sort of monster :/ |
Marinate1016Aug 31, 12:43 PM
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| How the turns have tabled! It's time for the real story bois. Pre-order your tickets to the feel train today. |
OtakuKun1 said: No more cliffhangers, please. Atri was really trying hard to make Natsuki happy in every way and tell him that she likes him so much. After all, if it weren’t for Atri, Natsuki would have died. I do not understand why he said to her: “Stay away from me”. An AI can learn a lot of things in a very short period. So, she learned many things about love (and sex). But it’s not fair for Atri to be treated like that. Not that I agree with Natsuki's words and reaction in this case, but it's because the entries in the diary, at least how she wrote it or how it sounded in his imagining of her writing it when envisioning it in his head, was written from a cold, dispassionate, clinical and analytical-sounding objective point of view like she was an outside observer to a fictional character created call "Atri" in order to please him and fulfill her function, going through the motions and following instructions, rather than subjectively experiencing it firsthand and organically. Like her source of motivation was not internally-driven. To someone like Natsuki, that probably means, at least currently in his eyes, she has less of a "heart" (human-esque emotional range and capacity) because she seemed to be operating according to programming rather than something more sincere. He has trouble with identifying and verbalizing his own feelings, so hearing someone in a neutral tone (I know it was written, but this was his impression/interpretation), in detail describe the logical reasons behind all their statements and expressed feelings and why they did everything they did probably sounds so alien, freaky, and wrong. Atri should be like a learning child in his eyes, not sounding like AI reviewing her actions as a detached observer. Characters like Natsuki are often in many ways naive pure-hearted idealists. |
WatchTillTandavaAug 31, 2:40 PM
| Oof, it was a pretty flawless facade to Natsu. |
| Catherine in bikini is hot, need more Catherine. Episode was like most other with the characters usual behaviour pattern. Natsu fretting over how to act with Atri and just when he made up his mind we got that ending reveal. What a way to end the episode. Btw felt bad for Minamo. |
MegamiRemSep 7, 1:26 PM
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| Wouldn't be surprised if she got adviced to bait him with the diary on purpose, tbh. It will definitely create an educational experience for Atri. |
| bruh |
Reply to OtakuKun1
Cliffhanger again. If Natsuki found out that Atri really likes him from the bottom of her heart, why he rejected her and say to get away from him?
| @OtakuKun1 Not really, what I saw from those lines is Atri acting for the best for her master as a robot and not as a human. She acted that way because it would generate the best outcome for him, not because she really had those emotions. That's quite different |
| bruh |
| "Children, this is bait" |
| bruh |
| The only good part of this episode was the end and the Canon in D ED. Honestly the whole romance thing just falls flat here and is kind of creepy. I really am trying to understand where this show is going considering the premise of the world but instead we get interpersonal drama shoved down our gullets. |
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| mah boi fell in love with chatgpt |
| hana's swimsuit is the highlight of this show so far. |
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Reply to Phantom_Siren652
Putting aside the questionable side of this relationship (I mean um pretty sure ATRI is the same age as Natsu technically) this show is really great. There relationship has really developed far. But then the tricky question of does she have a heart, can she feel emptions or if she is even properly conscious like a real person. It's all very conflicting.
But strangely on one of the last pages of her diary it looked almost like there were dried tears. Unless I saw that wrong. So maybe a hint of genuine emotions is breaking through her normal code.
But strangely on one of the last pages of her diary it looked almost like there were dried tears. Unless I saw that wrong. So maybe a hint of genuine emotions is breaking through her normal code.
| @Phantom_373 Good catch !! I wonder if that was a mistake or important later on? |
ZoeEbe said: I don't expect much from this anime (as a player of the novel) but this is where the real story begins. spoiler: Atri lying isn't entirely her fault, in the past when meeting Natsuki it was already mentioned that she was calm, that's because she acted robotic at that time, and wondering how to make humans happy since her owner didn't totally like her because of her robotic personality, she asked Natsuki what to do to make others happy and Natsuki replied that she should smile because if you smile those around you will smile too, so don't see Atri as the totally guilty one because Natsuki has something to do with the matter too @ZoeEbe Yo, tag the spoilers. Anyways, as a fellow who played through the VN, what do you think of the anime so far? For me it's alright but it kinda feels lacking in certain parts, especially the making the school generator part it falls flat compared to the VN. Anyways, curious to hear your thoughts. |
CoolCrowAug 31, 7:40 PM
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| The dreaded diary scene has finally come. That reveal will for sure change the dynamics of Natsuki and Atri, noting how he acted at the end. On another note, Minamo is a losing heroine at this point. I feel bad for her. The next episodes should be filled with juicy revelations and progressions.     |
CoolCrowAug 31, 7:49 PM
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| Man what a rollercoaster of an episode and I dreaded the cliffhanger ending since the relationship that Atri and Natsuki built up seems to have crumbled with what he read in her diary. Hopefully what @Phantom_373 noticed comes to play soon since I took a second look at the ending scene and it does appear that there are dried tears on at least one of the pages. |
Reply to BlueMoonTornado
Having read the VN, I find this moment where things start to get a lot more interesting and explored in depth especially with Atri and Natsuki. The next few episodes will be a ride!
| Glad to hear this. Was honestly getting bored of this show but the ending to this epsiode took my interest back. Looks like the drama finally starts. Looking forward to next episode now! |
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| No final um Robô é so uma maquina que almeja atingir as expectativas dos seus criadores E bom, olhando o lado técnico de uma IA, isso é realmente o esperado. Alguns ate se confundem a realidade com a ficção, como o Natsuki, mas o ideal é olhar pra tudo isso de uma forma Niilista  |
| Just as things are going well between Natsu and Atri, he discovered that she isn't what she is. Can a humanoid actually live like humans do? It's a cute alice of life but forces us to ask some ethical questions. |
| So surprising ending, Atri was just "calculated" probability of what Natsuki expected from her so it was not (totally) real feelings Next episodes will be very cool to look |
Baka_God said: No final um Robô é so uma maquina que almeja atingir as expectativas dos seus criadores E bom, olhando o lado técnico de uma IA, isso é realmente o esperado. Alguns ate se confundem a realidade com a ficção, como o Natsuki, mas o ideal é olhar pra tudo isso de uma forma Niilista A depender do tipo de máquina que ela é, a resposta mudaria muito. Uma IA realmente vai buscar o resultado mais fácil pra obter um bom score, nisso pode ter um comportamento "deviant" onde vai tentar fabricar os melhores cenários para obter os resultados esperados, mas ai a questão é; Ela é uma Android? Ciborgue? A sua consciência foi desenvolvida do zero ou teve uma base? Honestamente era isso que esperava desse anime, então espero que foquem mais nessa parte nessa reta final. |
| You don't have a heart = monster. What a weird concept. But, this will be fun! I can't wait to see what he will do to Atri... Heh. |
| It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it, is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service. |
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