01x08 - You Hate Me Getting You up Early, but You Get Annoyed When I Leave It Too Late as Well

[bunniefuu]

Ow!

Hey, how long do you plan to dilly-dally?
So stubborn.

I hate it if it's too early,
but I also hate it to be too slow.

What time is it?

You've asked for an extension
four times. Two hours have passed.

Crap, I'm late!

You no-good b*stard!

Why didn't anyone...

Huh?

I guess everyone went ahead.

Asahi?

Oh?

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It's just like the real thing!

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(Saint Julianus Academy)

So sleepy!

- Huh?
- Oh? What is it?

Nothing it's just... That's my seat.

Huh? No, this is my seat.

But this is the 2-E classroom, right?

Yeah, it is, but... Who are you?

Did you enter the wrong class?

There's no way.

Where's Amelia and the others?

Amelia?

Karin? Irina? Miss Mongfa?

Who are they? What, are you joking?

No, I'm—

"Hey, summer break is already over, you know!"
Something like that?

Huh? Don't tell me you're serious?

Are you okay?

Just now, isn't that Kashiwagi?

Huh? That guy who's always absent?

What is this?

What's happening?

Hey, don't run in the hallways!

Where is everyone?

What's going on?

Found you.

Huh?

U-Um...

Tell me, what happened back then?

Huh? What's this question all of a sudden?

U-Um...

Your pulse is erratic.

Huh?

Your eyes are a bit bloodshot,
but it's not much of a problem.

Wait! What the heck is this?

And who even are you?

Hey, now, have you forgotten about me already?
What a cold guy.

Yoshio?

It seems like your memory is mixed up.

Um...

You'll get it once we're there.

Can I really meet everyone else?

Of course!

They're there. For real.

We will reach your destination in a moment.

Is the cause still unknown?

We're hurrying the data collection process.

Oof, stop!

Over here.

That was dangerous.

Now, let's go while we can.

Um, where is everyone?

Sit down over there.

But...

Come on.

Make yourself comfortable.

Brain waves show no abnormalities, huh?

How do you feel?

Just the usual.

Do you feel any headache or the like?

What is this?
If I can't meet everyone, I'm going home!

Now, now, don't be in such a rush.

But...

Oh, right! My name is Yoshino Feynman.

Feynman?

So you don't remember, huh?

Well, I'm not the type to
leave a large impression, anyway.

Then, how about this?

Hmm, now, where did I put it?

Here it is.

This!

(Looking for AOI testers)

(Rare bananas will be free to eat for you!
Looking for AOI testers.)

How about that?

Then what about this?

I am Dr. Feynman,
the person in charge for this experiment.

Nice to meet you.

Hey!

Ah, I'm sorry.
I just didn't think I'd get picked.

That's true.
There were quite a lot of applicants.

But you were chosen through
an impartial selection process.

Since you're here, might as well enjoy it.

Yeah.

Now, then, I will explain...

How was it?

Remember anything?

What is that?

Well, this is bad.

It would've been great
if you remember it on your own.

No other way.

Take a look at this.

This is...

Why is my house...

This is a realm recreated based on your memory.

Until you woke up this morning,
you had been here.

Huh?

What you've experienced these
past few months is a virtual reality.

So you had been in a world inside VR.

VR?

What are you saying?

Then what about Amelia?
Karin? Irina? Miss Mongfa?

And Aoi...

Isn't it obvious?

They are all AI.

An existence made by man.

Love Flops.

AI?

Sorry for the surprise.

But this is...

Come on, stop with the joke.

There's no way they are all AIs.

This is not a joke.

But they were all able to laugh and cry.
However you look at it, they are humans.

They are the latest,
next-generation omniscient-type AIs.

But they have sense of smell and temper.

It's called the Interactive Brain Wave System.

Not only can they see and hear,
they can also feel touch and taste.

It's the latest technology
not out yet in the worl.

I was with them for several months!

It might have been several months for you,
but in reality, only about a day has passed.

No way...

But...

For now, let's just calm down.

Oh, right. Want something to drink?

Hm? How do you operate this?

As you know, VR and AI are
necessary technologies in the modern world.

- The afternoon news...
- Especially AI,

it can be said that we can no longer live without it.

However, further development is
necessary for AI to live together with humans.

What is that, then?

A human's feelings.

The ability to understand emotions.

Early AI was performing advanced
information processing in place of humans.

Since then, technology has advanced
and made AIs closer to humans.

Even after that general-purpose AI called AGI
was invented, it still didn't have emotions.

It could appear to be angry and laughing,

but to break through that wall,

we are currently developing
an AI that has human emotions.

Artificial Omniscient Intelligence.

An omniscient man-made intelligence.

Even so, it takes more experience in order for
them to be able to have the same emotions as a human.

And in order for that, we do...

An experiment where they
come in contact with humans.

Yes. This project that you applied to.

Familial love.

Friendship.

And then, emotions of love.

Various practical experiments were conducted
in order to give AI the same emotions as humans.

And the one you participated in
among that is the one about love.

But in order to make the AI fall in love,
we also need AIs that are liked by the test subject.

So researchers from
several countries in the world

were divided into several teams and developed
an AI that could become a love interest.

A likeable outside appearance
and personality.

Their compatibility and backstories.

Various researches and studies
were done to create better AI.

And the result of that is

the girls you spent your days together with.

No way.

There's no way.

I took on the role of your friend and guide,

Yoshio Ijuiin, and continued to
monitor you from that world.

As expected, Aoi and the others' words and
actions when they met you were clearly strange.

I like you!

I like you, Asahi!

I like you.

Asahi!

Can you spare some time?
I want to ask for your signature.

That's because they still weren't
able to know what love truly is.

But after spending time with you,
they were able to feel emotions akin to a human's.

The results were amazing.

Until that morning when we left for the sea.

After that,
my access to that world was suddenly blocked.

And you, too,
were forcefully returned to the real world.

The real world...

Yes. This world is the real world.

No way.

No way!

What are you...

You've got to be lying!
Don't say this nonsense!

It's not a lie. All of that was fabricated—

Don't say that!

I don't want to hear that crap!

You know it too, right?

Just accept reality already!

I don't want to!

Asahi!

I mean, if that's the case...

They're no longer...

Miss Feynman! What are you doing here?

Oh, no, I got caught.

You shouldn't say stuff like that!

They told you you shouldn't come, right?

You seem quite busy, Fubukata.

That's because we can't access
the system because it's down.

More importantly, that kid,
isn't that the project's Petrushka?

That's right.

Wait, then that's bad!

I mean, I want to find out
about the cause in my own way.

That's what I mean!

Anyways, before the chief finds out...

Before I find out, what?

Why are you here? You should've been ordered to
stay home until your punishment has been decided.

Oh, dear, you look quite exhausted.

It's all thanks to a certain idiot who proceeded
with the experiment without sending reports!

Oh, dear. Such an idiot really exists, huh?

I've had enough! You're fired!

Hurry and leave!

C-Chief! No matter how bad it is, that's—

Shut up! If you complain, you'll also get fired!

No way!

Hurry up and throw her out!

Well, can't be helped. Shall we go?

That's why I told you.

It'll be like this sooner or later.

By the way, why bring him along?

Didn't I tell you?
In the middle of the experiment with him,

Starting with Amelia, the four AIs were
forcefully logged out from that realm.

And the test subject, him, as well.

And after that, this is how it is.

Could it be that the cause of
this situation is him?

He was selected randomly
from a large amount of applicants.

Or that's what we thought.

But, if that's not the case...

The AI picked him intentionally?

It's just a hypothesis of ours.

How about it? Interesting, right?

It's true.

Wait, you can't do that!
I'm not going to help you beyond this!

I'm not going to help you, okay!

Sorry, but there's still something
I need to talk to you about.

Will you come with me?

Here.

What I need to talk about is

about someone you know quite well.

Do you know about Deep Learning?

Over a long time,
an AI learns about human thought.

Several years ago,
that was the method to create a human-like AI.

But there exists a
more reliable method than that.

- It is now 1 pm.
- That is,

Copying a human's brain
and using it as it is.

But for that, you'd need a huge amount of data.

And the theory is that is
impossible with today's technology.

But, about three years ago,

a now-deceased researcher on the brink of death
made an presentation that overturned that theory.

He developed an all-brain simulation system,
once considered impossible, all by himself.

Using a peculiar mind-uploading technology,

he created an AI that had human consciousness.

That AI has evolved in a flash and has come to be
used everywhere in the world with their own purposes.

Which means, most AIs used around the world
now is created based on the AI that Doctor created.

In this season, melon will be good.

Same with Aoi, Amelia, and the others.

That AI that became
the mother of all AIs was given a name.

Her name is Ai.

- Should we go to the crepe shop next?
- Sure.

Kashiwagi?

Himari! What's wrong?

Should we go home?

Oh, nothing.

Himari?

Sorry, it's nothing!

This world is the real world.

This is wrong.

I mean, if that's the case...

The Doctor had one daughter.

For a widowed doctor,
she was the apple of his eye.

Here you go!

He was a doctor who researched all the time,
but he also helped his neighbors.

She was raised as a good kid.

I also met her once,
and she was a very adorable girl.

What, you're getting married?

But one time, for some reason,
the Doctor left his research institute.

He focused on his own research instead.

(Entrance Ceremony)
Let's take it together!

It's fine.

Geez, come on! Look at the camera!

Soon, just by himself,
he finished the mind uploading technology,

suceeding in making human consciousness.

In order to create that AI
with human consciousness,

he copied his own daughter's brain,

and used it.

His only daughter whose life was cut short
due to a sudden illness.

That Doctor's name is Kotaro Izawa.

(Thank you. Let's see the cherry blossoms together.)
And his daughter's name was Ai.

The girl who was your childhood friend.

Asahi Kashiwagi.

Tell me.

That time, what happened at the beach?

What did Aoi do?

Could it be, at that time, you—

I'm sorry.

Humans really are hard to understand.

This is...

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