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| Hmm, an upgrade for Mina. I know they tried to protray her as a human-like character but she's technically an android. This episode seems to have mixed feelings for Takuma but it's interesting that they decided to sent someone to provide emotiona support for her. And also, it's very obvious just how much Takuma cares about Mina as a partner and wife. |
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| Takuma taking pictures of Mina before her upgrade, though the caveat with that is having Super Mina being a clumsier apparition than the specialized model she is, at least they're able to share information with each other to preserve her memories and the like. And that upgrade job will be done by Iida Arisa and her robot inspection assistant Senju as their first rondo dealing with a CL-type series Super Mina robot, and which her former owner is not the currently present Takuma. The prospect of the upgrade, however, almost got out of hand that Takuma demanded that the inspection be stopped immediately. Even Iida admits that Senju is like a newborn child to her, teetering between childlike and adulthood when it comes to her working style. And as expected, it is a different case when the robot is considered family, giving Takuma benefits like free inspections, occasional maintenances and the like when it comes to service and repair, which Iida and Senju almost committed murder by trying to change Mina into someone else. That said, Mina will be gone for 2 weeks, and Takuma will feel lonely without her, though she still doesn't know how to interpret facial expressions just yet until the upgrade is done...something which Senju realizes that Mina's the exact same as her. The bad nightmares will continue for Takuma, until Mina comes home... |
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| Feel bad for Takuma having to say goodbye to Mina albeit temporarily you can tell they have a beautiful bond. |
| a little bit of manufactured drama when Takuma has to be restrained by the Senju robot I thought, but still a nice pay off from the scene when the employee realised the family dynamic. Sweet at the end when Senju froze from hearing how the employee was fond of her haha. The show continues to be very sweet. Mina's shoes were super cute!  |
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| "You cannot be in a relationship with a regular woman, so you have me in place of one!" Ain't that the truth. Senju-chan, AKA Tentacle Mina had a pretty strong showing here. Robot that does maintenance on other robots, has a few based takes and probably some yandere tendencies. This is also our first look at the company who makes who makes the Mina robots. They've got a whole procedure for when a user considers a robot a family member. And of course, lots of people are buying Super Minas as "family members." Interesting technical stuff with the way the brains of the different Mina models work, but the decision not to ship the Super Mina pre-trained is baffling. Next week... We finally get to see that chicken thing from the intro. |
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| I’m so anxious to know what Mina’s upgrade is. I don’t think it’s the Super Mina stuff, so I wonder what she’s gonna try to change. Was neat seeing the actual company who makes the Mina models and how their maintenance process goes, but it’s hilarious that Lida has less empathy for the families of the robots than Senju who is supposedly a cold maintenance assistant model. Senju freezing up and going into shock when Lida said she’s fond of her was sweet though. Idk what they put in these robots but they’re all loveable and adorable. Robots like her and Mina might not be “made to be loved” but that doesn’t stop anything. Love’s a funny thing. Takuma saying goodbye to Mina albeit temporarily was so cute. Mina almost killed him going in for a kiss though 😂 she’s gotta work on that timing and intensity. Hopefully his nightmares don’t last the whole two weeks without Mina :/ |
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| While the robot company won't mess with Mina's programming and memory since it's now considered a family member I'm curious as to what upgrades Mina has planned. I'm thinking it is facial reactions (like super Mina) and sensitivity around the face and lips since Takuma wants to be able to kiss her and her feel it. |
| It seems that all the robots in the series, Mina, despite having different roles, can have emotions even if they don't show them. I think the reference to this was when she was connected to Super Mina and started crying out of nowhere, or when Senju defended Iida and froze when she was told she was loved. I'm curious about Mina's updates; maybe they are just facial sensors or something like that. I don't think it has to do with more facial personality, although that wouldn't be bad. But I'm also intrigued by Mina's previous owner since they are being mentioned a lot. |
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| Not gonna lie, despite the title, the managed to convey Mina's character development beautifully. Also, Takuma's loneliness and desperate longing for companionship was kinda soul crushing to see, because it will take a heaving emotional tool to endure two full weeks without Mina. |
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| I quite liked the home movies style first bit of the episode, it’s smart of Takuma to get videos of Mina before whatever changes she’s about to go through. And we got introduced to Iida and Senju in this one, who came to inspect Mina and ship her off to be upgraded, and they revealed some interesting things about the way the Mina Series robots work and how they are treated differently if they’re considered a family member, and I kinda get Iida’s thinking on “they’re just machines”, but see how that changes when you make your robot look like a cute girl lol, if they were very robot in design then it would make more sense to treat them as simply a machine, thankfully Iida learned an important lesson by the end of her meeting with Takuma, I liked that she overloaded Senju after that too lol, Senju is quite the simp for Iida. It was pretty spooky tho when Takuma witnessed Senju going through Mina’s head, that would be like seeing your wife get open brain surgery lol, thankfully Mina’s hands covered where it was open so Takuma didn't get the full view, it’s just unfortunate Takuma had to be restrained since Senju took his raised voice as a threat to Iida, it thankfully ended there tho. And Mina rapid fire kissing Takuma before she left was gold lol, good thing Senju didn’t witness that, otherwise she may have been deemed a threat to humans. It’s sad seeing Mina go, but I’m interested in seeing what upgrade she picked, it will either be something that shakes the series or just a slight change. And it looks like that tiny robot is gonna sorta be like their kid, I had a feeling that was what it was gonna be. |
| Them taking pictures together was really cute, especially Mina's peace. The way Takuma immediately said stop when he realized her memories could be reset was great. I absolutely love this series and can't wait for next week's episode. I'm so curious to see what Mina's upgrade is. |
| Takuma having all these wacky stress dreams and I keep expecting Mina to roll up a few days later ready to live her best scuba diving Mina life |
| I really liked this episode, sure not a lot happened but seeing this side of Takuma and Mina's relationship was sweet. |
| My Wife Left Me (For Two Weeks). Such a hilarious episode title lol. Takuma taking pictures of Mina so he could use them to remember her for the 2 weeks she's absent is pretty cute. Also, Mina used the peace sign the wrong way. Pretty sure that sign is the equivalent of flipping the bird in the UK. Tho I'm not sure if it's still used nowadays. Senju opening Mina's head was one creepy scene. It felt like something was gonna go wrong. But nothing too serious happened. Tho I still wonder what's the explanation for Mina to write Takuma's name in the omelet from that first episode. This episode had a pretty dystopian feel to it. The company giving monthly inspection and memory backups for free? What's the catch? It seems like they're just doing this to avoid a lawsuit. Maybe they or another company already got sued for damaging a family robot. Anyway, I suppose it makes an excellent excuse for Senju and Iida to become recurring characters in the series. People making a CL series robot a family member is unprecedented? Seems to me that either the company or the series of robots is new. Otherwise, humans would make any robot a family member if they get attached to it. Doesn't matter what it is. It could even be a fucking Roomba if it had personality. Despite the funny episode name, it does seem a bit sad that Takuma will be away from his wife for 2 weeks. The dude's gonna get lonely. Hopefully, his friend with the Super Mina robot or his sister will come to visit him. Mina didn't get her upgrade in this episode. I should've expected it. But it seems like that bird robot thing from the OP and ED will make its debut in the next episode. But the next episode's title is "An Appliance Became My Child"? Wtf. Out of all things, I wasn't expecting THAT. I thought it was just gonna be a pet bruh. Can't wait to see Mina's upgrade tho. Hopefully, Takuma won't need to get headbutted on his face multiple times anymore. That seems very painful. |
| The title of the preview is incredible. lmao |
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a little bit of manufactured drama when Takuma has to be restrained by the Senju robot I thought, but still a nice pay off from the scene when the employee realised the family dynamic. Sweet at the end when Senju froze from hearing how the employee was fond of her haha. The show continues to be very sweet.
Mina's shoes were super cute!
Mina's shoes were super cute!
| @YordaTrico To be honest, they could have been sued for the attack on Takuma by Senju, and Senju could possibly have been dismantled. As the human inspector stated, she deviated from protocol and skipped the warning going directly to physical violence over him simply raising his voice. I'm a bit curious about how they can possibly give her an "emotional package" (assuming that's what she's ordered; we have no way of really knowing) without being able to scan her "brain." (One hint about the upgrade was her unironically offering to let him keep her hands... I don't think you'll be able to do a whole body skin makeup without those.) Well done over-all, this show is progressing in quality, but this was a transitional episode and I hope we'll get the big reveal in the next. |
| Free monthly maintenance and free memory backups? Something isn't right here. They are either going to closely monitor and observe their relationship or conduct social experiments vicariously through their relationship. |
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| This episode was pretty boring except for the fact that they showed a new robot from the series, Mina, and the main character's fetish for robots. Damn, he's turned on by a robot's warm belly The comment was written by a translator, the original is in Russian, nya! |
| That must have been scary for Takuma they were close to erasing Mina. Also Senju could easily kill someone with those extra arms. |
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I let out tears at this part of the episode when she said "I have a.... fondness for you" 😭😭 <3 I love this series |
WerewolfAshen said: yeah, they do all seem to be capable of emotion, and all capable of advanced thought too, as long as they are networked with a single Mina who is advanced-thought-capable ... which is concerning, given their legal status as property. I'm enjoying the series, but I'm really hung up on wanting the Minas to have legal rights as people. I would be super delighted if they found a way to just work that into the mood and vibe of the sweet little romcom, just let us enjoy a carefree future utopia where as soon as people understand that the Mina series are just another type of person, society embraces them and enshrines their rights, and nobody is a jackass about it. Unfortunately, if there is ever a bid to confer personhood upon them, expect a section of society to oppose it vehemently and basically riot. In real life that's true, but even within the context of fantasy and/or Sci-Fi anime, it's such an omnipresent factor that even there they probably try to allude to or incorporate the sense of opposition and tension in some way. |
| Aww, also felt lil sad when Mina left. This new Senju robot seems interesting too. Made me lol how she got shocked at the end. Maybe she and Mina aren't too different. |
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0451 said:
Takuma taking pictures of Mina so he could use them to remember her for the 2 weeks she's absent is pretty cute.
Takuma taking pictures of Mina so he could use them to remember her for the 2 weeks she's absent is pretty cute.
No. He's taking pictures so he remembers what she was like before the upgrades. He outright said this, and it was obvious given the events up until now. He wants to remember his cute, resin-plate-face Nina after she gets squishy. His inner conflict over it has been pretty much front and center so far.
0451 said:
This episode had a pretty dystopian feel to it. The company giving monthly inspection and memory backups for free? What's the catch? It seems like they're just doing this to avoid a lawsuit. Maybe they or another company already got sued for damaging a family robot. Anyway, I suppose it makes an excellent excuse for Senju and Iida to become recurring characters in the series.
This episode had a pretty dystopian feel to it. The company giving monthly inspection and memory backups for free? What's the catch? It seems like they're just doing this to avoid a lawsuit. Maybe they or another company already got sued for damaging a family robot. Anyway, I suppose it makes an excellent excuse for Senju and Iida to become recurring characters in the series.
They said it right in the episode: Kill enough people's precious family members through malicious overwrites, or through neglect, and eventually someone's going to go Kamikaze on them. All it takes is one particularly lonely guy losing his only family because the company decided to discontinue some part and suddenly everyone has to look over their shoulders for the rest of their lives.
0451 said:
Doesn't matter what it is. It could even be a fucking Roomba if it had personality.
Doesn't matter what it is. It could even be a fucking Roomba if it had personality.
Funny you mention that...
Love_And_Forward said:
(One hint about the upgrade was her unironically offering to let him keep her hands... I don't think you'll be able to do a whole body skin makeup without those.)
(One hint about the upgrade was her unironically offering to let him keep her hands... I don't think you'll be able to do a whole body skin makeup without those.)
I mean, the robots are clearly built to be modular. They'd need to be able to get the skin on and off to do that.
HyperlinkBlocked said: Oh yeah, dunno why I forgot that. But still it doesn't mean he won't use the photos for the purpose he mentioned. No. He's taking pictures so he remembers what she was like before the upgrades. He outright said this, and it was obvious given the events up until now. He wants to remember his cute, resin-plate-face Nina after she gets squishy. His inner conflict over it has been pretty much front and center so far. HyperlinkBlocked said: In other words the company just wants to save their own ass in case something happens. Not too different from what I said. They said it right in the episode: Kill enough people's precious family members through malicious overwrites, or through neglect, and eventually someone's going to go Kamikaze on them. All it takes is one particularly lonely guy losing his only family because the company decided to discontinue some part and suddenly everyone has to look over their shoulders for the rest of their lives. |
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@HyperlinkBlocked Sapient
Intelligent; able to think.
Sentience
The quality of being able to experience feelings.
Sentient
Able to experience feelings.
Mina series Artificial Intelligences are sapient but not sentient beings. Attaining sentience would be the ultimate evolutionary step for AIs.
Intelligent; able to think.
Sentience
The quality of being able to experience feelings.
Sentient
Able to experience feelings.
Mina series Artificial Intelligences are sapient but not sentient beings. Attaining sentience would be the ultimate evolutionary step for AIs.
| @leonardobarba They're literally sentient. This entire story has been about robots having their own feelings. From Mina cherishing everything about Takuma, to feeling pride when her specs come into play (Especially when compared favorably to other machines', as evidenced by her frequent Smug Tilts), to Super Mina being happy to be called a friend, and caring deeply about her master, to showing interest in anything and everything, to feeling guilt and shame when unable to perform a task, all the way to Senju feeling particularly protective of her partner, to the point that she disregards protocol to protect said partner, to outright being shocked into a hard reset when finding out her partner likes her. And, spoiler, these are the emotionally stunted ones. The title is an explicit lie to play on your preconceived notions of what robots are capable of experiencing.  |
HyperlinkBlockedAug 4, 12:33 PM
| I really liked the manga until the robot club. I like the anime. it's such a shame they chose to animate it because it's cheap and lazy work, not because they're passionate about it. too bad the egg thing draws closer... |
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@acidbart He doesn't go for Super Mina because it's an unbelievably expensive upgrade. The guy is opposed to accepting any upgrades at all. The one who wanted upgrades was Mina, and she got to choose those on her own. That said, he loves Mina just the way she is. And while he knows there are clear advantages to having a soft Mina, it's not the Mina he fell for.
| @HyperlinkBlocked As far as I understand the "Super Mina" isn't an upgrade at all, that's just another robot. What Mina wanted was the "Mina Series Deluxe Option Set," and that was in the second half of the book which she kept for herself. The first half was the products; the second was the upgrades. |
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