With a morning routine like that, I would get up on time everyday.
But the question is, why does she boot Nadeshiko up in the morning, when the latter just sits there doing nothing all day? Why not boot her up in the evening, after she comes back from work? It will save even more battery life, and there is less risk that Nadeshiko randomly wanders out of the apartment and gets discovered by the neighbors.
Sometimes I think that the Japanese have their priorities all scrambled up. :/
Isn't that how any conservative society operates, though? Known evils are bad, but everyone pretends they don't exist out of "respect for tradition", but everything new and modern -- like the use of AI technologies to address the omnipresent alienation endemic in the highly-urbanized world -- is a capital-E Evil and deserves the harshest condemnation.
The more highly advanced the robot is, the greater the concern that it's sentient. So the more similar a sex robot (i.e. a robot whose purpose is to provide sex, and is not allowed to refuse) is to a human, the more similar it is to a sex slave as well, in practical terms. Nadeshiko is very easy to mistake for a bio-human, even if it's unclear if she's actually sentient.
This could be a reason for a legal ban of realistic sex robots, and a the reason why Tsuda may feel bad about leaving Nadeshiko in "sleep mode" longer than necessary. Powering off Nadeshiko any time she doesn't "need" her (e.g. for sex, or companionship) might feel like denying any semblance of individuality or agency from her, perceived or real.
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