I quite liked this

Nevermind, nmi does miss sometimes

last edited at Jan 23, 2025 12:28PM

This was quite the ride. I liked it, not all stories have to be happy so it shows the author's range.

After watching Neuro-sama’s livestreams for a while and having seen clips of her existential and philosophical discussions with Vedal, reading this feels even more unsettling.

It's really funny to me that so many people here are saying "hah, Kei really deserved getting killed and rebuilt in her own robot's image because she cheated on the robot she designed to be emotionally dependent on her".

Whereas I'm gonna say: Hah, Kei really deserved getting killed and rebuilt in her own robot's image because she had the arrogance to program a robot to feel uncontrollable emotional attachment to her, without considering the consequences."

A mad scientist done in by her own invention indeed. Yet another stellar work from Nmi that shows their range as an author.

crazy to me that people are trying to say this was a miss from nmi. sometimes things aren't for you and that's fine! It doesn't mean the work is bad though. "I like this media" and "this media is good" are not equivalent thoughts. I think the fact that this work has 5 pages of comments despite being a single chapter is a testament to how powerful it is, emotionally. If it was bad you wouldn't have cared: what it is is disturbing. And that's clearly intentional.

I've been talking a lot lately to a friend who feels compelled to provide emotional labor for others, and this makes me think of that real-world scenario in a way that good sci-fi is supposed to. Are some of us not "designed," trained to fulfill the needs of others? Do we not take for granted the work of others in our lives? Fickleness, unreliability of the heart, and compelled kindness: both of these things exist, and they engage with each other in destructive ways. Loneliness, heartbreak, codependency--many different dynamics arise when people who are "programmed" in certain ways interact with each other, and I think this manga does an excellent job of evoking them, bringing out those emotions, so that this emotional conundrum can be processed and considered from within.

It's a really fantastic oneshot demonstrating both the depth and range of nmi's abilities.

crazy to me that people are trying to say this was a miss from nmi. sometimes things aren't for you and that's fine! It doesn't mean the work is bad though. "I like this media" and "this media is good" are not equivalent thoughts. I think the fact that this work has 5 pages of comments despite being a single chapter is a testament to how powerful it is, emotionally. If it was bad you wouldn't have cared: what it is is disturbing. And that's clearly intentional.

I've been talking a lot lately to a friend who feels compelled to provide emotional labor for others, and this makes me think of that real-world scenario in a way that good sci-fi is supposed to. Are some of us not "designed," trained to fulfill the needs of others? Do we not take for granted the work of others in our lives? Fickleness, unreliability of the heart, and compelled kindness: both of these things exist, and they engage with each other in destructive ways. Loneliness, heartbreak, codependency--many different dynamics arise when people who are "programmed" in certain ways interact with each other, and I think this manga does an excellent job of evoking them, bringing out those emotions, so that this emotional conundrum can be processed and considered from within.

It's a really fantastic oneshot demonstrating both the depth and range of nmi's abilities.

I generally look at discussions to see what people have to say, so that's why I'm here again. With that said, I think this has a lot of comments because it's divisive, some people think it's good, some think it's bad, others are indifferent. I think those are all perfectly fine responses to have, and it generates conversation. Which just because something generates conversation doesn't mean it's good or bad. Personally I think this story is badly written, and does a bad job at handling it's topic and themes, where as you think it's good and maybe even a masterpiece. That's perfectly fine, as it's okay to agree to disagree. Everyone's reaction and personal opinion on the story is valid, that's all I want to say.

The plot ain't perfect alright, but I'm not so critical of such things, otherwise I wouldn't like a lot of things that I like.

To me what makes this oneshot so special is it's main philosophical question; Since "real" love suffers from things such as adultery and divorce, is a robot's unending & unconditional love truer than "real" love? This artificial love that is simply a program is also the title of this oneshot. So I'm gonna say that the ending isn't a bad ending that came outta nowhere, it fits the story. It is still a surprise.