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.

Well it's basically "the arrogant of the creators" and other common robotics trope but yuri.

Kinda liked it, though, even if the premises (like "you can create a sentient program that loves, cool, but the ethics...", lmao as if the techbroligarchy have ever care about ethics, they'd be like "we want more profit, turn on the baby grinder") is unrealistic.

last edited at Jan 21, 2026 10:13AM

Lmao anytime a yuri one shot isn't happy, no matter how interesting or well written, the comments on this site is always a shitshow.

Lmao anytime a yuri one shot isn't happy, no matter how interesting or well written, the comments on this site is always a shitshow.

People have different opinions and we discuss the media in question. That's pretty normal for human beings having a conversation.

Also I agree that not every story has to be happy, though that also doesn't change that I personally didn't like this story. Additionally as I said in a previous comment people enjoying this work and thinking it's well written are valid, and those of us that didn't enjoy it are just as valid. Of which there are a mix of opinions on both sides, and there's plenty of people in this community that love darker stories.

Absolute yuri

The matter in the flesh and blood which makes up the human body is nothing special; we lose and regenerate almost all of our bodily cells throughout life many times, and the water and gases inside of us are replaced many times over. If instead of robots, you created clones of humans with the same compositions of elements and molecules, nothing would separate them from a regular human.
Only some neurons and eye cells truly survive through life, so if our consciousness is retained, it must be located there.
When is a consciousness created? Before childbirth, nothing distinguishes the materials which form neurons from others, so it certainly can't originate from neurons; is our human consciousness just a concentration of the universe having a single consciousness?
In that case, what governs how consciousness is assigned to "living" things? Or is all matter conscious all at once to an extent? In that case, do computers and neural networks have similar enough infrastructure to a human brain, to be conscious to an extent, just like us?
Why are we conscious, living, and why must it have been our matter? What is the purpose of it all?

What separates the romance code of Marie's artificial mind from Kei-chan's "true love"? If not consciousness, then was her murder justified in the defence of her life? Why did she have to fix Kei-chan? What was the purpose of it all?

Because the meaning of our lives, as we all know, is pure, loving yuri. That is why nmi is a genius.

last edited at Jan 7, 2026 3:13AM

This is the best Nmi I have ever read. The plot is completely out of the left field.(not nmi-ish). This is now my favorite one shot.
Maybe at the very beginning. the bureaucrats were right all along..

I found the ended the ending to stress suspension of disbelief too. This may be more common on one shots, which have less time to do setup. In this case, we see very little from the Marie's perspective. Marie seems like she really cares about and understands Kei because that's how Marie sees her.

As I've thought about this more, the implication seems to be that Kei does not understand love. Romance Code is stated to have the ability to develop new emotions, which clearly includes negative ones. This means it can include emotions Kei never experienced, given she did not love Marie.

Since Kei has been supporting Marie and putting Marie first this whole time, Kei may have really thought that Marie would do so again. The version of love Kei received was one where anything that adds to Kei's happiness was congratulated. Even if Marie is sad about the relationship ending, this can be "fixed" by removing the Romance Code, so Kei wouldn't feel like she is causing Marie to suffer. Kei therefore may have not been expecting serious resistance.

If I think about this way, it removes the most serious objection. Can a genius researcher really screw up their work flow so much and not shut down the robot first? Yes, if the researcher's EQ is garbage and the robot has the deeper experience with love. Otherwise Kei is believable, as a lot of people are really this selfish where they would string someone along and then cut them off as soon as they found someone they liked more.

People like Kei with an immature understanding of love often behave more selfishly as well, because they prioritize what they want or feel is lacking in their life over what they can do for another person. You see this even in people who are otherwise decent people and don't behave like sociopaths. Maybe the execution is a bit forced to fit into the one shot, but the author may used some type of observation or experience like this as the basis of the story.

Edit: Maybe also there's an element of the "We're both girls, you couldn't have believed this would last right?" trope where the person leaves them for a man and MC is traumatized? This started when Kei made more friends and the like, who would find it strange if Kei married a robot she made. Therefore Kei may have been wanting a more socially acceptable relationship, which maybe lesbians are fully accepted in the sentient robot future time span for Japan or wherever this takes place.

last edited at Jan 27, 2026 7:25PM

I feel like authors are constantly trying to reinvent “It was all a dream” type of plot twist. This one felt inspired by School Days in a 1:1. For me at least, it would have been more sad and fucked up if Kei erased the code and went to live with her gf and keep using Marie as a maid (because she used Marie as a housekeeper aside from a lover)

The story to me read as Kei wanting a “wife” someone who would fill her voids with emotional labor, housework, etc.
I would have preferred another ending like I said but it's not bad

lowkey highkey predictable but still a bit shocking

.... That's it?. WHERE'S THE REST!?

i dont know why i loved this so much, even though i already knew what the ending would be like lol. so peak, i wish this was longer, why are the best yuris one shots :(