Episode Title:
Echo
Episode Description:
Mamoru awakes and meets two members of Echosoft, both named Echo, where Alcohol Soft is located in the 1990s. He runs out and finds the PC-9801VM to confirm it is 1985. Mamoru is soon hired as a part-time worker and does programming on bishōjo games. The manager, Echo, composes background music using Music Macro Language and programming for the game's characters, with Mamoru showing him the dithering technique. The other assistant, Echo Two, asks Mamoru for his opinion on the clothes she wears. When Echo says he comes from a place that has no imagination, Mamoru attempts to show him what it is. One day, Echo Two disappears for a week without warning. After searching, Mamoru eventually finds her. While she does not know what "worried" means, she decides to go back with him to Echosoft. Later, Echo and Echo Two merge after both realize they know what imagination means. Mamoru meets Echo up on the roof, who says everything has been created thanks to "shared imagination". Echo and Echo Two wish him farewell and Mamoru is transported back to 1999. He tries to collect himself and realizes everything he bought in 1985 was left behind.
