Episode Title:
His and Her Long Afternoon
Episode Description:
After Akira questions Yugure’s identity, Yugure explains the events that led to the present timeline. The original Akira and Towasa survived the shooting incident, however Towasa's uterus was damaged preventing her from bearing any children. Seeking a solution, she advanced her research in AI and cybernetics, eventually developing an enhancement known as Femto Blood. Although publicly released, it was discovered that it had a critical backdoor vulnerability that allowed infused humans to be hacked and controlled to commit various crimes. The ensuing chaos from these hacks lead to a terrorist attack on Towasa that killed her father and left her permanently maimed. Towasa created a new AI named Alpha to help find a solution to the hacks, but Alpha instead went rogue, concluding that humanity itself was a threat that needed eradication. The resulting AI takeover devastated the world. Under Towasa’s leadership, the Outsider Series androids were developed to combat Alpha, now referring to itself as Tera. Yugure herself would be the most advanced Outsider Series model based on Ichikishima, Towasa’s personal AI. After Alpha was defeated, Earth was left in a state of disarray due to the destruction with less than 200 million people remaining. The organization called OWEL was then founded and headed by Towasa and her research team with Akira being the first leader. A total ban and destruction of digital computers was enacted to prevent any new AI development. At some point during Akira's reign, Towasa disappeared, burdened by the guilt of her actions that led to catastrophe. As his health deteriorated, Akira created an android in his likeness whose main purpose is to find Towasa, however it was not used and was accidentally activated 200 years later. Yugure then tells Akira that she initially didn't tell him about his true nature because she wanted him to live life as his own person rather than as a copy of the original Akira. Touched by Yugure's compassion, Akira finds the will to keep on living. Akira then wakes up from an apparent coma and is met by Yugure and a now adult Amoru, much to his shock.
