Episode Title:
Do Androids Dream of Electric Doves?
Episode Description:
Angered at Akira being hurt, Yugure neutralizes the Lontano boss and his men, but spares their lives at Akira's request. Akira regains consciousness a week later, and learns that Fides usurped her father to become the new head of the Lontano family, and plans to reform it alongside Kalcrom. As Akira's group leave Aomori, they stop at Nyūtō Onsen at Kalcrom's suggestion. Upon arriving, they meet inn proprietress Ajisai, local OWEL commissioner Haniyama, and fellow guest Yokurata. Ajisai and Haniyama are in the midst of a lovers' spat due to Haniyama refusing to quit her job to spend more time with Ajisai as the former had promised. While bathing in the hot springs, Yugure confides to Amoru that she lately has a strange feeling in her chest when she is around Akira, which Amoru points out must be love. That evening, Yokurata reveals himself as an ex-OWEL employee to Akira, and explains the history that happened while Akira was asleep: In 2052, war between humanity and AI broke out, destroying half of Japan and inflicting billions of deaths. Towasa was instrumental in ending the war with the creation of the "Outside Series" of combat androids, but she subsequently disappeared after founding OWEL; OWEL afterwards instituted strict controls on technology and information to prevent another such war from happening again. After Akira spends some time in the hot springs with Yugure and Amoru, Amoru plans to travel with Yokurata and Haniyama to a scenic spot to sketch while Yugure asks Akira out on a date.
