When we last left off, Akira had jumped in harm’s way in order to protect an android of all things, but fine, chalk it up to instincts. Let’s just accept that his body moved before he could think logically. But even as he’s bleeding out, he tells Yugure not to kill the mafia boss who is hellbent on enslaving her for his own selfish ends. He’ll probably end up issuing orders to kill him and Amoru too. Why would he spare them? No, it’s not that I want to see Yugure butcher her enemies. I’m not asking for anyone to die. But the last thing I would do in a dangerous situation is to put conditions on what my savior can do. “Oh no, my house in on fire! Please save me, heroic fireman! But please, can you not break down my door or get my house wet? Can you just put the fire out without doing either of those things? Gee, thanks.” It’s ridiculous.

The cold opening tells us nothing we don’t already know: Yugure understands perfectly what a marriage is, she’s devoted to Akira and Akira only, and she loves the fact that he’s loyal to the one he loves even though it’s not her. Nevertheless, Yugure goes on a date with Kalcrom just to make Akira jealous. Before anyone else can properly react, Fides also shows up to drag Akira on a date as well. Yay, we have ourselves a double date. Aren’t you excited? I’m totally am. In the end, Yugure ends up being more jealous of Fides than Akira is of Kalcrom. To top it all off, they even allow Amoru to tag along. Sigh, this isn’t exactly what I had in mind when I was looking forward to a post-apocalyptic story about AI and androids.

Honestly, I am kind of disappointed in this week’s episode. When we last left off, Amoru had betrayed Akira and Yugure, but she was the only one to get captured by Marlum, the flamboyant version of Caniss. They look exactly alike because they’re cousins, okay? Don’t you look exactly like your cousin as well? I sure d-… no wait, I don’t. Not one bit. But I digress. Anyways, Akira naturally wanted to save Amoru, but this flied against Yugure’s “operating principles,” so she refused to help. As a result, Akira accused her of being a heartless android.