Awesome / Beatless

• Arato rescues Lacia from a serious stalker. Say what you will, this boy has courage for a doormat. (Though he's reportedly less of a doormat in the novel version?)

• Lacia was about to be taken by the Mad Scientist but Arato stops this by confessing to his hIE that he loves her. That confession alone made Lacia who has shown to be stoic and quiet to actually emote. Whatever this feeling inside, she found the drive to pull away that device that allows any other to be her owner. That's Undying Loyalty right there.

• Kouka's episode is one big send off for her and she went out with a bang. Fighting not just Memeframe's security forces but also an entire military unit. Eventhough she lost most of her body, she kept on fighting till the end. At least she did a goal worthwhile for herself — and she also succeeded at making herself a political symbol, as an martyr clothed in dramatic irony, the AI who fought against AI.

• After being called an abomination countless times, Lacia finally has the chance to call out Ryo. She basically points out all of the flaws of his Fantastic Racism that if humans are so superior over hIE, why were the latter created in the first place which is another way of saying if Ryo feels such a weak bug, blame himself for that.
  • Lacia reveals why she went out when Arato wasn't around. She hired PMCs for help in the fight against Methode and the other hIE and hired a fake film crew to cover up their battles. Since she is the 40th supercomputer, it's as amazing as it is terrifying.

• Arato getting to punch Ryo is immensely satisfying and especially his "The Reason You Suck" Speech where he tears down all of Ryo's rants and concludes that Ryo isn't so different from Memeframe, the military and the Antibody Network who halfheartedly preach about saving human lives but by the end are bullies, only care about themselves and will sacrifice others for their own benefit.

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