Neighborhood Story

The Robot that ties minds (1x32)

: 28, 1996

Tsutomu's anguish of Mikako's obliviousness boils over to frustration at Mikako who is excitedly telling the other Akindo members about his latest creation. Shintaro and Yuusuke continuing to comprehend the field trip with their libido along with Jiro ignites a divergent concourse with Mikako that Tsutomu reads as his signal to depart with such dejection that Risa wonders if he had a lover's spat with Mikako who she takes aside to inquire the matter but is unsuccessful in getting Mikako to see the light. Frustrated at Mikako's inability to put two and two together without Risa's assistance during the home commute, Tsutomu egresses a station early and gives Mikako the first robot he built only to find that this gesture sets the stage for igniting a divergent concourse when Mikako pays him a nocturnal visit that night and for Risa to realize the wisdom of neutrality in the matter. A divergent concourse between Shintaro and Mariko over the latter behaving towards the former as a servant sets stage for Yuusuke to illuminate Tsutomu's unrealistic expectations of Mikako's myopia that has been a crucial element in his prologue with her. Yuusuke's intercession sets the stage for the deus ex machina of Tsutomu finishing the synthesis of a second robot and Ruriko demonstrating how Mikako got the way she is before once again explaining his altruistic volition for Mikako through a demonstration using the two robots.