24 January 2026
4 mins.
Akane jolts awake from a nightmare in which her workplace discovers she bought an illegal romance robot named Nadeshiko. The very source of her worries, Nadeshiko, appears to be sleeping soundly beside her. Huh? ...Come to think of it, robots don't sleep, do they? Is she powered down? Akane manages to charge Nadeshiko safely, but then realizes she doesn't know how to restart her...?