Boku no Tsuma wa Kanjou ga Nai Episode 4 Discussion

Not a fan of the "Super Mina" character.

Honestly, at first, I was unnerved as how "robotic" the original Mina character was, but I've realized it works well, to convey android technology in a realistic light. Not just through appearance or mannerisms, but speech patterns as well.

Now that we've been introduced to "Super Mina", I think it kind of defeats the purpose of the whole show. I understand that Super Mina is supposed to be "Super" and an upgrade, but the mannerisms are too human and lifelike, to the point of the character not even coming off like a robot. Not to mention how inefficient this "robot" is at times, literally losing its owner and not being able to retain a conversation because it has a distractible personality of its own.

Yeah, I know this is an anime. A fictional story. A "cartoon". We've seen very human-like robots in other anime too. But this one was pretty special because it dipped into the uncanny valley a bit. I've gotten used to the somewhat "primitive" nature of the original Mina. Its vacant stare and overly technical speech pattern. It was the DNA of this show. But to repeat myself, the attributes of "Super Mina" sort of defeat the purpose. For me, anyway. I think there are probably more *subtle* ways to make Super Mina "super", while remaining grounded in the technological art of androids that this story initially sought to explore.

Edit: I rewatched the episode. Yeah the fact that "Super Mina" doesn't even recognize that the MC isn't even her "master" upon hearing his voice doesn't make her very "super".

Edit: This show's still an 8 or 9 out of 10 for me, 4 episodes in. But my score my dip as characters grow more outlandish and stray from the precedents set by the first 3 episodes.

@WaifuSandwich If Super Mina upsets you, then I suggest you stop watching this series before you see the other robots...

@HyperlinkBlocked I'd say I'm more disheartened than upset. I admired this story for being so grounded and relatively mundane, it was a mature change of pace. I think I'll keep watching just to see how the OG Mina x MC dynamic pans out, but yeah, what an absolute shame they'd waste the story's potential by introducing other outlandish "robots" that don't even possess any robotic attributes. I was hoping that wouldn't be the case... but now that you've warned me, at least I won't get my hopes up going forward. I'm going in blind so that's definitely good to know.

Another robot from the Mina series that surprised me.

Basically she looks like an ordinary human, but unexpectedly she is a robot too. So, she is also the same as Mina, which is called the Super Mina.

A good episode with them at the beach also looks fun.