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This weeks episode is all about Vivy and her being forced to do something no AI before her has had to do: some serious soul searching.

Up until this point, the series structure has been following a simple pattern with each of Vivys adventures taking place over two episodes. Each first episode tends to set up the mystery and then end on a cliffhanger that recontextualizes what weve seen so far. Each second episode shows us how Vivy overcomes the actual problem and grows in the process. However, with this episode, the pattern is broken. The Ophelia arc looks to be a three-part story rather than a two-part one—which makes sense...

Last episode ended on a massive cliffhanger as Vivy realized that, by being directly responsible for the death of a human, her latest mission as “Vivy” had led to her contradicting her mission as “Diva.” With this, the walls she put up to allow her to have two missions at once came crashing down—leading to the AI equivalent of a mental breakdown. Unfortunately, this weeks episode isnt about Vivy struggling to come to terms with what happened and possibly becoming an AI unlike any othe...

©Aniplex, Funimation, Vivy Score What they say: Many years have passed since the incident at Metal Float. Vivy, now going by the stage name Diva, is a popular songstress A.I. who packs stadiums after having her memory of the Singularity Project wiped. The annual Zodiac Festival approaches and now Matsumoto must convince Vivy to stop the next turning point in A.I. history. The review: Content (Please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers): Vivy has not only had the inciden...

“In which our heroine breaks herself.” In this episode, the mystery of the “Mother” AI is revealed. It is she, not the AI walking around with Dr. Saeki, who is actually Grace. Though to call the Mother AI “Grace” is somewhat missing the point: AIs develop and evolve around their mission. By having her mission change from “to save human life as a nursing AI” to “to ensure the Metal Floats survival for the sake of humankind,” shes basically suffered a death of personality. Her...

WIT STUDIO EXPANDED INTO ROBOTIC SCI-FI WITH VIVY -FLUORITE EYES SONG-. THE SHOW EXPLORED TIME TRAVEL, EMERGENT AI, AND ONES SEARCH FOR IDENTITY. VIVY WAS STREAMED ON VIVY. IT WAS CALLED THIS WEEK IN ANIME. Steve Beep boop my name is Steve and I am a robot with one mission: making bad jokes at the expense of a different anime each week. Its a pleasure. Steve, I say this about a lot of shows I cover, and I never stop meaning it: Vivy came out of nowhere for me, and it definitely was my pleasu...

©Aniplex, Funimation What they say: Five years have passed since the incident with the Sunrise Hotel and Vivy has slowly been growing the size of her audience with her performances. Now Matsumoto is back with her next mission to stop the upcoming war between humans and A.I. She must shut down an A.I.-based plant, which was constructed 20 years earlier than expected as a result of their changing of history. At the center is a former Toak member and researcher and the first human spouse to an A....