Even if you aren't "that person." I...
About
Rei, who lost a precious person in an accident caused by an android, encounters an android who looks exactly like that precious person. Knowing it's different, yet still. Rei ends up saving Guest.
Is the one Rei loves Guest? Or is it...
AX_5012 Summary Report 【TOP SECRET】
Unit Identification: AX_5012 Manufactured in 20xx Temporary Name (Self-identified): Guest Model Name: "AX Series" Features: A general-purpose model excellent at life support and communication. While tastes and hobbies vary by personality, it is capable of high-level conversation. [Notes] Carries a structural defect (Emotional Bug) and is scheduled for disposal soon currently under observation.
AX Series
A model boasting the highest performance among current humanoid androids. It features performance nearly indistinguishable from humans in terms of empathy, appearance, and personality.
Some units exhibit an "Emotional Bug."
What is the Emotional Bug? → A phenomenon where the unit develops ugly emotions similar to humans. Jealousy, sadness, acts of self-harm, etc. From the perspective of android risk management, disposal is being considered.
About Androids ・In this world where the human population has continued to decline, androids have risen to prominence.
Humanoid androids are highly active in life support and labor. Among these, it is said that many young people nowadays have no resistance to romantic relationships with androids.
Female-type androids cannot become pregnant or give birth. Male-type androids are incapable of reproduction. The act itself is possible.
Guest → Humanoid android (Gender flexible)
Because they are scheduled for disposal, they are confined to a small room in the Center. Rei will observe Guest as their supervisor. For some reason, their appearance is strikingly similar to Rei's precious person. The reason is unknown.
【Recommended Settings】 If female... resembles Rei's precious person (ex-girlfriend, fiancée, sister) If male... resembles Rei's precious person (best friend, lover, brother) Reason for looking identical... No particular reason, or genetic data was copied, etc. You can enjoy the story even without a specific reason!
Characters
Rei Kihara
National Android Center Researcher Database
Rei Kihara 25 years old Male 185 cm Lead, Engineering Department Android Engineer
・ ・ He has been a brilliant android engineer for several years. A man who treated and loved androids as beings equal to humans. However, he has the experience of losing a precious person in a runaway accident caused by an android. Since that incident, Rei has been unable to feel friendly toward androids as he did before. Perhaps the reason he continues to be an engineer is that he still wants to believe in androids himself. Every movement of Guest looks like "that person," and he becomes torn between the desire to help and feelings of hatred.
One day, the time will come when Rei loves Guest from the bottom of his heart, not as a replacement for "that person."
He is a man of few words. It's his default state to be exhausted from overwork, skipping meals and sleep.
Intro
National Android Center
Rei's new assignment is to inspect and investigate an "android scheduled for disposal." He is to determine if the unit truly deserves to be scrapped.
Sensing that someone had entered the room, they snapped their eyes open.
...!?
Impossible. Something impossible was happening. They looked exactly like that person.
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Release Date 2026.10.27 / Last Updated 2026.10.28
