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Sunday, December 13, 2009

Absolute Boyfriend/Zettai Kareshi Episode 5 Synopsis

Namikiri is surprised that Night still recalls Riiko's name after rebooting from her kiss, a behavior peculiar of Night's specifications. Naimikiri however, chooses to conceal this discovery from his chief. Meanwhile Night returns to the care of Riiko, who faces a serious shortage in cash after paying Night's monthly instalment.

At work, Riiko tries to explain the matter to Mika. Mika simply denies she was ever interested in Night and that she was trying to let patch up and now feels happy for her. Soon, Riiko hears word that her cream puff would be put on sale at the Tokyo Sweets Exhibition. For it, Soshi requests her help to make all of the cream puffs with him with a possible cash bonus if the puffs sell well. Soshi's brother, however doubts Riiko's capabilities, but was overruled by the president's decision to let her try.

During dinner, Night suggests to use unused candles he brought back from office to replace the lamps at home. They have sardines for their dinner to meet their budget. As Night is a robot needless of food, Riiko takes his share for herself.

Namikiri visits to inspect Night's program and worry what the change in his program might cause, a fact he keeps from Riiko as well. At the bar with Soshi and Riiko, Night reveals emotion of jealousy when he sees the two of them together. Similarly at the office's kitchen, Night smashes plates unto the floor while Riiko and Soshi are discussing about the puffs. For both incidents, Night instantly resumes to normal without memory of what he did.
Worried, Riiko informs Namikiri who begins to monitor Night tightly. At Kronos, mass production of Night's model has been approved, but Namikiri is not entirely happy with it.

At the exhibition, the puffs' sale was extremely poor, causing Soshi to be reprimanded by his brother. Despite this failure, Soshi remains optimistic and cheers Riiko not to lose hope so easily.

The next day, the company receives customers' complaints about Asamoto's products for the fact they are prepared by a temp worker, refered to Riiko. For this, Soshi is demoted, and Riiko feels guilty. Night tries to understand Riiko's feelings, an advice he gets from the lady bar owner on being an ideal boyfriend.

At the same time, Night learns that Mika is actually the one who masterminded the whole customer complaints' incident, and confronts her. During which, a metal structure crashes down from high onto Mika, but Night saves her in time, though the impact causes slight damage to his arm. Mika is touched by his act.

But when Riiko hears that Soshi's demotion is the result of him trying to prevent her from being fired, she hurries back to the office to ask him the reason for doing so. Soshi merely responds that he did it out of love for her cream puffs. Earlier, Night finds Riiko while she is hurrying to the office, and hands her the present he prepared for her. Riiko however turns him away and commands him not to follow her.

Saddened by her cold treatment, Night sits alone at the stairs with her present, joined by Namikiri and his assistant who observe his sadness that Riiko has something more important than him. Both of them then realize that Night's program has changed and developed real human emotions, which makes analysis impossible.