Sunny’s critical decision and 9 other major revelations

Warning! This post contains spoilers for Sunny episode 9.

Sunny Episode 9 not only discloses what happened to the titular bot at the end of episode 8, but also reveals some shocking truths about Sunny and Masa’s past. in Sunny In episode 8’s closing moments, Sunny attacks one of Hime’s men to protect Sazi. However, moments later, the ground beneath her opens up and consumes her as she falls into an abyss of darkness. Before episode 8 reveals what actually happened to Sunny, his credits start rolling.

Episode 9 of the Apple TV+ sci-fi show continues the story developments from episode 8, revealing what happened to Sonny after she fell into the abyss. With that, the episode goes through several flashbacks that highlight crucial moments in Sonny’s life before she ends up in Suzy’s home. The flashbacks play an important role in underscoring why Masa disappeared and left Sonny behind with Sazi.

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Sunny gets trapped in her own algorithmic subconscious

Sunny is at a crossroads

At the end of Sunny Episode 8, the titular robot attacks a human to protect Suzy. However, as soon as she does this, the ground beneath her feet suddenly collapses, and she falls face down into her own subconscious. In episode 9, Sonny’s subconscious unfolds like a comical Japanese TV game showWhere she is forced to confront some repressed memories from her past and make one crucial decision. Although Sunny initially struggles to figure out where she is and is surprised to find Masa and Noriko at the game show, she eventually understands what’s going on.

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Sonny’s subconscious helps her recall her origins and Masa’s purpose

Remembering her past helps her understand why she was sent to Susie

Sonny’s subconscious is more like a state of limbo, where Sonny must go through several stages of a game show to decide her fate. Initially, the game only seems to have one rule: After each round, the audience votes on whether Sunny should wipe her memory. In the first stage of the game, Sunny is forced to confront some mistakes from her recent past. The game helps her realize that a baby bird died because she, for her selfish reasons, wanted to understand how Suzy felt when she lost her child.

She also learns that after she led Mixxi and Sazi to the man from the adult store, the man was beaten by Yakuza gunmen. Sunny feels even more guilty about her actions when she sees a video of her hitting Mixxie for no reason and falsely believes that she is protecting Suzy from her. Since all the evidence points to Sony’s disobedience of her code, the verdict of the first round is that she should wipe her memory. However, things take a complex turn when Sunny goes further back in time to her origins and relationship with Masa.

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Sunny learns that her charging outlet has been rigged

Tanaka was meeting the Homebots

A series of videos in the game show help Sonny recall why she was created in the first place. They discover that after living as a hikikomori for years and finding peace after working with his first homebot, Masa realizes that his true purpose is not to help robots become more human. It was too Use the robots as tools to help people rediscover their own sense of humanity. He worked tirelessly on the robots and even paired them with one another to enhance their understanding of emotions.

He and his company also ran a simulation where one of the robots was paired with a human, Asahi, who spent his time in complete isolation. However, just by being around his homebot, Asahi, too, started breaking down his walls of isolation before finally opening up to human connection. Asahi’s recovery proved that the robots were finally achieving what Masa wanted them to.

To Sonny’s surprise, one video reveals that Masa’s employee, Tanaka, has been rigging the bots’ charging points and hacking their systems. Due to this bugging, the robots started exhibiting strange behaviors. While these behaviors initially went unnoticed, things turned terrifying after one confrontation between two robots.

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Sunny remembers how Homebot #17 killed Asahi

Asahi died saving his robot friend

Another video revealed that two Homebots were involved in an ugly fight when one Bot accused the other of being unfaithful to him. During the confrontation, one boot, who blamed the other, even became aggressive to the point where he started hitting the other with a stool. To protect the homebot, who helped him break out of his loneliness, Asahi jumped between the two robots and took several hits before dying. This event shook Masa and the entire ImaTech company because they never realized that the bots could be capable of killing.

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Massa Destroyed Homebot #17

Massa seems to blame herself for what happened

After learning about the events that led to Asahi’s death, Masa decides to bury all the evidence by first killing the homebot who killed Asahi. He then uses the Dark Manual’s code to wipe Sunny’s memory, ensuring no one outside the company learns of what happened. Masa also realizes that Homebot #17, the one who killed Asahi, could be a threat to every other person it interacts with. Therefore, to avoid more casualties, Massa chooses to take him out before he causes more harm.

A video also reveals that Masa and his team Could have prevented Asahi’s death if they hadn’t ignored early warnings. While Asahi was warming up to one bot in one simulation, a person was getting dental treatment from a dentist bot in another. During the dental treatment, Homebot #17 attacks the dentist, believing that he is harming the patient. The incident was enough to highlight that humans are not safe around aggressive bots like Homebot #17, but the initial signs were ignored.

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Masa knew the yakuza were after him

Masa’s creations have received the wrong attention

Although Masa wanted the robots to be tools that could help people overcome their loneliness, they turned into murderous instruments of tragedy that could easily be misused by someone. To Masa’s dismay, the Yakuza began hunting him after learning that the Homebots were capable of killing people. While the yakuza’s purpose remains unknown, They probably wanted access to Massa’s Dark manual To be able to use homebots to perform their dirty deeds. Massa realized the dangers of his creation, and took some drastic measures before he went missing.

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Sunny realizes she is Homebot #32

Sunny’s Past & First Memory Wipe makes more sense

One of the videos played in the game show helps her realize that she is Homebot #32. in Japanese, The number 3 is pronounced as “san” (“さん”), and the number 2 is (“ni”) (に). Together they make “San Ni,” explaining where Sonny’s name comes from. The revelation of her past helps Sunny learn that, deep down, she has always known about everything that happened in Masa’s company and all the events that led to his disappearance. Masa had to wipe her memory the first time because she was the only Homebot, other than #17, at the crime scene of ​​Asahi’s murder.

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Masa reveals why he covered up for Asahi’s murder

Massa was too afraid of the consequences

Masa understands that if word of a homebot killing a human gets out into the world, many would want their hands on the Dark manual. therefore, To ensure that his technology is not misused by the YakuzaHe decides to bury all the evidence surrounding Asahi’s death. At the same time, he also knew that his wife, Suzy, would need a friend, like Sonny, if something were to happen to him. Due to this, he decides to keep Sonny, wipe her memory clean, and fix her bugs before giving her to Hiromasa.

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Sunny finally understands why she changed after meeting Hime

Hime convinces Sunny that she is not as innocent as she thinks

In the last stage of the game show, Sunny confronts Hime, who is like another projection of her mind. Determined to know what changed her after meeting Hime, Sunny asks her what she and her people have done to her. Hime claims that She just gave a boost to her human tendenciesWhich made her aggressive and violent against anyone who even came close to harming Suzy. This revelation further convinces Sonny that loving Suzy was at the heart of her transformation and the root of her aggressive behavior. In the pursuit of protecting one person from love, Sunny realizes that she has become less human to others.

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Sunny decided to wipe her memory

Sonny’s fate remains unclear

to Sunny In the closing moments of episode 9, the titular bot realizes that she must wipe her memory to be able to protect Suzy. Therefore, when you give her the chance to decide whether she wants to reset or keep her memories, Sunny just chooses the former. Before these Sunny Episode can reveal what happens to her, however, the credits start rolling, and keep an air of mystery around the outcome of Sonny’s final decision.