It's a joke. This format is for drawing how characters have changed as they grew up, but Yuki has only existed for four years and hasn't changed any at all except for losing her glasses.
Also, in the last one, you'll notice that her eyes are brighter/have more light. This is probably symbolizes how she gains more emotions over time (which is mentioned in Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu). I never understood how that whole androids-gaining-emotions thing in movies makes sense, but whatever.
Pitch said: It's a joke. This format is for drawing how characters have changed as they grew up, but Yuki has only existed for four years and hasn't changed any at all except for losing her glasses.
k_dash_x said: she isn't an android.. she's an alien..
She's a human infused with alien consciousness, isn't she? I mean biologically she's fully human (she eats, she sleeps, she bleeds). Mentally she's an offshoot of the Data Overmind though.
Baneslave said: Android is programmed to be as useful as possible for its owner. Owner likes emotions. Android learns emotions to serve its master better.
Nagato Yuki is a construct made to emulate a human. Her lack of emotions has nothing to do with her being any sort of android (Asakura Ryouko is a similar construct but has human-like emotions) but simply a design decision, or possibly a choice on the end of Yuki herself. As she spends more and more time with people she cares about, she starts to show those same emotions herself. Yuki is, of course, self-aware, so whether her increase in emotion is due to a decision by Yuki or due to habitual behavior is unknown.
actually you can refer to her as a cybrid- an organic body with artificial inteligent, data stored and connect to an entity outside the Word (the term used in Hyperion Book 2, which is a reference in the Haruhi novel/film)
Eating, yes. Bleeding, yes, all over Kyon's face. But sleeping? Is there ever any record of her actually sleeping? I don't recall her ever doing so in the novels.
mchang314 said: ...(Asakura Ryouko is a similar construct but has human-like emotions)...
I'd contest the thought that Ryoko actually had emotions. She certainly displayed emotions, but all her decisions were cold, calculated, and based on a utilitarian end result. She viewed people as nothing but resources, no matter how much she smiled and giggled in the meantime.
MemphisMastermind said: I'd contest the thought that Ryoko actually had emotions. She certainly displayed emotions, but all her decisions were cold, calculated, and based on a utilitarian end result. She viewed people as nothing but resources, no matter how much she smiled and giggled in the meantime.
That's actually a good point. Still, it's very possible that the time Yuki spends with actual humans has lead to learned behavioral patterns that emulate emotions. In other words, she's learned how to feel.
BakaHoushi said: Eating, yes. Bleeding, yes, all over Kyon's face. But sleeping? Is there ever any record of her actually sleeping? I don't recall her ever doing so in the novels.
And don't forget that Yuki's appartment is completely bare except for one table in the middle. Unless there is a kitchen and bedroom past the door at the side of the room is seems Yuki just sits there at the table all day whenever there is no school, probably not even eating or sleeping....
(Of course, this is based on what was shown in the anime. I don't know how Yuki's apartment is described in the novels.)
BakaHoushi said: Eating, yes. Bleeding, yes, all over Kyon's face. But sleeping? Is there ever any record of her actually sleeping? I don't recall her ever doing so in the novels.
In the most recent novel Yuki, talking to Kyon via texting on his phone, eventually ends the conversation by telling him she must sleep now. So yes, she totally sleeps.
"He discovered the pleasures of Yuki, She became his sexual pet.
Because she's fully functional, and anatomically correct."
But since Yuki can access data from any of her forms in any time period, everything must be boring as Hell. She must be counting on Chaos theory to keep things interesting.
Pitch said: It's a joke. This format is for drawing how characters have changed as they grew up, but Yuki has only existed for four years and hasn't changed any at all except for losing her glasses.
only counting time spent in our reality. in total she is more than three thousand years old.
MemphisMastermind said: I'd contest the thought that Ryoko actually had emotions. She certainly displayed emotions, but all her decisions were cold, calculated, and based on a utilitarian end result. She viewed people as nothing but resources, no matter how much she smiled and giggled in the meantime.
Yes, and there are humans that act that way too. Just because you act evil and sociopathic does not mean you're a robot.
Around age 1Around age 2See if you can draw a character at various ages, in the style of a child raising game.
Name: Nagato YukiAround age 3Around age 4