The Tail End Of The Curve Wherein Akemi finally can't take it, asks around, discovers that everything she ever knew was wrong, and decides quietly to leave before anything else happens. Staring Katsura Tsuruya
Illusory Perception Wherein Akemi comes back, meets a street punk/freelance hacker/polite gentleman and gets the low-down on who's doing what in the world of the paranormal and notices the depressing lack of scientists, also: the begining of Akemi's trademark stutter she's retroactively always had. Staring Hideyori Arai
Altered States of Conciousness Wherein Akemi falls off the deep end, surpresses her retroactive stutter, recruits two dudes into doing science for her, drugs a teenager, fails to have a crisis of conciousness, and loses a textbook and a rare first French addition of Dune in a horrible fire. Staring Kai Takigawa and Yuuki Hikaru
Divergent Thought Wherein Akemi tries to solicit for subjects with cryptic posters, encounters Hideyori, learns of alternate paths to power, and actually displays empathy. Staring Hideyori Arai
Replicability Wherein Akemi decides to test Yuuki, almost dies, develops The Stutter forever, and decides to stop doing science. Staring Yuuki Hikaru
Plausibility Wherin Akemi decides that science is a good idea, learns about the Persona Game, plays arcade games, and makes Katsura somewhat uncomfortable. Staring Katsura Tsuruya
Pedagogy Wherein Akemi meets the propritor of Katsura's arcade, realizes that she will have to probably die to get a Persona, freaks out, and then hollowly quotes transhumanist stock phrases before leaving, also:introduces romantics strife without noticing. Staring Shizuka Taniguchi and later Katsura Tsuruya
Transparency Illusion Wherin Akemi meets up with a post-TV World Hideyori, finally figures out the solution that's been elluding her for months, and decides to go into the Inaba TV so she can avert the heat death of the universe. Staring Hideyori Arai