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{{quote|''Are you enjoying the Time of Eve?''}}
 
In [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|the future]], [[Creator Provincialism|probably Japan]], robots have become commonplace. Human-like androids are visually indistinguishable from humans except for the holographic status halos--"Rings"--hovering—hovering above the androids' heads. Most people accept robots as a part of life, although at least one organization runs an anti-robot media campaign and a popular news item concerns those that have abandoned normal social interactions for the company of obedient androids.
 
The story begins with a boy, Rikuo, examining the debug logs of his house android. He finds that she has been making unscheduled trips to an unknown location which, for some reason, leaves a cryptic note in the log reading, "Are you enjoying the time of EVE?" Heading to the coordinates in question, the boy and his friend Masaki discover an odd cafe with an odd rule:
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* [[Creative Sterility]]: Played with in several instances:
** Even the human-like androids can be quite mechanical in their mannerisms, but they act more unpredictably inside of the cafe.
** Most of Rikuo's prejudice against robots is only due to his musical background. He aspires to be a musician and assumes robots present no threat to that--sincethat—since robots don't have a soul, how could they comprehend music?--but the release of a robot capable of acting as a convincing pianist shakes him to the core.
* [[Creator Provincialism]]: The introduction says "''probably'' Japan", despite all the nuances of a Japanese setting being in full effect, not to mention the fact that every human has a Japanese name.
** [[Japan Takes Over the World|Every culture has Japanese elements in the future!]]
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* [[Genki Girl]]: Akiko talks like an insane chipmunk on speed when she's excited. {{spoiler|Which makes her reveal as an unemotional robot who gets treated horribly all the more heart wrenching.}}
* [[Gratuitous English]]: LOGIC CIRCUIT IS ERROR
* [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters]]: Primarily the Ethics Committee, but many humans have been shown treating their robots very poorly. Made worse by the fact that the robots given character development have been shown to be quite pure and good-natured.
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: "[Name]: The [Blank] of Eve".
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Subverted with Koji and Rina, {{spoiler|two androids who each believe the other to be human. Played straight by Koji's master, who prefers him to human company.}}
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* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: A central question of the show. It's not revealed whether some of the characters are human or not.
* [[You Didn't Ask]]: In the second episode, Nagi participated in a prank by Chie, holding onto Rikuo's glasses until he came to ask for them, and using this excuse verbatim.
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: Happens to robots all the time, though [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters|most humans]] [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|don't consider them living to begin with]].
 
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