The housework-assistance robot "Hachi" came to the Morita family eighteen years ago and has stood by their side ever since. At first it was like the air conditioning—something whose presence was simply taken for granted. The wife's disappearance. Nagano, traveled to alone with a young son. The Boso coast. A mountain village with no electricity. The newer models lined up at the Shibuya crossing, all of them newer than him—Hachi traveled in the family's place, and at times could do nothing but sta
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