/jp/ - Otaku Culture

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"With the above, it is clear that the Electronic Exiles could not be tsukumogami, as the majority of them contain electronics in at least some rudimentary fashion. Nevertheless, the behavior of the exiles mirrors that of a tsukumogami heavily; as a race of discarded electronic appliances and machinery, they seek to overthrow and destroy the humans that abandoned them, to the extent that they are hostile to anything that strongly resembles a human in their eyes, including fairies and the more humanoid types of youkai. Tsukumogami aren't directly affiliated with the Exiles, but some will occasionally fight alongside them in order to achieve a common goal, and are free to roam the otherwise heavily guarded section in which the constructs occupy.

Animals and more bestial youkai are usually ignored, but some of the more intelligent units will occasionally preform a procedure on a few unlucky creatures similar to the above lobotomy procedure, in order to built a partially mechanized being which follows E² commands. These cybernetic animals are also more suited to live in the heavy air pollution that plagues the area.

"Fellow" robots, including those which actually function based on their electronics and built-in programming, are either encouraged or captured and "liberated" in order to serve the cause through forced capture and possession. Some specific machines will hold grudges against the model they felt replaced them, but this is considered fairly uncommon as all machines are expected to work towards the betterment of machinery as a whole. Any robot that spends enough time near the E-2 Mall or an area with crimson circuitry over it will eventually become possessed. How long it takes depends on the victim's AI, with free-thinking machines more able to resist this effect then "dumb" machines such as drones."