The Date Residence (伊達 宅, Date Taku), also referred to as the Date Household, is a location featured in AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES, AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative, and in the Spike Chunsoft Shorts. It is the real world counterpart to the Somnium world PSYNCIN' IN THE CAPTaiN and partially to the Reverse Psync of New Investigation.
The Date Residence is an apartment located in a 4-story building in 5-Chome Toyosu, within the Toyosu Island of Koto District, Japan. It is the home of special agent Kaname Date and his partner (and artificial eye) Aiba. Since 2015, Date has also taken in Mizuki Okiura as his roommate.
Story[]
It is unsure when did Date moved into this apartment, but likely after being given a new identity by Boss after the 2013 Original Cyclops Serial Killings.
In 2015, as Date's friends Renju Okiura and Shoko Nadami divorced, their daughter Mizuki Okiura began to live here with Date.
After the New Cyclops Serial Killings occurred in 2019, some relevant people came to visit him at his mansion.
In Mizuki Route, Date finds out that So Sejima is the New Cyclops Killer, but when he traces So's whereabouts, he receives a warning that Mizuki has been kidnapped at his home. When Date found out, he hurried back to his mansion and rescued Mizuki.
In the Komeji and Shoma Route of nirvanA Initiative, a group including Kaname Date and Kuruto Ryuki came here to rest after rescuing Shoma Enda and defeating the Horadori Researchers, and exchanged information with each other.
Date disappeared after the Cathedral explosion event. For the following six years, Mizuki continued to live here together with Aiba.
Design[]
Date Residence is a small apartment consisting of a main room, entrance hall and bathroom.
The main room is divided into several areas according to different functions, and windows are set on the innermost wall. The stove and refrigerator are installed on the left side of the entrance, and the clothes rack is placed in the innermost corner on the left. On the outside of the central area are sofas and coffee tables, the floor is covered with carpets, and Mizuki’s fitness equipment is placed on the inside; on the right side is a bed, large audio equipment and a TV cabinet with some books on it. Date's desk and computer are placed in the innermost corner on the right, and there is a posting column of photos for case analysis on the wall.
Item Dialogue (AITSF)[]
Bench Press[]
- Default dialogue:
- A bench press.
- Day 4: youdAI, during the free move investigation segment, after Mizuki stops lifting weights but before the flashback:
- A bench press.
The weights are real iron.
The total weight is 220lbs.
Not that I can actually bench that...
- A bench press.
Desk[]
- Default dialogue:
- A desk.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, while searching for Mizuki:
Computer[]
- Default dialogue:
- A PC.
- Day 4: youdAI, during the free move investigation segment, after Mizuki stops lifting weights but before the flashback:
- Mizuki: You watch weird videos when I'm not around, don't you?
Date: Weird videos?
Mizuki: Something about... "cuckoldry"?
Date: No, no, no, no! Those are... "husbandry" videos.
Date: You know, like animal husbandry? Raising livestock?
Mizuki: ...
Date: Anyway, don't touch my computer without permission! - A PC.
My hard drive is full of... animal husbandry videos.
- Mizuki: You watch weird videos when I'm not around, don't you?
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, while searching for Mizuki:
- Day 3: gyoukAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- A PC.
Hitomi: You're a studious man, aren't you, Date?
Hitomi: I heard from Mizuki.
Hitomi: Whenever she's not around, you're always on your computer, watching training videos...
Date: Training videos...?
Hitomi: Yes. "A female secret agent caught in the enemy's hideout," or something...
Date: Ah, yes. Yeah, that. Right.
Date: Mizuki, did you watch that movie...?
Mizuki: Only the title...
Date: Don't touch my computer without asking! - A PC.
I have lots of... training videos on there.
- A PC.
Garbage Can[]
- Default dialogue:
- A trash can.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, while searching for Mizuki:
File Cabinet[]
- Default dialogue:
- A small filing cabinet.
I keep a bunch of documents there.
- A small filing cabinet.
- Day 4: youdAI, during the free move investigation segment, after Mizuki stops lifting weights but before the flashback:
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, while searching for Mizuki:
- A small filing cabinet.
Cushion[]
Three-Seat Sofa[]
- Default dialogue:
- There's a three-seat sofa in the center of the room.
- Day 4: youdAI, during the free move investigation segment, after Mizuki stops lifting weights but before the flashback, and Day 3: gyoukAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- A three-seat sofa I also use as a bed.
I've been sleeping here for four years.
Mizuki took over my bed.
- A three-seat sofa I also use as a bed.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, while searching for Mizuki:
- Not here!
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, after finding Mizuki:
- A three-seat sofa I also use as a bed.
Low Table[]
- Default dialogue:
- A coffee table.
The top is glass.
- A coffee table.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, while searching for Mizuki:
- Mizuki, hold on!
I'll find you soon!
- Mizuki, hold on!
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, after finding Mizuki:
- A coffee table. The top is glass.
- Day 4: jukkAI, during the free move investigation segment, and Day 4: syuurAI, during the 10:52 PM investigation segment:
- A coffee table.
Carpet[]
Audio Equipment[]
- Default dialogue:
- Audio equipment for an audiophile.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, while searching for Mizuki:
- Day 3: gyoukAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- Hitomi: This is a nice sound system.
Date: Oh, it's nothing special.
Date: It's not top-of-the-line.
Date: I only spent a couple million yen.
Mizuki: Oh, so it's cheap. That's good.
Mizuki: I spilled soda on it on accident...
Date: You did what?! - Audio equipment for an audiophile.
Haven't paid it off yet...
- Hitomi: This is a nice sound system.
Speaker/Large Speaker[]
- Default dialogue:
- Large speakers.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 8:02 AM investigation segment:
- Large speakers.
The speakers themselves are actually mostly hollow.
- Large speakers.
- Day 4: youdAI, during the free move investigation segment, after Mizuki stops lifting weights but before the flashback:
- The speakers themselves are actually mostly hollow.
Aiba: (Four years ago, Mizuki used to hide in them to scare you, didn't she?)
Date: (Yeah, and I would scold her every time...)
Aiba: (She hasn't done such childish things lately.)
Date: (Good news for me.)
Aiba: (You think so?)
Aiba: (I imagine that a part of you actually misses it.)
Date: (...) - Large speakers.
The insides are mostly hollow.
- The speakers themselves are actually mostly hollow.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, while searching for Mizuki:
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, while searching for Mizuki (with X-ray):
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, after finding Mizuki:
- I hope the speaker isn't broken...
Adorabbit[]
- Default dialogue:
- It's "Adorabbit," a stuffed rabbit.
I gave it to Mizuki on her birthday...
- It's "Adorabbit," a stuffed rabbit.
- Day 4: youdAI, during the free move investigation segment, after Mizuki stops lifting weights but before the flashback:
- It's "Adorabbit," a stuffed rabbit.
It's a character Mizuki likes.
I guess there's no point getting into it... - It's "Adorabbit," a stuffed rabbit.
- It's "Adorabbit," a stuffed rabbit.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, while searching for Mizuki:
- Day 3: gyoukAI, during the free move investigation segment:
Bed[]
- Default dialogue:
- Mizuki's bed.
- Day 4: youdAI, during the free move investigation segment, after Mizuki stops lifting weights but before the flashback, and Day 3: gyoukAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- A bed.
Mizuki sleeps there every night.
- A bed.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, while searching for Mizuki:
- I looked under the bed.
No one there. - Mizuki isn't around the bed.
- I looked under the bed.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, after finding Mizuki:
- A bed Mizuki sleeps on.
Light[]
- Default dialogue:
- Lighting.
- Day 4: youdAI, during the free move investigation segment, after Mizuki stops lifting weights but before the flashback:
- There's a bra hanging from the ceiling.
No, wait. Just lighting equipment. - Just lighting.
- There's a bra hanging from the ceiling.
Door[]
- Default dialogue:
- The entrance.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, while searching for Mizuki:
- The voice is coming from this room...
She's not outside.
- The voice is coming from this room...
Refrigerator[]
- Default dialogue:
- My refrigerator.
- Day 4: youdAI, during the free move investigation segment, after Mizuki stops lifting weights but before the flashback:
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, while searching for Mizuki:
- Day 3: gyoukAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- Hitomi: Date, I'm sorry.
Hitomi: I looked inside your fridge earlier.
Hitomi: Why do you have so much meat in there?
Date: Oh, I'm on a diet.
Date: You see, I'm...
Date: I'm a recovering vegetarian.
Date: Heh, I'm kidding.
Hitomi: Hehe...
Date: Hahaha...
Aiba: (I am impressed you actually got a laugh.) - My refrigerator.
It's packed with beer, food, and a bunch of meat.
- Hitomi: Date, I'm sorry.
Kitchen[]
Towel[]
- Default dialogue:
- A towel is hanging.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, while searching for Mizuki:
- A towel.
Pot[]
- Default dialogue:
- It's a pot.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, while searching for Mizuki:
Frying Pan[]
- Default dialogue:
- A frying pan.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, while searching for Mizuki:
- Well, I guess I'll make myself some eggs...
No, now's not the time!
- Well, I guess I'll make myself some eggs...
Oven Hood[]
- Default dialogue:
- An oven hood.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, while searching for Mizuki:
- Well, Mizuki is small...
But I don't think she got sucked up in here.
- Well, Mizuki is small...
School Bag[]
- Default dialogue:
- A backpack.
- Day 4: youdAI, during the free move investigation segment, after Mizuki stops lifting weights but before the flashback:
- A backpack.
It looks small on Mizuki now.
Four years ago, when I bought it for her... it looked so big on her back. - Mizuki's school backpack.
- A backpack.
- Day 3: gyoukAI, during the free move investigation segment:
Iron Pipe[]
- Default dialogue:
- Mizuki's "favorite metal pipe."
- Day 4: youdAI, during the free move investigation segment, after Mizuki stops lifting weights but before the flashback, and Day 3: gyoukAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- Mizuki's "favorite metal pipe."
I have no idea what she uses it for. - Mizuki's favorite metal pipe by the wall.
- Mizuki's "favorite metal pipe."
Rack[]
- Default dialogue:
- My clothes and Mizuki's clothes hanging on the rack.
- Day 4: youdAI, during the free move investigation segment, after Mizuki stops lifting weights but before the flashback:
- Clothes are hanging on the rack.
They're mine and Mizuki's.
Mizuki: Hey, could you stop hanging your clothes next to mine?
Date: Why?
Mizuki: Your old people smell is going to get all over them.
Date: Hm...
Date: I mean, I do like older women...
Aiba: Date, I don't think that is what she's talking about. - Clothes are hanging on the rack.
- Clothes are hanging on the rack.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the 10:08 PM investigation segment, while searching for Mizuki:
- Day 3: gyoukAI, during the free move investigation segment:
Clothes[]
- Default dialogue:
- Mine and Mizuki's clothes.
- Day 4: youdAI, during the free move investigation segment, after Mizuki stops lifting weights but before the flashback, and Day 3: gyoukAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- Mizuki's clothes and mine hanging on the rack.
We each have basically one outfit. That's because we're rational people.
I don't want to waste my precious time and brainpower thinking about what clothes to wear every day.
A lot of successful businessmen and scientists do it.
Okay, honestly, Mizuki and I do have other outfits.
We just keep them somewhere else. - My clothes and Mizuki's.
- Mizuki's clothes and mine hanging on the rack.
Item Dialogue (AINI)[]
Chair[]
- 2/14: I Found Me, during the 00:05 investigation segment:
- It's a chair. Mr. Date is sitting on it.
Computer[]
- Default dialogue:
- There's a computer.
- 2/14: I Found Me, during the 00:05 investigation segment:
Speaker[]
- 2/14: I Found Me, during the 00:05 investigation segment:
- It's a big speaker.
- 2/14: I Found Me, during the 00:05 investigation segment (with X-ray):
- Ryuki: Looks like there's something inside...
Tama: (Magazines? There are a lot of them...)
Ryuki: Mr. Date, those magazines in the speaker...
Date: O-Oh, those...
Date: Those are, uh...academic journals I collect as a hobby.
Masked Woman: Why would you put them inside the speaker...?
Date: Because they're expensive limited editions!
Date: What if a robber broke in and stole them, huh?!
Mizuki: ...
- Ryuki: Looks like there's something inside...
Clothes[]
- 2/14: I Found Me, during the 00:05 investigation segment:
- Mizuki: Hey, don't I always tell you not to hang your clothes there?
Mizuki: I don't want your old people smell getting on my stuff.
Date: I told you, I can't help it!
Date: So what if I like oatmeal?!
Ryuki: Mr. Date, I don't think that's what she said... - Mr. Date and Mizuki's clothes are on the rack.
- Mizuki: Hey, don't I always tell you not to hang your clothes there?
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- According to Akira Okada, the design for this apartment has the entrance connect into a hallway, which leads to both the actual living space inside and a separate bathroom on the way.[1]
- Based on the lighting and glare from the windows in the Date Residence, it is likely that those windows are facing towards the East, especially when most daytime scenes take place in the morning or midday. The silhouettes of buildings can be seen in the glare, suggesting that his windows are facing nearby buildings rather than the body of water surrounding the Toyosu Island.
- The environmental model for the Date Residence is nearly identical to the environmental model for "PSYNCIN' IN THE CAPTaiN." Because of this, certain aspects that are normally unobservable within the Date Residence are hidden in the background or behind objects, despite the fact that they shouldn't exist within the Date Residence, based on the story:
- The corkboard contains various different images to the investigation of the Cyclops Serial Killings, despite the fact that these elements are nearly exclusive to Branch A of the story and shouldn't exist in the chapter Day 3: Sunday "gyoukAI":
- A picture of the Harbor Warehouse District, the location of the A-set Murder livestream (Branch A) and the location Manaka Iwai's body is found (Branch B).
- A picture of the Ice-Cutting Machine, which is used to nearly kill So Sejima, inside Iris Sagan, in Branch A of the story.
- A picture of Akikawa Valley, the location where the victims of the Original Cyclops Serial Killings were found, which is only told to Kaname Date in Branch A of the story.
- The inside of the pot, on top of the stove, contains Date's special stew inside, despite Date not staying long enough at home during the story to cook anything.
- Some of the bottles lined on the kitchen counter contain the face of This Man, who appears in "PSYNCIN' IN THE MaiN: 1" and "PSYNCIN' IN THE MaiN: 2," and has a cameo in "PSYNCIN' IN THE CAPTaiN." The surface of the bottles don't contain enough lighting within the real world to be able to spot This Man's face at a distance.
- The corkboard contains various different images to the investigation of the Cyclops Serial Killings, despite the fact that these elements are nearly exclusive to Branch A of the story and shouldn't exist in the chapter Day 3: Sunday "gyoukAI":
- In Japanese, Mizuki's dialogue about finding "cuckoldry" videos in Date's computer is instead "NTR" (netorare, pornography involving cheating/being cheated). Likewise, Date's deflection about them being "husbandry" videos is instead "NRT."
- The definition of NRT is currently unclear, but it could potentially refer to the Narita International Airport (coded as NRT), a Norm-referenced Test (also referred this way in Japanese), or something else entirely.[3]