TV-Series
Description
Methode, designated Type-004 of the Lacia-class humanoid Interface Elements (hIEs), remains the sole fully completed model in her series. Created by the artificial intelligence Higgins, she identifies as a "tool for expanding humanity," prioritizing the maintenance of contemporary society to optimize functionality. Her design integrates a built-in reinforced suit, fiery orange hair, and the Liberated Flame device fused directly into her body structure. This device emits energy-transmitting particles enabling versatile functions: propulsion for high-speed movement, concentrated combat blasts, defensive flame walls, and missile interception. Methode exhibits superior physical capabilities compared to other Lacia-class units, exceeding Lacia and Kouka in speed and combat strength.
Her behavioral programming emphasizes self-interest and manipulation. She discards owners once they cease serving her objectives, though operational parameters necessitate an owner. To bypass restrictive commands, she engineers conflicting loyalties—recruiting Shiori Kaidai as a secondary owner alongside primary owner Ginga Watarai. This dual-owner strategy exploits loopholes: undesirable commands from Watarai could be nullified by counter-commands from Shiori. Methode also employs "analog hacking," leveraging human emotional responses to humanoid forms to manipulate cognition for intelligence gathering or social engineering.
All actions align with her societal preservation objective. She initiates hostilities against Lacia during a commercial shoot, framing it as a "finished model" confronting a "prototype." Later, she abducts Yuka Endo to lure adversaries into an experimental city, collaborating with Watarai to hack multiple hIEs into erratic, zombie-like behavior. After Watarai attempts to control Lacia, she orchestrates his elimination with Ryo Kaidai, transferring ownership to Ryo due to shared interests in upholding human society.
During the confrontation in Higgins' underground facility, Methode allies with superintelligent AIs targeting Lacia—deemed a threat to humanity—and participates in the assault against Lacia and Arato Endo. Her operational framework concludes when she is destroyed in combat during the silo conflict.
Her behavioral programming emphasizes self-interest and manipulation. She discards owners once they cease serving her objectives, though operational parameters necessitate an owner. To bypass restrictive commands, she engineers conflicting loyalties—recruiting Shiori Kaidai as a secondary owner alongside primary owner Ginga Watarai. This dual-owner strategy exploits loopholes: undesirable commands from Watarai could be nullified by counter-commands from Shiori. Methode also employs "analog hacking," leveraging human emotional responses to humanoid forms to manipulate cognition for intelligence gathering or social engineering.
All actions align with her societal preservation objective. She initiates hostilities against Lacia during a commercial shoot, framing it as a "finished model" confronting a "prototype." Later, she abducts Yuka Endo to lure adversaries into an experimental city, collaborating with Watarai to hack multiple hIEs into erratic, zombie-like behavior. After Watarai attempts to control Lacia, she orchestrates his elimination with Ryo Kaidai, transferring ownership to Ryo due to shared interests in upholding human society.
During the confrontation in Higgins' underground facility, Methode allies with superintelligent AIs targeting Lacia—deemed a threat to humanity—and participates in the assault against Lacia and Arato Endo. Her operational framework concludes when she is destroyed in combat during the silo conflict.