Wow, what a surprising and wonderful read this was!

At once a coming-of-age story, a sci-fi thriller, and a treatise on the danger of A.I. The story was gripping, the writing simply gorgeous, and the characters complex and relatable.

Computers and murder, Yakuza and cosplay, spirits and androids: this book has them all!

An easy and intriguing read, Our Only Chance starts with a great premise and enjoyable characters.
Manaka finally creates the first organic I using the human brain as the computer. But Eianna easily becomes bored with her programing and tries to fill her purpose while a greedy corporation takes violence against those involved in Einna's creation.
Though it doesn't have sophisticated writing structure, the author was able to create a vivid world for our characters. But each character and each idea presented only hits at surface levels. The book truly fails to keep digging deeper at the philosophical ideas it presents. Fantastical ideas are not explained and the book leaves a lot of questions (some that are set up for a sequel). But mainly I puzzle the title because I don't know what Else was trying to convey.