Quote Originally Posted by Yukimura
He never seems upset or flustered or confused or frightened or anxious despite being in all sorts of crazy or dangerous situations where one would think some sort of emotional response other than mild amusement might be expressed. This consistent emotional display in spite of everything that happens around him creeps me out and leads me to believe he is and has always been a sociopath.
I think that is kind of the point. When he wiped his memories, he really didn't have any kind of personal memories with which to base his own behavior off of. The only thing he had left was movies. Movies always sort of exist in their own, ideal, isolated worlds. Some of them are sad, but a lot of them have the, "Hollywood Ending." Akira acts just like the hero in these kind of movies. Everything will sort of work itself out if he act heroicly.

But we also saw that he had more or less become either an action star or a terrorist in the first episode.

So I agree, but I like his type of character. It's very interesting to see how someone who can only function based off happy illusory worlds interacts with real people.