When we last saw 2B, evolved super-MLs Adam and Eve had been defeated, and while she had to kill an virus-infected 9S, his consciousness was trasferred to the ML network. Additionally, we saw 9S ge…
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Nier: Automata is not a work that should be adapted into a passive medium. But here it is, and so we must proceed.
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 02 – Blood and Lilies
In episode two, perspective shifts from the YoRHa in their pristine orbital headquarters to a battered but still operational Machine Lifeform (ML). Curiously, despite having apparently been created…
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 22 – Don’t Apologize
This week is very Devola and Popola-forward, starting with a storybook tale narrated by the twins of the original Devola and Popola, designed to be observers of Project…
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 16 – Cloud Nines
So much for last hope…2B and 9S don’t make it to solid ground before their flight units are intercepted by a squadron of their virus-infected counterparts. Before this…
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 19 – Role Reversal
Nines’ exceedingly shitty time back on the surface doesn’t let up even after the show took a weeklong hiatus. He reaches the mysterious white tower only to find…
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 08 – Sea Breeze
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NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 23 – Cannon Fodder
By the time A2 reaches the base of the Tower, Devola has been infected by the virus that claimed Popola. A2 assures her she and her sister were…
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 10 – Missing Eve
In the aftermath of the big Adam & Eve battle, 9S is shuttled back up to the Bunker for repairs (whether his memories are wiped again isn’t mentioned). Commander…
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NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 12 – (Part 1 Fin) – 420 Seconds
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NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 21 – Resistance is Futile
The previous episode’s sudden announcement that the cute post-credit puppet shows would cease was a telling sign that some serious shit was about to go down, and that’s…
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 15 – Worst Case Scenario
2B—sorry, 2E, is aware that there is no humanity left to fight for. All she seems to be hoping for is a day when the fighting can end…
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 03 – This Cannot Continue
Lily brings 2B and 9S to their ad hoc base, and does not get into why she shoots so many intent looks in 2B’s direction. Could Lily have known…
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 14 – Hacking the Hackers
With the loss of Adam and Eve the Machine Lifeforms are leaderless and uncoordinated. Authorized to use satellite lasers and provide advanced weaponry to the Resistance, Commander White…
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 18 – A2-Onee-chan
This week Nier thankfully takes a break from all the death, tragedy, and general bleakness it is more known for and has a little bit of fun. A2 wakes…
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 20 – Able to Protect
A2, Pod, and a motley crew of determined ML soldiers fight bravely side-by-side, and are able to buy enough time for Pascal to roll in with a minigun…
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 07 – Missions Don’t Need Hairpins
“Emotions are prohibited”, and yet Operator 6O contacts 2B to tell her she’d look good with a lunar tear (a kind of lily) in her hair. Why would…
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 04 – The Play’s the Thing
After a three-week, Covid-induced hiatus, NieR: Automata returns, opening with the Machine Lifeforms doing weird-ass Machine Lifeform shit. To whit: they’re putting on a play. MLs play the ro…
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 09 – Into the Lion’s Den
It took four months, but we finally learn where 9S ended up: right in Adam’s clutches, as expected. The trap takes the form of an endless matrix of…
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 05 – It Takes a Village
Lily sends 2B and 9S on a delivery mission that takes them through a derelict shopping center. The extreme wide shots that dwarf the two androids, the merging…
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 17 – From B to A
Fresh off the confirmed death of 2B and 9S falling from a great height, 2B’s former Pod sets to work reconstructing and playing back the memories of A2,…
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 24 (Fin) – In Pod We Trust
Even though the virus-corrupted 9S’ limiters are off, the tactically superior A2 is able to defeat him in Berserker Mode by hacking of his sword arm. But that’s…
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 11 – We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Sword
The Machine Lifeforms are wilding the fuck out. Amassing in huge numbers and filled with (I assume) Adam’s rage, they quickly surround and overwhelm the Resistance camp. Fresh off…
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a Anime Review: A Seamless Convergence of Gaming and Animation
One of the best anime this 2023, NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a is an anime adaptation of the action RPG NieR: Automata handled by A1 Pictures
NieR/Automata Ver1.1a – 01
"Or not to [B]e" One of the most anticipated shows of the winter season has finally aired. 9S and 2B hit the screens.
NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a – 06 – Do Androids Dream of Electric Lambs to the Slaughter?
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NieR Automata #13 — Stabby Time Once Again
She's just not into you, dude. Impressions: While I did finish the first season, I wasn't the biggest fan, and the massive production issues, including a five month…
NieR Automata Ver1.1a #01 — Replaying the Tutorial
Yeeep, this sure is what I remember of the game. Three down. Halfway done, just an idol, psuedo-idol, and cheat power show to go. Nowhere but down.…
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「a mountain too [H]igh」 NieR is finally back and 9S is a cold and heartless android.
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Eat the fish and end it all. Impressions: That A-1 animation budget collapse really is in full force, huh? Another barely animated episode that seemed more designed…
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Someone isn't a fan of the opera. Impressions: Oh, hey. Look who finally made it back to the world of broadcasts. After the first half, I was also…
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This is why you don't teach robots to read. Impressions: I was about to say that the whole Wall-E/Bastion bit through the first half definitely wasn't part…
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Sad snake to the face. Impressions: I know it's not really a Nier/Yoko Taro thing, but I feel like this would work a lot better if anything…
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You just recalled all your scouts after the first sortie? Impressions: I really have to question what it is we're even doing here at this point. There's…
NieR Automata ver1.1a #24 — Deus Ex Pod
Thanks, flying trashcans. Impressions: The crowning moment highlighting the pointlessness of this episode was not the multiple minute long scenes of the two Pods hovering as they…
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I hope the game's last area was slightly more populated than this. Impressions: If the show's going to keep repeating itself, then so am I. Get on with…
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Oh no. A robo schism. Impressions: Oh, hey. Remember this show? I barely do. But I guess I'll finish off at least this first half today split…