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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 – 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
When they return to the Resistance base, 2B and 9S ask Lily if she’s ever seen A2, whom Commander White has ordered them to pursue, investigate and ultimately…
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…
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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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…
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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 – 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 – 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,…
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That giant beam from the sky that iced Adam? That was a satellite weapon that the Council of Humanity did not authorize YoRHa to use. And yet, it was…
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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 – 13 – (Part 2 01) – Forging On (and On)
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…
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「city e[S]cape」 “Your voice, it somehow puts me at ease," she said. And I squealed with joy.
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「a mountain too [H]igh」 NieR is finally back and 9S is a cold and heartless android.
NieR Automata – 03
「break ti[M]e」 I can't believe they're leaving us hanging like this.
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"Or not to [B]e" One of the most anticipated shows of the winter season has finally aired. 9S and 2B hit the screens.
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Just kiss already. Impressions: Another episode that I know enough about the games to recognize as being firmly directed at purely fans. And I do mean games…
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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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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…
Nier Automata v1.1a #02 — Wall-E
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…
NieR Automata v1.1a #16 — Snake Balls
But seriously, why are we in a desert fighting this thing? Impressions: A whole episode milking tragically dying, which, again, is undercut by the already multiple stabbings…
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Really, a character named Jackass. Impressions: Welp, there goes the one Saturday show, and the sole thing that has at least maintained some of its animation budget after…
NieR Automata v1.1a #19 — Even the Younglings
Why are we bothering swording them when their house is getting blown up right after? Impressions: This is the filler part of the game, isn't it? Where…
Nier Automata v1.1a #14 — Mass Android Penetration
Template template template template. Impressions: Maybe I'll just accept that Fridays are high fantasy day with mediocre action shows; turn off my brain and bask in the…
Nier Automata v1.1a #07 — Completely Empty Dungeon
That's one way to save on the budget. Impressions: This is nothing new, but it's always weird for me when shows lurch from excessively melodramatic to doing…
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2B suffered an EMP attack as she wore heavy armor. Then things got much worse! NieR Automata Ver1.1a - Episode 15 - Electrocuted 2B
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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…
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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…
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…