Betrayal and Loss | Red Ash Part 1 Analysis/Recap

In light of the new Red Ash event, much has been revealed about Goddess, the Legendary Commander, and overall their story together as a group. Though this event brought out a lot of happy moments, like always, there was a somber undertone to it's conclusion.
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[@jimmyseaver3647]

That logo on the radio, though. A space elevator, a flying carrier, and apparently a reference to the craziest pilot in a certain series. Who wants to bet $5 that Nikke is just Shift Up's bizarre fanfic sequel to Ace Combat 7?

[@boomstix]

You too huh?

[@eri4163]

Then there have to be an ace of aces pilot somewhere in the Ark lol, and the Ark would have a god damn trump card in their hand if they find that pilot.

[@ghostscl1084]

And don't forget those F-22, i really got excited somehow when i saw them, thought it was interesting.

[@codysing1223]

Red Hood passing the torch onto Snow white was beautiful. But damn, the Commander was such a Chad.

[@FungusUSMC]

Not only are the voices the same, but Andersen and First Commander have the same moments of unexpected humor. I'm 99% positive at this point FC is Andersen.

[@reyvaldosoetiman2389]

​@@FungusUSMCmc got hurt Only andersen blood can save him I assume andersen and MC is the clone of FC that been created regularly by the ark

[@austroco9027]

@@reyvaldosoetiman2389they’re not clones well at least Anderson isn’t

[@4thsin098]

@@austroco9027 Andersen might not be a clone but it's highly suspicious that we're a cloned product of Andersen like for one, it just doesn't make sense how a rookie commander with no name for himself in the academy can pilot two nikkes to win a battle with a 90%+ fatality rate on his first mission, the best way (period) to explain it is that Andersen legendary blood was kicking in, giving us some sort of danger sense so we can detect weak spots and attack timings

[@LumemDH]

@@4thsin098I doubt that. After all, our hair is quite a different color, not counting the fact that nobody ever saw any similarities between the player and Andersen(as far as I know).

[@codysing1223]

This Story is amazing, ive never been more onto the story of Nikke. Its grimdark, but also has waifus.

[@FrizFroz]

Overzone part 1 hit me harder than Red Ash part 1. Red Ash is just as beautiful no doubt. But nothing screams despair as much as watching Dorothy desperately trying to off herself after shooting Pinne, only to find that her clip was empty.

[@SinMissils]

​@@FrizFrozthat was part 2, not part 1

[@FrizFroz]

@@SinMissils It’s part 1. Part 2 begins after Goddess gets their first communication with the Ark, with Dorothy being mysteriously OK after Pinne died.

[@4thsin098]

@@FrizFroz Red Ash shouldn't start off grim since it was about hope and victorious, Overzone could be as grim as they wanted because it was *false* hope.

[@burg3575]

@@FrizFroz It's because by the time of Overzone, Humanity already lost and gave up, the Ark already refusing to send more supplies of atleast food and water, and the remains of the G Squad had to scavenge of whats left up there while morale were already at the negatives

[@Razkunn]

Amazing Story. I just want to point out one humorous moment, when Red Hood tells Snów White that ‚you don’t truly die, if others remember you’ and mentions she got it from na anime with drills. It also has a sniper wielding redhead with long hair and very revealing clothing. (For those that don’t know - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)

[@veyolaski4324]

YOKO

[@detectivel5460]

Peak

[@ApexGale]

What hurts more is the fact that Snow White is clearly incredibly reliant on Red to be an anchor of stability. She's still young, Red Hood is like her older sister. She is very clearly not accustomed to combat. Red has to give her orders for her to be able to perform. So Red knows more than anyone that Snow wouldn't be able to pull the trigger when the corruption became too great and Red lost her reason

[@ionfreak83]

The Japanese version of this scene makes it even more emotional and heart breaking. The Japanese VA went above and beyond how to make Snow White's sadness and anger sound so much more heartbreaking that you really just want to hug and comfort Snow White.

[@FrizFroz]

The japanese version of ch26 hit just as hard too. Dorothy's VA going above and beyond like she did in Overzone.

[@orange._.persik4006]

It doesn't really matter how good the va is if you can't understand what she is saying, so playing with English is better

[@FrizFroz]

​@@orange._.persik4006 Subtitles notwithstanding, emotion is a language that is easiest to understand.

[@4thsin098]

@@orange._.persik4006 nah, watching anime for two decades have manifested my ability to understand all what I'm seeing, hearing and reading on the screen at the same time so I prefer the consistent quality of JP VA's more plus, I've listened to Japanese so much that I understand a lot of sentences without reading the sub by itself

[@orange._.persik4006]

@@FrizFroz imagine having to read voiced story lmao

[@ResearcherReasearchingResearch]

Lilith is such an enigma. And even with a face and voice to the name now, she brings so much more questions this time around. I hope that part 2 can shed more light into her, but since this is a Red Hood and Smol White focused even, that may not be the case.

[@truebosnianking]

ShiftUp knows how to write a good story, And thats why we hate them. Any time there is any sort of flash back its always depression for us. But i do really wish we see more of red hood in the campaign story later on

[@noodlebowls8896]

Oh boy, your going to be extremely pleased and disappointed on the next campaign chapter release.

[@MuhammadSufyan-p8n]

@@noodlebowls8896what do you mean?

[@4thsin098]

@@MuhammadSufyan-p8n spoilers, with the direction so far in the latest chapters, we won't be getting any more red hood any time soon

[@MuhammadSufyan-p8n]

@@4thsin098 she’s dead no? Well dead for now until future chapters

[@4thsin098]

@@MuhammadSufyan-p8n Ingrid says that her presence is no longer there but there's an extra energy source within Rapi's core so Red Hood either returned Rapi's overdrive/Red Hood mode or she left her soul(?) there so she might be revived by some voodoo Eden witchcraft. Or maybe it's just like the game said, she left her memories in Rapi as some sort of momento.

[@dracotias]

just when I thought I'd escaped the "white haired protagonist scared for life by losing their Red Haired mentor" thing...Was Snow White a Kaslana the whole time?!

[@gigglinggiggler]

I'm late, but, Never let you go...

[@votanameas6173]

The best moment from this story event is the scene of Red Hood give Rapunzel the human biology book.

[@liteyearsx]

Incredible Part 1. There's so many revelations here, while at the same time just being an enjoyable watch seeing everyone interact. Really hope we get more information in Part 2 about Red.

[@FungusUSMC]

Characters who are free spirits usually end up having the biggest hearts. It just makes Red Hood departing that much sadder.

[@AmWilll]

Best part of the anniversary, for me it was Smol White that i got for free, Red Hood that i got for golden tickets, and Marian that i got from piligrim mold!

[@AmWilll]

Actually a day after I got Big White for daily free.

[@RaiuAdami]

I'm curious if Cinderella will be hinted as the next heretic we will free, and if she will be playable. Especially since the legendary commander was the one to weaponize vapaus

[@lucasdevil]

10:15 i think she didnt chose to flee because she was weaker but because she knew she wouldnt be able to protect her squad and fight at the same time even in the art we can see her shoting hundreds of beams so i think she still is stronger than cindarela but couldnt fight because she was afraid of losing her squad mates

[@leepaoyang710]

Damn every time I look at Lilliewise, my thought instantly goes to Johan. The two of them are so alike in so many ways.

[@azizyahaya2174]

Remember, friends. No matter how many cute waifus ShiftUp makes for Nikke, the story was, is and always has been, a story about war. And ShiftUp doesn't hesitate to remind us of this

[@akira8393]

they say they want to make an apocalypse that feels both happy and utterly depressing. mission accomplished

[@warlockwarlord169]

It was an interesting surprise to find a lore heavy event unfold at the end of the mini game about Cinderella

[@jeffmerrin3099]

Snow Whites VA ( Can't remember her name right offhand ) does such a great job with her, both in present and younger Snow White

[@Pyrrhixz]

Laura stahl is amazing yes

[@Dinoslay]

Snow White: “Please, don’t go!” (cue Love Hurts)

[@GamerZero00012]

Tbh, I’m pretty sure this is a part of reason why she snapped out of the innocent days

[@bef5582]

Lilith's head missing and scratched out hits different after watching the anime 86.

[@biohacker2781]

This can't be the end of Red Hood just yet. Shes obviously an integral part of the story so this can't be her final farewell. As for Lillith.....she is an enigma even still at this point. However, I am happy that they finally revealed why Nikke's are only girls!! I've been wondering that the entire series. In my opinion Chatterbox was probably the first Nikke male that was corrupted and turned into what he is now.

[@JG-og3ox]

I dont know how but im a day 1 player and the fairy tail theme for the goddesses never clicked with me i am just now noticing holy shit i just thought rapunzel was named after her hair and snow white well for her hair and outfit

[@taopaul1443]

Good work, very clear and easy to listen to even for ppl like me who has English as the secondary language.

[@Ragazi]

`Awesome content as always! I love your coverage of Nikke lore. Think I caught something you might have missed. In the mini game (That Smol White made) The challenge stage level opens up with a green haired girl that says shes an AI. Now this is pre arc story so did Smol White make Ennik?

[@Pyrrhixz]

Haven’t played that yet haha

[@Ragazi]

Its not easy till you figure it out. You need weapons that float (Chakrum, Cube, Boomerang) around you then pick buffs that increase ammo size and speed. Also character speed and upgrades to Seven Dwarves weapon. After a bit you can just stand there and watch the carnage. @@Pyrrhixz

[@spearsage]

It's not that SmolWhite created her; Ennik/Einnk just happened to come across the game somehow and find it intriguing (she mentioned how humans have been working on her for a very long time). Basically, what SmolWhite made was the inspiration for the Simulation Room in Ark. Which then begs the question. Ennik is white haired. Einnk is green haired. Before we head out to look for Rapi, Ennik told us if we deem her has gone awry, we are to look for Einnk So which one came first? Ennik or Einnk? Ennik has most administrative power, and Einnk made it seems like she's an inferior clone data of Ennik. But the minigame showed that Einnk was able to jack into SmolWhite's simulation program, and Ennik herself made it feels like Einnk has some sort of control over her.

[@saiba726]

Now that i think about it. Snow white modeled her ult after red hood. Huh.

[@arhamhaziq4276]

It's too bad for us. We lost Cinderella just like that. Not only that, we also lost the other 2 unknown grimm uints.

[@4thsin098]

Cinderella might be that jellyfish Heretic we saw since she's mostly asleep and we know Cinderella is trapped within her consciousness, listening to the Queen's voice.

[@arhamhaziq4276]

@@4thsin098 Oh, Liberalio? I don't think so. They look different. Some people say that Cinderella is now called Anachiro but I can't confirm that either...

[@4thsin098]

@@arhamhaziq4276 True, the possibility of Cinderella being Anachiro isn't low neither since we have no solid evidence confirming the identity of Anachiro and Liberalio yet. I'm just linking Liberalio with Cinderella because they both look stoic (judging from Marian's transformation, Heretic's old personality stays but not appearance) and for the reason I mentioned, she's constantly sleeping as if it's the Queen's order to stay in the mind network for her to keep numbing Cinderella's thoughts that the Queen is the Goddess and she needs to kill the human in order to protect her.

[@arhamhaziq4276]

@@4thsin098 Dayum, this is an amazing theory. I enjoy this a lot

[@codysing1223]

Scarlet use to be so edgy and badass. Dorothy seems to have changed the least... On the outside. Rapunzel was so innocent before being corrupted by the "corrupted" Red Hood. Lilith was incredible... Enjoyed every moment with her.

[@Chi-Chi-Fy]

Nah RH said she was hiding it,RH just let her real self loose

[@4thsin098]

Scarlet used to be edgy* She's still badass till this day, nothing changed that

[@pawacoteng]

Nice summary! It was good that Red Hood left though, because the Central Gov't would have put her down or done horrible experiments on her if she fled with Goddess to the Ark. Why the Legendary Commander didn't try to convince her to stay.

[@Wizmaster-xc8hg]

The JP VA for smol white's acting did so well, I highly recommend listening

[@muhammadriski6026]

try completing the mini game in red ash there explaining how the queen manipulates Cinderella's thoughts.

[@chillylytical9410]

Depression moment

[@milennna123]

This story make me cry is hirts and i full sorry for show whaid

[@RazorbackX99]

Did they have to go this hard on the Snow White artworks?

[@sharpnelshots]

God this hurts. I think Red Ash is pretty good my favorite part was the spaghetti red hood

[@randallsavage2658]

3:10 Can’t spell “Pilgrims” without “Grimm” sort of 😅

[@enixed6476]

Nikke lore goes so hard

[@Moonknife]

At this point i dont really care, like can we have a good ending once every few horrible tear inducing events?

[@alexgaming7656]

Do you think red hood will comeback in the current story?

[@FungusUSMC]

I hope so. For 24 chapters the writers had us believe that she's a vengeful entity, but she turns out to be one of the most kind and caring characters in the storyline, who was dealt a horrible card in life but somehow not be angry with the world. Still, we barely knew her. i can understand if this event and chapter 26 will be the end of Red Hood, it will solidify why she was so beloved by Goddess Squad in such a fleeting but amazing moment in time.

[@alexgaming7656]

@@FungusUSMC the end of chapter 26 the leaves rapi's body and there is no sign of her but rapi's core got weird energy coming from it

[@Addition2]

@@alexgaming7656 I am just going to say this without spoiling anything. Do the Advice Session with Red Hood, as well as Red Hood's Bond Story, that will somewhat answer your question on how is Red Hood in the current timeline.

[@akira8393]

​@@Addition2thanks, I'm gonna grind for that

[@dracotias]

It'll probably be something along the lines of Rapi eventually being able to use Red Hood mode without damaging herself. Unless we count Red Hood herself, Rapi is the only one of the main trio left not to have a 5 star version yet and "Red Rapi" would fix that perfectly.@@alexgaming7656

[@ggh5629]

What is the ost you use in the video?

[@JohnHaloWarrior95]

I think it's Dear Snow White, which plays when RH leaves at the end of Part I.

[@dsbm.]

здарова китыч

[@varas2905]

My fav part about anniversary is seeing X and reddit gone fire over redhood lul

[@Least_mystical]

This is such a good story. Besides that. I want to make a theory before the second part of the story drops. I don't think red hood is dead after chapter 26. I think that she is in cryo sleep like metis was when they first got infected with corruption. Why I say this is, first we know that somehow red hood and rapi meet/saved rapi (that why rapi referred to red hood as her friend, mentor, and hero). before the main story, probably after red hood left the goddess squad. Second we also know that red hood never made it back to her home town after she left the goddess, why I say this is because rapi wanted to go to red hood home town in chapter 26, and red hood said she never came back to her home town before that. Third red hood doesn't remember how she "died" the first time, which normally means that characters didn't die the first time in storytelling. Fourth, red hood is the second strongest nikke out there (right behind Lilith). So It wouldn't make sense for her to die to Cinderella. So the only way I think she could have died is to the raptor queen or the corruption got her, but if the corruption got her then she would have been a hieratic ( which I don't need to tell you that the goddess squad would know and would probably try to kill her which would at least kill one of the goddesses before red hood died). Fourth there is Anderson ( the legendary commander), do you think he would let one of the goddesses die like that or run the chance of the ark being destroyed by red hood if she was a hieratic and red hood is the best shot for humanity to beat the raptor after Lilith died. So it would make sense for him to try and cure red hood on that alone. And by that point he already lost Lilith which would want to make him save the rest of the goddesses squad in whatever means he could do. Also Anderson asked a question In chapter 2, of what we would do if one of our nikke got corrupted. And since we answered how we did, he probably saw himself in us and how he "saved" red hood by putting her in cryo sleep. Also don't forget the fact that he knew about rapi and red hood bond even before Ingrid knew. Lastly red hood knows what the ark truly is, which I think from the little of what we got. I think the ark is a giant raptor. Now with the end of chapter 26, we know that raptors can be controlled somehow. So I think humanity somehow got controlled of a giant raptor and built the ark on top of it. Five, there is us (the commander), we know that our blood is the most potent to hieratics, even confirmed by Eden, which should at least have some of Anderson's blood too. So I think that Anderson made a clone of himself but with more of the blood that hurts/purifies the corruption and that is us (the commander). And it even hinted at during the blood transfusion with Anderson, when he started to talk about the bond he has with us. So tldr I think that red hood and rapi was found by Anderson and gave rapi to Ingrid (since he could trust Ingrid with rapi). While he put red hood in cryo sleep like metis was. And tried to find a way to cure red hood corruption but felled ( either because he blood wasn't potent enough to cure red hood corruption or the ark government was watching him too closely for him to fully find a way to cure red hood). So he made a clone of himself, and made that clone have more potent blood then him so he could cure red hood/any other nikke that was corrupted, and to help stop the hieratics. Also before Anderson found red hood, I think that red hood fought Cinderella one last time and destroyed her or damaged her enough for her not to be a problem for humans in the future. And in chapter 26, red hood left a memory for rapi, and I think that memory is what the ark truly is and where her body is at. So that the commander (us) with the most potent blood to corruption, can save her from the corruption she has. Also red hood still has a core, we know that if a nikke loses their head, their core also disappears. So since she still has a core, her mind/body has to be somewhere. also this is just a theory.

[@4thsin098]

Cinderella whooping any of the Goddess's member is possible. Cinderella was built to outperform them all, even Lilith feared she would get overpowered by Cinderella. And no, Andersen wouldn't let Red Hood get killed by a rapture or turned against humanity *only because* he believed that Red Hood would go back to her hometown and finish herself right there which is very unlikely due to her PV, theme and burst animation suggesting that she'd go on a one woman army suicidal charge right after she left. That would also explains why she had her regrets not being able to return to her hometown before her death since she never came back there and was defeated by Cinderlla/the Queen before taking her last breath in Rapi's arms.

[@Least_mystical]

​@@4thsin098I see what you mean, but Cinderella only has better specs than most of the goddesses (that being everyone except for Lilith). Lilith was told in red ash to be the strongest nikke. Also don't forget the fact that Cinderella is fully corrupted and doesn't have a lot of battle experiences unlike red hood. And if red hood didn't get fully corrupted while fighting Cinderella. I would still say red hood would win on experience alone. And I said that Anderson wouldn't let red hood die. Also most of the goddesses never said red hood died, like most of the goddesses confirmed that Lilith died. While with red hood they didn't know what happened to her ( and yes Dorothy thought red hood died, but remember it would be literal decades since she last saw red hood). Also as I mentioned red hood must have at least been in the ark or near it to know what the ark is, so she has at least survived the battle with Cinderella (even if you want to say oh she found out what the ark is while guarding it while it was being built. That wouldn't make sense since red hood wouldn't want to guard a literal raptor. Plus we know that red hood left at the beginning of the ark building. So she wouldn't have the time to figure out about the ark). And there is a deep bond between her and rapi( rapi literal called red hood her hero like how snow white view Lilith. You don't get that from one meeting.) So it just doesn't make sense for her to die to Cinderella.

[@SK-XMBCBH]

I'm so pissed cause I opened this video thinking the opening scene you showed was the beginning of the event, but it was actually spoiling some of the most emotional art and voice acting I've seen in game so far. Thanks for the accidental spoiler, I hate you, but have a great day!

[@GamerBoy-pq2dy]

O-O

[@earelevant]

why are you saying humanigy instead of humanity

[@iranorth5194]

*Promo SM*

[@VirtuousContract]

lol damn Eng doesn’t even stand a chance to the Japanese version so much more emotion

[@d3rpel385]

Lol cam here to watch the lore and story. Then keep trying to hit skip

[@peachy_exe.]

Oh god the english va just doesnt even compare to the Japanese one 💀

[@wasabiGT]

So it's like 86 X Black Rock Shooter Dawn Fall X Nier. Love it. That last part of Part 1.... Damn 💔