"Kainé: Final Fantasy Main Theme Version" with Lyrics (Her Inflorescence Theme) | Final Fantasy XIV

First time hearing those bells gave me PTSD from Drakengard, nonetheless this song is hauntingly beautiful.
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[@CrimsonSunMouse]

For the average fan of Taro games, this boss is the embodiment of every tragedy that had ever happened in the series. An unstoppable god like being that brought a world to ruin, deliverer of fates that can not be avoided, no matter how hard you struggle... For the Warrior of Light it was Tuesday.

[@Daecoth]

A patch day, if I remember correctly 😁

[@wolfwyvern3662]

"An unstoppable god like being that brought worlds to ruin? Deliverer of fates? Embodiment of despair?" Sounds awfully familiar, is it also a bird?

[@kiritokirigaya9773]

THIS IS ACCURATE I'M CRYING AHAHAHAHA

[@Duran8998]

Just give my WOL a cup of coffee and he can face any Tuesday you throw at him.

[@TheRedKnaveLP]

@@wolfwyvern3662 Don't worry this one doesn't summon creatures from deepest darkest despair. This one summons hordes of world eating building sized babies with lightining wings and teeth... No that's not a joke.

[@papytromblon]

Final fantasy fans : beautiful music ❤️ Nier fans : kaine 😞 Drakengard fans: not the bells NOT THE BELLS make it stop

[@squidpaladin]

*Silence the mother's song.*

[@FutBoy281]

@@squidpaladin *I.* *Hear.* *A.* *Sound.*

[@Dastreus]

I am a fan of all three, so can confirm I had all three reactions. "THE BELLS OH SHIT NO, CHLORONATION SICKNESS INCOMING?" "...Kaine song, oh" "Well, it's good."

[@SemekiIzuio]

I think of Emil when I hear this tbh 😅

[@optimaltt6070]

Yoko Taro: RHYTHM GAME TIME, MOTHERFUCKAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

[@janemayhew5159]

Warrior of Light: Y'know if I had an allagan tin piece for each time I was attacked by a train, I'd have two tin pieces. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice.

[@sozetsukokai9327]

Doomtrain be like: choo choo motherf*cker

[@obviouslykaleb7998]

It's three; you forgot Ritahtyn

[@CremOnYT]

Four if you include the phantom train

[@jacobsiron6929]

@@CremOnYT pretty sure that one's #1

[@yanastase]

Five if you count titan

[@leonidas3885]

I got hit by two kinds of trains in this boss fight the first one being emotional damage, the second being the one that wiped 24 people in 2 seconds flat

[@anannoyedpanda]

As yoshi p intended.

[@loftyn7369]

EMOTIONAL DAMAGE 🥲

[@earvindinoso7689]

heh "flat" like the people that died from the trai- you know what I mean.

[@Ramsey276one]

So it arrived on time, I assume? XD

[@FinalGamerJames]

I H E A R A *S O U N D*

[@magmos6346]

*Those three rapid notes play* Every Drakenguard player in the server: Oh no...not again...

[@OmegaGamer04]

Normal FF players: Oh the boss looks weird. Drakengard players: * Internal screaming intensifies *

[@TheTriforceDragon]

@@OmegaGamer04 Nier players as the melody starts up: Why cant I hold all these feels!

[@blufu8727]

lmfao panic ensues ptsd.. no where to run.... AAAAAAAAAA

[@ChaolaoFueChi]

I've seen it all.

[@Kesvalk]

I legit felt a shiver go up my spine when i first heard it.

[@jadenaddams3674]

After seeing the Seed of Destruction, I was like: Aw, man... does that mean we might get a Drakengard reference in here somewhere? That'd be cool... Halfway through the raid: Ah well.. guess not.. too bad... This battle phase starts: FUCKING FUCK MY SHIT IT'S THE FOUR NOTES OF DEATH!!!!!!!

[@MaajidM]

The fact that everyone goes “oh shit, not again” whenever those bells from Drakengard play or mention of the Flower really shows how evil and how much of a threat it was and is. I mean, look at all the events that occurred because of it.

[@christopherbravo1813]

to be fair, we don't really have any idea regarding their motivation. they could have a really good reason for wanting to...commit genocide...on a multiversal scale....

[@christalee9875]

Yup, the one timeline where it all happened.

[@magicwandstudio3141]

@@christopherbravo1813 cause human is too unpredictable

[@christopherbravo1813]

@@magicwandstudio3141 and who said that, exactly?

[@novustalks7525]

I got excited that everything was being connected

[@Hemuset]

When I heard those bells for the first time, several people in the raid (including me) we started shouting "I HEAR A SOUND" and panicked crying all at once.

[@Pinky_Piie]

Good ol drakengard 1

[@himself6362]

Ptsd moments from that game from this raid

[@LuMaF48]

It was like. "OMG not again"

[@rueceless7580]

@@LuMaF48 I did like how they adapted the Black and White circles into the mechanics though, thank god it wasn't a rhythm game this time though. XD

[@atmastand3485]

That is the correct response

[@MrDoot-hj2ir]

My FC, clueless: - Lmao are we in Tokyo haha this Raid is fire! Me, having a panic attack: - The queen starts singing, light and darkness, goodness and evil. Silence the mother's song.

[@TheBronzeDog]

This is kind of why I want a Nier fan to explain what's going on. For me, it's mostly cool-looking nonsense right now. Robots from space mimicking human-made androids I can follow. The digital magic caught me off guard, though.

[@MrDoot-hj2ir]

@@TheBronzeDog Do you have the slightest idea how bloated the lore of those games are? To summarize: this is almost a closure to the Drakengard-NieR mythology. In Drakengard 3, the first game chronologically, the protagonist called Zero has a flower replacing her eye. This is later known as the manifestation from a interdimensional entity called simply The Flower, whose physical form is sealed underneath Cathedral City, the capital of the game's nation. Zero is an Intoner, a godlike sorceress who can manipulate magic by singing. She is accompanied by a white dragon named Mikhail, a younger reincarnation of the powerful Michael. In the final ending of D3, Mikhail is tasked with the mission of finally defeating Zero. She lets the Flower consume her after killing her Intoner sisters. Her death will save the world from the corrupted Intoners and possibly destroy the Flower once and for all. Mikhail engages against the fully bloomed Flower assuming Zero's form in a rhythmic battle against the white dragon, who wins. But the Flower isn't defeated. Nor the tragedy of the dragons. In Drakengard 1, the protagonist Cain and his dragon Angelus seeks to defeat the Cult of the Watchers, a sect raised by the male clone of One, a Intoner and also Zero's sister. One made a clone from a rib and her male self witnessed the aftermath of Mikhail and Zero, discovering the nature of the Flower as a cosmic destructive entity. The Cult of the Watchers are currently in war with the Union in Drakengard 1, aided by the Empire. Cain finds Mannah, a young girl who's not only possessed by a Watcher, but it is also controlling the Cult. By clearing the endings, we find out that the Watchers and the Flower are related, possibly using the Flower as a weapon to consume the planet. The Watchers sent the mysterious Seeds of Resurrection, white spheres of unknown nature which the Cult believes that can grant godhood. But they are actually Seeds of Destruction, wandering wombs to the birth of abominations known as Grotesqueries. In Drakengard 1, four magic seals keep the world and the Watchers separate. Cain's sister is one of them, the Seal of the Goddess. After a clusterfuck of events, she kills herself and the last seal is broken. The Queen Beast, an enormous mannequin-like entity descends with myraids of flying Grotesqueries, which assumes the form of giant babies, getting ready for the final act of the Watchers. In Ending E - Truth, Cain and Angelus tackles against the Queen Beast and Angelus' magic, clashing against the Queen's, transports them to the home of the Watchers: Earth. They arrive in Tokyo, early 2000s. The Queen falls from the sky, Angelus uses her rhythmic magic against the Queen, just like when Mikhail fought against Zero. She and Cain won, but a Japanese aircraft bombs them down. The Queen's demise makes her dissolve into a white cloud that looks like salt. This leads us to NieR. The white mist, named Maso, causes a mystical disease in humans called White Chlorination Syndrome. By researching the Maso's nature, scientists develops the Project Gestalt: seal the souls of the humans, since they are being affected by the Maso, and create Replicants to take care of Earth until the Maso is gone. But something happens and the human souls get loose. Meanwhile, the Replicants develops their own lifestyle, society and civilization. The protagonist, Nier, is trying to save his sister Yonah (in the Replicant version, or daughter in the Gestalt version; no difference in gameplay or story, only interactions) who has been infected by the Shades, the manifestation of wandering human souls in the world. We find out later about the Project Gestalt and also that the Shadowlord, the main antagonist, is Nier's true self, his human soul trying to fix everything by taking Yonah back with him. In the Replicant Remake, after we sacrifice our data to save Kainé, one of our companions, we unlock a new ending where Kainé saves Nier from oblivion by entering in a very familiar place, very similar to this FFXIV raid. Kainé manages to bring Nier back, and a Flower appears above her ear. She and Nier is also inside an enormous Flower who bloomed kilometres wide. Dozens of thousands of years passes, and we are in NieR: Automata. The Earth has been invaded by aliens whose machines threatened life and tried to mimick it. The YoRHa is born by the hands of the Replicants, creating androids to fight against the machines. The Replicants doesn't age, so they continue to exist, but barely surviving. The androids 2B and 9S are the protagonists and they find out that the "Glory for Mankind" motto is a lie. There is no humans anymore. Soon, they meet the Red Girl, N2, which supposedly made contact with the aliens. They also find Emil, one of Nier's companions. He is a eternal child, being forever a disembodied head attached to a vehicle. It is implied that Emil served as an axis between aliens and Replicants between both games' events. Now we get to Dark Apocalypse. The Red Girl not only made contact with the aliens but also found that they were related to the Watchers. She finds a Seed of Destruction from Drakengard and a calamitous event happens. The YoRHa lunar base crashes and gets transported to Norvrandt due to the same magic that Mikhail and Angelus used in their final moments. Annog finds the Seed, which replicates her after her death. Oblivious to the fact, Konnog and her finds 2P along with the Warrior of Light, but later we find that 2P is a creation from the Seed as well. In The Puppets Bunker, we find out that the aliens of Automata were trying to mimick the Watchers behaviour. The mannequins creates the Compound, a grotesque version of a Seed. Later, the Tower rises and 2B and 9S helps the Warrior of Light hacks in. We meet the Red Girl, connecting with the Seed. She floats and accepts being merged with the sphere, becoming the False Idol. But she's trapped in the lower half of the sphere, and soon the second phase starts. The arena changes to the same scenario that Cain and Angelus saw in Ending E. We are in Tokyo. And Her Inflorescence descends. It has the heads of 2B and N2 and it is the true manifestation of the Flower. After the fight, the Warrior of Light finds out that both 2B and 9S are copies just like Annog, and they soon vanish. Yoko Taro basically made an ending in another game, and since he said that every piece of media about Drakengard-NieR that comes from his hand is canon, so is Dark Apocalypse. In the most recent Letter from the Producer, Yoko revealed that there are still many mysteries to be solved. We defeated the most powerful incarnation of the Flower, but what about the entity in the Drakengard-NieR mythology? There are three worlds, essentially: Midgard from Drakengard, Earth from NieR and The First from FFXIV. They are all tied by the same entity. The Watchers supposedly came from Earth, or at least the universe where Earth is set. The Tower disappears and so does the Seed. But what about the others?

[@EvieCorwell]

@@MrDoot-hj2ir That's about as clear an explanation as is possible. Yoko Taro is a lunatic. A brilliant lunatic, but a lunatic. The madman actually made Earth canon in Final Fantasy XIV for Christ's sake.

[@Octopusbell]

*puts on tinfoil hat* We are the connection. We are the Watchers. I always thought it was vaguely implied. Song of the Ancients at the Olympics just made our world part of the canon 😬

[@shadowace2400]

@@MrDoot-hj2ir I mean, the androids predecessors were actually part of the projects that were researching Maso, and Devola and Popola and their many MANY copies were responsible for managing the Replicants, and overseeing their safety and merging with their Gestalts. Also, Gestalt Nier Fucked the entire process up because Yonah messed something up and her process for combining her Gestalt and Replicant glitched out and he prolonged the process for SO LONG that the Gestalts started going insane and the Replicants started developing their own consciousness, because previously they were pretty much flesh robots, all for the sake of trying to find the PERFECT match for Yonah so that there was a 100 percent chance of her not fading/dying in the process So basically Gestalt Nier (his human self) fucked the entire human race over for the sake of his little sister. Also, Replicants can't have kids, and if something happened to their Gestalt Counterpart they started glitching/going insane/dying. I think there was hints that they also aged and were replaced every now and again? Also, there's the entire freaky thing that the Nier and Drakengard timelines are in a consistent loop, with post apocalypse tokyo appearing in Midgard, the Drakengard games happening, Mikhail and Angelus appearing in Tokyo, the apocalypse and Nier games happening, and then the androids and the non sentient meat robot Replicants gathering up all of the White Maso, AKA the Evil Eldritch Doom Flower Shit, while killing all the salt monsters that it had made, and then using a magic ritual and the ENTIRETY OF THE EARTHS MOMENTUM to send it into an alternate world to get rid of it (STICKING IT AND POST APOCALYPSE TOKYO INTO DRAKENGARD MIDGARD THUS CAUSING THE DRAKENGARD GAMES) and basically halting the Earths rotation and locking half the Earth in perpetual day and perpetual night for the rest of time, with literally only magic bullshit keeping the planet inhabitable. Also the Aliens being weird plant people that were lethargic or something and the Machine AI that they had wage war for them deciding they liked Humanity better and slaughtering them and placing themselves and the Androids in a PERPETUAL WAR for the sake of escaping their prime directive of "Defeat the Enemy" and become a truly sentient race in their own right, and proceeding to use said forever war and what little remained of humanity's culture/knowledge and many offshoots of robotic pseudo cultures of individual machines in an attempt to complete this objective, with a HILARIOUS amount of failure on account of essentially having literally no context for ANYTHING that they knew of humanity, and trying to piece together what they can from fragments of fragments of human knowledge/culture. Let's just say Yoko Taro is a weird WEIRD little insane sadist, and ignore his bullshit while you can.

[@jimothyharrison6853]

The hardest mechanic of that fight was trying to play with tears in your eyes.

[@giovannaargon9010]

I truly think that Kaine's theme is the most beautiful song I've ever heard, there's something so magical and moving in Emi's voice

[@Shogunelite]

Lyrics I found online possible transliteration of the chaos language: Too good to be true Love I've never known Can this all be real Or will you fade like all the other dreams. I never believed I would find A love like this before I waited so long in the dark for my light to come. Now you reached out your hand to me And light up my heart and soul I know what to do I will follow you Take your hand and your light will lead me on.

[@giovannaargon9010]

@@Shogunelite nice lyrics! It will match with the love she feels for Nier 😊

[@giovannaargon9010]

@@Shogunelite A French singer has made some covers with her own interpretation of the songs If you want to take a look kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIPdlYuMmdF6nbs In her adaptation, the lyrics are : " Forsaken flower Abandoned heart Soul in the darkness Sadness can be read on your lips You won't look back anymore Your eyes full of pride You'll always be Kaine, the child of The Aerie You won't look back anymore Your eyes full of pride You'll be known as the solitary woman Kaine, the woman of shadow and light"

[@ojama1987]

@@giovannaargon9010 Trust the French to butcher the gaelic....

[@giovannaargon9010]

@@ojama1987 how charming

[@waazlov]

Casual FFXIV player: yooo that boss looks rad! The song sounds awesome too While Drakengard fans as soon as they hear the familiar bells: oH No

[@ThatNormalBunny]

As someone who knows Drakengard but hasn't played it I was smiling since I like the look of that boss fight and I'm a fan of rhythm games

[@tacitidesong]

@@ThatNormalBunny Playing that game at 14-15 years old and raging after loss after maddening loss until, by some miracle, you finally get it right and finish the game, is a special kind of feeling. The kind that resurfaced hard when I heard those damn bells and saw those damn mechanics.

[@ms.pirate]

@@tacitidesong they wanted too make sure you didn't forget the bells

[@Nina-NerdyReindeer]

Only thing i knew about Drakengard im a lore nut some times so was trying to get into the Lore of Nier till it slowly directed me where Nier originated and learned it was connected to another game ended where i learned about Drakengard existence. Now i do want find way pkay all three Drakengard game get invested in its predecessors lore.

[@riel7387]

This is the only time the drakengard gods took a fat L.

[@apple_blossom19]

Yoko Taro is an evil genius we needed and never deserved at the same time. The fact that ffxiv and him created this is proof that two mad storytellers can have an even more insane child. And God if I don't love it all. *bows down* We are not worthy.

[@mikec1222]

Yoko Taro is one of the only people in the world who loved the Virtual Boy. When I saw that in a documentary I was like 'this explains fucking everything'

[@devildante9]

Yeah, I know right! I absolutely loved the story of the dwarves and their carnival that had literally nothing to do with anything in Drakengard of Nier. Such high quality writing.

[@OmegaGamer04]

@@mikec1222 That mask is just hiding the virtual boy.

[@KaiSilverhawk]

Kinda wish we got Nier/Drakengard themed weapons as well but sadly Alliance raids don't drop weapons... only belts, LOTS of belts...

[@HolyDemon1988]

Until Ednwalker then no Belts. Better glue your pants on your Hips. :D

[@CErra310]

They already made models of 2Bs weapons for the NPCs. I wish we at least had those as Level 1 glamours :(

[@kulioization]

@@CErra310 all due time (I hope)

[@Vansjoo7966]

Endwalker will catch us with our pants in our ankles

[@seraphinaryoka5716]

no more lmao no more belts haha

[@HippoMustache]

Four notes. That's all it takes to give me a panic attack. Bravo Yoko Taro. Bravo

[@novustalks7525]

Lots of drakengard fans say this but I don't get it. Is it because of how difficult that fight was?

[@TheNapster153]

@@novustalks7525 The true endings for Drakengard 1 and 3 are rhythm games. 3 is infamous for the fact that the seven minute long song has multiple rhythms and requires you to focus solely on the music and not the completely bonkers visuals designed to mess with you. Oh, and the director had two extra notes play behind a black screen and if you die at any point then its back to the beginning of the song. Check for Drakengard 3 ending D for a good idea of the madness.

[@novustalks7525]

@@TheNapster153 ah gotcha

[@redacted144]

@@TheNapster153 never forget that the black screen note is intentionally made with slow down tempo to fuck you up harder.

[@vegas3352]

​@@redacted144How to be an asshole dev 101

[@Sindri44]

the main ff theme intertwined in the violin is just PURE genius!!

[@brianmendenhall8972]

I cannot argue with that statement

[@LonePhantom756]

In its native timeline, so devoid of hope, this...THING...was invincible. Its influence meant there was no happy ending, or at least not one that could be achieved easily, or completely. But this time, it's different. This is a reality of fantasies that have yet to be final, a reality where mad gods can be thwarted by those with the resolve and skill to protect what they cherish. Here, a happy ending is possible. Here, the bleak song can be silenced. Here... You can win.

[@TheRealPentigan]

Even moreso on the First, given that place was already dragged out of apocalypse once and had only just begun to recover. There was hope again, the kind that has been proven and has yet to fade into a more subdued optimism.

[@BR-dj1bo]

And when the battle is won, those whom sacrificed themselves to halt this great evil across time and space can finally be at peace. Zero... Ciam... Nier... Kaine... Emil... 2B... 9S... You can now rest, we've won this for you all.

[@Dastreus]

Yeah, nier's world was doomed the moment that god fell from the sky, huh?

[@SwordfishJouster]

It didn't know what we do to gods around here.

[@clashaccount8737]

@@SwordfishJouster "Oh hey, new gear!" *Rapid explosions and stabbing sounds*

[@christalee9875]

As a D3, D1, and Nier nut, this incredible raid series explored all of it as it was meant to be. I feel it's only fitting that the story ends where it truly began, and that's with the Intoners, The Flower, and The Queen Beast. The one timeline where all of this was possible.

[@BR-dj1bo]

And in a odd twisted sense this is canon to the Drakengard/Nier story.

[@lenlimbo]

@@BR-dj1bo Yoko Taro is nuts, and I love him for that XD

[@eirenii]

The amazing parallell is the final boss in *Drakengard* gives almost always being a view of a city torn. One long beyond comprehension if anyone or anything still lives. And from the sky... either she falls or she blooms. I feel this is only the beginning to the end of the Drakengard/Nier story and we're to complete it. When I saw Her Infloresence fall and heard Kaine's theme... Saw what was of original Drakengard's final boss mechanic... To me, it didn't end but became just another ending. I await more endings from Yoko Taro. And if this is truly the final, then it is finally our ending Z.

[@christopherbravo1813]

"It was not the ending. There are no beginnings or endings in the Wheel of Time. but it was AN ending."

[@ArcadiaP]

Never played Nier or anything related to it, but this song was amazing to listen to when doing the raid.

[@Cassapphic]

I played replicant after these raids and this song plays at the end of most sad but hopeful scenes and I hate that my brain would go “wow this is just like ffxiv” because it fits so well

[@apple_blossom19]

Nier replicant is worth it my friend, I've watched entire playthroughs at least 10 times because it hits the feels the same each time. It is sad, but hints at hope c:

[@pumpkingamebox]

Keichi Okabe mate. Amazing composer.

[@Prizzlesticks]

I played Nier Automata for the first time after Copied Factory dropped just to know wtf was going on (and because I'd been putting it off for so long). Also, the raid was so fun, I wanted some context. Holy shit. Just play it. It is honestly one of the best games I've ever played. It has been so long since a game made me feel something that lingered. I didn't know a game could both ruin me psychologically, and end up being a genuine comfort game. How is it both a chill vibe and utter anguish, idek. But I love it so much. And oddly enough, you can make an argument that the FFXIV raid is a continuation of one of the game's endings, because Yoko Taro is a madman~ I did play the remastered Nier Replicant remake, and it was pretty good. I can't say I liked it better than Automata, but it has some good moments and great characters. Of the two, I'd rate Automata a 9.5 and Replicant a 7.5, which are both very high for me. For context, I'd rate ARR alone as a 4, Shadowbringers alone as a 9, and FFXIV as a whole around 7.5, mostly because I've sunk too many hours into it to try and deny its merit. ;p

[@Catto217]

If you have times I reccomended you to play it. it's a fckn great game with tons of great musics, mechanics, characters, story and especially the feels that makes you questioning your own existence lol.

[@dianethepunk6149]

Incredibly unfair that they would make you fight this boss while violently sobbing

[@necroxisz]

I know everyone talks about the bells freaking them out but what got it for me was how flawlessly Soken incorporated the Prelude into Kaine's theme. Hearing the violin bust out the Prelude brought unexpected tears to my eyes.

[@giovannaargon9010]

He's such an amazing composer, associating him with Ochabe was a match made in heaven

[@Beneficialitificul]

Actually this one was a collab of Keiichi Okabe and the legendary Nobuo Uematsu himself! :D

[@DerekDirk-eb8dj]

Uematsu incorporated the Prelude for this song. Why do you all credit Soken for everything? There’s a reason why this sounds good.

[@loganreed23]

​​@@DerekDirk-eb8djfunny how you incorporated Uematsu yourself because he didn't do anything for this song lmao

[@trial_with_an_error9687]

The bells...the fucking bells terrified me

[@danitus3419]

Watched a 6 hour long lore timeline video for all of drakengard and nier, and i gotta say this now hits REALLY differently.

[@Shogunelite]

Yoko Taro asks: do you feel like a hero now?

[@azysgaming8410]

Yoo I saw the entire thing too

[@thestongestoftheweak]

may i have a link to said video?

[@IKMcGwee]

​@@thestongestoftheweak this one is pretty good, they section off each bit and add all the comic, short stories and other random medias Yoko Taro felt like doing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4i4YqCsfZuVp9Esi=hSTT6JoKqYEwMcJl

[@austinbuford8332]

How to give Drakengard fans PTSD 101

[@ashlynbrown3728]

More like a Vietnam War flashback

[@MrKanooe]

@@ashlynbrown3728 That's what a ptsd is.

[@ashlynbrown3728]

@@MrKanooe yep

[@ZeroOmega-vg8nq]

"Is it over caim?" DG vets- please no....not again

[@tyty8484]

In case it wasn't clear, the answer is: "An official collaboration written by Yoko Taro."

[@299brody]

Did I buy Replicant finally after running this raid dozens of times and still never even seeing the 9S minion but getting this song stuck in my head? Yes.

[@Razor4884]

Go for Automata too, if you're willing.

[@299brody]

@@Razor4884 Already did!

[@cthulhuhoops]

@@299brody 9S drops are guaranteed now!!

[@Benmedrano4000]

Hell play Drakengard 3 too if you can

[@ramon6783]

Never having played Nier before, I was wondering why this was called "Final Fantasy Main Theme Ver." and the 2:00 mark came up so smoothly and hit me in the feels.

[@DerpyMcderp]

U MUST PLAY NIER 😳

[@Sheepdog_Alpha]

I never played it before either, then a couple of weeks ago I played both Replicant and Automata and I implore anyone who hasn't to play them.

[@Ramsey276one]

Now I want NieR lyrics for Final Fantasy Might end up doing my own XD

[@jerome6519]

i never noticed that before that sounds absolutely beautiful

[@christophercotto4212]

It's such a lovely song but I'm also panicking like "Oh God if you want The First to avoid a fate worse Then the flood... SILENCE THE MOTHERS SONG

[@beatricecorradi7072]

Silencing songs is our specialty 😂

[@keithfilibeck2390]

WoL is a far more potent force than anything the Nier/Drakengard universe is ready for.

[@omegagilgamesh]

"SILENCE THE MOTHER'S SONG," I barely played Drakengard back in the day, so I don't remember the reference. This isn't in reference to your party member who eats her own children, right?

[@JordanSmith-yi3ji]

No, thankfully. Go watch Ending E of Drakengard 1 to understand.

[@darkuscarlet]

@@omegagilgamesh Late but the Queen-Beast literally sings a song that acts as the final boss of DOD1(and songs in general are VERY plot-centric in DOD3 which is the backstory for the entire series). Said song begins with those accursed bells. Those. Four. Bells.

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

Something I love is that the last time we fought the Grotesquerie Queen, the music was apocalyptic in nature; ominous bells. But here, those bells are supplemented with a melancholy but ultimately hopeful song. Because this time... we can *win.* We can finish what Caim and Angelus started. We can avenge them, their companions, their successors. We can finally put the Watchers in their damn place... *And make them bleed.*

[@BR-dj1bo]

I like to imagine that, After the WoL is ready to leave, they feel something or someone is watching them. They turn around and see all of the spirits of the Main Heroes of Drakengard and Nier series looking at them. We do not know them but yet they gives us a silent thank you as we nod back and smile. We leave the tower as it disappears and head on to our journey. And in the spot where the tower was...a small flower of moonlight colors glows and sways in the quiet winds.

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

@@BR-dj1bo Honestly, something that hit me is that this means it wasn’t all pointless. Everyone who suffered didn’t suffer for nothing. God bless Yoko Taro.

[@BR-dj1bo]

@UCluN6iYTB4uXf2IKMYDCmsg It's supposed to be the Lunar Tear Flower but I get what your saying.

[@higueraft571]

>Happy Ending in a Yoko Taro story That's funny :V Bittersweet at best, take it or leave it

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

@@higueraft571 I mean, it's hard to argue with the results lol It's kinda brilliant too; the Watchers picked a fight with a world they weren't ready for, and ate shit as a result.

[@angel__king]

At 2:00 they changed the violin to play the Final Fantasy main theme that’s so great

[@finalfantasymadness4512]

Yes

[@dio7288]

omg, the pitch is so different that i haven't realized for SO LONG, THANK YOU!! Soken is a master in his field...

[@tuomas9400]

@@dio7288 this song in FFXIV is not composed by Soken. It was Composed by Keiichi Okabe (also Nobuo Ueamatsu is credited, since he is the original composer of FF theme)

[@katiemckinney9456]

5:28 I love that the lyrics say 'ya boi' because that makes me think of the Warrior of Light going "Hey there Watchers. It's me, ya boi."

[@BeeBeBees]

When i finished this raid its like Caim, Angelus, Zero, Michael, Zero's sisters, Nier, Kaine, Emil, 2B,9S and A2 all looked at your character as you left, finally being released from the origin of their suffering.

[@keithfilibeck2390]

I think 9S and 2B are still alive after all this.

[@TheRealPentigan]

I mean 2B and 9S were in fact standing there at this time. They were in fact physically present during this fight. But also I think they are also still alive after it? Mostly because there's two versions of the pair running around in what I presume to be the ending that leads into this raid series. There's "manifested through data" version in the raids and then "reconstructed by Pods" version back on the actual Automata Earth who presumably have no clue that one of the most powerful beings in their setting just got trashed by 24 random adventurers of which only a few of them having any kind of dragon or music related powers.

[@gamester512]

@@TheRealPentigan I like to think that 2B & 9S still retain their memories of this battle, though they no longer have a way to actually meet us again. And that those memories, and the experience of having fought alongside "humans" might have given them more hope for the future (in a sense proving that Haurchefant was correct in referring to us as "Hope Incarnate"). Maybe we'll get a sequel to Automata at some point with 2B & 9S returning and the two could even make some sort of reference to this raid series, such as them mentioning *"climbing that tower with all of those people at our side"* and wondering if those "people" were actually humans?

[@novasiri7809]

I still come back to listen to this version of Kaine... I still remember my first run with my FC pals, only me and one other had really played NeiR or Drakengard. And when we got to this point on vc the moment the bells sounded "No- It can't be.." Me: I HEARD A SOUND "NO NO NO KILL IT!" Me: SILENCE HER SONG! The rest of the FC: Confused to why we were panicking.

[@grunermrk]

When you have 2 gods of the video game composing pantheon collaborating on songs you get perfection.

[@wraithkeeper3610]

It was this fight in particular that finally got me to play Nier. And man im having a blast.

[@apple_blossom19]

It was the opposite for me. I was on the fence about playing ffxiv, and the raids made me want to play it. Do not regret a thing c:

[@celfhelp]

@@apple_blossom19 i played ffxiv a while back but fell off finding out the NieR raids were permanent additions instead of temporary collabs made returning the easiest decision

[@khalil_eljouadi]

for nier fans this raid makes it easier for them to go through those boring early levels that the game is known for

[@beefcakeman1525]

good luck fam you got a long ways to go before you hit the nier raid lol

[@khalil_eljouadi]

@@beefcakeman1525 who cares at this point bro, enjoying my time in stormblood

[@BAMURI]

1:22 accurately. When I heard the beginning of this verse, my pupils dilated and my heart beat faster. I'd probably cry if I heard it live

[@Konpekikaminari]

I heard it live I indeed cried I was main tank

[@GrimmGB]

God I loved these raids. I just wish that they had dropped Nier-inspired weapons from the final one. It would have been so easy to find fits for each class: Paladin: Virtuous Contract (+ a shield with the same white design motif) Warrior: Fang of the Twins Gunbreaker: Type 40 Sword Dark Knight: Beastlord or Iron Will Dragoon: Dragoon Lance Monk: Emil Heads Samurai: Cruel Lament or Faith Ninja: Kaine's Swords Red Mage: Iron Pipe Black Mage: Emil's Staff Summoner: Grimoire Noir White Mage: Devola/Popolas staff Scholar: Grimoire Weiss Machinist; Machine Lifeform cannon Only ones I can't think of good options for are Bards and Astros

[@ThatNormalBunny]

Pods or Grimoire Weiss for Bards 😂 The only ranged weapons you have access to in NieR Automata/Replicant

[@pocketdirt338]

SCL and SMN are perfect

[@Trick.Sparrow]

I would've killed for a flight suit mount that transforms when you fly

[@undies891]

The Pandaemonium weapons kind of look like Nier weapons

[@elodiealaya]

@@Trick.Sparrow Gabriel Alpha is probably the best you can get tbh.

[@vampireguy24]

I've played through this Raid ~20 times now (Thanks Alliance Raid Roulette) and somehow never noticed that from 1:58 to 2:26 is the Final Fantasy Theme if you put it on 2× speed. I mean just wow.

[@petrus9067]

Don't even need to speed up tbh. All nier final bosses had a final fantasy remix, 9s is prelude, giant 2p is torn from the heavens

[@Duskaria]

Same as when you set the Weeping City of Mhach Theme to 1.5x speed, you realize it's the Final Fantasy IX Battle Theme leitmotif

[@strictlybananas]

You don’t have to speed it up… that just is the theme

[@diosmios5364]

its in the name of the song

[@omensoffate]

Wtf you don’t have to speed it up lol

[@Zerael252]

Storm blood WoL: I won't get hit by a train again after this raid right? Shadow Bringer AL:

[@katopiano3017]

The way they mixed one Kaine song and welcome to the Final Fantasy is just awesome!!

[@alittlebirdi]

1:27 Hey yall it's me, it's ya boi, Her Inflorescence.

[@junky2fk]

The bells are PTSD inducing. Terrifying. Silence the singing.

[@PurpleStar22]

I never played the games this raid is based on, but this music makes me feels things I can't explain. It's sad, but hopeful? Like remembering a place I've never been to before. If that makes any sense.

[@VanTesla]

That's a pretty good summarization with no prior context. Mind the hopeful part is likely due to the bit of FF music mixed in as this is a remix of Nier, bit of Drakengard, and bit of FF14. Original song rendition is supposed to be bitter sweet at best and the bells taken from Drakengard symbolize the end pretty much. Saying any more would possibly be spoiling any of the said games. It is though suppose to make one feel sad with the added hope via FF14. Mind original song can be seen to some in or without context have a tinge of hope... The bells from Drakengard are literal bells of ruin though...

[@PurpleStar22]

@@VanTesla So, "Death/Rebirth" vibe?

[@VanTesla]

@@PurpleStar22 Oh definitely, but usually the rebirth aspect isn't usually a good sign. Much spoiler heavy info with some aspects of theory below. Spoilers does involve Drakengard 1&3, Nier/Automata and some bits from the FF14 crossover. Say in this with the birth of the boss who is literally trying to end the FF world. Only being stopped by the players. The boss though in this is an amalgamation brought about by experiments from another advanced civilization. Which in say original Drakengard used flowers as the symbol of annihilation of a species and it's planet. Nier is then what happens when say a Universe/Earth like ours is accidentally or perhaps not effected by a calamity via Drakengard ending. Then focuses on humanity vs a magical plaque, to humanity vs aliens, then Androids vs Machines. Then through chance a Ark careering both Androids and Machines crashing into the FF14 universe. The Machines and some of the Androids being infected with a variation of a virus. This virus which has its roots in Drakengard. The prior fight to this was against the Red Queen the leader of the Machines. We learn she was a puppet all along of the overseer's and wasn't even aware fully of that. As The Red Queen try to reanact the methods to become a god like entity in Drakengard. Through planting and rebirth. Instead what came out wasn't the Red Queen reborn anew, but a harbinger of the overseer's design to end civilizations like countless times before. The difference is this time it took the appearance of several previous female protagonist instead of prior known forms. One being Kaine or seen as Kaine to many players. That is not a rebirth Kaine or any of the previous protagonist would be happy about. As being used as a symbol of destruction and death to another species. By the way it is believe that the final boss outside sharing appearance with prior heroines. Is still not fully developed. This only time viable to kill it before it is to late. It's attacks and where it takes players is back to the dimension/time period after our real Earth was pretty much Glassed by the Overseer's. Be it a different timeline or same fully as Nier given vast time difference is unknown. It's how though in a joking sense why Square Enix building can be logical used as a weapon to kill players😅. Pretty much the entire story can be boiled down to a advanced unseen civilization messing with other worlds/dimensions as some kind of experiment. Regardless of suffering caused to those left. FF14 having their own magic, Dragons, and unique characters being one of the only few instances repelling successful a calamity event. Which given FF14 history gives understanding as that world has had similar type threats before. The Three females I believe are in this amalgamation is 2B the Android even though she is alive separately fighting it with FF cast and also likely another version is still on Earth. Then Kaine as the ending for her can give explanation as she came into contact more heavily the flower and Overseer's machinations. Lastly, but not least is Zero who is main character of Drakengard 3 and the holder of the flower. A aspect of each was seen as highly compatible to the overseer's creation. If anything I feel pity for the Machine Queen who thought it be compatible, but even able to have control. Not realizing she was just a pot designed to have the actual thing grow. What's interesting is the Machines where made by a different alien species that existed in our own. This Machines after gaining sentience killed them and took over. So that is possibly why the Red Queen even all the way up to this thought it couldn't be a puppet. As to the previous actions taken even after gaining power from the Drakengard realm she seem to act not always according to Overseer's prior speculated rules. Well outside obviously trying to eradicate humanity, but that is easily explained given it was originally what Machines where supposed to do. There's a lot more, but I've gone on a crazy tangent. Also could be better form and concise... There's a lot of lore/implications and some of what I've said is part speculation and assumption. There is a lot not covered still that is available as well. On a positive aspect. Yoko Taro more recent additions to lore bring hope. As prior it mostly was a nihilistic one. Also outside to make fun of tropes he didn't like🤣.

[@VanTesla]

@@PurpleStar22 So if uninterested in my spoiler heavy insane rambling. I do recommend if possible. Playing Nier and Nier Automata. Also if have a good PC and emulation playing or watch the story from Drakengard 1&3. Then catching up with how this came into FF14 as it is actually explained.

[@VanTesla]

@@PurpleStar22 If nothing else and like the music. There is many good soundtracks like this in mentioned games. Not so much for Drakengard 1 in my personal opinion, but the rest and said remixes definitely. All use a made up language Yoko Taro had for the games language called Chaos. Mind some soundtracks like Weight of The World have versions with English and practically all native languages as well.

[@1jidion]

this song just proves that the final fantasy prelude can fit with any song

[@steweygrrr]

The Chaos Language is absolutely one of the best things about NieR when applied to the music. It means something different yet similar to everybody because it allows the emotions behind the song to carry it rather than the lyrics themselves, at least in my most humble of opinions.

[@Questionable88]

Dev: So Which encounter mechanics shall we use on this boss? Director: Yes

[@Tygaera]

The violin broke me the first time I fought this boss. I could barely focus on my rotation because my vision was blurred from tears.

[@iegitblah1615]

when she says "falale ya boi" i felt that.

[@Ramsey276one]

O M G XD

[@js-uk8rm]

I love the vibes of this song so much. It’s simultaneously so sad and so hopeful. You’re fighting a being of unfathomable horror and tragedy, but at the same time, for the first time that anyone has heard of, you do can more than just hold them at bay. You can stop them. You can WIN.

[@legomaniac213]

That was this thing's biggest mistake. On it's homeworld, it was an invincible, godlike being. Then it came to a world where not only could gods bleed, but one where gods could be killed!

[@HasvenWorld]

Me: Cool! New Niergard song in F!...Isn't that Tokyo from- Song: *dingdingding-dong* Me: *stares off into the distance* ...I hear a sound.

[@tessa8484]

One of those songs that make you choke up out of nowhere and never really understand why.

[@Skijaramaz]

Ah, man, I cannot wait for the day I get to start blasting this song as the final boss track for my FF D&D Campaign. It's gonna be a time.

[@Fl0wchart]

Hail Brethren, nice to see another Final Fantasy inspired DM. Curious if you are using a homebrew campaign setting, or an existing one. I'm using Eberron right now, but for future campaigns, I plan on putting a Final Fantasy spin on Ravnica and Theros as well.

[@Skijaramaz]

@@Fl0wchart Well, Im not actually using D&D. I'm using the FFD6 rule system. I just say FFD&D because people know what D&D is. ^^; As for the setting, it is a 100% original FInal Fantasy world I made called Eno. I've already taken my group through a 3-and-a-half-year-long campaign already, and now we're onto a sequel campaign set a hundred years later. Not to shamelessly plug or anything, but we actually post our sessions to KZbin. Look up 'Chronicles of Eno' and you should find them soon enough, if you're interested at all. Uploaded by Project T.

[@Omnishredder]

It's a haunting song for both sides of the fans, that main theme version from ff is just chillingly darker than it's song,

[@Chillgeroffrost]

At first i was like why do these bells sound so fimliar, then old memories came back to me and turned into oh no those bells again

[@mikec1222]

It's like "Oh no, the Red Girl took up all the Ominous Latin-ish Chanting, all I have left is this vaguely celtic stuff. But, it kinda works anyway."

[@yne494]

I was gonna say it sounds so Gaelic to me

[@reenahrune5992]

Is she singing in an actual language?

[@mikec1222]

@@reenahrune5992 It's a language made up for the series, so the musical statements can stand on their own rather than hyperfocusing on the meaning of the lyrics. It's inspired by many languages.

[@sylvastreak]

@@reenahrune5992 it's "chaos language" officially, but this one was based on welsh and gaelic ^^

[@ImperiousMax]

We all thought Dark Apocalypse was gonna be Nier: Automata... AND THEN THIS HAPPENS AND SUDDENLY IT'S DRAKENGARD OH SHIT--

[@elusivo3347]

Why is this version of the song making me tear up when the violins and strings hit 😭

[@IKMcGwee]

Had someone in one of these Araids ask whats going on (like Nier wise), half of us asked how many hours they had to read chat for.

[@Rauxlen]

The moment when the drakengard bell references were added into the Nier-FF music, on that day I felt fear, and then I experienced it.

[@NaitomeIya]

I read the DrankenNier lore before playing FF14. I can only imagine the beeg emotional damege of people who actually went through the nightmarish rhythm game at the end of Drankengard 3, and then saw this in FF14. But damn, not only did the two game series crossover, even their music crossed over. Whoever had that brilliant idea knew both game series have bangers.

[@KyhronLuna]

The bells right at the beginning do more emotional damage than anything else. The games crossed over because Square Execs didnt want Yoko Taro to work on another DrakeNeir game because they didn't think they were popular enough for it so he put it in 14 instead.

[@sniperstg2]

the song: ptsd for drakengard the raid: ptsd for ffxiv the actual fight: I like trains.

[@mudges5]

Imagining a Fire Emblem/Nier/FFXIV mashup in my head... hey, a man can dream.

[@ms.pirate]

I mean, in drakengard ending E, Caim and Angelus took the queen beast too our world and created nier. It might be possible they can go too a final fantasy world too

[@elizawulf8180]

I mean, Nier, Tactics Ogre, and Final Fantasy all cross-over...in Final Fantasy 14...

[@Mirvana]

NGL the first time I did this boss, I was crying and amazed I didn't screw up most of the mechanics (I did get flattened after the knockbacks).

[@ヒサライ]

イントロがDOD無印Ｅエンドからってのが胸アツ。

[@bakubread9308]

you know, after experiencing all of Drakengard 1 and 3 and looking back on this questline... the first genuinely came close to descending into a final days type catastrophe. Like, we find a seed of destruction. We fight an artificial intoner. Things could have gone so insanely badly if the WoL wasn't both incredibly strong and incredibly lucky.

[@humblebumble7249]

who else died because the music was so good it was distracting?

[@2Jade4u]

Such a beautiful song.

[@nesoukkefka1741]

Bells ring. Drakengard fans : OH Shit here we go again !!!

[@immoralboi3158]

Never played a Drakengard game, so when I first saw this boss and it's arena I was like "Oh hey, this is cool. Are those modern buildings? This shit's crazy heheh" after looking through these comments and doing my own research regarding Nier and Drakengard, that reaction quickly turned into... "O H F U C K"

[@clearcat7296]

The bell tolling part reminds me of certain boss battles in dothack...

[@Shogunelite]

And Yoko Taro asks: Do you still feel like a hero?

[@Tomoatsu_Ishiku]

i cant singalong properly when i see "ya boi"

[@A.R.T.4]

I was like “what?” Then saw it LMAO

[@Duskaria]

Imagine singing along to a pretend language lel

[@joshualeahy2162]

It's ya boi *owa owa*

[@Nehfarius]

Falale, ya boi!

[@janterri3539]

@@Duskaria Why not

[@drnanard9605]

Oh my God, I wasn't expecting to hear the FF theme blended in within this NieR song. Beautifully done.

[@LoiValdes]

Both the Final Fantasy main theme and Kaine's theme are songs that neber fail to make me cry, so a remix of both hit like a truck (or like a train in this case)

[@enbydeadly]

if there is one alliance raid fight i really wish we could have a savage version of, its this fight just because i wanna experience the rhythm part but insane like it was in drakengard 1

[@hungrychad]

Is the rhythm part of 1 worse than 3? I've only played 3 and it took me hours lmao

[@KKoga93]

Wdym? This is already a savage version. I cant see shit from my tears. X"D (Jokes aside the rythm parts wouldnt be much fun unfortunately as a turn away mechanic. Forced downtime is not the greatest thing in a game like this when it comes to endgame content.)

[@depoant]

@@KKoga93 and how mr Taro will get his happy juices if he dosn't make the player suffer though his music mini games? I think downtime was the closest he could get to punishing the player XD

[@depoant]

@@hungrychad it's easier and you can "cheat" with pausing/bringing up the menu, I think Yoko Taro got mad and we got the Savage version in 3...that black screen part with Michael/zero dialogue took me hours too

[@orimu836]

Those bells never fails to terrify me

[@lp1spiritguidance577]

I felt she looks more like zero so……. Is there some untold connection between zero and Kaine yet to be revealed!?

[@LazyMoonkin]

In the Replicant remake it is mentioned that Kaine is singularity. The only another instance of someone being called a singularity in drakennier is Zero.

[@lp1spiritguidance577]

@@LazyMoonkin that, that right there? Infomation I actually wanted, you peach x

[@venuzmodeling]

They’re all connected by the flower

[@ojibungaming6748]

Kaine is the name of the song.

[@owohscorner]

Zero is Kaine from an alternate universe. Kaine's memory template was used to create A2 who is a prototype for 2B. And finally 2B's true designation is 2E, and exterminator class that kills other androids.

[@lillie316]

One of the greatest feelings in the world is using lb3 as the Final Fantasy motif starts playing. I did so once by coincidence and it gave me chills.

[@EisernerKanzlerMusic]

never played nier but this song so good i have played drakengard though but too long ago to remember the music, but man the addition of the ff main theme is beautiful for me an FF fan

[@MaxPootis]

So hype to se the baldman do this raid !

[@Akanalusa]

Me too! :D

[@Cloudeusz]

The violin playing final fantasy’s prelude is what really sets this apart from all the other variants of this song

[@john-gh5yo]

I recently did this raid series and...the fight mechanics wise is honestly pretty intense and crazy and yet...this sonnatta made it feel gentle...somber...soft. all my panick and worry melting and just leaving me hypnotised to the surreal display upon my screen...this thing melding the fabrics of existence effortlessly in a city scape around us that was purest white...just witnessing this fight first hand felt so...alien...so bizarre. My whole body felt cold and without weight

[@quaeravoluptatem]

I have never played Automata, unfortunately, but I do know Drakengard(3) and Nier. I did get some of the context. It's a sad, ominous song. For some reason the sad violin Final Fantasy main theme always pushes it just that bit further. I tear up every time... ...Which is a bit embarrassing when playing the raid. Still absolutely beautiful, though, and sits alongside many of the rest of Shadowbringers's amazing mash-up pieces.

[@lenlimbo]

The ominous part, or at least the biggest share, comes actually from Drakengard 1, if you ask me. That's the game were everything went to shit for the Nier universe. The chlorination syndrome of Nier? Caused by the Queen-Beast Caim and Angelus dropped in Tokyo in the Ending E of Drakengard. I don't remember if the four bells from the beggining of the song also play in the final ending of Drakengard 3, but they definitely play in Drakengard 1.

[@quaeravoluptatem]

@@lenlimbo Oh, definitely. Those rhythm game mechanics need their bells. 😏

[@tangerineGamer]

how am i supposed to fucking clear this raid if im on the floor bawling

[@EspressoStreams]

I bought YT a beer once between the release of Nier and DOD3. Whoever hurt this man must be stopped.

[@郭宇凡-r8u]

sounds beautiful :)

[@Terminator1732]

I was busy with ff 14 music and suddenly I think to myself why is Nier music playing here all of a sudden but there are also a few distinctive ff passages to be heard i really like it

[@muhc2931]

SPOILER ALERT: If you go and use your skills to pass the English GCSE for metaphors and stuff you'll Realise that the boss could be seen as symbolic to someone protecting a child. Earlier in the story a dwarf who was pregnant with a child was injured or possibly killed. This boss could be a representation of such events and the effort to overcome it. Even the song heavily resembled a lullaby as if putting a child to rest. To that raid there's a very twisted sense of innocence to certain bosses. Like a giant girl who despite being a child uses abilities like "cruelty" or raid bosses like hansel and grettel. A child's story we fight in which when one boss dies the other goes into outright lamentation. Lots of possible metaphorical representations for this raid. They... Leave me rather dismayed at times.

[@TheTriforceDragon]

If the ending is happy, it aint Yoko Taro...

[@Lambda_111]

Yoko Taro: Ha ha Depression go brrrrt.

[@C_XIII]

yeah the Mother and child lamentation really fits with that Drakenguard Ending in which the Nier universe starts

[@Lambda_111]

@@C_XIII 'One dark future no-one survives'

[@maddcat3926]

Great, now I'm going to cry every time I do this raid :')

[@KitsuneRagnell]

You know shit's fucked once you hear those bells

[@Hadaron]

1:34 if we’re splitting hairs here, Kainé should be capitalized… Aw who cares, this is great. Thanks for making these lyric videos.

[@shybandit521]

these are not real words, thats not actually Kaine's name thats just what that word sounds like.

[@Hadaron]

@@shybandit521 When Emi Evans made her songs, she made them by blending languages together into a fictional one that, while gibberish to our ears, is meant to have meaning in-universe. If she knew she was making a theme for a specific character, I can see her adding the name to the theme.

[@Day142-1]

You thought it was Nier... but it was I, Drakengard.

[@cosmicneko7225]

oddly fitting music for getting clocked by a skyscraper

[@sylphidstriker6909]

I actually left my first run when I heard the bells. I took a nap, got food, and made sure I was actually ready

[@TheTriad001]

I'm both upset and glad beyond belief that I joined FF14 after this event. Upset because this song and boss fight are both great and beautiful. Glad because I know I'd wipe on this boss so many times, coz I know I'd be bawling because of the memories this song brings up. Fucking Nier is criminally underrated.

[@thefirstloser]

I shed tears every time i am hearing songs out of near automata. I played it to 100% but it was hard for me to do every ending.

[@Rosa-mf2ky]

本っ当に好きすぎる~最高です❕

[@vivikamekame6895]

I didn’t enjoy the BGM too much while doing this raid cuz I was too busy to dodge everything 😂

[@Michael-qk7cs]

Of all the language that persisted through to the age of Nier, I'm glad "Ya Boi" made it through.

[@CryBlueofZ]

*debuff gained* *PTSD Attack* (you remember all that FUCKED up SHIT that happened and can't react fast)

[@dealerinfaith8039]

Final fantasy fans: what beautiful music! 😊 Drakengard fans: FOUR. FUCKING. NOTES. ...I hear a sound-

[@leonarduskrisna4588]

The Bells is straight from Drakengard