Nier Automata Analysis - A Love Story (Spoilers)

[@heerotomoe]

Before this video, I couldn't put into words why I felt so much for these two or why their relationship worked for me as a romantic one. You hit the nail on the head EXACTLY. Great job. Thanks so much 🙏

[@betterthanyou2458]

i swear i hate getting to my least favorite part of the game. which is ending e. it doesnt meant that i dont like the ending, cuz i thought beautiful, but that means the game is over and im left with the empty feeling inside me. i knew right from the start that 9s liked 2b. but when 2b dies and i see 9s reaction im like "dang 9s im sorry for what ur going through" he truly cared about 2b cuz he always sacrificed himself to help her and then after seeing 2b die and having the bunker gone he thought he would never see her again. so he tries to avenge her and yea

[@symbletsplay1643]

Well you people seem to know hella lot of Nier Automata, so i wondered... Did A2 cut her hair of like 2B's when she killed her because she was jealous of their relationship?

[@bluebloodcell9420]

Symbletsplay (Just ignore my username) I don't think so... A2 is just a rogue and does not give a crap. She just wanders around and kills randomly after deserting Yorha... Since 2B is asking her to carry her memories and take care of everything (ahem 9s maybe), she cut her hair to look more like 2B and perhaps she does that to constantly remind herself to fulfill 2B's last wish till the very end. Idk, I'm just guessing...

[@Gxmwp]

@@symbletsplay1643 dont know if anyone ever ended up telling you in another post or something, but A2 cutting her hair is based off of a Japanese trope. It's suppose to show that she's going down a new path in life. Additionally they used her short haired model in promotions in order to trick people into thinking 2B gets fucked up later in the game when in reality it was just A2.

[@BoredOuttaMyMind]

Here’s a six-hundredth like! Couldn’t convey my thoughts to this video better!

[@ЯБезымянный-о5ф]

It's funny how only 2B ever calls 9S Nines through the whole game. It's almost like she gave him the nickname somewhere before.

[@seqka711]

"I've never had a partner before, it's nice, we scanner models usually work alone" "The people who know me usually call me Nines" Do you see the contradiction? Because I sure do. ;_;

[@Peahnuts]

i actually did not pick that up woah now i want to die

[@ЯБезымянный-о5ф]

Near the end of the game there is another S-model in the castle ruins with a quest. When they meet, he greets 9S something like: - "You are the one everyone calls Nines?" - "Yeah, though nobody calls me like that anymore..." So maybe 9S had a life outside the missions. Also it's known that he worked with resistance for some time, though I don't remember anyone calling him that, except for 2B.

[@seqka711]

Huh. I remember 11S called him 9S. I didn't think there any other Scanner models besides those two appeared in the game. Welp, there goes my theory. >_

[@SoubiCh]

Я Безымянный i think he said that because the bunker was already lost (so does the yorha androids inside)

[@AllTheNamesIPickedWereTaken]

When 2B died I was literally in denial till the last scene in the entire game. I loved her so much I couldn't accept that she was dead ;-;

[@AKSBSU]

Maybe you should avoid the novellas, then. Her story is even sadder than what you see in-game.

[@seroccoprime2774]

You bring her back after Ending E.

[@kylaparagas5084]

I'm in denial right now...2B just died. I keep telling myself that she'll be getting a new body at the bunker. That her memories must be saved somewhere I dunno. But then I remember...the BUNKER GOT DESTROYED 😭😭

[@axwyy710]

Same here

[@9yearoldepicgamersoldier129]

That was me as well the entire rest of the game.

[@AKSBSU]

I came away with the impression 9S still loves 2B even after learning the whole truth. His anger seemed directed towards the lies and deceptions that put them in this endless cycle of conflict. He's still mourning for 2B well after her death. The game also gave plenty of information to 9S to understand 2B cared deeply for him as well. 2B carried out her true duty as 2E, but it was very clear she cared deeply for 9S and could not stand to see him suffer or be mistreated, showing more distress seeing Adam briefly torture 9S than her own horrifying last moments, which ended in relief from a final glance at 9S.

[@kuroimadoshi5906]

i think that 9S have a hate/love conflict between her. it makes sense in 9S scene about his memories being erased. 9S love 2B, but he hate 2E that stole his memories about 2B.

[@AKSBSU]

As A2 hinted, 9S was more aware of 2B's secret identity than he disclosed. The novellas and bits of lore and lines in the game demonstrate this. He typically knew when 2B was lying and could detect even slight deviations in behavior or emotion being an advanced Scanner model. He actually thought 2B was not very good at keeping secrets from him. You see just how perceptive and aware he is in the novella Memory Thorn, which I recommend reading. You also see just how much of a toll everything has taken on 2B. Also, read the lore on 9S and 2B's weapons. On the love/ hate ratio, it was mostly love for 2B. His hate was towards the YoRHa lies that put them in the doomed cycle of deceit and death.

[@TheTinyTimmyTimTim]

kuroimadoshi nothing really implies hate for 2b. The scene about his memories came when he’s mental state had been affected and the logic virus was taking over him. Those weren’t his thoughts.

[@magusmagus424]

@@kuroimadoshi5906 nothing in the game or novella's and short stories even state that he hates her. Matter of fact it is the opposite he is in love with 2b despite knowing that she is an executioner model who will kill him if he knows to much. Also 2b is actually in love with 9s but she is cursed, cursed to be stuck in a endless cycle of killing 9s. In the novella's short stories which add more to this game you find out that she has killed 9s multiple times, if not dozens of times over the years. She keeps all of her memories never to be wiped while 9s gets memory wiped and then sent back to 2b. Which restarts the cycle over and over again, she wants out of this curse and she secretly hopes that 9s will kill her and end the curse.

[@anasnaufal3144]

@piko cho know that humans already extinct. That means thr Yorha androis fight for nothing

[@delayed_control]

This is why ending E is the best ending possible for them... people call it bittersweet, but it was the most optimistic and fulfilling thing I've seen in a while.

[@TheTinyTimmyTimTim]

m4ti140 I don’t really get how it’s bittersweet. Both 2b and 9s are alive, both memories intact, still with their pods, no yorha, no commander giving orders to kill the other, machines main network was shot into space, no humans to die and live for. Just each other, A2, the resistance and the whole world. How is it bittersweet? Couldn’t have ended any better.

[@delayed_control]

It may not be the case with 2B, but 9S had friends at YoRHa. Everyone they've known and spent their life with except the 3 of them and their pods is dead.

[@TheTinyTimmyTimTim]

m4ti140 9s I believe had really only one person he was close too, operator 210. They made it pretty clear that he was really lonely. Also, the bunker was destroyed way before the game ended and besides 210, he didn’t mourn anyone else besides 2B.

[@xSaintOfSinnersx]

Just one thing, it's 21O, the last is a letter. Letter "O", from Operator you know. B = Battle unit, E = Executor, S = Scanner, A = Attacker...

[@withoutname9575]

This is why i hate KZbin.... Many fake accounts.

[@arzenyuki2908]

I do agree this is a love story. Their relationship is one of the biggest parts of this game. By the end when 9S completely goes insane, I just wanted to hug him. The fact that the only person he has felt this connected to had the mission was to kill him. It broke me to tears by the end of the game and I have never cried to a video game before. Call me cringy but I love this game.

[@Buddy-Love]

Cringy

[@overlordprincekhan]

The actual reason he kills those "2B models" because it was like a parody to him like someone made a joke on "2B's" existence. He was not in love with the androids but with the mentality of his partner "2B".

[@dogeshiba9248]

@@overlordprincekhan I think his inner monologue was actually in “A long story”, he destroyed those models wasn’t because of his hatred for 2B

[@spacepenguin3590]

I don't get the hate 9s gets. He gets called a Beta or Annoying in some forums I visited. To me he's one of the most well written video game character. He has a heartwarming and gripping personality and he's an android. I just love his interaction with 2b and the others that I ended up looking forward to what he has to say next. It's amazing to see how such a sunshine of a character evolve into a hate-driven machine (non pun intended) because of the circumstances he's put into. And I also have to give props to the English VA. He gave 9s life with his outstanding performance.

[@src175]

Raycee L. Shota type characters get a lot of hate from gamers in the west. Don't really know why. That, and waifufaggotry, are probably the reasons they hate 9s.

[@YarugumaSou]

"waifufaggotry" What is that?

[@dafaqu694]

but shota.....9s is cute thou, also guy's been through so much, he is one of the relatable character

[@chapachuu]

Raycee L. Most gaming forums are dominated by pubescent boys. It's all boobs, vaginas and macho posturing with them. It takes a mature adult to appreciate games like this one.

[@MuteMusicalMorgan]

I agree. 9S's English VA (Kyle something?) Deserves an award for best voice acting performance of the decade.

[@enriquecastillo3664]

I cried when I went to the flooded city and stumbled upon 2B's message for 9S: "9S, the time I spent with you it was like memories of pure light." the message in and of itself is kinda generic but for someone like 2B, who doesn't like to show her emotions for the reasons you mentioned, but the way she says it, you can feel all of her love toward 9S. i feel like that romeo and juliet recreation is/was kinda foreshadowing their relationship. Beautiful yet tragic. I love this game so much. I hope that with ending E, they are finally together again, hopefully going around looking for T-shirts that 9S can gift her. And I'm crying again.

[@einzweichschein]

enrique castillo There is continuation of ending E, y'know. The part 5 of Nier: Automata concert recital.

[@pablofromearth]

Ruki wait, what? Really please fill me on it more or tell me where I can read it please

[@Citex61]

Ruki where ??

[@spardinho]

Reading this I started to cry aswell... Nier: Feelomata

[@ManaMercii]

That line also directly references something in Nier: Automata's OST. Specifically, "Rays of Light", which you'll constantly hear in Routes A-B but absent from C onwards... :"(

[@speedyy28]

This is the game where all the characters you love go mad, And you go mad with them

[@williamtai6383]

It ain't a Yoko taro game if there isn't a character who goes crazy

[@filippogabello1567]

"Sheesh, why is she the one screaming emotions are prohibited yet so emotional over the death of someone she just met? This is stupid, the game is too anime nonsense, i'm out!" - lots of people on Route A without knowing what's awaiting them.

[@Peahnuts]

I didn't see the quotation marks at first and freaked out reading the start of your comment HAHA

[@sovannalong7585]

well i always think,2B may know 9s before the story tell in the game. and she may kill him many time before the story of game.

[@jho2000000]

There is content about that in the novella named "The Memory Cage", it gives a whole different perspective on what hapened with 9s and 2b before the game and explains a lot about them (to the point im really sure it wasnt a love relationship at all)... also there seems to be a novel already out which explains more of the background about all the lore...

[@PK-cg5ej]

Man I felt that way starting out too, and I even like anime but told myself to just wait it out and maybe it would explain things. I'm so glad I did.

[@trezb]

Filippo Gabello oh jeez I was about to scold you until I realized there was quotation marks lol

[@nanako3681]

To be honest at the moment were he said "Dont worry 2B I'll kill you." People usually saw that as "I'll kill you because I hate you." But what I think the creator wanted us to hear is not "I'll kill you." but the "Dont worry 2B." The reason is the only way for 2B to be happy is to die. So what 9S did was kill her because he loved her and didn't want her to suffer any longer. Thats why in the end when he puts one of the dead 2B hands on his cheek I think its because he feels happy that shes dead.

[@snaek2594]

Not to mention that he's saying this while it sounds like he's clearly fighting back the urge to cry. Even though he was hysterically laughing before.

[@alistairewu7368]

I always thought the reason 9S was "enjoying" killing the 2B models was linked to androids being programmed to find pleasure in battle. (It's explained in one of Jackass' quest lines). It would also kind of explain how 2B kills 9S kinda intimately. Perhaps it's the only way they know how to express their feelings. For them, combat is quite strongly linked to desire / maybe love.

[@sillysokka1130]

I’ve been thinking about that detail too. I believe this is more, Yorha have installed this in order to encourage the androids to keep fulfilling the cycle of violence towards machines specifically. But either way, we have choices in how to control and enjoy our innate urges, and I think 9s kills 2b in his memory, because he now knows, with all he learnt, that 2b couldn’t live anymore seeing 9s suffer and wanted 9S to kill her himself.

[@nightfloral5010]

Nice one dude!

[@ajimit8669]

Remember that side quest, when an android couple trying to run away from The Resistance because they feel violence does not suit their life? It turned out it was just a ploy. The woman android had been resetting her partner's memories many times she lost count. That's quite a clue of what is about to unfold between 2B and 9S

[@dearikj90]

Remember the theme park mission with robot Romeo and Juliet killing each other? Yeah. Yoko Taro was being subtle by not being the least bit subtle. There are hints like this throughout the game.

[@johndogscorner9631]

9S was a brilliant character. Seeing him turn from a happy-go-lucky Android to a cold blooded hateful killing machine was just so heartbreaking. 2B’s death fucking destroyed me and I felt even more terrible watching 9S snap at that moment.

[@axlorg89]

Personally my feelings about 9S and 2B are bittersweet. There is a novella dealing with the "FIRST" time 2B and 9S meet each other. The end result for their first time is that 9S figures out 2B's mission and almost kills her but the commander helped 2B survive. What I believed happen is that 9S, after gaining enough memories to connect the dots on his own about 2B decides that he doesn't care about it. 1) He's been alone for far too long, we know he has been lonely. 2) He loves 2B 3) He also opts to keep the secret of humanity to himself, for the reason that 2B would kill him right there and then thus resetting him and his memories. But he also does subconsciously want revenge on her for killing and taking away his memories. When 2B dies, I believe he's in pain for his love dying and for not killing her himself. In fact the **** is love, kill, kiss, hate, fuck, hold. All those words combined since he feels that way about 2B who also shares strong feelings for him. Two big indicators are the "Wandering Couple" sidequest and the Weapon stories of their starter weapons that are parallels of 2B's and 9S's relationship. Also right after 2B dies we see 9S sink into insanity since his reason for living (previously humans, but moreso 2B) is gone. The reason why 2B is fighting so hard to kill all machines and A2 is because he doesn't want to forget his memories of 2B before he completes his revenge. That's why he continually stabs the 2B clone (or rather 2E) for taking away his memory and also the system that controls 2E. 9S fights desperately to keep his memories that have been taken away from him which is bittersweet on it's own. 2B herself though, was happy that she died since it would finally end the cycle of killing. This relationship feels so strong because they can't be together but are constantly together at the same time. Here's also some extra info from the recent concerts: www.reddit.com/r/nier/comments/6729ys/spoilers_new_2b9s_information_from_nier_concert/

[@joshconner9080]

Do you have a link to that novella you mentioned? I really wish we got more backstory on their relationship in the game. The two times that 2B killed 9S in the game felt very coincidental, and at least one or two examples of her deliberately executing him would have gone a long way toward selling that aspect of the story.

[@axlorg89]

www.reddit.com/r/nier/wiki/lore (Look at Concert Script 1/Memory Thorn/Memory Cage because it's about 2B killing 9S

[@joshconner9080]

Wow, these are awesome. Thanks! Memory Thorn is one of the saddest things I've read/experienced about this game so far, and that's saying something. It's too bad these stories aren't included in the actual game. How hard would it have been to throw in another "novel" scene or two?!

[@axlorg89]

Honestly. Both Memory Thorn and Memory Cage (Both are similar in the beginning but different in the middle... Poor 2B) are great sad reads. The concert material is great too, hopefully we get some extra stuff later.

[@_greenrunner_]

Is there a way to read the novels in english? Is there a translated version?

[@sid5664]

the scene when 9s finds 2b's ship and her last recording is truly heartbreaking ....

[@r-saint]

Her mission ended in failure. She failed as an E type. She’s now a defective product that can’t even justify her own operating costs. 2B widened her eyes in shock, her head covered in a shower of blood. 9S, having sliced his own throat, slowly fell over. She cradled his body in her arms, her own screams of ‘Why?!’ sounding distant to even herself. “Don’t apologize. Instead…” Even with his rough breathing, 9S was smiling. “Next time...don’t hesitate...to kill me. Because we….will meet again.” “I promise you.” That I won’t hesitate to kill you. The next time, or the time after that. Not because of her mission, but because that’s what 9S wanted. To grant his wish of meeting again...she’ll kill him. -Memory Thorn

[@devinflynn9784]

I love that yoko made two endings for after ending E one where there live out together after 2B reactivates 9S and one where she can’t reactivate him and chooses to shut herself down because she can’t live without him as it shows without a doubt how 2B truly feels about 9S as she cannot live in a world without him.

[@primordialsoupgod2850]

9s has a line exactly like that in the tower when replying to his pod about not being able to live without another person

[@GuyWithAGreatsword]

Which endings are those?

[@samf.s.7731]

It's the Romeo and Juliet play foreshadowing the real ending. That's sad.... Now I feel bad for laughing hard at it

[@Arvak777]

What I think is really messed up is that during the time trial quest with jackass she discovers that androids experience the similar human emotion of love with they fight. So when 2b had to choke 9s would it be right to say that she had to suffer both the enjoyment and frustration of killing 9s? (not to say that's why she killed him in somewhat sexual manner) That would be truly sad, to experience love or happiness when you do what you hate the most.

[@justicehunter9703]

Interesting to say the least...and of course fucked up to the max.

[@Kingdom850]

That would also be a reason as to why "You're thinking about **** 2B, aren't you?" Could mean both fuck and kill.

[@Kingdom850]

Well, they both make you sweat, so you right.

[@scalabrineplayoff3pt46curr7]

It's like anal sex. Pain and pleasure same time. I wouldn't know though

[@TheTinyTimmyTimTim]

Doesn’t make sense because she has never enjoyed killing 9s and never shown any inclination of enjoying it. The side quest states that androids experience certain endorphin releases when they fight that humans did with love, but 2b and 9s clearly exhibit love just like humans did. Even in all the novellas and scripts and stage plays, it is never once implied she drew any enjoyment from killing 9s. 9s didn’t even enjoy killing other androids, like in the deserter side quests.

[@Carlisho]

People dont give enough credit to 9S english voice actor. Amazing performance specially after 2B’s death.

[@samf.s.7731]

They do and he's great 😊

[@OkamiRissi]

Haaah...seriously when 2B died I...just finished the scene and quit the game until I picked it up 5 days later after I had finally gotten over it, the whole relationship between 2B and 9S felt very captiviting to me, it started with "aw that's cute" until it just hurt me because of how tragic it is God, this is just so beautiful TwT

[@reynaldiwidjaja277]

This I finished C routes for a week now havent touch the game yet

[@fadedcolors]

​@@reynaldiwidjaja277Same thing, it was miserable, after 2b died I really did not want to play, I dragged myself somehow in name of giving there story a closure and taking them to route E.

[@cherrypug5315]

Oh my god.. I just realizes that the hole on the castle at 0:45 is heart shaped.. MADE ME SHIP THESE TWO BUTTS MORE. Taro u sly.

[@dreadrath]

Nothing says "I love you" quite like a good old fashion throttling.

[@AnthonySenpaikun]

I think 9S wanted to kill 2B, not out of hatred but out of empathy, knowing the mental stress that she had to endure from killing him over and over again...but who knows. to know what they feel and think is still really hard to discern.

[@EndyasPlays]

I thought you were a bigger KZbinr watching this video. Then I scrolled down for the comments and saw that you have less than 500 subscriptions. WHUT?! It's made with so much care and love and the soundquality is great too. How aren't you well known yet?

[@Peahnuts]

Endyas this is the best compliment haha! I guess we have to start somewhere :p

[@mugentenshin138]

Nice summary. I'm surprised you didn't use the tightened hand grip, which also appeared after he died "the first time" (on the space station after she discovered he had wiped his memory). There was a pretty heavy symbolism there. There also were many more references to "it always ends like this", indicating she's been through a never ending cycle. Further on the side mission, with what was eventually found out to be a 2E unit, which upon discovering that she had killed her friends "over and over" went mad might have been cool to reference. I'm also a bit surprised that you didn't put the true ending in there for discussion, and what you believe they'd do now that they achieved freedom from that pre-programmed software command.

[@dahaca6022]

I initially thought that fist was an arthur fist meme lmao, boi am I sad now

[@xSaintOfSinnersx]

dude you really know how to destroy a sand moment and turn it into a funny one hahahahah

[@KevinHuangPhasorQuantaG]

Also, at ending B, when 9S narrates now his and 2B’s battle will “continue for some time to come,” which initially thought was weird.

[@Shaifs]

I never thought Adam was asking if 9S wanted to fuck 2B. I was engrossed in the story and paid attention to the conversation. With nothing but text there is nothing to distract me. The entire scene is based off Adam's viewpoints of anger and hate. Kill was the only four letter word that was applicable.

[@myusername3689]

Perhaps in another life, it could’ve been love and only love.

[@ReelRai]

Every time I hear a song from Nier, see a clip of gameplay, a screenshot or anything related to this game, I'm reminded how goddamn amazing this game is and I immediately want to play it again. Damn I wish I could replay it again for the first time to experience it again.

[@justanamed6847]

true after 100+ hours in the game it just does not feel the same as my first 3 playthoughs. (still feels great but just not the same)

[@howler1579]

Thats exactly why i'm not gonna replay it for a second time in forever, don't wanna dry out the experience for myself.

[@Olan09]

The relationship between 2B and 9S is one of the most heart rending parts of the game. Thanks for your videos. You're clearing story points up for me, and adding to he story.

[@umi1724]

This makes much more sense if you have read the weapons stories for both Virtuous and Cruel weapons.

[@rahulnair7714]

All the while playing this game after ending b, I kept thinking how in a more forgiving time these 2 would be like teenagers enjoying their time with each other. The dialogue between 9S and 2B in the shopping center is just heart breaking. Makes me want to create a world where lovers won't have to kill each other, even if they are androids.

[@davywashton4314]

love games with romance in them

[@cherrypug5315]

Yep me too. But to think the Director is fond of sad/depressing endings and on top of that might be a sadist.. We dont get that romance love story to a happy ending. *well I just wish he wont do that.*

[@MacinteuchPlus]

@@cherrypug5315 I mean, that's Japanese stories for you, look at japanese literature, movies etc... Very often the endings are quite melancholic, it seems it's a cultural thing

[@ЯБезымянный-о5ф]

Funny thing. 0:45 - No one, even his operator, called 9S 'Nines' through the game. Except for 2B. Come to think of it, wasn't she the one who knew him too well, and gave him this pet-name?

[@AshTheSnowLeopard]

This should have more views that the ones it actually has. Your video made me goosebumps from HOW WELL DONE it is made. The script. the background footage, music... all connected to make me love these 2 even more. I cried at the end. not gonna lie. Good fucking job!! Subscribed for the AMAZING WORK!! keep it up!!!

[@actualmadscientist]

I am still rather heartbroken...... This game hurts me sometimes. However, I can't stop thinking about it, nor do I want to.

[@recon441]

Peahnuts! Dude, if you didn't know about them already, you have to read the short stories Memory Cage and Memory Thorn. They're from either the art book or guide book and they flesh out 2B and 9S's relationship quite nicely.

[@cherrypug5315]

Well lets just wish for Yoko Taro's sadistic ways not get to our beloved ship. A happy ending is it too much to ask Taro? ಥ_ಥ

[@deadmeme4276]

Cherry Pug ending e

[@cherrypug5315]

***** theres a DLC.

[@einzweichschein]

Nier: Automata concert recital part 5 is the happy ending you want.

[@mr.kenway4554]

He once said that as long as humanity doesn't deserve one, his games doesn't deserve them either.

[@jcasella78]

Drakengard 1 ending A was probably happy

[@aquascissors101]

Holy crap...so 2B was basically distancing herself from 9s because she didn't want to let herself be close to what she couldn't have (friendship)?

[@kirabook]

It definitely wasn't friendship...

[@AKSBSU]

+ Sarah Bob They were more than friends. "Nines" is actually 2B's pet name for 9S, although he has forgotten this because his memory was erased again. She calls him nothing but "Nines" in the novella Memory Thorn. She most definitely does not view him as just a friend. This is why the seemingly elite killing machine becomes a panicked, frightened emotional wreck when he gets hurt in the intro level and falls to her knees sobbing uncontrollably in ending A/B over losing someone she supposedly just met.

[@mayu.727]

omg THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!!! I finished Ending A, Ending B, and began my way to Ending C. I was in denial after 2B's death that I STOPPED playing this game. I absolutely LOVE and ADORE this game with my heart, and to have seen this, even with so much spoilers ahead of me, makes me want to continue the game back again and have different perspective on 9S's and A2's journey, with this final events. This have made my mind at ease. This game has won my whole heart and soul, that I will most likely play it again and again. And that is a lot to say. After this, 2B's suffering has ended and can stop killing 9S over and over again. I cannot wait for another one like this. I really hope they make a sequel for this, and have they 3 of them together, after having the Bunker destroyed and having a different system operating them. I will wait till that time come. 2Bx9S is my number one ship right now and it will never disappear. I will continue to love this game forever. again, THANK YOU!

[@youtubeuser4221]

Even four years after the fact, NieR: Automata has stuck with me at a core level. There's a part of me that's glad that I never finished NieR before it because I would have died a second emotional death during the secret last quest, sooner than I did when I finished it after the fact. Even just watching your video has me questioning whether I could weather another playthrough, and that's completely profound for a video game. It's games as art on a level not seen since Shadow of the Colossus.

[@joshconner9080]

This is an awesome analysis. I never considered that the "**** 2B" could be anything other than "fuck" (shows where my brain is at, I suppose). I'd also like to add that in a sidequest for Jackass, she discovers that androids feel a euphoric, possibly romantic or sexual rush from violence. Makes them better soldiers. I always thought that was why 2B's position looks so sexual when she kills 9S in ending A/B, but I didn't connect that to the bigger picture, namely how that perpetuates their love/hate relationship, and how, to a YoRHa android, killing another android may feel very much like fucking them. Man, this game is beautifully messed up.

[@backutZR]

What did I just read? 😂(referring to the last line of the paragraph)

[@ROT695]

Josh Conner Apparently in different languages it does actually say fuck so don't worry about that mind of yours haha

[@TheTinyTimmyTimTim]

Think your reading way too much into that. 2b hated killing 9s. If it was like sex, shed enjoy it. She never enjoyed killing other androids either. The endorphins were meant to keep them fighting. It was similar to how humans felt when in love, implying yorha models loved fighting. Doesn’t mean they experience sex or love the same way as humans did, probably not because there were probably no humans who would still love their executioner of 50 lives.

[@yannikschneider8652]

Very good video! i think you're the only one who reviews the depth of the game more of that would be nice

[@Peahnuts]

thanks! I do plan to do more Nier Automata

[@RainbowsClone]

"Your the chatty one, figure it out" *OOOF*

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

They were each other's biggest source of pain but also the only thing keeping them alive and going. Ain't this shakespearean af.

[@nslater1388]

The voice actors actually streamed this game together, and will occasionally interact as the characters. As a fan it’s fun to watch, if not a little long.

[@nightfloral5010]

I cried with 9S's story ending, when Adam calls him to the light and you (the player) can either choose to go with him or to stay made my heart beat so fast, such an emotional experience while playing a video game

[@kairos__]

This game is way more than a love story. Its just absolute art. The game makes you think as if you were reading a philosophical masterpiece

[@iamdirtydan7756]

More than a love story is an existencialism story, its deep thanks to 9s.

[@NickEnvy]

After all is said and done, I think the line of "2B, I'm going to kill you now!" isn't one out of hatred, but the combination of 9S' deterioration and his love for 2B making him perform some sort of "mercy killing". Even tho 2B is already dead, in his mind, him "killing" 2B is putting her out of her misery, having to kill 9S, a person she cares about, over and over and over and over again.

[@punin10d3d]

There goes my heart in shambles.....

[@aileenshan3473]

If you read 9S unit data under INTEL, you will find content describing 9S "shows unusually deep affection" towards 2B

[@iFeelGlee]

they're so CUUUUUTE

[@TitoMcFadden]

Fun fact: Apparently the English voice actors recorded their lines in separate sessions (which is common) so the VA for 9S actually had no idea 2B's final uttered word was going to be "Nines". That painful yelp he lets out immediately before delivering his line came out organically. I'm guessing that was the sound of his heart being shattered recorded in stereo...

[@cloudshines812]

Kira and Kyle are actually extremely close friends in real life and believe it or not… after they finished all their voice acting for the game, they did go shopping and bought each other t shirts :)

[@azurekate_]

this video really touched me. AMAZINGLY EXPLAINED.

[@bbcraz1226]

This game was so tragic and amazing

[@surfangel8572]

I heard somewhere that in the French version the asterisks for "you really want to **** 2B" is long enough to fit fuck in French and not so much kill. I haven't seen it myself but it might be worth looking into the original vs translation for that part

[@michael85rs]

I just spoiled it for myself, i never cared much about spoilers but this...

[@Aselia-q6w]

It took me many gameplays of the first ending, to understand, that 2b (2E) had killed 9S and been with him many times because at first, I was like this is a very short time for her to build those emotions to him, and after watching this video (the part of Adam and 9S conversation) which I didn't read in my play through and I feel bad that I did not now, but anyhow, that part I have never read since I usually skim over the text, but that itself nailed it for me because I felt there is romantic love between the two, but I couldn't put my finger on it 100% until now, great video - and I hope you would do the same for the new game as well. Peace!

[@yes-uo8so]

"Emotions are prohibited" That prohibited? Nahhh, no one's stopping curious 9S and his waifu 2B from having an Android love story. I need a sequel for these two. (Insert A2) Scripts: Also in the scripts, there are like 5 different endings as well. One of them, the concert scripts read that 2B really loved 9S by becoming frozen in place, just sitting there holding (or looking) at the dead body of 9S. In the good ending, 9S was successfully rebooted, with the Black box possibly recovering his data. They finally reunite with the narration; Even if this world is full of curses Even if this world punishes us We will continue to resist everything within that spiral. By singing words of prayer Repeating prayers, one of the scripts, wherein 2B called 9S Nines finally. 9S knows that 2B was assigned to kill him, that he askedd her to kill him again when they meet when he messes up again, not giving a damn about shit. The script goes as follows; 9S: The towns, amusement parks, and oceans ... we saw together ... I'll never forget them ... Pod 153 (narration): His eyes no longer hold any light within them. 9S: Thank you ... for being with me, 2B ... (The sound of a heartbeat stopping, and a flatline's beep.) (9S breathes his final breath.) (2B moans in grief.) 2B: I ... I ... 2B: Nines ... I'm sorry ... I'm so sorry ... (Everyone raises their heads.) Skipping lines since it's long "Even if the pain of killing 9S is the sin I must bear" "Even if the joy of meeting 2B is my reason to live" "I'll still resist" "I'll keep fighting" "Even if that means going against God." END. The script proves to us that 9S and 2B loves each other dearly, and that they each have a burden to carry. And they're ready to resist and fight their burdens just to spend much time together. I want a sequel, a redemption game for 2B and 9S's relationship (Ending E and the scripts are proof that the game might get a sequel. Who knoes *A beautiful love story indeed.*

[@totembandicoot1697]

I agree this be romantic tbh, to the point its like soulmates, stuck in an android form its natural some misunderstandings that 9S2B is platonic or family bond is formed out of many many factors 1) Yoko Taro's work is to bait you with familiar things on surface then, if you dive deep, its a larger than An abyss Lore of Life. (range from novel books, guides, Concerts and a damn Dinner Show of all things?) 2) The most hardest communication to learn is Human Communication, Voice acting If ya listen to JP VA and Eng VA, each sides have a different expression to the characters personality, despite having similar opinions on surface. The expression of interactions, the way romance or connections is created varies heavily again how we usually like to see, some like Direct confessions, indirect flirting, or other ways to express (in a normal way) again, 9S2B are at a war period, so its hard to express direct feelings without dying 3) Its natural to hate characters, based off unpopular opinions why 9S wants to Stab 2B or do some dark edgy shit But before going that conclusion, its best to understand, why is action done, If you are the character in that situation, would you do the same, without knowing the outcome of what the character did (If Yoko taro puts all his cards and reveal all, he certainly wont get his money for future works)

[@capt.artemislivius7601]

The fact that the creator of the game wanted them to bang in the anime ☠️

[@willelliot4001]

Probably best vid by a -1000 account I have ever seen, keep it up

[@jakqatif]

This here is why I LOVVVE this "Game" so much 2 years and I still get excited and emotional when I see a new video that manifests the underlines of the story, my no.1 game I love Nier Automata sooo much thanx for the vid

[@novustalks7525]

2Bs death is scarred into my brain. What a moment

[@billykhoabillykhoa7844]

Tell me a relationship that is deeper than this one, in any form of media (games, movies, books...), I'll wait.

[@JOHN-kc1pw]

billykhoa billykhoa So true, I can’t think of any.

[@rubyheart3738]

Twilight

[@moundkallefbenoit313]

Ruby Heart loool but I thought of replying the same thing 😂😂😂

[@ma-klounkee]

I didnt care for 9s during playthrough a But after I played as him and got context I realized how great of a character he is

[@M08Xrd]

Fantastic video!!! Thanks for making me think in some details of the story I had not noticed (I just finished the main story today xD) I'm definitely replaying the whole game from the start after I get the Platinum!! This video really helped me understand better 2B and 9S realtionship. Thank you again!!

[@michaelgoldsmith3834]

Wow so glad I watched this, that made 9S' line about killing 2B now when he is fighting like 10 of them so much more weighty and relevant. Yeesh.

[@Molly-ms7hk]

Another example I heard for the **** word text scene was 'free' 2B. It was in a graphic novel or art book. I don't remember, but 9S wanted to free 2B from the cycle of having to kill him over and over again. It also had some stuff about how 9S tried to hack her before he was killed, but that didn't work either and got a virus or something for attempting it.

[@the_diplomat51]

Fuck, that fot me straight into the feels... This game is one of a kind...

[@reyvenpl3525]

best game of the year

[@apocalypsen0453]

Amazing video on covering the romantic side of nier automata, but I think it’s an even more wonderful game cos it is about so much more than just love. A few of the machines are actually named after well known philosophers, and there’s a whole side to the game abt philosophy and the purpose of life…. This game rlly deserves to be at the top in terms of plot for me

[@overloadcrisis]

excellent video man good work

[@Corrosixe]

2B is Mikasa ?! damn..

[@enokia1718]

Voice yes, character...no.

[@looseGoose878]

I love how you only knew Adam meant "kill" when talking about 2B and 9S's feelings towards her because of a side quest your not obligated to complete for Jackass. It also sheds light on why he relished killing 2B in the tower so much. When pent up 9S is trapped in a room full of hot 2B's, it makes sense that he'd become overwelmed with this horrible sense of lust which in this world, would equate to blood lust.

[@lucassanchez9033]

It never once occurred to me that 9S wasn’t just mad that A2 killed 2B but, because he wasn’t the one who got to do it

[@uhkihku6498]

6:13 Or Love ?

[@SorrowOfAcheron]

I watched two of your videos and I thought you had like tens of thousands of subs. Really like the ones I've watched; the ending in this one is amazing, man. Subbed.

[@Soggaroth]

it was so many hints given to you during gameplay, like amnesia sidequest (best quest and song ever) also the wandering couple where female android was reseting his partner endless amounts of times. (That's why 2B was angry after Engels fight where she had hope 9S would remember what happened so he could understand she's caring for him) After some time it came to me how hard it had to be for 2B to do her "job". and for anyone interested there is novela called "The Memory cage" focusing on events taken long before actual Automata.

[@AKSBSU]

Agreed. Memory Thorn is also recommended for better understanding 9S and how he wasn't nearly as gullible and naive as he pretended to be.

[@skittle5406]

Just finished the game and wow...I didn't realise I would actually shed a few tears during ending C. I was always sort of dissapointed in B when I couldn't play as 2B cause she was always my favourite characters. But once C came around, I was like "YES MORE 2B". It was cool seeing you switch between 2B and 9S over and over. But when 2B got infected, I was like "nonononononononnonononononono". Once she died and I was playing as A2, I wasn't too hurt, but still shocked. But as I thought about it nearing the desert as A2, I genuinly shed a tear and over the course of the game, especially seeing 2B in 9S memories and A2 showing respect for 2B by copying her hairstyle and using her weapons, seeing how emotional she was, I cried even more. The game was soo good and I am definitely going to be playing the next game.

[@dannyplayswithknives2192]

2B's Death was sad enough to tear up game story is so well written, its was like shadow of the collosus

[@reimiyasaka]

This theme of forgiving and adoring your tormentor is something that comes up a lot in Japanese fiction and literature, even from before anime and games. One of my favorite short stories from my fifth grade literature textbook was about a fisherman whose father was killed by a shark. He comes across the same shark some years later and decides that it deserves to live on. It's hard to get it right, because one wrong move and it just falls into the category of a toxic relationship. It's more relatable than I'd like to admit, though when my non-Japanese friends ask why we're like that, I never have a good answer.

[@kerbodynamicx472]

Another thing to notice, 2B tends to show a lot of emotions when either her or 9S is about to die.

[@mynameisconnorimtheandroid6080]

The last videogame that made me cry like this was Undertale pacifist route. You should know then how good this game is.

[@gr2192]

Amazing video and amazing points! Moreover, the forst artwork is great!

[@akihaamber728]

Yes! I definitely love how this was put together. There's quite a number of people out there who are denying the fact that this game is love story based (even if they know that there's hints of romance throughout the game) but in all honesty for me this will and always is a lovely albeit bitter tragic love story

[@raptorkid7477]

I love you for making this

[@AlbertWisker]

💞9$ & 2B ALWAYS AND FOREVER💞

[@DTFinn01]

If i were 2B at this point i litterally would have been happy when A2 stabbed me, cause for real who wants a life of repeatingly killing your best friend or potentially boyfriend/girlfriend? Also she always has to built a new relationship while not going to close, cause with emotions, killing this person isnt easyer then without. I would hate myself so much for beeing designed to kill a android over and over which i do like or even more. Idk if 2B was happy or sad bout her death but im pretty sure i would be happy. I would've comitted suicide eventually, idk destroy all my data so i cant get revived, cause i know i could not live with my life andthe way how i got designed... So or so at the end no one of those 3 androids has a sense in life anymore, cause all 3 know (E ending) that there is no humanity to protect and like A2 said in the fight gainst 9S androids are designed to server for humanity, but there is NONE. So why would they even want to live? I mean its very kind of the Pod to revive there Data and repair their bodys, but for what? 2B and 9S have there relationship yes, but still there brains there bodys, there arms, there everything is designed on serving for smth that never existed for them! So idk if my brain was designed on serving for smth that doesnt exists, i wouldnt see a point in living, so why should they have any points? Maybe i just got all wrong but im pretty sure i know what im talking about. Still im happy that 2B isnt dead, cause i really liked her, was so painful to watch her getting stabbed by A2, and like Peahnuts said the moment where she calls 9S finally Nines, i just needed to start crying... I know the end makes no sense if u compare to the rest of the text where i said i would be happy if i was 2B, but me as a person who loved playing this game, it was really painful to watch my favorite Char, by far, dying by one of my second most loved chars; A2. Im sorry for any cancer i may caused with my grammar and spelling, but im just a german potatoe so i hope its okay ^^ PS: Its a bit weird; 9S says 2 2B that his friends call him "Nines", but he doesnt have any friends right? Cause im pretty sure he says at the beginning smth like "I usually work alone" so how can there be others who would know him so good that they could call him Nines? Is it just a name he thought out for his own and just wants 2B to call him that way? Or is there any NPC i missed who actually calls him Nines? PPS: Btw i think those **** doesnt just stand for "fuck" and "kill", not much sense in grammar wise but smth like "love" or "hate" would also fit if we looked from 9S perspective and not from a grammar one ^^ Even though my first thought was "fuck" and i instantly had a intresting picture of it in my head and that was kinda cringy o.O Should i go to a doctor?

[@animemania1177]

2b once tried committing suicide by giving 9s the sword and stab it to her because she can't handle the emotions of killing 9s anymore, but 9s pointed the sword in him and pierce it in himself, bla bla bla it's too long to express their tragedy but try reading their novella, "Memory Cage", "Memory Thorn" and the concert recitals 1 to 5 in order

[@DTFinn01]

'kay, thanks alot!

[@animemania1177]

have u read it ? ,, that's why their swords are called virtuous contract, virtuous treaty, cruel oath and cruel blood oath, it was the promise made by the two (9s and 2b) that 2b should kill 9s whenever the time comes, it's a contract, a treaty, an oath, cruel and it's paid in blood

[@AKSBSU]

2B saw 9S as more than a friend. As suggested already, read the stories on 9S and 2B's weapons. The word "Lover" is used repeatedly.

[@supremeoverlord0]

YES. I love these babies so much. I just want them to go shopping for t-shirts together. :(

[@shavooo]

amazing video! take that like sir~

[@Peahnuts]

thank you!

[@miminepho]

Thank you for this video. It made things clearer for me! What an amazing game.

[@Justin-ym5ce]

Bro my anger of trying to control 2b’s broken ass on her death walk turned to sadness pretty quick

[@paperpopper2586]

Goddamn i fucking LOVE THIS GAME AHHHHHH

[@chizack6259]

In reincarnation theres a short story where 9s see all the time 2b had to kill him but it was said that it didnt matter to him. Him wanting to kill her might me more complicated

[@wasawaswasawas4277]

9S is a handsome shouta along with THICC 2B oneeschan

[@alejandrogibran7823]

It brings more depth to the moment they meet again at the bunker, when she pressed her fist with anger after their salute, at first glance it looked like she was angry because he sacrificed his memories for hers but now it is because he made it happen again without realizing and her not having the need. It brings even more depth to the "But i`ll lose you, the you that exists at this very moment" showing that she always hated losing a porsion of 9s, their relationship is far more deeper for 2B becuase she has more memories of him than him of her and she is always losing a part of 9s.

[@fatcat1697]

The act of violence and killing each other also has sexual elements put in between 2B and 9S. One could even interpret that violence and sexual conduct were part of the same act for those two. Take note in their positions when killing one another, especially when the death is more personal like when they straddle over the other in the act of killing.

[@hellabusy748]

Why can’t they live in happiness together!?! My ship 😭

[@dogeshiba9248]

Why don’t you rush E?

[@punisheddante5879]

wow, now i love this game even more... daamn