The Origin of YoRHa - NieR Lore

[@strawhatdac]

I really like how you point out the localization differences. Even after reading the side materials English speakers like myself won’t know most that stuff without knowing Japanese.

[@ThBrando]

It's what I'm here for

[@remmina6659]

@@ThBrando you, sir, are a legend. Thank you

[@_-Lx-_]

9S already snapped with 2E's death and the revelation that the entirety of YoRHa were born as lambs to the slaughter, just imagine how the poor boy would react if he ever found out that (technically) he was the one who doomed them all in the first place... I feel Nines would blame himself for everything and promptly collapse inward if he discovered that one of his many past lives were responsible for the tragedy he went through, really a horrible thought and one can only imagine how poorly he'd handle it. 9S really is one of the most important and central characters in the series, Automata revolves around him and him as well as Emil and Beepy are the 3 who pretty much set the entity of Automata's events into action.

[@tarstarkas1091]

Blaming 9s for what number 9 did is like blaming someone for the war crimes his grandpa comited.

[@_-Lx-_]

@@tarstarkas1091 In a way yes but knowing Nines he'd still probably find a way to blame himself for it, boy has terrible mental health and when he's in poor condition he's prone to rash and self destructive forms of thinking. I'm not saying it *is* his fault, I'm saying he'd probably manage to break down even further and psychologically spiral even further than he already did

[@dracopug]

@@tarstarkas1091 who's to say that some of Number 9's code didn't get passed down to 9S?

[@tarstarkas1091]

@@dracopug well it did. That's why i made the comparsion to granpa although in 9s case he is even less related to number 9 that someone to his grandpa. The "9" is the common part of both androids. And it stands for default personality data. Which is like set of character traits an android is built with. Over time this traits shape differently depending on ones experiences. And in 9s case this is most likely his intense curiosity since yorha new before 9s was made that there will be problems with him. (So 2b was made). Amd this is the thing they have common. Everyone who says that number 9 and 9s are different iterations of the same android (or something similar) are wrong. Even yoko taro confirmed in one of the interviews that they are different individuals

[@Betrix5060]

@@tarstarkas1091 I'd go the other way and say that they are probably more related. They are basically clones in human terms, at least mentally, so while they aren't the same person, they do have the same nature. So that's something like 40-60% the same.

[@GunRunner106]

YoRHa name translation: the most vague NERV reference ever.

[@kaypuppy9296]

Yep

[@manamongmen3381]

I was thinking: touch grass

[@kaiserinastraia8969]

damn... I never would have guessed that 9 was the start of project yorha.... yoko taro really loves a "doomed to fail" story huh lol

[@Danny-mg1hu]

9S should have a redemption arc where he kills 2B and the Commander over and over again.

[@artOVtrolling]

It’s about the struggle within the cycle of death and rebirth. I think that’s the overall point. We’re all gonna die eventually. Are we all therefore doomed to fail? I don’t think so.

[@JackieOwl94]

In the orchestral concerts, at least the one in 2024, there was a continuing storyline where 2B and 9S were traveling the world and found a church where the dying androids gathered for salvation. The church was built around Alien technology and repaired 2B completely after her black box was damaged. She and 9S were able to heal her thanks to a mysterious alien black orb that healed her before being destroyed. They now wander the Earth learning to enjoy life. Source-Nier automata: the end of data concert 2024

[@seide2829]

Dude I love your videos so much! It really bothers me that you're so underrated..I'm actually replaying NieR Automata but with a friend that's going in blind so all these lore videos really help me out when he asks questions :)

[@ThBrando]

Thanks a lot! Maybe just a matter of time thing. I don't really spend a lot of time online so I don't post my videos anywhere other than my Twitter, plus I always figure anyone who wants to watch a video like this will come across it naturally... But I mean, I ain't gonna stop anyone if they wanted share it 👀

[@Mr.MooMoo-Esq]

I’m going through the exact same thing right now, trying to freshen up on the extremely confusing lore to be as helpful as possible for the homie lmao. Automata is my only time playing a game from the series so my first play through I remember just how confused/amazed I was and want to pass that on

[@_g3nss]

YoRHa: You’re Human. i’m high as shit

[@noneedtoknow07]

The resistance Androids do actually find out, Jackass sends out an email summing up the reason for YoRHa existence in her own way. You can see it if you go into the emails at the save stations if you go to replay a setting after ending C.

[@Shadow666_]

Wouldn't the other orbital bases easily be able prove Yorha was lying? all they'd have to do is check the moon at any time either personally or with a probe.

[@Star-Gazor]

@@Shadow666_ they could, but they'd also have to get inside the base on the moon, to confirm if there are humans or not. And since it's protected by an Android and a bunch of support pods, I don't think it'd be easy to spy on it, without YoRHa finding out

[@katonryuka]

@@Shadow666_ well maybe they didnt had permison to do so.... u know how machines are

[@mrpotch]

Heres a fun fact, the Commander is close to Jackass before she became the Commander

[@justsomeguywithasandwich5906]

To simplify everything… 9S 🔫 9S Yeah, he basically screw himself over probably because he was high on *SPACE MUSHROOMS.*

[@hunter5559]

I don't have the file on hand as I recently finished Route E of Automata, but somehow Jackass gets her hands on a document basically detailing everything about how the Humans are extinct, Project YoRHa is a lie, and the Machine Network was always controlled by N2 and how it purposefully allowed the Androids to always win despite the odds because even the machines who disconnected from the Network like Pascal were meant to disconnect in order to generate evolutionary data for N2 to help it become more and more perfect. Based off of the wording of the (English version, I don't speak Japanese) text she either obtained this data herself and then disseminated it throughout the Resistance, or was given all these different documents by other Androids and then summarized it for the rest of the Android population. It's an archive file that's added to your inventory after completing either route C or D for those wondering, so in the end even Project YoRHa was a failure as the Androids still learn about how humanity has been extinct for a long ass time.

[@tortunaru1602]

Soo basicaly our main character was the person who started everything and the person who ruined plans of previous version of himself? Hmmmm.... I seen it somewhere already.... But seriously, I never expected number 9 to be the person who started everything thats kinda mindblowing, thanks for that.

[@lovaion]

Taro said that we can’t say that 9S and N. 9 are the same.

[@tortunaru1602]

@@lovaion well they obviously not the same, if you have your memory wiped out you not the same person anymore, just like with human Nier and replicant Nier, but still the irony.. That your clone has potential to destroy project you started and therefore shall be destroyed before that's happens, that a very cruel fate for someone

[@cly7894]

@@tortunaru1602 get it? Cruel?

[@tarstarkas1091]

@@tortunaru1602 it's not just memory wipe. It is not the same situation as 9s getting memory wipes after learning the truth and being killed. And thus being little different person everytime. Number 9 was completely different individual. 9s is not his clone. 9s was made usimg some of the data from number 9. They have only one thing in common. The number "9" which is default personality data. Meaning this is like the set of character trairs they start with. Which propably was curiosity. Number 9 died 5 years before 9s was made. Blamimg 9s for what number 9 did is like blaming someone for war crimes that his grandpa comitted.

[@tortunaru1602]

@@tarstarkas1091 well I am not blaming anyone here I was just pointing out interesting pattern that's all maybe I did choose some wrong words, but I am not blaming my boy Nines.

[@cillbipher2613]

So basically, Proto-9S was gonna delete the remaining human data and basically turn the Machine War into Outer Heaven - Android Edition

[@kleanyeff9671]

Love all of your videos! It's entertaining all the way through and generally thorough in the information! Keep it up king!

[@ThBrando]

Will do, king.

[@silverreaps6803]

same, most underrated youtuber i watch

[@RekkaAlexiel]

Fun video as always! Thank you! Again, a couple of notes: (First off, please beware of spoilers below…) @2:09 - I don’t believe 寄葉 is an example of 当て字 because it certainly has meaning that makes sense within the context. Yoko typically does not name things just because they sound cool, hence why he picked these particular kanji in the first place. My original translation of this was “passing leaf,” which is likely where you got that, but thinking about it now, “fleeting” would probably work better, ie. a leaf that is fleeting, you see it briefly before its swept up in the wind and is gone. That was exactly what was intended for YoRHa, and ironically enough, this sort of mirrors the allusion between samurai and sakura (how the lives of samurai are short, just like the period when sakura blossom; they are both fleeting). @5:52 - Regarding Zinnia, it seems like you imagine him to have been around since at least the alien invasion. There is no mention of his origin in any of the surrounding source material that would even give us an idea when he was created, but he’s likely not that old. I don’t see him having been around much earlier than the fall of the Kaguya, since he was automatically put in charge of developing YoRHa after that. Additionally about Zinnia, he thought up the plan to make androids believe that humanity was safe after fleeing to the moon in 11937 (please see the “Project YoRHa” recitation drama). And, you missed a BIG point about No9 during that time. He didn’t go nuts until he realized that enemy tech was used in the construction of the Black Boxes, which is what all YoRHa are built to use as their central core system, making them “one” with the enemy. It was sacrilage to him, and that’s why he wanted to destroy YoRHa, because they were essentially no different from the enemy. So, that was his #1 reason for acting. #2 was, of course, to set Zinnia’s original plan to restore android morale with the belief that humanity was still safe and well up on the Moon. @7:43 - “two months after No9 took Zinnia out.” - This was actually just under a month. The incident on the Labo satellite happened on July 7, 11937, while the first YoRHa android rolled out on August 2, 11937. @8:20 - “In Japanese, it’s phrased as a question.” - Grammatically speaking, this is a question, but contextually, it is more of a rhetorical one where there is no intended answer. It would be fine to translate it as it was, or to throw something like “Don’t you get it?” in with it somewhere. @8:42 - “It was designed to fail.” - This isn’t exactly accurate. It was designed to WIN THE WAR, then be scrapped. That’s actually succeeding. The spread of the Logic Virus was everything working as intended according to No9’s plan; it wasn’t the initial plan for YoRHa, even if they were meant to be scrapped after use. A2 surviving the Pearl Harbor Descent and her subsequent defection, as well as 2B & 9S’s survival… really has no effect on the overall plan because… they actually don’t survive. No9’s plan to destroy all of YoRHa and be disposed of by the Pods actually succeeds, it’s not until Pod042 and Pod153 come to their own “enlightenment” and help to restore at least 2B & 9S (there is also documentation that A2 is also restored as well) that things really deviate from the plan. @9:00 - “Do the androids ever find out that YoRHa fabricated…” Yes, they do. We see this in the letter that Jackass writes in her Machine Research Report: firesanctuary.com/blog/nierautomata-intel-archives/

[@ThBrando]

Can't believe I missed The Machine Research Report 😅. So there's that report, the recital drama epilogues, the pod report, and the Emil Head weapon story. Other than that there isn't much else about the "post-game" right?

[@pyr0367]

The details and small differences in the japanese original are insane... I played Replicant in Japanese, I'm gonne have to do that with Automata sometime too.

[@NieR.Amanda]

Yo Realistically Humanoid androids. I also have this really "out there" theory that the aliens were as fake as the contrived story that humanity survived on the moon. Oh, and did anybody else spot that visits by *Accord* to Devola and Popola were inserted into journal entries in NieR Replicant 1.22.. to match those in NieR: Automata? More whacky-woo-woo timeline shenannigans tying the whole thing to Drakengard 3.

[@pablomonsalve3911]

Yeah, I read those in the loading screens of Replicant Ver 1,22. To me Accord fills the same role as Igor in the Persona series: searches to help humanity and supplies you with the means (as in, weapons) to do it

[@havocbringer2100]

If the aliens are fake... where did the machines first come from?

[@farfa2937]

My theory's always been that there was some alien in area 51 that called for help when humanity went downhill. If they came from 'across the stars' then it stands to reason that the trip took millennia considering the laws of physics mostly apply in NieR. He could also be the one to meet with D&P since he was already on Earth.

[@havocbringer2100]

@@farfa2937 Interesting 🤔

[@NieR.Amanda]

@@havocbringer2100 There were robot machines, androids, and a powerful AI network on Earth way back in the era of NieR Replicant.

[@Arthur-mn1yd]

I'm glad I stumbled upon this video. It's good to see more people talking about NieR. Keep it up, Chief!

[@Dastreus]

Cover the connection between Replicant Route E and the Machine Lifeforms. There's gotta be something. Their networks look the same, including the way they rebuilt the Library in Automata, and rebuilt the Shrine in Route E.

[@4orap4o2]

9:02 Not sure when you get it but there is the machine research report you can read in Automata and the one who wrote it is Jackass. She says the humans on the moon stuff is bullshit so at least one android knows about it.

[@zerourtaga1129]

I appreciate you doing these videos there used to be a KZbinr Valkyrie Aurora but I think her channels pretty much been deleted now I don't know the story to why she left but she did butter videos when really in-depth as well so I'm happy somebody else covered them

[@WeaponDamage]

That’s actually incredibly sinister foreshadowing for our future 2B(2E) and 9S with how this ended

[@Dr.Farewell]

Wow I was just binging your Nier lore videos last night and I wake up to more

[@mrbransformer4184]

Love the vids, they really help with the game, which is amazing!

[@ThBrando]

Glad you like them!

[@MaxVids1]

Thanks for making these videos BrandoSP, they really help clear up the background of the series of the series. If you're thinking about what NieR video to make next, how about one that focuses on Popola and Devola. It's kind of crazy how they were old by the time Replicant started. Was it ever stated if the other Popola and Devola units shared memories with each other?

[@ComplexAce]

That sound effect of A2 jumping down had me..

[@izzyxyzzy]

It’s 4 AM and I think I found something worth more to me than sleep

[@rocovailo2862]

so... wait... what happened to # 2 then? She kills #9 off soon after he kills off the project lead and tries to start the whole YoRHa plan... but is that it? Did she just... go away? Why did she allow the plan to continue? Why didn't she try to stop it? Did she? Was the plan unable to be stopped for some reason after it was set in motion?

[@gratiaseia]

I think it was implied that she died after killing no. 9 cuz of the fire that started. This is just a conjecture tho so take this with a grain of salt.

[@gustavonomegrande]

Now that I've paid attention, black boxes kinda has the same texture as gestalts, maybe they're high density volatiles souls? 🤔

[@giantsweet1472]

I started playing NieR: Automata about a week ago because it was on Xbox Game Pass. I did not think I'd like it but I was bored and said "why not". It was leaving Game Pass and I was really enjoying it so I bought it and I have spent so much of the past few days researching NieR and Drakengard Lore, a large portion being your videos. A lot of it is still confusing as hell though (mostly the drakengard stuff, and some Replicant stuff).

[@mrpotch]

Fun fact: the Commander is the only non yorha android in the bunker and she was close with Jackass before she led yorha

[@god47398]

great vid, i really hope theres an actual compilation of info in one singular resource one day

[@PZKSpadiz]

Great video man! Your videos have given me more insight regarding the intricacies and the connections of the Yoko Taro verse. Your videos are truly appreciated. Ps. Also, Eventually androids did find out about the purpose of project YoRHa and the objective of the machine network after the collapse of the tower. Jackass writes an report dictating the constant tug of war between both sides and how the both came to the conclusion of perpetuating the standstill.

[@astrealbrizbee9815]

I wonder if one of those groups is responsible for the Reincarnation project going on.

[@ominousbottleoflube]

That good shit as always!

[@anthonyguerrero4612]

I've been waiting for this video! Yes awesome!

[@federicohz2001]

Can you explain the logic virus? Thats one lf the things i never got to fully understand, like who created it, how does it work and does it affect all androids or only yorha ones?

[@Afrojackfan]

It’s a virus made by the maschines to eliminate yorha

[@ComplexAce]

It's an abnormality in the blackbox of the Androids, influenced by the machines, causes them to lose control.

[@JinXxisHere]

Im too late but that disease affect all types of androids, the proof is lily, anomene friend was infected by it altho she was not a yorha android, and many many others, it is a fatal defensive system the machines use

[@maxttk97]

So there was peace after the events of the game. That's good to know.

[@danhulson8703]

i could not keep up with the story so liked i liked these overviews and i think we all knew there were no humans on the moon,But still i always thought the Androids should inherit the Earth as they were the human's creations

[@linkalot7415]

ORIGINAL NINE IS IN THE ANIME LETS GOOOOOO

[@KonniWynn]

2:30 so.... weed?

[@Drad_]

I love these lore videos! Congratulations on nearly 10K subs dude! Will there be anything after this? ReINcarnation perhaps?

[@LegendaryDorkKnight]

8:55 Me, a FFXIV player: Boy, do I have some info to share with you, my friend.

[@ThBrando]

Feel like the universe itself is conspiring to get me to play it

[@LegendaryDorkKnight]

@@ThBrando The NieR raid tier Dark Apocalypse sheds a LOT of light on what happened to 2B's and 9S's consciousness data after they "ascended" into the ego collective at the end of Automata. I obviously won't spoil it here in the comments, but suffice to say the similarity between androids and the machine lifeforms is simultaneously subtly and outlandishly highlighted in the raid's story. I was excited for it since I'm a huge fan of Yoko Taro and his work and I was not left disappointed.

[@pikaruz44]

Idk of my phone is listening to me BUT i was talking with a friend a couple of days ago that i will try to understand the Nier Lore when i finish Nier Replicant. And now i get this recomended

[@myawanemil1462]

favorite sushi is salmon but cucumber is a close second

[@hiddenknowledge6333]

Video starts at 3:00

[@Wildumbreon]

The Deadly premonition whistle theme at the end was just chef's kiss

[@Ab0Waleed7]

I just wanted to say I love you man. Please continue with you content it's amazing❤️🙂

[@FuraFaolox]

knowing Yoko Taro, he would have the next NieR game released in 11945 as a joke.

[@darkshado124]

YoHRa Young Obedient Hot Reliable Androids You're welcome! Heh

[@kenhukushi1637]

Great video, I played Automata, then papa NIER and now Automata again. ( because all my save files gone.) You give much depth to the story that I couldn't get from just playing the game. Hats off.

[@Chronokatan]

Gosh, so many questions... Don't know if you still check your comments but: Is there any information anywhere if the original Emil is still alive somewhere? Do the pods develop free will towards the end when they decide to revive A2, 2B and 9S, giving them a chance to be outside their programmed cycle. How much did P33 giving the machine lifeforms "intelligence" change them? Does anybody in the world still around (besides potentially Emils) have free will? Or do they all follow their core programming, even though they think they have free will? Is there something bigger still in play behind the curtains? As you said yourself YoRHa did and went down they way it was supposed to happen, at the same time it seems like the Pods have a different goal or as if everything happening is just another cycle /collecting data for somebody/something before the next cycle will happen. Since the Nier games always seem to play in Japan/Tokyo, is there any information about machines or androids on the rest of the planet? The sidequest in the Pascal village where he ends up shooting something to Mars... is there any more information about that? Seems rather odd/specific and it never comes up again. And last question, since humanity died out 1000s of years ago and there are like what? ~10.000 years between Nier and Nier Automata, who build the cities Automata plays in? Are those supposed to still be leftovers from before Nier Replicant?

[@ThBrando]

A lot of the answers to your questions are subjective, but I can do a few. P33 giving the machines intelligence was probably one of the most singificant events in the entire timeline and changed the course of the war. NieR is set in Japan / Tokyo. We know the machines completely dominate North and South America, the androids don't touch that area. We can assume they're worldwide since there are pre game stories set in places like France. The ones who built the cities were the Human Heritage Reclamation Foundation, a group of androids tasked to preserve human culture.

[@鏖魔キリン]

i musta misunderstood something, i thought yorha was created by the machines to further evolve themselves.

[@dantecrailman8861]

YorHa was created by an android but their black boxes have some machine parts.

[@MistahJay7]

Right lol the games plot present itself like its the twin. Especially during the Boss fight with A2.

[@JackieOwl94]

I KNEW IT! After reading “YorHa Boys”, that was what I thought was the case. One of my friends told me it wasn’t, but I knew I was right.

[@Joeindimension]

Awesome channel, glad I found it.

[@ThBrando]

Haha thanks!

[@Zidakuh]

I pretty sure it's stated by Yoko Taro himself in an interview somewhere that the reason for the random capitalization in both NieR and YorHa is "because it looked cool".

[@MandyleePlays]

Great video I wonder if 9S (in game ) knew or subconsciously knew

[@clivehandforth3531]

Good content 👏 its too bad theres not an easy guide to the extra nier lore in, interviews, books stageplays, etc. Its especially frustrating cause a lot of them arent officially translated, and obviously even when they are they can have multiple interpretations

[@Cody-5501]

Could passing leaf just mean autumn/fall?

[@olha2]

6:29 WTF, 9S put this all into motion? You think you know someone...

[@shenone3285]

All I know is: If I see references to the late 2B, 9S, and A2 I'll fucking cry my heart out

[@earendurvoneinzbern7585]

Thanks for the lore videos.

[@ThBrando]

Glad you like them!

[@whywouldidothis9055]

I hope we get a game set around the time Emil takes on the aliens.

[@cliftonsargent1572]

When I have the auto chip thing on I see my pod do all these bad ass charge attacks, is that something I can do my self? Also I’m a lv7 and never played any of the previous games and know NOTHING of the lore

[@oucquan2436]

to Quote a specific quote from a specific video of a specific someone: let's make a religion out of that

[@Dom380]

I don't see how the backdoor would solve the problem of humanity being a lie. Wouldn't it only delay it? Assuming the androids eventually won the war they'd go to the moon only to discover it empty.

[@Afrojackfan]

What would Change? The only goal for Androids is to win the war. Thats how they are programmed

[@nickmagrick7702]

6:48 Wait... The 9 model did this whole shit!?

[@manamongmen3381]

yorha rough translation: touch grass

[@ThBrando]

truuu lmao

[@akiraaaaa2005]

kids from 4.23 are they from something new? i played gestalt and automata and i havent seen them? im currently playing replicant are they from there?

[@acecujoh]

Another banger!!

[@nickmagrick7702]

2:30 Honestly, I don't think this information is useless. Lets take the literal translation for what you said, starting with "Long Life & Office". The fats contained in fish are really beneficial to the human body, being maybe the primary factor in the growth in intelligence in our species compared to other primates. The particular Omega 3's contained in fish have very strong correlations in intelligence, which also might be partly responsible for the high IQ in Japan compared to other countries. There is a whole range of benefits from this fat but ill leave it there. I don't know when the term Sushi was coined, but office could refer to either oldschool labor like being a fisherman or the fishing shack you would take your catches to, or the literal modern office with the highly commodified fish being a recognizable staple of the diet of millions of Japanese office workers. With "Passing & Leaf", that could make a lot of sense with the franchise and story as a whole. If you take passing as a representation of shifting change, the passage of time or people and characters through it, and Leaf being the foundation for all the things which the passage happens upon. The leaf is the bedrock, its nature, its the tree with all the rings that are passing through it as it grows. All of the characters in these stories are linked and even replicated over and over in a very intentional and meaningful way. I could easily see the translation of "Passing Leaf" having significant meaning in the name YoRHa and thats just at a glance. I haven't even really considered how this might apply. To be honest im not interested enough to figure it out im more into the philosophy side of things. But like, there's threads there if anyone wants to pull at it.

[@alberto_saxo]

Thanks for the in depth analysis and work! What I don‘t understand is: Humanity had already been extinct in Nier Replicant, right? So who created the androids? If humanity WAS already extinct, why is it said that the aliens killed mankind with their machines?

[@dantecrailman8861]

An android created YorHa and that message about mankind being annihilated by aliens was a lie.

[@ghostle2126]

I still don't understand the meaning of Number 9's backdoor

[@gratiaseia]

Spoiler ahead Do you remember when the Bunker got infected with the logic virus? That's the purpose of it. When the Yorha androids accumulate enough data, the backdoor will automatically open and let the machines infect Yorha. Thus, when everyone is infected and died, no one will be able to tell the tale that humans were long gone.

[@ghostle2126]

@@gratiaseia Oh! So the purpose of the backdoor is some kind of security protocol which prevents that classified knowledge, like the one about humanity's fate, leaks and gets out of YoRHa?

[@gratiaseia]

@@ghostle2126 yeah

[@brit_no]

yoko taro i just want to talk

[@crimsonfoxonusae4472]

First 10 seconds into the video and i'm attacked by my worst trauma lmao

[@ScaricoOleoso]

You sure Cavia isn’t a reference to the Drakengard developer now defunct? 🤓

[@TrueGinjaNinjaGamer]

Yay! More Nier lore!

[@Aural4444]

Something you didn't get is that Zinnian's plan was originally to use the YoRHa androids as war machines, to fight instead of the "true androids" (Those without the black box), the reason why the Androids YoRHa didn´t have and still doesn´t has a name, it is because "they doesn´t deserve them" since they are part machines and "not true androids" in the eyes of the other androids (Back then), what is more, the plan was that once they YoRHa Androids will kill all the machines, they will be immediately destroyed by activating their black boxes with remote control (In Zinnia's defense, he started to feel pretty bad as soon as he was living with them for a while, but this better explains Number 9's anger). Number 9's plan wasn´t to use Zinnian's plan to end the war, but to perpetuate it forever (That's what this "back door" is for, so that in the event that YoRHa began to win the war, it would lose, and the same happened if the machines started to win), so that YorHA Androids would always be around and die for something "worthwhile" instead of just being "throwaway machines" (Which is ironic, I know). By the way, for Numbuh 9, what made him feel that his death was worth it was being killed by Numbuh 2 (Yep, 9S definitely inherited that lol).

[@ashishjadhav5169]

Now can anyone tell me what happened to humans like who did we go extinct we could transfer mind or make a digital copy what just happened

[@reincarnatedleaf1926]

id like to point out that the backdoor was the logic virus that would infect the androids when certain conditions are met right? not that the machine lifeform would take over the bunker.

[@Luukar]

I would love to hear what you think about all the information we have on Noelle/Chapter 11 in reincarnation because there's a lot there that seems to be connected to drakengard and automata. Hardmode and her story chapters open so many questions.

[@wessardwite765]

Say, have you considered doing videos about the NieR crossover with FFXIV? If you want, I can help provide footage and context for everything. EDIT: Never mind. Just realized you already responded to this same question in another comment. Ah well! Offer still stands, regardless! I’d love to see your take on all of it!

[@ThBrando]

Thanks for the offer! Again, not out of the picture completely, but right now I'm in the "seeing if it's doable stage". I have a level 60 character I haven't touched for years I can go back to and work my way to the raid. I haven't really searched up on the topic, but is the FFXIV NieR raid not something that someone has already covered?

[@wessardwite765]

@@ThBrando Not with anywhere near the same level of quality as you. There’s also the fact that the raid series leaves a LOT of unanswered questions, so a degree of speculation is necessary.

[@satellite_is4994]

If I am not wrong ... 9 and 2 is not related to A2, 2B or 9s... Not even their prototype.

[@ThBrando]

Info from the NieR wiki: "The Number 2 and 9 prototypes were ultimately the basis for the personalities of two production YoRHa units, an E-model with a false B designation, 2B, and an S-model, 9S."

[@satellite_is4994]

@@ThBrando thank you. I might have missed that out.

[@RekkaAlexiel]

(SPOILERS) All YoRHa were built with pseudo-AI rather than standard android AI because they were meant to be a one-off thing (you can also argue that the AI is a separate thing from their personality, but it's unimportant for this explanation). Because of this, each "Number" YoRHa has a standard base personality. So, even if the individual androids are not the same, the base personality is... That is why 2B has to keep doing her thing to 9S because, just like the No9 prototype in 11937, 9S is just as curious and is bound to discover the truth on his own.

[@jacobredfield1386]

wait.... so, **all the pain** 9S went through during route C was... all own doing???????

[@rubysmith765]

Correct me if I’m wrong but don’t we kill Emil and his clones.

[@MistahJay7]

I need an explanation on why the N2 twins were acting like the Council of humanity mimicking the guys voice and acting as if they had history with A2 during the boss battle. Made me think they were the ones that made YoHRa. Cause none of what you explained is neither in the game or show lol just some stage play

[@twokharacters]

More Brando Nier content? Why are you even asking me?

[@pfpf200]

Nice, i love the nier series 👍

[@Apoxiosis]

quick question, i have your everything that happened between replicant and automata video on my watchlist. i was going o hold off on watching it until i finished every playthrough of replicant since thats one thing i didnt do in the original nier. does your video contain any spoilers for subsequent endings of nier replicant? ive finished playhrough a and b

[@Kirbio]

As long as you know about Project Gestalt and the truth about the Shades, you'll be fine if I'm remembering the video correctly. And of course the events of Automata.

[@Montyrae9162]

I thought the androids did find out about the humans and project yoRHa, wasnt it in jackass’ log?

[@kasumiayanami4501]

Nice

[@Nirobi-D]

Additional probable info: Beepy also known as P33, gives alien machine sentience. P-33 probably derived from papyrus 33 containing Biblical Act of Apostles about Saint Paul spreading the wisdom/word of God. Ringed a bell? Then Adam and Eve, the two most sentient machine life forms had their name from Biblical Adam and Eve who ate the forbidden fruit( snake says when you it it yo can become as Gods) and so become aware of right and wrong, past and future. In short, the fruit made them sentient.

[@Euros3k]

SHOUTOUT OUT KRONE, JONI AND THE YORHA TROOPS

[@stevewalet4173]

hey, cold you write the year number for a non native english speaker to understend when the events is happening? good video bdw.

[@SuperSaiyanAl]

Doesn’t Jackass’s final report confirm that humanity was extinct? Or am I misremembering?

[@Gavotron2000]

Not a sinrle dislike and 700 likes, i've genuinely never seen something like that in the 12 years i've known youtube

[@Unknown-vu9bw]

Where are you reading this?

[@selay333]

Can't quite put my finger on it but you're voice sounds very similar to some other person channel but they do anime stuff. I think you're is just a tad deeper but I'm tired and I can't think of the name atm.

[@mr.sand7899]

Now do a video about what happens after Nier Automata

[@лопух-ф5я]

your happiness?...

[@wyukigurumi]

Yoru= Night/Late/Dark Ha=Leaf or Hana=Flower Sometimes, u don't need to say the full word to get the meaning. Like Supa = supermarket Like Paso con = Perso Com = Personal Computer Hence: Yoru-Ha is Night/Dark Flower : pretty fitting of a black dressed lolita squad with lotsa girls doesn't it? Maybe the presenter is not asian, even if yokotaro didnt specifically mention this, this was quite obvious to anyone who knows nihongo, surprised Brando was oblivious as to claim it doesnt even sound like anything?

[@ThBrando]

ヨコウタロウによって、「YoRHa」の当て字は下記： 寄－To Come / Approach 葉－Leaf（当たり） ところで、ヨコウタロウは「当て字だから意味に関係ない」っておしゃったんだ。

[@hasen_judi]

8:20 your understanding of Japanese is wrong. That is not phrased as a question. It's actually an emphatic statement.