This is like choosing which child to love

9S: What do you know? You don't know anything about us! 2B's memories in the sword: Am I a joke to you?

The voice acting of 9S is simply incredible. The descent into madness relied so much on the voice and they really did an outstanding job. Typical Nier games, his revenge quest stemming from a misunderstood perspective when A2 actually did the decent thing, and yet you end up not wanting either side to lose! Yoko Taro is a fantastic story teller.

God this ending is hard to watch when you know A2 is holding back and trying to save Nines.

A2 voice seems melancholic, its like she is crying on the inside too

WHY DO I LONG FOR HUMANS LIKE THIS!? WHY DO I DESIRE THE TOUCH OF SOMETHING THAT NO LONGER EXISTS!

2:38 god, the voice acting is so good

I definitely was NOT prepared for Nines' rather realistic death struggle when impaled. Media usually shows the easy way out, with people just falling flat after a short scream of pain or taking it like a champ before succumbing to it. And he got impaled by the sword of 2B no less. Yoko Taro, you are such a monster.

Even after watching this cut scene over and over again, it never gets easier watching 9S literally writhe around after being impaled by that sword. Like, jesus christ, from the scream and him desperately clawing at his stomach, trying to remove the sword, to the cry he makes while the camera just slowly pans out makes me shudder. It's so... disgustingly morbid.

literally one job 9S had which is NOT to get stabbed by A2's sword ._.

Thats the most natural reaction of being impaled by a sword I've ever seen.

3:19 that squeal in 9s’ voice. it’s so painful to see my babyboy 9s go total berserk. the voice acting has so much impact on portraying the misery of 9s

2:38 - Kyle McCarley's performance as 9S knocks it out of the fucking park, good fucking lord Those are the anguished screams of a man who has lost it all and has went through hell and has nothing left in him but hatred and sorrow, in a way, kinda like what Eve became when Adam kicked the bucket 9S's descent into madness is utterly heartbreaking and his VA's performance really, really helped sell this, he seriously nailed it Which is all the more jarring because I'm used to hearing him in happy go lucky roles

2:57 man...the TIMING of 9S's hack in this boss fight was PERFECT!!!

9S died so.... omg his screams of pain

"Scanner models are not designed for combat"

Someone give 9S's VA an award already. I played the ENG dub for DC Douglas aka Pod 042 (Wesker in Resident Evil and Legion in Mass Effect) but stayed for 9S. Infact I didn't like the Character in the Original dub tbh but the ENG dub made a huge difference

2:38 Very depressing to think that, despite being capable of developing their own independent emotions, Androids are STILL heavily influenced by the feelings forced on them through their programming. Not only with 9S suffering for his longing for humans, but also the twins Popola and Devola with their feelings of guilt even though they did nothing wrong. I guess I can only relate that to how human trauma works in our early years of life. Things that are now in the past, memories that we can hardly remember, yet whatever happened back when we were kids, it affected us so much that it stays in our subconscious forever, no matter how much we grow as people. Affecting our actions and inducing pain.

One of the most emotional scenes in the game, is watching 9S giving into his madness and despair further and further after the death of 2B....

gods, the "shut up shut up.." voice acting is amazing!

God, I love the voice corruption on 9s

So the real protagonist was 9S. It's always the guy getting the biggest fuck ups in Yoko games.

When you realize that A2 didn't mean to kill 9S, she dropped the sword but since he engaged he fell onto sword technically killing himself

From my point of view A2 is the one who's right here. 9S hates her because she killed 2E but 2E had been corrupted; she wanted to die. 9S didn't know but even if he knew, he had been corrupted as well so he wouldn't listen to reason anyway.

"Isn't that HILARIOUS?! Doesn't it make you LAUGH?!" GOD the line-read is so good.

It's crazy how 9s basically became Eve!

The way Nine's says "LAUGH" is just wow.

Take care of 9s means two things in English you know: 1. Actually looking after him. 2. Getting rid of him.

kaneki vs a2 very epic

You could hear how painful getting stabbed in the gut is just from 9S' moans. Jesus christ, I DO NOT wanna get stabbed in the gut. Ever.

1:28 the timing of the music is immaculate

I remember crying so hard when they made you chose your character. and with tears on my eyes I picked A2, because I loved 9S so much I couldnt LIVE with myself if I continued his suffering and I got fucked in the ass in the end by getting A2 killed and 9S surviving on the end of route C lol

9S: "But if it doesn't matter....why do I long for humans like this? Why do I desire the touch of something that no longer exists?" A2: "It's how we were made. Androids were designed to protect their human masters." That is so damn cruel. Imagine that we successfully create androids that are designed to cherish human lives. Then, we are wiped out by an alien invasion, leaving the androids behind to fight an endless war in our name because it's the closest thing they'll have to being with us again. I found myself too invested in the story, that after hearing A2 say that, I said "I'M SORRY!"

Best ending storytelling-wise, plus 9S gets to restart life with the machines on another planet if you pick the right option. 10/10

Those behind the whole lie are two androids: Zinnia and No. 9(9S prototype).

9S' voice acting is fucking *AMAZING!*

God, 9S's death is done a little too well. It's legitimately hard to watch.

You know that you really don’t feel good when you reach a level of sadness equivalent to 9S’

Spoiler: The Irony of 9S death is that he got accidentally impale by 2B sword, in the end, even her own directive still managed to do her job in death.

Kudos to 9S's VA. Terrific performance

It’s so powerful just how broken 9S is at the end of this.

Okay so I’m watching this just right after finishing Persona 5 and I can’t unhear. Holy sh+ god the voice acting is so good.

The voice acting is so good, either japanese or english.

It took me like 20-30 minutes to decide who to go with on my first playthrough. (I didn't know I could just chapter select lol) But it was too emotional for me. 9S since the beginning of Route B has captured my attention since he was supposed to be the one with emotion and yet lacks empathy for machines, unlike 2B who is willing to listen, at least. And then discovers that the humans he was supposed to be fighting for no longer exist, I remember that arc with Adam when he was asked if he wants **** 2B, and all of that compilation of emotions he is going through and the last line of 2B in route A, "It always ends this way." 9S was a broken soul from the very beginning and when he lost the only person he cares about and finding out that 2B is actually an executioner for the Nines, he lost it. I wanted to go with him since I want to give him the justice he deserves but why A2? Why against her? Because she killed 2B? 9S knew why A2 had to do what she did... It was tough. A2, on the other hand, is like the version of 9S that has finally come to terms with everything; against Command, against machines, and against everything else. She wasn't carrying out 2B's wishes, she knew what's about to go down and what's to happen, and everything is utterly meaningless. A2 deserves justice too. It was hard but gladly, I could just pick Route D and E quickly after Route C lol

Why do I desire the touch of something that no longer exists!?

We need more voice actors like 9S's (im looking at you Xenoblade Chronicles 2)

I can only think of one other final boss in any video game series that actually had me in agony doing the boss fight. 9S was such a complex character that I grew to love even more than either 2B or A2. Truth be told, I kinda liked 2B only for the latter half of Ending A, the first half of her story just seemed generic soldier following orders to a greater authority. Same goes for A2, except I liked her at first, but when her overall background wasn't exactly shed on with any clarity I thought she wasn't a very relatable character. But 9S, man I hated having to fight against him. And even when I found out C ending leaves him alive, I go over and play Ending D and just.... 💔 I knew vengeance was a gruesome business, but this was so depressing, and I enjoy a good vengeance plot. I also found it interesting how if you use 9S, the fight is 2-dimensional like when you fight A2 in the Forest Kingdom, but when you play against 9S, the fight is 3-dimensional like every other fight. Truly one of my favorite final boss fights of all time.

At the final boss, I first chose 9S because I thought he could somehow be saved from his madness. I thought he could realize that even if it's justified, his vengeance could cost his human side. But at the moment he says "If this all goes away, that will solve everything !", I realized he can't be saved. His motive of vengeance has no reason to exist anymore since he knew that 2B was infected, but destruction is the only way for him to calm down his suffering. His human side was gone by far at the end, but hope was still with me until this moment. He became a machine needing destruction to unleash his hate and has no remorse for doing so. This hit me so hard I had to pause for a moment

Just had a look at the credits. A2's voice actor played lucy in the fairytail anime

2:22 WOW, you can choose who's going to live, that's INSANE. You can really see a "what-if" and a realistic resolution where you try your hardest for a cause you believe and fail. It's the type of story GRRM writes and i wish more stories were like this, that they dared to ask: "what comes next." Well to start, everything must be set up so that some conflict occours, that's the hardest part, usually at end life is tranquil and there's no point in watching someone do errands.

“Pod 153: I order you to halt all logical thought and speech” - 9s

Wow, both die or 9s doesn’t get a win. Bright side about this ending is that 9s gets to be with 2B in the afterlife.

"What do you know? You don't know anything at all about us!"

For a non combat unit, 9s tore her a new one, 10/10

Cry aside, a2 suddenly died after being impaled while 9s was still writhing is making me surprised till this day

Omg i cant wait how they gonna make this scene in the anime or if its even in there...

thank god i picked a2.

Such brutal game design. Love it.

Voice acting at 3:20 is gold

Post Mortem Kill +50exp.

Kyle McCarley, what a hell of a voice actor. The main reason I don't play this game in Japanese.

Funny how they make 9S die as ungracefully as possible while A2 elgantly drifts to sleep. So silly.

If it all goes away....

Virtuous Contract... Fulfilled. 😔

I cannot fucking wait to see this scene in the anime.

I played Glassy Sky from the Tokyo Ghoul soundtrack and it seems so fitting for this battle.

He's still my very good boi. ;-;

Fun fact: Hack a2 enough times to see a big surprise

I wonder if they're ever going to make a part two of nier automata I miss 9s and 2b

This whole game is a depressive fall toward insanity. The blissful ignorance of everything at the beginning until you learn the truth & crave death to be spared the reality.

9S's death was just.... -_- He got himself stabbed, eventhough A2 didn't intentionally do it. 9S could've easily dodged it, but he accidentally got stabbed. *SMH -_-* This is why you shouldn't drink alcohol before consumed in rage.

Am I the only one who laughed when the robot kid accidentally stabbed himself anyways?

9S after he gets stabbed feels hauntingly realistic. Surprise, terror, squirming, it's like he's a little kid who just encountered pain and death for the first time.

9S Uchiha has awakened his Sharingan

One of the few Japanese videogames where English voice acting is actually superior to the original Japanese.

This is such a great game

That was shocking. It feels so bad.

When they made me choose I freaked the fuck out.

It was the roughest decision to turn my back on 9S but honestly he had completely lost it and I considering it mercy at that point.

2:58 That was a perfect hacking cutoff.

Humanity Destroy Recreate Destroy Recreate Destroy Recreate That's the Cycle of Mankind Until We Reach "Nirvana"

Fighting A2 is easier than fighting 9S

The timing of that hack is perfect. Cuts off A2 and directly leads to 9S screaming shut up

Doesn't Matter Who We Choose. A2 Holding Back Against 9S Because Of 2B Wish

How the heck did 9S get stabbed? Man was on top, and inwards away from the sword

A2 be like: Well that was fast

Man if I can, I would hug 9s.

How did 9S get infected when he already took care of the uh... cute red robot twin girl thing? I thought the virus originated from "him".

4:23 that's what you get for not being programmed for combat. Amateurs' hour. WOOPS!

I think 9s after watching 2b dies and falling from the bridge most of his brain circuits are damged.

Him being angy is terrifying

I'm so sorry... even until now. I only hear A2 as Lucy 😭😂😅

3:19

Whas more fucked is how it was the personality data for 9S who put them into this suffering thru YoHra

9s you were at a disadvantage to begi with, you held a knife compared to her sword man

IDK how they gonna adapt this to the anime

The ending is very Dantesque, I love it haha

9S’ face at 4:20 is super good

How the hell do you just run into the enemies blade

Seeing the struggle between 9s and a2 made me think they should make a mod where the characters are replaced with bluey being 2b, bingo being 9s and muffin being a2 because she's a little brat