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.

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

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.

YoRHa name translation: the most vague NERV reference ever.

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

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.

YoRHa: You’re Human. i’m high as shit

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.

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

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 :)

DUDE?!?!?!! I was watching one of your videos right now and this comes in. Also I haven't PLAYED any of Drakengard/ Nier games but the lore is AMAZING.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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/

That sound effect of A2 jumping down had me..

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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?

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

I appreciate you doing these videos there used to be a KZfaqr 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

That good shit as always!

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

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?

Awesome channel, glad I found it.

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

Thanks for the lore videos.

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

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

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

favorite sushi is salmon but cucumber is a close second

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.

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.

Another banger!!

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

Yay! More Nier lore!

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).

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

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

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

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

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

Nice, i love the nier series 👍

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.

yoko taro i just want to talk

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

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

What is the Conclusion of Nier AUutomata? And HOW is it connected to Nier Reincarnation.

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

2:30 so.... weed?

ORIGINAL NINE IS IN THE ANIME LETS GOOOOOO

Could passing leaf just mean autumn/fall?

yorha rough translation: touch grass

Nice

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".

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.

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

Video starts at 3:00

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.

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?

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?

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?

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

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

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.

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

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

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

legit damm just woah!!!!

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

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!

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).

Now do a video about what happens after Nier Automata

SHOUTOUT OUT KRONE, JONI AND THE YORHA TROOPS

hi. I like watching your videos.

your happiness?...

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

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?

yay more nier lore also more words for that censored 4 asterisk: hack, or scan maybe, since 92 is a scanner type. explanation down below (slight spoiler) Maybe if he scanned/hacked 2b, it would show that her designation letter was wrong. No real thought behind it other than that, and it fits in 4 letters and would apply to 9s in someway lol

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

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.

EMILE JUST EMILE

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

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

Glory to Mankind!!!

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

You should cover nier reincarnation

Kuwata tsunowo vralai

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

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.

The only question is How did Yorha rebuild themselves Who will rebuild yorha?