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Late commenter but yes it seemed obvious that A2 is in fact the protagonist. Also can’t shake that lone wolf vibe for sure.

What music are they using.

A2 is also the first version of 2B(E)

i just realized this about the song thank you for telligng me all this

It’s funny how I was into 2B throughout the game, but as soon as A2 popped in, I almost instantly forgot 2B was even there. 2B makes me feel for her, but A2 acts much more natural and benevolent… and both die to protect the only f*cked up “male” protagonist, as if he was a f*cking king.

Even the Anime show agrees with you. I love how much the Anime adds to A2's story and the line of dialogue she has between 9S during the finale battle. Easily my favorite character

With the NieR anime and them giving a better in depth look into A2s past shes secured her spot in my heart as the real protagonist and the most tragic character plus with Cherami Leigh's voice acting after coming off as playing V in cyberpunk i feel for her more (truthfully i think im drawn to tragic characters)

A2 my fav

You can say that A2 is X, while 2B is Zero and 9S is Axl. Honestly i find way too similarities between automata and Rockman X/Zero.

I’m a huge Kaine fan so the parallels between the two only helps further my fascination for A2. Plus her character and story/lore was just way more interesting for me than 2B’s especially after reading up on the novels and the manga

First, you made me cry. Second, you changed forever the meaning of the final song. Third, you are absolutely right. F man... this game makes me so emotinal, and now I'm gonna play it again with a new perspective. Good, awesome job!

a2 is the love of my life

I always thought it was 2b's song at the end. I had a shiver (idk how its called anymore but when theres that special feeling from your spine to your skin TvT). Thx, in my humble opinion, this is banger video.

Yes Yes Yes

Thank you, Freesia.

holly hit man just in time by the way the last episode of nier automata pr2 anime is epic

Make more videos !

A2 is the best character in nier, everything about her is just… perfect. And you did a good job showing that, and showing that this game is just beautiful in general, thank you.

someone is A2 simp

A2 in Nier Atomata anime episode 17, cour 2 episode 5

Now you Say it, weight of thé World doesn't match with 2b or 9's but much more to A2, with pearl harbour évents And all the tower arc

You convinced me 👌

Hmmmmm, so the game should've been called..... Nier A2-mata

Who is more bangable? 2B or A2?

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It’s not a choice to spare or kill pascal. She made her choice for the player rather the devs did you can kill pascal but you’ll get a bad ending for it. 🤣 But one thing you can do is turn your back on pascal when he asks for her to delete his memory. Pascal says some extra dialogue to A2 seems upset at the fact she just walks off on him.

Wouldn’t 9S and Eve be the most human of them all? They most felt and conveyed the feeling of conflict and pure hate that Adam mentions in the copied city. 9S and Eve both had that feeling of vengeance which is exactly what caused so many wars in human history, so they would be the most human instead of A2.

If you spend your whole life searching for meaning, you'll always come to the same questions that no one can answer. So look around, live , stop asking so many questions ,and help spread your humanity ❤.

neither A2 or 2B are the "true heroes" of the story. they both played their parts. I see them both just as equal in terms of heroism. 2B ran as far as she could to not infect anyone else and welcomed death from A2, that is some epic shit, she handed the torch to A2. The only reason A2 can be considered "underrated" is from people who never seen the story, and they think 2B is the hero of the story. this is also a deliberate storytelling choice from Yoko Taro. the "main" hero is assumed to be 2B, since shes on every cover of the games, etc

Thanks for explaining A2 also, she's either hard to read or I find sci-fi stories confusing. Or both.

Wow, 2B's death was a happy ending. I'll love to see your idea of a sad ending lol. I had to remind myself that men don't cry, they drink. Also, they had feelings from the prologue. 2B was mourning a guy she just met 10 minutes after forbidding emotions haha. The story, overall was amasing though. Nothing is perfect.

Great video!! ❤️❤️😭

Wishing you could put a2s long hair on 2b and also have the lunar tear equipped.

"stop asking so many questions, and just live"

I've always found this plot about how A2 is getting compassion to machines as something rather forced and too sudden. Just think about it for a second. A2 spent probably hundreds of years hating and instantly killing machines on sight (I don't really remember how much time have passed between two Yorha generations, but I guess a lot). And she shows this attitude first time we met her in the game and first time we're given to play as her. First thing she wants to do is get rid of the machines, she doesn't even really consider which ones, just some random Goliaths. Then game shows us that 2B memories contained in her sword have combined with A2's data. And then when meeting Pascal, A2 decides to let him live. Immideately after she retearns from the desert. I know player has a *choice* which isn't really a choice since the only way you can continue playing is to let Pascal be. So the *correct* decision (or the actual A2's decision) is this one. Then she goes to the village and pretty quickly changes her opinion on machines. I mean really quickly, it doesn't feel like something natural, comething the real hateful A2 would have decided. And here come 2B's memories. It seems like the reason this plot about A2 and Pascal's village even exists is because 2B's memories affect A2's behaviour. And game doesn't really hide it. In fact the game wants you to know it - to know that 2B (or rather memory of her) still somewhere there. The first argumet will be the last words in routs A and B. Have you ever thought how different they are? in route A 2B says that "machines have gained emotions, consciousness" and ends her speech with the words that "they still echo within me". When I first heard it I tought it was the most emocionally fullfilled and meaningfull conclusion 2B could ever say. I mean she isn't really emotional in machines sidequests, she doesn't say anything that special about them, all we hear is 9S complaining about how he can't understand machines and how "there is no meaning to anythnig they do". And 2B gets him down sometimes but not that often that you can notice properly. And in the end of route A she finally says that (unlike 9S) she considers machines as persons (or as someone who can have emotions). So yes, she is pretty compassionate to them. And she tells it clearly to the player. So back to A2. I think that the only reason A2 acts the way she acts is because of 2B. She can't resist it or fight it back, she can't do anything about 2B and game makes it clear. First after the fight against Hegel and than in ending D, when she naturally hears 2B's voice telling her to take care of 9S, so she hesitates. 2B was compassionate about machines so A2 has also received this trait, whether she wanted it or not. And that is why A2's character change feels forced. Because it should feel forced. Because there is nothing actually left of A2's personality (that's just my opinion). 2B stands behind her back all the time in route C, even if the game doesn't show it so often. And there is another interesting line, but it's more about 2B and 9S. After operator 21O gets killed by A2, A2 tells 9s that "2B told me she wanted you to become a good person". Firstly it again proves that 2B is actually somehow talking to A2 even when the player doesn't see it. Secondly, I've never really understood what these words mean. A *good* person. Was't 9S good person before, in routes A and B when 2B was stiil alive? He was obviously protective and kind towards 2B, he loves her, these routes are all about it. And suddenly - good person. Maybe it means that throughout their previous adventures (after which 9S got his memory wiped) 2B somehow learned, that he might get mad and reckless and eventually die without her? Or perhaps she discovered something horrible about him in the past? Or that 9S is capable of doing terrible things? Or she was talking about how naive 9S was throughout routes A and B and how the truth can mentally kill him? What was it all about? That's a pretty interesting question for me, what she meant behind this "good person". So to conclude, my opinion is that to the end of the game A2 is basically 2B and carries 2B's mission to the end not because she really wants to do it, but because 2B forces her to do it. And then, after 9S is rescued, what does she do? She does what she wanted to do in the first place - she dies. I think even her last line about the beautiful world is, that's something connected to 2B's memories in her. Like exactly 2B helps her to see this beauty for whatever it was, because 2B herself saw this beauty too, but didn't really have an opportunity and strength to say it out loud since she covered her emotions about everything. And after 9S is safe her mission is finally over.

In an ironic way not giving a shit is one of the most human things, she is deciding for herself what has value to her and what's worth her time and energy. The machines and androids are programmed to care and focus on specific things, they don't get to decide what they care about it's chosen for them. From what I understand groups like Pascal's village and the forest kingdom where experiments being ran by the machine network to learn from so they weren't making decisions either just following preset programming.

I fell in love with A2's butt too man, no need to overanalyze it.

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FINALLY SOMEONE'S SHARING THE SAME MINDSET AS ME ESP WHEN IT COMES TO THE SONG I SWEAR TO GOD IVE BEEN TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE LYRICS TO MY FRIENDS AND MAKE THEM REALIZE THEY ARENT ABOUT 2B THEY ARE ABOUT A2 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh im sobbing a2 best bby ;;;;;;;

This is a great video. I know it’s been 2 years, but someday I really hope you come back to making videos.

Im quite late but l agree, A2 is just the real protagonist

make more video

i cried at the last part man the word really hits me hard such a great game

this video is a masterpiece. You convinced, once i thought 9s was the best written character, but now, i think it is A2.

Humanity killed God as androids killed Humanity. A2 sacrificed herself to erase the corruption within 9S, the same way Jesus sacrificed Himself to erase the corruption within Humanity.

What did you think of the pear harbor episode in the anime? I personally loved it and it recontextualized a lot about A2 for me, and it made me love her character even more

Wow this video was excellent loved it

A2 suffer the most in the Nier/Darkengard Saga. She lost her family aka her team by N2 aka Red Girl.

Your answer to life’s meaning is so close to what I came up with nearly half my life ago, that i wasn’t really sure what I was supposed to be doing or why, just that all I had to do was survive

The way A2 looks at 9S before the final confrontation gives me goosebumps. There is so much pain and sorrow in her eyes and when she starts raising her sword it looks for a second as she is tearing up. And then there is cold and painful acceptance and determination in her eyes. It gives me the chills, because I know those looks, those eyes and those feelings behind them to well. Great video mate 👍