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| Ah yes they did it, the remove OS chip ending. Probably the most profound and thought-provoking one of them all. I forgot how much I loved the soundtrack. I'm pretty sure not the only one who aimlessly wandered the City Ruins just to listen to the music. |
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| At least, the adaptation is starting to differ from the original story. I like current level of attention to detail - even some TV frames were selected to have meaning in terms of whole NieR & Drakengard storyline. I'm still laughing at "a letter from GOOD KID Taro Y. from Aichi". He is an absolute mad lad. Makes me wonder why Machine Lifeforms decided to use English for their UI text even during very low level diagnostics (like a boot sequence). What's more interesting it seems that they adapted use of arabic numerals, american date system (MM/DD/YYYY) AND Gregorian calendar. From the scene of the flower-bot's reboot we also know that the last-backup of the "Big Brother" has been done on Which seems to fit in the NieRs timeline. Is 2B's booting sequence kinda SUS? |
szalinskiJan 15, 2023 8:22 AM
| I got a bit lost with the routes, but I think this episode didn't advance the plot as the game does. Also, the machines at the end weren't chaning "this cannot continue" as they do in the game. |
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i cried when that cute robot who developed feelings and consciousness and philosophical thinking through the flower died. |
| NieR:Automata Ver1.1a E02 mini Ribsview + Character desings are shining here + Better pacing, introduces more characters and worldbuilding + Great use of OST - CGI still as poor, don't think it'll improve Much better than E01! 8/10 |
| I can say that this episode was great and an improvement over the first episode. There was a lot of original scenes being used here and it was utilised very well. Seeing the story of the larger machine lifeform and how it found out on how to grow plants was lovely to watch over time. Not only that, but this segment used the city ruins OST from the game and it never fails to send chills down my back when I hear it play. Simply beautiful... Same goes for the resistance members and their struggle against a rampaging mob of machines, who also killed the flower loving machine in the process, before 2B and 9S came to their rescue. It was well done and I enjoyed it. =) The ED song and visuals are great. Amazarashi's vocals are still recognisable since I've been watching 86 Part 2 in my spare time and I enjoy listening to their OP play every episode, so seeing them to the ED for Nier Automata made me smile. |
| were people really bugged from the first ep? it was a decent adaptation of the opening act of the game. I bet the main criticism is the same cgi =bad durrrrrr If they can keep mixing new quality content along with the original game adaptation and OST the series will be no doubt at least very good. Nice to see devola&popola so soon |
| Much better than the first one, I'm excited. |
| Those random interludes with the voice remind me of the magical girl show. Not complaining, this show is setting up to be wild! |
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| rip flower robot. also rip credits lol |
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| Well that was almost completely different than the previous episode in both tone and visuals, and I would say, better. |
| Wow. I was stunned. One of the best episodes I have seen in ages. Absolutely mind blowing. |
| May the Uguu be with you. |
PCS1881 said: I think it's crazy how some people are focusing so much on the graphics to talk shit about this anime. We're past all that when it comes to NieR. The storytelling, the build up, the soundtrack... NieR makes you think, instead of being passive and look at pretty graphics that you will forget at the next beautiful thing you see. Episode 2 was great. I don't know who Lily is but it's already different from the game. So far so good. A lot of anime fans are "sightseers". They only care about graphics. No matter the quality of the everything else, if anime is pretty it means it's good (cough KNY cough). And other way around, if graphics are subpar (and let's face it, Nier CGI is really bad), then they disregard anything else. Well, I can only hope it'll be like with Golden Kamuy CGI bears. The rest of the story defended itself, despite atrocious CGI at the beginning and now people are mostly praising this show. |
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| It's like 80% original, 20% from video game. |
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| Oh my God yes, this episode was masterfully done. While the first episode was 100% faithful, this episode was mostly anime original, but they captured the feel of the game so nicely and it added so much to the atmosphere. I loved the scenes with the machines so much, I am convinced now that the anime staff knows what they're doing, they know how important the soundtrack was too to the game, it's so nice to hear the City Ruins theme again. That's why I was saying that people should be patient, especially for a series like NieR. Damn, my soul was destroyed when that flower machine died, but hey, that's what I am here for, let's go! It was fucking cool as well how the characters from the side quests are making cameos. I didn't really had the time or dedication to get into the stage plays, novels and such, so I am not really familiar with Lily. It's great that they're incorporating them into the anime, I hope they add all the important ones. And again, the puppet play was hilarious, Yoko Taro was even mentioned lmao. They even straight up showed the menu screen to for the remove chip ending. Can't wait for the next episode, if it is what I think it is, then I really cannot wait. |
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| ep 2 and Lily is already here!? nice!!! my god! 2B with those extremely beautiful eyes is beyond goddess! i bow down to you!! (ED visuals also has good blue eyes of her) okay wait, so how is Lily gonna fit on the said "multiple endings"? maybe multiple endings which is not taken directly from the game huh??? 5/5. OMG! very good ED by amazarashi! |
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| Really great episode! Hopefully the show continues in this vein. Hearing the game's soundtrack makes me emotional. Really miss the game and that time. |
| well done episode. the after credits scene was great as well. i really hope this will get people to try out the game, it is quite literally and with no irony a masterpiece in multiple fashions. only game i ever got 100 percent completion on (yes including the onerous fishing quests). |
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Mcsuper said: As someone who has not played NieR at all, I admit I was a bit lost with all this info being dumped on us, so hopefully there will be more clarity later on. I doubt that they'll do that, so I'll just repeat it for you in a simple manner: Aliens attack earth using machines --> Humans escape to the moon and counter attack using sentient androids, the formal designation for this army is YoRHa --> a seemingly endless war breaks out --> Some androids decide to build resistances on earth and fight semi-independently from YoRHa, but still on the same side (like Lily's group) The bits about the machines meeting a god and the like are not supposed to really make sense yet, so don't worry about understanding those too much. |
| Everything I disliked about episode 1 was fixed in this one, and this is the new worldbuilding and storytelling that this kind of series is meant for. as for soundtrack, it's 🤯 |
| 🌈 i just want gintama back |
| The episode was alright even though I still don't understand the concept of the anime. Let's see what the next episode brings. |
| They kind of spoiled one of the surprises which comes later on...but the creepy humour is on point, also they made the OS chip joke along with a glimpse at the skills interface from the game. |
The game is a practically a cheap wannabe Sophie's World plus some annoying tropes of Japanese videogames/anime. Don't expect something close to Rosseau, Hobbes, Locke, Kant or whichever you like here but apparently that was enough to be hailed as a masterpiece for some people. As for me, this episode was mildly entertaining, at least if this anime fails to be good I guess it will be decent enough to sent Eve no Jikan to total oblivion since they try to convey some of their main topics. Composition in the ep was lacking in some scenes but those who know me already know I don't care too much about that, OST is nice though, 6.73/10. |
| I wasn't sure this anime would earn it's existance considering how NieR uses the medium of videogames but this episode was so good! I imagined this would be like a new route considering the 1.1a and now I'm pretty sure this is route a of a new timeline. |
| It is sad that the robots got the garden destroyed |
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Orzi said: Golden Kamuy is a good comparison, even story wise. To be fair, GK gets a lot of praise for such an amazing display of Ainu culture. It takes time to deliver and NieR does it perfectly in terms of pacing. While the CGI is nothing revolutionary, it's only a few seconds. If that's what it takes to criticise the series, I guess we deserve a new generation full of people with the attention span of a goldfish.PCS1881 said: I think it's crazy how some people are focusing so much on the graphics to talk shit about this anime. We're past all that when it comes to NieR. The storytelling, the build up, the soundtrack... NieR makes you think, instead of being passive and look at pretty graphics that you will forget at the next beautiful thing you see. Episode 2 was great. I don't know who Lily is but it's already different from the game. So far so good. A lot of anime fans are "sightseers". They only care about graphics. No matter the quality of the everything else, if anime is pretty it means it's good (cough KNY cough). And other way around, if graphics are subpar (and let's face it, Nier CGI is really bad), then they disregard anything else. Well, I can only hope it'll be like with Golden Kamuy CGI bears. The rest of the story defended itself, despite atrocious CGI at the beginning and now people are mostly praising this show. |
TovarishTony said: In the game they use StG-44s. Automata is full of direct WW2 references, so I have no idea why they made that change.Instead of an exact copy of the game's story like last episode, we actually get an anime original one like I'm trying to recall the events of the game on how 2B and 9S landed where its actually different. Resistance using mostly AKS-74Us even after 3000 years would make Brandon Herrera go crazy that AKs are still in use on that timeline.  I dunno if anyone else get the reference of the flowers but I could feel what they actually mean because I was playing Replicant. Makes me want to play Automata again after finishing my Replicant runs. |
| Oh no... episode 2 and I'm already feeling empathy towards these man-killing machines. Poor little fella just wanted to do some gardening ffs :'( And City Ruins is such a great track, man. Instant chills the moment it started playing. Excellent episode. Really looking forward to the next one! |
| the worldbuilding is starting to come together nicely. the animation looked great in this episode too. i think the highlight is the music though. absolutely fantastic. A-1 Pictures always seems to produce shows with amazing soundtracks so no surprise. I also hear some of the music is from the game so that's cool too. |
| The music alone is reason enough to give this show a watch. It made me want to replay the game on steam. And that's a lot considering I'm addicted to WoW now. I am not gonna speak a lot about the episodes because I have played the game and I might spoil little things here and there. But this second episode was very good. The green haired girl is a nice addition, I really want to see what's up with her in this adaptation. Also gonna write the common: if you haven't played the game, it is time you do now. Go buy it. |
| "Manga readers are annoying, all they do is complain or spoil the anime we discuss in an anime forum. They should really do their whining at manga forums." Stolen from Janethan23. Add in visual novel readers too |
| I didn't gel too much with the first episode but this one was full of life and I loved it. |
| Good second episode and something new for the gamers. Please continue like this. |
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| Welp, guess this is an alternate take on the story, considering the co-existence of Lily and 2B & 9S which obviously makes this violently intriguing to see. Hearing the original score obviously grabbed me by the throat and launched me against the nearest wall because it deserves all the praise it's ever gotten, I mean, I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but I just couldn't stop myself from mentioning it lmao Love the lil paper stories, always adored them in-game too, they never fail to be intriguing and eerie as hell. I'm always a huge fan of seeing the twins just standing somewhere in the background, or doing something at all while having zero lines, seeing them just be in route A is somehow funny to me and I don't know why, so I liked seeing them here too. But yeah, I do actually (and I'm surprising myself here) enjoy that this seems to be less of a faithful adaption as yet another 'route' so to speak, it just... it's on brand for the canon, really. It just works (for now, though I'm hopeful). You'd think I'd mind the lengthy focus on the machine and its flowers situation but that just works for the canon as well to be honest, it was neat, it felt very much... Nier Automata, to put it this way. And lastly, I'd literally watch 3496845065 episodes of 9S just... being, moving around this fluidly, interacting with 2B, like, you could probably get me to watch just about any alternate take so long as I get to see my lil boy, so, yknow. tl;dr Let's put it this way, I liked the 2nd ep more than the first because now it's clear it's not trying to stick to the original story and the turn it's taking is an interesting alternate view, so, I'm down. I have more hope, now. |
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