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| Omg the nastalgia/trauma! That defrag screen @ the beginning... white=empty sectors, blue=contiguous sectors, red=needs defragmentation. Even the sound, godinheavenhelpme......... |
| I can't be only one who thought Lily was human right ? |
| This episode was better than others, finally somethings happening. |
| Ishii Toshimasa, my GOAT! Holy shit, they adapted the Pearl Harbor Descent! As someone who has no time to invest in all the extra content of Nier like the stage plays, light novels, fucking FFXIV, this anime is a Godsend and I am so happy they're utilizing the anime version to its fullest extent and using it to supplement the game. Are we finally heading to where we think we're heading in the next episode? I can't wait. |
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| Excellent episode. I liked it even more than what was in LN format in the game. |
| Watching this episode made me just feel really sad. I’ve never played the game but the episode makes me want to play it. |
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| Thanks for the explanation man |
A-Mux said: Oops. I guess I missed that too. Thought resistance were humans. Are they all androids or some are human? If they're all androids then do humans even exist??? That was weird.deg said: so the resistance are all androids too then im an anime only so i did not know it was stated a few episodes ago |
| I have seen this story with those common tropes tons of times, this time it was under average, I don't feel any empathy towards the character and the real-time plot is moving too slow, anyways we are at the half of the season and we can definitely see the multiple weaknesses of the original source, I'll still be watching it though, 4.7/10. |
| Sad episode. I didn't realize all the resistance were ... not human. |
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| I just managed to scream the entire episode, I'm loving it SO MUCH ! We finally have solid old story that's been twisted into the theater. . Now I'm looking forward to getting to the deserters sidequest and finally having more information about it. |
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Sigmar-Unberogen said: If they're all androids then do humans even exist? You missed that too...in the info dump from YoRHA's leader (that was around episode 2 or 3?) they say that all the surviving humanity is in cryosleep on the Moon. -Xenophon- said: we can definitely see the multiple weaknesses of the original source For example? Like its OK to talk about the weaknesses of the show (if you have such in mind), but if you haven't played the game, how can you criticize it? Verye said: we haven't even gotten to the forest kingdom part yet At the end of this episode A2 was just at the entry of the Forest Kingdom...so my guess is that this will be the next act. |
| Really interesting backstory for Lily with the resistance and the other androids with how much they had to face... though the other android they're teasing at the end looks very interesting hm |
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| OMG they adapted the version of the Pearl Harbor manga that I had read a few months ago! It's an excellent episode! Finally A2 to the next episode! 😍 |
| Hearing such girly voice from someone looking like 2B was so weird. Pretty good episode. Really liked Lily's backstory as well as the continuous back and forth between past and present while she was walking with 2B. OST during the confrontation was also great, by the way. Never heard those tracks before tho. |
| I'm kind of torn on this episode. On the one hand it's just an inferior version of the pearl harbor manga, as it omits details and really good character moments. The squad was very fleashed out in the manga whereas here, many are reduced to their superficial traits. Especially the detail of Lily's origin and purpose would've been great (albeit disturbing) to adapt. I just hope that we don't get another case like the amusement park where they rush through a beautifully designed area of the game. On the other hand, it does the job of explaining Lily's character and her relationship with A2. You can't expect everyone to have read the manga, especially since there are only one or two volumes in english as far as I know. This anime has been it's very own thing from the second episode on and by now I trust the writers and directors that there's a reason why they chose to tell us Lily's Backstory in an entire Episode rather than only mentioning her relation to A2 like with Anemone in the game. The anime seems to make the side characters much more pivotal than the game as seen with Pascal, Lily and Jackass, so I trust this adaption for now. Well, despite all my torn feelings, there's one thing that is undoubtedly fantastic about this episode and it's the theme. Not only does it once and for all demonstrate that androids really are humans, it also brings up the topic of memories and oh boy it's gonna be good. No spoilers here, but this really does a lot to set up 2B's later character arc. Lily's story got to her and made her think about herself and who she is and who she wants to be. In that sense, the way they drew the parallel between the choices that the androids made during the descent mission and 2B's conflict is genius writing. After this Episode, I firmly stand by the opinion that the best order to experience Nier is Replicant --> Pearl Harbor Manga --> Automata --> Anime. I haven't read the two novels yet though, so I can't really say where those would fit or if they play into anything at all. |
YorrickMar 6, 2023 9:44 PM
MegamiRem said: That glimpse of A2 at the end was beautiful. i like 2b the most, but the a2 shot was nice I'm enjoying the show a lot. Played the game a few months ago |
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SouthRzVa said: Hearing such girly voice from someone looking like 2B was so weird. Pretty good episode. Really liked Lily's backstory as well as the continuous back and forth between past and present while she was walking with 2B. OST during the confrontation was also great, by the way. Never heard those tracks before tho. 2b is not the same without yui Ishikawa |
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| Beautiful and sad backstory about Lily. Finally the reveal, the resistance are all android as well. Atsumi Tanezaki is killing it as Lily. |
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| i really hope this isn't the only episode covering pearl harbour. i get this was lily's perspective and all, but i want to see more of the yorha squad >_<;; |
 "You're so adorable.. I'll take you, body and soul."  |
| The back story is both sad and beautiful, and it just shows how untrustworthy the headquarters is. |
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| rip Lily's comrades. Now we know why she's always so sad and gloomy |
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| couldn't care less of the suffering of Lily since A2 is near!!! kyaaa!!! 5/5. |
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| In the Nier Short Story Long Book, it was mentioned on page 59 that |
| The original add-ons is amazing, now I learned some certain backstory of Lily. |
| Damn, Lily has a heartbreaking backstory. . |
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| wait wat? they robots? |
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| Holy Squeepigs! That was intense! |
 To have you, Id give a billion lives A-Chan best girl |
| A good episode, Lily's backstory was well done and the build-up to "what if one of them were alive?" got me excited xD. |
| This episode tries to pull some emotional strings and fails miserably. Pearl Harbor is a big story that suffers too much from being cramped into 15 minutes short. -Hi, I am Lily and this is my crew! Dead 1, Dead 2, Dead 3, Dead 4... Yeaaaaaaah, just go read the manga or watch the play, I don't know. Visuals are great, but the story was rushed af, to the point they completely gave up at the end and went with "I dunno, everybody just died and I was the only one who survived". |
| This was quite the tale for our resistance leader on her past with 2B, to go through all that and be the only one left standing... Its strange seeing such a different personality for 2B. Getting a sneak peak at a certain someone at the end of the episode there! |
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| Me gusta mucho este anime. |
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