Part 103: Episode XCIX: Or Not to Be

Episode XCIX: Or Not to Be


VIDEO: CLICK HERE TO WATCH ENDING B!


Music: The Sound of the End (Vocal)





You think that one nameless machine trying futilely to revive its dead brother at the start of Route B has any parallels to what ended up being the trigger for the final conflict?



Music: ENDS



Nah. Probably just a coincidence.



So once more ends the machine lifeforms experiments of birthing weird humanoid boys to try running administrative duties for a couple months. Overall, it’s probably a 7/10 on the scale of machine lifeform experiments on changing up the status quo.



2B once more commits the fatal error of declaring things to be settled and done as soon as the immediate threat is vanquished, thus assuring an almost immediate occurrence of a new threat or doubling down on the old one.





9Sistotallyjackedwithmalwarefromnotrunningadblockonsketchysites.exe activated.



Heh heh... I really screwed up... <breathes heavily>


Music: Vague Hope



No... <limps toward 9S>
It’s okay. I can always reload my backup data from the Bunker.



Guess so... But we can’t... upload this corrupted data to the Bunker, so...
9S...



Gaahh... Ah... Please, 2B... I want you... to do this... for me...
......





Presumably the two Pods are hanging out on the sidelines somewhere watching these scene unfold. It must be very uncomfortable to sit and watch one Pod’s user strangle to death the other Pod’s unit...









But that’s just how things are gonna play out again...





Granted, the audience this time around for 9S’s death has expanded a bit...



Music: ENDS



<begins crying>



It always... ends like this... *sobs*



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There’s still... some alive...?







Man, 2B that sword was literally like 2 feet away. I know it was all symbolic and junk, but you couldn’t have done 9S in with that? Harsh.




Music: Hope and Rebirth



Is this... a message? The data transmissions... They’re resonating with each other...







One of these days there is going to be a machine with magenta colored eyes and the androids are going to lose their shit not knowing what the hell that means. Full on panic and pandemonium.



Uuuuuuggh... Uhhhh...





Wait a second! 2B!
Who are...?
It looks like... I left my personal data in the machine side of things. Next thing I knew, my sense of self was regenerated over the surrounding network. Having multiple selves fused together like this is a pretty valuable experience, so I wanted to record it—but I couldn’t access any storage areas yet...
<drops sword and walks towards Goliath 9S>
...so I just multi-plexed it over the memories of some nearby enemies, so that when I returned to my own body, I—



Shut up... nerd...
......
<lowers head> I’m glad you’re okay...



Yeah...






New Music: Weight of the World (Japanese Version) (Go listen to this. Mandatory again.)















Kowareta Sekai no Uta

Kie yuku sukui
Todaeru karada
Sora wa ima mo kuraku
Tomatta tokei
Naranai kikai
Koe todokanakute

Kore ga boku no noroi
Okashita tsumi no fukasa ga
Kimi no negai
Kegareta tamashii naku aganai, dakedo

Sou bokura wa ima
Aah, mu kachi demo sakebu
Ano kowareta sekai no uta
Sou bokura wa ima
Aah, muimi demo negau
Tada kimi to no mirai wo
Ano hi no egao wa itoshii mama kiete......

Afureru midori
Koboreru inochi
Kaze wa ima mo tooku
Hagareru sabi to ugomeku yaiba
Shi ga hisomu mori ni

Korega boku no noroi
Yakusoku korosu itami ga
Kimi no negai
Saigo no yume wo suteta tsugunai, dakedo

Sou bokura wa ima
Aah, mu kachi demo sakebu
Kono yogoreta sekai no ai
Sou bokura wa ima
Aah, muimi demo negau
Tada kimi to no jikan wo
Oboreta ishiki wa yasashii mama kiete...

Sou bokura wa ima
Aah, mu kachi demo sakebu
Ano kowareta sekai no uta
Sou bokura wa ima
Aah, muimi demo negau
Tada kimi to no mirai wo

Sou bokura wa ima
Aah, mu kachi demo sakebu
Kono yogoreta sekai no ai
Sou bokura wa ima
Aah, muimi demo negau
Tada kimi to no jikan wo

Inori ga yurushi wo erare zutomo

......Boku wa.



Song of the Broken World

My salvation is vanishing
and my body is coming to an end
Even now, the sky is dark
The clocks have stopped,
mechanisms don't tick,
and my voice never reaches...

This is my curse-
the depth of my sins
Your wish-
I'm atoning without an impure soul, but...

Yes, we are now...
ah... worthless, but we cry out
the song of that broken world
Yes, we are now...
ah... meaningless, but I wish
simply for a future with you
Your smile, please disappear still as precious as it was on that day...

The greenery overflows,
and the lives spill forth
The wind is still distant
The peeling rust and the squirming blades
are in the forest where death lurks

This is my curse-
a pain that slays promises
Your wish-
I'm atoning by casting aside my final dream, but...

Yes, we are now...
ah... worthless, but we cry out
of this tainted world's love
Yes, we are now...
ah... meaningless, but I wish
simply for more time with you
My drowned consciousness, please disappear still gentle as ever...

Yes, we are now...
ah... worthless, but we cry out
the song of that broken world
Yes, we are now...
ah... meaningless, but I wish
simply for a future with you

Yes, we are now...
ah... worthless, but we cry out
of this tainted world's love
Yes, we are now...
ah... meaningless, but I wish
simply for more time with you

Even if my prayer is never granted forgiveness...

I...



Recover designated items.



Guys, they’re still trying to roll the credits. What are you doing? You can’t have gameplay here. That’s rude as hell messing with the credits! Also this is 9S’s storyline. 2B, you had your turn. What gives? Tch... Whatever. Fine. Let’s go to 9S’s room like the mini-map has designated.



I needed to give you this.



Uhhh... Thanks, 9S...? You... do know we’re definitely going to have to report you for smuggling drugs onto the Bunker and distributing them to your co-workers. That’s both not kosher and really weird, my dude...



......
No, never mind. Just be careful.
Planning preparations complete. Confirmed equipment delivered to quarters.
......



Our new destination is returning to 2B’s quarters down the hallway. We receive an email notification as we leave 9S’s room. Unfortunately, since this is still the end credits, we cannot access any terminals to read it until Route C. And I’m not going to fudge the details on that one. We’ll check later...



For now, entering 2B’s room will trigger the end of the credits as well. So be sure to loiter a bit in the hallway if you want to hear the full song. That’s because there’s one more scene bridging Route B and “Route C.” This is the part where the whole Route naming falls apart. It made sense referring to them as Routes for 2B’s initial storyline and then repeating events from 9S’s perspective. Route C is not that. At all. It’s 100% new story content and the continuation of the plot that concluded with Adam and Eve’s deaths. There’s even a preview trailer for it...






































Remember your pain. The pain of having your homeland stolen...



We will never give up our struggle.



We will take back the seas...



...the skies, the land!



We will take back our world...



...from the scourge of the machines!



We will not fail in this mission!



Here and now!



We will put an end to this goddamn war!



Glory... to mankind!



GLORY TO MANKIND!



And that concludes Route B of NieR: Automata. That rollercoaster is at the top of the hill and briefly stopped... Tune in next time as the real journey begins... No one stops!






Video: Ending B and Route C Preview (It’s the ending! Go watch it! Sheesh!)





NieR: Automata Key Art – I’m the one medium biped in the middle that is realizing he’s made a huge mistake.