John Wintroub and Sean Clark discuss the character development, themes and historical references of NieR: Automata.

0:00 - Intro

2:31 - Ghost in the Shell; Machines With Souls

11:11 - Pascal; No Courage Without Fear

16:20 - Become as Gods; Misplaced Faith

18:27 - Adam & Eve; Two Sides of a Broken Coin

27:20 - 2B; Avoidance of Pain

36:18 - 9S; Loss

39:37 - A2; A Tragic Existence

45:29 - 9S Reprisal; Seeing Red

52:27 - Ending C & D; The American Monomyth

55:39 - Ending E; Living Redemption

1:08:10 - Outro

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