#popula

Episode 2 hurt me more than the dogs I was watching. Please continue to hurt me Taro.

This is really what I was expecting from a Nier anime, more of the world and ambiance beyond our usual dalliances through the city ruins. Lily is here and has made the Number 2 connection (I wonder if she and Anemone will talk about that/Pearl Harbor episodes?).

That Gardener, my poor guy. I’m glad we’re getting novella stuff in the anime and I can’t wait for more. It was a brilliant sequence of dialog free story telling, as well as hinting to how the machines can further develop given the time/chance.

The 9S and 2B relationship is... I love these two, Nines is acting like a dork and 2B is fueling that trash fire. He is a snarky, hyper fixated, nerd who only seems overly cheery because he’s partnered with ‘emotions are prohibited’ 2B. I forget if it was a short story or a concert script that had Nines mention 2B isn’t as good at hiding her emotions as she thinks, so I wonder how much of that we’ll get to see. There was plenty in the game, but I’m hoping they sneak more in. The ending also has me wrapped around its finger. It displayed their relationship, or at least 2B’s view of it, wonderfully.

Drakengard mention. Devola and Popula doing odd jobs despite being incredibly useful as healers, as well as how they are treated by the Resistance. 

I was most intrigued by how the Resistance reacted to Yorha arriving. 2B and 9S saving them was treated like a hand of God smiting your foe, so we’re already getting that religious/meaning of life stuff.

Lastly, the Adam egg was already in the process, so does that mean we won’t get the desert robot sex cave? Come on Taro.

you see, it's already begun

hard to explain, its that je ne sais quoi

ill knoww it wwhen i see it