History Heartwarming / NierAutomata

* Even after many, ''many'' centuries, Emil still [[spoiler:maintains [[VideoGame/{{Nier}} Kainé's shack]] all by his lonesome.]]

** Despite 9S [[spoiler:harboring hatred for 2E for "betraying" him, he still goes out of his way to mourn her.]]

** [[spoiler:The chorus in this version of "Weight of the World" is made up of the game's development team, and the original ''[=YoRHa=]'' idol group who worked with Yoko Taro on several of his past projects. To capture the same impact from the in-game version, the [[https://youtu.be/gUGZzp6kY60?t=3915 live concert]] version similarly followed suit by encouraging the audience to join in on the chorus.]]

** [[spoiler:The chorus in this version of "Weight of the World" is made up of the game's development team, and the original ''[=YoRHa=]'' idol group who worked with Yoko Taro on several of his past projects.]]

** Another meta one. [[spoiler:There are stories of people reaching out to those who sacrificed their savefiles, thanking them]].

** Similarly, his interactions with "[[BigLittleBrother Little Sister]]" who's lost in the desert. They're mostly funny, as she's channeling [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Mindy]] with her barrage of questions, but 9S does his best to answer every one of them - until she asks [[TheTalk where children come from]].

** Meta: 2B and 9S's actual voice actors, Creator/KiraBuckland and Creator/KyleMcCarley [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRhREyaKy_U playing through Ending E together. ]]

* A2's [[spoiler: last words to 9S in Route C's ending in this, (coupled with being a tearjerker because she's about to [[FaceDeathWithDignity commit suicide, after saving him]].) Even with all his anger towards her and everything that just happened, she responds with nothing but care... and all because 2B asked her to.]]
--> "I'll take care of everything."

* A meta one: Yoko Taro ''did it.'' He finally made a game which recieved wide mainstream success, and good advertising. He did not fail to Atlus's new game as per [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhWGuV6mcE4&t=127s this video]].

-->'''2B''': "[[spoiler:[[NotSoStoic You son of a]]-- ''[[UnstoppableRage I'll kill you!]]'']]"

-->'''2B''': "Come on. Let's go home." ''([[PietaPlagiarism picks him up and carries him off]])''

-->'''2B''': "''Shut up!'' If 9S says he can do it, '''''then he will!'''''"

* A small one, but near the end of Ending D, [[spoiler:we have the Terminals' recreation of Adam and Eve on the Ark...with Adam holding his sleeping brother, [[BookEnding mirroring their first appearance]]. This new Adam and Eve have no reason to be antagonistic towards 9S and the androids, since they aren't the same duo 2B and 9S fought back in Route A/B. It's rather poignant when Adam happily offers 9S a place on the ark because, where his last incarnation knew Hatred, this version of Adam knows ''empathy''.]]

* A meta one: Yoko Taro ''did it.'' He finally made a game which recieved wide mainstream success, and good advertising. He did not fail to Atlas's new game as per [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhWGuV6mcE4&t=127s this video]].

* 9S slowly warming up to the friendly machines in Pascal's village in Route A/B, especially with the younger children machines like the ones him and 2B encounter during sidequests. For example, in the EscortMission that requires you to take a sobbing lost child machine from the City Ruins to Pascal's village, 9S tries to speak to the machine in a gentle manner so it'll cooperate with them. Granted, he still refers to the machine as 'snot-nosed', but at least [[PetTheDog he treats the machine in a kind manner]].
* A small one, but near the end of Ending D, [[spoiler:we have the Terminals' recreation of Adam and Eve on the ark...with Adam holding his sleeping brother. This new Adam and Eve have no reason to be antagonistic towards 9S and the androids, since they aren't the same duo 2B and 9S fought back in Route A/B. It's rather poignant when Adam happily offers 9S a place on the ark because, where his last incarnation knew Hatred, this version of Adam knows ''empathy''.]]
* ''[[GoldenEnding Ending E.]]'' [[spoiler:In a desperate attempt by Pod 042 to attempt to preserve 2B's, 9S's, and A2's memories, and subsequently their lives; he goes on a suicide mission, which manifests for the player in the form of an extremely difficult MiniGameCredits. When you die too many times (and [[PrepareToDie you will]], as eventually the patterns for the bullets become nigh-physically-impossible to navigate and shoot the credits through), you'll begin to see messages from other ''N:A'' players all over the world, and you are given help by other people who have played the game that give you more ships to surround your own and give you the strength to beat it and save the main characters' lives (all while ''Weight of the World'' [[TriumphantReprise swells a trilingual chorus]], by the way). Pod 042 then tells you that said help from the other players came from them [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing their data]], much like what happened in Ending D of the first game. You are then given the option to do so yourself, and pay the kindness forwards. You don't ''have'' to, and you are told [[WhatYouAreInTheDark that you're the only one who will know if you choose to refuse]], but considering your success was only made possible by other players being selfless...]]

** [[spoiler:The chorus in this version of "Weight of the World" is made up of the game's development team and the original [=YoRHa=] idol group that worked with Yoko Taro on several of his past projects.]]

* Even after many, ''many'' centuries, Emil still [[spoiler:maintains [[VideoGame/{{Nier}} Kaine's shack]] all by his lonesome.]]
* Complete ''Gathering Keepsakes'' side-quest, come back and talk to the quest giver.

-->'''2B''': "Come on. Let's go home." ''([[PietaPlagiarism carries him off]])''

** Despite 9S [[spoiler:harboring hatred for 2E for "betraying" him, he still get out of his way to mourn her.]]
* A meta one: Yoko Taro ''did it.'' He finally made a game which recieved wide mainstream success, and good advertising. He did not fail to Atlas's new game as per this video. (Which is a CMOF)
** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhWGuV6mcE4&t=127s

* A meta one: Yoko Taro ''did it.'' He finally made a game which recieved wide mainstream success, and good advertising. He did not fail to Konami's new game. %% Which is...what?

** [[spoiler:Early in A2's part of Route C/D/E, you're asked by a bunch of young children machines to make a place for them to play in. A2, of course, grumbles about why she should help them in the first place...but does it anyway and gets the gratitude of the kids in return. D'aww. Pascal even thanks you for helping the kids.]]

* Even after many, ''many'' centuries, Emil still [[spoiler:maintains Kaine's shack all by his lonesome.]]

* Early on, you learn that some machines have become non-hostile. And while there is a war between machines and androids and both can be pretty ruthless, the Resistance camp and Pascal's village seems to be in friendly terms, with some androids even living in Pascal's village. The us-versus-them mentality isn't as present as the first game; and if circumstances were different, the androids and machines wouldn't even ''be'" at war against each other. Later on, [[spoiler:the machines send a proposal for a peace treaty towards the Bunker (with surprisingly ''mixed'' results)]]. This being a ''Nier'' game, however, it all goes to hell real quick.

-->'''2B''': "[[spoiler:[[NotSoStoic You son of a--]] ''[[UnstoppableRage I'll kill you!]]'']]"
** And right after that, the sheer relief and tenderness with how she treats him.

* End of Route A/B during the final boss fight again demonstrates that beneath her emotionless veneer, she has rock-solid faith in his abilities and would trust him with her life. [[spoiler: In response to 9S deciding to hack Eve]], Pod 042 says his chances of success are too low and that [[DirtyCoward 2B should just abandon 9S and run off to save herself.]] This is the only time in the game she gets truly furious at her Pod.
-->'''2B''': "''Shut up!'' If 9S says he can do it, '''then he will!'''"
* Early on, you learn that some machines have become non-hostile. And while there is a war between machines and androids and both can be pretty ruthless, the Resistance camp and Pascal's village seems to be in friendly terms, with some androids even living in Pascal's village. The 'us vs. them' mentality isn't as present as the first game and were circumstances different the androids and machines wouldn't even be at war against each other. Later on, [[spoiler:the machines send a proposal for a peace treaty towards the Bunker (with surprisingly ''mixed'' results)]]. This being a ''Nier'' game, however, it all goes to hell real quick.

* A small one, but near the end of Ending D, [[spoiler:we have the Terminals' recreation of Adam and Eve on the ark...with Adam holding his sleeping brother. This new Adam and Eve have no reason to be antagonistic towards 9S and the androids since they aren't the same duo 2B and 9S fought back in Ending A/B. It's rather poignant, then, when Adam happily offers 9S a place on the ark because this version of Adam knows empathy.]]
* ''Ending E.'' [[spoiler:In a desperate attempt by Pod 042 to attempt to preserve 2B's, 9S's, and A2's memory and subsequently their lives, he goes on a suicidal mission which manifests for the player in the form of an extremely difficult MiniGameCredits. When you die too many times (and you will, as eventually the patterns for the bullets become nigh-physically-impossible to navigate and shoot the credits through), you'll begin to see messages from players all over the world, and you are given help by other people who have played the game that give you more ships to surround your own and give you the strength to beat it and save the main characters' lives (all while ''Weight of the World'' swells a trilingual chorus, by the way). Pod 042 then tells you that said help from the other players came from them [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing their data]], much like what happened in Ending D of the first game. You are then given the option to do so yourself, and pay the kindness forwards. You don't ''have'' to, and you are told [[WhatYouAreInTheDark that you're the only one who will know if you choose to refuse]], but considering your success was only made possible by other players being selfless...]]
** [[spoiler:The final shots of the game, with 2B and 9S lying next to each other and A2 sitting peacefully on a windowsill. It really gives off a sense of accomplishment, that these 3 survived...because you, the player, [[EarnYourHappyEnding wanted a happy ending for them]]. You save the last three [=YoRHa=] androids by digging your heels in and [[DefiantToTheEnd telling the odds to piss off]] until reinforcements arrive.]]

** [[spoiler: Of course, this becomes a TearJerker when the Bunker is hit by the logic virus. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N0qSSYKkew One of the last things you hear from 6O is her thanking 2B for the pictures of the flowers as her mind is slowly breaking down.]] 2B's reaction is small but she is clearly affected by it.]]

** Despite 9S [[spoiler:harboring hatred for 2E for 'betraying' him, he still get out of his way to mourn her.]]
* A meta one. Yoko Taro did it. He finally made a game which recieved wide mainstream success, and good advertising. He did not fail to Konami's new game.

** Despite 9S [[spoiler:harboring hatred for 2E for 'betraying' him, he still get out of his way to mourn her.]]

* Resistance Camp doesn't have woodwind track (or [[spoiler:vocal track after the Bunker is destroyed]]) to back it up every time you returned to the location, unless you talk to Anemone. [[spoiler:Indeed, home doesn't feel like home until you say 'I'm back'.]]