Even more obvious clues are shown after A2’s battle with Hegel.This may very well be how 9S figured out 2B’s identity. From “Amnesia” quest, we already learned that type E disguise themselves to approach their target, and “YoRHa Betrayers” had 21O telling 9S to “be careful” when he tried to ask for more details, as if digging more would actually be dangerous to him… In other words, you have enough evidence to guess that 2B is 2E as early as the end of route B. However, 2B is marked with “y”, which makes no sense… unless it’s the real 2B that is in storage, and the 2B we know is someone else. In the document, 9S is marked with “n”, indicating that he is not in storage and is active, even if he’s in maintenance. The first definite proof of 2B’s real identity is the archive “YoRHa Body Storage Record”, acquired when 9S hacked into the Bunker server near the end of route B.This shows that she doesn’t care much for the whole “emotions are prohibited” thing, but rather have something to hide regarding 9S. Furthermore, 2B seemed unusually attached to this one unit that she specifically try to put up an act for. It doesn’t take much to notice that 2B keeps the uncaring act exclusively to 9S, while barely even try when it comes to pretty much anyone else, such as when she showed concern about the resistance shopkeeper with the bad leg, or said “Poor thing… You’re going to be fine, don’t worry.” to a YoRHa member knocked out by Grun. Even when she responded coldly towards 6O’s talk about nice weather and romance, she never even once told 6O to keep her emotions in check or stop the meaningless chatter. 9S is the only one whom 2B tried to keep the “emotions are prohibited” act with.This is an early hint at 2B being there for something else, and also showed the curious, perceptive nature of 9S. When flying down to Earth together after the prologue, 9S wondered why a combat unit like 2B would be sent on a recon mission, the kind of job for an S-type.These are the hints I have found about the 2E plot twist throughout the game: Note: this will spoil some parts of the novellas as well, so please go over here and read them before you proceed. The first part is about the not-so-obvious foreshadowing of 2B’s identity, and the second will list everything else. Therefore, I decided to make a post compiling what I’ve found. Thinking about the story for the past 2 months, I have discovered a lot of little details in the story of Nier: Automata that I believe are often overlooked. “Why Nier: Automata is a masterpiece: details that you may have missed”įound this on Reddit and thought I should share here.

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