Here are some quoteworthy moments from the spin-off video game Nier.
Nier: [intro monologue] Our world is dying. Once thriving populations now lie decimated by plague and disease. ...The end has never felt so close. And if that wasn't enough, monsters called Shades now roam the lands, threatening our very lives. But that's of no consequence to me. My daughter is sick, and my only concern is to give her a better life. I try my best, but I am only one man, and a hard one at that. So the kindness of the villagers has meant much. Nothing will stop me. I will fight for Yonah until the end....Until the very end.
Kainé: Weiss, you dumbass! Start making sense, you rotten book, or you're gonna be sorry! Maybe I'll rip your pages out, one-by-one! Or maybe I'll put you in the goddamn furnace! How can someone with such a big, smart brain get hypnotized like a little bitch, huh?! "Oh, Shadowlord! I love you, Shadowlord! Come over here and give Weiss a big sloppy kiss, Shadowlord!" Now pull your head out of your goddamn ass and start fucking helping us!
Grimoire Weiss: Bah, stop! Stop! For the love of all that is holy, stop pounding me!
Nier: Then move!
Nier: Then move!
Kainé: Ngh...I...I couldn't hold it back...I can't be with -
Emil: We're always going to be together, Kainé. If you transform again, we'll just stop it again! As many times as it takes! I don't care how tough it is, we're gonna get you back! I like sleeping outside because I'm with you, Kainé. I'm able to ignore my appearance and keep going because of you. I'm weak, and sad, and lonely, but somehow you make me strong! You're my friend and I need you! So you can't go away! (*Sob*)
Kainé: All right! All right. Stop crying. ...Thank you. I'm all right.
Emil: We're always going to be together, Kainé. If you transform again, we'll just stop it again! As many times as it takes! I don't care how tough it is, we're gonna get you back! I like sleeping outside because I'm with you, Kainé. I'm able to ignore my appearance and keep going because of you. I'm weak, and sad, and lonely, but somehow you make me strong! You're my friend and I need you! So you can't go away! (*Sob*)
Kainé: All right! All right. Stop crying. ...Thank you. I'm all right.
Nier: (after Devola dies in Popola's arms) Popola, let's stop this now.
Popola: Stop? Stop? Now you want to stop? You think you have the luxury to stop? You cut down my sister like a goddamn animal and now you tell me to STOP!?
Emil: Popola. wait! It doesn't have to—
Popola: No one STOPS! It's way too late to STOP! No one...STOOOOOOPS!!
Nier: You want me to understand your sadness? You think I'm going to sympathize with you? I swore to protect my sister/daughter and my friends. If someone puts them in danger, they must stand aside or be cut down! Come on! Let's go!
Kainé: It's like I just found something special. Something very special.
