# E17 - bad [J]udgment
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G7PU47EV9/bad-judgment)
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**[00:07] ---**
*YoRHa unit 2B's black box signal offline.*
**[00:13] ---**
*Death confirmed.*
**[00:18] ---**
*Report. As per previously registered protocol,
marking A2 as the new target to observe.*
**[00:26] ---**
*Deactivation of unit A2 confirmed.*
**[00:30] ---**
*Reactivating.*
**[00:35] ---**
*Report. A2's memory area is damaged.*
**[00:39] ---**
*Repairing and replaying remaining data.*
**[00:46] ---**
Bunker, come in.
This is YoRHa Soldiers Captain, Number 1.
**[00:50] ---**
The descent operation is going well.
No enemies in sight.
**[00:53] ---**
Continuing entry as originally planned.
**[00:56] ---**
T-minus 2400 seconds
to target destination.
**[00:58] ---**
This is an easy job.
**[00:59] ---**
*Stay on your guard, Number 1.*
**[01:01] ---**
You really are a worrywart, Commander.
**[01:03] ---**
Don't worry. I'll do a good job.
**[01:07] ---**
Hey, hey, what do you think
it's like on Earth?
**[01:10] ---**
It should be just like the simulations.
**[01:12] ---**
That's not what I mean.
**[01:14] ---**
That doesn't matter, does it?
**[01:15] ---**
Huh? Don't you get excited?
What about you, No. 13?
**[01:19] ---**
Well, yeah.
**[01:20] ---**
Yeah! So true! What about you, Number 2?
**[01:23] ---**
I'm looking forward to it!
**[01:25] ---**
*We're in the middle of an operation.
Stop the idle chitchat.*
**[01:28] ---**
Okay.
**[01:30] ---**
Things might go better
if we have some composure.
**[01:33] ---**
Leave it to Number 1!
**[01:36] ---**
*Detected approaching heat sources.*
**[01:38] ---**
*Distance: 42,000. Height: 60,000. Rising.*
**[01:45] ---**
- The unit...
- What's going on?
**[01:46] ---**
*It's an EMP bomb.*
**[01:47] ---**
Everyone, calm down!
**[01:49] ---**
*Switch unit control to manual...*
**[01:56] ---**
No. 12 and No. 14 hit.
**[01:58] ---**
No. 11 and No. 22 signals lost.
**[02:01] ---**
What's going on here?
**[02:01] ---**
No. 13 hit. No. 15 hit.
**[02:02] ---**
A guided laser. It seems it's being fired
from the surface.
**[02:06] ---**
What happened
to the canceller and shield?
**[02:06] ---**
No. 12 and No. 14 signals lost.
**[02:08] ---**
They're not effective.
**[02:09] ---**
*I lost control!*
**[02:10] ---**
Damn machines are evolving...
**[02:14] ---**
What should I do?
**[02:25] ---**
*Confirming black box signals.*
**[02:27] ---**
*Eight units left for the YoRHa Soldiers.*
**[02:30] ---**
*I have high hopes for you, new models.*
**[03:03] ---**
You're awake.
**[03:08] ---**
Good morning.
**[03:10] ---**
Don't be daydreaming!
**[03:13] ---**
This isn't a dream.
**[03:23] ---**
Status?
**[03:24] ---**
They got half of us. There are eight units left.
**[03:27] ---**
Of which, four are doing well,
including you.
**[03:30] ---**
The other four are near death.
**[03:34] ---**
What about Number 1?
**[03:42] ---**
We now have seven units left.
**[03:44] ---**
However, only four units can mobilize.
**[03:48] ---**
What should we do, Captain?
**[03:50] ---**
Huh? Why me?
**[03:53] ---**
With the death of our captain Number 1,
**[03:54] ---**
the title of captain
has been transferred to Number 2.
**[03:57] ---**
That's all, Captain.
**[03:59] ---**
Oh, but I...
**[04:01] ---**
Then I'll do it.
I have higher combat skills.
**[04:04] ---**
We can't just do that.
**[04:06] ---**
Huh?
**[04:07] ---**
What should we do?
**[04:10] ---**
And these guys, too.
**[04:14] ---**
And Captain...
**[04:16] ---**
you're violating military regulations.
**[04:31] ---**
YoRHa Soldiers, Attacker Number 2.
**[04:33] ---**
Confirming transfer of captain's rights.
**[04:36] ---**
Continuing the operation
with the seven remaining units.
**[04:39] ---**
These guys, too?
**[04:41] ---**
I can't abandon allies who are still alive.
**[04:43] ---**
Well...
**[04:44] ---**
We can leave them
sheltered somewhere.
**[04:46] ---**
We don't know where the machine lifeforms
are coming from. We can't do that.
**[04:51] ---**
Mt. Ka'ala is a good distance because we landed
really far from where we planned.
**[04:56] ---**
- Are we still going there?
- Yes, please!
**[05:01] ---**
What will we do for backup?
**[05:03] ---**
I will make a request to command
as we proceed.
**[05:05] ---**
Please patch me up with command.
**[05:07] ---**
Communication has been severed.
It hasn't recovered yet.
**[05:13] ---**
Then we can wait for its recovery.
**[05:14] ---**
We don't know when that will be.
**[05:19] ---**
Right now, we need to hurry on ahead.
**[05:34] ---**
This is Earth.
**[05:53] ---**
Number 2.
**[05:54] ---**
These guys are already...
**[05:57] ---**
Number 2!
**[05:59] ---**
Hey! Number 2!
**[06:04] ---**
Sensing machine lifeform heat sources!
**[06:06] ---**
A larger number than expected
is heading this way.
**[06:16] ---**
We need to prepare to return fire!
Hurry up and set her down!
**[06:20] ---**
But...
**[06:21] ---**
We couldn't save any of the three.
**[06:24] ---**
You understand, don't you?
**[06:27] ---**
I...
**[06:27] ---**
That's not true.
**[06:29] ---**
We couldn't repair them
in our current state.
**[06:33] ---**
There are roughly 128,000 enemy units.
**[06:36] ---**
It won't even be a battle
with our numbers.
**[06:39] ---**
They will surround us at any minute.
**[06:40] ---**
What should we do? Captain!
**[06:58] ---**
Retreat!
**[07:05] ---**
This is YoRHa Soldiers Captain Number 2!
**[07:07] ---**
Command, do you copy?
**[07:15] ---**
Please respond, Command!
**[07:58] ---**
Whoa.
**[07:59] ---**
For real?
**[08:16] ---**
Thank you for saving us.
**[08:20] ---**
W-We are your allies.
We are new models!
**[08:25] ---**
We didn't hear that such a squadron
would be sent our way.
**[08:30] ---**
Our operation was top secret, so it's only natural
that information hasn't reached the surface.
**[08:37] ---**
Top secret, huh?
**[08:39] ---**
Then, that means there'll be no issues
if I killed you right here.
**[08:45] ---**
What do you intend on doing about this?
**[08:49] ---**
You want us to assist you with an operation
to destroy a machine lifeform server?
**[08:54] ---**
Work with you guys,
who are complete unknowns?
**[08:58] ---**
Right.
**[08:59] ---**
We YoRHa were a squadron of 16 units.
**[09:03] ---**
However, during the operation,
we've lost many of our allies.
**[09:08] ---**
We don't want
to be dubious of you, either.
**[09:11] ---**
But we've seen many enemy units
making disturbing moves lately.
**[09:15] ---**
Captain, we shouldn't believe them.
**[09:18] ---**
There's the infection, too.
**[09:20] ---**
Yeah, I know.
**[09:24] ---**
What happened to backup from the moon?
**[09:27] ---**
That's...
**[09:30] ---**
I see. So the Moon
abandoned you guys, too.
**[09:34] ---**
Huh? No way that'd happen.
**[09:36] ---**
You're a new model, but you don't get it?
**[09:38] ---**
- What was that, damn it!
- Shut up and come at me!
**[09:41] ---**
I'll take you on!
**[09:43] ---**
Stop it!
**[09:44] ---**
- Let's go!
- Dahlia, stop it!
**[09:45] ---**
Listen to me!
**[09:48] ---**
Command won't send reinforcements.
We're fighting in isolation.
**[09:51] ---**
We must complete the operation
by ourselves.
**[09:56] ---**
Right now, what we need are allies!
**[09:59] ---**
Allies this, allies that.
You're not kids anymore.
**[10:01] ---**
What was that?
**[10:03] ---**
Enough!
Number 2, we'll head out on our own.
**[10:05] ---**
This is a waste of time!
**[10:06] ---**
Hold on a second.
**[10:08] ---**
Wait.
**[10:10] ---**
Listen.
**[10:12] ---**
For the past few decades,
we've been fighting a war of attrition.
**[10:16] ---**
With no clear measures to take,
we had no other option...
**[10:21] ---**
but to spend our days where our comrades,
our family, gradually dwindled in number.
**[10:25] ---**
By that...
**[10:26] ---**
They were also denied their backup.
They're a squadron tossed aside.
**[10:31] ---**
They're no different from us.
**[10:33] ---**
However...
**[10:33] ---**
Then, how are you going to fight
with those things in the Pacific Ocean?
**[10:37] ---**
What we need to do in this battlefield
is to not sit idly and simply survive.
**[10:46] ---**
We'll help you out.
**[10:49] ---**
However, the moment I conclude
that you're an enemy...
**[10:55] ---**
I'll pull the trigger.
**[10:58] ---**
Understood.
**[11:07] ---**
For all this time, we've been fighting
for our own family. Right here.
**[11:14] ---**
So that we can live as a family.
**[11:17] ---**
Are you really going to shoot her?
**[11:18] ---**
We kill her before the infection spreads.
**[11:20] ---**
That's what we've always done.
**[11:22] ---**
If we don't kill it, it'll kill us.
**[11:23] ---**
But...
**[11:40] ---**
Number 4, No. 16, hold her down.
**[11:44] ---**
No. 21.
**[11:45] ---**
Please cure Lily.
**[11:49] ---**
*You understand, don't you?*
**[11:50] ---**
*These guys are already...*
**[11:51] ---**
*We couldn't repair them
in our current state.*
**[11:54] ---**
That's impossible!
**[11:58] ---**
Forgive me.
**[12:00] ---**
Lily.
**[12:05] ---**
You guys are family, aren't you?
**[12:15] ---**
I'm not fit to be a leader.
**[12:17] ---**
I'm slow at making decisions.
**[12:21] ---**
But I keep coming up with stopgaps,
and hate giving up.
**[12:24] ---**
I can't be like you, Rose,
and quickly do things without hesitation.
**[12:29] ---**
But...
**[12:31] ---**
because of that, Lily has been saved.
**[12:35] ---**
I'm always feeling unsure.
**[12:38] ---**
I do think
that I'm quick to make decisions.
**[12:41] ---**
But that just means I'm too decisive.
It's basically a stopgap, just like you.
**[12:48] ---**
There are things I lose because of that.
**[12:50] ---**
Just like how you save some things
because you don't like giving up, Number 2.
**[12:55] ---**
I wonder which is better.
**[12:57] ---**
You okay? Let's get going.
**[13:00] ---**
Okay.
**[13:02] ---**
- It's still so far!
- In any case, isn't it way too far?
**[13:04] ---**
Oh, Number 4! Watch out there!
**[13:08] ---**
Don't step on the flowers!
**[13:10] ---**
Oh, sorry.
**[13:12] ---**
I wonder whose it is?
**[13:13] ---**
"Whose"?
**[13:14] ---**
Our names are all based on flowers.
**[13:17] ---**
The captain gave us these names.
**[13:19] ---**
So, what's the name of that flower?
**[13:22] ---**
This one?
**[13:23] ---**
I don't know.
**[13:24] ---**
You don't know!?
**[13:27] ---**
A name symbolizes a family.
**[13:29] ---**
And having a family
gives our lives meaning.
**[13:34] ---**
That's not a seed.
**[13:35] ---**
Do they have jagged petals?
**[13:37] ---**
- I wonder if they have flowers like that?
- Number 2.
**[13:40] ---**
What is your meaning of life?
**[13:44] ---**
- Mine is...
- Um...
**[13:51] ---**
*Report. From here, there are memory sectors
that A2 has deleted herself.*
**[13:58] ---**
*Will attempt restoration while working
in parallel with current operations.*
**[14:08] ---**
*I repeat.*
**[14:10] ---**
*YoRHa Soldiers, please promptly head
to the elevator with the current forces on hand.*
**[14:15] ---**
*This is a direct order
from the Commander.*
**[14:18] ---**
Command. Command!
**[14:21] ---**
*Margaret.*
**[14:23] ---**
*Gerbera.*
**[14:27] ---**
*Daisy.*
**[14:30] ---**
*Dahlia.*
**[14:35] ---**
*Anemone.*
**[14:39] ---**
No. 16.
**[14:41] ---**
No. 21.
**[14:43] ---**
*I'm having a nightmare.*
**[14:49] ---**
Do we dream?
**[14:57] ---**
We don't.
**[15:03] ---**
It would be nice if it was a dream.
**[15:07] ---**
Captain... Captain...
**[15:10] ---**
Captain Rose.
**[15:11] ---**
Why me?
**[15:13] ---**
Lily, the two of you
need to evacuate ahead of us.
**[15:18] ---**
We'll meet up with you again later.
**[15:20] ---**
No way.
**[15:21] ---**
Lily!
**[15:28] ---**
Let's go.
**[15:30] ---**
Lily.
**[15:42] ---**
*We've been waiting for you
to come here.*
**[15:45] ---**
*We've been watching over you.*
**[15:47] ---**
What is...
**[15:48] ---**
...this voice?
**[15:50] ---**
*Always.*
**[15:52] ---**
*Always.*
**[15:56] ---**
*These androids were lying around
in a battlefield.*
**[16:00] ---**
*They lost their allies,
and their hearts had broken.*
**[16:04] ---**
*That's why we will give them
meaning to their lives.*
**[16:07] ---**
*That's why we rewrite them
so they will side with us.*
**[16:11] ---**
*Will you also...*
**[16:12] ---**
*...fight them as well?*
**[16:16] ---**
Damn you!
**[16:17] ---**
Calm down, Number 2!
**[16:19] ---**
- We just need to destroy this place.
- Yeah.
**[16:22] ---**
*It's meaningless to conquer this server.*
**[16:25] ---**
*The Command's objectives lie elsewhere.*
**[16:28] ---**
*Humanity's objectives lie elsewhere.*
**[16:39] ---**
*This is something very important,
so make sure to listen.*
**[16:43] ---**
*This is a truth we obtained
by hacking into your servers.*
**[16:47] ---**
*A harsher, crueler battlefield
will nurture a warrior.*
**[16:52] ---**
*That's what Command thought.*
**[16:54] ---**
*They had planned unplanned battles
and harsh situations in advance.*
**[16:59] ---**
*For their new experimental weapon,
the YoRHa Soldiers.*
**[17:02] ---**
What?
**[17:03] ---**
*And the results were just like
what Command had planned!*
**[17:06] ---**
*Even on the brink of annihilation,
you survived and arrived at this location!*
**[17:11] ---**
*Using this experimental data, they can create
even more perfect automatic infantry dolls.*
**[17:17] ---**
*This is humanity's objective.*
**[17:21] ---**
*Then that means,
Command had planned for us to...*
**[17:26] ---**
*From the beginning?*
**[17:29] ---**
Number 2!
**[17:35] ---**
Number 4!
**[17:38] ---**
This can't be...
**[17:39] ---**
*Amusing, isn't it?*
**[17:41] ---**
*It's so amusing!*
**[17:42] ---**
*Her chassis is still corrupted.*
**[17:44] ---**
*But she regained consciousness.*
**[17:47] ---**
*How does it feel to kill your allies
while being completely sane?*
**[17:51] ---**
*How does it feel to be killed by your allies
while being completely sane?*
**[17:56] ---**
*Will you still fight?*
**[17:58] ---**
*Will you still oppose?*
**[18:01] ---**
*Why do you do such meaningless things?*
**[18:05] ---**
Number 2.
**[18:07] ---**
I trust you to take care of everything.
**[18:10] ---**
No. That's...
**[18:11] ---**
*Right. That has enough firepower
to destroy the server room.*
**[18:17] ---**
*Command gave you those
so you can self-destruct.*
**[18:22] ---**
*This was your victory
that had been planned.*
**[18:25] ---**
*This is our defeat that had been planned.*
**[18:29] ---**
*But as machine lifeforms,
none of this affects us at all.*
**[18:33] ---**
*Even if you destroy this server,
we will not change.*
**[18:38] ---**
*Violence, intelligence, courage, humility.*
**[18:43] ---**
*The Council of Humanity has designed you
to be highly individualistic.*
**[18:47] ---**
*That is why you can augment each other.*
**[18:50] ---**
*That is why you can kill each other.*
**[18:54] ---**
*Isn't this laughable?*
**[18:57] ---**
*It makes us laugh.*
**[19:17] ---**
Rose.
**[19:19] ---**
Why...
**[19:21] ---**
Amaryllis.
**[19:25] ---**
Lycoris.
**[19:26] ---**
Cataleya.
**[19:30] ---**
Freesia.
**[19:35] ---**
Now, we're family.
**[19:39] ---**
Forever.
**[19:46] ---**
Number 4!
**[19:48] ---**
Please!
**[19:55] ---**
Number 2.
**[19:57] ---**
You need to live.
**[19:59] ---**
*Because there is life and death,*
**[20:01] ---**
*you're all are able to exist, yes?*
**[20:14] ---**
*I won't forget.*
**[20:20] ---**
*The agony of being unable
to save my allies.*
**[20:28] ---**
*The pain of losing my family.*
**[20:35] ---**
I will never forget.
**[20:44] ---**
*Repairs complete, excluding memory sectors
that were self-destroyed.*
**[20:51] ---**
*Activation of unit A2 confirmed.*
**[20:57] ---**
*Good morning, A2.*
**[21:01] ---**
Machine... lifeforms...
**[21:03] ---**
*- Proposal. Get plenty of rest.
- Y-You have woken up?*
**[21:07] ---**
*Oh, my, my.*
**[21:08] ---**
*Report.*
**[21:09] ---**
*Confirmed loss
of consciousness.*
**[21:09] ---**
*Oh, are you all right?
Hold on just one moment!*
**[21:11] ---**
*Reactivating now.*
**[21:13] ---**
*Currently, replaying repaired data
that was self-destroyed.*
**[21:22] ---**
*Oh...*
**[21:24] ---**
*You know...*
**[21:27] ---**
*We'll be... together for all time?*
**[21:35] ---**
*What's up with that?*
**[21:36] ---**
*Hilarious!*
**[21:38] ---**
*Don't laugh.*
**[21:40] ---**
*I'm sick of looking at her face.*
**[21:42] ---**
*Same goes for me.*
**[21:43] ---**
*It's only been one week, you know?*
**[21:45] ---**
*To be precise, 6 days,
12 hours, and 48 seconds.*
**[21:48] ---**
*That's not what she means.*
**[21:50] ---**
*I'm just saying
it looks that way! Sheesh!*
**[21:55] ---**
*I hope it'll be like that.*
**[21:58] ---**
*Yup!*
**[22:04] ---**
*Rose.*
**[22:06] ---**
*The meaning of my life
is to protect everyone.*
**[22:11] ---**
*Because...*
**[22:13] ---**
*I want to be together
with everyone.*
**[22:17] ---**
*Just like me.*
**[22:22] ---**
*We'll totally stay together!*
**[22:27] ---**
All right! Thank you
for understanding me, Number 2!
***SIGN*** POD 042 REPORTING TO ALL OF MANKIND. WE WILL NOW EXECUTE THE TASK OF INTRODUCING THE MULTIPLE ENDINGS FOR THE VIDEO GAME "NIER:AUTOMATA." OVER.
***SIGN*** PUPPET PLAY
NIER:AUTOMATA
"YOU CAN DRINK, BUT MAKE SURE
YOU CAN HOLD YOUR LIQUOR, PART 2"
**[22:50] ---**
Even ordinary androids
are fighting for humanity day in and day out.
**[22:55] ---**
Right! That's right!
**[22:57] ---**
I know that the YoRHa Soldiers
are trying really hard.
**[23:00] ---**
We've had a long relationship.
**[23:02] ---**
There are times
where we helped each other out!
**[23:04] ---**
Right! That's right!
**[23:06] ---**
Bring us some mackerel!
**[23:08] ---**
But I didn't think it would all end up
as nothing more than this one photograph.
**[23:13] ---**
And the machine lifeforms are to blame
for every single bit of this!
**[23:16] ---**
Isn't it, Tavern Master?
**[23:17] ---**
Right! That's right! Blow 'em all away!
**[23:23] ---**
So tasty!
***SIGN*** UNFILTERED, ORIGINAL AGED:
SPECIAL CONTAMINATED SAKE - BLACK BOX
WATER 60% / (machine lifeform emoji) 40%
Main ingredients:
-water -enemy machine lifeform cores
Artisans carefully squeezed out from cores
An unfiltered and aged masterpiece.
***SIGN*** STOP! CONTAMINATION
You will surely become contaminated.
Please drink where you will not affect surroundings.
**[23:25] ---**
Tavern Master, what is this booze made of?
**[23:27] ---**
Huh? Wha? My body is kinda...
***SIGN*** A village of peaceful machines was wiped out
through the actions of one deranged android.
Thus did the peaceful machines go extinct.
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