[U]ndecided Option

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[U]ndecided Option
Publisher:	Square Enix
Released:	Part 1-2: April 19, 2025 Part 3-4: April 25, 2025 Part 5-6: May 2, 2025

[U]ndecided Option is an online Special Novel released for free through the Japanese Square Enix website celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the NieR series.

There are six individual stories in total, serving as sequels and additional stories for NieR, NieR:Automata, and NieR Reincarnation. The first two parts were released on April 19, 2025, with subsequent releases on April 25 and May 2 (JST) of the same year.

Description

• Japanese
• English (Unofficial)

ニーアシリーズ１５周年を記念した、公式書き下ろしスペシャルノベル。
暗闇の中で目を覚ました“僕”は、
すべての記憶を失っていた。
そんな“僕”が、神秘的な空気をまとった謎の少年と出会い、導かれていく。
このふたりの出会いが、
ニーアシリーズの世界とどんな関係があるというのか───

An official special novel written to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the NieR series.
"I" awoke in the darkness, and lost all my memories—
Then, "I" met a mysterious boy, and was guided by him.
The meeting of these two,
What is its connection to the world of NieR?

Credits

• Supervision: Yoko Taro (ヨコオタロウ)
• Writers:
  • Karin Harada (原田香林)
  • Miku Fukushima (福嶋美久)
  • Yuto Doi (土井裕斗)
  • Sotaro Hiroe (廣江聡太郎)
  • Yuki Wada (和田侑樹)

Chapters

Note: All English titles are unofficial translations and subject to change.

1. -Cage of Nothingness-
   -無ノ檻-
   
   
2. "Discarded Memories"
   NieR:Automata「破棄ノ記憶」
   
   
3. -Garden of Flowers-
   -花ノ庭-
   
   
4. "Record of Awakening"
   NieR Re[in]carnation「覚醒ノ記録」
   
   
5. -Wind of Calamity-
   -禍ノ風-
   
   
6. "Record of Transience"
   NieR Replicant「流転ノ記録」
   
   
7. "Record of Transience" -Branching Point-
   NieR Replicant「流転ノ記録」-分岐点-

Trivia

• The URL of each chapter includes both an English phrase and hexadecimal code that can be converted into kanji. They are as follows:
  1. wakeup / e99787 (decodes as 闇, meaning "darkness")
  2. peace / e88ab1 (decodes as 花, meaning "flower")
  3. costume / e8a3b8 (decodes as 裸, meaning "naked")
  4. space / e58f8b (decodes as 友, meaning "friend")
  5. anxiety / e99bb7 (decodes as 雷, meaning "thunder")
  6. light / e6adbb (decodes as 死, meaning "death")
  7. sin / e98193 (decodes as 道, meaning "road")
     • brother / e98083 (decodes as 逃, meaning "escape")
     • sister / e99baa (decodes as 雪, meaning "snow")
     • bud / e5ae8c (decodes as 完, meaning "complete")
     • reborn / e69d91 (decodes as 村, meaning "village")

Gallery

Website Background Image

Fio and Her in
Record of Awakening

External Links

• Square Enix Official Website