bad [J]udgment

bad [J]udgment is the seventeenth episode of the NieR:Automata Ver1.1a anime series. This episode is an adaptation of the YoRHa stage play and the YoRHa: Pearl Harbor Descent Record manga series.

Summary[]

2B's Pod proceeds to revive an unconscious A2, repairing her damaged memories in the process and triggering a flashback to her first mission. After her squad's captain was killed during their arrival on Earth, A2 reluctantly assumed command of the remnants of the squad, insisting they take the injured androids with them. However, the wounded androids eventually succumbed to their wounds, and the squad ended up encountering Rose and Lily's Resistance squad. A2 successfully convinced them to join forces to proceed to destroy the local machine server. During their journey, A2 and Rose discussed the difficulties and pressures of being a leader. As A2 and the remnants of the allied team broke into the server room, the machines told them that YoRHa had been deliberately sending squads like theirs into suicide missions to gain combat data for future android models. Rose and the remaining androids then sacrificed themselves to destroy the server, leaving A2 and Lily as the sole survivors. In the present, A2 wakes up in the care of Pascal before losing consciousness again, reliving memories she voluntarily deleted where she promised Lily that both of their squads would always be together.

Alternate Ending: Lily and Jackass lament the destruction of YoRHa and inadvertently drink contaminated alcohol, becoming infected with the virus and destroying a village of peaceful machines.

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Screenplay: Watanabe Yusuke
Storyboard: Ishii Toshimasa
Direction: Ishii Toshimasa
Chief animation director: Jun Nakai
Animation directors: Ito Mina, Sugio Yuichi, Fukuda Kento, Higuchi Kaori, Li Ruijie, Morino Miyako, LEE SANG-MIN, Fukuse Manami, Usui Atsushi, Ohashi Yugo, Makabe Makoto, Muneta Yusuke, Matsubara Kazuyuki, Miura Rina, Matsui Akira, Shanghai FanTemu Animation

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NieR:Automata Ver1.1a

Characters	YoRHa	YoRHa No.2 Type B • YoRHa No.9 Type S • YoRHa Type A No.2 • Pod 042 • Pod 153 • Commander White • Council of Humanity • Operator 6O • Operator 21O • YoRHa Type A No.4 • YoRHa Type G No.16 • YoRHa Type S No.21
	Resistance	Lily • Rose • Anemone • Devola • Popola • Jackass
	Machines	Pascal • Big Sister Machine • Little Sister Machine • Adam • Eve • Simone • Red Girl
	Others	Emil • Accord

Locations	Moon	Bunker
Locations	Earth	Abandoned Factory (His Grace's Room) • Amusement Park (Attraction Square • Theater • God Box) • City Ruins (Deep Cave • Resistance Camp • Shopping Center) • Copied City • Desert Zone (Facade • Barren Temple) • Flooded City (Soul Box) • Forest Zone (Forest Castle • Meat Box) • Pascal's Village • Tower

Episodes	Cour 1	or not to [B]e • city e[S]cape • break ti[M]e • a mountain too [H]igh • mave[R]ick • [L]one wolf • [Q]uestionable actions • aji wo [K]utta? • hun[G]ry for knowledge • over[Z]ealous • head[Y] battle • flowers for m[A]chines
Episodes	Cour 2	reckless bra[V]ery • mission [F]ailed • no [I] in team • broken [W]ings • bad [J]udgment • chil[D]hood's end • corru[P]tion • deb[U]nked • [N]o man's village • just y[O]u and me • meaningless [C]ode • the [E]nd of YoRHa

Soundtrack		NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Original Soundtrack • escalate • Antinomy • Black Box • Ashes and Prayer