deb[U]nked is the twentieth episode of the NieR:Automata Ver1.1a anime series.
Summary[]
The rogue Machines attack the village gates, and despite A2 and the villagers' best efforts, the gate is breached. Pascal then returns with his old weaponry and repels the first wave of attackers. However, the Machines attack with a surprise second wave that overwhelms the village's defenses. Most of the villagers are killed and A2 orders Pascal to evacuate to the Resistance Camp with the survivors while she holds off the Machines. She then tries to intercept an approaching Goliath, but cannot stop it even with her Berserker Mode. Pascal then arrives to assist with a commandeered Goliath body. Meanwhile, 9S reaches the second sub-unit, the "Soul Box". He hacks into the Soul Box's server and discovers files revealing that the Machine tower is actually a massive cannon, and that the Black Box technology androids use is actually reverse engineered from Machine cores, making both androids and Machines the same. Refusing to believe this information, 9S attacks the Soul Box's core but is reverse hacked. The core attempts to torment him by deleting his memories of 2B, but 9S manages to destroy the core in his rage.
Alternate Ending: Pod 042 and 153 discuss how to handle the time management of the remaining episodes, and conclude that for the sake of time, the alternate ending segments will be discontinued from this point on.
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Staff[]
- Screenplay: Kindaichi Akira
- Storyboard: Kawanami Takuhiro, Masuyama Ryoji
- Direction: Hamasaki Toru
- Chief animation director: Nakai Jun, LEE SANG-MIN, yorun42
- Animation directors: Todaka Maki, Nakaoka Kyouka, Nakao Ayaka, Takasaka Hanayo, Yasuoka Yukie, Yamamoto Mayuko, Harada Yuka, Nihei Reihyou, Miura Ayaka, Kamimoto Kanetoshi, HONG NHUNG, WANG Yu, Ou Wen Yingxia, YE Chang, SHEN Luo Bing, ZHANG Xixiao, Fu Chun, WANG Ruihao
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