Rambling about Nier: Automata

So I kept hearing about the game Nier:Automata being full of robot tropes I'm really into, but it also looked kind of ridiculous and sounded like not my sort of combat, so I finally decided to just watch it on Youtube.

As I watched I went back and forth between "THIS IS RIDICULOUS" and "AAAHH ROBOT FEELS", ending up mostly consumed by the latter and sniffling. It really is ridiculous in parts, but also good for what it is. Namely: philosophical meditations on the nature of the self, explored via hot robots shooting things.

I'll avoid spoilers to start with and give some general information and links, then mark when my spoilery thoughts begin.

Here's the trailer.

Note that the backstory plot involves a (ridiculous magical) pandemic, for anyone not up for that right now.
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