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A Short Story
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Book Cover
Official Release Date October 24, 2017
From Square Enix
Written by Eishima Jun, Yoko Taro
Language Japanese
Pages 318

This book is a collection of medium and short-length stories written by Eishima Jun and Yoko Taro, supervised by Yoko Taro.

New Stories

Anecdote of Emil's Fun and Also Sad Conviction

The short story covers Emil's POV of the game, starting with how he ended up in the machine lifeform in the first place. Turns out he was exploring the abandoned factory for materials to build his new shop, but accidentally ended up on a conveyer belt that was part of an assembly line to make machine lifeforms.

After running away from 2B and 9S, he gets chased around by an angry boar capable of drifting for a while, before tumbling down a cliff that luckily had a bunch of metal scraps he needed to make his new body. Eventually he gathered enough material to make his new shop car and decided to open for business the next day.

Day 1~2: He just wanders around by himself, enjoying his new body.

Day 3: Gets shot down by 9S & 2B, this is where the first introduction to Emil shop happens for them.

Day 4: Emil repairs the damage he suffered from being shot at and decided to reinforce his body against further pod shots. In the process he loses some memory (this happens every time a body part gets replaced or repaired).

Day 5: He goes around at high speeds because he was excited at today's products (he managed to scavenge some weapons to sell), encounters 9S and 2B again and they buy the weapons from Emil.

Day 6: He encounters 9S and 2B as they discover the first lunar tear in the shopping mall. Start of the Emil questline where he asks them to notify him if they find any more of the flowers.

Day 12: 9S and 2B find the lunar tear in the desert.

Day 16: 9S and 2B find the lunar tear in the amusement park. Emil remembers that he once fought against the alien invasion here.

Day 19: 9S and 2B find the lunar tear in the sunken city.

Day 23: 9S and 2B find the last lunar tear, Emil realizes that he was using teleportation magic to get to all the lunar tear locations and remembers that there was an original Emil, as well as the place underneath the shopping mall. The original Emil recreated Kaine's little tent there and filled it with lunar tears.

Day 33: Emil thinks to himself that he hasn't seen 2B or 9S for a while (the battle at the sunken city happened sometime earlier) and hopes they are doing fine.

Day 54: Emil sees 2B and 9S again, decides that they are strong enough that his help is no longer needed and says goodbye. We get a bit more information on how Emil fought in the alien war, with some copies specializing in offense (the really big heads), some specializing in defense fortified with armor, and the shopkeeper Emil specialized in transfer of materials, which is why he was inclined to open a shop in the first place. However, due to his lack of reinforced armor, shopkeeper Emil got damaged a lot during the alien invasion and had to constantly repair and replace parts, which caused him to lose memories bestowed upon him by the original Emil very quickly, resulting in his state at the start of the game where he was only driven by a desire to gather and transfer materials.

Now that he has regained a lot of memory, shopkeeper Emil teleports himself to the desert where all the insane Emil heads are. He tried to convince them to not destroy the world, and with help from 9S and 2B manages to stop their self destruction. At this point he remembers Nier and Kaine completely (previously, he only remembers them as someone important that the original Emil journeyed with).

As his consciousness fades away, Emil hears a familiar voice calling out to him that is neither 2B or 9S. "Welcome back, Emil. You did good."

YoRHa Ver. 1.05

A 130-page long novellization of the YoRHa Stage Play script.

Previously Printed Stories

The Flame of Prometheus

Read about it here: The Flame of Prometheus

Orbital Bunker Observation Diary

A story about life in the Bunker, taking place most likely shortly before the game events.

Read it here: Orbital Bunker Observation Diary

Memory Thorn

A story about one of 2B and 9S missions together. Takes place after Memory Cage novel and before the game's events.

Read it here: Memory Thorn

A Much Too Silent Sea

A story about YoRHa android 10H on an underwater facility. Takes place before Route C.

Read it here: A Much Too Silent Sea

Small Flowers

A story about one machine lifeform and a flower. Takes place before the game's events.

Read it here: Small Flowers

Art

The book has illustrations by Itahana Toshiyuki.

External Links
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A Quick Look at the NieR:Automata Novel “A Short Story” /u/RekkaAlexiel