<p>Speaking from someone who has played the titular game and watched some of the anime, the bracketed characters do not have that much of a significant meaning by themselves. However, the name each episode does correlate to one of the <a href="https://nier.fandom.com/wiki/Ending_(Automata)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">26 different endings</a> to the titular game:</p>
<p>In your example, the episodes and endings are:</p>
<ol>
<li>Ending B: <em>or not to [B]e</em></li>
<li>Ending S: <em>city e[S]cape</em></li>
</ol>
<p>So the titles of the episodes appear to be paging homage to its original source.</p>

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<p>The title of every episode in both seasons has some capitalised letter in a bracket. For example, the first episode is called</p>
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<p>or not to [B]e</p>
</blockquote>
<p>and the second is</p>
<blockquote>
<p>city e[S]cape</p>
</blockquote>
<p>In the first two episodes, it can at least be inferred that [B] is for 2B and [S] is for 9S. Does the bracketed character in each title have any meaning, or is it just chosen at random?</p>

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Does the "bracketed character" have a meaning in the titles of the episodes in Nier: Automata ver1.1a?
# Does the "bracketed character" have a meaning in the titles of the episodes in Nier: Automata ver1.1a?
Posted by: username_0 on 2024-12-30
The title of every episode in both seasons has some capitalised letter in a bracket. For example, the first episode is called

> or not to [B]e

and the second is

> city e[S]cape

In the first two episodes, it can at least be inferred that [B] is for 2B and [S] is for 9S. Does the bracketed character in each title have any meaning, or is it just chosen at random?
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### Answer by username_1 on 2024-12-30. Score: 3
Speaking from someone who has played the titular game and watched some of the anime, the bracketed characters do not have that much of a significant meaning by themselves. However, the name each episode does correlate to one of the [26 different endings](https://nier.fandom.com/wiki/Ending_(Automata)) to the titular game:

In your example, the episodes and endings are:

1. Ending B: *or not to [B]e*
2. Ending S: *city e[S]cape*

So the titles of the episodes appear to be paging homage to its original source.
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