Content & Trigger Warnings for NieR:Automata Ver1.1a (2023)
9 content warnings identified for this show.
Quick Summary
Yes, NieR:Automata Ver1.1a (2023) contains 9 content warnings : Grief / bereavement (major focus), Suicide (discussed or ideation), Genocide / ethnic cleansing, War / combat, Blood / medical gore, Body horror, Explicit sexual content / nudity, Gore / graphic violence, Self-harm / suicide (depicted).
The most severe warnings are for War / combat (severity 4/5), Gore / graphic violence (severity 4/5), Self-harm / suicide (depicted) (severity 4/5).
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| Warning | Season | Severity | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mental Health & Emotional | ||||
| Grief / bereavement (major focus) | All | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters experience profound loss and mourning, particularly when android partners are destroyed in battle. |
| Suicide (discussed or ideation) | All | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters grapple with existential despair and the desire to cease existing, reflecting the game's nihilistic philosophical themes. |
| Other | ||||
| Genocide / ethnic cleansing | All | 3/5 | Depicted | The systematic extermination of machine lifeforms and the extinction of humanity are central plot elements. |
| War / combat | All | 4/5 | Depicted | The entire series is set during a millennia-long proxy war between android soldiers and alien machine invaders. |
| Phobias & Sensory | ||||
| Blood / medical gore | All | 3/5 | Depicted | While androids bleed a mix of blood and mechanical fluid, the visual effect is visceral and frequent during combat. |
| Body horror | All | 3/5 | Depicted | Android bodies are ripped apart, fused with machines, and undergo disturbing transformations throughout the series. |
| Sexual Content | ||||
| Explicit sexual content / nudity | All | 1/5 | Depicted | Some revealing character designs and brief suggestive scenes, though sexual content is minimal. |
| Violence & Physical Harm | ||||
| Gore / graphic violence | All | 4/5 | Depicted | Intense combat between androids and machine lifeforms features graphic destruction of humanoid bodies, dismemberment, and mechanical gore. |
| Self-harm / suicide (depicted) | All | 4/5 | Depicted | Self-destruction and suicide are major thematic elements, with android characters deliberately destroying themselves as acts of sacrifice or despair. |
Mental Health & Emotional
Characters experience profound loss and mourning, particularly when android partners are destroyed in battle.
Characters grapple with existential despair and the desire to cease existing, reflecting the game's nihilistic philosophical themes.
Other
The systematic extermination of machine lifeforms and the extinction of humanity are central plot elements.
The entire series is set during a millennia-long proxy war between android soldiers and alien machine invaders.
Phobias & Sensory
While androids bleed a mix of blood and mechanical fluid, the visual effect is visceral and frequent during combat.
Android bodies are ripped apart, fused with machines, and undergo disturbing transformations throughout the series.
Sexual Content
Some revealing character designs and brief suggestive scenes, though sexual content is minimal.
Violence & Physical Harm
Intense combat between androids and machine lifeforms features graphic destruction of humanoid bodies, dismemberment, and mechanical gore.
Self-destruction and suicide are major thematic elements, with android characters deliberately destroying themselves as acts of sacrifice or despair.
