NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… : Project Gestalt Recollections–File 01 (Novel) (Hardcover)

NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… : Project Gestalt Recollections–File 01 (Novel) (Hardcover)

From director Yoko Taro and writer Jun Eishima comes this novel expanding upon the world of the critically acclaimed game NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…

In the distant future, humanity struggles for survival against the threat of creatures called Shades. A boy named Nier lives with his little sister Yonah in one small village, scraping by on the goodwill of neighbors and friends.

When a terrible illness assails Yonah, Nier’s life begins to change at a dizzying pace. Lunar Tears. The Black Scrawl. The Song of the Ancients. The Shadowlord. Petrification. These things and more will turn his world upside-down—and change it forever.

This is the first volume of NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… Project Gestalt Recollections, detailing the events leading from Nier’s boyhood to his coming of age.

Series Overview: NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… is an updated version of NieR Replicant, previously only released in Japan. Discover the one-of-a-kind prequel of the critically-acclaimed masterpiece NieR:Automata. The protagonist is a kind young man living in a remote village. In order to save his sister, Yonah, who fell terminally ill to the Black Scrawl, he sets out with Grimoire Weiss, a strange talking tome, to search for the “Sealed verses.”

Biographical Notes:

Jun Eishima is a Female Japanese Novelist. Her extensive backlist includes stories set in the Final Fantasy, NieR, and Drakengard universes. Under the name Emi Nagashima, she has also authored The Cat Thief Hinako’s Case Files, among other works. In 2016, she received the 69th Mystery Writers of Japan Award (Short Story division), for the title “Old Maid.”

Yoko Taro is the game director for the NieR and Drakengard series.

Title Notes:

The original NieR came out in 2010 and over the years grew into a cult classic among RPG fans.

The story told in this novelization expands upon the game and provides fans with new information and a broader context for understanding the characters and their motivations.

Since the release of the original NieR game in 2010 there has been a robust amount of tie-in media and products, including stage plays, live concerts, soundtracks, DLCs.

More details on Jun Eishima & Yoko Taro:

Jun Eishima’s Twitter account

More works by Jun Eishima

Yoko Taro’s Twitter account

More works by Yoko Taro

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