What if I told you the best character in the show is also the most tragic one?
In this video, I’ll talk about what makes Rebecca so interesting and unique.
Why she’s the best-written character and how she didn’t deserve the fate, she ultimately suffers in Cyberpunk Edgerunners. Make sure to let me know your thoughts in the comments below!
#cyberpunk #cyberpunkedgerunners #edgerunners #rebecca #david #cyberpunk2077
Bréad Boy
06.06.2023I think Rebecca's death was great. She was loyal, smart and had her act together. The hot headedness was just for lovability. Characters like this always survive. That's why it happened so quick, that's why it was a surprise that they made you love this character and then they use her death to hit you. I think they knew Davids death wouldn't have a serious emotional impact. We knew he was gonna die when he got cyberphychosis. It was just when. But Becca by all storytelling laws should live. Which makes it good writing that she's dead. Good subversion.
NORKIE
30.01.2023BRUH! tell me you didnt just watch the subbed…
Ivan Zuliukov
01.12.2022the most tragic thing is her existence in the anime
XetXetable
01.12.2022I disagree. Every one of the Edgerunners succumbed to the fate they dealt in life. The only two who got away were the get a way driver and the one who got out of the game. It might be sad, but it's not tragic. Rebecca's ultimate end was predictable; she lived by the sword and died by it, and that was her choice.Also, Rebecca's Japanese voice sucks ass.
lordbraveskykorn
25.11.2022I dont think she can be compared to people like Lucy who was raised as a child net runner and saw most of her freinds die. All that really happens to rebecca is her brother dies.
Dana Wright
25.11.2022I only felt bad for David up until the death of Maine. Even after seeing what happened to his mentor, he followed down the same road and dangled even further over the edge, because he thought he was “special.” Maine should have served as a warning to pull back — not push harder. Rebecca allowed herself to get dragged over the edge alongside David. Lucy was the only one who escaped.
kerry hager
25.11.2022Bruh adam smashed her cus she was his only threat
Private_Ryan1
25.11.2022"what if i told you the best character in the show is also the most tragic."
"what, smasher?"
BLACKout Mike
25.11.2022i havent seen japanese rebecca till this video lol. its dope. but i still gotta watch dubs when action anime. being forcd to read during action scenes is a crime. i wanna seee the show not subs
Stubborn Potato Gaming
25.11.2022When you think about it. Rebecca and David end up with each other. also find her as David's Guardian Angel. David died when Rebecca died prior in the same episode. it might not be the way they intended it to be, but that feels like the right explanation for whatever happened in the end. Rebecca isn't always the one who he wanted, but always the one who he needed.
grupa 211
23.11.2022I didn't like Rebecca, she did not fit the crew and was an annoyoing Loli, raging cartoonishly and being a comic relief. Adam Smasher squashing her like a bug was soothing
MTRG15
23.11.2022I am sad for Rebecca for not having the judgement of pulling away from David, and she knew very early on how things would end, but goddamn feelings, she stayed because she cared about him, and wanted to be by his side to the bitter end, I understand that.
But because of this I hate reading comments of people glorifying David as the martyr of a cruel system, he was a fool, he saw the cycle of destruction that cyberpsychosis leads to, and he decided that was good, he killed so many people, innocent or otherwise, in his path to nothing, because he accomplished nothing, except to make the world just a little bit worse for everybody else
0ne.p01nt.zer0 Zer0
23.11.2022why didn't you use the english dub for your examples? oh because it's cooler to play them in original Japanese? LOL
kyleaca
23.11.2022They did do her dirty but at least they made it one of those moments that’s so crazy it repeats 3 times 😂😅😅🥲😭😭😭
Eli
23.11.2022Wrong she had more agency than anyone
Pumpk
23.11.2022Another proof that Rebecca it's probably the only character that learns from her mistakes: When she tried to shoot the Cyberpsyco who killed Pilar with Maine's gun, she fails because she was hit by the recoil. So, after the timeskip, we see her using big prostetic arms that allow her to use bigger weapons without problems. Small detail, but really cool.
Lunch
23.11.2022sorry but Julio is the best character.
Seek
23.11.2022Im 14 and this is deep
Luka Stojanović
23.11.2022the sad part is that her death could have been avoided with same results, like show us that adam punches her and she is out of the fight, and then in the end credits show her drinking with falco crying over david's inevitable and being happy lucy made it, i think this ending would be much better to show that there is always a chance to turn back, if they all fought adam like davind they would have all died needlessly, but sadly that is not the case
rookieivi
22.11.2022the pepe cough 😂
Swifty
22.11.2022I didn't even realize she shot her brother LOL
doubClowNZ
22.11.2022Severely underrated channel over here..
MJSTX
22.11.2022underrated
LayverClan Music
22.11.2022Video's pretty underrated man, love the editing!
Duarte_SSB
22.11.2022I agree 100%, she stole the show, and what happened at the end was pure BS. I bet once merchandise of Becky sells big, they'll plan something at least for her.
Pyrradraconem
22.11.2022The fact that more people love Rebecca as a movie side character and feel sad about her death than David which tell how good this movie is.
Twenty One Tortas
22.11.20223:22 THIS! I've seen people blame Lucy for not being able to prevent David's cyberpsychosis and death and others saying that if David was with Rebecca instead of Lucy, he wouldn't have experienced both. David's current mostly cyborg state before the implant in the desert clearly indicates that he would've entered it already sooner or later or at the exact same timing as the show's end. David was mostly cyborg instead of flesh to the point where he has a larger height difference compared to his OG self, he basically had a diet of meds and not so much food, the meds he was using wasn't strong enough for his body anymore, he only had one last supply which was enough for a month, he burned the bridge between him and his Ripperdoc, and his situation was already so bad that's when he asked Rebecca for her help in the green meds AND this was all happening BEFORE he switched to the military implant in the desert. The world of Cyberpunk is the kind where being mostly or all flesh isn't always enough to survive, both in and out of a life of being an edgerunner. David was already doomed from the start even before furthering his self-destructive cyborg path.
I'm certain that David would experience cyberpsychosis and death around the same time as the show's end, sooner than that, or later even without the military implant and that Lucy, Rebecca, nor anyone could've done much to prevent the loss of David whether in sanity or death so it wasn't the girls' faults nor responsibilities in David being gone in the end. If there is anyone that had to be blamed for David's cyberpsychosis worsening, his death, and all of it being accelerated, it's Kiwi! I have reasons for Kiwi being the one behind all of it, which I can show in a separate comment.
marquis wolf
22.11.2022When Rebecca died I died a little bit
Keith W
22.11.2022I never figured out what cybermods she had. Besides the eyes and later those big hands? How would her pint size body deal with the weight and momentum of those big chrome hands swinging around anyway?
adam smasher
16.11.2022It very tragic death after I squashed her hahahaha
FireLord Brozai
16.11.2022I agree with everything except her fate.. a lot of people are not understanding that it was a decision made in earlier episodes. She told david. "I cant watch you get zeroed like my bro" my words.
Right before she dies is when david makes his final request to falco.
Rebecca hears this and makes her decision. Like a badass.
She goes out the way she lived. The way she would have wanted and when she wanted. She wanted that last moment with the gang to be her final memory.
Not watching david get torn apart. Not getting shot to death by the ncpd or getting away with lucy. She wanted to stay with her best friends as long as possible and then get out.
Little gold plated solid steel hearted badass she was.
Capital Jabs
16.11.2022Huge fan of the show and game. However, I dont get the point of fully borged characters. If someone is like 98 percent metal why not just have a complete drone, its the 2 percent flesh that fucks it up, I'd be hooking up the vr and xbox controller instead of replacing my entire body, tf isnt this the future. Also, we need to band together and think about the future we are leaving for Becca :''(
RocketGuardian
16.11.2022I hadn't considered how little agency Rebecca had. I thought it was just poor storytelling, and maybe it is, but it does make her a very sympathetic character in the end. She chooses loyalty over her own safety and dies for her choice. Ultimately futile, but still noble.
Horseface
16.11.2022In cyberpunk, nobody gets the fate the deserve
E González
16.11.2022CDPR actually wanted Rebecca removed, the studio disagreed.
guh
16.11.2022Becoming Hokage wasn't enough for Naruto
xDragonHunterxd
16.11.2022They better pull the, Edge of death repair shit. I would love that
ID Entity
16.11.2022Rebecca is the main character idc
Kapten Hiu
16.11.2022This show only make a tragic ending for tragic ending's sake. Rebecca knows Adam Smasher are going to drop her location. She could move anywhere to avoid him. Just move a feet anywhere and she could survive!!!! WTF?! Why wasting time trying to shoot him?? …..This anime is so dumb! It's bullshittt
A Juicy Cat Steak
16.11.2022Rebecca best girl 💯
Attack Time
16.11.2022Another simp
When-It -Rains
16.11.2022The whole show itself feels rushed and chopped up, and the cohesion from the end of one episode and the start of the next is quite baffling, a good example: at the end of the episode they kidnap Takanaka, and the episode after it starts focusing around Maines spontaneous mental breakdown into a cyberpsycho, despite having 0 foreshadowing beforehand that this was a regular problem he has been facing, he goes from being perfectly fine at the end of the previous episode, to 15 minutes later killing his girlfriend. Ill admit there were some pretty good moments in the show overall, but they are spaced between filler and confusing plot elements.
The characters themselves were probably the best part about the show however, so i can see why people like em so much.
Talking About Games
16.11.2022Rebecca is tied as one of the two most voted characters for best girl in my recent poll; the other character was, of course, Adam Smasher 🤣
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Vox Essentia
16.11.2022David should have ended up with Beca. I'm tired of this Friendzone trope since Naruto.
If a friend likes you in that way, why not give it a shoot and see what happens?
Carlos Hernal
16.11.2022Who like adam.
Tyrell Wilson
16.11.2022I wholeheartedly agree Rebecca in my opinon was better written than Lucy and is best girl. Primarily because of the way she cares for David. She stuck by his side the entire time from their first meeting to when he took charge. Except when she took a break from the crew probably to mourn for her brother. Even though David loved Lucy its really admirable that Rebecca didn't let her feelings for him get in the way of being their for him when needed it the most even going as far as saving his girlfriend who she was subtly jealous of when she said she was glad lucy was safe but only for davids sake.
Without her David may have died by that animal ganger because he froze. Without her he would have gone full Psycho before getting anywhere near Lucy. Hell they would have even gotten overwlemed by th corps chasing them without Rebecca providing fire support since she was the only other solo on the team with Falco just being the driver and Kiwi betraying them.
What makes Rebecca better than Lucy in my opinion is that despite going through something equally as trumatic. She watched her brother get his head blown off right in front of her. She didnt fold into herself. Become cold, distant, and cynical towards everyone. She dealt with it and grew from it. And become a better person for it. I really hate they killed her so unceremoniously and quickly without having any last words with David. In a alternate universe i wonder if they would have been a btter couple if he didnt meet lucy but still got with the crew. I feel like it would have happened if Lucy wasnt around.
Jay Solo
16.11.2022Rebecca is the real main character of cyberpunk edgerunner lmao
Eleos
16.11.2022I hate to think that rebecca didnt dodge adam smasher because she got used to david just dashing her out of the way.