Futuristic tech, evil corporations, dark, smoke filled rooms; is there more to these classic dark sci-fi moments that just set dressing?
With Cyberpunk 2077’s new update, we got a great anime to pair with it from Studio Trigger, the minds behind Kill la Kill. Set in Night City from the video game, the anime follows David Martinez, a student from Araska Academy seeking excitement in his forcibly dull world. Robbed of humanity by the corporations that lord over Night City, David is reduced to whatever cheap thrills he can find, confined to the same fate as the rest of the city; a miserable doom. That is until Lucy, an edgerunner, changes his life forever. What starts as a simple scheme turns into a romance, as David joins her gang, along with Maine, Dorio, Kiwi, Rebbecca, Pilar, and Falco. What ensues from there is the meat for this video essay. They live wild and crazy adventures, exactly what you’d expect from Studio Trigger. But, even then, have they truly escaped the fate of Night City? Or, have they simply been allowed to run wild for a moment, to give people just enough hope they’re special to keep going; to make more money for the top? It comes down to a depressing choice; to live long and miserable, or, as the classic line says, to “Live fast, die young, and have a good-looking corpse.”
The Netflix original anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, released September 13th 2022, is a great anime to watch. It likely tops the list of all Trigger anime, beating even the now classic Kill la Kill, and doing so with only 10 episodes, making for an easy, but emotional binge watch.
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queen of 14 saints
17.10.2022Fr bouta make me cry
-_-JEN3REX -_-
11.10.2022This is peak take, n the game only adds to it. Cyberpunks world is amazing
Max Stein
11.10.2022What can I say. Bad girls do it well
Chris McKenzie
11.10.2022Thank you for this video. I have yet to see a more thorough review of something that I have watched for myself. You verbally expressed a lot of the thoughts I had when watching this anime. I believe the anime stayed very true with the premise of the entire Cyberpunk 2077 game. I enjoyed the game despite it's many glitches and freezes. The story is what sucked me in for both the game and the Edge Runners series.
Oso
11.10.2022This show has had me in such a emotional state recently. The ending killed me. I hated it because of what happened, but was also content(sorry idk if I used that right) with it because it felt like it made more sense than any other ending. That and the I wanna stay at your house song . The song reminds me of my ex and the relationship between Lucy and David at the same time.I just finished crying. Everytime I read, watch something from the show, or hear that song I honestly feel like crying. No show has ever had me like this before, I wish we could have gotten just one or two more episodes
Mitko Mikov
11.10.2022Fucked that mindset live fast die fast hahah only stupid people think in that way.
Just4Shawty
11.10.2022Imagine not watching the show yet. And then getting spoilerd with the Videoscreen.
Thank you 🙂
SullyIC
11.10.2022There are no happy endings. In terms of our standards. In Cyberpunk Standards, Dying While doing something so amazing you are talked about for years and years after your death. That is what many people LIVE for in Cyberpunk. With Death being such a norm their purpose in life is not finding ways to live longer. But finding ways to stand out and be remembered. In their Standards, Being Remembered is a Happy Ending.
Michael Morales
11.10.2022The dub version is so corny, imo
Adrian Atienza
11.10.2022Funny, despite all the character development, David died as he had always lived…. for someone else.
Nilo.MP4
11.10.2022I feel like David as a character and all of his hardships can be related to Icarus. He flew too close to the sun.
sav _
08.10.2022Great analysis as always! Just finished this amazing show, I'm now consuming all content about it. Lol fuck corporations, unfortunately still stuck as a cog in the machine tho
Averagecitizen
08.10.2022Not going to lie, I was not going into this thinking it would have a coherent somewhat deep anti-capotalist message in the way it did, I was thinking it would offer surface level critiques with nothing below to really make you think. It did a pretty decent job in that regard
I'm a Bird
08.10.2022ngl i thought this gonna be an amv of Bad girls lmao
Swank Patrone
08.10.2022I felt like I belonged in edge runners as well as cyberpunk 2077
Kuba Szkwarek
08.10.2022XD
banana bread
08.10.2022epic spoiler in the title. thanks mate
3choBlast3r
08.10.2022First off it's pretty fitting that his name is Martinez. I know he's not a migrant but his experience, with his mother working so hard etc to create a better life for him is the experience of many migrant and poorer kids. That said it makes no sense to me that he feels like heh as to turn himself into some mealstrum freak to reach the top when he already had all the hardware he needs, he barely seems to use it and he knows the telltale signs. He knows what is going to happen. He saw what happened to Maine. He's got his corpo suite, he's got lucy, he got a new crew and everything is going great. What's the point of throwing it all away for more chrome? I feel like they should have either told the tragic story of an Edgerunner or the tragic story of some poor kid that ended up with the Mealstrum gang and modded himself to the point of going cyberpsycho.
IndigoSaidSo
08.10.2022Crying while watching this vid. This show hits home hard 😪
fluffiu
08.10.2022I’ve been loving watching Edgerunner videos analyzing it or giving their thoughts about it. Loved ur insight, great video. I can tell u put a lot of thought into it.
Kyle Hammerle
08.10.2022I enjoyed listening to your thoughts on the show. However, your inflection in your tone of voice tries to make already strong words by your writing style weaker. Also your little soap box at the end just gives a little “reeeee triggered” vibe. All and all, yeah shit was a good show, with obviously a political statement for sure. Get some help and take a break if you need it man. Sounds like you do
Paweł Stachyra
05.10.2022"F' people enforcing scarcity that doesn't even exist…"
King 👑
LoopyLinguini
05.10.2022Probably the best most tragic thing about the writing is something you touched on briefly, aside from David and Rebecca, most of the main cast are killed by nobodies. Because in night city it doesn't matter who you are, after enough fights, after enough close calls your luck will run out, your death probably won't be some beautiful last stand, but simply a matter of bad luck
காரியாப்புகழ் ஈற்று
05.10.2022I want to say guys , "infinite inflation" is not the only hope, us and the rest of the world have to know the upcoming deflation game for sure. Hope we're not only pretend that's not coming, cyberpunk..
FailDonnay
05.10.2022Im curious do you watch any of these shows in sub???
If you like to rewatch shows you should for sure give it a try… I feel like some shows feel really different with that
Not even a bad or good sorta thing either
Like sonny boy for sure, eva , cyberpunk
I would for sure watch it one time if ya haven't.. For sure sonny boy
Love your videos.. That one made about being alone and talking about multiple shows amd things honestly helped me alot i still think about some of the things ya said and ideas alot.. Plus it made me go and watch neon genesis evangelion finaly and that show blew me away and ive been getting lessons and helpful life things from that show for awhile now
FORDYI
05.10.2022Remove the spoiler thumbnail.
Weslei Filho
05.10.2022Cyberpunk as a whole genre is pure capitalist realism
YoBoyAnimal
05.10.2022I’m glad someone thinks like me this video means a lot to me
Jimmy ButtWhiff
05.10.2022This is easily the best vid on Cyberpunk ER.
Manny Polanco
05.10.2022Bro. This was a dope video
Awesomesquad
05.10.2022I feel like Edgerunners caused mass depression with the realization that there aren't any happy endings
Koolaid
03.10.2022Man the way you described the series and the closing thoughts are so succinct and totally accurate. Hopefully we can find a better future then the one cyberpunk has. I don't know if it's possible but I guess we can hope
Vapor Steve
03.10.2022"They're out there making experiences other people download" you just blew my mind, and earned your deserved like homie
orien 358
03.10.2022Half as long…
Woken
03.10.2022david just looks like chamber.
Viktor Overturf
03.10.2022I like this a lot dont completely agree but like it
Zespyre
03.10.2022After finishing the series, I had an overwhelming storm of emotions swirling within me.
Your review and perspective perfectly encapsulated all the boiling emotional turmoil, into one genuine and heartfelt message I really resonated with.
It also made me understood why I loved, and related to Rebecca's character the most.
She was a side character that, in the beginning, people didn't really paid attention to, or might even found annoying. She loved David, and cared for him, even thou she knew her love was not reciprocated.
She watched the person she loved slowly destroy himself for somebody else, and accepted the fact that, despite all her love, she was not the person that can save him. She even she welcomed Lucy back, "for David's sake"
And after all that sacrifice, we get to her fate. She didn't went down in a blaze of glory, there was no gut wrenching OST, the only significant send-off she received was a triple playback of her last moments. The last scene we ever get to see of her, was of her small mangled body, staring into the abyss and fading into nothingness.
From the series, I only caught a murky glimpse of what I so desperately needed to fill in the empty void in my heart. Your video made me see how I truly do resent slaving my life away just for the sake of survival, and what I truly yearned for is a life of adventure and purpose, of romance and camaraderie. A life that only existed in the realm of fiction, unless I do something about it.
Thank you, for sharing such a powerful and beautiful appreciation of this amazing anime.
Lenschagor _
03.10.2022But I think the more legends like Maine and him are born and then dying the more stepping stones are created, Wich one day a runner will follow and finally escape. All these people died so eventually someone will rise
Dervishy
03.10.2022he's just built diferent
86Fredo
03.10.2022It's sad to think that lore wise there's so many other kids in night city right now that think there special but there all just gonna end up just like David
RoachDoggJR
03.10.2022I haven't seen anyone mention the fact that the discount crematorium is very similar to a vending machine. The way the ash container just plunks out like a can of soda… it was a brand new way to show the dystopia of cyberpunk, that the idea of death itself has lost its meaning due to greed and poverty. The show basically just blows past his moms death with very little time to reflect. David doesn't fully break down in tears, only get angry and go beat up his classmate. This reflects the entire idea of live fast, die young, not dwelling on the past and not taking the time to deal with your feelings. Choosing the discount burial package means you don't even get the chance to see your loved one one last time. They put a price on closure, and it isn't to different from real life funeral costs.
Rob Zybex
02.10.2022Fucking spoiler miniature image!!!… I'll never subscribe to this channel
Alphonso Gaston
02.10.2022Edge runners is basically Elysium
HBon111
02.10.2022Eh, I didn't really agree with the moralizing at the end. But decent overall.
74.F
02.10.2022bro you good?
Varn !
02.10.2022what song is playing at like 8 seconds?!
Lindsey Fishel
02.10.2022I decided to watch it due to the beautiful artwork
Gage Nevins
02.10.2022I think a really big part of what connects this anime to audiences is that a lot of people are feeling like David right now. We're all trapped in the machine trying to live up to the expectations of those around us.
DarkVam
02.10.2022looks like san francisco
Wolfstanus
02.10.2022I feel like most to nearly all the people who watch this have next to no idea beyond this show and a video on what cyberpunk actually is.