Cyberpunk Edgerunners is a new anime by studio trigger starring David Martinez and Lucy. Cyberpunk edgerunners also has Rebecca and she is awesome. This is the point of Cyberpunk Edgerunners – at least form what I can tell. The cyberpunk genre goes beyond cyberpunk 2077, it’s themes are core to its genre. Are we free? Can we trust our own perception? Support my Stream debut and P4 video!
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00:00 Cool Intro info
00:48 The Past & The Future
03:21 Cyberpsychosis
04:10 Not Built Different
05:25 Maine’s Model
06:09 The Allegory
06:37 Literal Interpretations
07:30 Venomous Sentimentality
08:12 Societal Interpretations
09:03 Rats in a Maze
09:40 Cyberpunk
10:49 Flesh Machines
11:40 inevitable loops
12:59 Immersion Breaking Plug
13:58 Outro
@LordOberic1
16.04.2024I wish I could watch through it again fresh without stopping. Cyberpunk Edgerunners would have been worth a marathon.
@tylerberman7527
07.04.2024Irs a good anime but saying its the best anime in years is a bit much
@marty2948
07.04.2024I think of it like don't do drugs just because other people are lol
@joshuabentley8272
07.04.2024I stoped after the first 30 seconds of him blowing himself.
@charlesoutthere
07.04.2024I can't agree when you say that adult project of the 80s/90s ended up being a bygone project before 2018.
That's completely dismissing a lot of shows such as Devil May Cry, Berserk, and many others.
Cyperpunk Edgerunners, in many ways, is an evolution of the gender, with nothing really new!
@vonixart
07.04.2024Video: mind breaking depressing reality
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ANYWAY V TUBER COMING OUT–
(I love this channel now, honestly the best video ive seen in a long time, cyber punk is my new favorite genre/universe)
@gfin4576
07.04.2024I would like if the hyper violence and sexual anime stayed a "every once in a while" like it is now.
@alexc2626
07.04.2024You take that back, the David Martinez is a perfectly serviceable drink
@FUJIIDEW
07.04.2024I don't really care for anime but I really enjoyed Edgerunners. I loved the style, the colors, the story. I really hope we can see more like this.
@rabbychan
07.04.2024I'm surprised you haven't covered Ergo Proxy & Berserk yet.😱
@spaceghostmiid
07.04.2024the point of cyberpunk edgerunners is to make you sob and make you question everything leading up you sitting down and watching it in one sitting. or at least that's what i got out of it.
edit: in all seriousness, i believe that this show is supposed to be an allegory for drug addiction. as a recovering amphetamine addict, the way it portrays maine and david reminds me a lot of myself back when i was using. when you start off, you think you're different, you know how to control yourself, you won't get addicted, etc. by the end, you know how horrible it is for you. you feel it every day. but you can't stop yourself, and you try to stop other people from making the same mistakes as you. the way the characters in the show react to both david and maine is very similar to how the people around you react when they start to notice the changes that come with addiction. always getting concerned comments about how you should slow down, or about how much different you look. even cyberpsychosis reminds me of how i was during the peak of my addiction. i remember being so incredibly paranoid all the time, unable to tell what was in my head and what was actually real. this show hit home really hard for me.
@josemesa2934
04.04.2024This gave me goosebumps bro
@nate742
04.04.2024The anime did what Cyberpunk 2077 the game failed to do with its place in the Cyberpunk genre…it gave substance to go with the style.
@user-lz2dy1uf1m
04.04.2024fck the mega corp # soisial_media_populism/comienism
@user-lz2dy1uf1m
04.04.2024free will exists, its the ability to say no without reson, it evolved from then masively
@tmoose4688
04.04.2024Really long way to say an ad for cyberpunk
@magvad6472
04.04.2024I really don't want to be mean here…but boiling down the concepts of the show into free will vs destiny is um…basic?
No comment on the capitalism, conditioning, alienation, the things happening to the characters through the systemic weights placed on them by a system that asks for ambition while not providing the resources. Idk feels like you dodged the meat of the show here.
However maybe you just wanted to stand out with a new take. I just think any mention of freewill vs destiny is baked into ALL narrative and not worth even pointing out.
The match isn't rigged from the beginning because "destiny"…but because of the systemic influences on us from a greater system (not fate) and our inability to act against them without acting precisely into them through the conditioning they've pushed onto us (social conditioning under capitalism). The ambition these characters exhibit is in them, a feeling as though they are rebelling against the system…but in actuality they neatly work within it to reinforce it…inevitably squashed under the boot not BECAUSE of destiny and the inevitable, but because they are spending their time reacting against capitalism without trying to move beyond it.
That loop you are feeling has nothing to do with the plot of the show, that's just existential dread.
@alexsonic7
04.04.2024yo check out determinism, compatibilism, and free will on wikipedia
@TheCrazzyGuy11
04.04.2024took me a while to actaully watch the show. holy fuck am i depressed. i loved Maine as the big homie, the relationship between lucy and david. I understand davids decent into madness. David willing to stand ground with Maine even tho he was terrified & Maine still being that big homie and not letting David get caught up in his demise. I didnt even like Lucy for a while until i understood why she was cold and distant even after the time skip. Also the best Character was 100% Rebecca, she cared so much about David and sorta accepted she will never be Lucy even tho i think she was a better character to be the love interest. sucks we wont ever get a second season (with new characters or whatever dont have to continue the Lucy story) but this is one ill go back to and watch again
@thestellarator815
04.04.2024Awesome analysis. You touch on what not many commentators do regarding cyberpunk, which is it's deeper philosophy.
@inksword6029
04.04.2024All these videos are so pseudo intellectual
@benk8968
26.03.2024Sondavistan?? Bro come on…
@luisbustamante9260
26.03.2024Redeem 2077 and CD Red maybe/s
@marmalade8344
26.03.2024pretty good vid, waiting for the next manga review though!
hopefully you could cover shimeji simulation in the future, it's a nice surreal series made as a pseudo sequel of GLT
@josueurias7805
26.03.2024Bru the reason Netflix allowed “don’t let the devil cry” because it’s demonic and Netflix is with the Illuminati
@keelhaul17
26.03.20245:24 the what? No way Yu watched the show and still pronounced it tht way
@MrZetherath
26.03.2024Why did you pronounce the Sandevistan like that?
@JCDadalus
26.03.2024Now this is a beautiful video essay. Well done man.
@XetXetable
26.03.2024I don't think your conclusion makes sense. Lucy's story contradicts the rat in a maze, no true freedom of choice conclusion. She was, in fact, able to get out, and rather easily. In the shows words, she "went narc". Each of the Edgerunners' had a choice in how they lived their life, and each's ultimate fate reflects what they dealt in life. Falco, the gettaway driver, got away, and Lucy, the one who got out got out; but everyone else unapologetically lived by the sword, and they all died by it. The opposite of your conclusion makes a lot more sense; that the show is stating that our fate is an inevitable conclusion to how we chose to live.
It obviously still has man vs. society elements; the way Night City is structured is what makes Edgerunning an attractive choice in the first place. And the inciting incident, Gloria's death, is the one legitimately tragic death not of the characters own making, but that's the only one. The show makes it clear that the characters could have stopped at any point, but only one chose to. None of the other Edgerunners even tried, or wanted to try.
And, in fact, the show can only act as a cautionary tale if the characters ended up where they died as a consequence of their own choices. I don't know how you can believe both that it's a cautionary tale and a story about free will being a fiction at the same time. That doesn't make sense.
@deepseastonecore3017
26.03.2024If you believe in yourself and with a tiny pinch of magic, all your dreams can come true
@cryguy0000
26.03.2024Your pronunciation of Sandevistan hurts me
@nickycocaine
19.03.2024The section where you discuss choosing a lifestyle due to guilt for those you love was very powerful. You spoke very well on this. I would love to have a talk with you just about this topic alone. What you said sounded both personal and inspired. Have you read any books that explored this topic specifically, I wonder?
@tylercafe1260
19.03.2024Cyberpunks Cybernetics never made a lick of sense to me. Matter of fact the more I think of it most cyborgs in fiction are actually really bad and only serve as aesthetic changes or smartly reserved for injured characters who happens to know a rich cybernetic expert. But here in Cyberpunk everyone's just sort of a robot? Which raises a million questions on wtf is even happening in this settings story. Like I don't quite understand how there's just so many surgeries going around and most people seem to be fine yet the idea of "Cyberphyscosis" is supposed to be the threat. But then it only ever seems to be a way to have a drawback on these super powerful cybernetics within the story so that the hero isn't overpowered. It's never really explained well on the exact specifics on them going crazy other than "Stronger Cybernetics". It would be good story if it didn't make the entire setting a MacGuffin.
It can be boiled down to "That's just Nightcity" and that sucks. Genuinely sucks.
I'm actually pissed at myself for calling Nightcity a MacGuffin because it's so true. If anything this makes me realize how stupid it is to stay in one city for a story. Especially when the critique is supposedly about us as Humans why and how we function. Then we should really see other cities for comparison. Is it just Nightcity? Or is that because of how we are as people?
Unfortunately the show literally says it was all Nightcity.
@sorses
19.03.2024character analysis > allegory
@Glowinghole
19.03.2024"I just need this to get through the day" oof, felt that one.
@ICE_woomy
19.03.2024This guy is like my fav, he's got really good taste
@ryanfonkou7622
19.03.2024This show is cool 6.5 out of 10 personally I felt like the show was too predictable once I heard it was a tradgidy and Davids relationship with Lucy was trash. the deeper meaning behind the show is better than the story itself. DavidxBecca for life. He deserved a women who could talk to him.
@greensimpson3209
19.03.2024I find it incredibly fitting that David is murdered by Adam Smasher. A man that is so much more crome that human that I hesitate to call him a man at all. His motto is "METAL IS BETTER THAN MEAT!". Adam Smasher is literally the front man for crome addiction and cyberpsychosis. And that's why it's so perfect. God I love this show!
@jamesg239
19.03.2024One thing I don't think enough people focus on is some of the inherent immorality in David's actions. From the very beginning where we see hime essential watching footage of a mass shooter for fun which his mom subtly calls out stating that it was a blood bath. This develops to the point where the people he idolizes like Maine and later himself kill trauma personnel and police who are likely just trying to do their jobs and keep the city safe. Granted Maine was did much of this due to his cyber psychosis. David may have even become the thing about the city he hated. Its indifference, its lack of empathy, its ability to look past the regular people(like his mother) who fold into the background. David definitely isn't evil but he lacked a lot of personal awareness in his own morality and in his physical limitations. He also didn't have any strong role model to present a moral foundation. Anyway, these are my thoughts. Tell me what you think
@bigjen8238
19.03.2024Does edgerunners bring anything new to the table of the cyberpunk genre or anime?
@myself2noone
19.03.2024"What if we were never in control?" It would be Tuesday. You won't ever get to choose your path, but you can choose to walk it as well as you can. Focus on that. Life before death Radiant.
@moosecannibal8224
18.03.2024Heeey!, It's a shame I only just saw this, it's really awesome you've gotten a vtuber model my guy!
@Sleepytechnician
18.03.2024Prevideo: Is he actually going to explain the point of edgerunners or merely talk about the generic talking points that other channels seem to be pointing out?
Edit (Postvideo): Holy shit he did
@siddhantchauhan1975
18.03.2024Interesting thing about cyberpsychosis is that human connections and increasing empathy and humanity causes a decrease likelihood of getting it. So David descent was due to the tension between him and Lucy as they both were hiding stuff and could talk it out
@jmw1500
18.03.2024… is to be a mentally handicapped cash grab.
@scottarcher1486
18.03.2024the show is flat out garbage
@SqualidsargeStudios
18.03.2024Why are there so many people that can’t correctly pronounce sandevistan
@husky6672
18.03.2024is this the same guy as hiding in my room?
@filmexpressreviews
18.03.2024Well said! People who have reviewed Edgerunners negatively have zero media literacy ability
@detroityeet7048
18.03.2024I finished Edgerunners today, and after it was over, I just thought "so what was the point?" I completely missed it. This is a great explanation. I can't believe I didn't notice the symbolism of David literally putting Maine's arm on himself after he had to run away like that. And then it's just Maine's arm (David's left) that's shaking! Brilliant.