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Kanadanaka said: Not gonna lie, I kinda disliked how it ended and i really feel like i'm the only one here, lol. Everything was way too fast, way too sudden. David dying was a given, but not like this. Same fore Rebecca. I get that if you live like a cyberpunk you'll die like a cyberpunk, its in the DNA of Pondsmith's universe but everything felt kinda rushed, unatural to me. Overall i felt the pacing was ruining the show and made it hard for me to like, understand and relate to most of the characters (still liked Lucy, who is the character that gets the most exposition and Rebecca, but like a funny mascot). Plus, edgerunner doesnt really elevate anything. The whole anime felt more like an incomplete sample of some cyberpunks f-up lives than a real story. Still the actions scene were top notch (except the car chase in the last ep), the cyberpunk2077 ost magnificent and character design great and really fitting (but all of that is basic Trigger shit, most based studio in the industry). Right here with you - I loved everything until the last 2-3 eps where the pacing just went to shit and made it hard to feel the emotions they clearly wanted us to. Honestly there was so much potential with this cast of characters and world to expand on the story and flesh out their lives before eventually getting killed for an even better emotional payoff. But hey it was fun while it lasted I guess π€·βοΈ |
royalnobody said: I felt like this anime went downhill after the time skip. Lucy got hung up over some shit I don't think she's ever really explained, and I still don't get why after watching his team leader die and kill his lover due to cyberpsychosis or whatever, David still thinks it's a good idea to get more of those implants. David then thinks he can go into an entire goddamn mech after already showing symptoms. Has he not seen what happens to those who go crazy? Has he not lost 3 friends due to it? Not to mention, him getting hung up over killing a civilian, as if he has never killed anyone before. HE was a civilian who turned towards whatever ganglife had for him, how does he know he hasn't kill someone just like him. Or someone like her mother, who turned to illicit ways of making money. And yet NOW he starts thinking about that? He never really got past that ever, it sorta just isn't mentioned again after a while. omg thank you for voicing exactly my concerns, i was getting so annoyed watching them make these dumbass decisions, so much wasted potential with david and lucy ;-; not mad david had to die, just the way the story was handled by the writers rip |
| Pretty animation but I just don't care about this story or these characters. |
| Fast paced story with no let up at all, lots of gory action and cussing, but ultimately failed at getting me emotionally invested in this whole thing. This type of anime is a rarity in 2022, and I think the high score reflects that, an odd welcoming change from the usual seasonals, something rather fresh. Didn't live up the hype as usual, though decent it was. 7/10. |
| This would be a 10 for me, but I didn't really like the last episode with Adam Smasher. Everything felt kinda pointless and a bit rushed. The perfect ending would be David turning up the skeleton way up the wazoo and flying all the way to the moon with Lucy (he would die either way, but on his own terms). I'm glad they at least showed her reaching her dream at the end, that made the ending a lot less sucky. I loved the show as a whole. Nice artwork, especially the colors, cool characters and lots of action. I wish they had 2 more episodes, for the standard 12, to expand on the side characters a bit. Ah well, at least we got some great scenes with the main couple. I don't understand why people say that Edgerunners doesn't have a story. It has a great story, just the ending feels kinda cheap. |
| (|__/) Never give up, aim for the top! (='.'=) Top wo nerae! o(")(") Anime music: http://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=777199 |
| I didn't expect this to have such an impact as I thought I was done with Cyberpunk 2077 but I'm contemplating on starting another playthrough now. To me personally it feels like something clicked about the world that I just didnt see when I played the game itself back in 2020. It may be that I've just played it way to quickly or way to focused on progression and therefore missed some of the meaning that it tried to convey. Or maybe I was just tonedeaf I don't know. I was annoyed by Johnny and couldnt really relate with his worldview and goals. But after seeing Edgerunners I feel like I get it a little more. Night City the city of dreamers is just a grinder or a honeypot for people that want a better life and pretty much none of them will achieve it and the best thing to do is to truly burn it to the ground as it is rotten to the core. I've been radicalized hahahaha I think I didn't get it because V has been extremely lucky on their way to the top. No problems with cyberpsychosis (I must've skipped some explanations in the game because it felt like a "new" thing but in Edgerunners which plays a bit before the game its already a thing and also how was cyberpsychosis never an issue to begin with?), a good ripperdoc and plenty opportunities to rise. David had none of this and made the best with what he had at the expense of his health and mind. I wished for a much better ending for everybody and much more time with everybody. I'm truly exhausted and gutted and listening to "I Really Want To Stay At Your House" on repeat. Rebecca was best girl till the end. Gonna enjoy murdering Smasher on my next playthrough a little more. If I had to point my finger at something that bothered me it's that the trope of couples no being able to clearly communicate their needs and struggles to one another is the downfall of the story. Lucy saw the file and knew that Arasaka will find out eventually and that David would become the target. Just explaining this to him and stoping him from chroming up so hard would've gone a long way. They... should have just left night city... 9/10 edit: not sure if this is allowed but this fanart is REALLLLY hitting me in the guts... https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/101262370 (make sure to click show all for the second picture Q.Q) |
ArkanietSep 18, 2022 6:50 AM
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| The way I see it, Lucy was a bit too naive. She wanted to protect David and take on Arasaka in a way that wouldn't involve him in any way. But they should have ran when they had the chance, yeah. So should Kiwi, but she didn't listen to her own advice that you can't trust anyone in the city. |
| (|__/) Never give up, aim for the top! (='.'=) Top wo nerae! o(")(") Anime music: http://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=777199 |
| I know I've already written and review and posted on this same discussion board how I didn't really like the show, but I've gone back and re-watched the final episode a couple times, and while I can't say I enjoy Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, I will say that I respect it a lot more. It has a lot of important themes and messages for our world that are worth hearing. I did get a little teary eyed the first time I saw the ending, but I was full on sobbing yesterday when I finished it, even the dumb song from the video game now hits me in the feels. |
Ardains said: Not going to lie I went in with the mentality that it was going to be ass. Hoo boy was I wrong. I guess even netflix can do an amazing job once in a blue moon. FYI Netflix didn't make this anime, Trigger did. |
| im not even in it for the waifus anymore, this show was absolutely fucking insane |
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| I don't get how this show is getting high praise. Rebecca & the others shouldn't even died, David is one of the worse MC when it comes to decision making (Started in Episode 6). What a downhill it started really good; became dogshit in the end. Geez this really reminds me of Akame ga Kill. |
Why do we have to live in such a cruel world?  |
| Thoroughly enjoyed the show. As a fan of the game, there were many aspects (phone calls for example) that just hit the right cords. I will say that I didn't feel much from David's death. Not sure why, just felt rushed. Either way, enjoyed the experience. I still play CP77 hours after completing the main story. Now I can finish some of the side missions and see if I pick up anything that might be tied in with the anime. |
The World Suffused with Sound.  |
| NOT REBECCA. Oh my next playthrough is gonna be personal. |
Fuzzybaconator said: How much crack do you have to be smoking to give this a 1 or 2 out of 10 lmai It's not that hard. People's opinions differ, and here's mine:I don't like if a series kills of most of the main cast, here only Lucy was alive at the end. You couldn't even get attached to those characters, their death becoming kinda meaningless. My next big problem was the hole character of David, even though he knows what happens when you add parts to your body, he did it anyway. The whole story for me was a forced drama. 1/10. |
| This was really good and I didn't like the game that much. I find it funny that in the sub David has the same VA has Judai from GX. 8/10 |
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| I am really salty that they killed Rebecca..... |
| and now it's time to go smash adam smasher |
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