LONG FINGIES NOOOO! | Live Reaction Cyberpunk Edgerunners Episode Four

[@aliciaxlife]

You can watch my reaction to all 10 Episodes here in this playlist! kzbin.info/aero/PLjEj3ytM_3cXFwF2kA4ZkjaqO3nJE6VOA Also I will be playing the game live here on KZbin! :3 so be sure to subscribe!

[@jeffreyjaudian8671]

[@efxnews4776]

Tip: anything you see in the anime, is in the game, ANYTHING, from the guns, the cars, the weapons, the cyberwares (even David sandvistan is in the game) and espcially the places, you can literally visit any place in the game, Lucy apartment is in the same building as Judy apartment, also, Keanu Reaves is one of the most important characters in the game, all the time with you.. When folks said that this is the best adaptation of a videogame, they aren't kidding, Edgerunners literally puts you inside the game. Props for Trigger and CDPR, they instead of do a 1x1 adaptation of the game, or even worst, tried to reinvent the wheel, simply got the wheel and roll on another street of the city.

[@mookiestewart3776]

@@efxnews4776 yeah I’m playing the game since I dropped it a couple years ago to let them fix it and it’s amazing how “at home” you feel in this anime and in the game now too. Like they reinforce each other to really make the world deal real.

[@efxnews4776]

@@mookiestewart3776 i not much into anime to be honest, but i see this days a lot of anime channels on youtube talking about Edgerunners, and i usually see folks saying that they feel empty and depressed about the anime once is finished and i always tell to them GO PLAY THE GAME! It's literally a sequel basically for the anime, also you can finish trough V, what David started and in the processing avenging some of the characters! That definetely will make this folks feel better after the anime!

[@AkyXf]

In regards to your foreshadowing criticism, If you played the game and knew the universe of cyberpunk it's foreshadowing enough already, it's a core theme, death is hardly ever a plot twist in night city. There is no reason to ever try to hide it. What I can tell you is no matter how much I predicted I was never ready for it when they finally happened and that speaks volumes to the show. It's not about plot twists and a happy ending, it's about the journey and how you choose to go out. "A happier ending? For folks like us? Wrong city, wrong people."

[@K44Viper]

at this point giving hints that someone will live thru the series is more of a foreshadowing :P

[@eurostar0711]

This. Thats why Lucy is worried that he'll die. She knows the world she is living in, and Night City being Night City death and misery is all around them. Lucy, David and his mother are almost anomolies, they are good people in a city where good rarely exists.

[@tinyhowie]

Living in Night City is never about how you live, but how you die.

[@efxnews4776]

V: What it takes to become a legend in Night City? Claire: Die!

[@ChillyReaper]

I can't remember if it's a quote from the game, but someone said something like "In Night City, lives are cheap, and bullets are cheaper."

[@yourpalsammy9773]

I love Pilar screaming and laughing after Becca shoots him. *"THEY'RE BULLETPROOF!!!"* 😆

[@aliciaxlife]

OMG RIGHT it was so precious!! :D he was so excited just screaming in the background

[@bloodbrothers6556]

On your note of the foreshadowing, while yes it is obvious, they make it a bit of a point in game that you live bright and loud but burn fast. Here’s a quote from the game. V: “I don’t know? Maybe a happier ending for everyone involved?” Johnny: “for people like us. Wrong city wrong people.” Edit: plus there is an item in game that literally spoils what happens.

[@aliciaxlife]

^u^ super cool! I never played the games and am super new to the world of Cyberpunk

[@efxnews4776]

@@aliciaxlife When you pass on Afterlife bar, talk with Claire, the bartender...

[@K44Viper]

more than 1 item, but i won't spoil it

[@brubio39]

@@aliciaxlife Edgerunners is a prequel basically

[@murciadoxial8056]

@@efxnews4776 LOVE OF MY LIFE CLAIRE

[@conndor2753]

6:41 That laughing woman in the neon green shirt is Rogue, who is a canon character in the Cyberpunk universe and an important character you interact with in the game. She runs the Afterlife, the club they just got into. And the woman behind the bar just next to her is Claire, not as important as Rogue, but you engage with her in the Death Race side quests in the game. I just love the references they bring into this show.

[@MKP2W]

I think the reason she mentions "he's the guy who jumps into the fire" is because she's trying to explain why she's distancing herself from him, maybe she's had experiences of trying to become friends with people who just end up dying, so she's trying to protect herself because she has a high suspicion he's the type of person to sacrifice himself.

[@mookiestewart3776]

Yeah she was clearly fighting the feeling a she had for him in the first few episodes but she couldn’t hold it back anymore

[@Awesomesauce1_8_6_4]

And she was right

[@shorgoth]

I strongly advise you to rewatch that final scene with your brain off and not stop it, you are right, it's a genius one and it hit HARD emotionally. Had to learn to shut my brain off myself, always overthinking things the same way but ultimately it's an avoidance style coping mechanism to avoid feeling things. It makes us miss on our emotional richness. As for the foreshadowing, well, this is cyberpunk, you don't get remembered by how you lived but by how you died.

[@aliciaxlife]

I did :3 I let it flow after when showing one of my roommates the scene. When I see something initially I get way to excited and start stopping to talk about the millions of thoughts. But you're right its totally important to enjoy the ride that is film and animation.

[@amethystemperor643]

RIP Fingie dingie, you will be missed

[@3mrwright]

I really wanted to see more about that character. His design felt unique to me.

[@cyborgcatrj6794]

I feel like it’s a depressingly common part of cyberpunk, to the point that it’s often a core theme, that you know from the outset that the main character won’t get a happy ending or necessarily a satisfying one, but it will at least be cathartic. Your characters are all rebelling against a society in a way that really won’t make a big difference, and whatever they gain from it won’t satisfy them. You just keep running the gauntlet until you die or fade into obscurity. So really it isn’t a big deal giving that kind of foreshadowing when it’s really just a given.

[@snipa8758]

I love the way you break down the cinematography and dialog of the scenes! This has become one of my favorite shows, and happy to see you're enjoying it!😁

[@aliciaxlife]

Yay, thank you! :3 I'm so happy to share my passion with others!

[@rinny5500]

I really love the way you explained about the both of them getting closer with the shots without actually getting closer. A really interesting observation and I learned a lot from that! Thank you

[@14megasxlr]

DAYUM. This chick is ON IT harder than any youtube film critic i've ever seen. She HAS to be in school for stuff like this.

[@aliciaxlife]

haha YUP! I graduated film school :P gotta use it for something!

[@diamondrhino64]

Yeah honestly she sounds like she has a background in film whether it is schooling or industry. It's pretty sick tbh

[@14megasxlr]

@@aliciaxlife color me impressed, sis

[@howtosteve1357]

​@@aliciaxlife do have to go to film school to become a streamer to edit your videos?, I really want to become a streamer myself but the editing is well I'm not good because I've never even edited a video before

[@howtosteve1357]

​@@aliciaxlifealso I know it's been awhile but are you going to finish reacting to the azur lane anime soon?.

[@3mrwright]

I love all the foreshadowing in this show. It's everywhere. In spite of it all..they still make it work. That's why this is easily one of my favorite anime's. Appreciate all your breakdowns of the cinematography. That's not something I'm getting from any of my other reaction channel subs. Thanks for the reaction

[@aliciaxlife]

:D thank you for your encouraging and kind replies. They mean a lot to me since I'm so new to doing anime reactions but it feels amazing to have such nice people supporting me

[@3mrwright]

@@aliciaxlife You're welcome ☺️

[@mookiestewart3776]

Maaaaannnnn that first kiss scene …..I think it might be my favorite in the show, the song that’s plying in the background is BEAUTIFUL……..now I need a drink lol this show is tough on the emotions

[@ge5744]

This is like my third time watching you react to this series, and i can confidently say the way you say "he's got new fingies!" At 3:20 is so adorable!! 🤣 i mean i love that whole scene but that moment always makes me smile 😁

[@DarthPingu07]

David flat out refused to train with a gun and yet when Lucy was in danger he ran right up to that cyberpsychos face and pulled the trigger. He didn't think, he just moved. This, he's the type of guy that would jump into a fire to save anyone, even if he's gonna get burned. Let's face it, he was by far the worst equipped to deal with a cyberpsychos out of the bunch but he got the job done, shocking everyone at the same time. Foreshadowing or not, she knows David well enough at this point to actually say it and it NOT come out as foreshadowing. He's proved time and time again by getting Rebecca out of the shit that he's capable of sacrifice. And in Night City, people like him are almost extinct.

[@g5knightlyshell445]

Over all my years of watching anime, I somehow missed the foreshadowing. I also loved your commentary on how scenes were shot since I’m currently taking film production classes in high school. Im currently rewatching the anime to see any details I possibly missed.

[@lostsoulrunner92]

Ive rewatched this anime so often. SO very often. And im even coming back to your older videos cuz i have free time to watch things. And you're the only person who talks about things on this level. I'm proud to be here. Apart of this. I know you've watched this by now, so the foreshadowing is a double subserversion. Theres so much hidden in the early parts of the show that hits different by the end, its exactly what it is. A runaway train, that doesnt stop, until everything crashes. David (in my eyes) Didn't save anyone from the fire. Not even lucy. Even her fire died, her dream wasn't what it used to be, the moon meant nothing. This anime is beautiful in a sense of just what this world of cyberpunk is. A meat grinder. And that its a wild thing that this "IS" a slice of life. This is what life is like daily. How insane it is, how a guy with a mini nuke on his arm can just misfire it into an apartment and kill everyone in it, gang members just rolling up to random civilians. Gatting out a car at each other with no care. But the wild violent moments are nonstop, constant happenings all over, and the moments of reflection and who you are are shown are the rare ones, the breaks from reality, and it all can come crashing down. No matter how strong you are or who you are. Its fucked up, but the moments of the breaks from reality are so... so nice to me.. In a world where you struggle to find anyone to care. In real life or in somewhere like cyberpunk, a true dystopia, I cherish those moments. I find solace in em.. I love this show, and i know its rough and super fast, but its genuinely one of my favorite animes ever made.

[@m.taylor2155]

The way you were saying "I watch slice of life anime!" was just perfect.

[@lordzaboem]

It could be argued that Edgerunners is a slice of life anime -- a crappy life.

[@anitaremenarova6662]

I like how you think that line is too obvious of a foreshadowing when the intro has David literally getting dome shot lmao

[@Medicesca]

To add to this, in game, he has a drink at the Afterlife bar since release, and there's only one way to get a drink named after you there

[@SwordTune]

It isn't foreshadowing because the story doesn't ask the question of whether David is going to die. It's a tragedy of positive fatalism.

[@kon2150]

well this is quite a perfect timing, was watching 5 ep of the anime and decided to check your reactions then this popped out while i was thinking when the next reaction will be

[@totty5357]

oh wow, just watched the last episode and checked for the next, like 10 minutes after the upload :P

[@DontKnow-hr5my]

Watching you is really such a joy, you have such great, thoughtful input and authenticity

[@aliciaxlife]

Ahhh thank you for the compliment! Hope to see you around the channel more :3

[@foxcloak]

Loving these reactions, as for the foreshadowing, its core to the genre that is cyberpunk, I don't think its a writing mistake in the same way I wouldn't consider it a writing mistake in a classical tragedy, Lucy pointing it out here is just one of the bell tower gongs in what is an extremely drawn out death scene that is the genre. I get the feeling of being spoiled, but some stories aren't about the reveals, they're about the quality of the journey.

[@fraktaalimuoto]

Indeed. This story is not about what is going to happen, but how we walk towards the inevitability of the tragedy.

[@GermanGuy069]

In the opening you can see David getting shot in the head by a man made of skyscrapers. A nice metaphor and foreshadowing yet again.

[@dreamshell.121]

currently at your explanation of the cinematography near the end of the ep and I gotta say am loving it. that scene did things to me and that helps explain why LOL

[@andrewe2057]

I genuinely love the way you comment on the directing and editing of the show. Hopefully you do some additional shows and movies in the future outside of anime, because I don't personally watch much anime at all, but I really like hearing what you have to say about the things you watch.

[@kaungsan99]

ha..... I am remembering some of Johnny's lines watching her reaction towards the foreshadowing

[@tko6292]

So if you pay close attention in the game they list David Martinez as a drink at the Afterlife bar. The kicker is they only name drinks after regulars who die in spectacular ways while on the job. So its nice that the anime tells one of these stories.

[@riastradh]

You posted this after she finished the show, right? Lol

[@Dozihal]

There was an in game drink named the david martinez in his memory so it wouldve been obvious that he was going to die to people that actually played the game anyway

[@will2goforth]

The best tragedies can tell you to your face that everything will end in tears but still let you feel that spark of hope that maybe everything will be alright in the end.

[@dofima1729]

Your commentary is somehow educational on how shows and tropes and scenes work, i dont know if you got a background in this stuff but these are great reactions

[@aliciaxlife]

:D omg thank you!! And I do have a background in this stuff. It makes me super happy to be supported by the anime community.

[@K44Viper]

"i actually love him" (some time later) "oooo noooooo :

[@AshoreNevermore]

8:03 You know, that's fair. I assumed the group was so close, everyone's just comfortable trying shit and comfortable enough to put each other in their place.

[@radiogobrrrrrrr1949]

Pilar taking David to a certain club was surprisingly one of the more wholesome parts of this show

[@unclesanders]

"If you're lookin for a happy ending. Wrong crew, wrong city" -J.Silverhand The predictability of the inevitably IS the cyber punk genre. You, like David, are just a small cog in a massive corporate machine. I think the foreshadowing in this episode is perfect. It encapsulates the human condition. Even though we can often see our paths of destruction. We choose emotion, we choose each other. In a world where we replace the very flesh of our own bodies, our temples. With serial numbered cold metal she chooses David, she chooses to be human.

[@SacherBlackstone]

For me, I took it as Lucy being surprised that David was willing to go that far for someone. The group’s been giving him the tough love treatment. His constant refusal to pick up that iron shows David ain’t ready to step over that edge just yet. For this gonk to straight up zero that short circed scop. Yeah, that’s surprising to her. Most of the time people die in Night City as either collateral damage or for self gain. In Night City, self sacrifice is for the weak & naive. Glad you are enjoying the show!

[@fraktaalimuoto]

this

[@Nicox27]

Your geeking is pretty cute, and is heartwarming to see how David becomes closer to the gang with each member (Lucy going soft against him with his innocence)

[@egolayer13]

Love the framing breakdowns. Never stop geeking out on those.

[@aliciaxlife]

ahh!! it feels so amazing to see so many people be supportive of me nerding out. I'm super new to reactions and I know some people get upset when people pause too much. But I just get so excited! hehe

[@jameswnoroski7841]

"Aim high and go out with a bang."

[@BlackWACat]

without spoilers, yeah, the major theme for any cyberpunk story is that EVERYBODY knows they’re going to die, on the job or otherwise it’s always people fighting the world and the system, and the system shrugging them off and the world largely forgetting they ever existed it’s why they’ve said “you don’t make a name by how you live, you make a name by how you die”

[@boxtank5288]

Only a few exceptions exist (Morgan Blackhand and one other), people LISTEN when they are mentioned or in the area but they aren't always around.

[@DKJonez]

enjoyed the cinematography talk

[@hansolav5924]

Death leading to sex appear to be a quite well-documented concept. in the 'it happens' sort of way.

[@yjj2826]

Yhea~! let's go until the end! and I love you try to explanation about their conversatoin, tension, vibe. Good, good.

[@GorillerViller]

Subscribed for the film theory geekout, but in regards to the foreshadowing, the opening ends with david getting shot in the head by a shadowy figure with skyscrapers projected onto his body. They 100% want you to know where this is going.

[@benjaminmeredith327]

Alicaxlice reason to why Lucy in a tub of water and remains of ice is because she is in the deep net but the cyberware she have can overheat and kill her so to avoid the they put her in the tub with water and a lot of ice 7:39

[@Null82085]

That thing of foreshadowing, yeah we all knew he would die, he dies like in 3 different ways in the intro as the singer literally screams “I’ll burn” but hey, edgerunners aren’t remembered how they lived, they’re remembered by how they died

[@MuteRaidius]

5:00 HES TO PURE MUST PROTEC

[@lovingfool2060]

*intro has david taking a bullet to the head* Cant believe they would ever lay it thick that davids gonna be flatlined lol!

[@SirTayluh]

I know I am both late and also that the other comments talk about this alot, but one part I think they only touch upon slightly is that it's supposed to spoil it. The whole point of cyberpunk is knowing ahead of time where you're going to end up, doing everything you can to fight against it or bargain your way out of it, and meeting the same end either way. Not just in this universe, but the entire cyberpunk genre is about tragedy. Most people knew going into this exactly what was going to happen, but over time you build up the emotions and start bargaining or fighting against or just not believing they'll do it. It's about the struggle, going out with the biggest bang, extending the biggest middle finger on your way out. We always knew he was going to die and probably for who, how and for what reasons, but the arc was about finding out the why. What gets him and us invested. Reminds me of the dichotomy between fear, horror and terror. Most people are used to the "whats happening right now" (i.e. spoilers and what happens) type of storytelling and this is the "waiting for it to happen and the emotional aftertaste when its over" Like seeing the future and the past but not the present. I'm rambling, anyway, it was excellent storytelling, just not whats "traditional" in tropes.

[@wb3159]

I enjoy your breakdown about film making. Its cool to see spelled out so I can understand why it works so well.

[@Sparten7F4]

"Let me have a breaaak!" David doesn't get many breaks. Neither do you~

[@jimwatson1013]

I have been re watching edgerunner through other folks several times, no matter how many times Pilars moment is still a feeling, to many reactors who many not watch anime similar to this. This is a wake up call, this is the "Night City can ruin you at any turn....for no good reason" why the gang are doing what they are doing....there is no happy endings and you do not grow old in night city. Even yourself was "No no no no no I know whats going to happen....." it still got you and even myself seeing its like a balloon about the pop in my face....I know its going to happen...IT WILL HAPPEN....but when....

[@SpamorammA]

basically cyberpsychosis is your brain not being able to keep up with your bodies inputs so as your mind is frying itself your limbs and vision start picking up the slack, creating false realities based on saved memories to operate at full efficiency.

[@literally270]

I was very surprised and also excited to hear you listen to death metal and deathcore

[@nimblesheepvenomous3811]

yeah Lucy loves putting up death flags. Her line from the trailer is something about how you become a legend not by how you live but how you die. Flags so big you could see it from the moon. Just don't think too hard about it.

[@LightYagami-fd2ve]

the "rooster implant" u mentioned is actually cannon in game too

[@kiritomouneu1703]

The foreshadowing was perfect especially for the cyberpunk world its something everyone in that world is aware of there's no happiness only death

[@FearTheCaboose1337]

Hey, just to let you know, this episode isn't on patreon for some reason

[@DanOrpheus]

I'm writing this comment as you're on the "bad foreshadowing" part and I'm writing this knowing you already finished the series btw so if anyone else hasn't finished there's major spoilers ahead. Let me just give my point of view as someone who played the game first, in the game, the Afterlife bar there's the tradition to name drinks after the "legends" of night city who died while making a name for themselves, ever since the game's release in Dec 2020, going to the bar you could order a "David Martinez", and also in the show itself the opening ends with David's silhouette getting shot in the head by a humanized representation of Night City, so as for how foreshadowing goes, this scene is actually a good one imho, since at least they present it in a way that he sacrifices himself saving someone making him look as a pyrrhic hero which I like a lot more, unlike the opening credits and the drink which are much more vague or abstract. This is just my opinion though so feel free to debate.

[@aliciaxlife]

^^ yeah I mean the anime is my top for 2022 but I still predicted everything which normally would make me upset. Even down to who would kill kiwi. But the execution of how they went with every element of the anime and the impact of each part made it more meaningful. But I'm excited to play cyberpunk for the first time this weekend!

[@jacobyullman5005]

So, to explain Cyberpsychosis a bit. Some people are naturally more predisposed to going psycho than others, but trauma and other mental issues also play a factor. On the tabletop your ability to handle Cyberware is determined by a stat called "Humanity", so the higher your Humanity score the more Cyberware you can install without going psycho. The catch is that installing Cyberware also lowers your Humanity score, as does significant trauma, and the only way to regain Humanity is to scale back on the Cyberware and/or go through an ample amount of therapy. And yes, that does mean that on the tabletop, if you install as much Cyberware as you physically can given your Humanity score, you put yourself at risk for Cyberpsychosis, because you're "running along the edge" and just a little bit of trauma could push you over. If that happens, you no longer control your character and the GM takes control as your character goes on a rampage, even attacking your teammates. David already must have an abnormally high Humanity score to begin with, amplified by a lack of significant trauma. As you said, he's just a baby basically. Sure his mother dying was tragic, but up until that point he hadn't had to deal with any truly traumatic experiences.

[@OMNIhydra1]

To be fair to the foreshadowing, the shows OP does end with David getting shot in the head. This show doesn't shy away from telling you things are not gonna end well. They can't. Their world doesn't let people have happy endings.

[@NivaOranir]

I loved this episode so much

[@istvanpalanki5316]

the opening already spoils the ending, but also it's like an open secret to anyone who played the game

[@anitaremenarova6662]

Yeah, the show doesn't try to hide it even if you haven't played the game.

[@BalbazaktheGreat]

Really enjoying this reaction series - you're extremely perceptive... and also totally adorable; Fun combination. Really like all your film-making commentary. I know this series is outside your usual fare, but I really hope you'll branch out and do more shows like this one; I'd love to hear what you'd have to say about other great, complex series. (If you want any recommendations, I'd be happy to drop a few.)

[@npc6817]

the foreshadowing is there because at least for me the whole point was seeing it coming

[@seranonable]

Great video! Very informative as. I don't agree with the foreshadowing part because Lucy is essentially wrong about him with that take... she says he's the kind of person that will jump into a fire to save anyone even if he gets burned, and that's clearly not true. In the first episode he walks right past a guy getting mugged at shotgun point, and just a gallery of human tragedy general, and doesn't even flinch... it's not unless the world threatens something he loves... like his mom, or his new family, that he goes above and beyond.

[@Lentiss]

Was so happy when you went film geek mode and taught us about third placements!

[@Sleepingdogs94]

Ayy this show is soo good! Haven’t enjoyed a studio trigger anime since kil la kill

[@D3sToD3s]

The foreshadowing is legitimate if the theme of the series is inevitability.

[@JAMKING-uw5jo]

Living in Night Ctiy is a death flag

[@yeahboyz9314]

Life is cheap in night city, legend or not you will go into the ground in the end

[@FantasticMrFrog]

Out of curiosity, have you seen the official trailer for the series ? Because there's a quote there that needs to be adressed regarding your comments about this episode.

[@aliciaxlife]

oh nope! I never saw the trailer just had a friend recommend it and told me I should make videos watching it instead of being my normal hermit self and binge it alone haha.

[@FantasticMrFrog]

@@aliciaxlife In that case, i'll be happy to comment on it, either if you decide to watch the trailer, or after you've watched the full 10 episodes ... :)

[@tjtreks7134]

(18:50) Defo appreciate your explanations!

[@GMStarson]

Don't apologize for geeking! Remember, we're all here to hear your perspective! And the cool knowledge you have is a big portion of that. :)

[@aliciaxlife]

omg you are so sweet and supportive I really appreciate that!

[@minhio06]

Ep4: Lucy: I don't want you die on me David: I won't Ep10: You are a Liar 😭😭💔💔

[@PixelleHearts]

The setting of Cyberpunk kind of expects the world around the character to burn. The overall theme of Night City in general is being remembered for the destination and not the journey, which is very antithetical to a lot of what common anime do. They always make the journey and the struggle matter more than the end because there is this expectation that everything ends up okay. Night City chews you up and makes you a dirty gum stain upon the pavement. You don't think about where the gum came from or who chewed it up, but you recognize that it's there and pass it up leaving yours somewhere else... unless you are civilized individual and throw away your gum properly of course, but nobody notices those who do.

[@algar1987]

becca had baby hands

[@austincollins8781]

Truth i love the rogue easter egg in this show if you've played the game

[@Daniel-zg5mb]

I'm late to this and I know you've finished the show, but I thought I'd give my two cents on the foreshadowing topic regardless. I didn't take it as the show wink wink nudge nudge-ing the viewer about David's ultimate fate. But showing that Lucy already knows how this plays out. People like David cannot survive in Night City. She put her walls up around him because she doesn't want to fall for a doomed man. While I don't think that the viewer is necessarily expected to know that David will die, I don't think they hide it either. Even apart from the intro clues, almost everyone around him constantly warns David that he isn't as special as he thinks he is. He is not exempt from the rules of life in Night City. But he doesn't listen. He is stubborn, reckless, and frankly delusional. That combined with his genuine kindness and empathy makes for a doomed man. As an extra meta-narrative point (which I think is fair to bring up since you also talked about a lot of film language), this is a Cyberpunk story. Not the game, specifically, but the storytelling genre. The cyberpunk setting is always a late stage capitalist dystopia. And a less obvious consequence of that dystopia than blatantly evil corporate oppression is the destruction of genuine interpersonal connection. Every interaction becomes transactional and emotional investment in other people is always punished. Maine knows this and warns David not to rely too much on the team since the only thing you can count on is yourself. Lucy knows this and tries really hard to block out her feelings for David because she knows it will only get her burned. Kiwi clearly exemplifies this mindset. The 2077 game reinforces this concept at every turn. But David doesn't fit in with this. He is compassionate, selfless, empathetic and optimistic. He is the kind of character that will always get eaten alive in a cyberpunk world. On top of this, cyberpunk narratives pretty much always show that it's too late to affect any kind of change. You can try really hard to fix the world, at that point, but it's too far gone. These stories are all cautionary tales, warning us, as viewers, to make necessary societal changes NOW, while we still can. It's too late for David or anyone else in that story to make a difference. It's not about "will he succeed?" but instead "how far will he get before the system inevitably shuts him down?"

[@penckok1832]

i mean the foreshadowing is all in the intro. they arent spoiling or shying away from shit.

[@maglag]

A little fact that'll probably make you like Lucy more: her Japanese VA is the same as Rita Rossweisse and Lumine 🙃

[@irresponsible-cardboard]

Speaking of foreshadowing though, nothing is as foreshadowing as the Opening.

[@spiegel7608]

It’s unfortunate that there’s not supposed to be a cathartic payoff. One of Cyberpunk’s core themes is people dying, for both good and bad reasons. Meaningful and meaningless. But inevitable. It’s going to happen, and we just get to watch. You live fast, and die young

[@same1]

I wanna be that punshingbag too

[@LightYagami-fd2ve]

omg ur voice is so prettyyyy

[@dedewashere]

I feel bad for Alicia because he didn’t realize the dudes dick was out 💀 It wasn’t censored but it seems to be fine

[@kiritomouneu1703]

Doesn't matter if u live or die just how hard you fight and what u do is suggest playing the game and learning the tabletop lore it bring everything into perspective

[@Alex254561]

not ready for ep 6

[@miramaxcinemax5512]

Yeah, you kind of ruined last scene for yourself. It's not really a good idea to dive into structure and all this shit, makes the story too mechanical and distracts you from emotion the scene trying to convey. Foreshadowing is foreshadowing, it can't spoil anything, it's trying to tell you something cause you'll benefit from knowing it, that's all.

[@themalcontent100]

Oh, you might want to check out Asates warhammer 40k. 1 guy made it.

[@JPooger]

That too obvious foreshadowing I think is just a shortcoming caused by the limited number of episodes.

[@afatexplorer]

Alicia is a death metal fan?! 🤘🏻

[@aliciaxlife]

^^ yeah I’m actually also a bassist. I like death core too but the genre died out pretty hard since 2013 LOL fave death metal bands Chelsea Grin and Kublai Khan. I usually play a lot of lamb of god on bass though :3

[@qizeaqfile]

I love to see people who analyze on watching a series but there's a thing of "overly analyze" that would disrupt the flow of the anime because of constantly critical every moment. From the beginning Edgerunner have no complicated plot and just want you to enjoy the ride. Too much critical for the storyline will dampen your enjoyment overall. Just treat it like your favorite genre of slice of life but more gritty.

[@aliciaxlife]

I'm someone who's brain gets hung up and excited on details. I just enjoy stuff in a different way. ^^ I do go back and watch scenes fluently if I really enjoyed them. Like after I watched that rooftop scene again, and even the David not hesitating or shaking when taking his shot. It helps me appreciate it more in my own way, ya know?

[@braydonarryn]

Cyberpunk stories never have happy endings. It's not really a spoiler.

[@9Godslayer]

So do you just dislike foreshadowing in general?

[@aliciaxlife]

Naw. So a common thing with short animes is when you have a predictable outcome there isn’t time to execute it well enough. So I was upset thinking that would be the case but NOPE this anime is just flat out one of the best of the year because you know what’s going to happen yet they execute it INCREDIBLY. :3

[@9Godslayer]

@@aliciaxlife Yeah, I can understand that; I just thought it was weird that you considered it the show treating the audience like idiots instead of Lucy caring enough about David and the other people that she knows their personalities and that things like the ride down the freeway on the gurney weren’t an act.

[@christianyanto818]

Lucy foreshadowed doesn't really matter bcoz the moment David put the sandavistand to his back he's practically a walking dead waiting to die coz the guy in the 1st ep having cyberphsycosis means its just a matter of time that it will also gonna happen to david

[@themalcontent100]

You may like to react to the lore videoes

[@XxTryForcexX]

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