Lucy and David: Dynamic Duo | Cyberpunk Edgerunners Married Reaction | Ep 1x2, "Like A Boy"

[@LettsReact]

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[@p.anthony_xpert1013]

You guys should watch Assassination Classroom, Dr. Stone, or Horimiya.

[@DanGamingFan2406]

Boy Lucy's moon program is so cool and wholesome with that song playing in the back. I'm sure there's no way it can be recontextualized to produce horrific emotional damage.

[@HaydrogenBomb]

Yup, happy-go fun times from here on out, yessir.

[@jaceclarke6139]

This is gonna hurt counter: 100000000

[@HaydrogenBomb]

@@jaceclarke6139 "It's over 9,000!"

[@DanGamingFan2406]

The moon song (I Really Want To Stay At Your House) was already in the game before the anime came out. I mean, they could have used a new song, but i like that they took one that you can already hear on the radios in the game.

[@HaydrogenBomb]

Most of the music in this series is pulled from the game.

[@SoupsSB]

All the songs excluding the intro song were all made for the game too. Whos ready for tomorrow was my favourite from the game, so glad they had it in ep1

@@SoupsSB Many background tracks were composed by Akira Yamaoka though. Silent Hill composer. But the songs are from the game. It's wild how our perspective changed about this particular song after the anime. It just didn't feel the same.

[@Ryuu44]

@@SoupsSB Both the intro and the outro. The later is also an original track wrote specifically for this show. The artist, Dawid Podsiadło is a huge Cyberpunk 2077 and CDPR fan.

[@frost9681]

Brief way to explain the Sandevistan is that it's a significantly faster version of a spinal cord. It allows the nervous system to relay information much faster than a biological spinal cord, which in effect makes their perception as though time was slowed down. Similarly, the messages sent to the body go significantly faster allowing them to also move faster. This of course has big repercussions on the body and the brain, which is not supposed to process information or move at that speed. It's like a highway for neural pathways.

[@frost9681]

To expand, a normal Sandevistan is a slight boost. David's is military grade, which is effectively the absolute top of the line designated for highly trained individuals to carry out highly demanding missions. Normally it's a slightly faster perception and speed, like a small time-slow, but David's is so fast it almost pauses time for him

[@HaydrogenBomb]

@@frost9681 I assume that means it's a stronger model than the ones available in the game?

[@WhereMerx]

​@@HaydrogenBombyou can unlock David's Sandevistan in the game.

[@HaydrogenBomb]

@@WhereMerx Oh, neat. Is it that much stronger than the rest?

[@WhereMerx]

​@@HaydrogenBombwell the best one in the game makes you 85% faster but if you mod the game it makes you 10x faster where you can throw a crap ton and it's just insane

[@weranoutofgoodusernames3105]

kenny and montana getting so invested in lucy and david's relationship so fast was so wholesome. and then that episode ending 😂😭

[@HaydrogenBomb]

She fooled all of us 🤣

[@nachofilament294]

"I thought that was a condom wrapper." It wasn't, but I think that is exactly what it was meant to evoke - that sequence is certainly an intimate moment between the two.

[@HaydrogenBomb]

Yeah, it was DEFINITELY on purpose 😅

[@SwordTune]

I mean that's exactly what it looks like.

[@JustNardo]

Man I can't listen to that song "I Really Want to Stay at Your House" anymore without getting emotional because of this damn show haha. That moon scene between David and Lucy is one of my favorites in all of animation now.

[@acetraker1988]

5:38 "Slowing down time", no, he is just moving really fast.

[@CruelDwarf]

31:33 thing about why Lucy decided to bring David to ripperdoc. Basically, implants removed from dead bodies often 'go bad' because they depend on person's metabolism to keep working. So you need either a qualified specialist on hand to surgically remove implant on the spot (like David's mother did with cyberpsycho at the start. Or maybe someone from her EMT team did and she stole it after. Doesn't matter much) or bring "the patient" to the specialist. Lucy didn't fancy to haul David's dead body around, so she brought him home alive and well. Basically, the closest real world equivalent to it would be organ harvesting. You cannot take organs viable for transplantation from dead people after certain amount of time. Cyberware is similar.

[@lumityforever]

I really want to stay at your house The most emotional song in the entire show I dont lie when i say this song makes people cry when it comes on the radio in the game when your driving

[@HaydrogenBomb]

Can't WAIT for them to hear it for the last time. 😭

[@ryuhitsuya21]

Its been a while since ive seen this episode. And it hurt all over again man. I hate this show, its always hurting me

[@Luster...]

You guys mentioned in the discussions you were wondering what city the show takes place in. The city is a fictional city called Night City which takes place in California.

[@HaydrogenBomb]

I assume it's in southern California, but it's also landlocked, so like LA?

[@Marta-uv4id]

This can be said for pretty much every character, but Lucy's character design is *gorgeous* to me. Something about it captivated me as soon as I saw it.

[@HaydrogenBomb]

Tell me about it. PEAK character design 😍

[@Kimtroverted]

"Girl, how do you know you're gay?" "Lucy....Pretty...."

[@kingcaesar3693]

Lucy would be closest to a mage in this universe since everyone has cyberware of some kind just about it and she's a hacker. So she can do things like fry peoples brains, make joints lock up, or even cause blindness if they got eye implants. David would be a brawler, and a future favorite little ball of madness would be a berserker.

[@HaydrogenBomb]

Someone small like Becca being a berserker is a hilarious concept, and yet you're completely correct in that description. 🤣

[@Zezebeats_]

"They made it 'Netflixy'." "Makes sense." 😂😂😂

[@HaydrogenBomb]

Netflix anime tend to have INSANE production value. Shows like this and Komi Can't Communicate come to mind for me, personally.

[@hermaeusmora424]

Just as a quick heads up the Sandevistan implant doesn't slow down time, it improves your reactions so that you can move and perceive way faster (ofc that correlates to looking like a time slow from the users perspective, but it is not)

[@HaydrogenBomb]

Something to keep in mind is that everyone in this universe (or at least Night City) has SOME form of cyberware. Stuff like ports in their neck or wrists or eyes that show text from phone calls on screen. You'd be hard-pressed to find someone fully 'ganic in the world of Cyberpunk 2077.

[@rafaelhenrique4139]

At times like this, I wish you had a gaming channel. I would love to see you two playing Cyberpunk.

[@HaydrogenBomb]

They actually have done gaming on this channel in the past. Check em out.

[@王征服]

Time for the best and most (San)devastating song in the whole series.

[@0Defensor0]

David's implant seems to have two main effects: ridiculous speed increase and overclocking his brain so that he can keep up with his own movement. Also you have to watch other Trigger productions, they are awesome! I recommend Little Witch Academia first (you'll need it after this series), start with the original OVA!

[@HaydrogenBomb]

I thought that one was by Trigger.

[@Kimtroverted]

@@HaydrogenBomb It is! Trigger did both Edgerunners and Little Witch Academia~! Although personally I'd say I'd love to see the Letts react to Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann after this! (I'd say Kill La Kill but that'd really mess with them since KZbin is less than keen on the massive amount of raciness that KLK brings to the table. xD)

[@Ryuu44]

This anime was created by a big Japanese studio, Studio Trigger. Don't know how much of an input Netflix had. Cyberpunk 2077 is an IP owned by a Polish company, the story for this anime was written by a Polish dude, and if you'll look at the credits, you'll see mostly Japanese people, some Poles, and a couple of English looking names. Of course Mike Pondsmith, the guy that created the original Cyberpunk ttRPG back in the 80s.

[@operative2136]

It's worth noting that although the sandevistan alters your reflex speeds and reaction times, it doesn't affect the laws of physics. In the lore, there's a story about a solo named Morgan Blackhand (who was the character played by Mike Pondsmith, the author of the Cyberpunk RPG that both the video game and anime are based on) who actually had his reflexes boosted so much he was actually able to catch a bullet. Of course, the bullet still blew off his hand as a result, but he was able to leverage the story of him catching the bullet to get free drinks whenever he told that story in a bar.

[@Luster...]

Highly recommend checking out the end credits music. Maybe after watching the last episode of the show.

[@HaydrogenBomb]

Yeah, it hits differently then . . .

[@GerblerM]

Just a small point of clarification, but David's implant doesn't slow down time, it speeds him up.

[@Kimtroverted]

Eh, it slows time to *his* perception, which is all that really matters.

[@CruelDwarf]

'Like a boy' thing. Every episode title is a song name.

[@akumayoxiruma]

This anime is a Polish-Japanese collaboration.

[@ascenso1347]

each episode gets its name from a song or album title

[@jaceclarke6139]

Topo Chico, the superior carbonated beverage

[@HaydrogenBomb]

Happy Halloween! 🎃👻 Ironic, isn't it? David thought Lucy was treating him, but it was a trick. 😬

[@HaydrogenBomb]

Maybe it's due to Cyberpunk's awesome character design (especially Lucy's 😍😍), but Kenny and Montana's character art for this series might be their finest yet. My compliments to your artist. 👏 👏 BTW, Lucy shares the same VA as one of Tengen Uzui's wives from Demon Slayer. Guess which one?

[@LovelyCaveWaterfall-xt3op]

Is a season 2 really being made?

[@sethlittel4500]

Was that a topo Chico bottle I saw Good choice Kenny

[@WuMyth]

why they start these so far ahead lol. like 12hrs maybe but damn