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@@Zullfix did you read what I said I said this video only blew up getting almost 30M views because it's anime that song they linked will not do the same numbers because more people care about the anime than the game that is a fact
Imagine you just finished watching Edgerunners and came here to find the ED for the anime only to have your heart totally wrecked for the second time. I know because that happened to me too.
There is a limit to which a heart can be teared apart. Can't blast a hole through it if it's already in there. I know because that happened to me too (and it keeps on happening).
@@Pilligrim-gd3oe To be fair she was a mass murderer, she had never regret killing people as David had nausea moments (the moment he kill an innocent) and Lucy depression (because crew died). They could flee the city but yeah Lucy past was too hard to escape no spoiler 😅. Rebecca was cool but not your typical girlfriend.
I feel like that's David talking to Lucy about wanting her to pursue her dream of going to the moon, regardless of whether or not she's able to bring him with her. The whole song is pretty much just him apologizing that he couldn't keep his promise of returning to her alive.
They're also putting Dawid Podsiadlo on the map too. I didn't really listen to his songs in the game,, but they really made them shine in Edgerunner. So glad they did, I hope he gets the Shawn James treatment. Edit: Nvm, his songs weren't in the game. But still, they're really putting him on.
@@huk5414 The thing is news is also considered corpos there, and having dirt on other corpos sure do leverage their influence, and there are other big pharma corpos with enough cash to buy those dirts, not even corpos in night city is buddy buddy with each other.
In 4 minutes they managed to introduce a completely new character, Sasha, tell her story, make us care about her and feel devastated by her tragic fate. Bravo.
Lucy said cyberpunks will be remembered how by how they die instead of how they lived, so she doesn’t want David to become one. However, in the end she remembers David by how he lived not how he died, even though David became a cyberpunk after all. Doc said after using up all the strengthened meds he gave David, no matter how special David is he was bound to lose himself. However, even after using all the meds, Lucy managed to help David remain himself by kissing him. Lucy was David’s last dose of medicine.
I love how this has the same theme you see a lot in Cyberpunk/Shadowrun-type media. The moment a gig becomes personal, it's over. People who do this kind of 'runner job for a living, they measure risk pretty well and they always ensure that they have a way out (otherwise they never would have lasted long enough to become professionals) but the moment something about the case personally involves you, you can't let it go anymore. You run out the clock, you let your escape-window close without you and you start taking crazy risks. It happened to Johnny, it happened to Sasha, it happened to V.
@@ultar473 Ya know thinking on it, even when Maine's need to protect and care for his team drove him to cyberpsychosis... it never drove him to purposely hurt David. The only person he ever hurt was Kiwi (who ended up betraying David.) Even Doria was just shot and killed by a police officer. And when David came to try and get him out, Maine was surprisingly lucid despite what was happening in his head. And the moment he realized David was going to die next to him he just about snapped out of it fully to tell David to "Keep Running"
I kinda skipped this game since it launched with a bunch of bugs and basically got bad press, but I'm fuckin' down for this kind of storytelling. Should I check it out?
Russian-born director in a Japanese animation studio makes a clip on a song with English lyrics, written by a Polish artist. It promotes a Japanese anime made in tandem with Polish game based on a setting of American author.
Growing up in the 90's, this right here was the "American Dream" I was sold: an actual melting pot where your actions and results made you, not your descriptors.
That episode where Maine goes full Cyberpsycho is super intense, after that episode ends and this song comes on has me sobbing like a baby thinking about how David was feeling in that moment. Maine was not only a parental figure after Gloria died, the father David never had, and also his teacher/mentor. Watching him Loosing his mind, killing his lover Dorio, slapping David around, dieing I front of David right after his mom, and David coming out of it with just his arms and that silent drive home afterwards, that shit was so fucking brutal.
If you liked this song, I remade and remixed LET you down, on my channel, it took me awhile, but if your a fan of synthwave DROPS, feel free to check it out! something fresh if you've listened to it alot like i have ahaha
Yes... and yet Johnny contradicts himself saying he's not against capitalism. I don't know why but that line in the game hit me very hard. I mean the whole 2077 is about megacorps (as one of pinnacles of development of capitalism) exploiting and then throwing people in the trash but still writers don't have guts to say what was that all about. Players aren't dumb and we get the idea anyway but Johnny sometimes acts illogically.
@@aulendor4639 Indeed, people can go astray by blaming "Night City" alone, as if it's not actually an issue of the economic system itself. Extreme capitalism, aka anarco-capitalism, leads to a dystopia. But that's the whole point of the cyberpunk genre, though.
It fits the theme still, the Cyberpunk-themed worlds are cursed somewhat. It is The End of History, where the Democracy of fooled and Capital of the Ultra destroy the world in a weird symbiosis. The one weird thing is that there's also aliens in 2077 setting, and they may be used as scapegoats for all the problems of Capitalism and etc.
Having just finished the series, this hits me hard. A story showing a man losing what makes him human that will never truly leave me. Thank you Trigger. Thank you CD Projekt Red. And remember…you’re special…
For those that don't understand the video, lore-wise this girl's mom was in the Unification War and was wounded somehow and took medication which ultimately killed her. Her daughter watched all this happen, grew up, and wanted revenge. She achieved a measure of it (Biotechnica still exists in V's time, a few years later) so it's unlikely much was achieved by this raid. But it did help Sasha reach closure, even if it killed her, hence why her current self was hugging her former child-self at the end.
@@suserano7566 Pharmacorps in the real world get caught all the time pushing medications they know are faulty with negative side-effects, and nothing is ever done about it. Sorry, but the art in this case reflects reality.
That episode where Maine goes full Cyberpsycho is super intense, after that episode ends and this song comes on has me sobbing like a baby thinking about how David was feeling in that moment. Maine was not only a parental figure after Gloria died, the father David never had, and also his teacher/mentor. Watching him Loosing his mind, killing his lover Dorio, slapping David around, dieing I front of David right after his mom, and David coming out of it with just his arms and that silent drive home afterwards, that shit was so fucking brutal.
Reading this comment took me right back to the vibe I remember the beginning of the game having, it’s crazy how much the game flipped my impression of its world, vibes, and story throughout my whole play through.
This could also explain why Maine became a bit more protective over David. Faraday described him as being the type to become attached to his team, and it really seemed like he was trying very hard to keep David safe but still on board. Could be from the trauma he experienced from this tragic event.
@@jiminycricket2952 it is canon, it serves as a prequel to the anime. Kiwi comes to replace Sasha as their main netrunner. Then Lucy joins, and shortly after David.
Bro what. I just did that gig like 2 days ago and completely missed that. Was their some kind of obvious name drop or was it wildly subtle or not even said?
I grew up reading Sci fi with stories like Neromancer, Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep, Snow Crash, The Man Who Awoke, and I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. And it's just nice to finally have a complete RPG cyberpunk game. Seeing those dark themes regarding A.I. finally brought to life is just really nice.
you should look into ghost in the shell anime if you didn't already. The exploration of what it means to be human in age of A.I. and cyborgs is key there
@Dom__x ah yeah. Ghost in the Shell is a necessity whether you're into anime or cyberpunk. Also Paprika. With Ghost focusing on A.I. and Paprika focusing on dream/technology that alters your reality. The vibes from those movies are so good.
Before: Ah this looks like a fun action packed "turn your brain off" anime to watch after work After: How tf can fictional animated characters make me so emotional 😭😭😭😭😭 I don't think I've ever felt this emotional and stirred up after fictional content like a game, movie, show whatever... it's an incredible feeling that they made this hir so hard but so sad... classic example of wishing I never watched this masterpiece... Amazing show, one of the best anime ever made, this is an experience not to be missed. This one really stuck with me all the time and the song is so bitter sweet and romantic man... CD and Trigger nailed this one perfectly. I love how they portrayed Night City as incredibly dangerous and you can just get your head blown off at any minute and life is so fragile and people just *poof, and they're gone... And it's amazing that they stayed true to the Cyberpunk lore as well with UI, text font, aesthetic, places, guns, people/gangs, cyberware etc etc... You can tell so much love and passion was put into the show to show these details. 10/10! I loved all the characters in the gang but to be honest David was starting to act like an a$$hole to the end of the show and even though he's got everyone telling him to stop pushing the limits of his body or he'll go cyberpsycho he still does it anyway to fulfil his egotistical pride and deadpan mindset, and things turned out tragic. He's a likeable character but he really doesn't deserve Lucy honestly since she basically begged for him to stop to save his life and he not only doesn't understand but threatens to break up which hurts Lucy... What a a$$hole! Lucy really did love him and he's probably the only thing that ever really mattered to her. It was very sweet yo see them living together in the luxury apartment, it was so wholesome, Lucy seemed like she just wanted a simple life with David but David chose otherwise... I think the reason Lucy fancied David in the first place is because he was a very innocent, natural and "organic" person and wholesome, amidst all the cyber chaos, corpo scheming, gang wars and nasty business, David was a person she could feel easy with. But later on she realised that David has embarked on a forsaken cyber route and yet still loves him, that's what makes her a keeper. I think despite this being a bunch of fictional characters and only 10 episodes, it deeply explores the human condition. Very impressive honestly. He also doesn't deserve Rebecca too lol. I think this show does a great job showing the downfall of a person who strives to hard for power and abandons his humanity and what matters to him, and no one could stop him in place in ruining himself... He's a heroic idiot who witnessed how bad going insane is with all these modifications but still couldn't resist his spiral down, it's quite a tragic story since the developers are really good at making feel attached to characters and then ripping them away painfully...😣🤨 Anyways the show really did made you FEEL so many emotions by the end. Sadness, melancholy, emptiness etc etc... 😫 .......
@@mingyuhuang8944 David was driven by his good nature and his desire to make it big, something that Night City instills in people on a very basic level. The wish is always there, it's even a promise the city makes to you. You CAN make it big... the price is just very very high. David got lost on his journey, he lost sight of what mattered to him in the beginning. His mother, his friends, his good nature. He fought for his beliefs until he too was corrupted by Night City. Towards the end we see him struggle with it. He recognizes what he has become and it torments him but he can't stop. He hasn't "won" yet. He hasn't yet made it big *enough*. Lucy on the other hand did exactly as you said, she fell in love with David for his innocence and positive outlook on life. She saw in him what she never saw in other people, a good-hearted, innocent person that just wanted to live their life. Lucy was trapped in her life of crime and David looked like a way out. A way to reclaim some normalcy. Sadly their paths diverted towards the end. They both had something to finish, something to do, some middle finger to give to the corporations and gangs that hounded them their entire life. It broke both of them but it broke David the most. He went psycho over it. My personal theory is that cyberpsychosis doesn't actually exist. It's just psychosis. Most cyberpsychos have a LOT of emotional trauma that never gets processed. Instead, it keeps piling on because of their lifestyle. That, paired with the sense of superiority and "loss of reality" inherent to massive cyber-augmentation leads to them losing track of who they really are and what's really important in life. They become weapons, aiming themselves at whatever they think is a danger to them and their goals. We see this in David. Random people sprouting weapons out of their bodies, aimed at him. He feels constantly threatened, even by those who pose no danger to him. He's completely lost in his life of violence. There is no more life without violence for him. So when he, at the very end of his journey, reclaims what little humanity he had left and fights the only fight worth fighting, the fight for his friends and his family, he can die with a smile. Sane. Himself. Leaving Lucy behind, who had no means to drag him out of the swamp he walked into. Yet it isn't his fault entirely. Many people fucked up on the way, Lucy too. She was the one who introduced him to the cyberpunk lifestyle in the first place. She tolerated his steady corruption. She withdrew herself when he needed her the most. There is no blame game to play with this series. Everyone fucked up. Noone is innocent. Noone is without fault. That's the core concept of the modern Cyberpunk setting, the world's gone downhill too much for people like David and Lucy to have a happy ending.
@@mingyuhuang8944 Have you tried Nier Automata? Cause there is a deeper rock bottom to be explored and if you don't wanna play the game, there is an anime adaptation in the making.
You portrait David as someone who totaly lost it, but he lost it to win what he wanted, he had never his own dream until his dream became to fulfill Lucy's dream, which he does at terrible cost. But he die so she can be free again from arasaka and finally landed on moon. He knew he is going to edge of cyberpsychosis BUT he also knew its only way to fulfill Lucy dream, with money for his last gig and money they saved up(in one scene doctor asked him if he does not want better gear instead of fixing but he rather wanted reminder of Maine because it was enough for job done and he don't want to waste money) he had enough to go to moon and have a nice life there with Lucy, he just could not know that kiwi betray him and Lucy.
I don't think so, here is my perspective. David was carried away by the dreams of his mother first. Second, after she passed away, he tries to find somewhere to belong. Third, he found himself in the middle of cyberpunks and, in a way or another, he felt empathy toward them for inumeral reasons. Lucy was only a sweet dream, one that he cannot flee or get away, always being atracted by her and that what love is meant to be. Forth, Maine death leaves david with a void inside himself, another dream of someone's who's now dead and in the twist of the drama he loses his way thinking, " if it was him, who's special, things would be different". Things would end in happier manner. But of course that was not what happen. "only this much to go to the moon, how cheap" - was what david says when he was in his most fragile moment watching tv, always thinking about dreams of another and not himself. He's not egoistic, really! He's way too altruistic and that was the cause of his death, living the dream of another.
@@triniguy88 The writers of the this anime are not the same people involved with the game. Don't complain just to complain without knowing what you're saying.
@@Buckeqzq The girl's name appears to be Sasha Galina. Judging by the characters we see, (Rebecca, Dorio, & Maine) my best guess is that she met Maine way before Lucy came around. But the reason why you never seen her in Edgerunners is because she died before Lucy, David, and possibly Gloria's (David's Mom) introduction. I don't even think she was referenced in all ten episodes. And because of that, its hard to say if Sasha & the events that happened are canon to the Edgerunners storyline.
My cat died last month and i have always seen me as his protector. I love him and would have never hurt him on purpose. The fact that i was the one that had to get him to the vet to euthnatize him due to end stage of kidney failure makes me feel incredible guilty. I feel like i let him down and the last meows he made in the waiting room absolutly broke me. When this song came out i absolutely loved it but now its just a reminder of what i had to do with my cat. Rest in Peace, Garfield.
Was just scrolling through the comments a little bit but this one has me in tears. I also had a cat with kidney failure, the vet told us she was in critical condition and to look how the next hours go and send us home with some meds. I was in a very difficult family and so my cat grew to me a lot as she was the one helping me endure my home. That night at home while dying of kidney failure she still tried multiple times literally crawling to my room to get onto the bed as she always slept close to me. She war barely able to walk and after I got to her on the floor, comforting her, she fell asleep for the last time. I still struggle to think about it without feeling guilty for not being able to do more than give her company while dying
Cmon man I had just stopped crying from this video!! Hey don't feel guilty... I just had to make the same decision with my 16 year old cat I found when he was a stray. He had lost vision, and went into kidney failure. Letting him go into the light was the hardest but most ethical and peaceful choice for him.. I get it man
From these 4 minutes idk it makes me emotional . Her discovering the reason why her mother’s health was slowly declining and eventually passed away . And making the decision to stay to upload the information/side effects that they were keeping confidential from the public . And her present self hugging her child self like she finally got closure to why her mom passed away was just the icing on top and the OST is perfect to go with it too. Such a beautiful story in such short time …
@@zTClutch did you know that in cyberpunk there's a gig that a biotechnica scientist use nomad for experiments she say "nomads are a dying breed" so she's doing it for the high corpo people for a cure for what uses I'm not sure, I kill her lol send her to the dump
I just came here for the ending song for Cyberpunk Edgerunners to relive the feeling of that last episode, but instead I get a new story to wreck me emotionally, and it happened all before David, Lucy or Kiwi even showed up. You magnificent bastards.
No doubt thinking, if only he had been faster, stronger, if his augs were just a little bit better, if he pushed the edge of his hardware, maybe he wouldn't have missed something...
Likely as Dustin said, between the guilt and the rationing. Likely when his cyberpsychosis kicked in. It's not just the chrome that causes you to lose it. The added stress the chrome causes to the body/brain isn't super helpful. It's also the emotional scars, the PTSD, survivor's guilt, the pressure the continue to out perform the competition, the pressure to get that next best contract, the fear of relying on others, the fear of failing. Pondsmith said something similar.
Seriously i think they had a super close group cause in the beginning they only had 4 in the group. and that look and wave at 0:22 Sasha must have been like a daughter figure to him like how David becomes a son figure later.
Ladies, gentlemen: If there ever was a good storyboard with a compelling story told in under 5 minutes, this is it. This is a masterpiece in storytelling. In only short 4 minutes and 43 seconds, the story introduces a new character, makes you care about it, and makes you suffer with their fate. A Mastercraft right here.
I cared until she flashbanged security robots (who could just close a shutter over their cameras) and convinced them despite their programming they had a psyche that could be affected by cyberpsychosis. Not an ounce of human meat anywhere in the assailants. Really REALLY good past that...glaring wtf moment at the pivotal plot point. Literally just had to switch the cyberpsychosis quick hack with short circuit but nOoooooOooO it has to be the edgy one that doesn't make sense for fan fic reasons
@@Dark__Thoughts Phantom liberty gonna be first and last DLC if i got it right They maybe gonna make another game,but thats not Cyberpunk 2077 i knew RedEngine is awesome, but they decide to change it
@@skell6134 They said that, but that might have just been an effort to not make any empty promises again. Should this expansion be a success, CDPR would be fools not to continue adding more to the game.
@@_Encie They just dont want to work with RedEngine,they moving to Unreal engine soon if news arent lying Would be really cool if we get more DLC but we cant speak about that yet tho as long as even Phantom liberty didnt come out yet
@@skell6134 RedEngine is probably one of the reasons why the game turned out to be so shitty. Having your own game engine is a very costly thing and requires very skilled people to maintain it. Given the amount of jank and bugs still present I am pretty sure that they've had a lot of issues adapting it for CP2077 and dropping support for it earlier than originally planned. I wouldn't be surprised if they do another CP game with UE after the next Witcher game. I think as a franchise there's definitely potential. Hopefully with better modding support then as well. UE is already an open platform, so it's very much up to CDPR to allow and support it.
In 4 minutes, they've done a better job telling a story and making you care about the character than most hollywood movies these days, some of which can't even do that during their total runtime. I'm in tears.
I feel like this vid and the anime both really excel in focusing on character's emotions, then giving you the viewer juuust enough hard context to make it land and let you fill in the rest. Hits so much harder than focusing on the details and letting you fill in the emotions like a lot of movies do
Yeah, it's like "Still feeling sad after Edgerunners? Here's another punch to the guts." Didn't even know this existed. When I click on something like this, I expect the song over maybe some visuals from the anime, not another piece of super condensed quality content. It's like finding an extra candy on the bottom of the bag.
In case some people missed it. Mike Pondsmith's Cyberpunk world is a running commentary on Humanity and the Human condition. Letting people "Play a character" in that world is probably the best way to express his opinion about Humanity and how fragile it really is. I first drew that conclusion in the early 1990's playing the tabletop PnP RPG.
there's a lot of truth to that. After all, births are rarely celebrated because no one knows who you are, but death comes after a lifelong accumulation of acts, good or bad. And only by dying can you prove that you were once alive
@@zenmode3125 I really want to stay at your house hits different after Edgerunners because of the excited tune but the sad memories relating to it. This song just straight up hits you with depression From both the song and visuals.
It's true to the original undertone of old Cyberpunk: everything have a price. And the city itself will always collect. "A happier ending, for folks like us? Wrong City. Wrong people."
There are so many appreciative comments about the Edgerunner series (rightfully so), but can we talk about how beautifully animated and directed this MV is? It tells us the story of Sasha, Maine's netrunner before Kiwi and Lucy. She had lost her mother presumably due to illness and, like David, was sucked into the life of a Cyberpunk. She had lived her life peering through the kaleidoscope of Night City, captivated by its glamor and promises; but try as she might to create her own happiness amid its shimmer (2:42) she could never shake the anguish of losing her kin. During a Biotechnica gig, she learns the truth about the "Securicine" painkillers her mother took while serving the military. It killed her through "gradual neurodegeneration" - a side effect undisclosed to the public to keep profits flowing. Sasha determines to leak this information at the cost of her life, holding valiantly against the security bots until the upload was complete. Did her tip truly make a difference? Hardly. Biotechnica remains a monolithic mega enterprise, ever-present in both game and anime. And so the life of an evidently vibrant, vivacious girl burns away, and her dream of bringing down the system along with it. Just like David, just like Johnny Silverhand, and countless others in Night City. But it gave her some closure at least (3:56) You can see her older self comforting her younger self as she flatlines with a smile on her face. She was finally free. _Forgive me for letting you down_ _Forgive me for letting you down again_ _I guess I'm not strong enough_ _Right now_ _They will finally feel the flames_ _Flames that run down through my veins_ _I will make the city burn_ _We're not planning to return_
The sublte shaking hand of Maine at the end is just such a minute and perfect detail. This MV is insane, I can't believe I just watched it so late after edgerunners.
I love how this actually adds additional layer of Maine's personality aswell. Visually shows the very heart warming and humanity side of him. Just like in the Edgerunners, he mourns the loss of hes family.
maine was always shown as being heart warming and very human, compared to the rest of the cast he was the most human to me, even more then David and Lucy. They did that to make his fall to insanity so much more extreme, ep 6 was brilliant.
@@BlackXief in a way i think it was intentional, David always tries to be someone who he isn't, he always tries to accomplish someone else's dreams so basically instead of trying to be himself, he basically has little personality of his own..that's why you probably didn't enjoy him too much and I think it was on purpose
the fact that they told a whole character story in just the ending theme seriously blew my mind....specially since I didn't even know she was there as I would skip right to the next episode o.O
Imagine if the second season tells her story. How Maine isn't super chromed up and turning cyberpsycho yet. That the death of this character and his inability to prevent it drives Maine to chrome up. That all of this happens before David joins their crew. Effectively building an entire season prequel through what was once just the end credits of each episode.
I think this song perfectly goes along side "I really want to stay at your house". The former being sang by Lucy at the beginning of edgerunners, and "Let you down" being sang by David at the end.
u can get this as a mod for cyberpunk w the music and video on the main menu after the intros and there is a version where it splits to this fire when all the action happens. I have that version
Damn I can't believe they dropped yet another great Edgerunners story just within the ending video. They seriously need to keep making Cyberpunk stuff, the universe is far too interesting to leave it at that, there's too many stories to tell.
It's the fact that big pharma in the real world has been known to pull stunts like these. We've had drugs whose side effects weren't fully disclosed just so these companies could continue making money
@@gizConAsh god you sound like conspiracy theorist. The pharmaceutical industry has serious problems, but you losers act like they chose to kill your dog for a dirty penny.
It's an amazing ending for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Dawid Podsiadło has composed a beautiful song that conveys a lot of melancholy, this series has a certain resemblance to the Goodfellas movie.
I agree that it is impressive, animation, song, art, and color, it's fantastic... But it is more than just the ending theme, this animation is kinda a prequel, If you watch the whole anime probably will get it :3. Maybe I'm inventing it, but It's Trigger, so probably all is calculated :3
That episode where Maine goes full Cyberpsycho is super intense, after that episode ends and this song comes on has me sobbing like a baby thinking about how David was feeling in that moment. Maine was not only a parental figure after Gloria died, the father David never had, and also his teacher/mentor. Watching him Loosing his mind, killing his lover Dorio, slapping David around, dieing I front of David right after his mom, and David coming out of it with just his arms and that silent drive home afterwards, that shit was so fucking brutal.
@@firespark5048 when? I'm generally curious because several show synopses online and my eyes tell me she was shot by others. He thinks he shot her so again curious
@@richardwirtz2997 Yeah, she got to dodge Maine's shot, but couldn't do the same with the incoming fire from the cops, resulting in her death by them after injecting Maine his immunosuppressants
This was something special that only happens, once and a while, a rarity. A short anime, yet so fucking good. Honestly, release something like this every year to keep Cyberpunk alive, and to hype the new game up, and you have yourself a money making machine. This show is a must watch
CD Projekt Red leaked their upcoming projects which had various names, but reportedly there's a new Cyberpunk game, three new Witchers, and a completely brand new IP coming in the "near" future. I'm very excited to see where it goes and I hope it's not a nothingburger.
It’s pretty tough to release another incredible story that is on par with edgerunners. I’m sure there will be a lot of misses if they do it every year.
4:01 I love this part where it shows that she's dead, but the droplet of the rain poured to her left eye, and it dripped down as if she was crying. The way of storytelling, symbolism, and deliverance is just chefs' kiss and yet tragic. She didn't get to cry, but the rain helped her portray what she was feeling at the hands of death... RIP Sasha.
And then, several viewings later, I noticed the rando on his phone (likely with his insurance company, about his just wrecked car) splashing some more real world shenanigans in our cyberpunk. :D
I'm honestly happy cyberpunk is gonna start getting some well deserved attention now. I don't think there's been a single bad mainstream cyberpunk story recently and this backs it up.
Do you know what happens to things that become mainstream? They get worse. Do you really want worse content just because it's got a larger audience now?
@@mrbigglezworth42 You only think that things that become mainstream become worse because you're a gatekeeping hipster who can't fathom people liking the same stuff as you.
Falco says it best when he texts V: “Our 15 minutes is spent.” V is the protagonist of 2077 but his time will also pass. There are no immortals in Night City, only legends with Afterlife cocktails named after them - a hollow victory.
Dawid Podsiadło is one of the most popular and acclaimed young music artists in Poland nowadays. I'm glad he is now aiming at gaining international fame with this song. Having been familiar with his discography I can say with confidence that he will certainly succeed in this endeavour. That is what I wish for him with all my heart.
If you think about it, Sasha's story explains two things. 1) It develops the reason of Maine's cyberpsychosis. He doesn't stop having new implants because he has enough of watching every person who works for him die. He feels responsible for not being strong enough and/or not being there when his partners needs him. 2) Since Sasha was a netrunner and Lucy, another netrunner, was engaged by Kiwi, that would logically means that Kiwi engaged Sasha before Lucy. Therefore, when Sasha died, Kiwi must have thought that Sasha betrayed her team by compromising the mission to follow her vengeance. Therefore, when Lucy compromised the mission to protect David which followed by the death of Dorio and Maine, it wasn't the first time for Kiwi that a member of the team she engaged herself decided to betray her for their own benefits. Her philosophy of "never trust anyone" and her collaboration with Faraday are just the results of her fear to be disappointed by a close one, which could've been solved if she had the courage to talk to someone
That's what they so masterfully pull off in FFXIV as well. Music can condition us, can emotionally impact us. We're slowly wrapped up in strings and when the time comes, the composer and storyteller have us in their web, ready to be destroyed by beautiful pieces of music with so much impact.
Tear jerking, just like Edgerunners. Ripped out my heart, riverdanced on it and then handed it to me, shrugged and walked off. I loved it. It goes on a playlist.
The saddest thing of cyberpunk final scene is that even if Lucy realises her dream, she didn't realised it completely. In the moment she shared her dream with David, he became a part of it (she lost anyway). In this world there are only death, betrayels and sadness. What an amazing show!!!
it was never about the moon itself, but being free from the feeling of oppression she felt her whole life, and ironically the time she felt most free was when she was with david, and then he died.
That's exactly why i almost would have been happier with an ending where they both die (dont get me wrong, the ending was just great and it really made sense to end this way), its just that i would have felt easier knowing that if they both died, no one of them would have to keep on living without the other, almost feels like it would be worse than death, to keep on living like that...
@Xuěhuā Not arguing, but Lipstick on the glass is cover of song from the 80s and it's not so far away from original, so it's not something he came out with. Anyway, it's cool to see foreigners interested in our culture c:
i wish they put this song on the very second david got shot, a lot of people seemingly miss it because its in the after credits :( unreal emotion at the end there
“They will finally feel the flames, flames that run down through my veins, I will make the city burn, we’re not planning to return.” I love this part in the song 🔥
@@StopaniGamez Specially considering it the opening. "They will finally feel the flames, flames that run down through my veins" -> "But now there is a fire in me, a fire that burns." "I will make this city burn" -> (this part appears only in the original version before the anime) "This fire is out of control, I will burn this city, burn this city."
This is one of those series it's hard to move on from after finishing, you just keep going back to that city even though you saw the ending coming from a mile away.
And that’s the tragedy that cyberpunk is trying to tell. Even though V, David, Sasha, Rebecca, Mayne, Johnny, Rouge, Smasher, and more know exactly how every story ends. They keep going back. They think they are special. That nightcity won’t win. Night city will always win.
“I saw corps strip farmers of water, and eventually of land. I saw them transform night night city into a machine fueled by broken dreams and emptied pockets. Long have the corps controlled our lives, and now they’re out for our souls!”
@@duzinbbs4784 At it's absolute worst. This is not even Capitalism ITSELF (Democracies can have capitalism but still be fine. Likewise Republics) it is a Corp controlled OLIGARCY.
i just like to add... to those who watched the anime and the game... the curroption goes deep. im glad she ended up resting with a smile on the face. but it changed nothing. just like the real martyrs in our world... you can praise the fully advertised fake ones... i hear their now pretending that someone tried to kill one of their actors thats running for president... its all lies. but enjoy the show. and enjoy the citty.
@@anitaremenarova6662 Is not natural progression, the world of cyberpunk is a capitalist dystopia, Cyberpunk represents really good how a capitalist dystopia will be. but is not the natural progesion of capitalism
When you've a world that thrives on productivity and NEVER on humanity... then this is the natural conclusion. Hopefully we're smart enough, and our progeny is smart enough, to notice the signs and stop it from becoming a problem.
I don't know what it is about this world, but every piece of content just sinks into my soul. I didn't even know this existed, found randomly listening to music in the background. How did I go from never knowing this character, to caring about her mission, to tears in my eyes in less than 5 mins and virtually no words. This world is so depressing and so good at the same time. Because it is so dark I was stressing that upload wasn't gonna make it and she died for nothing. They also absolutely kill it with the music selection.
I love that when she falls on the car her pose mirrors the real-life picture 'the beautiful suicide' and she is smiling. She was not afraid to die to ensure that people would not suffer like she did as she saw her mother fall apart. That's really vital, isn't it?
I came into the comments to look for this actually, I immediately recognized the pose on the car and wondered if anyone else had made the connection to that photo, I have to think it was inspiration
I love Sasha's design and as much as I love this short, tragic story. I really wish we could've got to know her a little more. She seems so pure and literally sacraficed her life to uncover a secret that took her mother from her. Like wtf
this is really the closest thing to winning edgerunners get, though. she didn't just burn her life to make a spectacle, or to make a name for herself, she used herself as a resource to simultaneously get a little bit of revenge and to more importantly prevent a subset of future suffering. she did her best to limit the actual collateral to herself and the enemy, and the media in night city *thrives* off of this kind of thing, so the word *will* get out. tragic though it is, this is a victory for her.
@@esotericineThey didn’t win cause of one thing. None of them was expecting to live and left Night City That’s why V (The game) succeed, cause was genuinely wanting to live and leave Night City.
Finished the series five minutes ago, then watched this. I don't have enough words to express how much I am grateful to TRIGGER, CD Projekt RED and everyone who participated in creating this masterpiece. Thank you all, and special thanks to you, CD Projekt RED, for all you did, do and will do. The world you've made must live on. Never give up on Cyberpunk.
I think the worst thing about Cyberpunk2077 as a whole was and is that it just needed more time to cook, as I said before and will keep saying The game itself seemed to this day otherwise really just well done as a whole, hell the anime now made me actually consider buying it after I got to experience the world through it
@@GikamesShadow i did exactly what you're considering and while i can say the story and world so far are really enjoyable to interact with, the gameplay it self is jank and kind rough
@@satonargerame4504 Oh no I meant with that I did buy it but prior to that the anime actually made me consider doing it in the first place. Sorry for the confusion. As for the gameplay... I think the problem is a lacking in world tutorial section. It kinda plugs you straight into the first mission without any real build up or thoughts on how the player makes it through it. Its just... "Here do some hacking, do some shooting, blam you done." This is what I meant with "It needed more time to cook". To balance it out, get rid of the bugs (hell I even encountered a cutscene glitch right in the first big timeskip cutscene where several characters were A-posing lol) and to just make the overall game just a notch better than what it ended up being.
I genuinely cried after watching this...god this show's second half(episodes 6-10)were very heartbreaking...Thank you cd projekt for this amazing show...
@@mattmark94 It's like telling medieval fantasy (dark fantasy excluded) stories will end with the destined hero defeating some ancient evil, but you watch it anyway. It's not always about the end, but the whole journey.
Can't believe noone is praising Dawid's for his awesome performance and yet everybody just praise the animation. It is great but it only makes a whole with his awesome voice. Shout-out Dawid Podsiadło!
@@pelczakowybro Do you know another English song by David Podsaidlo that is so beautiful? I couldn't find it no matter how hard I searched. This song is truly a masterpiece of a man of craftsmanship
@@azero4444I think that this is his firts and only song that is in english but i encourage you to listen to Ostatnia nadzieja whit Sanah. It's in polish but it's such a different vibe
The malfunction and tear that runs from her eyes at 4:00 is just the cherry on top of an absolutely beautiful story. This hits way harder after watching Edgerunners. The character design of Sasha is just so perfect. Cute. Adorable. Beautiful. Dead too soon and knowing Night City that leak never went anywhere.
remember that each corpo is also at each others throat, someone would use it to undermine them, but the worst that could happen is that someone wouldn't be able to buy the new aerodyne model this year.
Arcane blew this show out of the water. Edgerunners basically shot itself in the foot by design. If they hadnt made it an anime, had animated/designed it in a way more similiar to Arcane, or even Pacific Rim: The Black it would have been 1000x better. As it is, the corniness/jankiness inherent in the design of traditional anime just made it eyeroll worthy, and at worse snicker inducing. Even the most emotional scenes were only saved in the slightest by the soundtrack. Without the soundtrack it would have been a total chucklefest at best.
@@Cryogenius333 Sure, but it's standard studio Trigger wackiness so I knew what I was getting into. The music really makes the show, I put this song to an Arcane edit and it turned out pretty great as well.
Man, it took me a long time to get over that cyberpunk edgerunners ending. 6 months later, I'm here crying and listening to this song that made me shed liters of tears.
I was in denial after that ending but after listening to this song, it made me accept the end of Cyberpunk Edgerunner. It made me realise that there is no good ending in the Night City. As someone once said: “Wrong city, wrong people.”
Not gonna lie, At first I thought the ending was just bad but I realize that David's main goal was to reach the top of the city in terms of power and respect. Every time he looks at his mothers ashes he remembers what his mom wanted for him before she died, and even though he is hurting himself and ignoring the warnings of others, he wanted to make her dream come true at any cost. As proof there was that one scene where David is standing on the highest floor of the tallest building in his exoskeleton feeling fulfilled in his moms dream. To add on, even though both David and Lucy were both pushing towards their goals and finally achieved them, they found new meaning in each other along the way, and realized that the love they had was more important than what both of them initially cared about, but by the time they realized that, they were already too deep into their main objective to live that way. David as well as Lucy had already gotten too deep into cyber technology side effects and organized crime by the time they wanted to truly be together. In the end, to make the best of a bad situation, David completed his mothers dream and fulfilled his promise for Lucy's dream to go to the moon by freeing her from the life of crime they put themselves into. If David never got involved, Lucy would have been tied down her whole life as a tool, never being able to achieve her dream, and at the same time, if Lucy never got involved, David would have been in poverty suffering his whole life trying to live up to his dead moms impossible dream. In other words, they both helped each other get what they always wanted at the cost of their love for each other.
Thanks for this man. I was wondering all night why the author have decided to make Lucy survive just to be all alone in the moon like that. I always preferred for David and Lucy to be together until the bitter end and go all out with a bang but now this explanation explains it all
This was beautifully said man, I couldn't have said it better myself. I was blown away when I first saw the Edge Runners trailer. It hyped me up so much. But to be honest, in the back of my mind I was a little scared thinking the initial hype trailer wasn't going to live up to the very high expectations I set for the anime show. However, I was dead wrong. This 10 episode anime lived up to my expectations and far exceeded them. I loved watching every single episode, from start to finish. You know the show is amazing when you start developing feelings for the characters and you feel some type of way when something happens to them. I was so torn and heartbroken in the end when David and Lucy couldn't end up together. I haven't played the Cyberpunk game since it first released, and it felt so nice returning to this universe again. There's something so beautiful, special and unique about the Cyberpunk lure/universe that you can't find anywhere else. I'am truly honored to have been able to witness and be a part of David's tale and I hope to see more amazing things revolving this futuristic universe.
I think David also never shook the statement that Lucy and a lot of other mercs made, about your legacy being how you die, rather than how you live. I think he tried to convince himself that that wasn't the case, but he kept seeing it reinforced over and over as he watched his friends and associates die. If he wanted to live and fulfill Lucy's wish of going to the moon and moreso for him not to die, he'd give up his mom's wish of him being successful. I think he chose the latter because he was already too far down the merc's path to return to society, especially with the cyberware eating him. This way he could give Lucy everything he had, giving her the trip to the moon, and his legacy would remain both in NC overall and specifically with Lucy, as we see she still has his memory with her.
Dont know man....i think for lucy case she choose to stay with david but falco take her for david final request to him.....she have no choice but to flee from david last moment against her will....(the moon already last side quest for her....)
I think you got them slightly wrong with the way I understood things. Since ep6 Lucy didn't care about the moon anymore she found her new goal with David. That is why she was so afraid of him going back and to die with Maine. After she found that Arisaka was after him from the info in Tanaka about him. She spend her entire purpose after that trying to protect him. On the other side David became too invested in reaching her goals for the moon and to somewhat extend his mother's goal. He never tryed to achieve his own goals. Both of them failed to communicate this to each other. Lucy only went to the moon to complete his promises to her. For her David was her moon hence the last ep title.
I used to be a GM at CP2020 for years back in the nineties. For years, my only way to visualize Night City and the Cyberpunk 2020 universe was my imagination. Since CP77, the game, his OST, and now this show and this song, I'm blown by how Night City had some kind of rebirth in front of my eyes and ears. Speaking of this song, it made me think about my father who passed away last year. He used to make a lot of photocopies of character sheets and other things for me in order to ease my CP2020 play and mastering. The last ten years before he passed, we barely ever saw ourselves because of some mistakes I made in my personal life. I had to address these mistakes alone before I could dare to call my family again. I thought we could finally renew our father/son relationship after I managed to beat my own daemons. I was wrong. My Dad passed in April 2021, just after I succeed to beat CP77 in my first playthrough. He was 65 years old and we saw ourselves maybe two times in a few years before. That's why Never Fade Away definitely has a very special meaning to me. Each time I listen to it, I think about my Dad. He is in my head like Silverhand is in V's one. And now come this Let You Down song. Having failed to rebuild my relationship with him the way I wanted to by believing we had the time to do it; it somewhat destroyed me, partially at least. In a way, I feel as if I had let him down. That's why this song echoes very especially to me too. That's why, I guess, it makes my tears rise. I miss my Dad for sure. I'm just glad for having had HIM as a father. Unlucky people have piece of shit as fathers. Mine was my hero. Thank you to CDPR for having made CP77. The 1.6 patch is excellent, and I just passed the 500 hours of play. And here comes this anime. Just for this show, I think I will subcribe a Netflix account soon. And thank for this song's writer(s) and performer(s). It's a masterpiece. Finally, thank YOU YT choomba viewer who read all this.
I feel you, man. My dad wasn't the greatest but I did have an awesome older brother. I looked up to him so much. Wanted to marry someone like him and also be like him. He was the coolest and nicest person. Was the first to go to college in my family. He ended up being diagnosed with a couple of mental health disorders in his mid twenties and took his life at 27. I planned his entire funeral alone. The night he committed suicide we hung out and would play videogames. This night he asked me how I'd feel if he were to die. I told him I didn't wanna think about it because it bothered me so much and he said the only reason he hasn't taken his life is because he is worried how I'd feel. He took his life that night after I went to bed. (we had both lived with my grandparents at the time) Never fade away reminds me of him everytime. He was my greatest choom. Lol the person who got me into videogames and anime. I can still remember the first game he introduced to me. I'm 28 now and all fucked up with depression and anxiety that has pretty much over taken my life. I don't enjoy games like I use to and have a very hard time beating them now BUT I did beat CP2077 and (spoiler) I gave johnny V's body. I'd do that for my brother to have a second chance at life. So it only felt fitting to do it for johnny. Hang in there, man!!! My brother passed away in 2014 and it has never gotten easier and every single thing reminds me of him.
@@smashrosa8111 @SmashROSA Losing one of your heroes in life, if you have the chance to have some, is painful, especially when your mistakes pushed you away from them. I had to fight my daemons alone because, by love, I couldn't allow myself to ask my family to support me. I had to fight alone before I could get back to them. We all heard that time appease wounds, even the worst ones. One year and a half after having buried my Dad I'd say this is true but I don't think it can heal these wounds, not totally. I mean, if I could have avoided my worst mistakes, I would never had to go away from my family for more than half a decade. Almost an entire one. As I said I feel as if i had let my Dad down, and in another sense, it's, as well, as if I had betrayed myself. Yes, I was able to fight back and win, but it took time, a lot. For those who haven't guessed, I'm speaking about alcohol and heroin addiction. And finally, when I could start to rebuild the broken links with my family, Life took my Dad. Damn It happened so fast. One day of April 2021 I learned he had lung cancer. I just decided to go and see him ASAP but one week later, my brothers called me to tell me what I would have never wanted to hear. One week, just only one fucking week between "Dad is ill!" and "Dad is gone!" I think about Arasaka's ending. The corporation removes Silverhand from V's head and only then V understands that Silverhand could have been a real friend for the rest of his own life. Instead, there's an hole, a void. Ultimately, V becomes an engram him/her-self. He could have let Silverhand enjoy life again through his own body but he killed him instead and realise it's too late to address THIS mistake. (What a game my friends, a true masterpiece, a jewel of writing, the story, the characters, the OST, ... I love Cyberpunk 2077!) This Arasaka CP77 ending, considered the worst one, has something strangely similar with how I feel when I think to my Dad. Hopefully, I still have my Mom, my brothers, and even two nephews and one niece. So I can't say I'm the most unhappy man in this world. Still, the pain is here. When you are lucky enough to have a real good man as a father, losing him, especially when it's way sooner than you'd have expected, it's difficult not to suffer and to not regret having comitted certain mistakes. Sorry for not being able to make a shorter answer. And thank you for your attention. This is cool of you, thank you YT choombatta. All of you. Don't forget to tell your beloved ones how much you love them! Never lose an occasion to do it.
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No one cares lmao this only blew up because it's anime nobody cares about the actual game 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@CrowofYharnamI bought the game today (:
@@Zullfix did you read what I said I said this video only blew up getting almost 30M views because it's anime that song they linked will not do the same numbers because more people care about the anime than the game that is a fact
Imagine you just finished watching Edgerunners and came here to find the ED for the anime only to have your heart totally wrecked for the second time. I know because that happened to me too.
There is a limit to which a heart can be teared apart. Can't blast a hole through it if it's already in there. I know because that happened to me too (and it keeps on happening).
Fucking ditto man😭😭
Seriously i just came here to listen to the song then i actually paid attention to the video. WTF emotionally devastating again
@@villen7159 i know man, people want a season 2 but I don't know if i can take it.
"They can't keep getting away with this!!"
She died with a smile on her face, and that's more than most people get in night city. She's a certified badass.
I wish Becca could get this closure ending for herself and not that atrocity that happened to her
David did as well Rip
Because she avenged her mother in the process. She didnt die for nothing
It’s not about how you lived but about how you die
@@Pilligrim-gd3oe To be fair she was a mass murderer, she had never regret killing people as David had nausea moments (the moment he kill an innocent) and Lucy depression (because crew died). They could flee the city but yeah Lucy past was too hard to escape no spoiler 😅. Rebecca was cool but not your typical girlfriend.
How to tell if it's a Cyberpunk story:
1. It's super well written
2. it's sad
3. It teaches you how much color can enhance a projects visual appeal
4. Dope cyberware
5. bonkers music
Audiovisual pornography amid the existential search for humanity in a cruel, unfair world that exploits and crushes it
True!
“Hold on to your wishes if you can’t hold on to me.” This hits so hard.
I feel like that's David talking to Lucy about wanting her to pursue her dream of going to the moon, regardless of whether or not she's able to bring him with her. The whole song is pretty much just him apologizing that he couldn't keep his promise of returning to her alive.
If you liked the song, I made a REMIXED version on my channel, it took me awhile, but if you like BIG synthwave DROPS check it out!
Very impressed that they managed to get a whole extra canon story from this music video, this is bonus content after just finishing the show
They're also putting Dawid Podsiadlo on the map too. I didn't really listen to his songs in the game,, but they really made them shine in Edgerunner. So glad they did, I hope he gets the Shawn James treatment.
Edit: Nvm, his songs weren't in the game. But still, they're really putting him on.
So uh... Are we going to ignore the fact big corporations can simply silence news
@@huk5414 The thing is news is also considered corpos there, and having dirt on other corpos sure do leverage their influence, and there are other big pharma corpos with enough cash to buy those dirts, not even corpos in night city is buddy buddy with each other.
lets save this girl oh yeah
@@ausar567 can't trust anybody in night city
In 4 minutes they managed to introduce a completely new character, Sasha, tell her story, make us care about her and feel devastated by her tragic fate. Bravo.
The cdpr specialty
@@imhere1232 Art design, character design and story board is all Ilya Kuvshinov
And not a single word was spoken
no contrast this to what amazon achieved sofar with rings of power lmao
@@Dinrog I can't blame Rings of power, I think they had some budget issues, they probably needed another billion dollars to hire competent writers lol
"You don't make your name as a Cyberpunk by how you live. You are remembered by how you die."
"Gives new meaning to the phrase hard as iro-"
V solos them
u got them right! still hurts to hear that again
Lucy said cyberpunks will be remembered how by how they die instead of how they lived, so she doesn’t want David to become one.
However, in the end she remembers David by how he lived not how he died, even though David became a cyberpunk after all.
Doc said after using up all the strengthened meds he gave David, no matter how special David is he was bound to lose himself.
However, even after using all the meds, Lucy managed to help David remain himself by kissing him. Lucy was David’s last dose of medicine.
@@TipoIrritable Not everyone can solo Adam Smasher man.
I love how this has the same theme you see a lot in Cyberpunk/Shadowrun-type media.
The moment a gig becomes personal, it's over.
People who do this kind of 'runner job for a living, they measure risk pretty well and they always ensure that they have a way out (otherwise they never would have lasted long enough to become professionals) but the moment something about the case personally involves you, you can't let it go anymore.
You run out the clock, you let your escape-window close without you and you start taking crazy risks.
It happened to Johnny, it happened to Sasha, it happened to V.
And it happened to David
@@ExtantPerson and maine
@@ultar473 RIP my man Maine
@@ultar473 Ya know thinking on it, even when Maine's need to protect and care for his team drove him to cyberpsychosis... it never drove him to purposely hurt David. The only person he ever hurt was Kiwi (who ended up betraying David.) Even Doria was just shot and killed by a police officer. And when David came to try and get him out, Maine was surprisingly lucid despite what was happening in his head. And the moment he realized David was going to die next to him he just about snapped out of it fully to tell David to "Keep Running"
I kinda skipped this game since it launched with a bunch of bugs and basically got bad press, but I'm fuckin' down for this kind of storytelling. Should I check it out?
“You’re not remembered by how you live as a cyberpunk in night city, you’re remembered by how you die”
Legends never die ;)
So sad 😔
Fuck man 😭😭😭literally can’t stop breaking my heart
Pilar died standing less then 5 feet away from a cyberpsycho with its Willy out
damn man...
Russian-born director in a Japanese animation studio makes a clip on a song with English lyrics, written by a Polish artist. It promotes a Japanese anime made in tandem with Polish game based on a setting of American author.
Mr worldwide
Кто там из России? Хироюки Имаиси?
@@sanzharzaitenov5268 Кувшинов (см описание к ролику)
It's a beautiful thing when you put it that way
Growing up in the 90's, this right here was the "American Dream" I was sold: an actual melting pot where your actions and results made you, not your descriptors.
You can see Maine's hand shaking seeing Sasha dead, such a small detail that adds so much to his personality.
honestly bruh i just think she just passed out
@@kay1229 breh
@@kay1229why isn’t she in the show then?
I think he was like "Fuck, not again, my ride"
That episode where Maine goes full Cyberpsycho is super intense, after that episode ends and this song comes on has me sobbing like a baby thinking about how David was feeling in that moment. Maine was not only a parental figure after Gloria died, the father David never had, and also his teacher/mentor. Watching him Loosing his mind, killing his lover Dorio, slapping David around, dieing I front of David right after his mom, and David coming out of it with just his arms and that silent drive home afterwards, that shit was so fucking brutal.
Almost 2 years has passed and the depression from this anime is still here.
Are you still traumatized now?
@@Akangteteh77 yes
yess
The game gave me sadness, the anime doubled it and gave me depression. but hey at least we have cyberpunk orion to look forward to
If you liked this song, I remade and remixed LET you down, on my channel, it took me awhile, but if your a fan of synthwave DROPS, feel free to check it out! something fresh if you've listened to it alot like i have ahaha
This MV, and Anime itself has proved Johnny Silverhand's line on how true that was.
"Happier ending? For people like us? Wrong City, Wrong People."
Yes... and yet Johnny contradicts himself saying he's not against capitalism.
I don't know why but that line in the game hit me very hard. I mean the whole 2077 is about megacorps (as one of pinnacles of development of capitalism) exploiting and then throwing people in the trash but still writers don't have guts to say what was that all about.
Players aren't dumb and we get the idea anyway but Johnny sometimes acts illogically.
@@aulendor4639 Indeed, people can go astray by blaming "Night City" alone, as if it's not actually an issue of the economic system itself. Extreme capitalism, aka anarco-capitalism, leads to a dystopia. But that's the whole point of the cyberpunk genre, though.
It fits the theme still, the Cyberpunk-themed worlds are cursed somewhat. It is The End of History, where the Democracy of fooled and Capital of the Ultra destroy the world in a weird symbiosis. The one weird thing is that there's also aliens in 2077 setting, and they may be used as scapegoats for all the problems of Capitalism and etc.
@@aulendor4639 it's not capatlism, it's people, it's always people no matter the system.
@@zeocitlahm3218 that's why it's so brilliantly sad; a "fictional" genre exploring aspects of the very much real present
Having just finished the series, this hits me hard. A story showing a man losing what makes him human that will never truly leave me. Thank you Trigger. Thank you CD Projekt Red. And remember…you’re special…
I cried 😢
He didn't cause he never lost his heart in the end.
@@chadwickreno8499 Just his head. Literally.
I use comedy to cope.
@@Gunzerkingidiot Me too bud. But man if I read this before watching the series it would've sent me to the moon. 💢 /s
@@Worgenftw Just 25,000 eddies
1:04
“I can hardly see the moon, hope we’ll get there pretty soon”
Listening to this after watching the end hits pretty hard…
Hope she can reunite on the Moon with David someday...
@@kushio214 No happy endings in night city. It's not the place for it.
@@joseph4445 Oh, I don't mean in the world of the living.
Same as "Never fade away" after Cyberpunk 2077 ending. They are really digging out the emotions.
@beezel not really for everyone
Fun fact that most people already know. But Episode 1 of Cyberpunk Edgerunners was named “Let you down”
If you liked the song, I made a REMIXED version on my channel, it took me awhile, but if you like BIG synthwave DROPS check it out!
For those that don't understand the video, lore-wise this girl's mom was in the Unification War and was wounded somehow and took medication which ultimately killed her. Her daughter watched all this happen, grew up, and wanted revenge. She achieved a measure of it (Biotechnica still exists in V's time, a few years later) so it's unlikely much was achieved by this raid. But it did help Sasha reach closure, even if it killed her, hence why her current self was hugging her former child-self at the end.
Something like that would shut them down for good... but they didn't!?
@@suserano7566 one minor scandal can't do anything against a corpo as big as biotechnica.
@@DytoxPrime gradual brain degeneration, yes that sure looks like a minor scandal
@@suserano7566 Pharmacorps in the real world get caught all the time pushing medications they know are faulty with negative side-effects, and nothing is ever done about it. Sorry, but the art in this case reflects reality.
@@suserano7566 i think you underestimate how truly big and powerful Biotechnica is.
The game broke me. Then the show broke me.
Yeah, this was better than I expected.
🤝
damn... every ending of the game made me sad! Damn Night City!
well the game kinda broke itself but ya i get you lol.
@@Extremexboxplayer ha game was broken before it broke the people
Damn, i still remember how i betrayed Perales because i was scared of the AI. Still feel ashamed to this day.
God, seeing Becca, Dorio and Maine again after finishing the series is heartwrenching.
Shit broke me although i predicted the end
kekyoin?
😭
Also a bit of a neat little detail, the bar they're in called "Afterlife"
That episode where Maine goes full Cyberpsycho is super intense, after that episode ends and this song comes on has me sobbing like a baby thinking about how David was feeling in that moment. Maine was not only a parental figure after Gloria died, the father David never had, and also his teacher/mentor. Watching him Loosing his mind, killing his lover Dorio, slapping David around, dieing I front of David right after his mom, and David coming out of it with just his arms and that silent drive home afterwards, that shit was so fucking brutal.
"Can't stop digging Night City" - Jackie Welles
A city like any other...just bigger
Reading this comment took me right back to the vibe I remember the beginning of the game having, it’s crazy how much the game flipped my impression of its world, vibes, and story throughout my whole play through.
This could also explain why Maine became a bit more protective over David. Faraday described him as being the type to become attached to his team, and it really seemed like he was trying very hard to keep David safe but still on board. Could be from the trauma he experienced from this tragic event.
No it doesn't this isn't cannon it's a music video not actually anime
@@jiminycricket2952 K
@@jiminycricket2952, just because it's a music video doesn't mean its not a cannon prequel to the show.
@@jiminycricket2952 this can be canon
@@jiminycricket2952 it is canon, it serves as a prequel to the anime. Kiwi comes to replace Sasha as their main netrunner. Then Lucy joins, and shortly after David.
"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain."
They actually added a blade runner easter egg in the graveyard in game
@@BahgatoYou can tell me?
mmmmmmm great quote ! and perfect for this.
But still
Imogen
Fun fact for people that don't know: New Gig was added in Phantom Liberty where you help Sasha's (Girl in Video) sister save her husband.
Gig name?
@@baduncle3084Waiting for Dodger
@@leahsartiguessthat’s the one where they pulverize a guy for drugs?
Bro what. I just did that gig like 2 days ago and completely missed that. Was their some kind of obvious name drop or was it wildly subtle or not even said?
@@Silentguy_ it was revealed on twitter I think
I grew up reading Sci fi with stories like Neromancer, Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep, Snow Crash, The Man Who Awoke, and I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. And it's just nice to finally have a complete RPG cyberpunk game. Seeing those dark themes regarding A.I. finally brought to life is just really nice.
you should look into ghost in the shell anime if you didn't already. The exploration of what it means to be human in age of A.I. and cyborgs is key there
@Dom__x ah yeah. Ghost in the Shell is a necessity whether you're into anime or cyberpunk. Also Paprika. With Ghost focusing on A.I. and Paprika focusing on dream/technology that alters your reality. The vibes from those movies are so good.
This is absolutely insane. I never thought I'd discover an amazingly emotional story by searching for the ending of an anime
Before: Ah this looks like a fun action packed "turn your brain off" anime to watch after work
After: How tf can fictional animated characters make me so emotional 😭😭😭😭😭
I don't think I've ever felt this emotional and stirred up after fictional content like a game, movie, show whatever... it's an incredible feeling that they made this hir so hard but so sad... classic example of wishing I never watched this masterpiece...
Amazing show, one of the best anime ever made, this is an experience not to be missed. This one really stuck with me all the time and the song is so bitter sweet and romantic man... CD and Trigger nailed this one perfectly. I love how they portrayed Night City as incredibly dangerous and you can just get your head blown off at any minute and life is so fragile and people just *poof, and they're gone...
And it's amazing that they stayed true to the Cyberpunk lore as well with UI, text font, aesthetic, places, guns, people/gangs, cyberware etc etc... You can tell so much love and passion was put into the show to show these details. 10/10!
I loved all the characters in the gang but to be honest David was starting to act like an a$$hole to the end of the show and even though he's got everyone telling him to stop pushing the limits of his body or he'll go cyberpsycho he still does it anyway to fulfil his egotistical pride and deadpan mindset, and things turned out tragic.
He's a likeable character but he really doesn't deserve Lucy honestly since she basically begged for him to stop to save his life and he not only doesn't understand but threatens to break up which hurts Lucy... What a a$$hole! Lucy really did love him and he's probably the only thing that ever really mattered to her. It was very sweet yo see them living together in the luxury apartment, it was so wholesome, Lucy seemed like she just wanted a simple life with David but David chose otherwise...
I think the reason Lucy fancied David in the first place is because he was a very innocent, natural and "organic" person and wholesome, amidst all the cyber chaos, corpo scheming, gang wars and nasty business, David was a person she could feel easy with. But later on she realised that David has embarked on a forsaken cyber route and yet still loves him, that's what makes her a keeper. I think despite this being a bunch of fictional characters and only 10 episodes, it deeply explores the human condition. Very impressive honestly.
He also doesn't deserve Rebecca too lol. I think this show does a great job showing the downfall of a person who strives to hard for power and abandons his humanity and what matters to him, and no one could stop him in place in ruining himself... He's a heroic idiot who witnessed how bad going insane is with all these modifications but still couldn't resist his spiral down, it's quite a tragic story since the developers are really good at making feel attached to characters and then ripping them away painfully...😣🤨
Anyways the show really did made you FEEL so many emotions by the end. Sadness, melancholy, emptiness etc etc... 😫
.......
@@mingyuhuang8944 David was driven by his good nature and his desire to make it big, something that Night City instills in people on a very basic level. The wish is always there, it's even a promise the city makes to you. You CAN make it big... the price is just very very high.
David got lost on his journey, he lost sight of what mattered to him in the beginning. His mother, his friends, his good nature. He fought for his beliefs until he too was corrupted by Night City. Towards the end we see him struggle with it. He recognizes what he has become and it torments him but he can't stop. He hasn't "won" yet. He hasn't yet made it big *enough*.
Lucy on the other hand did exactly as you said, she fell in love with David for his innocence and positive outlook on life. She saw in him what she never saw in other people, a good-hearted, innocent person that just wanted to live their life. Lucy was trapped in her life of crime and David looked like a way out. A way to reclaim some normalcy.
Sadly their paths diverted towards the end. They both had something to finish, something to do, some middle finger to give to the corporations and gangs that hounded them their entire life. It broke both of them but it broke David the most. He went psycho over it.
My personal theory is that cyberpsychosis doesn't actually exist. It's just psychosis. Most cyberpsychos have a LOT of emotional trauma that never gets processed. Instead, it keeps piling on because of their lifestyle. That, paired with the sense of superiority and "loss of reality" inherent to massive cyber-augmentation leads to them losing track of who they really are and what's really important in life. They become weapons, aiming themselves at whatever they think is a danger to them and their goals. We see this in David. Random people sprouting weapons out of their bodies, aimed at him. He feels constantly threatened, even by those who pose no danger to him. He's completely lost in his life of violence. There is no more life without violence for him.
So when he, at the very end of his journey, reclaims what little humanity he had left and fights the only fight worth fighting, the fight for his friends and his family, he can die with a smile. Sane. Himself. Leaving Lucy behind, who had no means to drag him out of the swamp he walked into. Yet it isn't his fault entirely. Many people fucked up on the way, Lucy too. She was the one who introduced him to the cyberpunk lifestyle in the first place. She tolerated his steady corruption. She withdrew herself when he needed her the most.
There is no blame game to play with this series. Everyone fucked up. Noone is innocent. Noone is without fault. That's the core concept of the modern Cyberpunk setting, the world's gone downhill too much for people like David and Lucy to have a happy ending.
@@mingyuhuang8944 Have you tried Nier Automata? Cause there is a deeper rock bottom to be explored and if you don't wanna play the game, there is an anime adaptation in the making.
You portrait David as someone who totaly lost it, but he lost it to win what he wanted, he had never his own dream until his dream became to fulfill Lucy's dream, which he does at terrible cost. But he die so she can be free again from arasaka and finally landed on moon. He knew he is going to edge of cyberpsychosis BUT he also knew its only way to fulfill Lucy dream, with money for his last gig and money they saved up(in one scene doctor asked him if he does not want better gear instead of fixing but he rather wanted reminder of Maine because it was enough for job done and he don't want to waste money) he had enough to go to moon and have a nice life there with Lucy, he just could not know that kiwi betray him and Lucy.
I don't think so, here is my perspective. David was carried away by the dreams of his mother first. Second, after she passed away, he tries to find somewhere to belong. Third, he found himself in the middle of cyberpunks and, in a way or another, he felt empathy toward them for inumeral reasons. Lucy was only a sweet dream, one that he cannot flee or get away, always being atracted by her and that what love is meant to be. Forth, Maine death leaves david with a void inside himself, another dream of someone's who's now dead and in the twist of the drama he loses his way thinking, " if it was him, who's special, things would be different". Things would end in happier manner. But of course that was not what happen.
"only this much to go to the moon, how cheap" - was what david says when he was in his most fragile moment watching tv, always thinking about dreams of another and not himself. He's not egoistic, really! He's way too altruistic and that was the cause of his death, living the dream of another.
Man the writers need a damn raise
yes they do......
what ep was dis
They should stick to developing anime rather than the game. Such a Masterpiece
@@triniguy88 The writers of the this anime are not the same people involved with the game. Don't complain just to complain without knowing what you're saying.
@@yzlot3263 it’s not it’s just for the music video
Night city, never stop impress me :")
Facts
You mean Depress me :"(
Specially the T-Pose to show your dominance.
@@Buckeqzq The girl's name appears to be Sasha Galina. Judging by the characters we see, (Rebecca, Dorio, & Maine) my best guess is that she met Maine way before Lucy came around. But the reason why you never seen her in Edgerunners is because she died before Lucy, David, and possibly Gloria's (David's Mom) introduction. I don't even think she was referenced in all ten episodes. And because of that, its hard to say if Sasha & the events that happened are canon to the Edgerunners storyline.
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My cat died last month and i have always seen me as his protector. I love him and would have never hurt him on purpose. The fact that i was the one that had to get him to the vet to euthnatize him due to end stage of kidney failure makes me feel incredible guilty. I feel like i let him down and the last meows he made in the waiting room absolutly broke me.
When this song came out i absolutely loved it but now its just a reminder of what i had to do with my cat. Rest in Peace, Garfield.
you were the best protector he could ever ask for. his last meows were a reaffirmation that you did a great job. may he rest in peace.
may the moon be with you.
Was just scrolling through the comments a little bit but this one has me in tears. I also had a cat with kidney failure, the vet told us she was in critical condition and to look how the next hours go and send us home with some meds. I was in a very difficult family and so my cat grew to me a lot as she was the one helping me endure my home. That night at home while dying of kidney failure she still tried multiple times literally crawling to my room to get onto the bed as she always slept close to me. She war barely able to walk and after I got to her on the floor, comforting her, she fell asleep for the last time. I still struggle to think about it without feeling guilty for not being able to do more than give her company while dying
@@sakuraakarui9496 so sorry you've had to go through the same thing. hope you're doing better nowadays, choom.
Cmon man I had just stopped crying from this video!! Hey don't feel guilty... I just had to make the same decision with my 16 year old cat I found when he was a stray. He had lost vision, and went into kidney failure. Letting him go into the light was the hardest but most ethical and peaceful choice for him.. I get it man
It blows my mind how well they portrayed the feeling of the world of cyberpunk in less than 4 minutes
The game hits harder
@@TipoIrritable No shit, Sherlock
Tha's how you do a good job kiddo, just get in and out, quic k job
Corporate negligence disregarding public safety for the sake of more money.
they hit the nail on the head.
@smolltaco5667 that's not even "Distopyan Future Cyberpunk" anymore, it's just our thurdays
Can we appreciate the singer for putting his soul into this song especially towards the end that made me start crying like a baby.
And also the singer is Polish .
@@IslamistSocialist371 You act like that means anything… 😒
@@ItzLeeperz well, that means he's not a native english speaker
As polish, I apologise for other polish people.
@@IslamistSocialist371 PATRZCIE POLAK ZOBACZCIE ON JEST POLAKIEM TO WAZNE LUK HIS POLISZ POLISZ POLSKA GUROM POLACY PSZEJMUJEMY TEN FILMIK!!!!11oneone
From these 4 minutes idk it makes me emotional . Her discovering the reason why her mother’s health was slowly declining and eventually passed away . And making the decision to stay to upload the information/side effects that they were keeping confidential from the public . And her present self hugging her child self like she finally got closure to why her mom passed away was just the icing on top and the OST is perfect to go with it too. Such a beautiful story in such short time …
I love it you will be remember as a rebel, to biotechnica knowing you did your best to release the video and prove that they did dirty work
@@ZaimGamePlay like they say , you’re not remembered by how you live in night city , you’re remembered by how you die …
@@zTClutch did you know that in cyberpunk there's a gig that a biotechnica scientist use nomad for experiments she say "nomads are a dying breed" so she's doing it for the high corpo people for a cure for what uses I'm not sure, I kill her lol send her to the dump
is this from the show?
on netflix?
It is very hard to not cry every time I see this. A masterpiece, truly
I just came here for the ending song for Cyberpunk Edgerunners to relive the feeling of that last episode, but instead I get a new story to wreck me emotionally, and it happened all before David, Lucy or Kiwi even showed up. You magnificent bastards.
"get fucked again scrub"- CDPR probably
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4:04 Look at Maine’s hand. It’s shaking.
She’s at peace because she thinks she just gave her mother justice, and he thinks he failed again.
No doubt thinking, if only he had been faster, stronger, if his augs were just a little bit better, if he pushed the edge of his hardware, maybe he wouldn't have missed something...
@@dustinjones7458 Well.. fuck...it is never ending cycle..
probably here's where cyberpsychosis started to kick in.
Likely as Dustin said, between the guilt and the rationing. Likely when his cyberpsychosis kicked in.
It's not just the chrome that causes you to lose it. The added stress the chrome causes to the body/brain isn't super helpful.
It's also the emotional scars, the PTSD, survivor's guilt, the pressure the continue to out perform the competition, the pressure to get that next best contract, the fear of relying on others, the fear of failing.
Pondsmith said something similar.
Seriously i think they had a super close group cause in the beginning they only had 4 in the group. and that look and wave at 0:22 Sasha must have been like a daughter figure to him like how David becomes a son figure later.
Ladies, gentlemen: If there ever was a good storyboard with a compelling story told in under 5 minutes, this is it. This is a masterpiece in storytelling. In only short 4 minutes and 43 seconds, the story introduces a new character, makes you care about it, and makes you suffer with their fate. A Mastercraft right here.
This and shelter by porter robinson are truly goated. Fml the emotions
For Real but why they do this😢
I cared until she flashbanged security robots (who could just close a shutter over their cameras) and convinced them despite their programming they had a psyche that could be affected by cyberpsychosis. Not an ounce of human meat anywhere in the assailants. Really REALLY good past that...glaring wtf moment at the pivotal plot point. Literally just had to switch the cyberpsychosis quick hack with short circuit but nOoooooOooO it has to be the edgy one that doesn't make sense for fan fic reasons
Not to mention the fact that there are no words spoken in this video (only a couple subtitles). Truly, CD Projekt knows their stuff.
@@spacefe4rless984Because of Night City it is the true enemy
This song lives rent free in my head
I REMIXED and remade this song if you liked the original, took me awhile, but if you like BIG synthwave DROPS check it out!
"Hold on to your wishes if you can't hold on to me" this hits like a truck after watching the anime, they definitely wrote this line for Lucy
Exactly what I thought
It's Sasha singing to Maine, and David singing to Lucy
"Where Did Your Love Go" Lucy and David's message for each other
"Let You Down" David's message to Lucy
"Want To Stay At Your House" Lucy's to David.
I'm glad despite a horrid launch CDR didn't give up on the Cyberpunk universe. There's so much more that can be done..so many stories to be told.
The universe itself was definitely not the issue.
Although I gotta say, there's only so much depressive dystopia stories I can digest at once.
@@Dark__Thoughts Phantom liberty gonna be first and last DLC if i got it right
They maybe gonna make another game,but thats not Cyberpunk 2077 i knew
RedEngine is awesome, but they decide to change it
@@skell6134 They said that, but that might have just been an effort to not make any empty promises again. Should this expansion be a success, CDPR would be fools not to continue adding more to the game.
@@_Encie They just dont want to work with RedEngine,they moving to Unreal engine soon if news arent lying
Would be really cool if we get more DLC but we cant speak about that yet tho as long as even Phantom liberty didnt come out yet
@@skell6134 RedEngine is probably one of the reasons why the game turned out to be so shitty. Having your own game engine is a very costly thing and requires very skilled people to maintain it. Given the amount of jank and bugs still present I am pretty sure that they've had a lot of issues adapting it for CP2077 and dropping support for it earlier than originally planned.
I wouldn't be surprised if they do another CP game with UE after the next Witcher game. I think as a franchise there's definitely potential. Hopefully with better modding support then as well. UE is already an open platform, so it's very much up to CDPR to allow and support it.
In 4 minutes, they've done a better job telling a story and making you care about the character than most hollywood movies these days, some of which can't even do that during their total runtime. I'm in tears.
“These days”
It’s always been like this
The extraordinary always stands out
4 minutes that's all it took.
I feel like this vid and the anime both really excel in focusing on character's emotions, then giving you the viewer juuust enough hard context to make it land and let you fill in the rest. Hits so much harder than focusing on the details and letting you fill in the emotions like a lot of movies do
The individuals in Hollywood movies these days are more based on their skin colour or their gender than on their character.
Yeah, it's like "Still feeling sad after Edgerunners? Here's another punch to the guts." Didn't even know this existed. When I click on something like this, I expect the song over maybe some visuals from the anime, not another piece of super condensed quality content. It's like finding an extra candy on the bottom of the bag.
In case some people missed it. Mike Pondsmith's Cyberpunk world is a running commentary on Humanity and the Human condition. Letting people "Play a character" in that world is probably the best way to express his opinion about Humanity and how fragile it really is. I first drew that conclusion in the early 1990's playing the tabletop PnP RPG.
Also on capitalism and neoliberalism of today
"Its not how you live, its how you die." - from Edgerunners. Think that sums up the world of cyberpunk pretty well.
there's a lot of truth to that. After all, births are rarely celebrated because no one knows who you are, but death comes after a lifelong accumulation of acts, good or bad. And only by dying can you prove that you were once alive
This song hits different when you finish Edgerunners.
@@zenmode3125 I really want to stay at your house hits different after Edgerunners because of the excited tune but the sad memories relating to it. This song just straight up hits you with depression From both the song and visuals.
but Lucy didn't remember him for how he died
she remembered him for how he lived
It's true to the original undertone of old Cyberpunk: everything have a price. And the city itself will always collect.
"A happier ending, for folks like us? Wrong City. Wrong people."
"Guess I meant, I dunno... A happier ending. For everyone."
"Here, for folks like us? Wrong city, wrong people."
😢😢😢
What quote from
@@codedchaos6480 It's from one of the endings of the game. Johnny says it.
agree to disagree
I can recognize Ilya Kuvshinov art style from a mile away, love it, glad that he’s getting the recognition.
true
Same here. He also is designer for Netflix's "Ghost In The Shell".
ILYA has the best art style, hands down
@@ARmy2510 I believe Ilya is a guy
@@amsyarzawir4647 Yep. My typo.
how could i feel this sad over a character who doesn't even exist.
This is such a piece of art. Everything about Cyberpunk as a whole is nothing short of amazing. The aesthetic. The music. All of it.
except for the game
@@omicron1988 the game was and still somewhat is a buggy mess but the gameplay and the plot is good
@@omicron1988 story, world, side quests, gameplay. Essentially what matters is really good
Yeah, the universe Mike made is amazing.
@@piotrwisniewski157 wouldnt call the gameplay really good. The ai was wacky
OK BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL ART THAT ILYA KUVSHINOV DID IN THIS VIDEO!!!! HIS SIGNATURE IT'S EVERYWERE !!!!!!
I'm fan of his character design.
I KNEW IT!
IT FUKING SUCKS!!! HAHA YEAH LETS TALK ABOUT IT!!
@@aaeditur8610 love the way he draws the eyes. absolutely wonderful
Excuse me, but it's Kuvshinov. No I after v
There are so many appreciative comments about the Edgerunner series (rightfully so), but can we talk about how beautifully animated and directed this MV is? It tells us the story of Sasha, Maine's netrunner before Kiwi and Lucy. She had lost her mother presumably due to illness and, like David, was sucked into the life of a Cyberpunk.
She had lived her life peering through the kaleidoscope of Night City, captivated by its glamor and promises; but try as she might to create her own happiness amid its shimmer (2:42) she could never shake the anguish of losing her kin. During a Biotechnica gig, she learns the truth about the "Securicine" painkillers her mother took while serving the military. It killed her through "gradual neurodegeneration" - a side effect undisclosed to the public to keep profits flowing. Sasha determines to leak this information at the cost of her life, holding valiantly against the security bots until the upload was complete.
Did her tip truly make a difference? Hardly. Biotechnica remains a monolithic mega enterprise, ever-present in both game and anime. And so the life of an evidently vibrant, vivacious girl burns away, and her dream of bringing down the system along with it. Just like David, just like Johnny Silverhand, and countless others in Night City. But it gave her some closure at least (3:56) You can see her older self comforting her younger self as she flatlines with a smile on her face. She was finally free.
_Forgive me for letting you down_
_Forgive me for letting you down again_
_I guess I'm not strong enough_
_Right now_
_They will finally feel the flames_
_Flames that run down through my veins_
_I will make the city burn_
_We're not planning to return_
Damn A* analysis
Okay, who put these onions here?
Finally a story about the MV. Great job for explaining out the details of the MV story. RIP Sasha. :(
Night City always wins.
V's story is not over yet so as far as I believe, they will succeed in their mission unlike Johnny and the others.
The sublte shaking hand of Maine at the end is just such a minute and perfect detail. This MV is insane, I can't believe I just watched it so late after edgerunners.
I love how this actually adds additional layer of Maine's personality aswell.
Visually shows the very heart warming and humanity side of him.
Just like in the Edgerunners, he mourns the loss of hes family.
FAMILY
Spoilers....
I miss him...
maine was always shown as being heart warming and very human, compared to the rest of the cast he was the most human to me, even more then David and Lucy. They did that to make his fall to insanity so much more extreme, ep 6 was brilliant.
His virtue leads to his downfall.
The only reason he kept chroming up, kept pushing the edge, was trying to keep his family safe.
We've seen that part of him in the anime, like Instantly
The fact that the lyrics fits both Lucy and David too makes me cry inside
Exactly
Remember the line where they said they found Lucy as a replacement for one of their team members? This was why
well, David's character itself isn't that captivating. But when I hear this song, all I think about is Becca
@@BlackXief in a way i think it was intentional, David always tries to be someone who he isn't, he always tries to accomplish someone else's dreams so basically instead of trying to be himself, he basically has little personality of his own..that's why you probably didn't enjoy him too much and I think it was on purpose
@@gabicaucig4273 yeah, and that led to his death. literally threw his own life away, unlike V
the fact that they told a whole character story in just the ending theme seriously blew my mind....specially since I didn't even know she was there as I would skip right to the next episode o.O
In the anime the ending looks different, although still the same song
This is a music video not the ending of the ending
Blew david mind too
Imagine if the second season tells her story. How Maine isn't super chromed up and turning cyberpsycho yet. That the death of this character and his inability to prevent it drives Maine to chrome up. That all of this happens before David joins their crew. Effectively building an entire season prequel through what was once just the end credits of each episode.
@@Smaug84 your trying to tell me that the prequel is gonna get a prequel
Sends shivers down my spine, every time.
RIP Sasha, David, Becca :(
+Maine and Dorio and David's mom
@@ghst7807RIP Gloria Martínez
@@danielpenasco9221 yeah i forgot her name...
If she was in the anime, I think she would've been a fan favorite after Rebecca.
Facts
I was so into Rebecca… when i reach the end i was so devastated …
well... she died before the anime
@@TheRobochicken5494 no shit
The game > The anime
I think this song perfectly goes along side "I really want to stay at your house". The former being sang by Lucy at the beginning of edgerunners, and "Let you down" being sang by David at the end.
The lyrics are sad
And the song's sung by an actual David, too. Perfection
u can get this as a mod for cyberpunk w the music and video on the main menu after the intros and there is a version where it splits to this fire when all the action happens. I have that version
@Keeryu_Jam I am aware. Ethymologically, they're the same name. Likewise, my own Polish name is the same one as Matthew.
@@kkeanu5032 Cries in PS5/Weak PC.
Knowing that there were members that David never got the chance to meet makes the story feel a lot more real.
I wish they at least told David about Sasha off-screen
@shroomlord1915 never says they didn't, they might have 🤷🏽♂️
a direct shot to my heart that I had already forgotten this pain
I REMIXED and remade this song if you liked the original, took me awhile, but if you like BIG synthwave DROPS check it out!
Damn I can't believe they dropped yet another great Edgerunners story just within the ending video. They seriously need to keep making Cyberpunk stuff, the universe is far too interesting to leave it at that, there's too many stories to tell.
I love the cyberpunk universe still feel bad about Johnny Silverhand
no bro. I dont want to cry anymore :(
@@khasyoutube in Night City you'll get used to it
Its all I can ever think about.
@@50R0R I know right it has so much potential for more stories
That fall out the window was such a tribute to iconic Ghost in a Shell moment. But the ending was all the Cyberpunk's.
+
I was thinking of Breaking The Habit by Linkin Park. Though that itself could have been a reference idk.
There is something so heart-wrentching about this clip that I can't explain. Absolutely beautiful.
For me it was Ghost in the shell (1995) nostalgia hit :)
i mean, she fucking dies for one
It's the fact that big pharma in the real world has been known to pull stunts like these. We've had drugs whose side effects weren't fully disclosed just so these companies could continue making money
@@gizConAsh god you sound like conspiracy theorist. The pharmaceutical industry has serious problems, but you losers act like they chose to kill your dog for a dirty penny.
I'd say the heart-wrenching effect is clear and axiomatic. What's to explain?
I'm listening this for 50th time, I'm not even exaggerating and it still brings tears and shivers
It's an amazing ending for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Dawid Podsiadło has composed a beautiful song that conveys a lot of melancholy, this series has a certain resemblance to the Goodfellas movie.
I agree that it is impressive, animation, song, art, and color, it's fantastic... But it is more than just the ending theme, this animation is kinda a prequel, If you watch the whole anime probably will get it :3. Maybe I'm inventing it, but It's Trigger, so probably all is calculated :3
@@lefthornet I agree, was thinking the same thing! Theyd be dumb to not make another anime, this one was S tier imo
I did not like the ending but it’s your opinion I did like the series
Don't forget, Akira Yamaoka helped with the soundtrack, not only for the series, but for this song too. He is the BEST!!!
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That episode where Maine goes full Cyberpsycho is super intense, after that episode ends and this song comes on has me sobbing like a baby thinking about how David was feeling in that moment. Maine was not only a parental figure after Gloria died, the father David never had, and also his teacher/mentor. Watching him Loosing his mind, killing his lover Dorio, slapping David around, dieing I front of David right after his mom, and David coming out of it with just his arms and that silent drive home afterwards, that shit was so fucking brutal.
for real
He never killed Dorio but everything else is correct
@@firespark5048 when? I'm generally curious because several show synopses online and my eyes tell me she was shot by others. He thinks he shot her so again curious
@@richardwirtz2997 Yeah, she got to dodge Maine's shot, but couldn't do the same with the incoming fire from the cops, resulting in her death by them after injecting Maine his immunosuppressants
No one wins in Night City.
Aside from V. Maybe.
This was something special that only happens, once and a while, a rarity. A short anime, yet so fucking good. Honestly, release something like this every year to keep Cyberpunk alive, and to hype the new game up, and you have yourself a money making machine. This show is a must watch
CD Projekt Red leaked their upcoming projects which had various names, but reportedly there's a new Cyberpunk game, three new Witchers, and a completely brand new IP coming in the "near" future. I'm very excited to see where it goes and I hope it's not a nothingburger.
It’s pretty tough to release another incredible story that is on par with edgerunners. I’m sure there will be a lot of misses if they do it every year.
No i disagree, no need to milk this so often.
Unless we're talking about anime for their other series.
Mid anime bruh wth?
@@gamerraider889 fuck no
dying with a smile on your face that already too much too ask in this city
4:01 I love this part where it shows that she's dead, but the droplet of the rain poured to her left eye, and it dripped down as if she was crying. The way of storytelling, symbolism, and deliverance is just chefs' kiss and yet tragic.
She didn't get to cry, but the rain helped her portray what she was feeling at the hands of death... RIP Sasha.
Tak to prawda :(
And then, several viewings later, I noticed the rando on his phone (likely with his insurance company, about his just wrecked car) splashing some more real world shenanigans in our cyberpunk. :D
Out of every symbolism, you found the most generic overused "symbol", congratulations.
@@bigbacc2188 shhhhhhh, let people enjoy things.
shut up lil knee girl
I'm honestly happy cyberpunk is gonna start getting some well deserved attention now. I don't think there's been a single bad mainstream cyberpunk story recently and this backs it up.
Mute sucked. But even then it wasn't super mainstream. Just one of those background noise flicks you stumble upon on Netflix.
@@delsinrowe2014 I never saw that, is it bad in a funny way or literally just the background movie you put on when hanging out with friends?
Do you know what happens to things that become mainstream? They get worse. Do you really want worse content just because it's got a larger audience now?
@@mrbigglezworth42 just hope that even if it's become mainstream, they take their time making it.
@@mrbigglezworth42 You only think that things that become mainstream become worse because you're a gatekeeping hipster who can't fathom people liking the same stuff as you.
Ale Dawida Podsiadło robiącego piosenkę do endingu anime z Netflixa to się nie spodziewałam. Cudo
:)
👍👍👍
To raczej nie jest powiązane z serialem bezpośrednio
@@pablo397 jest 😉
Does Cudo mean Wonder ( miracle )? I'm not Polish but I'm Slavic
Falco says it best when he texts V: “Our 15 minutes is spent.” V is the protagonist of 2077 but his time will also pass. There are no immortals in Night City, only legends with Afterlife cocktails named after them - a hollow victory.
only difference is that V can actually make a difference.
Dawid Podsiadło is one of the most popular and acclaimed young music artists in Poland nowadays. I'm glad he is now aiming at gaining international fame with this song. Having been familiar with his discography I can say with confidence that he will certainly succeed in this endeavour. That is what I wish for him with all my heart.
Commenting to let you know that people are seeing this
Second comment on a vid with 2.3 mil views. People are gonna search him up because of you. Myself included.
what does he have to do with anaything?
Agree. His stuff is just perfect. My fav is his cover of "Bóg" by T. Love. Has similar vibe to this one.
bros like 30
If you think about it, Sasha's story explains two things.
1) It develops the reason of Maine's cyberpsychosis. He doesn't stop having new implants because he has enough of watching every person who works for him die. He feels responsible for not being strong enough and/or not being there when his partners needs him.
2) Since Sasha was a netrunner and Lucy, another netrunner, was engaged by Kiwi, that would logically means that Kiwi engaged Sasha before Lucy. Therefore, when Sasha died, Kiwi must have thought that Sasha betrayed her team by compromising the mission to follow her vengeance. Therefore, when Lucy compromised the mission to protect David which followed by the death of Dorio and Maine, it wasn't the first time for Kiwi that a member of the team she engaged herself decided to betray her for their own benefits. Her philosophy of "never trust anyone" and her collaboration with Faraday are just the results of her fear to be disappointed by a close one, which could've been solved if she had the courage to talk to someone
yooooo the goon from Mario & Luigi : superstar saga likes cyberpunk
Sasha was the groups original runner, kiwi joined after the events of this video.
@@orangerightgold7512 Wasn't Kiwi already in the group and introduced Lucy as replacement for Sasha?
They didn't work for him, he's not a fixer
they worked WITH him. That's why he's so devastated imo
Damm, thank's for sharing!
Just like with 'Never Fade Away' the lyrics hit different when you complete the game, same goes for this song...you did it choom, you did it.
That's what they so masterfully pull off in FFXIV as well. Music can condition us, can emotionally impact us. We're slowly wrapped up in strings and when the time comes, the composer and storyteller have us in their web, ready to be destroyed by beautiful pieces of music with so much impact.
This piece is almost unhandable preem.
Yep exactly.
Nova T~T
Tear jerking, just like Edgerunners. Ripped out my heart, riverdanced on it and then handed it to me, shrugged and walked off. I loved it. It goes on a playlist.
The saddest thing of cyberpunk final scene is that even if Lucy realises her dream, she didn't realised it completely. In the moment she shared her dream with David, he became a part of it (she lost anyway). In this world there are only death, betrayels and sadness. What an amazing show!!!
The show that ruined the atmosphere of the game, continue in the same spirit :)
"the only things that truly exist in this reality are merely pain, suffering, and futility".- Madara
In the world where you get happiness, but it leads to death.
it was never about the moon itself, but being free from the feeling of oppression she felt her whole life, and ironically the time she felt most free was when she was with david, and then he died.
That's exactly why i almost would have been happier with an ending where they both die (dont get me wrong, the ending was just great and it really made sense to end this way), its just that i would have felt easier knowing that if they both died, no one of them would have to keep on living without the other, almost feels like it would be worse than death, to keep on living like that...
Bro this guys is a such a talented singer haven't heard a good song like this in a looong time
He is one the most successful singers in Poland and you should definitely check out his other songs
@Xuěhuā Not arguing, but Lipstick on the glass is cover of song from the 80s and it's not so far away from original, so it's not something he came out with. Anyway, it's cool to see foreigners interested in our culture c:
Oh wow this blew up barely have any comments with these many likes awesome!
i wish they put this song on the very second david got shot, a lot of people seemingly miss it because its in the after credits :( unreal emotion at the end there
POLSKA🇵🇱
One thing Cyberpunk is good at is capturing the emotion of every scene, I got goosebumps the whole way through
Yeah, this emotion was portrayed better in the game
Cyberpunk is good at a lot of things.
Storytelling, characters, setting, message, etc, all 10/10.
When you create a world like Night City that is so memorable, so inspiring and moving, you know you've done a damn good job in life.
The fact that they used one of the most popular and specific Polish artist (SINGER) is awesome
context?
He's russian artist
He’s Russian though, no?
He means the singer - Dawid Podsiadło
@@cgc7032 No, the artist of the song is polish
“They will finally feel the flames, flames that run down through my veins, I will make the city burn, we’re not planning to return.” I love this part in the song 🔥
Chills my dude. I can't believe that music video just made me feel some type of way.
Yup makes it really think like David is saying all this.
"wake the fuck up samurai, we have a city to burn"
@@StopaniGamez Specially considering it the opening.
"They will finally feel the flames, flames that run down through my veins" -> "But now there is a fire in me, a fire that burns."
"I will make this city burn" -> (this part appears only in the original version before the anime) "This fire is out of control, I will burn this city, burn this city."
This is one of those series it's hard to move on from after finishing, you just keep going back to that city even though you saw the ending coming from a mile away.
Ain't that the truth. It doesn't even hit that bad right away, but some time later you realize how much it fucked you up.
Ikr? really good story, proving that good ending doesnt have to be fancy and unexpected as long as u tell it beautyfully ;]
And that’s the tragedy that cyberpunk is trying to tell.
Even though V, David, Sasha, Rebecca, Mayne, Johnny, Rouge, Smasher, and more know exactly how every story ends. They keep going back.
They think they are special. That nightcity won’t win. Night city will always win.
well that true
So then the moral of the story is to not actually get the game? Uhhh...
This show was something else entirely. What a ride.
I REMIXED and remade this song if you liked the original, took me awhile, but if you like BIG synthwave DROPS check it out!
“I saw corps strip farmers of water, and eventually of land. I saw them transform night night city into a machine fueled by broken dreams and emptied pockets. Long have the corps controlled our lives, and now they’re out for our souls!”
I remember A similar phrase on Shadowrun's Core Book.
@@CyberGreaser I want a new shadowrunners game that's just as good as the one on the sega genesis.
let me resume it for u: CAPITALISM
@@duzinbbs4784 At it's absolute worst. This is not even Capitalism ITSELF (Democracies can have capitalism but still be fine. Likewise Republics) it is a Corp controlled OLIGARCY.
@@boxtank5288 democracy in capitalism is a fraud, Economic power is directly linked with political power.
how do u think the corpos came to be?
her smile in the end... it was worth it. probably the most genuine feeling she felt after losing her mother.
No, ther was nothinh about her mother, it was his dedision, he had no stop, that was his choise. But the city, it eats everythitng, and he is no one
I caught you in the end
@@narcomanoff who is he?
in the famous words of a warrior. "it was enough."
i just like to add... to those who watched the anime and the game... the curroption goes deep. im glad she ended up resting with a smile on the face. but it changed nothing. just like the real martyrs in our world... you can praise the fully advertised fake ones... i hear their now pretending that someone tried to kill one of their actors thats running for president... its all lies. but enjoy the show. and enjoy the citty.
NC being this futuristic city but somehow so extremely realistic with the way its conveyed will always be a trademark of Cyberpunk
The world of Cyberpunk is just natural progression of capitalism.
@@anitaremenarova6662 very true. yet somehow they've made cyborg ninjas believable
@@anitaremenarova6662 Is not natural progression, the world of cyberpunk is a capitalist dystopia, Cyberpunk represents really good how a capitalist dystopia will be.
but is not the natural progesion of capitalism
When you've a world that thrives on productivity and NEVER on humanity... then this is the natural conclusion. Hopefully we're smart enough, and our progeny is smart enough, to notice the signs and stop it from becoming a problem.
@@anitaremenarova6662 Crony capitalism to be exact. In an actual capitalist world no one would be able to hide and protect information this well
I don't know what it is about this world, but every piece of content just sinks into my soul. I didn't even know this existed, found randomly listening to music in the background. How did I go from never knowing this character, to caring about her mission, to tears in my eyes in less than 5 mins and virtually no words. This world is so depressing and so good at the same time.
Because it is so dark I was stressing that upload wasn't gonna make it and she died for nothing.
They also absolutely kill it with the music selection.
I love that when she falls on the car her pose mirrors the real-life picture 'the beautiful suicide' and she is smiling. She was not afraid to die to ensure that people would not suffer like she did as she saw her mother fall apart. That's really vital, isn't it?
dang! I now wonder if that was on purpose or just a cool coincidence
yes she died thinking she did something - not knowing biotecnica didnt really change at all
But at least she gave that corporation a huge blow to its reputation.
@@pablotomasllodra4423 too bad they have monopoly on most pharamceuticals and are not in need of a good rep except for their stock value maybe
I came into the comments to look for this actually, I immediately recognized the pose on the car and wondered if anyone else had made the connection to that photo, I have to think it was inspiration
I love Sasha's design and as much as I love this short, tragic story. I really wish we could've got to know her a little more. She seems so pure and literally sacraficed her life to uncover a secret that took her mother from her. Like wtf
Sasha best girl 😭😭😭
this is really the closest thing to winning edgerunners get, though. she didn't just burn her life to make a spectacle, or to make a name for herself, she used herself as a resource to simultaneously get a little bit of revenge and to more importantly prevent a subset of future suffering. she did her best to limit the actual collateral to herself and the enemy, and the media in night city *thrives* off of this kind of thing, so the word *will* get out.
tragic though it is, this is a victory for her.
@@esotericineThey didn’t win cause of one thing.
None of them was expecting to live and left Night City
That’s why V (The game) succeed, cause was genuinely wanting to live and leave Night City.
I'm not sure sasha did it for others but more so for herself in a sort of way if you get me.
hard agree
Finished the series five minutes ago, then watched this. I don't have enough words to express how much I am grateful to TRIGGER, CD Projekt RED and everyone who participated in creating this masterpiece. Thank you all, and special thanks to you, CD Projekt RED, for all you did, do and will do. The world you've made must live on. Never give up on Cyberpunk.
I think the worst thing about Cyberpunk2077 as a whole was and is that it just needed more time to cook, as I said before and will keep saying
The game itself seemed to this day otherwise really just well done as a whole, hell the anime now made me actually consider buying it after I got to experience the world through it
@@GikamesShadow i did exactly what you're considering and while i can say the story and world so far are really enjoyable to interact with, the gameplay it self is jank and kind rough
@@satonargerame4504 Oh no I meant with that I did buy it but prior to that the anime actually made me consider doing it in the first place. Sorry for the confusion.
As for the gameplay... I think the problem is a lacking in world tutorial section. It kinda plugs you straight into the first mission without any real build up or thoughts on how the player makes it through it. Its just... "Here do some hacking, do some shooting, blam you done."
This is what I meant with "It needed more time to cook". To balance it out, get rid of the bugs (hell I even encountered a cutscene glitch right in the first big timeskip cutscene where several characters were A-posing lol) and to just make the overall game just a notch better than what it ended up being.
I genuinely cried after watching this...god this show's second half(episodes 6-10)were very heartbreaking...Thank you cd projekt for this amazing show...
The level of consistency in ensuring there are no happy endings in the dark future is unreal, even this outro is as dark as the game 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
yeah and for me she has Rippers, so means Trigger ain't just pulling from CP 77, they are probably pulling from CP2020 and Red, so I am excited lol
@@argisus1279 I think CDPR has the same mentality, we’d probably get a 2020/RED era prequel than a sequel to V’s story
that just makes the story predictable
Never forget. The point is that you are not remembered as you lived, but as you died.
@@mattmark94 It's like telling medieval fantasy (dark fantasy excluded) stories will end with the destined hero defeating some ancient evil, but you watch it anyway. It's not always about the end, but the whole journey.
Can't believe noone is praising Dawid's for his awesome performance and yet everybody just praise the animation. It is great but it only makes a whole with his awesome voice. Shout-out Dawid Podsiadło!
Dawid Mawtinyez?
@@C2O4 Dawid Podsiadło, the person who's singing
@@pelczakowyDawid Mawrtinez?
@@pelczakowybro Do you know another English song by David Podsaidlo that is so beautiful? I couldn't find it no matter how hard I searched. This song is truly a masterpiece of a man of craftsmanship
@@azero4444I think that this is his firts and only song that is in english but i encourage you to listen to Ostatnia nadzieja whit Sanah. It's in polish but it's such a different vibe
The ending left me with a deep void inside.
Edgerunner truly embodies the essence of a tragic tale.
this just makes me want more Cyberpunk 2077 anime, edge runners was perfect and one of the only things that has made me cry in recent years
The malfunction and tear that runs from her eyes at 4:00 is just the cherry on top of an absolutely beautiful story. This hits way harder after watching Edgerunners. The character design of Sasha is just so perfect. Cute. Adorable. Beautiful. Dead too soon and knowing Night City that leak never went anywhere.
I think that was a raindrop if you look closely
@@私の名前を翻訳しないでください Looks like you're right but its so perfectly placed to invoke the image of a tear drop so it has a similar effect on me.
@@Zoey-- lol that makes a lot of sense, I'm pretty sure that was the intended effect too. It's still sad either way. What a well-made music video!
@@私の名前を翻訳しないでください wow i actually thought it was a malfunction sparkle. Would be nice
remember that each corpo is also at each others throat, someone would use it to undermine them, but the worst that could happen is that someone wouldn't be able to buy the new aerodyne model this year.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and Arcane are some of the two biggest emotional gut punches in recent history.
prob the greatest video game adaptations too, ive always despised some adaptations but these 2 are doing groundbreaking things
*Laughs in Made In Abyss*
Arcane blew this show out of the water.
Edgerunners basically shot itself in the foot by design. If they hadnt made it an anime, had animated/designed it in a way more similiar to Arcane, or even Pacific Rim: The Black it would have been 1000x better. As it is, the corniness/jankiness inherent in the design of traditional anime just made it eyeroll worthy, and at worse snicker inducing. Even the most emotional scenes were only saved in the slightest by the soundtrack. Without the soundtrack it would have been a total chucklefest at best.
@@Cryogenius333 c'mon man just say you ain't got no bitch 😂😂
@@Cryogenius333 Sure, but it's standard studio Trigger wackiness so I knew what I was getting into. The music really makes the show, I put this song to an Arcane edit and it turned out pretty great as well.
just binged the whole series and now this hits really hard, it gives me goosebumps all over
gawd... me too, me too...
same makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up
The ending hit me in the feels
Spoilers
Becca's death got me shook
Just one strand in a million tales happening all at once in Night City 😌 loved it!
came back to this after awhile, literal masterpiece
I REMIXED and remade this song if you liked the original, took me awhile, but if you like BIG synthwave DROPS check it out!
Man, it took me a long time to get over that cyberpunk edgerunners ending. 6 months later, I'm here crying and listening to this song that made me shed liters of tears.
same bro
same ;-;
Make sure you hydrate bruh. That's a lot of hydration loss
:((((
I was in denial after that ending but after listening to this song, it made me accept the end of Cyberpunk Edgerunner. It made me realise that there is no good ending in the Night City. As someone once said: “Wrong city, wrong people.”
Not gonna lie, At first I thought the ending was just bad but I realize that David's main goal was to reach the top of the city in terms of power and respect. Every time he looks at his mothers ashes he remembers what his mom wanted for him before she died, and even though he is hurting himself and ignoring the warnings of others, he wanted to make her dream come true at any cost. As proof there was that one scene where David is standing on the highest floor of the tallest building in his exoskeleton feeling fulfilled in his moms dream.
To add on, even though both David and Lucy were both pushing towards their goals and finally achieved them, they found new meaning in each other along the way, and realized that the love they had was more important than what both of them initially cared about, but by the time they realized that, they were already too deep into their main objective to live that way. David as well as Lucy had already gotten too deep into cyber technology side effects and organized crime by the time they wanted to truly be together. In the end, to make the best of a bad situation, David completed his mothers dream and fulfilled his promise for Lucy's dream to go to the moon by freeing her from the life of crime they put themselves into. If David never got involved, Lucy would have been tied down her whole life as a tool, never being able to achieve her dream, and at the same time, if Lucy never got involved, David would have been in poverty suffering his whole life trying to live up to his dead moms impossible dream. In other words, they both helped each other get what they always wanted at the cost of their love for each other.
Thanks for this man. I was wondering all night why the author have decided to make Lucy survive just to be all alone in the moon like that. I always preferred for David and Lucy to be together until the bitter end and go all out with a bang but now this explanation explains it all
This was beautifully said man, I couldn't have said it better myself. I was blown away when I first saw the Edge Runners trailer. It hyped me up so much. But to be honest, in the back of my mind I was a little scared thinking the initial hype trailer wasn't going to live up to the very high expectations I set for the anime show. However, I was dead wrong. This 10 episode anime lived up to my expectations and far exceeded them. I loved watching every single episode, from start to finish. You know the show is amazing when you start developing feelings for the characters and you feel some type of way when something happens to them. I was so torn and heartbroken in the end when David and Lucy couldn't end up together. I haven't played the Cyberpunk game since it first released, and it felt so nice returning to this universe again. There's something so beautiful, special and unique about the Cyberpunk lure/universe that you can't find anywhere else. I'am truly honored to have been able to witness and be a part of David's tale and I hope to see more amazing things revolving this futuristic universe.
I think David also never shook the statement that Lucy and a lot of other mercs made, about your legacy being how you die, rather than how you live. I think he tried to convince himself that that wasn't the case, but he kept seeing it reinforced over and over as he watched his friends and associates die. If he wanted to live and fulfill Lucy's wish of going to the moon and moreso for him not to die, he'd give up his mom's wish of him being successful. I think he chose the latter because he was already too far down the merc's path to return to society, especially with the cyberware eating him. This way he could give Lucy everything he had, giving her the trip to the moon, and his legacy would remain both in NC overall and specifically with Lucy, as we see she still has his memory with her.
Dont know man....i think for lucy case she choose to stay with david but falco take her for david final request to him.....she have no choice but to flee from david last moment against her will....(the moon already last side quest for her....)
I think you got them slightly wrong with the way I understood things.
Since ep6 Lucy didn't care about the moon anymore she found her new goal with David. That is why she was so afraid of him going back and to die with Maine. After she found that Arisaka was after him from the info in Tanaka about him. She spend her entire purpose after that trying to protect him.
On the other side David became too invested in reaching her goals for the moon and to somewhat extend his mother's goal. He never tryed to achieve his own goals.
Both of them failed to communicate this to each other. Lucy only went to the moon to complete his promises to her. For her David was her moon hence the last ep title.
I used to be a GM at CP2020 for years back in the nineties. For years, my only way to visualize Night City and the Cyberpunk 2020 universe was my imagination. Since CP77, the game, his OST, and now this show and this song, I'm blown by how Night City had some kind of rebirth in front of my eyes and ears.
Speaking of this song, it made me think about my father who passed away last year. He used to make a lot of photocopies of character sheets and other things for me in order to ease my CP2020 play and mastering.
The last ten years before he passed, we barely ever saw ourselves because of some mistakes I made in my personal life. I had to address these mistakes alone before I could dare to call my family again.
I thought we could finally renew our father/son relationship after I managed to beat my own daemons. I was wrong. My Dad passed in April 2021, just after I succeed to beat CP77 in my first playthrough. He was 65 years old and we saw ourselves maybe two times in a few years before. That's why Never Fade Away definitely has a very special meaning to me. Each time I listen to it, I think about my Dad. He is in my head like Silverhand is in V's one.
And now come this Let You Down song. Having failed to rebuild my relationship with him the way I wanted to by believing we had the time to do it; it somewhat destroyed me, partially at least.
In a way, I feel as if I had let him down. That's why this song echoes very especially to me too. That's why, I guess, it makes my tears rise. I miss my Dad for sure. I'm just glad for having had HIM as a father.
Unlucky people have piece of shit as fathers. Mine was my hero.
Thank you to CDPR for having made CP77.
The 1.6 patch is excellent, and I just passed the 500 hours of play.
And here comes this anime. Just for this show, I think I will subcribe a Netflix account soon.
And thank for this song's writer(s) and performer(s). It's a masterpiece.
Finally, thank YOU YT choomba viewer who read all this.
I hope you feel better now.
I feel you, man. My dad wasn't the greatest but I did have an awesome older brother. I looked up to him so much. Wanted to marry someone like him and also be like him. He was the coolest and nicest person. Was the first to go to college in my family. He ended up being diagnosed with a couple of mental health disorders in his mid twenties and took his life at 27. I planned his entire funeral alone. The night he committed suicide we hung out and would play videogames. This night he asked me how I'd feel if he were to die. I told him I didn't wanna think about it because it bothered me so much and he said the only reason he hasn't taken his life is because he is worried how I'd feel. He took his life that night after I went to bed. (we had both lived with my grandparents at the time)
Never fade away reminds me of him everytime. He was my greatest choom. Lol the person who got me into videogames and anime. I can still remember the first game he introduced to me. I'm 28 now and all fucked up with depression and anxiety that has pretty much over taken my life. I don't enjoy games like I use to and have a very hard time beating them now BUT I did beat CP2077 and (spoiler)
I gave johnny V's body. I'd do that for my brother to have a second chance at life. So it only felt fitting to do it for johnny. Hang in there, man!!! My brother passed away in 2014 and it has never gotten easier and every single thing reminds me of him.
that was real af man. I hope you find peace
@@smashrosa8111 @SmashROSA Losing one of your heroes in life, if you have the chance to have some, is painful, especially when your mistakes pushed you away from them. I had to fight my daemons alone because, by love, I couldn't allow myself to ask my family to support me. I had to fight alone before I could get back to them.
We all heard that time appease wounds, even the worst ones. One year and a half after having buried my Dad I'd say this is true but I don't think it can heal these wounds, not totally.
I mean, if I could have avoided my worst mistakes, I would never had to go away from my family for more than half a decade. Almost an entire one. As I said I feel as if i had let my Dad down, and in another sense, it's, as well, as if I had betrayed myself.
Yes, I was able to fight back and win, but it took time, a lot. For those who haven't guessed, I'm speaking about alcohol and heroin addiction.
And finally, when I could start to rebuild the broken links with my family, Life took my Dad. Damn It happened so fast. One day of April 2021 I learned he had lung cancer. I just decided to go and see him ASAP but one week later, my brothers called me to tell me what I would have never wanted to hear.
One week, just only one fucking week between "Dad is ill!" and "Dad is gone!"
I think about Arasaka's ending. The corporation removes Silverhand from V's head and only then V understands that Silverhand could have been a real friend for the rest of his own life.
Instead, there's an hole, a void. Ultimately, V becomes an engram him/her-self. He could have let Silverhand enjoy life again through his own body but he killed him instead and realise it's too late to address THIS mistake.
(What a game my friends, a true masterpiece, a jewel of writing, the story, the characters, the OST, ... I love Cyberpunk 2077!)
This Arasaka CP77 ending, considered the worst one, has something strangely similar with how I feel when I think to my Dad.
Hopefully, I still have my Mom, my brothers, and even two nephews and one niece. So I can't say I'm the most unhappy man in this world.
Still, the pain is here. When you are lucky enough to have a real good man as a father, losing him, especially when it's way sooner than you'd have expected, it's difficult not to suffer and to not regret having comitted certain mistakes.
Sorry for not being able to make a shorter answer.
And thank you for your attention.
This is cool of you, thank you YT choombatta.
All of you.
Don't forget to tell your beloved ones how much you love them!
Never lose an occasion to do it.
I hope that you can soothe your heart.
Perhaps running some CP2020 or CPRED games can do that, and you can tell awesome stories with your players.