Ye the story hit me pretty hard. I went in with no expectations.... thinking I was just going to watch yet another cash grab that only functions to promote the game title. but I was blown away by how much care and development was actually put into this... From the story, to the characters, to the soundtrack and animations everything blends together nicely to create a memorable emotional story. And I'll be damned if this doesn't get some kind of award.

The way David further mutilated his body and became nothing but a torso with a metal body just destroys me and when I Just Want to Stay at Your House started playing at the end; oh my god😭

The ending with Lucy alone on the moon without David breaks my heart 💔 😭

Faraday getting humiliated and disowned by both Arasaka and Militech, then disrespected by David and Adam Smasher just felt so good Faraday is my most hated character in the series. Watching David go into cyberpyschosis over the last 3 episodes from shaky hands to losing it was painful

The show really brings home how harsh the Cyberpunk setting is. In the grand scale of corporate scheming, the characters, no matter how much destruction they cause, do little to affect the status quo. Even Johnny Silverhand and the other legends weren't able to change much at the end of the day, and, as with David, died for their cause and dreams.

I played the game first and knew that there wouldn't be a happy ending from the start. It still kinda messed me up and I'm still thinking about it. It affected me on the same level as Jackie to be honest. A lot of love was put into this show and you can tell.

To make the ending even more tragic, on episode 4 when David tells Lucy "I'll take you to the moon, I promise", Lucy's response was to kiss him and tell him "I just don't want you to die". David never understood she cared more about his well-being than going to the moon.

The animators captured in Lucy at the end just what deep sorrow and grief looks like. God, my heart broke for her at the end.

Maine was a amazing character. Like you said, he was basically David's father figure and was there for him. His final moment with David and how Maine wants him survive was really bitter sweet

I honestly don't think there will be another show quite like Edgerunners. They weren't afraid to kill off important characters, and they showed the affects of cyberpsychosis in brutal and blunt fashion. The dynamic throughout the whole team is unparalleled, I wish I could watch this for the first time forever. Edit: kill la kill this, kill la kill that. No I haven't watched it and I don't need almost 50 people to say "oh bro hasn't watched akame ga kill" I get it, shut up.

You are not alone in being broken. The anime hits hard, right in the feels...

"Too much loss for my soul" that sentence is exactly what I feel after watching Edgerunners. I actually feel depressed, I absolutely loved the show but Idk if I can ever watch it again. It scares me.

man, even knowing how it ended because of the spoilers and who died I finished watching it and the truth is I'm not ashamed to say that I cried when I saw the final sequence of Lucy on the moon, I'm not one to cry but I do break the entire journey of David's hero shown and seeing how in the end Lucy was able to fulfill her dream halfway, but her gaze showed that she no longer cared without David but she could not commit suicide or return since it would make David's sacrifice worth nothing

My boy David went out like a champ! Edgerunners was a very touching story that shows the lengths one would go to to save the ones that mean the world to them. Respect.

Edgerunners deserves every bit of respect it gets. Truly a masterpiece.

YES! I agree I'm so god damn invested with Lucy and Davids relationship I just want to see them more!!!!!!!!!!

Her smile at the end is so painful it's good, you can tell she isn't smiling for herself it's a smile that has accept whats happened truly speaks a thousand words

This show asks the audience a question "Are you really alive?". If we look at all the antagonists they are stuffy corpo rats that don't see any value in life or people other than what they can get them in terms of money and status. The characters we love see value in the company we keep, our freedom to make our own choices, and our struggles to go as far as we can for ourselves and our loved ones. Does Smasher and Arasaka win? Yes and no. In their definition of the word yes. They got their test and they are still standing, still running the world. None of them are happy. Smasher is leading a completely unfulfilled life at the top of the foodchain completely devoid of joy. Nothing rivals him to push him to excel or fear to motivate him to do anything. Arasaka's employees are constantly looking over their shoulder for what is going to get them if someone else sees it as a way forward for them and they are always looking to do them same. Their lives are nothing but fear and treachery. David loses but in the end lived his life how he wanted and was with those he cared deeply for and got to show it to them, to be shown that his love was reciprocated. It doesn't matter if he died so young because he experienced something so few people in that world will ever know and exceeded his potential by miles. Did the city swallow him with what he would have to become to achieve his goals? It nearly did, but he rose above it to hang on to the one thing that still made him human. His need for love.

Rebecca deserved better, Lucy and Dave too, but damn. She was loyal without a second thought and sacrificed everything for the ones she loved. ;_;

The story and in particular the ending captured cyberpunk (The genre especially, but yes also the game) fairly well. There are few (if any) happy endings. In this case, Night City is a an entity that sucks out the life and joy of those within it. It was done well, it was devastatingly sad and it was a perfect ending.

It's been almost a week and I can't get this Fucking show out of my head. Exact same feeling as when I finished Cyberpunk 2077 so much pain yet so much joy so bitter sweet that you can't even comprehend what just happened.

Yeah i have to agree, Maine really surprised me how much i liked and appriciated him, a big brother to david and a mentor. rough, but fair. protective but expecting others to do their part and carry their own weight. helpful but at the same time willing to acknowledge that he does not have all the answers. I especially love how at the end he managed to control his cyberpsychosis for long enough to give david a fighting chance.

Studio Trigger did a phenomenal job with Cyberpunk. From the colors, emotional moments, and music, just everything they did was amazing. I really liked David. He was super relatable. That conversation he had with his mom once he got expelled really hit hard same for that conversation that he had with Lucy about dreams in the second episode. David was the kind of person who only really lived for the dreams of others and not for himself. And I feel that hits home for a lot of us that watched the show.

I honestly can’t even play cyberpunk anymore without remembering the show. The music. The Cyber psychosis, the moments, and what happens in the game. I can’t stop remembering it.

I'm just sad that Lucy has to be alone now... :(

true, i loved that Lucy and David got into a relationship fast instead of us being fed 30 hours of sexual tension.

I don’t even like anime but I’m a fan of the cyberpunk ip and this peaked my interest ended up binging it in one day and damn near tearing up at the end

the second lucy jumped on that stretcher and was driving it backwards I was in love with her character lol. If you've had a gorgeous crazy one then you know .....they'll drive you up the wall but they have your back and you get hooked like a drug. Her character brought back a lot of happy/sad memories for me

Bro if this shows was 3 episodes longer! I wouldn’t be able to handle it bro this shit hits hard I’m just now getting over it I cried like 4 times watching this shit

Show just reminded me of my own struggles and how I failed despite giving it my all. Lack of sleep, failing to attend cousins weddings, missing out on the fun stuff just so I can get something that was fair and was my dream, only for it to fail because of the system. The pain I felt, the struggle i endured, the things I missed out on was all for nothing just because they wanted to save name. Its unfair, its painful but it happens. You cant win em all, but it would be helluva better life if I could win more instead of losing more. I just stopped giving a fuck and decided to do what I felt was right kn smaller things. Its a start I guess. And the thing that hit me most is, after watching the show. Aside from games, gym and everything else that keeps me distracted. I truly am alone with no one to share the pain with. That and the show is sick, a good watch actually 10/10 would watch and be reminded that night city is the wrong place gathering the wrong people if you expect happy endings.

I can't really see Lucy without David and that's how much I cared for them and all the characters in only 10 episodes. Imagine if they had more episodes to really flesh out the characters it would probably be sadder to see them end up like that

Rebecca's struggle to keep David from losing himself, and her resignation when she realizes that he is lost and there's no going back just kills me. There are no happy endings in Night City, it just eats you up and spits you out, a mangled mess of unfulfilled dreams and what-could've-beens.

Lucy remembering David when she's on the moon is the scene that finally broke me, whenever I cry at a show or movie it's a slow build, but this is the first show that's simply had a snapping point. I want more of this show, but what we got was already so freaking amazing, I can't even think of what more I could want, I just want more.

I think what hit me the hardest is that after his mother's death, he was just looking for a roundabout way to kill himself, he really just didn't care anymore, which was evident by how he immediately got the Sandy installed with no thought about the repercussions. And it was most sad to me that even Lucy wasn't enough motivation for him to stop with the augments. And the ending..... oh the ending....

i went into it having completed the game, so i know how cruel night city is even with the expectations that it wasnt going to be a happy show i was still hit with sadness and left empty, even feeling anger the randomness with some of the deaths was incredibly well done every piece from music, soundtrack, characters good or bad, the story, i know there are a bunch of comments already saying this but everything was combined to make a fantastic story and to compliment/inhance cyberpunk 2077's story and world but man, that final moon scene, all the emotions i felt watching the show flooded in at once, i was left face in hands whispering "cmon man.. why" at 4am

The tragic overarching story with David and Lucy's struggle to save each other and achieve their dreams was painful. But Rebaecca's sub-plot was icing on the cake that made it really, _really_ hurt. That scene where Rebecca realizes David is too far gone, accepts it, and comforts him, just crushed me. While she might've had a screw loose and enjoyed violence a bit too much, she also simply wanted to be happy with everyone else in the gang. She was interested in David, but knew that the feeling would never be reciprocated. Her own brother got blasted in front of her out of nowhere. The only people she has left is the Maine gang, but everyone starts dying off one by one, she watches David slowly lose it to cyberpsychosis, and let's it all happen because they were doing what they wanted/needed for their own dreams. She saw everything fall apart around her, and then meets her untimely end supporting them. It's just so tragic to me.

My heart is still aching from this. Might be a while for me to recover. I love how in most of the show scenes are chaotic shooty shooty but at the end when only Lucy makes it out alive the pacing of the show slows down by a lot. I'm glad David and Lucy were able to make up before everything happened.... when sh!t got real both of them went away on a sour note but around the climax they both were confronting each other... which is why the glimpse of David and Lucy's confusion and momentary happiness getting taken away to shock and realization and her embracing the sun hurts my heart a lot. That's what Cyberpunk genre is... Night City is like a beautiful curse. Those who manage to get away do not come out of it unscathed, like Lucy, Alt Cunningham, and Rogue Amendiares. They lost everything. No matter how much I wish Lucy and David are together and happy it's Night City that wins in the end, megacorps getting away and continuing their wrath with future young aspiring dreamers becoming legends and repeating the process. Like how David's doc said after he gave him military grade healing thing to keep himself sane. The song will always give me the feelings I felt on the final scene, so will seeing the moon, space, and astronauts. They will always remind me of the deep scar Edgerunners episode 10 left. That ending sequence is too good and painfully heart wrenching, CDPR/Trigger literally rips your heart out and drops it in front of you. The kicker is the ending is a big open note, does she stay on the Moon at which has two known cities, but Arasaka and Militech have mining operations happening in 2077, or will she return to Earth where she might possibly be hunted. Also would like to add a few things just to get it out of my chest: Lucy not once ever said she believes in David like David said he believes in her when Maine messed up and knocked Kiwi out. But she did say she knows David will become a great edgerunner. I think this need for approval sort of drove him as well, she kept things sort of hidden from him and the fact that she was protecting him by killing netrunners who are actively trying to recover the corrupted files she intentionally corrupted to keep David safe. She probably never said she believes in him because she is afraid of losing him. Thinking about it their relationship is a little more deep than I thought, might have to do some self-brainstorming.

I really appreciate actually how many assets from the game were re-used for the show! Whether out of laziness or not, this means basically everything you see a character do is something you can do in game. My V character was basically fully specked into stealth. After watching David and Lucy, I bought a Militech Sandevistan , Legendary Monowires, and picked up Rebecca's shotgun.

I’m still crying over episode ten. I swear this show is gonna make replay Cyberpunk just to demolish Adam Smasher

I just finished watching it like 5 minutes ago and all i can say is wow it really hit me so hard i love this anime so much........ Rebecca best character

Trigger is literally the BEST studio to write, compose and direct an anime of the series. Mad House, or Mappa for that matter, does not have such talented, creative, courageous, careful and unique visions towards a creation of theirs like this studio have. I'm so glad Trigger was chosen to do this and I'm glad to see Hiroyuki Imaishi directing an anime again that challenges him. So glad! So fucking glad. Best Trigger anime to me and one of the best animes I ever watched.

I have never become so emotionally attached to a show, let alone as quickly as I did. I sobbed over Gloria's death for at least 10 minutes and still get emotional just thinking about it, and that was just the first episode. Such an amazing story that I had so little expectations going into and simply cannot get over it

Literally binge watched this show twice in the same week, fucking cried, it's a master piece

I loved this show. Ending has me fucked up though I'm ngl. Having played cyberpunk I had a feeling that everything wasn't gonna go well, but I foolishly had hope mainly because of the dynamic between the mc and everyone. This anime really did surprise me though. Was interested because of the animation and having stuck it out with cyberpunk since a day 1 release on a ps4. I got way more invested in the story than I thought I was. Easily now in my top 10 anime I've seen.

I knew it wasn't going to be a happy ending, but it still hurts so bad.

Something hit me about the names as I was watching the later episodes. "Main" is the term used in video games for the character class and customization options a player prefers. But it's *also* a term often used for people's highest-level character in an MMO. Which is often the character from their first play-through. The themes of this story revolve *heavily* in places on the idea that David is yet another play-through of "the same game" as Main and the rest of the crew. Only in David's case, it's the *tabletop* version of Cyberpunk and not the video game. No respawns for Edgerunners here.

110% an emotional roller coaster ride but worth it all the way. I like Rebecca but not the same way everyone else does. Lucy has my heart.

This story was golden, it reminded me a little of the movie drive (2011)

Hey man just wanna let you know I 100% rock with your commentary. Love the subtle beat in the back. Your voice doesn't over power the clips from the show or the music as it just kind of blends. It made me able to watch the entire video which I don't do most often these days. Good stuff!

what broke me so much when david had his memories of her conversation with his mom and rebecca just going along with it.

Bro the ending was just extreamly sad like i was extramly sad because all the characters where so well made i felt like they were my friends and there deaths hit hard and when David died it was just depresion

guys youtube wont stop recommending me these videos it keeps refreshing the pain

I think I'm now in the fifth stage of grief which is acceptance after watcjing this show. A very beautiful score indeed👍 But the song "I Really Want to Stay at your House," will give me heartaches every now and then😢

Well, the game and this anime like to remind us that climbing the ladder to the top in the streets of Night City doesn't ever end well. No such thing as living legends.

I’ve only had the empty feeling 3 times from amazing writing, and this was one of them.

This tore my heart into pieces, like damn.

What i find ironic is how David's death is like Silverhands almost perfectly, Something tells me or false hope tells me this isn't over. P.s cried at the end of the video thats how hard hitting the anime is

Nothing short of amazing what they were able to accomplish in only 10 20 minute episodes.

It took just 10 episodes to rip our hearts apart. This was an awesome watch. The characters and their flaws were so beautifully crafted. Adam Smasher will pay.

I have never cried so hard at a anime in my life and I've watched some sad anime. The character building was top tier and emotionally invested me every episode making me feel like I was in their shoes

It was indeed a great anime of 2022

I was hyped for this show the second the trailer came out. Was not disappointed

That song combined with painful story moments gets my emotions sky high every time.

Yep... you done did it. Summed up perfectly how the anime made me feel! Great job dude

It was a beautiful show. The scene where they kiss and the rocket is lifting off is amazing, and I want it as a poster or a painting. I cried during the last episode.

After finishing the show, and being left in emotionally tatters. I've went through dozens of reviews, reactions and opinions about this wonderfully tragic masterpiece. This review is definitely one of my favorites. I really loved how the characters were emotionally described, and had their actions and consequences acknowledged. The heartfelt appreciation for the crew's complex personalities, and their bittersweet relationship with each other, gave me some much required closure. The beautiful editing of the scenes provided a nostalgic trip down memory lane. The best part has to be, when the OST started playing, and it showed Rebecca helplessly watching David go completely off the deep end, my heart shattered again, together with hers. Going through the comments, it was comforting to know, despite the problems we all are going through, living in this cruel, hateful, clown fiesta of a world, so many people still shared a genuine emotional connection through this series. Thank you so much for this wholesome and entertaining review. Keep up the good work!

I fucking love maine, the music in his death made that scene the best from the show I've seen so far

This hit me in all the feels. I also came to the sad realization I may never experience being loved so much by someone like Lucy did for David, or be crushed on so hard and cared about like how Becca did for him as well.

This show was honestly great, starting with all the physical aspects of the show thanks to TRIGGER and the production team this was awesome. Now let's talk story. From the moment David's mom died you can see how different this universe is from ours. He couldn't mourn her death like us. He couldn't show feelings because how often this happens and how he had to go to cremate her mother himself. This is the story of the weak people left in the shadows by rich and live-how-i-want capitalists and corporations. The weak deserve to live and love too. And when they don't, they stray away from their path. This is how we don't want our future to be.

edgerunners - masterpiece

I think Edgerunners was so perfect because it gave off that same vibe as the game, Cyberpunk’s downfall wasn’t it’s story or it’s graphics, it was its glitches. Aside from that the story was amazing and it hit home, characters like Jackie, Maine, even Pillar are characters we don’t know for long but we fall in love with them because of the beautiful story writing. They definitely killed it with both projects

This show had me in tears bro. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I’ve been playing since day 1

Shocked how good this show was 👏👏👏

I feel so happy because I watched this but I feel so empty at the same time after I finished it :/

This anime has made everyine who have watched it PTSD from hearing, "I really want to stay at your house". This anime has left a big impact on me. I have been thinking about this anime for the past 7 days.

5:28 this is brilliantly said. Thanks you for this.

Lucy’s dream came at a cost. What she loved the most, even more than the moon. In the end I believe she realized this, this is what makes that final scene so heartbreaking to me. I’d bet that she’d sacrifice everything just to have David back.

Honestly the ending made me tear up, such a great story. Only downside is I feel it was rushed

Damn good break down brother, agreed and you know a good trigger ending its never fully sweet, Night City is where dreams come to die...

Literally can’t stop thinking about it and tearing up.

I'm pretty new to anime, with FMA brotherhood being my intro to the medium. Somethings stick, some haven't, but this show... wow. With no exposure to the Cyberpunk universe, this was a totally organic experience for me and I haven't stopped thinking about it since finishing it in one sitting. It was a beautiful piece of art. If anyone can make recommendations for me based on this, i would appreciate it! Great breakdown, love the video!

It broke me the ending completely broke me im not kidding when i say i was crying for like ten minutes started when kiwi died and went on till the credits it hurt really really bad

Man the story telling, the art, and the music just hits home. Just finished the series, feeling depress right now T.T

If the game launched with the amount of polish and emotion Edge Runners has it would've been a masterpiece

Aim high chooms and go out with a bang. Watched it all twice already xD

David should’ve chosen the Nomad life path, that way he could’ve rode off into the sunset with Lucy

DUDE I CRIED SO FCKING MUCH AT THE END I REALLY DIDNT BELIEVE IT WOULD HAPPEN LIKE THAT

I was 99% sure she was going to pull off her helmet at the end and die killing off an important character is one thing and Maines death felt right but killing almost everyone felt like too much

ive honestly cried 8 times from this show :'

shit leaves you empty bro, amazing show

i went in expecting everyone to die a brutal and sad death ending still hit like adam smasher

I’ve watched so many review videos and none of them quite get into the zone of thought I’m looking for, but you do touch on it. I think part of the reason why we get so attached to these characters is because they are trapped in late stage capitalism. And that has created a world that is not supportive of anyone surviving and actually living. But in that dark place, people seek companionship and family to retain their sense of humanity when everything around them is telling them they should give it up. That’s why Lucy makes it in the end. That’s why people are attached to david and Lucy and rebecca and Maine. They’re trying to survive the impossible.. and we see ourselves in that. Even though, from the beginning, we know there’s no way they can make it. But I was pinned to the screen, wanting to see if they manage to retain or rediscover their humanity as they inevitably succumb to the poisonous system they are trapped in. As they fight addiction to superficial power and drugs, and as they try so hard to make it somewhere else. But they can’t. Because there is no way out for the lower classes in a place like that, even if you decide to dispose your humanity, betray your friends, treat everyone like garbage… even people who seem powerful have no joy, no refuge from the relentless infinity of capitalism. I watch this show, and it is my nightmare, because I can easily imagine it as the future we are hurtling towards.

Extremely good video and take on this anime, I really hope the developers take this new chance to redeem cyberpunk in stride also hoping we get a season 2 somehow, big doubts tho lol

Lucy and David’s relationship really was the highlight of the show,the way their chemistry is so natural to a point that he can break her barriers without even trying is so captivating. One of if not my favorite scenes from the show is the moon scene in ep2,I loved how she felt so comfortable around him to the point of showing her dream to this stranger and it broke my heart when it’s revealed she was “faking” it,and also a relieve when we learn that she meant everything in that interaction. That only made the last scene of the show hit extra hard on me,a bittersweet ending indeed but definitely more bitter than sweet.

This anime is short, sweet, crazy and fun just like Becca. Now I get a bittersweet felling every time I hear " I really want to stay at your house". This is one of those shows that is gonna stick on your mind for a while.

Maine was such a real character to me. Because ive had psychotic episodes since i have bipolar disorder. Like i was just completely delusional and thought everyone was against me even though to a normal person they clearly weren't. Thank god i never hit my family but i have hurt other people that arent blood related and destroyed entire classrooms because of these episodes. It made me question my existence like what was wrong with me? Was i born only to destroy and be angry? Should i off myself so i dont hurt anyone anymore? It was really rough. Thankfully after i turned 18 and finally dropped out of school the amount of stress that was relieved made everything just better. and also not having puberty mess with my brain chemistry helped alot. im glad i never attempted to go through with anything. Ironically the suicide ending of Cyberpunk 2077 the game really hit hard for me. It also makes me feel really bad for the "insanity" character. And they did a good job of establishing that maine is a good person underneath the insanity. because that's something alot of those characters dont get which makes no sense. of course no one is going to sympathize with a character that is insane and has no good parts to them. It tells me the writers have no idea about mental illness and its more of a insult than a representation.

This is the only one off show that has genuinely made me shut down for the rest of the day and then some. I’m still recovering wtf 😭

One of my favorite animes of all time now. It’s that good

finished the whole anime in 1 day left me in tears..

First time V met Jackie was when Jackie held him at gun point First time David really met Rebecca she pull a gun on him Moral of the story: In Night City if a person pulls a gun on your head and doesn't shoot that's your new best friend