Depressive Screenwriter

Sunday night at 8 PM, episode six of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners premiered.

Starting from the fifth episode, the Mann squad received a mission to approach Tanaka.

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And who is Tanaka?

He's the shareholder father of the rich second-generation classmate who insulted the protagonist's mother at Arasaka Academy.

This series, after going around in circles, once again revolves around Arasaka Academy and the Arasaka Corporation behind it.

And the sixth episode is definitely a major turning point in the series.

When the Mann squad kidnapped and captured Tanaka, intending to use a hacker to infiltrate his brain and find the information they wanted, Mann began to exhibit symptoms of cyberpsychosis.

He indiscriminately attacked his hacker teammate Kiwi, beating her to the point of hospitalization.

Afterward, Tanaka woke up, recognized David, and tried to persuade David to betray the Mann squad and return to the Arasaka Corporation with him, promising that with his aptitude for cybernetic implants, he could withstand the power of the Sandevistan without going crazy, and would definitely be able to climb to the top in the Arasaka Corporation.

However, David did not betray his comrades.

Kiwi was knocked unconscious, leaving Lucy, also a hacker, to take over and infiltrate Tanaka's subconscious, which was heavily protected by Arasaka Corporation's programs.

Mann had an argument with his girlfriend, Dorio, due to his cyberpsychosis.

He had tried his best, implanted so many cybernetics, and gained power, but in the end, he developed symptoms of cyberpsychosis, which made Mann irritable and even made his words to David extremely harsh.

Lucy infiltrated Tanaka's mind and saw many secret plans of the Arasaka Corporation regarding David, who possessed exceptional talent for cybernetic implants.

Here, another main storyline foreshadowing was introduced.

When Lucy saw the most crucial information, a protection program was triggered. The program implanted in Tanaka by the Arasaka Corporation was activated, and Tanaka's brain implant facility exploded directly, killing him to guard the company's secrets.

And because of Tanaka's death, the signal transmitter on his body sent out a notification, and the Night City army began to converge on the location of the platinum client Tanaka's death!

This episode was the most tragic episode since the premiere of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.

Mann succumbed to cyberpsychosis during the battle with the enemy, and his girlfriend, Dorio, was shot in the head while trying to save him.

David chose to fight alongside Mann to save him, wanting to rush upstairs to save his brother.

But Lucy told David not to go up in the underground garage.

"They might not be able to escape. The two of us should save ourselves!"

"I can hear the fighting. They're still alive," David said in a deep voice.

"Lucy, you wouldn't say that to me, would you?

"You can do it!"

This "You can do it," which Lucy never said to David,

is also an important foreshadowing!

But the audience doesn't realize it now.

After David finished speaking, he activated the Sandevistan and went upstairs.

In this episode, the mental world of a cyberpsycho was described in detail.

Mann was clearly killing people indiscriminately around him.

But in his mental world, he was walking alone in a wilderness with no way out.

Until a certain moment, he returned to the real world and saw his girlfriend dead at his hands, and a pile of police around him.

Blood, brains, eyeballs, minced meat

Bloody, terrifying.

Because of Dorio's death, the muscular man Mann turned into a hellish demon, slaughtering the police who were besieging him.

But even so, Mann did not attack David.

In his crazed state, he could still hear and understand David's words.

"This is my end! You must live on!"

Mann touched David's head, and then, the MAX-TAC team arrived.

A rocket exploded Mann into minced meat, and incidentally, detonated the explosives Mann had collected to perish together with the MAX-TAC team.

David escaped the scene using the speed granted by the Sandevistan.

The last scene of this episode was him sitting in the car, his girlfriend Lucy driving, and him unable to stop a tear from sliding down his cheek.

Tragic, heart-wrenching, but in line with the world view setting.

A group of cyberpunk who lick blood from the edge of a knife, could they still have children and enjoy family happiness?

Shouldn't this kind of ending be the most normal?

It's just that the audience subconsciously ignores this point.

Like the sixth episode of "Black Gate."

The sixth episode of "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners" is also the peak episode since the premiere of this series!

The acting, plot, special effects, and artistic style can be called divine!

The fate of the real cyberpunk Mann, his ending, him personally killing the person he loved most.

And the scene of him being buried in the hands of the Arasaka Corporation.

Left the fans and viewers of this series silent.

A sense of depression and oppression spread in their hearts.

In the previous episodes, watching the protagonists do tasks and kill the bad guys in Night City only felt refreshing.

There was a sense of快意恩仇!

But one day, they discovered that the protagonists' fate was to pursue greater power, implant more cybernetics, and eventually become cyberpsychos.

Like the madman who appeared in the first episode, like Mann in the sixth episode.

The meaning of this series, the feeling it brings to the audience, has changed.

There were many foreshadowings in the sixth episode, and many viewers couldn't accept it after it aired.

But on Star Summer Online, there were also many fans who posted tearful articles.

"So, Big Brother Mann just died like that?"

"Nooo."

"OMG, who said that Su Yan, the old thief, didn't make this series depressing? He just didn't make the female lead suffer, he changed it to making the supporting characters suffer!"

"I'm so depressed after watching it. In this episode, I really didn't expect that Big Brother Mann and Dorio, who were still talking and laughing with the protagonist in the previous episode, would die in this episode!"

"I can't accept this plot! Is this the fate of cyberpunk? Then what about David? What about Lucy? What will happen to their fate?"

"Not sure, but hasn't David been saying that his cybernetic resistance is very strong? Mann became a cyberpsycho, but David might not, right?"

"It's hard to say, but the main line of this series, letting Lucy go to the moon, is still a long way off."

"After all, they haven't saved enough money yet!"

"Mann is dead, how will this series develop in the future?"

"Not sure, only Su Yan, the old thief, knows about this kind of thing!"

"Damn it, watching David sitting in the car, grabbing Big Brother Mann's arm that he snatched from the explosion, I really cried... Mann even said when he would give the cybernetic arm on his hand to David, but I really didn't expect it to be given to David in this way!"

"This episode is really bloody and violent, but the special effects are so good they're explosive. And there's also a huge amount of information. First of all, the information Lucy obtained by infiltrating Tanaka's subconscious shows that David is quite famous in the Arasaka Corporation! And based on Lucy's understanding of the Arasaka Corporation in this episode, her background is not simple either."

"There are only four episodes left in this series, and I don't even know how the plot will develop?"

"Who cares, just keep watching and you'll find out. It's the first time I've watched a series like this that can combine love, combat, blood, violence, and brotherhood so well. Many of Su Yan, the old thief's, fans may think that this series is too different from his previous works in terms of style. But in my opinion, this series is definitely the most amazing work that Su Yan, the old thief, has ever created."

"That's just what you think. In my heart, Your Lie in April is the undisputed number one."

"Rurouni Kenshin is!"

"What about Gu Xiang Si Qu?"

"Although, but isn't Life is Strange divine?"

"It's been a long time since I've watched a series with a plot that can make me think there for ten minutes! I have a feeling that if this series continues to maintain this quality, it will definitely become a masterpiece when it ends!"

"It's already a masterpiece, bro. There's nothing to say about this series. In my heart, it's the number one divine series in Xia Guo in recent years!"

The fans' discussion about this series continued until dawn.

Next, it was the media's turn to appear.

The people in Xia Guo's television circle aren't blind and can see the quality of this series.

Although the ratings haven't come out yet, everyone with discerning eyes knows that they will definitely rise.

This can be seen from the heat of the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners fans' discussion about this series last night.

And in fact, at noon, Su Yan and Sakaki Ikumi were again staying in the office, waiting for the ratings briefing to be sent.

Although Su Yan was confident in Edgerunners, he would still be nervous.

Especially this season, Edgerunners' direct competitor was Sakura TV's "Black Gate."

"Say, if Edgerunners tops the ratings this season, what will Akasaka Yoshitoki do?" Su Yan suddenly looked at Sakaki Ikumi and asked.

"Him..." Sakaki Ikumi thought for a moment and said.

"Even if he is the head of the production department. But the S-level series Black Gate was produced under his instructions. If he doesn't get the season crown, then there's a problem. But you were forced out of the TV station by him, and your work got the season crown... then he's guilty of a double crime!"

"Honestly, his position as head of the production department might not be so stable."

"Will he be directly dismissed?" Su Yan became interested upon hearing this.

"It won't be to that extent. If the failure of an S-level series leads to his direct dismissal, then who in the three major TV stations would dare to produce this kind of series? It can only be said that the stability of his position is threatened..." Sakaki Ikumi said.

"However, when the foundation under his butt is shaken, then many things will change. There are many capable people in the production department of Sakura TV, such as my aunt Kogata Aya, they also have people in the TV station's shareholder level. It's necessary to put pressure on Akasaka Yoshitoki through some maneuvering."

Sakaki Ikumi looked at Su Yan.

"Moreover, as the head of the production department, he is primarily responsible for the performance of the entire TV station. After you were driven away by him, every time your work achieves better results, it will directly cut into his reputation as head of the department."

"If Edgerunners wins the season crown, and then you produce a few more works, and their results crush Sakura TV's works... I estimate that by then, the market and the internal pressure of the TV station, coupled with the power of other factions within the production department, will be enough to drive him off the stage!"

"This position is not so easy to hold!"

"So that's how it is..." Su Yan nodded upon hearing this.

"Then there's one more reason for Edgerunners to win the season crown!"

Beep beep!

At this time, Su Yan's phone rang.

The person in charge of China Summer TV who was connected with Su Yan sent the latest weekly list of TV ratings in Xia Guo.

Su Yan opened his phone and took a look, and the slightly hanging heart was put down.

"5.44%."

Su Yan smiled.

"This week, we are again the first in the ratings!"

Sakaki Ikumi's fist clenched slightly, and her breathing became a little rapid, but she quickly calmed down.

"First! Just like we expected at the beginning. The ratings of the Edgerunners series should start to rise from the sixth episode."

"Next, it won't be surpassed, right!" Sakaki Ikumi looked at Su Yan, as if trying to convince herself, but she was a little lacking in confidence!

"Next, it won't be surpassed." Su Yan took a deep breath and said in an affirmative tone.

"I'm tired of the racing game with Black Gate!"

"From the seventh episode until the end of this series. The ratings of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners will definitely not be surpassed, and will remain first like this!"

"Really?"

"Really!" Su Yan said affirmatively.

"Believe me!"

Su Yan thought for a moment, took out his phone.

On his China Summer Online creator account, he wrote down word for word that Edgerunners will maintain the first place in ratings from the seventh episode!

At this time, since he was going to say this, how could he be so low-key.

Especially when facing the old opponent Akasaka Yoshitoki.

Su Yan not only wanted to pop the champagne early, but also directly announce it to the whole country, and realize his words!

To piss off Akasaka Yoshitoki!