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Cyberpunk Edgerunners II thread ep1: a big leap in storytelling and animation direction over almost the entirety of season 1. I really like the multiple characters tied together, dealing with similar themes. King's is immediately a lot more interesting story of chrome dependency than David's story.

It's just way more confident storytelling than season 1, with more to say from scene to scene.

ep2: still good. My main complaint with S1 was that it was so unevenly produced. This season is way more even in animation quality. I like the character dynamic here, and how the story brings everyone together.

ep3: wonder what the payout for this ep's developments are. I still dig they're essentially covering themes from the previous season but also the game.

ep4: sort of an in-between episode, that only sets up the cliffhanger for the next. Not a lot of character development despite King and Talia having a sort of a heart-to-heart. And the whole cast meeting for the first time, too.

I saw some comments about being disappointed in the season, and I guess if you're looking for the type of action that trundles forward like a runaway train like season 1 did, I can see that. My hope is that there's more to it than that.

I hope the cool visual storytelling in the beginning wasn’t just a fluke because it touched well on what’s at the heart of a good cyberpunk story: what is being authentic and human like in a society dead set on glamourizing literal depersonification via chrome