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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners II | Season 2 Episodes 7-10 | FINALE | Unedited Reaction (Patreon)

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2026-11-05 02:03:51
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We made it out of Night City once again ✨
And I have some... honestly mixed feelings guys.

I really really wanted to love this season.
And there were definitely things I VERY much enjoyed!
The character designs, different art styles, the animation, the music (of course!)
Night City is always such a vibe and I felt like I was right back in it with this season!

But I think my fear came true that there were just too many characters, corporations, and storylines happening at once that I felt like I spent more time trying to understand everything than actually catching feelings. And even tho things finally started to come together, I just wish there was more time to really sit with these relationships and feel the weight of what they were going through. I wanted to hear those heart to heart conversations and understand what was going on in our character's heads. Instead the final 2 episodes just felt like more whiplash & abrupt decisions without any real deeper reasons.

And I think there was SO much potential here but it never really landed for me. D's grief and obsession with revenge, Roman's love for filmmaking and the morality of turning violence into entertainment, Talia's struggle with control over her own life, and Weak's desperation to save someone he loves. There were so many fascinating moral questions being thrown around but I felt like we kept moving on from them before we had a chance to really sit with them, you know?

I don't think this season needed to recreate David and Lucy's story either tho.
I actually love that it was ambitious enough to try something completely different!
But what made the first season special to me wasn't just the tragedy or action packed scenes.
It was how deeply I ended up caring about the characters & their relationships.
I wanted to feel that here but unfortunately, I never really got there.

I guess sometimes a story can have all the right vibes and still leave you wishing that maybe it did a little bit more. And that's kinda where I landed with this one 🤍

Thank you all for hanging out with me!
How did you all feel about this season?


Thank you for your support on Patreon!
Relax and enjoy 🍿🌿

SYNC ALONG LINK: https://youtu.be/tB-0vnMC1HE
I watched this on Netflix

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rubberkidney

Aw, shucks, bummer. You know what is a great sci-fi anime that you're going to love? Cowboy Bebop. you should also squeeze akira in there somewhere.

rian

i’m so excited for jjk 🥸

TChang23

I definitely did not enjoy this season as much as the first, it was ok but in all honesty I found most of the characters to be incredibly frustrating to watch at times especially Roman and D. Also I will say I watched it in sub, and in my opinion the dub this go around was definitely not as good and made the first dub seem more like lightning in a bottle more than anything. Can’t wait for the JJK reactions soon!

kaliwali

That's how I felt too! As you can tell lol.. I was just super frustrated. And interesting about the sub/dub! I'll have to rewatch it in a year or so & watch in sub. Maybe I'll have played Cyberpunk 2077 by then haha. Thanks for watching with me tho!!

kaliwali

def gonna check out Cowboy Bebop at some point!

rubberkidney

Oh, I was under the impression that we bumped Cowboy Bebop for this. So you're saying we're not getting Cowboy Bebop now? Oh no! I was trying to push through this one to get to the bebop.

mitchhamilton64 (edited)

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2026-11-05 12:00 i disagree about dub. dub was better this season, i mean, how can you beat clancy brown? and david was just awful.
2026-11-05 02:14 i disagree about dub. dub was better this season, i mean, how can you beat clancy brown? and david was just awful in season 1.

i disagree about dub. dub was better this season, i mean, how can you beat clancy brown? and david was just awful in season 1.

Nina

Are we going to get Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood at some point? 🙏🙏

mitchhamilton64

i really enjoyed this season. the way i look at it is, this was just another story in night city. just like i dont compare season's 1 story to the game's, i dont compare this season to 1, they are just different tales in the same setting. to think, this season started out with weak putting a gun in his mouth to it ending with him saying they were going to live. its like what yandu said "he may have been your father, boy, but he wasnt your daddy." weak may not have been talia's "real" father, but he was gonna take care of her like no other. ive heard this before and i agreed as i watched, talia and roman, maybe roman has a mild crush on talia, i was 12 and did the same with some older girls, and maybe theres something there with talia for roman but its probably more accurate to call it puppy love. i view it as completely innocent. and with a sprinkle of talia most likely using him at times. about D and your complaint of switching from revenge to wanting Capri, he was seeking revenge this entire time until he learns that he was the cause of all the deaths that he was seeking revenge for. when the riots started, he wasnt actually acting out for revenge anymore, he had gone cold completely. he was the cause of of his clan being wiped out, all his search was for nothing. removing capri made him kind of calm down in a way because his powerlessness to it all being pretty much pointless is reflected by him not having capri, and now that shes gone he realizes that he just enjoyed being with her. maybe it was for power, maybe its because she kept the voices out but he wanted her more than revenge. as for avida, i cant really fault her. yeah, its a shitty thing to do, to say someone is your daughter when shes not but shes a desperate mother who reached out to weak who was going to say no until she said that. i cant hate or blame her for it. and it lead to weak, even knowing hes not her father rising up and still being by talia's side until the end. i think you would enjoy this on a rewatch more. like i said before, you were seemingly being frustrated that the show would bring questions forward and was expecting satisfying answers, or answers that may have been more ground breaking. maybe because a mix of true detective and apothecary diaries, when those shows present a question the answer has to be shattering but that was never going to happen with this season, the answers were mostly just human.

KamikazeCDN

Since you've now finished it I can finally say a bit more. I also did not really enjoy this season. I didn't want to say it earlier to avoid maybe swaying you but I'm there with you. But I'm glad you said how you really felt. Anime fans sometimes have an issue admitting when something isn't as good, sometimes even going after those that do say it. To start, you're not alone with the awkward vibes you get with Talia and Roman. As far as I know her age hasn't been outright confirmed but yeah 14-16 seems common, seen some even guessing 17 or so as well. It's weird. Lets just call it what it is. Whether she's actually into him (ew) or just playing with his emotions (also ew) it's weird and I don't understand why people defend it like its "innocent" (I think I have an idea why but I don't want to go there). Honestly Talia's entire character design is kinda weird when you consider she is possibly as young as 14 but that's sadly not uncommon for Studio Trigger. There are entirely too many characters. Somehow everyone is a main character making none of them a main character. The way their stories get intertwined feels sorta forced, just to have an excuse for all of them. I think what was really missing is the intimacy the first season has. It's David's story, through and through. It's his growth, his struggles, his friendships/relationships. I had an emotional response with him right out of the gate, from the moment he loses his mom. I genuinely cried a few times during season 1. I had no such attachment to these characters this season, not a single tear shed. Sure I can understand the weight of a lot of it but I was never attached enough to them to truly care. I think it goes back to the intimacy or lack of it this season. We have D, Talia, King, Roman...too many stories all over the place to ever get sucked into them. I personally think the show would've been better if say King was the central character and maybe Talia was a secondary. Give us some time with King on top, show us the downfall and then his new purpose in trying to look after Talia. It could even have a similar-ish ending. Talia is still dying but King is caring for her like a Dad, it didn't need to end in the same tragedy as season one. D could've been an entirely different story too. Let us live with the clan, show us the attack, show us the early days of getting his revenge, I guess Capri could get worked in somehow but Omi being there would be better. They had two potentially solid stories that they mashed together and then neither got enough screen time to make sense. As for Roman...he really didn't need to be there, not for these stories. You probably could've told an entirely different story with him as well if you really wanted I guess. I also didn't love the music as much this season. I think the only song I really enjoyed is the one playing in the final episode during the EMP stuff, it's the same one from the trailer. I gave it a 5/10 when I first watched it and honestly I think I'm keeping it at a 5/10 even after this second watch with you. I love the first season, really enjoy the game, love the universe...this season just wasn't it for me.

KamikazeCDN

I've seen the season twice, still don't think it's that good so Kali isn't alone in not enjoying it as much. But the main point I wanted to reply to was saying Roman and Talia is innocent. It's not. It's weird. Even if Talia is her youngest assumed age of 14, no 14 year old should be playing with the emotions of a 12 year old like that - It might only be 2 years difference but they are a VERY significant 2 years. It only gets worse as she potentially gets older. I don't even want to think about if there was meant to be some sort of real attraction from her side.

mitchhamilton64

i think we can forgive the actions of a scared, dying girl. it is innocent

Vivid Alpaca

I personally liked season 2 more than season 1, but I understand the complaints, and I don't think there's anything wrong with not really vibing with it as much like you were saying! I do think that there was a bit of a struggle with only having 10 episodes to develop and characterize all of the different protags of the season. Of course, a lot of it is up to interpretation to an extent but I think D's sudden change of heart/motivation in the end was less that he wanted companionship (although I think there was a hint of that in the decision too), it was that after finding out his revenge was essentially for nothing and that all of his leads were dead, he lost all purpose. Leaving him in the zombie-like state Omi found him in and that he was also captured in. So when he sees that Capri is still out there and wreaking havoc, I think he starts to get the realization that he could've used the shard differently from when he first slotted it instead of chasing revenge. When he first obtains Capri he completely forgets about revenge and lives in the moment, leading to him smiling and Roman spending the rest of the season wanting to "recapture" it. I believe D realized that, and that's why his character suddenly changes in the last episode because he knows that his revenge is dead in the water, and he's given a purpose (finding Capri), allowing him to recapture the joy he experienced when he wasn't so focused on his revenge.

Synyster

gotta catch up on these lol. been watching other reactors too. Loved this season can't wait to see what you think!

Synyster

omg please! top 3 show for me

Synyster

i dont wanna spoil if you haven't seen it, I assume most people have. If you have, what about Avatar: The Last Airbender? I never see negative discourse around that. So why here? like what mitch said, shes a dying kid in an unforgiving city. Its a miracle she even made some sort of personal connection with another person. Yes, Roman is a few years younger, but at the same time, they don't do anything. I didn't once view their connection as anything inaproptriate or weird. They are both kids in a messed up world. Let them be happy to have a friend in each other.

Tuff

Im hoping she does, maybe sometime next year 🙏🏼

Tuff

If you really liked the music then you should definitely give the ost track "high forever" another listen on your own time. "In love with myself" Is a great one too. Both these songs are bangers 👍🏼

Gregg

I felt the same really, I enjoy the world (so much so it got me back playing the game) but felt like they gave themselves too much to do in too little time, so a lot of the emotional stuff fell a bit flat. Still enjoyable, but nothing to write home about

kaliwali

ooo I'll check it out thank you!!

kaliwali

yeah! exactly how I felt. I enjoyed it and I'm glad to be back in the world, but it wasn't anything mind blowing

kaliwali

I agree with everything in this! Same thoughts all the way through. I also wasn't obsessed with the music like I was with Season 1 and my favorite was also the EMP song and also the end credits song! The rest was just okay & gave it the Night City vibe so it was enjoyable. I know YouTube is absolutely going to light me up for my honesty here, but I had to say it how I felt it. Otherwise what am I doing here? lol Thank you for your honesty as well and also for not trying to force feelings during this season's watch!! I seriously appreciate it as a creator. I love that people feel passionately about what they watch & want to share those feelings, but it can turn into a personal attack on me and toxic really fast. I appreciate you being able to voice your opinion without diminishing my own or others. Thank you!

kaliwali

I definitely appreciate your perspective and I'm glad you enjoyed the season! I knew I'd most likely be in the minority with my thoughts on this season, but I had to be honest about how I truly felt or else what am I doing here? lol I think there's a lot to appreciate about the story and what it was trying to accomplish and I did enjoy watching it! I was never in a 'bad mood' while watching and I'm not going to lie.. That comment from you lived rent free in my head the rest of the way through. It hurt lol. My criticisms weren't really coming from frustration over unanswered questions. I just like to ask questions as I watch things for the first time and this one had so much to ask in the first three episodes which was awesome. And you've been here long enough to know that's just how I react! I understood a lot of what the story was trying to convey, I just didn't always feel the emotional connection or payoff that I personally wanted from it. I did feel frustrated with the characters though and in the comments here and also in the Discord I'm in with other creators that watched this, there were a lot of similar feelings with that. Sometimes understanding a character's motivations and feeling invested in their journey are two different things, ya know? I think the season had some really interesting ideas, beautiful animation, and plenty of potential. It just didn't all come together for me in the same way it did for you, and that's okay! That's part of the fun of experiencing stories differently & they won't always hit the same for everyone. I think that's the beauty of watching these & all of us finding different ways to interpret the stories. Doesn't make anyone wrong or right. It's art 🤍

Peter Wyatt

Defending a piece of media by simply saying it's "different" is just a way of excusing its flaws. The reason why the complaints that Kaliwali has have been repeated before, as she indeed isn't alone in this, is because this season has inherent flaws to it. If it was just a handful of individuals whose voice isn't at all loud, it might be easily ignored. But the fact that this shared complaint was voiced by enough to significantly reduce the audience's satisfaction level down to a much lower level than the first season means a lot. At the same time, 4/5 of the paragraphs you wrote here was from a viewer's perspective in trying to correct what the writers failed to do. That wasn't necessary. It should always be a simple truth among creative writers, and even among artists in general, one that says, "If you have to do additional explaining once your product is considered finished, you've failed in expressing your initial message."

Peter Wyatt

Also, don't tell Kaliwali to "rewatch" the season, because that's only supporting my argument against yours. You want her to rewatch the whole season because you think there's something that she didn't grasp. What, are you from among the intellectual elite here? You've grasped something that us mere mortals haven't or cannot? That's why the second season is being compared to the first one. There's always a reason for that. The reason is because the first one grabbed us through a compact story. It was well-executed, and it didn't go all over the place like the second season did. Telling someone to go through and rewatch the whole season is like, as an author, noticing that a large chunk of your audience is being critical towards major plot points in your newest book. So, what do you do? You tell them to reread the whole thing. What such an author is actually saying is, "Reread it and you will soon forget what you were originally critical of because that can't have been there in the first place."

Christian F

This season was weird to me because after rewatching it like six times at this point, I feel like objectively speaking it's better than the first season in a lot of ways. I feel like the art Direction and cinematography is way better. I think the story is deeper and I actually like the characters more and I find them more relatable for myself personally, especially D because I'm just a fucked up person and I have more in common with D than I do with anyone in the first season. But I'm pretty much right there along with everyone else in saying that I enjoyed season 1 more. But I don't think I was as disappointed with season 2 as a lot of other people seem to be. I absolutely love it.

kaliwali

The more I think about this season the more I find things I love again but then I alway fall back to being frustrated feeling like there could have been SO much more. Roman could have stuck up for himself and said NO this isn't art and gone on a rant to D about how the videos he was making weren't what he truly believed in. Where did that spirit go?? Capri could have done SO much more with her time and taken over Night City or gotten motives that fed off of all of the personalities she was mashed up against but she just.. didn't? I loved her whole "Why do all of these people want revenge? Is it fun?" I really thought they were gonna go somewhere with that but it didn't go anywhere. Talia and Weak should have had more heart to hearts. Weak should have flipped out after Avida lied to him and used him and we should have had a moment where we saw him realize that Talia meant more, instead he just left her for her father to use and abuse with the chip. Kiril used and abused her to the point of being fine with erasing Talia "Well, she was a goner anyways" just to cry like a baby and say "Talia you were meant for so much more" in the end? What? lol. Yeah, the more I look back and re-edit these for YouTube and rewatch them through that. The more frustrated I get at the potential this season had and how much they never got around to addressing. But I totally understand people that love to read between the lines actually enjoying it! I am more like Talia when it comes to sympathizing with any of the characters because of IRL personalities matching and her story was uber depressing so yeah.. That's how I left this season lol. Frustrated & depressed 😅 But thank you for hanging out with me for it! I think that's what makes these reactions so much fun. Talking with you all and all of us pulling different things we loved or hated from the stories we watch!

Kal

Loved your reaction and your honest take, I felt the same way, it's like it was more style, less substance, and that kinda bummed me because there was so much potential, a lot of the characters were more likeable than season 1, but it's almost like they're afraid of tackling on more serious subjects and there was a ton of really interesting concepts that they just glossed over. If you like the cyberpunk style but want something a bit deeper, I'd recommend Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series I think you'd love it.

Kal

I'll always upvote any mention of Cowboy Bebop.