UNEXPLAINED Secrets In Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Cyberpunk Edgerunners is full of secrets and hidden details. After watching the ending it also left us with many questions lingering in our heads. I’ve researched and compiled them for you in this video! Did any of these secrets surprise you?

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Cyberpunk Edgerunners is a masterful show that’s just as direct as it is cryptic. It’s loaded with moments and details that leave more questions than answers. In this short video, I’ll break down the unexplained secrets hidden in Cyberpunk Edgerunners.

After finishing Edgerunners, some of the main questions on our minds are: What happened to David? What happened to Lucy? What did David mean about the moon being a false paradise? Was David actually special? What causes cyberpsychosis? And possibly most importantly: What are the odds of an Edgerunners Season 2? Let's discuss these unanswered questions in the comments along with which of these numerous details you missed in the show!

From a possible mistake within the show, to references to another anime, to incredible uses of foreshadowing, to countless references to Cyberpunk 2077 and more, cyberpunk edgerunners is filled with hidden details you missed the first time around!

I'm Bumper Jumper, dedicated to exploring the deepest and most profound stories in anime, video games, movies, and TV shows. I’d love to hear your thoughts on these questions, hidden details, and secret messages in the comments below! Are there any I missed?

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[Ancient-Child]

In the 2.0 update, if you visit the Columbarium, you’ll find Lucy visited and left a message for all of her companions who passed. The message to David says “You didn’t take me to the moon, but you were there with me”, proving she did return from the moon.

[sigmaball]

They used a splash transition because it’s a juxtaposition to the glitch BD deaths symbolising that this time David is actually dead considering no glitching effects take place. The difference in transition also can used as a way of saying David died human whilst his other deaths symbolise his future chrome addiction and cyberphycosis after the brain dance torture

[JayVGBND]

The story is a prequel to Cyberpunk 2077 so in context David is living in the beta/pre released version of night City meaning the gang encountered more glitches and bugs than what we have encountered on Day 1. No wonder they’re always having a hard time while V is just brushing through the entire epic futuristic story😂

[derekholcomb]

I love how he calls Adam smasher Adam Sandler at least half a dozen times in this

[real-zenithas]

My question is why Lucy's attempts at quickhacks were countered by a pretty fearsome anti-ice system & counterhack response, but in Cyberpunk even a novice hacker can turn Smashing Pumpkins into pumpkin soup.

[JadeMarco]

The tenth episode ended perfectly and managed to both spectacularly conclude the story and leave enough questions unanswered to stay mysterious. Making a season two continuing the same story, with the same characters would undo that, and just ruin it. Often times the best things are short and cut just as they are at the top. Then we long for more of them and we love them, when they get dragged out however, we can regret ever wanting more of them (looking at you GoT season 8).

[VitAbductor]

In the game, Adam Smasher uses right hand canon to finish Johnny S, but later we can see that he is not dead as he gets to talk with Saburo himself before getting transformed into an engram. Adam Smasher uses his right hand to kill David. His right hand is probably a non-lethal canon. David is probably alive as an engram too.

[DanielRivera-xppk]

If there’s ever a 2nd season, it gotta be Bartmoss story and how he took down the net that would be epic

[puggyjman]

11:37 disproven. V lives in megablock 10 while David lived in megablock 4. This can be seen by comparing the distance between both megablocks in reference to the Night City stadium. They appear similar due to the society's way of keeping things consistent especially among the megablock series of structures.

11:46 same with rogue

[remzovega]

0:53 ‘Adam Sandler’s weaponry’

Sorry, it was just too funny

[jyrese]

I think the flash was actually the muzzle flash and the moment of David's death was in slo-mo, just like how he lived.
also David did not live in Vs Watson apartment, but he did end up living in the same bigger apartment as V in the fixer ending of 2077

[Turkeysammich]

She didn’t stay on the moon, if you go to David’s memorial, she wrote “You didn’t take me to the moon, but you were there with me.” If she stayed, she wouldn’t have been able to write that.

[hrgamingplebs]

Smasher used his right hand to finish off David similar to how he finishes Johnny, but as told by Alt his memory are unreliable and according to the real lore, Johnny dies immediately getting split into two by his right arm autoshotgun and Spider Murphy was the one who soulkilled Johnny with a shard installed into him. I guess at the very least soulkilling someone or rebuilding like Smasher requires an intact brain, so if Smasher did shoot his head with his charged autoshotgun arm, there isn't any left. Also he respected David enough to offer him to be a construct and seeing that he rejects it, he honors him by making sure Arasaka can't do anything about it(like if you left Jackie's body in the game isntead of sending him to his family, Arasaka took it for sort of soulkiller interrogation, but they mostly only got data instead of the actual personality judging by the interaction you can have under Arasaka Tower with Jackie's construct in devil's route).
The cyberpsychosis quickhack is part of the game but it simply shows there's various of conditions that can be classified as cyberpsychosis. Even in the game the victim you quickhacked seems aware enough they're being controlled from what they said, so for the quickhack version it controls their actions while they're mostly aware and can't do anything about it, while the one David and Maine experienced seems to be real psychosis.
About the moon, some diary shards by Sandra Dorsett kinda implies Night Corp had something shady going around there like using some AI to control people without them being aware, kinda like with the Peralez.
Also spoiler about Delamain, he's kinda actually an Ai from beyond the Blackwall as told by one of his rogue personalities instead of made by any company.

[joshadams]

In regards to the cyberpsychosis quickhack, that's a quickhack you can find and use as V, some of its effects are described as inducing a cyberpsychosis-like state in the target, as well as setting the status of drones, mechs and robots to friendly. To me, that implies the quickhack does not actually cause psyberpsychosis. But then, who knows? The actual cause of the condition is kept deliberately vague and open to interpretation, so there's a good chance we'll never know.

[Chaosdogg]

The Cyberpsychosis Sasha uses is a nod to the game hack (ability) you can use. It causes enemies to attack anything in their vicinity. I don't think it's ever acknowledged as an actual status that causes the condition outside of battle given that the ability causes the target to self destruct after all hostiles have been terminated, which is not one of the symptoms of the actual cyberpsychosis condition.

[bengaming]

The only thing that stand out to me disputing the theory of David being still alive is that I don't remember if it is a opening/closing credit thing or if one of the official music videos have it in it, but there is a very clear and specific scene with Adam Smasher putting a very clearly defined hole in David's head. I think his head literally explodes if I remember the scene correctly. In any case it seemed pretty final in that scene. On the other hand, who cares about that scene, I am perfectly happy if they bring David and Lucy back in Season 2 and give them a happier ending.

[rman]

I mean they straight up said that they never thought it would be this successful, so season 2 was never planned; it's not that it'll never happen, just never planned. The producer mentioned he wasn't sure if it would be season 2 or something else. That might change in the future, but the fact that it succeeded in every possible way (by reviving the game) does increase the chances of them continuing with anime. The CEO mentioned that they really want to do more shows like Edgerunners. Now whether that's continuing David's story or getting a new crew is another subject, it's CDPR call. Maybe we might get something in Phantom Liberty hopefully. The important thing is CDPR and Trigger are open to doing more work together, so hopefully we get another banger.

[skyrvn]

Something you missed. Besides Claire at Afterlife in the anime you can see Rogue in edgerunners as well. Dont remember which episode but its when David sneaks Rebecca into the Afterlife smiling in front of the bar.

[Dr-Dusty]

Ah yes, the mislead of several canon instances throughout the entirety of cyberpunk 2077 directly saying David died from smasher. I too find several characters stating his brains were blown out very vague.

[savlosavage]

Calling adam smasher ... sandler is hilarious i know im late but none the less im here lol