Why David Martinez is Special - Cyberpunk Edgerunners

Why David Martinez is Special - Cyberpunk Edgerunners

David Martinez was able to use the Sandevistan almost right away. In my opinion this made him very special.

[thetheory]

You think love saving him from cyberpsychosis is cringe until you realize real psychotic people usually only truly interact with a few specific people.

Psychosis is a scary thing, but positive relations with the individual is proven to have some dampening effect on crises.

[Freedomerider]

David also got chromed up real fast, plus he had existing mental trauma. That plus what you mentioned really broke him, I think if Lucy stayed close, he probably could've held himself together longer. Maybe even gotten a couple hits on Adam.

[lukmanibrahim]

I had a good news on early March 2023! Zach Aguilar who voice acted David just winning Crunchyroll Anime Awards as the best English Voice Actor! I'm really so happy for him after becoming his fans!

[averypossiblememelord]

This theory is actually supported indirectly by in-game lore; the cyberpsycho side mission for Regina Jones has V non-lethally incapacitate the cyberpsycho and then gather up evidence in the area to send back to Regina to figure out why they turned psycho and damn near ALL of the cases is a scenario where the psycho has been pushed into an unfortunate situation where their fears overwhelms their sense of rationality and they end up pushing people away before turning psycho.

[lil-trashcans-_-]

crazy to think that the entire story of edgerunners happened because David couldn't wait for his mom to get her paycheck

[jon]

After Maine and Dorio die, David also goes heavy with the chrome which increases his likelihood of becoming a cyberpsycho. He nearly went full-borg before the end of the show.

[EtherealRoninERProductions]

I mean...Panam prevented me from going into cyberpsychosis 😏

[absboodoo]

Meanwhile V be like:
Lol can't get cyberpsychosis if you don't have a functioning brain lol

[nighthawk]

Its all about Lucy at the end. She brings him back from Psychosis only for him to almsot slip into it again from Beccas death. Yet after Falco grabs Lucy and drives away we no longer see him on the verge, even while Smasher is ripping him apart. Even knowing he was going to die he still didnt go psycho, he went out content with a smile.

Davids dream, keep Lucy safe and get her to the moon. Nothing else ever really mattered

[johnromero]

So the key to upgrades is...

*FAMILY*
Torreto would be so OP

[sassythesasquatch]

The part where he killed that innocent lady entered the chat: 💀

[JohnPeacekeeper]

The irony that Arasaka wanted to catch David to find out what made him special, when it's something that Arasaka can never produce: a healthy environment that fosters Humanity

We even see Corpo V struggling with the burden of just being there, and Jackie wasn't kidding when he tells Corpo V that losing his job means he got his life back

[wgiver]

I totally agree, plus there is proof of that in the game. In the mission where you give the chick to trauma team with Jackie(there are a lot of other places to find this note), there is a note in that apartment somewhere on cyberpsychosis. They basically say if you have a good support system you will pretty much never go "cyberpsycho" , but night city is so messed up that a lot of chrome junkies don't have a good support system.

[Zybewinzit]

V said fuck cyber psychosis I’ll take cyber Schizophrenia

[patrickempson]

If he was tapping Rebecca on the side he would of been alright.

[Lars_Hermsen]

I love how this “he had his friends by his side” reasoning is also perfectly in line with Studio Trigger’s whole thing

[minochanel]

Totally agree with you, this makes sense.

He loses his mentor and his 2 friends that were the basically their big brother and sister of the group. In the last episode he only could see Lucy sometimes and he only got Rebecca to support him.



Let's not forget also the stress of losing a lot of rookies that wanted to be part of his group.

[TylerMcLmore]

Lucy wasn’t detached: she was staying away because she was trying to protect David by killing the Arisaka netrunners that were trying to find him if I recall correctly.

[zenebean]

Cyberpsychosis not being due to replacing parts but by endlessly tricking yourself out to the point your mind gets overwhelmed is my fav theory. You lose track of yourself and spiral without anything to pull you back. This dystopian hellscape leaves most with few to trust or help manage, so they rely on medication until it stops working. Someone like David does so well because he gets a sort of family to keep his mind in the right place. Losing that support except for Rebeccah started to make him too stressed out.
Adam Smasher probably was someone with the right opportunity and mindset to continually upgrade himself. He just always thought of himself as a cold, merciless machine to the point he never had any humanity to lose.

[lennycuellar]

The same secret of most anime. The power of love and friendship.