My friend had been recommending to me a new hot topic anime out right now called Cyberpunk Edgerunners. At first, I was not intrigued because I do not trust the public's opinion, however, I saw how fluid the animation was and went to check it out. I came out of the experience and it was an entertaining one, to say the least. SPOILER WARNING PLUS I DID NOT PLAY THE GAME SO THIS REVIEW WILL BE FROM SOMEONE WITH NO GAME KNOWLEDGE.

Anyways, the story is about our Grade A student named David who attends Arasaka Academy and only lives with his mother, Gloria. Neither of them fit in with their respective groups but they try to get by despite the massive amounts of debt they are in. After ending up in a car accident that kills David's mom, David finds Sandevistan and plans to become an Edgerunner.

I'll start with the overall story and say it's decent. You can tell where the plot is headed but that isn't a bad thing. They set out with a goal to show the bad side of a dystopian world and they pulled it off albeit in a very predictable sense but it worked nonetheless. I will say that a big gripe that I had with the show is how rushed it felt. I get that it is 10 episodes but everything felt a bit too fast for me to the point where I couldn't feel emotionally invested in the characters or story. I'll get to the characters in a bit but another little gripe I had was the direction they took in the second half which should make sense with context, as Maine (the leader just died) and David took in the role of the leader. The flow just did not feel natural to me which could just be the rushed pacing but that's how I felt.

Next are the characters and again, none of them are too deep or well-written. A lot of them are obvious stereotypes but that doesn't weigh them down for me that much. I liked all the characters as none of them were that annoying other than Pilar and they were all just likable. Most of the characters including David die though which feels like a double-edged sword because, in the context of this show, it was the right call, but as a viewer, it just stings that I just feel nothing for their deaths. The ending felt bittersweet mainly because we saw Lucy (main girl) on the moon, alone without David. I am usually not a fan of bittersweet endings as they ruin my overall watching.

It feels like I'm ranting too much even though I liked the show. The animation and ost/sound design are just incredible. Almost everything in this show looks and feels amazing to watch and is just out of this world. I also really loved the character interactions in this show. Their chemistry is insane in the first half and I just wished we got that more.

Overall, I felt like Edgerunners fall under the category of "A good anime that with more episodes, could've been perfect." There are many things that made me wish there was more to this. I would really like to see this amazing world again sometime.