Shit was cold to hear. Maine literally knew his faith and knew he couldn't keep running. He was like. No more running for me dawg, Reaper's finally calling my name. As in its him ending here. Shit was chilling to hear. EDIT: (ADDING ON)
That was cold and Maine accepted his faith he even said fast is what you do best you keep running, when I look back at this maybe that was Maine’s way of telling him escape Night City
complete 180 from what him and Lucy were literally just saying you could see the stark difference in how Maine and Dario were operating vs Lucy and David one was more hopeful and optimistic where the others were more grounded in reality like no bro we cant do this we are fucked.
Once Maine died, it was obvious this show couldn't have a happy ending. When next we see David and he's all sup'd out, I knew he was going down in flames.
@@dimitrilitovsk2372 It wasn't all futile. David helped Lucy reach her dream, even if it cost him his life, so I wouldn't say our efforts are futile, just that they come with sacrifice
Well you can see his rib cage and some organs but other than that he had no skin left just metal/plastic it’s sad really knowing gave up his whole body to something that would eventually kill him.
@@bpf10 for clarification to any people reading: David’s little scream that sounded like grunts were not apart of the scream the part where MaxTac was shown and jumping in, that was when the scream was present within the song and a bit further on
Main sees life as a marathon(hence his hallucinations) so he really means to tell David to stay alive, but David hears it as keep edgerunning as in never back down from this punk life which leads him to his self destructive future. It's twisted and tragic just like with his mom.
0:58 “Damn it, stop shaking!” i love this small line so much, he’s scared of Maxtec closing in but he’s TERRIFIED of losing Maine, preferring to stand his ground with this hollow shell of a person he put on a pedestal despite having no plan at all.
David never lost his shakes after that moment. This series, along with Cyberpunk as a whole, show just how debilitating PTSD truly is through the lens of forsaking one's flesh at the expense of their soul. The denizens of Night city are constantly at war with each other, themselves, and the city itself.
Thought the same, I really only watched the dub because the people in the game speak English, so very pleasing that they did just as good if not better than the Sub.
@@notdedi The comment was about what is the most depressing not what caused everything. If you wanna play that game I could just say your wrong because it was his mothers death that started all of this.
@@notdedi Nah man it was the writer of the show that caused it. Now do you see that I was just pointing out how dumb this train of thought is? Do you just like starting pointless debates or what?
That's the part that's kinda haunting to me. He knows David is in front of him. Probably sees him to some extent. But bro is gone. He's in another world
They made it so good because the show is like the characters...burn outs They made it so action packed because that's the life style they emphasize. The same reason it's only 10 episodes.
1:12 This scene is very good. These soldiers with the red landing thing basically represent death in the series. We see them land, and then from Davids perspective from the inside. The whole shot of david is a single frame, making us rely on the sounds of the vehicle hovering above, the soldiers landing, the soldier's footsteps, and David's staggered breathing. This scene tells us that death is coming, all with a single frame. This is a good scene.
This ending hits the worst, Lucy may have brought David in, but Maine is the one who taught him how to work without needing the crutch. Gave him a shot when he didn't need to. Probably a big friend that David never had and gave him advice that David always needed to hear. Then all of a sudden, He loses his mind and ends up believing there's no way out from Maxtac. Maine was like the glue that kept the squad afloat. Then when he died, David filled the role but it felt more like it was beginning to decay.
I think you missed the point. All Maine taught him how to do was use crutches. He pushed David to use more and more cybernetics, and in the end, David ended up following in Maines' foolish steps. Maine was a warning, one David never took seriously, and they both thought they were untouchable by cyberpsychosis. Don't get me wrong I absolutely loved him as the leader of their team, he genuinely tried his best for them, but sometimes you rub off on those around you, sometimes people take in your bad habits as their own, such as the addiction to body modification.
@@imnotgivingyoumyname810 just like real fathers, sometimes pride trumps truth, whether they know it or not. And some lessons one must learn for themselves, the hard way.
It's interesting how Maine was naturally built like a marathoner (lean and not too bulky). By the end he got so heavily augmented that he looked like a massive hulking bodybuilder on very high dose steroids, which is a terrible build for running long distances. It's like his desire to become powerful eventually weighed him down to the point where he couldn't run anymore.
@@DanteV42Well tbf David was still fast, but rather than being weighed down and crashing down as an avalanche like Maine. David was speed up and came burning up like a meteor. Both ending in meaningless damage but in two completely different ways
2:29 this is one of the most horrifically depressing scenes I’ve seen in a while. Why did they make Maine’s death so fucking visceral? It hits harder than David’s somehow
Because this.... this was the ending of the show. The aftermath was just that... the aftermath. When Maine died, the operation fell apart. Everything David had, fell apart.
Because technically david had a happy ending. He made Lucy’s dream come true, and he died smiling for that reason. Maine died with nothing good left for him.
I unfortunately resonate with this moment. My cousin died from a gang related incident when visiting his home town after making it out the hood. He was tall & strong like Maine but also about 8 years older than me. He introduced me to Sonic and knew I had a thing for speed. When we last spoke he asked me was I “still living fast and reckless?”. I don’t remember what I said but he messed my hair & gave me his favorite shoes and said I’d grow into em. I miss you Dre
For me the hardest part about this scene is knowing that Maine filled that parental role for David. He lost his mother, but Maine became a dad for him. He watched her die, and he’d be damned if he’d lose Maine. The pain in his voice when his hands won’t stop shaking, the defeat when Maine accepts that there’s no more running. David watching another person he thought the world of die and being helpless to stop it. There are no happy endings in Night City.
Guess Maine didn't get to choose the quiet life quite actually went out in a blaze of glory. What a legend. I love that even in his mentally deteriorated state he recognizes his friend and is able to give him a goodbye before he dies. Maine needs a drink at the Afterlife
at 2:44, you can see one of Maine's final hallucinations. It took me several watches to notice that Maine was seeing David run away from Maine's own younger past-self perspective. THIS IS MAKING ME MORE SAD AND I CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD WHEN I WATCH THIS CLIP AGAINSDFNKBVASDHBFKAJEHTGO;A
Lemme blow your mind with this one. Every time he hallucinates that road, he's running, but he can never run past that end in the road. Then at the end, he watches David run beyond it
@@breeze7464 yes because he told david not to stop and keep on running. he realised that this was the end for him but as he said it didnt have to be for david
This is sad for me because I saw Maine as the best character in the series no joke he was good because of how he treated David, but seeing him being blown away in such a light makes it worse than what I would've expected
Why was the grim reaper coming for him? What was he running away from? Is it from society sucks and only wants to help in exchange for greed, and they wonder why people lose it and they are ultimately casted as the "pyscho"? ☹️
0:25 I always loved how in reality, Dorio’s body is just kinda crumpled uncomfortably on top of all the explosives. But when it switches to Maine’s perspective, she looks much more restful and placed with care. Really shows how far Maine’s brain was gone by this point.
The idea of going Cyberpsycho was super scary and sad to me. You live in this society where you can add machinery into your body to increase your physical abilities tremendously, but overtime your mental state deteriorates and 9/10 the death is gruesome. Ughh
It's interesting to see it tbh. Cyberpsychosis in the world is super scary, but at the same time, it's also p much a scapegoat. It's like loading up on super steroids. The lore for Cyberpunk, on many occasion, hints at cyberpsychosis being a deterioration of the brain that is paired with mental strain, hence why war veteran's snap more often, and why Maine, who lost everyone (including multiple characters that were shown in music video's and promotional material that acted as prequels to the show, like the Let Me Down MV), ended up succumbing to cyberpsychosis. To see it is interesting as it leads cyberpsychosis, by omission of the author, to be a complicated web of misunderstanding which ties into the cold nature of Cyberpunk, a world that absolutely abandoned the concept of mental healthcare. This causes cyberpsychosis to just be a blanket term that just goes "Oh this guy with cybernetics snapped" instead of even beginning to examine everything else. It's also interesting to see how we, as the audience, can be sucked in and immersed to the point where we also give up our understanding of mental health, even though the author likes to hint at it very often, with the game being more direct with how it depicts victims. This abandonment of all emotion or humanity or understanding in lieu of a simple excuse to justify why a tragedy happens is at the heart of cyberpsychosis, and why so few make it out in the lore.
It's widely spoken about on the actual music platforms. I found it on SoundCloud with no issue. Good quality too! It's called Zurawie by Wydech/Ugory. It's a masterpiece
I feel like Maine knew David would end the same way, hence why his word "You can't do it" hit so hard. Maine was his father figure, and he was telling him not to be like him. He probably wanted David to leave this life with Lucy and not continue with being Edgerunners.
Anyone else in shambles watching this the second time? I was absolutely devastated watching this the second time with a friend with all the allusion and knowing what happens next. It's heartbreaking seeing David wanting to be by his side so desperately. Back to the allusion just seeing Lucy's hand twitch and seeing that same thing later on with David it just tore me apart personally. The writers deserve an A++ just such a good story and such a good anime and only 10 episodes smh... round of applause to CDPR and Trigger, one of the all-time greats imo for storytelling and character building
Any more episodes and it would have sucked. they crafted it perfectly with the amount of time they had and made it all meaningful. Just like Cowboy Bepop, give what you need for the story. Don't push it to infinity like Naruto, One Piece, or Dragon Ball. Keep it perfect. End it when it needs to end.
literally bawled my eyes out when I watched it first time while high as a kite. The song, the slowmo, the expression, the delays between scene gradually building up the tension and that scream, it felt perfect 10/10. Never thought Trigger could make a serious anime since most of their anime is of different style and generally thrilling but cutesy.
So goddamn beautiful that David came to his aid and was even willing to fight MaxTac w him, despite being terrified and knowing full well that he wouldn't stand a chance 😢
Out of all the deaths in this series, this hit hardest for me. Maine was in the depths of Cyberpsychosis, but the bond between him and David focused him enough to save David. He was lucid enough to tell him he needed to live. Comradery....the strongest bond.
And the saddest part is....Maine was a father figure to David who had a lot of regrets. And for David who lost his mother in a horrifying way the crew maine ran was a pseudo family for him. Even after falling to cyberpsychoisis you saw his humanity or what was left, he cared about David.
Getting a strong Animatrix vibe with Edgerunners, I'm loving it. It's like revisiting these early 90s and 2000s anime classics like Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D, Ghost in the Shell, Cowboy Bebop, Black Lagoon etc.
“Oh, hey kid. You holding up alright?” Maine’s voice actor nailed the distant otherworldly tone as Maine’s soul fights to keep a grip on it’s earthly host that has begun turning against it. Due to my experiences as a shaman of sorts, when a soul is attacked or blocked off from control of it’s flesh n blood body, you’re filled a great hatred of life. There’s no sense of right or wrong. Your brain sinks into a raging black sea as your soul tries to yell at you over the waves. Fortunately, I listened and swam back to shore.
@@mellowvalentine9354 I was never one of 'the cool kids'. And they're all either in jail or up gangbang creek without a condom. And I prefer baths, especially with Dr. Teal's Foaming Bath with Pure Epsom Salt. I think lavender is my favorite.
I woke up at 12am in the morning, and said, you know what, I'm finally going to sit down and watch the show. Having seen it yesterday, I think Maine's death is one that will stick w/ me the most. Scene had be traumatized at 3am.
@@akuji6450 I decided to binge some sites on the cyberpunk wiki as well to understand the lore that the series sat upon. I felt dead inside once I finished, but damn, I can't wait for the next anime or show they release. There's so much to go over in canon, it's entirely unexplored. Things to note -The middle east glassed itself -There have been 4 corporate wars, with arasaka versus militech being the 4th. -Back in ww2, the japanese were using basically what amounts to f-22s -Sov-oil (a oil based corporation) took control of the USSR (or atleatt russia) after it collapsed. - After a market crash in 94, america is completely cooked. The civilized society is authoritarian (new united states of america), the non-civilized middle america is full of nomads, so think great depression meets last of us, minus the zombies. - Europe is completely and utterly chillin. No joke, they're the safest place on earth. Don't cry because it happened, feel happy because there's more pain to go through!
One of the most underrated motifs they do with Maine is that despite how chromed he is, he’s always drawn with very kind eyes, still very human. When he first starts descending into cyberpsychosis, his shades are drawn more opaque, obscuring his eyes and making him more intimidating and less friendly. In his last convo with David after his rampage, the light and life in his eyes are totally gone, at that point he’s completely dead inside. Love subtleties like that in media.
Pause as Maines dying, all that's left of him at this point in life appears to be just a brain, and the rest is all metal. There wasn't much human left in there. Cybernetics seems to be a very, very bad choice.
but it'd be so tempting for those at the bottom, who felt they had no power to change things, to just do a few improvements to become stronger, faster. Spiraling out of control in a reckless frenzy to become superhuman, not many could fight that. I couldn't.
@M. TTT. I think that's the point, cybernetics are the new drugs. Both are debilitating the longer and more they are used. I like the parallels they depict in this series and he game. Often, in the game, cybercychos are just people who were hacked, so it's also a way for the rich to control the weak. Pretty hopeless world but it's kind of neat to see that rhe everyday joe still seems to have a place in life and honestly they seem to live the happiest lives in cyberpunk, don't get cybernetics, don't go corpo and just work. They generally seem to get out ahead. So maybe it's just the greedy that died young in this game. Sorry for rambling.
@M. TTT. frankly, I'd trade my legs for limbs that allowed me to outrun cars. It'd be liberating not to be tied to a vehicle, pending if I had to take meds the rest of my life.
@I'm not giving you my name yea true, i feel like you'd only have to take meds for a couple weeks in reality. I'm sure some secret company has developed prosthetics that don't trigger the human immune system; have your DNA embedded in them or something.
@I'm not giving you my name ah true that's an interesting thought/perspective. Their lives seem like a lot of just making ends meet, but there's lots of that in our reality as well. Way she goes I guess, I wish I could live fast, die young like the cyberpunks
What is so depressing about this scene is how Maine was portrayed to be this strong, chill and big brother like human being…then he loses it because of his addiction to cyberware and becomes a mindless killing machine. It just goes to show that cyberpsychosis doesn’t discriminate and will take over the mind of someone as strong as Maine and turn them into a monster of their formal self.
I still think maine is the second saddest death in the series. Mainly cause of how it was executed. Rebecca's was more realistic, it was a quick death to show how cruel the world is and how easily life can be ripped away. She didn't get to give any last words as she was dying like most anime characters. Main was kinda similar, they both said what they needed to before their demise. But like I said, it's the EXECUTION that puts this death over Rebeccas for me.
There's so much I love in those last few shots. I love how the final shot of Dorio is tasteful, and artful, whereas Maine's are brutal and horrific. I love how you see David sprinting through the desert in that blink and you'll miss it shot. I love how the screams are a part of the song, and that they're completely indescribable. I love that the last thing Maine was able to hold on to, and perceive clearly was one of the people who really cared about him most.
The way he's shown as his young, weak and scared self at the edge of an abruptly ended highway alone in a desert just hits really hard. The explosion cutting off the song as he bleakly looks out into the distance. God.
Watched this for the first time expecting nothing and 7 months after watching it I still have depression this show came out of nowhere and then disappeared
as insane as this scene is what really sells it to me is Lucy's voice acting in the start. It super well done and shows how scary the situation is from an outside perspective
One thing I feel we gloss over a lot in this scene is that Maine is practically a father figure to David at this point. This show is freakin painful ohmygod
0:39 Something I never noticed before, but when Maine says the reaper is calling his name, we see that in his POV he actually sees someone. No one else is in the room with them, but he is picking up a third person in the distance which registers as a black glitch, like how he saw the NCPD.
This scene is absolutely genius. The way the death of Maine and the beginning of living by Maine's dreams of David is shown by desert is so accurate. This 2:29 is beautiful and the long calling scene with Lucy is just something... The most tragic scene i've ever seen
0:48 One thing I love in this bit is how small David looks, his oversized jacket and hair along with the large gun in his hands really cements how not ready he is for this.
I love when Maine mentioning "the reapers finally calling my name", and in an almost metaphorical way the desert scene shows a black obsidian object in the distance, then shifts to the MAXTAC logo printed boldly on the black transport vehicle. It shows how Max-Tac is essentially the embodiment of death for everyone in this city, from the moment they started chipping there's always a chance Max-Tac will be the last thing they see.
"David......you.....cant do it" fuckin damn near cried when I heard that. Especially since David had JUST asked Lucy to tell him he can do it. All he wanted was someone to believe in him 😢😢
You can hear how dead inside Maine was by this point, the only human part of him left was the part that cared about David, perfect voice acting here
It brought Maine back from his episode Maine went out like a beast
@@Kas58223Yep, just like Lucy with David
@@PrinceFloof that was just heartbreaking of how far David put himself to the extreme though
I love how once David showed up became just lucid enough to realize he'd lost it
And the part that was wondering if he caused the mess
"No more running for me dawg, Reaper's finally calling my name..."
Shit was cold to hear. Maine literally knew his faith and knew he couldn't keep running. He was like. No more running for me dawg, Reaper's finally calling my name. As in its him ending here. Shit was chilling to hear.
EDIT: (ADDING ON)
Gave me the chills
Me when the fbi finds my illegal pistol stocks
@@deathcharge5468 Me when the group chat gets leaked
That was cold and Maine accepted his faith he even said fast is what you do best you keep running, when I look back at this maybe that was Maine’s way of telling him escape Night City
"David, you can't do it..." heart wrenching.
Facts
Agreed.
Fast is what you do best you keep running
complete 180 from what him and Lucy were literally just saying you could see the stark difference in how Maine and Dario were operating vs Lucy and David one was more hopeful and optimistic where the others were more grounded in reality like no bro we cant do this we are fucked.
Brotha that line will stick with me till I die. "David.....you...cant do it" 😢
Once Maine died, it was obvious this show couldn't have a happy ending. When next we see David and he's all sup'd out, I knew he was going down in flames.
He had to earn that drink named after him in the Afterlife somehow and there's only one way to do that.
V: "Guess I meant, I dunno... a happier ending... for everyone involved."
Silverhand: "Here, for folks like us? Wrong city, wrong people."
Cowboy Bebop anime had a similar scenario where a character left and that marked the nail in the coffin for the group
I was silly to think it could have a happy ending. This show proved how futile our efforts are
@@dimitrilitovsk2372 It wasn't all futile. David helped Lucy reach her dream, even if it cost him his life, so I wouldn't say our efforts are futile, just that they come with sacrifice
The fact you don’t see blood and bone but scraps and pieces… he was far gone
A streetborg nearly no wonder he went psycho imagine maain had chipped davids sandy
Well you can see his rib cage and some organs but other than that he had no skin left just metal/plastic it’s sad really knowing gave up his whole body to something that would eventually kill him.
I love the part where we get to see the "Reaper" just in the distance as a big black visual glitch. It's so beautifully eerie.
0:42 for timestamp
Not to make light of this scene. But after reading this , I imagined him seeing the red ring of death from the xbox 360 days.
I didn't get it before, thanks for the detail, so heart-wrenching
@@garybrown2039 Lol
It's the maxtac car
2:29 he's watching this super slowly, so when he screams, the reason it seems so stifled is because the air can't come out of his lungs fast enough.
i noticed that the “scream” is the same in both japanese and english dub
jp dub is still peak too
@@revery2reality I know where you live
@@combineconformist probe'm
Fun fact: The scream Is actually part of the song they used for this scene
@@bpf10 for clarification to any people reading: David’s little scream that sounded like grunts were not apart of the scream
the part where MaxTac was shown and jumping in, that was when the scream was present within the song and a bit further on
His face when he says 'just keep running' is absolutely bone-chilling to me. It shows his insanity, sadness, hopelessness and ugh its just so good
Such a chilling stare
Main sees life as a marathon(hence his hallucinations) so he really means to tell David to stay alive, but David hears it as keep edgerunning as in never back down from this punk life which leads him to his self destructive future. It's twisted and tragic just like with his mom.
There's also a hint of love and kindness that he feels towards David in his face mixed in with all of it too. The animation for this series is insane.
0:58 “Damn it, stop shaking!” i love this small line so much, he’s scared of Maxtec closing in but he’s TERRIFIED of losing Maine, preferring to stand his ground with this hollow shell of a person he put on a pedestal despite having no plan at all.
Its also a good way to foreshadow what David was going to put himself through in the future.
David never lost his shakes after that moment. This series, along with Cyberpunk as a whole, show just how debilitating PTSD truly is through the lens of forsaking one's flesh at the expense of their soul. The denizens of Night city are constantly at war with each other, themselves, and the city itself.
The dub is absolutely perfect
soo true
Thought the same, I really only watched the dub because the people in the game speak English, so very pleasing that they did just as good if not better than the Sub.
This is the 2nd anime where I heavily prefer english dub over sub
@@Spiderman42069 What was the first?
@@ifoldyougo6517 DBZ
Maines death was even more depressing than the ending
Na the worst part is when Rebecca gives David the last shot of meds and David is hallucinating and talking to his mom.
@Bill Fred nah this scene is the exact reason David went cyberpsycho, he never wanted to be "too weak" to protect everyone
@@notdedi The comment was about what is the most depressing not what caused everything. If you wanna play that game I could just say your wrong because it was his mothers death that started all of this.
@Bill Fred nah you're still wrong, it was night city that caused it
@@notdedi Nah man it was the writer of the show that caused it. Now do you see that I was just pointing out how dumb this train of thought is? Do you just like starting pointless debates or what?
His eyes when he tells David to keep runnin he’s looking at David but he isn’t actually lookin, 1000yard stare absolutely crushing.
That's the part that's kinda haunting to me. He knows David is in front of him. Probably sees him to some extent. But bro is gone. He's in another world
Yeah, it made it feel like it was legit his last 0.1% bit of his humanity squeezed out. It's a devastating scene.
HOW DID THEY MAKE THIS SHOW SO GOOD? one of the most powerful scenes I've ever watched in an anime
One word: Tragedy
The game is good too yo. TRUST. The next gen version is actually good.
@@coldblizzard5880 Yes, and if you have a RTX 30+ PC, it's the most beautiful game ever, no cap
They made it so good because the show is like the characters...burn outs They made it so action packed because that's the life style they emphasize. The same reason it's only 10 episodes.
1:12
This scene is very good.
These soldiers with the red landing thing basically represent death in the series. We see them land, and then from Davids perspective from the inside. The whole shot of david is a single frame, making us rely on the sounds of the vehicle hovering above, the soldiers landing, the soldier's footsteps, and David's staggered breathing. This scene tells us that death is coming, all with a single frame. This is a good scene.
This ending hits the worst,
Lucy may have brought David in, but Maine is the one who taught him how to work without needing the crutch. Gave him a shot when he didn't need to.
Probably a big friend that David never had and gave him advice that David always needed to hear.
Then all of a sudden, He loses his mind and ends up believing there's no way out from Maxtac. Maine was like the glue that kept the squad afloat. Then when he died, David filled the role but it felt more like it was beginning to decay.
I think he was more of a dad figure to David
This does feel like it. Like the dying part of being dead.
I think you missed the point. All Maine taught him how to do was use crutches. He pushed David to use more and more cybernetics, and in the end, David ended up following in Maines' foolish steps. Maine was a warning, one David never took seriously, and they both thought they were untouchable by cyberpsychosis. Don't get me wrong I absolutely loved him as the leader of their team, he genuinely tried his best for them, but sometimes you rub off on those around you, sometimes people take in your bad habits as their own, such as the addiction to body modification.
@@imnotgivingyoumyname810 just like real fathers, sometimes pride trumps truth, whether they know it or not. And some lessons one must learn for themselves, the hard way.
It's so sad. Unfortunately I hope I lose my mind via cyber psychosis. At least I could blame the Chrome
It's interesting how Maine was naturally built like a marathoner (lean and not too bulky). By the end he got so heavily augmented that he looked like a massive hulking bodybuilder on very high dose steroids, which is a terrible build for running long distances. It's like his desire to become powerful eventually weighed him down to the point where he couldn't run anymore.
truly
almost like another character who went from being fast to a bulky psycho
@@DanteV42Well tbf David was still fast, but rather than being weighed down and crashing down as an avalanche like Maine. David was speed up and came burning up like a meteor. Both ending in meaningless damage but in two completely different ways
Never thought about his physique as the story progressed
2:29 this is one of the most horrifically depressing scenes I’ve seen in a while. Why did they make Maine’s death so fucking visceral? It hits harder than David’s somehow
Because this.... this was the ending of the show. The aftermath was just that... the aftermath. When Maine died, the operation fell apart. Everything David had, fell apart.
Because technically david had a happy ending. He made Lucy’s dream come true, and he died smiling for that reason. Maine died with nothing good left for him.
@@gadgetmoogle6355what?
@@gadgetmoogle6355more like the beginning of the end
It’s cause of how detailed Maine’s final seconds were is why it hits so hard
2:19-2:28 I just LOVE that the screams are in fact part of the song.
Same
Poland make the best Music
And it's synced up to make you think maxtac is yelling, genius decision
@@katrez. precisely 👍👍
What’s the song
I unfortunately resonate with this moment.
My cousin died from a gang related incident when visiting his home town after making it out the hood. He was tall & strong like Maine but also about 8 years older than me. He introduced me to Sonic and knew I had a thing for speed.
When we last spoke he asked me was I “still living fast and reckless?”. I don’t remember what I said but he messed my hair & gave me his favorite shoes and said I’d grow into em.
I miss you Dre
Im sorry to hear that. Use the shoes well , and live your life happily, nobly, and in a way that wont make him or your other loved ones worry.
Peace.
Wow
I’m sorry for your loss man RIP
I'm sorry to hear that he sounded like a great guy 😞
Then everyone clapped
For me the hardest part about this scene is knowing that Maine filled that parental role for David. He lost his mother, but Maine became a dad for him. He watched her die, and he’d be damned if he’d lose Maine. The pain in his voice when his hands won’t stop shaking, the defeat when Maine accepts that there’s no more running. David watching another person he thought the world of die and being helpless to stop it. There are no happy endings in Night City.
That's why leaving the city is the best course of action.
every single shot in this scene is dripping with soul, what a masterpiece
i love how maine is full cyber psycho but still sees david as normal so he can give him one last lesson.
Guess Maine didn't get to choose the quiet life quite actually went out in a blaze of glory. What a legend. I love that even in his mentally deteriorated state he recognizes his friend and is able to give him a goodbye before he dies. Maine needs a drink at the Afterlife
at 2:44, you can see one of Maine's final hallucinations. It took me several watches to notice that Maine was seeing David run away from Maine's own younger past-self perspective. THIS IS MAKING ME MORE SAD AND I CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD WHEN I WATCH THIS CLIP AGAINSDFNKBVASDHBFKAJEHTGO;A
Lemme blow your mind with this one. Every time he hallucinates that road, he's running, but he can never run past that end in the road. Then at the end, he watches David run beyond it
@@breeze7464 yes because he told david not to stop and keep on running. he realised that this was the end for him but as he said it didnt have to be for david
@@simonsayz3925 you really don't understand what I'm saying, do you? It has absolutely nothing to do with that at all
@@breeze7464you’re wrong sorry
The way Maine’s eyes shake slightly at 1:08 after David says “you and me” 🥲🥲
Yes
“David, you can’t do it…MaxTac got the 2.0 update”
This is sad for me because I saw Maine as the best character in the series no joke he was good because of how he treated David, but seeing him being blown away in such a light makes it worse than what I would've expected
Indeed very sad.
Watching your dad die in slow motion. Horrifying.
Why was the grim reaper coming for him? What was he running away from?
Is it from society sucks and only wants to help in exchange for greed, and they wonder why people lose it and they are ultimately casted as the "pyscho"? ☹️
Maine was the big brother David needed he looked out for him taught him and guided him that’s why this hits hard and the horrified face on David
@@Kas58223 No shit Brother. Brother or Father figure. Because so far it seems that his Father wasn't in his life.
Guy went out like a fucking viking.
He earned his place in Cyber-Valhalla
0:25 I always loved how in reality, Dorio’s body is just kinda crumpled uncomfortably on top of all the explosives.
But when it switches to Maine’s perspective, she looks much more restful and placed with care.
Really shows how far Maine’s brain was gone by this point.
This was the scene that made me realize this show was special. I'll never forget Maine's last moments.
The LAST frame. Mayne standing still while david is running. man....
Maaan what a style. This scene got soo many implications than what I initially thought. 🥺
The idea of going Cyberpsycho was super scary and sad to me. You live in this society where you can add machinery into your body to increase your physical abilities tremendously, but overtime your mental state deteriorates and 9/10 the death is gruesome. Ughh
It's interesting to see it tbh.
Cyberpsychosis in the world is super scary, but at the same time, it's also p much a scapegoat. It's like loading up on super steroids.
The lore for Cyberpunk, on many occasion, hints at cyberpsychosis being a deterioration of the brain that is paired with mental strain, hence why war veteran's snap more often, and why Maine, who lost everyone (including multiple characters that were shown in music video's and promotional material that acted as prequels to the show, like the Let Me Down MV), ended up succumbing to cyberpsychosis.
To see it is interesting as it leads cyberpsychosis, by omission of the author, to be a complicated web of misunderstanding which ties into the cold nature of Cyberpunk, a world that absolutely abandoned the concept of mental healthcare. This causes cyberpsychosis to just be a blanket term that just goes "Oh this guy with cybernetics snapped" instead of even beginning to examine everything else.
It's also interesting to see how we, as the audience, can be sucked in and immersed to the point where we also give up our understanding of mental health, even though the author likes to hint at it very often, with the game being more direct with how it depicts victims. This abandonment of all emotion or humanity or understanding in lieu of a simple excuse to justify why a tragedy happens is at the heart of cyberpsychosis, and why so few make it out in the lore.
Me, playing the game: ooh look, a buncha ne'er-do-wells! A sudden onset of Cyberpsychosis oughta wake em up
@@allseeingirenevery nuanced commentary here. enjoyed this read
This. Is. Depression.
R.I.P all the Edgerunners that died in this master piece of a show
When you tell your ride or die to ride away.
"Fast is what you do best ain't it?
*Just keep running."*
the english dub version is the one, thanks for the upload. definitely a touching scene, the soundtrack adds to it dramatically too 😔💯
David activated the sandy and still stayed until Maine was completely gone. He couldn't look away.
Soundtrack in this scene is not talked about enough frankly. It’s perfectly cohesive.
whats the name
@@kevinv332Zurawije
It's widely spoken about on the actual music platforms. I found it on SoundCloud with no issue. Good quality too! It's called Zurawie by Wydech/Ugory. It's a masterpiece
@@ExtantPerson appreciate you
@@kalonedev3972 thank you also appreciate you
0:10 it amazing how glazed over, dead inside the animators made his eyes look
I feel like Maine knew David would end the same way, hence why his word "You can't do it" hit so hard. Maine was his father figure, and he was telling him not to be like him. He probably wanted David to leave this life with Lucy and not continue with being Edgerunners.
It's insane that Maine held so much together as to not hurt David
Maine to David: Just Keep Running
Silverhand to V: Never Stop Fighting
Its why I went beyond the Blackwall at the end.
Anyone else in shambles watching this the second time? I was absolutely devastated watching this the second time with a friend with all the allusion and knowing what happens next. It's heartbreaking seeing David wanting to be by his side so desperately. Back to the allusion just seeing Lucy's hand twitch and seeing that same thing later on with David it just tore me apart personally. The writers deserve an A++ just such a good story and such a good anime and only 10 episodes smh... round of applause to CDPR and Trigger, one of the all-time greats imo for storytelling and character building
Any more episodes and it would have sucked. they crafted it perfectly with the amount of time they had and made it all meaningful. Just like Cowboy Bepop, give what you need for the story. Don't push it to infinity like Naruto, One Piece, or Dragon Ball. Keep it perfect. End it when it needs to end.
literally bawled my eyes out when I watched it first time while high as a kite. The song, the slowmo, the expression, the delays between scene gradually building up the tension and that scream, it felt perfect 10/10. Never thought Trigger could make a serious anime since most of their anime is of different style and generally thrilling but cutesy.
I rewatched this show just recently for the second time and it’s really fucking with me
So goddamn beautiful that David came to his aid and was even willing to fight MaxTac w him, despite being terrified and knowing full well that he wouldn't stand a chance 😢
“It’s the end of the line for me, but not for you. Fast is what you do best ain’t it? Just keep runnin”
Out of all the deaths in this series, this hit hardest for me. Maine was in the depths of Cyberpsychosis, but the bond between him and David focused him enough to save David. He was lucid enough to tell him he needed to live. Comradery....the strongest bond.
The music really makes this scene
And the saddest part is....Maine was a father figure to David who had a lot of regrets. And for David who lost his mother in a horrifying way the crew maine ran was a pseudo family for him. Even after falling to cyberpsychoisis you saw his humanity or what was left, he cared about David.
Getting a strong Animatrix vibe with Edgerunners, I'm loving it. It's like revisiting these early 90s and 2000s anime classics like Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D, Ghost in the Shell, Cowboy Bebop, Black Lagoon etc.
Studio Trigger's signature style. They have always done a sort of retro wild style animation like from back in the day.
Is it me or does this scene kinda seem like Maine's more father figure than boss to David at the end?
yep
That's why David was there Maine was the only father figure David ever had. That's why he was ready to die.... for his only dad. That's why this kills
@@alexgraham9458facts, I’m sure David was just as scared about being an edgerunner without Maine as he was afraid of MaxTec
“Oh, hey kid. You holding up alright?”
Maine’s voice actor nailed the distant otherworldly tone as Maine’s soul fights to keep a grip on it’s earthly host that has begun turning against it. Due to my experiences as a shaman of sorts, when a soul is attacked or blocked off from control of it’s flesh n blood body, you’re filled a great hatred of life. There’s no sense of right or wrong. Your brain sinks into a raging black sea as your soul tries to yell at you over the waves. Fortunately, I listened and swam back to shore.
Doing acid and not showering doesn’t make you a shaman.
@@mellowvalentine9354 I was never one of 'the cool kids'. And they're all either in jail or up gangbang creek without a condom. And I prefer baths, especially with Dr. Teal's Foaming Bath with Pure Epsom Salt. I think lavender is my favorite.
@@konigeurichderwestgoten4460 Dr. Teals is great
Yes it is. Now then, I don’t do drugs. But I do love a pitcher of beer now and again! PROST! 🍻
@@konigeurichderwestgoten4460 cheers to that. 🍻
I woke up at 12am in the morning, and said, you know what, I'm finally going to sit down and watch the show. Having seen it yesterday, I think Maine's death is one that will stick w/ me the most. Scene had be traumatized at 3am.
Damn so I’m not the only one who felt that urge. Actually finished the whole show at 1 in the morning and just felt dead inside after that
@@akuji6450 I decided to binge some sites on the cyberpunk wiki as well to understand the lore that the series sat upon. I felt dead inside once I finished, but damn, I can't wait for the next anime or show they release. There's so much to go over in canon, it's entirely unexplored.
Things to note
-The middle east glassed itself
-There have been 4 corporate wars, with arasaka versus militech being the 4th.
-Back in ww2, the japanese were using basically what amounts to f-22s
-Sov-oil (a oil based corporation) took control of the USSR (or atleatt russia) after it collapsed.
- After a market crash in 94, america is completely cooked. The civilized society is authoritarian (new united states of america), the non-civilized middle america is full of nomads, so think great depression meets last of us, minus the zombies.
- Europe is completely and utterly chillin. No joke, they're the safest place on earth.
Don't cry because it happened, feel happy because there's more pain to go through!
I have watched this so many times. Thank you. Fucking incredible.
Sad how in the part when David is running. You can see the old mane standing still just looking at him running away.
There’s no way this is 3 months old. It’s been so long since I finished the show and I keep coming back 😭
Now it's 3 months older lol.
Just got 3 months older
@@keyonne1012 See ya again in three month.
We're almost there...
3 months older again. That went fast.
That day David loses his truly dad.
No anime will ever top this scene
One of the most underrated motifs they do with Maine is that despite how chromed he is, he’s always drawn with very kind eyes, still very human.
When he first starts descending into cyberpsychosis, his shades are drawn more opaque, obscuring his eyes and making him more intimidating and less friendly.
In his last convo with David after his rampage, the light and life in his eyes are totally gone, at that point he’s completely dead inside. Love subtleties like that in media.
This death hit the hardest. The fact that he’s still conscious while he lost it; and still talks to David idk Maine was the realest to me 😢
This is seriously BEST SCENE! The song... The Emotions... it all just fits perfectly amazing... seriously loved it!
"No more running for me dawg, reapers finally calling my name" rly hurt
David loses his mother then he loses the closest thing to a father he ever had. Kid can't catch a break.
Pause as Maines dying, all that's left of him at this point in life appears to be just a brain, and the rest is all metal. There wasn't much human left in there. Cybernetics seems to be a very, very bad choice.
but it'd be so tempting for those at the bottom, who felt they had no power to change things, to just do a few improvements to become stronger, faster. Spiraling out of control in a reckless frenzy to become superhuman, not many could fight that. I couldn't.
@M. TTT. I think that's the point, cybernetics are the new drugs. Both are debilitating the longer and more they are used. I like the parallels they depict in this series and he game. Often, in the game, cybercychos are just people who were hacked, so it's also a way for the rich to control the weak. Pretty hopeless world but it's kind of neat to see that rhe everyday joe still seems to have a place in life and honestly they seem to live the happiest lives in cyberpunk, don't get cybernetics, don't go corpo and just work. They generally seem to get out ahead. So maybe it's just the greedy that died young in this game. Sorry for rambling.
@M. TTT. frankly, I'd trade my legs for limbs that allowed me to outrun cars. It'd be liberating not to be tied to a vehicle, pending if I had to take meds the rest of my life.
@I'm not giving you my name yea true, i feel like you'd only have to take meds for a couple weeks in reality. I'm sure some secret company has developed prosthetics that don't trigger the human immune system; have your DNA embedded in them or something.
@I'm not giving you my name ah true that's an interesting thought/perspective. Their lives seem like a lot of just making ends meet, but there's lots of that in our reality as well. Way she goes I guess, I wish I could live fast, die young like the cyberpunks
It's tragic seeing Maine, the man who held the group together, slowly falling part 😢
What is so depressing about this scene is how Maine was portrayed to be this strong, chill and big brother like human being…then he loses it because of his addiction to cyberware and becomes a mindless killing machine. It just goes to show that cyberpsychosis doesn’t discriminate and will take over the mind of someone as strong as Maine and turn them into a monster of their formal self.
This is heartbreaking seeing Maine die...
2:38-2:43 Maines' face going from smiling to death. amazing details
I still think maine is the second saddest death in the series. Mainly cause of how it was executed.
Rebecca's was more realistic, it was a quick death to show how cruel the world is and how easily life can be ripped away. She didn't get to give any last words as she was dying like most anime characters.
Main was kinda similar, they both said what they needed to before their demise.
But like I said, it's the EXECUTION that puts this death over Rebeccas for me.
There's so much I love in those last few shots. I love how the final shot of Dorio is tasteful, and artful, whereas Maine's are brutal and horrific. I love how you see David sprinting through the desert in that blink and you'll miss it shot. I love how the screams are a part of the song, and that they're completely indescribable. I love that the last thing Maine was able to hold on to, and perceive clearly was one of the people who really cared about him most.
what a scene, this scene sticks with me the most out of the whole series the most..
The way he's shown as his young, weak and scared self at the edge of an abruptly ended highway alone in a desert just hits really hard. The explosion cutting off the song as he bleakly looks out into the distance. God.
Watched this for the first time expecting nothing and 7 months after watching it I still have depression this show came out of nowhere and then disappeared
It's been that long? Damn!
as insane as this scene is what really sells it to me is Lucy's voice acting in the start. It super well done and shows how scary the situation is from an outside perspective
One thing I feel we gloss over a lot in this scene is that Maine is practically a father figure to David at this point. This show is freakin painful ohmygod
After the 2.0 Update, you know how screwed David and Maine would’ve been if they tried to fight MaxTac….
Those bastards take a hundred rounds from Comrade's Hammer and still keep going.
This show saved the franchise and I couldn’t be happier.
0:39
Something I never noticed before, but when Maine says the reaper is calling his name, we see that in his POV he actually sees someone. No one else is in the room with them, but he is picking up a third person in the distance which registers as a black glitch, like how he saw the NCPD.
The way the animation got uncanny was so good. Probably my favorite scene in the show
this shit eats at my soul i love this show with all my heart .
The most beautiful scene in the entire show, by a long shot too
I dont know why but the scene where David start shaking his gun uncontrollably marked my head forever
This banger of a song is "Wydech / Ugory - Zurawie"
Thank you 🙏🏻
This scene made me actually cry :(
This show will forever be a masterpiece in my book
Yes it will forever and ever
This scene is absolutely genius. The way the death of Maine and the beginning of living by Maine's dreams of David is shown by desert is so accurate. This 2:29 is beautiful and the long calling scene with Lucy is just something... The most tragic scene i've ever seen
I love how the soundtrack is a eulogy fits the scene perfectly
The absolute rage, terror, pain, and regret. That scream gives me chills.
Something about this music. The dialogue. The animation… hits so hard
0:48 One thing I love in this bit is how small David looks, his oversized jacket and hair along with the large gun in his hands really cements how not ready he is for this.
This was the episode i knew i wasn't gonna be okay by the shows end
Crazy how this is also where Jackie and V do that rescue gig.
2:09 He's still here yet already gone at the same time.
i reacted to cyberpunk 5 days ago and have been watching this one scene on repeat ever since. it doesn’t get better
I love when Maine mentioning "the reapers finally calling my name", and in an almost metaphorical way the desert scene shows a black obsidian object in the distance, then shifts to the MAXTAC logo printed boldly on the black transport vehicle. It shows how Max-Tac is essentially the embodiment of death for everyone in this city, from the moment they started chipping there's always a chance Max-Tac will be the last thing they see.
"the reapers finally calling my name" still hits like a sack of bricks no matter how many times i rewatch this
Absolutely powerful scene, so haunting. Perfect voice acting and music to go alongside it.
If this show released weekley instead of all at once, everyone all over the internet would have talked about this episode
I loved maine he was like a father to me and David and us
masterful direction in this episode
The english dub in this series is the best I have heard, like music.
"David......you.....cant do it" fuckin damn near cried when I heard that. Especially since David had JUST asked Lucy to tell him he can do it. All he wanted was someone to believe in him 😢😢