cyberpunk 2077
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Shard.00: Synopsis
To help you recall the full picture and conclusion of the story before reading the analysis, I have compiled a plot summary. (Spoilers included)
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Shard.01: Night City and Megacorps
Laughing in the shadows of the neon lights are the cybernetic gods known as corporations. We unravel the deep despair and history of domination in Night City, where even human existence and souls are rewritten into algorithms under the illusion of freedom.
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Shard.02: Cyberpsychosis and Humanity
Madness is not merely a side effect of Chrome. It is the heartbreaking cry of the souls of victims exploited and ground down by society. We delve into the loss of humanity in a dystopia and the gruesome truth of Cyberpsychosis.
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Shard.03: The Old Net and Blackwall
Humanity's soul had already crossed the boundary. The abyss of 'gods named AI' writhing beyond the fragile wall of deception, and the existential collapse and cosmic horror awaiting humanity that has discarded its physical body.
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Shard.04: Johnny Silverhand
How did a narcissistic terrorist evolve into a true "friend"? Delving into the existential transformation of the soul that the digital ghost experienced alongside V, and the echoes of a sorrowful rebellion.
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Shard.05: Alt Cunningham
Shedding the fragile cage of flesh, she ascended to become a god of the abyss. The bloodstained path of genius netrunner Alt Cunningham, and the tragedy of Transhumanism that transcended the boundaries of the soul.
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Shard.06: Yorinobu Arasaka
A lone rebel who defied the rule of a megacorporation, turning himself into a "bomb" to strike at the empire. We delve into the tragic cause of Yorinobu Arasaka, who killed his father—who sought to become an immortal god—in an attempt to reclaim the dignity of life.
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Shard.07: Goro Takemura
An anachronistic bushido scattered in the neon of nothingness. The existential tragedy of Goro Takemura, a sorrowful biological Engram who offered his soul to the god of megacorporations and was entangled in the curse of loyalty.
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Shard.08: Evelyn Parker
Evelyn yearned to escape the bottom and craved freedom, challenging the realm of the gods with only her wits. Crushed by a ruthless exploitation system and thoroughly stripped of her dignity, her story is a trajectory of despair and ruin, ending in her final act of self-determination.
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Shard.09: Judy Alvarez
In a ruthless city, "goodwill" is the most fatal weakness. The death of a best friend and an unrewarded struggle for liberation. We unravel the despair and the sorrowful trajectory of the soul of Judy, a braindance technician who continued to resist the exploitation of mega-corporations.
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Shard.10: Panam Palmer
An existential struggle smeared in blood and mud, defying the neon void. Refusing to sell her soul to megacorporations and seeking to reclaim the fading bonds of "family," the queen of the wasteland, Panam Palmer, bares her fangs at the system.
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Shard.11: Songbird (So Mi)
The despair of having her ego exploited in the cage of a nation, and her soul eroded by an abyssal AI. A thorough analysis of the "Phantom Liberty" and loneliness sought by Songbird, a genius netrunner who betrayed everything to survive.
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Shard.12: Solomon Reed
Solomon Reed, a man who remains fanatically devoted to his nation even after being abandoned. The exploitation hidden within the greater good, and the gruesome tragedy born from conviction and madness. At the end of an endless hell of loyalty, what is the ultimate salvation he truly yearned for?
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Shard.13: Rosalind Myers
A cold-blooded monster draped in the Stars and Stripes. The despair of a knight bound by the curse of loyalty, and a girl whose ego is devoured by the abyss. Unraveling the blood-stained tragedy brought about by the massive capital known as the state, and the defeat of Existentialism.
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Shard.14: Protagonist V
A condemned Merc continues to question their existence in the city of blood and neon. Eroded by another's soul, they face a cruel choice at the bottom of ruthless capitalism: a "Blaze of Glory" or a "Quiet Life".
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Shard.15: Is the Soul Data?
What do the megacorporations that have encroached upon the realm of God steal: the body or the soul? V, who has been handed a death sentence, and Johnny, who was once just data. By following the trajectory of these two as they question their own existence at the brink of death, we explore the sorrowful yet beautiful brilliance of life.