Hey, it’s ok to be sad from watching a cartoon. Just means you’re human.

I’d say your take on the show and the ending is spot on.

So something interesting: The opening with Franz Ferdinand’s “This fire” has the lyrics “I’m gonna burn this city, burn this city” changed to “I’m burning, I’m burning, I’m burning (it) down” instead.

So I think it’s safe to say that what you’re feeling is what the creators of the show intended, and maybe there’s some small comfort in that? After all, the whole point of a dystopia is to show us a future that we don’t want, and can take steps to avoid.

Nah I’m right there with you, I’ve gotten through 7 episodes and it’s already heavy enough to make me hesitate to finish, both because I’ve seen the setup for the fall and know where these stories go as well as trying to sort of prolong the feeling of immersion, of the world of Cyberpunk which just tickles my escapism glands just so, the romance of David and Lucy, of the camaraderie of Maine and the crew is just so much kino entertainment what I’ve seen already weighs heavily in my mind.

I’ll be occupied by this show for sometime, myself, I think. It pairs pretty well with having finally decided to read through Paper Girls a few days before starting, which has a similar amount of narrative gravitas and also has a kind of bummer ending.

I think that it is a perfect cyberpunk story. People will inevitably get crushed by the topdogs in capitalism and you can barely do anything against it.

I thought it was an incredibly sad show. The moment Adam Smasher crushes Rebecca, and you see her brains popping out on the floor, I knew there was no saving David. My wife and I cried, you’re not alone.