Cyberpunk: Edgerunners MADNESS Volume 1
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Publisher Description
An action-packed manga prequel to the hit Netflix anime series, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, featuring fan-favorite characters Rebecca and Pilar!
Rebecca and her big brother Pilar pursue their dream of becoming a legendary edgerunner just like their father. And in Night City, where violence, greed, and corruption run rampant, they’ll have to abandon who they once were and dive headlong into the mayhem, where they’ll struggle, suffer, and sow chaos everywhere they go! But when a mysterious man appears, the trajectory of their future takes a turn. Witness pure madness as they rush through Night City to prove themselves as edgerunners!
Written by Bartosz Sztybor, screenwriter for the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime series with art by Asano, known for the manga adaptation of Studio Trigger’s BNA: Brand New Animal.
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This enjoyably frantic manga prequel to the anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners by Sztybor (The Witcher series) and Asano (BNA: Brand New Animal) bombards the reader with relentless action, foul-mouthed wit, and anarchic excess. In futuristic, crime-ridden Night City, gleefully violent Becca and her luckless brother, Pilar, struggle to prove themselves on the mean streets. They hope to become edgerunners like their father, who raised them on nuggets of wisdom like "This city's a goddamn warzone! And wars aren't won by cuddling dogs!" The volume doesn't slow down long enough to unpack exactly what an edgerunner is or does, with little space for exposition as the siblings fight weirdo gangs, attempt heists, race through motorcycle chases and gunfights, and even, to Becca's delight, rescue the occasional cuddly dog. The rampage is too frenzied for them to realize that the mysterious, mild-mannered fellow they've recruited into their gang is more dangerous than he first appears. The clean, cartoony art splays out on the page like an ultraviolent version of children's manga, as if the human characters from Pokémon went on a crime spree. It's a full-throttle sci-fi joyride.
