History Fanfic / CyberpunkAnotherDaybreak

* GotMeDoingIt: As a result of hearing so many [[IncrediblyLamePun terrible puns]] from Aruto, David occasionally [[AccidentalPun uses them himself]].

* IncrediblyLamePun: As per usual, Aruto's comedy skits rely too heavily on bad wordplay. He says that Hiden Manufacturing does a "Satis-''Factory'' job" and tells David that it's "Phone-omenal" to meet him. This inevitably elicits a LamePunReaction from David, who grimaces when he makes an AccidentalPun in a case of GotMeDoingIt not long after finishing the Kamen Rider tutorial. Jin also plays into it from time to time, saying it keeps Aruto around Hiden in spirit.

* BelievingTheirOwnLies: A sympathetic example - Lucy has spent her whole life since leaving Arasaka believing that it would be impossible to achieve her dream of getting to the moon. First she believed that Arasaka would catch her. When she joined Hiden, she assumed that either they would force her to stay, or that Arasaka would grab her the minute she left. She even thought that Kiwi would force her to stay to avoid being overworked. It's only when David innocently points out that they easily make enough money to pay for a ticket to the moon (in the context of a vacation) that Lucy finally realizes that her dream is within reach and that she has been lying to herself about not being able to achieve it.

''Cyberpunk: Another Daybreak'' is a crossover between ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'' and ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'' (with elements of the overall Rider franchise), which began on October 3rd, 2022. The fic has been dormant since January 2023 and the author has not posted anything since.

* ProperlyParanoid: Hiden Intelligence makes sure that all of their buildings are as fortified as possible. This is due to [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/89316212 the many, many stories Isu and her friends have heard from the other Kamen Riders and the reading up on Night City's history]]. This comes in handy when members of the Tyger Claws bomb Hiden's school.

* BigEntrance: Discussed. David reveals himself to the Tyger Claws [[CasualHighDrop by hopping over the side of a seven-story building and landing in their midst with ease]]. He then mutters that it might've been even cooler if R&D had finished the Zetsumerise Key designed to give him {{Invisibility}} so he could [[StealthHiBye appear out of thin air.]]

* FaceFault: David trips from the sheer ridiculousness of learning that the NCPD and Hiden staff got attacked by an AI-controlled toilet and septic system--and that it was [[ButtMonkey Julio]]'s fault.
* FamedInStory: Due to his first transformation and battle with Ark being broadcasted on every TV in Night City, David is soon famous as the superhero who beat back Ark and Hiden Intelligence's first teenage executive.

* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: David is in the shower when he gets a call about Ark hacking a school bus full of elementary school kids. The time it takes for him to get dressed, transform, and get down to the garage to grab the Rise Cyclone means that he's ten minutes late to the scene. Rebecca ribs him over this to his embarassment.

** Kiwi on the other hand has to deal with all of the chaos David kicks up as a Kamen Rider, including suffering psychological damage from being attacked by [[CoveredInGunge an AI-controlled toilet and septic tank system]]. The author says this is intentional given her betrayal of the crew in ''Edgerunners''.

** David's classmates in the new Hiden school are based upon the cast of ''Literature/EightySixEightySix''.

* FrenchMaidOutfit: Margaret Wenzel inexplicably wears one of these despite being an otherwise serious, normal, and tired teacher. The sight of it is so bizarre that David considers getting new eyeballs because he thinks he's seeing things.

* ByTheBookCop: Melissa is a loyal [=MaxTac=] agent who wants things done by the book. But she's also a TriggerHappy BloodKnight ex-cyberpsycho who would much rather take her perps in dead than alive since that's [=MaxTac's=] usual MO.

* MirrorCharacter: Rebecca and Melissa Rory are TriggerHappy {{Blood Knight}}s who use hi-tech weaponry to take down cyberpsychoes and heavily enjoy their jobs. It's made clear the ''only'' reason they don't get along is that, as a [=MaxTac=] officer and a Hiden Cyberpsycho Division associate respectively, Melissa's generally tasked with killing cyberpsychos while Rebecca is tasked with bringing them in alive for rehabilitation.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Hiden and [=MaxTac=] are ostensibly on the same side when it comes to subduing cyberpsychos to mitigate loss of life. But in practice, the two butt heads over Hiden's idealistic desire to rehabilitate cyberpsychoes when [=MaxTac=] officers like Melissa Rory are {{Blood Knight}}s who'd rather take their perps dead than alive (not that Rebecca is much better in the TriggerHappy department).

* BackAlleyDoctor: Doc is still cutting open people without anesthetic to install cyberware into them in this story. Woz and Misty try to introduce David to Viktor Vector, but David is too creeped out by what Doc does and the tarot cards Misty left out to even consider going back there.

* OneDegreeOfSeparation: [[VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077 V]]'s and David's respective social circles overlap to this extent. V's favorite ripperdoc, Viktor Vector, is based in the same building as Misty, who's the girlfriend of Jackie Welles, a friend of the Martinezs. The author has gone on the record about his intentions to keep this level of separation as V and David operate differently.

* TruceZone: As per usual, the Afterlife is the home of Rogue Amendiares, Queen of the Fixers, and a strict neutral zone where violence among factions won't be tolerated. So when David narrowly dodges an asassination attempt just outside its doors, every Cyberpunk and Corpo inside is immediately on the hunt for the perpetrators who broke the truce.

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In canon, while Lucy and David are an OfficialCouple, Lucy initially keeps David at arms length for fear of losing him. Here, due to David [[RescueRomance saving her from her worst fear during his]] FirstDayFromHell, Lucy practically clings to him like a SecurityBlanket, to the point of giving up being head of Cyber Security to become his secretary. Additionally, the two start bonding much faster due to Hiden's interference.

** While speaking with Woz, David wonders what other powers the Kamen Riders who came before him might have. He stops himself from thinking that hammering drums or rocking out on guitar could be a Kamen Rider power [[ArbitrarySkepticism because of how silly that'd be]]. [[Series/KamenRiderHibiki About that...]]
** In the same conversation, David thinks Woz is a "mumbo jumbo wizard person" for somehow keeping attention off them in the middle of a crowded diner. Woz says that while magic is real, it's [[Series/KamenRiderWizard Haruto's specialty]] more than his.

** The first batch of new weapons that Hiden Intelligence provides to the Edgerunners are the [[Series/KamenRiderAgito GM-01 Scorpion and the GX-05 Kerberos]].

* HammyHerald: Woz is introduced congratulating David on the excitement that will come to define his life as a member of Hiden Intelligence before invading David's personal space and saying how he looks forward to seeing David seize his potential. He also exclaims his "Rejoice!" catchphrase upon David's first transformation.

* HiddenDepths: Surprisingly, his interlude reveals that despite Pilar being very self-aware about his lack of intelligence, he scored higher than Kiwi on an IQ test. He's also ''very aware'' that Maine has chrome addiction and needs help to avoid going cyberpsycho.

* MirrorCharacter: Rebecca and Melissa Rory are TriggerHappy {{Blood Knight}}s who use hi-tech weaponry to take down cyberpsychoes and heavily enjoy their jobs. It's made clear the ''only'' reason they don't get along is that, as a MAX-TAC officer and a Hiden Cyberpsycho Division associate respectively, Melissa's generally tasked with killing cyberpsychos while Rebecca is tasked with bringing them in alive for rehabilitation.

* OutsideContextProblem: Ark and the Kamen Riders are entities completely outside the normal frame of reference of the Corpos and Cyberpunks in [[TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}} Night City]]. In particular, Ark's abilities (which including violating the law of conservation) make it a threat beyond even what MAX-TAC--a police unit that specializes in stopping cyberpsychos through lethal force--can handle.

* ShouldntWeBeInSchoolRightNow: David misses his first day at his new school at Hiden because of being stuck with a HandcuffedBriefcase, and the chaos that came with his debut as a Kamen Rider forces him to not go to school for a while longer. He's actually concerned that about how behind he'll be when he hasn't even set foot on campus by the end of the week. This is PlayedForLaughs, as his co-workers are dumbstruck that he's worried about school when he just dodged an assassination attempt (and Rebecca rescinds her disapproval of David's priorities if it means he won't turn out like Pilar). Heck, even people ''outside'' of Hiden, like MAX-TAC, can't believe David's actually anxious about heading to school when he mentions it, leaving him frustrated that ''that'' is the unbelievable part.

* AFatherToHisMen: Maine feels a fatherly attachment to his crew and laments that he was unable to keep Sasha safe when she sacrificed her life to expose Biotechnica's wrongdoings. The main reason he agreed to become a Corpo working for Hiden is to keep his crew safe after Sasha's death. He feels especially responsible for David and Lucy because of their age and for retaining their kindness in a hellhole like Night City.

* HenshinHero: In true Kamen Rider fashion, David is able to access incredible SuperStrength and SuperSpeed by transforming into Kamen Rider Ichi-gata with the aid of the [[TransformationTrinket Rider Belt]]. With it, he's able to battle Ark wherever it appears by moving fast enough to SpeedBlitz [=MaxTac=] units while kicking and punching with enough force to send tons of debris flying.

* RookieRedRanger: David rockets up to executive Corpo status practically overnight thanks to becoming Kamen Rider Ichi-gata. But he's utterly out of his depth and needs constant pointers from others for guidance in both the corporate field and his battles as a Kamen Rider.

* SpeedBlitz: David's first encounter with [=MaxTac=] ends with him using Ichi-gata's overwhelming speed to dismantle their guns before they can shoot Jose.

* ForWantOfANail: Due to Isu's intervention, Gloria has a chance of recovering from the accident that claimed her life in ''Edgerunners'' and David has both a stable job and an education to look forward to. This also means that he lacks the impetus to become a Cyberpunk, selling the Sandevistan his mom looted to Doc as planned. Lampshaded by Woz, who remarks that David's legend is going to be different than it would have been had Isu (and the Kamen Rider universe in general) not been around.
-->'''Woz:''' ''[to David]'' You have taken your first steps on the long road to fulfilling a great destiny. It will be different from the legend you would have carved had Hiden Isu-san not intervened, but even the flapping of a butterfly's wings will not change who you are.

** David's desire to do good and willingness to put his life on the line for it reminds Maine of Sasha Yakloeva, his crew's young and kind netrunner who gave her life to expose Biotechnica's wrongdoings that killed her mother.