History TearJerker / CyberpunkEdgerunners

** David's first instance of cyberpsychosis is both this and NightmareFuel. David gets sent on a job to steal some information from Arasaka and during it starts losing track of reality and slipping into cyberpsychosis to the point that he kills a director and his innocent assistant that was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. Once he comes down from, it he's horrified that he killed someone innocent, and to make it worse, he realizes by a framed picture in the Arasaka workspace that she, too, had a son he just orphaned and that their picture at Arasaka Academy looks eerily similar to the picture he has of his own mom. This event clearly had a serious impact on David, as he's extremely morose and troubled thereafter.

** David's first instance of cyberpsychosis is both this and NightmareFuel. David gets sent on a job to steal some information from Arasaka and during it starts losing track of reality and slipping into cyberpsychosis to the point that he kills a director and his innocent assistant that was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. Once he comes down from it hes horrified that he killed someone innocent and to make it worse he realizes by a framed picture in the Arasaka workspace that she too had a son he just orphaned and that their picture at Arasaka Academy looks eerily similar to the picture he has of his own mom. This event clearly had a serious impact on Dave as he extremely morose and troubled thereafter.

* Sasha Yakolevna's entire story in the prequel animation. A netrunner who used to be on Maine's crew, she lost her mother at an early age to neurodegeneration. This neurodegeneration turned out to have been caused by Securicine, a brand of painkillers made by Biotechnica that her mother regularly took. On her run against Biotechnica for Maine to steal valuable data from them, Sasha finds out the truth about Securicine -- namely, that Biotechnica knew all along about the side effects that killed her mother, but chose not to disclose them to the public. Instead of deltaing out with the data she was there to steal, Sasha decides to upload the data about Securicine to a tipline for N54 News, exposing Biotechnica's sins to the world and getting some justice for her mother. Sadly, this comes at a price, as she is discovered by Biotechnica's sentries and has to fight just long enough for the data to be uploaded, just before she is sent out a window to her death. Though to her credit, she [[GoOutWithASmile goes out with a smile]].

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[[caption-width-right:350:How everyone leaves from watching ''Edgerunners''...]]

[[caption-width-right:350:How everyone leaves from seeing ''Edgerunners''...]]

[[caption-width-right:350:How everyone leaves from ''Edgerunners''...]]

[[caption-width-right:350:How everyone leaves from finishing ''Edgerunners''.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:How everyone leaves ''Edgerunners''.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:How everyone leaves after finishing "Edgerunners".]]

* Those who have played Cyberpunk2077 after the 1.6 Edgerunners update can go to the Corpo Plaza, where the Edgerunner crew had their final stand against Adam Smasher. Once there, the player can find Rebecca’s custom Carnage shotgun, Guts, off to the side from the center, presumably after being sent flying when Rebecca was killed by Adam Smasher. What makes this a TearJerker is that the implication that Guts has been in the park, barely hidden by some bushes, for over a year. At no point was it recovered, be it by NCPD, the Arasaka cleanup crew, or even by other Solos. Which brings up two potential ideas: EVERYONE missing the pink and lime-green shotgun in the middle of a Corpo plaza; Or the idea that no one even bothered to look for it, leaving it to just rust away into nothingness now that it’s time in the spotlight was over. Just like Rebecca.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[ThousandYardStare How everyone feels upon finishing "Edgerunners"...]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[ThousandYardStare How everyone looks once they've finished...]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[ThousandYardStare How everyone looks after they've finished.]]]]