"Damn it, damn it, damn it!"
Kenji Tanaka gritted his teeth, holding back tears, and shouted furiously.
"Why? Why didn't just my brother die? My sister-in-law too! Why!"
"Hahahaha! I'm going crazy!"
"You damn psycho! Do you want to drive me crazy?!"
Kenji Tanaka kept going mad, dancing like a madman uncontrollably.
Fortunately, he was at home.
Otherwise, he would have been considered crazy and the police would have been called on the spot.
However, after the sudden madness, Kenji Tanaka slumped in his computer chair like a robot drained of strength.
"Hehehehe... I'm going to rest..."
Tears continued to stream down his face, and his whole person wore an expression of difficulty.
As the team's leader and good older brother, Maine has always been a veteran mercenary who takes care of others and the protagonist, David.
At the same time, in the plot, he also showed that rare human touch in Night City.
Although Dolio seems more like the older brother's wife, the older sister-in-law, she has always been very kind.
At the same time, when Maine shows symptoms of cyberpsychosis, he takes over as the team leader.
In the desperate cyberpunk world, these two are so good.
But these two, so human and kind, are now dead?
Especially in the final plot, one died for his beloved.
The other also showed the last tenderness by protecting David.
Especially Maine, when that distorted face appeared, he shouted "Run!"
The impact at that moment is more real than any emotion. From his own end to David's starting point, his death gave David a new life...
In this episode's plot, Maine showed a much greater personality charm than the previous protagonist, David.
But a character with such high personality charm died here...
Anyone who saw it would feel uncomfortable for a long time.
Especially Maine's distorted face, which caused a great spiritual impact.
Ren Amamiya also put a lot of effort into drawing this face, although he had the original work as a basis.
But reproducing it in painting requires a lot of effort.
The most important thing is to capture the emotions.
When Ren Amamiya painted this powerful picture, he also recalled the unforgettable sadness of his previous life.
So he also poured his emotions into it.
Now it seems that this painting has reproduced the same impact as in his previous life.
Not only Kenji Tanaka, but also other loyal followers of "Edgerunners" share the same opinion.
Kobe, another first-tier city in Japan.
"Hey! Son..." Fan's mother carefully knocked on the door.
However, there was no response in the room.
"Dad, what's wrong with Fan Siwei?"
Fan's mother looked at his father with some confusion, with a somewhat stern gaze. "Did you scold him again?"
"No... How could I scold him? It's nothing, can I scold him?" Fan's father said innocently.
"Did something happen at school?" he speculated worriedly. "Were you bullied? Did you get bad grades on the exam? Did you break up over puppy love?"
"How can it be a problem at school? It's still summer vacation."
Fan's mother rolled her eyes.
"So it's a breakup?"
Just as Fan's parents were arguing, sobs were heard from Fan Siwei's room.
"Hey! Son! If you have anything, you can tell Mom and Dad. Don't cry alone in there."
Fan's mother panicked.
She knew her son too well. He had always been very strong.
Since elementary school, he had always considered himself a man and never cried.
Once he cried, it was definitely... something serious.
"Dad, where are the keys?" Fan's mother panicked and planned to go in and talk to Fan Siwei.
"The key!"
Fan's father immediately took the room key and opened Fan Siwei's door.
Upon entering, they found Fan Siwei slumped on the head of the bed, his eyes lifeless and crying. At the same time,
next to him, there was a colorful manga magazine.
Almost all "Edgerunners" fans were like this. They started crying silently after reading episode 23.
Then, after reading the entire thing, sadness overwhelmed them.
At the same time, everyone seemed to have a mental illness and began to inexplicably shout, or cry in a daze.
For example, some girls discovered that their boyfriends or husbands would shout "No!" while showering and then inexplicably cry in the bathroom.
Others are girlfriends, wives, sons, and daughters.
These people are asking on various social platforms why their family members and friends are suddenly behaving like this.
He received this reply:
"He's a cyber-lunatic! A cyber-lunatic from head to toe!"
"Remember, if your family members or friends are reading a manga called "Edgerunners", be very careful, as they might suffer from cyberpsychosis."
"Silverhand! Damn it! After reading the plot of those 23 chapters, I feel like I'm going to collapse!"
"Sensei? Old rogue! The old rogue Silverhand is a complete mental patient. Can a normal person draw such a plot and image?"
"Yes... I was shocked by older brother Maine's face when he told David to run..."
"No? Which psychiatric hospital discharged a mental patient and asked him to draw manga to infect others with mental illnesses, right? (Funny)"
"It's hard to imagine Silverhand's mental state. By the way, Maine's perspective on nature is the world from the perspective of a mental patient, which is different from that of normal people, right?"
"Alright, he deserves to be a mental patient. He really drew the world from the perspective of a mental patient!"
"Good mental state! Discharge him!"
"Discharge him? You... you go in too!"
"What a tough guy!"
"The real cyberpsycho is Silverhand, the old rogue! Call the Terrorist Squad! Call the Terrorist Squad!"
...
Online, thanks to the shocking plot of episode 23, the popularity of "Edgerunners" has grown rapidly.
Even with the word "cyber-lunatic", it seems out of place.
At the same time, in this week's "Edgerunners" popularity survey, Maine and Dolio quickly topped first and second place with an overwhelming advantage.
Older brother Maine even rushed to second place in the popularity ranking of all characters.
He is only surpassed by the protagonist of the most popular manga still being published in the manga world.
In this week's "Edgerunners" popularity survey, readers unexpectedly did not vent their anger on him due to Ren Amamiya's 'knife-throwing' plot.
As a result, his popularity dropped. Instead, it rose another spot, and even surpassed the chrysanthemum of the well-known mangaka, which ranked third, and reached third place!
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