Is this mangaka crazy?

In the former Penguin group "Tokyo Science Fiction Lovers Group".

King of the Force: "@Kenji Tanaka, the manga you recommended are really good."

Kenji Tanaka had just gone to the newsstand to buy the latest issue of "Manga World Gogo" magazine and suddenly felt his phone ring, so he pulled out his folding phone.

Seeing the message from King of the Force in the group, he smiled happily.

It feels so good to see others recognize the works you recommend.

He typed: "Yes, but are you reading it now?"

King of the Force: "Yes, I saw it at a newsstand this week. I read the latest chapter and thought it was pretty good."

King of the Force: "Most importantly, the latest issue has an interview with him. I didn't expect sci-fi manga to have such a profound purpose."

King of the Force: "Then I went back and looked for the previous issues and read them all in one go. The setting is really good."

Kenji Tanaka was stunned to see King of the Force's reply. 'Does this issue... include an interview with the author of "Edgerunners"?'

'And it's very good, with a profound purpose.'

And, as far as he knew, King of the Force had never paid attention to manga.

As a result, he caught up on all the previous issues of "Edgerunners" thanks to the latest issue and the interview?

"I've seen it, and the setting is very good, but the plot is a bit lackluster right now."

The Man is Very Tired: "The beginning of the plot is like a bolt of lightning, and I was shocked."

The Man is Very Tired: "But I think the plot is normal and quite realistic, without any protagonist halo."

Black Hole Gravity: "I really like the female lead Lucy, hehe, my wife is gorgeous."

King of the Force: "Lies! She's my wife!"

...

Kenji Tanaka looked at the group conversations that started to joke around and immediately smiled. Then he took the magazine home.

After taking a can of Coca-Cola from the refrigerator, he sat in his room and opened it.

He first read the latest issue of "Edgerunners", titled "Joining the Gang".

After the previous issue, Lucy betrayed David, allowing Maine, Dolio, Pira, and others to capture him.

Their target is the military prosthetic "Sandevistan" implanted in his body. It turns out that Gloria, David's mother, had a secret agreement with Maine.

Gloria stole "Sandevistan" from the scene and sold it to him.

However, Gloria was already dead, and David didn't know. He was directly induced by Shengnan, a classmate who bullied him, to implant "Sandevistan".

Maine and the others didn't believe David could control the powerful prosthetic "Sandevistan", and David acted on the spot.

In the end, since Maine owed Gloria some favors, he softened and decided to give David a chance to join his team and earn money to pay off his debts.

At the same time, Arasaka Corporation discovered David's specialty and asked Tanaka, the dean of Arasaka Academy, to invite him back to the academy and let him fall into the trap.

But David flatly refused, and at that moment, Maine gave David his first task: to prove his ability and join the gang.

"End of this episode."

The plot ended again in an expected place, but the plot direction was within Kenji Tanaka's expectations.

"This serialization is too slow. Ah, I have to wait another week!" Kenji Tanaka said irritably.

This is the downside of Edgerunners. The bi-weekly serialization method is not pleasant to read. It would be better if it were a weekly magazine.

Or wait for Edgerunners to come out in a single volume and then buy it to read.

But the setting and story of Edgerunners are too eye-catching. Kenji Tanaka simply can't help but follow the serialization and wait for the volume to be released.

"Force said that this issue has an interview with Edgerunners. Let's see what happens."

Kenji Tanaka went directly to the interview section and then saw the interview about Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners.

There was a speech bubble drawn on the head of Akatsuki Cultural Company's logo mascot: "On this occasion, we specially invited Silverhand, the manga sensei of "Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners", to answer the three questions everyone wants to know."

"First of all, Silverhand, what does "cyberpunk" in the name of your work mean?"

Below is a half-body portrait of David, directly representing mangaka Silverhand, creator of "Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners".

In the speech bubble it was written: "Cyberpunk is actually an English word: Cyberpunk, composed of Cyber and Punk."

Cyberpunk?

Cyber and Punk?

As a scientist and engineer, Kenji Tanaka knew that Cyber meant network and computer. Suddenly, he realized that it was a directly transliterated word.

But what is Punk?

"Cyberpunk generally means network and computer, but here it mainly refers to cybernetics, which means control and governance, and punk is a type of music popular among the civilian population in the West. It is a relatively rebellious music, and its musical ideas tend to be more ideologically liberal and anti-mainstream.

So, in my interpretation, the word cyberpunk means high technology and low society.

And cyberpunk primarily refers to the fact that, in an extremely developed world with great capitalist power, people have become insignificant creatures. Due to the development of high technology, the dividing line between humans and machines has begun to disappear. The development of artificial intelligence has given rise to thinking bionic people, and conflicts have emerged between artificial intelligence, hackers, and the large corporations that control wealth. Marginal people use high technology to escape collective consciousness and achieve individual freedom. A story."

"I see," Kenji Tanaka suddenly understood.

Since then, his doubts have been resolved. It turns out that cyberpunk is a transliterated English word, and it is also a new word created by the mangaka.

Next, he analyzed the next question:

"Silverhand, what is the creative concept behind your work "Edgerunners"?"

This question is also crucial. Kenji Tanaka immediately analyzed Silverhand's answer.

"It is mainly because I have read current sci-fi works. All of them highlight the power of future technology and the benefits and advantages of interstellar exploration, but it seems no one has thought about what will happen to the lower classes in the era of rapid technological advancement."

"So the cyberpunk I paint consists of imagining the worst possible outcome with the backdrop of powerful future technology."

"Technology, wealth, and knowledge are completely in the hands of the high elites and large corporations. They led the third and fourth world wars and divided the power of the entire world."

"People and individuals of the lower classes have become consumables and slaves. At the same time, the development of technology and material satisfaction have also led to a lack of spirit and humanism."

"Cyberpsychosis is not simply the excessive degree of prosthetic modification, which prevents the nerves from withstanding the erosion of the prosthesis, but the pressure of the entire social environment, the weakness of the spiritual world, and the excessive degree of prosthetic modification."