Cyberpunk: Becoming a Legend, Starting in Dogtown

Sasha physically disintegrated and uploaded her soul to serve as the protagonist's exclusive AI logistics support. Lucy underwent physical disintegration, but her skull and consciousness were uploaded and used as a servo skull. Rebecca's consciousness was erased, and her entire body was cybernetically modified. She was kept in a briefcase during normal times and deployed as a combat servant during battle.

Today I created a new save file specifically to check the dates. There's a misconception among fanfiction fans that 2077 only happens in 2077… actually, it happens in 2078. I've listed what I found. First, there's the Company V storyline. Company V's office computer has an attendance sheet with the earliest date being September 1, 2074, but the bar chart shows V joined around March, and the last…

Without that terrible opening plot, this book's sales would have at least doubled; the first few dozen chapters drove everyone away. 🙂

I've read quite a bit of this book and would like to share my thoughts. These are just my humble opinions, and I welcome rational discussion. Without further ado, here's my summary: its strengths and weaknesses are both quite obvious. While it can't be called a universally acclaimed masterpiece, it's definitely a worthwhile cyberpunk novel to read.

Luckily, the author wrote about cyberpunk, otherwise he would have really become famous.

I picked it up again and reread it, and I still felt the main plot was too tense, making it a bit suffocating. There weren't any satisfying moments later on either. However, the side quests, romance, and slice-of-life scenes were quite well-written. If the author could balance the main and side plots better and add more satisfying moments, it would be a much more enjoyable read.

Removing Emma's character doesn't seem to have any impact.

Mature woman v

The time traveler struggled for ages before finally defeating Saburo Arasaka, and Lucy was given away. It's not even as good as the original V's "Burning Body." It's so cruel to the protagonist.

After hearing a bunch of stories about the sanity collapse of the West these past two days, I feel that the world of 2077 is relatively peaceful, and can be considered a beautiful fantasy of the ultimate form of capitalism. The author's writing is too optimistic.