Like A Boy

"" is the second episode of CD Projekt RED and Studio Trigger's series.

Characters
In order of appearance:
 * David Martinez
 * Doc (Ripperdoc)
 * Katsuo Tanaka
 * Lucy
 * Maine
 * Dorio
 * Pilar

Description

 * With his newly enhanced body, David heads to the Academy seeking revenge on his bully. Later, he meets a mysterious woman who wants to recruit him.

Summary
The beginning of this episode is a continuation of the events from episode 1 Let You Down. David Martinez is in Doc's ripperdoc practice and demands to be updated with James Norris's Sandevistan. Doc warns him, that the cyberware was too much for his body, but then reconsiders and begins the painful surgery.

From this second episode on, the show received an intro animation directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, with the song "This FFFire" by Franz Ferdinand.

After the intro, David returns to Arasaka Academy and enters his class room. The AI teacher is in the middle of a lecture and chides David again. When David turns around, one can see the blood stains resulting from the surgery on the back of his EMT jacket. Katsuo begins to mock David again, but before he can say more, David kicks him out of his chair and challenges him to a fight. Katsuo aggressively shows his fighting stance, and David activates the Sandevistan for the first time. The implant slows down time, making it possible for David to walk around Katsuo. He finishes him by violently punching the boy into a glass panel, breaking Katsuo's nose. Katsuo whimpers and begins to throw slurs at David, threatening him to tell his dad. David only leaves.

In the next scene, David can be seen with his blood stained EMT jacket walking the sunny streets of Night City. He arrives at a plaza and burst into laughter. The bystanders are surprised when he suddenly seems to disappear into thin air. The scenery switches to his mother's old apartment, and David pops into the scene in front of the washing machine to clean the jacket. Exhausted, he tries to relax on the couch.

A video recording of David's attack on Katsuo is shown in the next scene. Katuso's father is watching the video, but questions why it should interest him. A man named Marcus explains to him, who the attacker of his son is, and mentions Norris' cyberpsycho incident and the implant. They are aware the implant is now installed into David, but he seems not to be affected by any side effects, as Norris was. Marcus is sure David could be sufficient candiate to test their "product". Katsuo's father seems interested and wants Marcus to find David.

It is morning again, David is still on the couch in the appartment and receives a call from the principal of Arasaka Academy. He denies the call and takes a shower, before he walks the Night City streets again. David then uses the train, and suddenly has the weird feeling of something going on behind his back. He then recognizes the girl with the white hair on the train picksocketing passengers. He uses the implant to slow down time to grab her hand. She quickly pulls him aside. After a conversation, she forcefully grabs and slams him into the wall of the train and checks his data.

She's curious, finds the Sandevistan, and proposes they could also work together. It turns out, she especially is looking out for Arasaka suits to steal from. David joins her and she introduces herself as "Lucy". Both begin their picksocketing venture using David's abilities. Lucy challenges and tests him with a variety of different victims, before they get out of the train.

...TBC...

Soundtrack

 * "This FFFire" - Franz Ferdinand (opening song)
 * "Acid Breather" - by Mastiff
 * "Blurred" - by Earth Trax
 * "Sustain/Decay" - by Piotr Maciejewski/Drivealone
 * "Friday Night Fire Fight" - written by Jacques Barbot, performed by Aligns
 * "Retrogenesis" - by Private Press
 * "Lithium" - by SLG
 * "I Really Want To Stay At Your House" - by Rosa Walton
 * "Let You Down" - by Dawid Podsiadło, Magdalena Laskowska (credit roll song)

Trivia

 * The episode is titled after Ciara's song "Like a Boy" from her 2006 album Ciara: The Evolution.