I got the chance to ask Bartosz Sztybor, the showrunner, writer, and producer for Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2, all of my burning questions about the anime's latest season — particularly about one central character’s backstory (or lack thereof).

Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2 follows a totally different cast of characters from the show’s first season. One of these characters is named Roman, a young boy who loves all things retro and has a special affinity for old-school cinema. In fact, he loves traditional films so much that he carries around an old-school camcorder, which he uses to record the events around him in favor of the straight-to-your-cranium braindances (BDs).

Although we get a good glimpse at the tragedies that made our other main characters the way they are (Weak Kingsley, D, Talia Yang), Roman’s backstory is notably absent from the mix. And while he’s so young that it could be argued the events of this season basically serve as his backstory, there’s something that nagged at me the entire time I was watching: Why was his dad so permissive?

Maybe it’s my strict upbringing talking, but I was surprised to see how freely Roman’s father let him roam around Night City (even letting him bring D to his house on a few occasions). When asked about this, Sztybor revealed that, surprisingly, this wasn’t always the plan for Roman and his dad.

“He has things to do! He’s a barber and he trusts his boy,” he said of Roman’s father. “That was an artistic choice, not to explain too much.

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