Before I get into this silly little rant I just want to make a couple of things clear. I am a big fan of this series, I thought the animation was gorgeous, voice acting was spot on, the soundtrack is currently on my phone and I just loved the plot. It was Studio Trigger at their finest.
Edgerunners was a story that brought me to an incredible high, only to dump me at an emotional low, and it did all this while staying true to its source material and making me want more.
Part of the reason Edgerunners was able to do this was by its fun, thoughtful and engaging cast of characters, one of which I am here to talk about today.
The Character in question is Rebecca. Rebecca is a tiny trigger happy cyborg, and though she has a foul mouth and loves her big guns she is a surprisingly sensitive soul. Rebecca quickly won over a legion of fans and for me it was the fact that here you had this adorable tiny woman, which just happened to be armed to the teeth, with giant cybernetic fists.
I will admit I myself am one of her fans, at first I found it was a little weird to see her being sexual to one of their targets in her first appearance, but I quickly grew to love watching her gun down enemies. Then later she was one of the few characters who actually tried to talk sense into our protagonist and it just showed that this little killer had a big heart.
But this is the internet and we cannot have nice things without someone inevitably sexualizing it. Take this thread I came across on Reddit. The thread shows off a great piece of art, the only issue I have is that the art is of Rebecca, completely naked. And yes the character is above the age of 18, but she was designed to look young on purpose by the Trigger, which is fine as long as she is not being sexualised, so I find it strange that people are happy to share their attraction to the character. The defense that many of these fans have is that she is “short” again this is true, but the character is described by the show’s creators as “loli”. This means that she is a childlike female character, and that is where I become uncomfortable with these fans.
True she is over 18, but she looks like a child and acts like a child, then sorry that shit is just fucked up. Also if you where going to obsess over anyone in the series why not pick the cold calculating Kiwi or Lucy who was clearly designed to be every males fantasy.
Btw if you were a fan of this and want more then check out Kill la Kill, Darling in the Franxx and their additions to Star Wars: Visions.
Categories: Nerd Bites
NERDGEIST 
You make a totally fair point. But personally this is how I feel about it.
1. Women who are short, slender, and look young exist. I been friends with plenty and seen plenty of them out there. Is it wrong to portray them in anime? Can’t they be sexual like their tall, big breasted counter parts?
2. Loli doesn’t always refer to them being under age or a child. It often simply refers to their body type and I think that’s what Trigger was going for here. As absurd as this sounds, to me Loli’s in anime are what hobbits / gnomes are in fantasy for Japanese people. But otherwise you are correct as it is in its most often used context is sexualized characters that are clearly depicted as children.
3. Rebecca is NOT child like and I don’t say this to be rude but I would consider rewatching it. She shows a lot of emotional intellegence in her relationship with David. I don’t know how loving shooting guns and murder can be considered child like. That’s like saying Harley Quinn or similar unhinged characters are just children minded.
4. People are gonna sexualize EVERYTHING. We live in a world with furries. But in Rebeccas case I think she get’s a pass compared to other Loli type characters as at least to me she looks like a young woman (again her apperance IS something that exists) and not a Loli. You want a good example of a the Loli you (rightfully) hate. Google “Little Witch Nobeta” and look at it’s twitter and advertising, which is a game that KNOWS it’s main character is a child and sexualizes her to the moon and back with no shame. I don’t mean to “Strawman” it more or less but Rebecca is MUCH less offensive Loli compared to how they are normally depicted. But I really wish more people would say something about that because it makes me insane that I know about it and NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT AND ITS ON THE FUCKING SWITCH.
Certainly not saying that you are wrong! As I think you are still valid in thinking that way. But this is just more so as someone who is a hardcore anime fan but I also in my older years have become much more uncomfrotable with such characters but I think Rebecca overrall isn’t depected like a “proper” Loli.
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Why are you so offended over what we said? We put the article out because the Cyberpunk subreddit was literally filled with pictures of her completely nude and hyper sexualised yet really embracing her looking on the younger side…
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I have no idea what going on. I got messages from family and friends on Facebook saying Ive been asking them questions I already know. So I changed my password. Can you please delete me from this website or whatever ?
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Sorry for the slow response, I am barely on my PC due to ill health so only seeing your message now, I hope that you got everything sorted.
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