Thank you guys for watching this again as well as the amazing Mrs WiseFish for writing up the script for me. My writing isn’t always the best so I’m glad you guys are enjoying these recent videos she’s helped me make!
You know you’re the bad guys when you have a device called “Soul Killer” and your head of security is general grievous with rocket launchers instead of lightsabers
It's one of those "dude trust me" techs that seems a lot stretch because you still need all the raw materials for nanobots or whatever to work with. Still a terrifying idea.
That could be said for every major corp!! Only thing difference is the CEO's of Arasoka coming from 1 family. It's still a mega Corp. It's just like people giving their companies to their kids now lol, that's not a empire. It's nepotism 😂😂
@AquaStockYT ones sole goal to to make money over everything else. While the other is actively trying to control everything including the corporations and every other aspect of society! On a macro/micro scale it applies to damn neat every aspect of society 🤣🤣
@@haoweihui-vf8nuWell Samsung is South Korean... However they operate like Arasaka in a lot of ways including being the 2nd biggest military force within South Korea and owning 20% of the entire South Korean economy.
@@thesuperintendent4290 ~50 more years and Samsung will release the SoulKiler and South Korea law will begin to use it on criminal and child rapists :))
It is interesting how the events of Cyberpunk 2077 could cripple Arasaka more than any war could. Yorinobu's coup and the internal power stuggle leaves it dangerously vulnerable to everyone, most of all Militech. It is telling how the only ending where Arasaka is able to avoid catastrophic losses is when you pursue the Devil Ending and return everything back to the status quo.
in the Tower Ending Yorinobu withdraws and Militech takes over Night City. Granted I believe the ending takes place in 2079 but yeah, Militech is definitely ready to step up.
In the new Cyberpunk book, No Coincidence, their is a line that says once you die, it's game over, no back ups, nothing. I immediately thought of Arasaka. Everyone knows about Soulkiller and Secure your Soul. This means Saburo Arasaka can live forever kinda like a God while the average citizen dies every day. Real scary stuff.
Even then he doesn't actually continue living. His original consciousness dies but then an engram continues on in his place even if in Yorinobu's body.
not really, the engram doesn't actually entail the entire soul of a person, just their personality think of it like a really complicated ai version of a person, they think, act, and remember things the person who used to be alive but it doesn't have the capability of looking past itself in its moment since it only copies the presented personality and not its potential, Johnny doesn't exactly change over time, he is always sentimental, always comparing past with your present actions never worrying about the future, he doesn't even get mad or try anything to completely kill you(your consciousness) off in order to survive, he just accepts it almost as if he doesn't have a will of his own despite being an exact copy of Johnny, literally no drive or purpose other than replicate the past and his once self no change whatsoever even when presented with the prospect of change he just dismisses it, same case with Saburo's engram, only difference is Saburo has always been ambitious he is almost machine like in personality always thinking about progress no matter the sacrifice which wouldn't make it hard for them to replicate an exact ai copy of his soul since he doesn't have that much remorse even towards his own son since the ai personality probably assumed that the original copy didn't so he(the engram) wasn't even against the idea of inserting his soul(personality) into his own son, meanwhile Saburo when he was alive despite knowing what his son did and being disappointed still had the sympathy and care for his own son and only called him a fool which obviously ended up in his death something probably took lightly since he just backed his own son into a corner to scold him, foolish action leads to reckless behavior, thus when the personality clone of Saburo is presented with the evidence of his murder his first action is obviously the remorseless kind which is to oust his son and the board of directors meaning the clone only inherited the key ambition, and again only the actions and memories, not even a hint of empathy from the original Saburo who still cared of his own son that he had the gall to confront him directly with no protection despite being warned by both his daughter and Anderson the Saburo we saw had empathy but the clone we got lacked any and only inherited the ambition and personality, if he saw Hanako as a threat as well in the coming future as he the personality preside in Yorinobu he probably won't hesitate to eliminate Hanako or Michiko if it means achieving his goals, Hanako essentially just brought an AI copy of the worst parts of their father to existence and placed it in his own brother as punishment not knowing how bad it could be in the long run. Overall the relic project is a failure, it would take a couple more versions for it to be actually viable since it isn't able to completely transfer the soul only the consciousness without the conscience.
@@traphimawari7760thing is Johnnys psyche was brought back to EXACTLY the world he tried to prevent. Granted that not in a subtle way but still. Also one of the first things he does while in your body is actively trying to kill you by first, trying to yank the chip out of your skull, and 2, by taking control and trying to smash your head into a rei forced glass. Thing is, he realises that it would mean end to BOTH of You and he aint exactly a type that likes to loose or give up. He tags along because he has a potential win in a long run.
@@jadenthomas5261I’m pretty sure it does restore you and resurrects you because if not I don’t see why saburo would care but let’s say it’s his copy, either way having saburos conciousness for years to come isn’t exactly good as he’s a Tyrant
I love how these corporations are portrayed in the cyberpunk story, it’s not too far fetched that we could see business become powerful enough to cut out the government and millatarize
@@junkers1337why did east India company just let the British take over the company though? Like did the east India company just hand it over to the British after the whole Indian rebellion in 1850s or 1860s, or were they just too weak from stretching themselves too thin? Or did they fight back a little against the British government.
@@zen4ever3British government had bailed out the East Indian company numerous times financially. Eventually it simply became too bureaucratic for its own good and was consumed by the British.
I would imagine Arasaka have powerful AIs that they kept secretly in Mikoshi are name after Japanese Gods given how Saburo wants Japan to be above everyone else
its a fucking crime you can't betray Hanako during her route to clean the entire saka board leading in to a corpowar with militech nuking them much more literally than johnny ever could.
Imagine wanting to use more nukes and kill more innocent people XD you aint no better then arasaka then smsrt one. Hell honestly you would be a bit worse atleast arasaka does not pretend to be anything but what they are.
@@Tioynux cool as long as you understand that makes you no better then arasaka or adam smasher or any of the top tier cunts. You would be exactly like them destroying the entire area killing more innocent people trying to live their lives(including the children btw) or are you gonna tell me the 10 year olds stuck in night city deserve to die a Torturous Radiation poisioning death because Arasaka bad. By using the nuclear option you become No better then the people are killing and Prove that they are right in the end and the strong can do what ever they want little people be dammed. Just your the one damming them now.
It's so depressing that they market immortality, but ONLY for the top 1%, and not even TRUE immortality. All the while, the real technology is kept only for the Arasaka's. They really commissioned immortality and kept it for themselves.
Even the version saburo used still kills him. His engram is only a copy. Which is even scarier, whatever humanity the real saburo had left will be totally absent in his engram
@@KaitouKaiju I mean, if the Engram rewires the neurochemistry to the point that the Engrams personality is now the hosts personality, I think it's safe to assume that they're only AI until they get their human body. But yeah, they're still not the actual person, just a mind clone basically.
@@KaitouKaijuto be fair Saburo didnt have alot of humanity left so i think Him being that way as a engram is just a product of Saburo himself i mean johnnys engram has no problem expressing alot of emotions from rage to guilt and empathy if soul killer left you devoid of humanity Johnny would have been more like he was right when he wakes up aka "stick some iron in your mouth and pull the trigger!" But he was able to empathize with V and think rationally after the intitial shock
I wonder how Phantom Liberty will change Arasaka's future if Militech can get a hold of V. It's starting to make sense why Johnny would not be in support of an idea that involves getting in the same bed with Militech. V could share the same fate as Johnny. V wouldn't be queen of the Afterlife, nor would she run away with the Aldecaldos, but could die in the middle of battle, and be a casualty of war. That would be pretty interesting, a true blaze of glory ending. Im getting off the rails here but this video got me pondering.
Technically, that was the Arasaka Tower Incident about, in the lore, it was Morgan Blackhand who led the team, and he was a Militech Company Man, the nukes were also from Militech, it's fascinating to see Johnny as an unreliable narrator because he genuinely believes every word of what he tells you
@@deepfriedicecream576 well yeah, but at least with Militech, it’s pretty obvious what you’re getting, they’re not sneaky about being monstrous assholes, unlike Arasaka.
Let's be real, there are no such things as dark secrets for mega corps, if you have a great imagination and can think of many crimes against humanity, they have done it and with a smile on their faces
Loving these cyberpunk videos! It would be so cool if Saka hears about the president being stranded in the dlc and sends squads to discreetly assassinate her for kicking them out of the country.
@@emptythreatcovers5085 some of the most inspirational people ever were not "good" people. look at any famous figure thought of as a great person, they did things wrong too. mlk cheated on his wife, jfk, no man is perfect or really good. every man has duality
The surname Arasaka (荒坂) means "rough mountain" or "rough slope." It is believed that Mr. Pondsmith chose this name for the fictional corporation because it is similar to Arisaka (有坂) meaning “mountain-possessor” -- the surname of a very prominent Japanese firearms designer. The son of that designer established the Arisaka Rifle Manufacturing Company in 1908, which operated until 1945. Personally, I speculate that the reference to a “rough slope" in the fictional Arasaka Corporation's name could be a metaphor for Japan's challenging journey of postwar socioeconomic recovery -- and then, in the Cyberpunk world, a second journey arising from all the spiraling consequences of the Crash of 1994. 1:37 In pronouncing the word “Tokyo,” the correct pronunciation does not include any kind of “i” sound. This is a common mistake. For those interested, Tokyo was ORIGINALLY called Edo (江戸), which was a compound of 江 e ("cove, inlet") and 戸 to ("entrance, gate, door”). That can be translated as "estuary”, and is a reference to the original settlement's location at the meeting of the Sumida River and Tokyo Bay. However, during the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the name of the city was changed to Tokyo, a compound of 東 tō (“east"), and 京 kyō ("capital”).
I know this Cyberpunk fanfic that has its versions of V (Male and Female twins) have a personal history with and a grudge against Araska as well as a connection to Night Corp. It’s called Night City: Legacy.
yooo 🤯💥 props to Ms. WiseFish (totally a corpo fixer handle btw, watch out) appreciate her input! definitely notice the overall flow and verbiage is a lot clearer. lotta detail to cover in a 41min vid, every bit counts :) P.S - what/where is that Jackie footage in @31:46 from? 👀👀 never seen that in all my countless cyberpunk2077 playthroughs
V ending with Arasaka is a very dark future, you basically give up the control of your soul to Arasaka, they will control your memory your very being and who know what they will do to you. ONe of the possibility is they modify the memory and clone to a body and make V a slave with no freewill.
Well, actually we know what happens if we do not interact with Hanako or Johnny. The Tower Ending tells us, that Arasaka left Night City behind and it seems that Yorinobus plan to destroy Arasaka from the inside, becomes a success
Thank you for the covering Arasaka corporation. Can you please cover the Umbrella Corporation, the Organization and Tricell from the Resident Evil series.
I only thing i dont like about cyberpunk 2077 is the fact u cant truly role play as a corpo taking over melitech or Arasaka ,it just feels like the writers only wrote a story for street kid more so than nomad i honesty believe the devs rushed the game cuz it needed way more time to be cooked in the oven, and tbh i expected cyberpunk 2077 to be like deus ex mixed with bladerunner and ghost in the shell with a dash of gta , and the choosing system from mass effect trilogy ,🤔 i mean thats wat i was wanting the whole time ,i still love the game but i expected more tho
There's no logical way V could take over a corporation of that size. It's good they didn't take the Skyrim approach and just make you head of a major faction just for doing some quests
@@nxxynx5039 🤔 never played Skyrim ,but i do believe v should at least have a option to do that ,😂its a fantasy ,u cam literally be a cyber psycho without actually being one😂 at the end of the game v is more mechine than man at that point if u upgraded him to the max cuz i made a netrunner and mixed with an enforcer build literally op asf and i was on the hardest difficulty
It wouldn't fit the themes of the cyberpunk genre, which is predicated on trying to break the status quo and destroying the system. Becoming part of it will always lead to a lose state, since the character loses any claim to heroism (or being an anti-hero).
@@KaiserAfini y wouldnt it fit the theme, like i admit that cyberpunk has light rpg elements but it shouldve been better then wat came out back in 2020 but u literally can do anything as long as it a lines with the lore of cyberpunk i truly felt 2077 was a pond compared to the vast Ocean of actual lore i just feel like the game came out in a rush and it didnt capture everything in the lore 🤔 thats wat i mean
@@thedude4871 I meant that its based on the cyberpunk story genre, the genre that started with Neuromancer. That particular style of writing (including script writing) has the protagonists trying to break the system as one of its core pillars, becoming part of the system is considered a fail state.
I really wish you had a the option to listen to Yorinobu and then side with him to take down Arasaka. In different circumstances, Yorinobu and Johnny Silverhand would have been great comrades
The big new ending for Phantom Liberty clearly tells us what happens if V does nothing about Arasaka. Hanako and Takimura will still attempt their coup but fail. Yorinobu pulls Arasaka completely out of Night City allowing Militech and the NUSA to take control. And eventually Yorinobu 'resigns' his position under suspicious circumstances, almost certainly from a new internal revolt. The takeaway I got is that Yorinobu does manage to do catastrophic damage to Arasaka in a few years but the corporation still stands despite his efforts.
They got push out of night city, their prize, alongside losing plenty of money and public trust All to theyl advantage of their rivals....oh and night city probably got NUSA, bringing myser one step closer to unite america again
Could you do a video on Armored core 6. I know you won't get to many videos out of it. But it'd be cool still to see a video on the world of Rubicon, the coral, and corporations.
Is there even any functional difference between national governments and big corporations in this setting? Arasaka always seemed to be a extension of Japan while Militech a proxy of NUSA (USA). Same goes to the lessers like Kang Tao which seems to be the China avatar or Sovoil which is a proxy to the ussr or Petrochem which seems to be the same as Siemens is to germany today. Night Corp being the embodiment of Night City state self governance. It seems just like they are all the tentacles of big boy national governments.
Arasaka is the best corp. They will put my engram in another body in the near future and I will go back to being an Arasaka employee, this time as a COO, Hanako-sama and I talked about this. Shortly after that, I will travel to Japan and meet Goro in Kagawa as he promised to show me what real food is. Not that I've not tried it before since my life in Arasaka Counter Intel was pretty lavish. 😭
holy shit guys, spend 15 seconds of your life and read what an algorithm is, there's no living forever that was the whole point of the game, once you die you die, doesn't matter if you're saburo, jackie or that homeless guy next to misty's
Can you make a video about communism countries in cyberpunk universe? Since Soviet didnt collapse, it would be interesting to know more about them and other communism countries
