{"id":10530,"date":"2026-10-21T15:44:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T14:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?p=10530"},"modified":"2026-10-21T15:44:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T14:44:26","slug":"cyberpunk-edgerunners-2-how-old-is-talia-reaction-grossed-out-age-roman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/10\/21\/cyberpunk-edgerunners-2-how-old-is-talia-reaction-grossed-out-age-roman\/","title":{"rendered":"People are seriously ‘grossed out’ by Talia’s age in Netflix’s Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners season 2 introduces us to Talia Yang, and there\u2019s one thing about her that\u2019s left viewers at home feeling uncomfortable: her age. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Netflix<\/a> anime returned for its second chapter this week, and much like season 1, it\u2019s focusing on a standalone story that takes place within Cyberpunk 2077\u2019s setting, Night City. <\/span><\/p>\n

Among the new characters is Talia, who was raised in the city\u2019s privileged corporate world but later became involved in the Maelstrom gang. Along the way, she embraced the gang\u2019s obsession with cyberware, as evidenced by the fact that she\u2019s heavily augmented. <\/span><\/p>\n

In Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2<\/a>, she quickly crosses paths with Roman Carax, a wannabe filmmaker who carries around an old handheld video camera in an attempt to capture the reality of Night City. <\/span><\/p>\n

As the episodes unfold, the pair develop a close friendship, and although it never goes further, there are a few moments that have a romantic undertone. <\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s where it gets weird: Roman is explicitly revealed to be just 12 years old. And this begs the question\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

How old is Talia in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2?<\/h2>\n
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Although we know her birthday is April 2, Talia\u2019s age is never actually confirmed. But we know she is a teenager, with fans estimating she could be anywhere between 14 and 19 years old.<\/span><\/p>\n

Firstly, Weak Kingsley refers to her as a kid, and Talia herself says she\u2019s a teenager. Although it\u2019s not revealed how old her parents, Avida and Kiril, are in the Netflix series, they still have influence over her life. <\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, her mum Avida once had a relationship with Weak, reinforcing the idea that Talia\u2019s from a younger generation. But there\u2019s even more concrete evidence from Analesa Fisher, who voices the English dub<\/a> for Omi. <\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking to What\u2019s On Netflix<\/a>, Fisher praised Talia\u2019s English voice actor Kimoy Lee for managing to sound like a \u201cteenage girl.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cShe\u2019s [Kimoy Lee] my favourite voice, I think, in this new season, because they could have gone the anime<\/a> direction, where it\u2019s almost like Power from Chainsaw Man\u2026 really bright, really grating, she\u2019s this crazy girl running around Night City,\u201d Fisher said. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut she just sounds like a teenage girl. And I think that there\u2019s something so important about that, overlaid with all of the horrible sh*t that\u2019s happening, is that it brings it to a level where you\u2019re like, oh, these aren\u2019t just animated characters on a screen. These are real people going through real stuff.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She reinforces this when revealing that the one key takeaway she hopes fans will get from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2<\/a> is that \u201crevenge is going to get you nowhere.\u201d And after this, she describes Talia as \u201cyoung\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re wasting your time with revenge. But I also think, more than anything, that this season of Cyberpunk really embodies the idea that, no matter how crazy things get with technology and cyborg-ing out, for lack of a better word, you\u2019re still human,\u201d Fisher said. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think that plays really well between Talia and Roman, because Roman is this little boy who\u2019s entirely organic still. And Talia\u2019s got all of these upgrades, even though she\u2019s still young.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Fans are uncomfortable with Talia\u2019s age no matter how old she is<\/h2>\n

There are a couple of reasons why fans are finding this weird – and that\u2019s true whether Talia is younger or older. If she\u2019s under 18, then it\u2019s rather odd given how sexualised her character design is. But if she\u2019s over 18, then why are there romantic undertones to her relationship with Roman, a 12-year-old?  <\/span><\/p>\n

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Bruh she a damn pedophile in the show https:\/\/t.co\/LWC4XikvY4<\/a><\/p>\n

— Funnylandtwo (@Funnylandtwo2) October 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n