Kyrgyzstan anime artist whose murals were vandalized painted Lucy from Cyberpunk Edgerunners in the safest place possible

His anime murals on the streets of Kyrgyzstan were vandalized more than once. But wodyOne_dhc He didn't stop, he learned. His new work, a mural of Lucy of Cyberpunk: Edgerunnersis not on any outdoor wall: it is inside a computer club, protected by its owner and by the clients who take care of it as their own.

The artist that global fandom discovered for his vandalized murals

wodyOne_dhc He did not seek fame in the conventional way. The Kyrgyz urban artist became known in anime communities around the world when his street murals, including works dedicated to Frieren: Beyond Journey's End already Pray of Chainsaw Manappeared vandalized on more than one occasion.

The irony did not go unnoticed: murals celebrating figures beloved by millions of people, destroyed by those who probably did not know, or care, what they represented. Images of the damage circulated on anime social networks and generated a reaction of outrage and massive support for the artist from communities in Japan, Latin America, Europe and Southeast Asia.

The solution that no one expected: removing the mural from the street

The response of wodyOne_dhc It was changing the context, not the art. His new work is a mural of Lucythe protagonist of Cyberpunk: Edgerunnersthe anime of Netflix and Studio Trigger which revived global interest in Cyberpunk 2077 and became one of the most emotionally impactful titles of the last decade.

This time, the mural is inside a local computer club in Kyrgyzstan, in a private space where the people around it understand the value of what they see and care for it as their own. The artist confirmed directly: this time he is sure that no one is going to ruin it.

Why Lucy and why now

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners It has one of the most loyal fan communities in recent anime. Lucy's story remains one of the most heartfelt moments in anime in recent years. Painting it in a computer club also has a thematic coherence that the fandom appreciates: the series lives at the intersection between technology and humanity, and that context is, in a certain sense, the most honest possible for a mural of his.

Fandom as a protection system

The decision solves the problem of vandalism in the most elegant way possible: not through formal policing, but through community policing. The people who frequent that space share the same cultural universe that the mural represents, they are not going to damage it, they are going to take care of it.