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Another great video!! Honestly i found these chapters hilarious and i cant wait to see whatever the story brings up next!

so since we start at the end of the of the mars destruction, does that mean that mars could not win against the shadows and everyone died? since the reason why we were able to win against them was because we were there?

Thelema may not be real, but I bought an adjustable desk so I could kneel while playing her. And if the pain my knees feel is real, by extension, Thelema must be too.

HI3 community: Part 2 is nothing but VR, it doesn't exist and it doesn't matter. Also HI3 community: ER is still real to me, dammit! Elysiaaaaaaaa!!!1!1!

What is the name of the song during the ending? I've constantly heard it during the moon arc and haven't had much success.

I wouldve loved it if the seven shus were villains instead. Would help to make it a bit different from ER too.

The whole concept of digital lifeforms never felt meaningless to me, a soul digital or not is not tangible so how can one have more value than another? Reset or not its the same person you knew, we just get to know more and see more.

Hehehe sounds like Genshin's whole plot of it also being a simulated world. hehehehe

I don’t understand how people can not like part 2 story and just say that everything after Kolosten and ER is shit (I’m referring to the community I’ve known from my country (Italy))

13:26 - this is the first time I heard you curse.... calm down, rabbit man 😂😂😂😂

Something we do know is that the Quantum computer utilises SoQ in some way, as we have directly seen it in things like Vita's animation where she meets Leyla. So it's most likely that the original idea of the Sea of Data being a part of SoQ is still the case and that the events are actually happening in real bubble worlds which are being controlled by the computer. This also gives an explanation for how Vita is connected to it, since she travelled SoQ and could have easily run into it at some point.

What I'm very confused and I'm still obsessing about is Ajita's conversation with the Will of Shadows in Chapter 3 and the Sea of Data's natura. Starting off by saying that my interpretation of the sea of data is that it doesn't exist in the new "Level" we unlocked (Langqiu 100 years ago). But we were told that the Martians turned their world into Bubble World in the Sea of Data, what's the truth? This seems contraddictory: Did Martians make Bubble Worlds and live off there or did they create the Quantum Computer? The people inside the Computer I doubt are the real martians: Thelema, Songque, Lantern and the others died a long time ago. Does that mean that initially they did make Bubble Worlds in the real world but the WIll of Shadow destroyed them, leaving only the memories of the event in the Computer? Is that is so... Ajita's conversation with the Will of Shadows is intriguing. We took for granted that the Sea of Data was different from the Sea of Quanta because it was an anrtificial Sea made in the Computer, but the Computer records history: the Sea of Data existed in reality? Or maybe it was changed in the COmputer to be the Sea of Data instead of Sea of Quanta (I doubt this last theory). Ajita mentioned a Continent... a World of great importance in the Sea, I don't know why but this "Continent" obsessed me since I've first heard of it and it seems like no one talks about it at all. If Mars really is Records of History, does that mean that Ajita found that Continent in reality? Is she somewhere in this Continent? What even is this Continent?! Anyway, just wanted to share this, hopefully it makes sense P.S. Just realized that Ajita described the continent as "THe cornerstone of Civilization, the protoype of all history and legacy, and the only beacon that deserves to be taken seriously". THis description made me think of the Anchor of the Apocalypse... could the Continent be the Place where DS met God Senadina in Chapter 1?

for me is not about whether its real or not, it just the fact the one inside there tsavore, thelema and other dint remember what happen and thing will keep going onward, it just seem sad, i just wish maybe by the end of its atleast they can remember or maybe be free from the simulation that keep on repeating.

I didn't care much for er but its not because it was a simulation. I just didn't get attached and I never liked kevin. But I really enjoyed chapter 3 of part 2. Chapters 1 and 2 were so so, but chapter 3 reminded me of why I fell in love in hi3 part 1. The ending of ch3 though was kind of a let down. My hope is that the story continues to excel from what we got in chapter 3.

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13:22 yeah... thats why i never liked Elysian Realm. characters and their backstories are ok, but then fandoms are like Elysia this- Elysia that.

Ah that mean when oxia get destroy by Vita that place just a simulation not based real event oke-oke, i kinda confused and thinking character can become anything but is not is different

I once described the whole Mars storyline to someone who's just coming back to Honkai Impact as "The Matrix Trilogy but it's Groundhog Day".

07:23 "In Chapter 5, Vita states that the current objective of the DS Terminal is for Entropy to clear various stages based on Mars’s real historical events to trace the curse of shadows back to its source." people tend to forget about this crucial piece of information. they are in a sense literally playing a game by stage by stage but instead of the story going forward, its going BACKWARDS. they are done with the "Songque winning" stage, so the QComputer unlocked the next stage. and once they finish that stage, on to the next. so on and so forth. this doesn't invalidate what happened at all with Songque becoming a Herrscher like being because they are not literally travelling back in time. they are just accessing events from the past. its no different from you opening a folder of childhood photos in your computer. the only major difference here is that they can interact with the people in these events from the past.

Imo powerscaling wise! Kevin is still tbe strongest character we've seen so far but this video was really fun to watch i use to love these hunger games videos from back then.

idk for me early part 2 felt like playing gi quests. the pacing, writing style, nuance, dialogue script, event scene. they probably tried to absorb some of gi playerbase. it did go like er where some flamechasers are more developed than the rest but it still left a lasting impression, especially songque for me. honestly I prefer learning mars' past through files like in er rather than experiencing it because I can't change how it turned out by reliving it anyway. also it gives more screen time for interesting character interaction or development.

I was correct. The start of Part 2 js basically the same as Part 1 and also Honkai Star Rail, as it forces us to actually theorize what happened back. But Part 2 literally took that concepts and say " We'll help you" and proceeds to go back in time. The reason people think the story isn't that impactful as Elysian Realm is because we've only know the Mars' cast from the story for only 10 months, while the Elysian Realm cast we've already know them for almost 2 years because if the ER game modem same thing with the Captainverse cast as we know them since at least 2019. Elysian Realm was started as a side story project like APHO before getting integrated in the main story, hence why it was impactful. I had a feeling that since we're nearing the APHO Timeline, we'll be getting APHO Chapter 3 as an interlude after whatever happens on Mars exist, partially because Mei is now using her APHO design and I just want a DK for SW :). Although the addition of Sparkle, Sim Ajita, and Leylah still makes jt a very long chapter indeed.

I'm sure chapter 3-EX onwards are actually Hoyo's "Plan B" That is, it's their backup plan since their original one (making a story that focuses on new cast + attracting new players) failed, they have to bring in Sleepy Teri as their trump card and delete the male MC with the flimsiest explanation

The only thing that hurt me a lot is that the Shus from the final samsara won't remember the part 2 cast... especially Songque. I was really considering her as the Hua of the part 2 cast who although is part of her own ancient group, still hung out as buddies with DS, Sena , Helia and Coralie.

Amateur) Nothing is real in honkaiverse. After all it's all dream of ■, nothing more.

So? Where's my sardine? 🤣

How exactly did Vita met with the entire crew? The difference in ER and this is Part 2 kept changing timeline so the characters doesnt remember DS. Whereas in ER, we have a more attachment to the 13 because it is a constant storyline with no changing timeloop BS.

Leylah us truly a real deal, she can f.cking turn all of Mars in to a computer

Is part 2 real? Is the Elysia realm real? Is chapter 5-6 (tundra reunion & Babylon prisoner) real? Is sakura samsara real? In my opinion the only thing important is how this event develops the character more than if the event really happens or not. Some events like sakura samsara can be a bit filler, but events like chapter 5-6 really change the story direction.

So, our experience Mars is like how the protagonist of SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE experiences life?

Ok, now it makes sense. No being alive could be more hørnÿ than Ellie. That's why they had to simulate one....

What may be the reason the simulation progresses/unlocks backwards in time? If cleaning shadows means acquiring past data, how would that work? Perhaps martian bubble universes in SoQ exist in multiple time states simultaneously, and need to be woven together after resolving the shadow calamity in each one. Or, presence of shadows creates a chaotic environment that makes interpolating past data difficult. There needs to be a clean world state so that the simulation can run backwards and reach the past. I hope this will be addressed in the future.

Awesome video, I loved the way you explained things and put all the info together. I’m loving part 2 so far and I think it has IMMENSE POTENTIAL, mostly with how they will be able to make bossfights, music, sequences and maps in the future (langqiu a 100 years ago, is the best map for me in terms of quality and I have yet to see ruimu fully). One thing that I did notice in vita’s starry voyager trailer is that the only shus that don’t appear are Litost and Ajita, curiously they seem to be the ones to have some kind of connection with Leylah, and that’s been increasingly implied in ch5 (haven’t seen ch6 yet). But overall I’m really excited for the future of part 2 and I love that we are able to explore the past and wilderness of Mars, I just know they’re gonna go crazy with the snow and volcano maps

I saw “Mars isn’t real” without seeing the character at first and I was so confused on why this was in my recommended 😭

Fellow Thelema servants 😊

17:33 WHAT!?!? Honkai telling an nonlinear story! #howdarethey

Were chapters 1-3 real? Well, we can't be sure, I doubt that we have managed to actually change history, but what pissed me off was bringing Songque back from the dead - rendering her sacrifice pointless - only to reveal that none of it really happened right after. That was a poor choice in my opinion. The Langqiu arc was complete and then chapter 3EX showed me that all the feelings that I had felt were pointless, because why cry over the sacrifice, if it wasn't really a sacrifice. This event also started a new storyline that got abruptly cut off and didn't really contribute anything to the story. It seemed to be a nice tribute to Songque, but her appearing (without an explanation on why) ruined the premise. Unless we're coming back to that particular Langqiu in the future, it's a mess. Come on hoyo, you know how to erase characters from existence, you know how to use it in storytelling, you can do better.

Wouldn't the fact the simulation phase 2 (or whatever number) is 100 years into the past mean they are NOT the same Songque, Thelema, etc? Just from aging and the like. Unless martian humans are way more long-lived than Earth ones, I guess.

My theroy is seandina wannts to rebuild mars for the people to live

You : to save oxia. Me : wonder how THE CHARACTER looks like ( i love your explanation i'm just stupid)

How many times did you need to rewatch this to understand Me: yes

we are so back

Hey thanks for the shoutout Homu! I found it SO interesting to find out how influential Dictionary of th Khazars is on the Part 2 plot. I'm slowly reading through it, and the parallels are immense. In context of the video, I think from ch6 we're beginning to see that these "NPCs" truly are becoming capable of some independent thought, and breaking free of the bounds of the system. I don't think people should be thinking of the Martians as just "fiction" much longer, especially with how Dreamseeker keeps re-iterating how the experiences are all real and valid to her. Its part of the narrative, plainly stated!

Some random thoughts: HSR Finality Aeon traverses the universe backwards kinda like how we do with Mars Kiana going asleep is assumed to be relevant to Mars We get a memokeeper and direct HSR connections. Maybe quantum computer can finally go back in time for simulation thanks to Kiana?

The fact that The quantum computer reveal was literally hinted at in chapter 1. THE CG for chapter one is literally Link Start from Sao. BLEW MY MIND. I have never been so astonished in a reveal in any media like that. I love part 2 so much. And crying like a beach in chapter 3, 3ex, and 5(bailing) was so funn😂