ORIGINAL BETA TESTER REACTS TO ALL HONKAI STAR RAIL ANIMATED SHORTS!

[@stereotreme]

I remember seeing a comment when the dance video came out saying "they could've drawn those two fucking and it wouldn't have been as intimate as what we just watched."

[@vvgirl6173]

XD

[@gohanangered9650]

Nah, to me that reminded me of a honey trap gone wrong. Black swan likes to get info from the memories of others. But she ended up running into someone, she shouldn't mess with. Also i feel, she could be an issue in the future. Especially with it concerning the mc of the game.

[@gentlegem]

At the end of the dance Black Swan is "Uh oh, I can''t top her" and she's traumatised while Acheron is "Today is great, I danced with a cute girl

[@GoldenBeans]

Acheron: nah I'd top

[@Yuki_Ika7]

the fun thing about "the dance": one of Acheron's in-game dialogs said that she quite enjoyed it, and it is implied that the violence near the end was either Black Swan being traumatized by Acheron's past or something in Acheron took offense to Black Swan peering into her memories, or both.

[@knightmare3197]

Theoretically, the thing that attacked BS in Acheron's mind is IX. With Acheron being a Self-Annihilator, IX has an extention of itself inside her, consuming her memories. Since Black Swan is a being of the remembrance, IX's presence tried to consume her. The reason she looked so terrified coming out of it was because her entire being nearly got consumed by IX.

[@keitokarl]

@@knightmare3197 like literally, she nearly fell into a black hole

[@Shrine.-]

The black swan and Acheron animation is genuinely so good, I don't think another animation will be able to top it for a long ass time

[@subscriber101able]

Till another of their Expies come out at least, maybe Yae or Hua.

[@decatman6740]

I want to agree with you,but I said the same when sparkle trailer came out, and then the acheron trailer completely shut my mouth. They are not afraid of quality dumping their animations, and I can bet that there will be greater things to come

[@tenkosverse]

⁠@@subscriber101ablegod you have no idea how excited i am for hua, especially since yanqing is in hsr

[@subscriber101able]

@@tenkosverse my brother from another mother, the mere moment I read "Marshal Hua" in the commisions and how she's supposed to be the leader of the entire Xianzhou fleet, Is the day I dread as that might be the day I'd lose my financial stability. Edit: grammar fixes.

[@milkafuchs3909]

but tbh im thinking this every time, and they prove me wrong every time. xD

[@OleanderGardenGhost]

I saw someone say that Jinguyuin was voiced by Matt Mercer, so I just want to point out that he's voiced by Cy Yu / Alejandro. He streams aswell.

[@WillKazeOh]

Matt Mercer ain't even in any of the Hoyo games

[@sushishishu]

How is that Matt Mercer dawg 💀 not to mention Alejandro is by far one of the most well known VA’s, at least from his streaming

[@colt1903]

Jinguyuin: I've been waiting for this!

[@sylrune]

Yep CyYu for sure, and he killed it. Could Mercer do it as well? He could certainly try!

[@RukilEngetsu]

@@sylrune OH!.....I see what you did there.

[@namba3886]

Acherons and black swans dance was the most beautiful dance animation i have ever seen I NEED TO KNOW WHO THE KEY ANIMATOR WAS

[@inkiaio1616]

my favorite part about the music in the black swan and acheron dance is that theyre both represented by sounds like black swan is a violin and acheron (forgive if im wrong as i dont know much about instruments) is a viola/chelo and when one of them is in control over the dance their respective instrument becomes louder. And during the predator prey scene the violin sounds almost like its screaming (black swan) its just pretty cool to me :3

[@GentleIceZ]

Yeah, I'm ace and when I saw "the dance" even I was like "Ah, I see what's happening here."

[@sylrune]

I had no idea what "ace" meant in this context, so I had to do some reading. I always appreciate opportunities to expand my horizons, so thank you for giving me that opportunity!

[@tenkosverse]

like? a pack of cards?

[@tenkosverse]

ooh nevermind!!! sorry haha 😭 i looked what it meant up online

[@tiredasexual_8334]

I was literally whisper-screaming "THEYRE NOT EVEN BEING SUBTLE ABOUT IT" the first time I watched it LMFAO

[@strawcold]

The fact that Acheron and Black Swan want to have another dance with each other when you put them on the same team lives in my mind rent free.

[@sonicstormer]

Ahhh! I believe that dance is an Argentine Tango. If anyone out there sees this and thinks it looks cool or pretty, I'd highly encourage seeking a dance studio. This IS obtainable and it's so fun to learn!

[@Shadowlar]

The best description of the dance trailer came from the VA for Acheron, Allegra Clark. She said on twitter: "Black Swan fucked around and found out" then replied "Though I would rather they had just stayed dancing". A rando replied to that asking her why, her response to that that was "Cause I'm gay"

[@armadillorider]

At this point, the only Star Rail content you haven't covered are the version trailers and the keeping up with star rail videos. While keeping up with star rail has funny moments with their talk show framing device and are very educational about how the featured characters play, they are rather long and get rather repetitive when watched in binges like what you're doing. I do highly recommend the version trailers, particularly Space Comedy the final closed beta trailer, Interstellar Journey the 1.0 trailer, and White Night the 2.0 trailer. White Night in particular is my current favorite trailer for Star Rail, and I hope you'll enjoy it too!

[@pingu_diabo]

13:08 ah yes, im sure Dan Feng and Yingxing were very, very, veryyyyy good friends, historians would even say they were besties!

[@Valia2899]

And so the other three, 5 of them are besties. And the center of them is baiheng, the moment she dies, the ties broken. Everyone losing their mind especially blade. And leaving only jing yuan.

[@fufu-jh]

this is not the place to spread your delusions, they were two arogant and selfish friends thats what they were, df and jy have a lot more wholesome interactions mentioned from the past, if yinxing was so close with df he wont blame him fully for what happened with baiheng and keep on hunting dh too

[@pingu_diabo]

@@fufu-jh The way you're so pressed over this 5 month old comment because i implied i like xingyue is extremely funny. Literally why did you feel the need to say this? Me making a joke over a ship i like shouldn't trigger you so much. And it also just shows that you don't know anything about their story to say that "if Yingxing was so close with Dan Feng he wouldn't blame him fully or hunt him" because, yes, he was close with Dan Feng and denying that is straight up denying facts, and also, what he did to and most of his "hate" towards Dan Heng is because of Jingliu's brainwashing, so like??? I get that you don't like the ship but also don't just deny the literal lore? And most importantly don't come after a shipper who just made a joke?

[@flyingorange2482]

​@@fufu-jh Lmao, say that to the literal fanfic written by some citizen of the two of them in a note inside the game

[@DamoDgames]

I love that *The Dance* is a show of control and the power that the garden if recollection posses in how we have Black swan lead us in and pry into Acheron's memories till a point she mentions something that Acheron herself doesn't know, but her other half does and in response begs the question ( Are you talking to me? ) and Black swan dug a little too deep and is on the run. The Visuals are insane and I got chills the first time.

[@t0x1cfire75]

Just a heads up, there are a few animations that you missed. There was one more "moment among the stars" animation. 30 seconds of high quality animation featuring huohuo, the green smol scared fox girl. Also the aventurine one but you said you watched that already There was also the "penacony travel animation" , an in universe 3 minute ad telling you to come to penacony. As well as the Clockie cartoon, which is an in universe cartoon series that they animated a full episode of to post on their KZbin channel.

[@aliciaxdeath]

oh wild I just used their animated shorts playlist from the honkai star rail youtube

[@t0x1cfire75]

@@aliciaxdeathah, mihoyo official Playlists and missing videos. Name a better duo. The only place I feel like mihoyo drops the ball unfortunately. Itto's trailer was missing from the genshin character demo Playlist for like a year. The official honkai impact chronicles Playlist is missing the Fu Hua backstory video, plus it is in a completely random order and has unrelated videos in it. The honkai impact 3rd version trailer Playlist was missing the pardofelis version trailer for like 8 months. And more that I'm probably forgetting at the moment lol Still I highly recommend checking out the ones I mentioned, even if they are on your own time. They are different but still quite good. Especially the Clockie cartoon, reminds me of the good ol days with Tom and Jerry.

[@Cakehai]

Swan x Acheron dance really went from... “Theyre f@#&ing?!???!” To “😨So she is the one with the strap”

[@VyceofMataMertha]

Ah, Alejandro Saab! Dude's amazing in HSR!

[@Anime_Potato]

Acheron and Black Swans short is one of the best most sapphic things ever, and we loveee that

[@ZhaneX24]

God the animation of Rondo is absolutely fantastic... feels like it gets better every time I watch it, the intimacy, the intensity...

[@loviegzb]

notice how when i usually comment is when sapphics are a foot?

[@Yuki_Ika7]

i can't blame ya

[@larry.l4477]

Oh no. The doomed yuri is going to ruin her I just know it (I just started the video)

[@larry.l4477]

Okay I will say I was half right

[@diegoace2274]

I like how someone in chat is saying it’s not as bad as qiqi but he is star rails qiqi. Only great reaction now time to wait for more story

[@austinsebben1402]

I like how all the character quests on the Xienzhou Loufu are one big puzzle

[@ivancepeda7557]

I miss so much your reactions and gameplays of honkai impact 😢😢😢, that was the reason i start to following you

[@rickypedia999]

I got lucky on my bizarrely constant failed 50/50 character. I got Clara at E3S1. She's probably the best DPS in 1.0 after Seele and she's still a very viable character even now. She was my beginner banner character, my first light cone fail, two eidolons showed up from failed character banners and one from standard.

[@trubel2154]

YAY MORE HSR

[@thedarkness490]

I love seeing the animated shorts since you can tell where the whales $$$ is going and its soooo worth

[@ZAYKONN]

Ah yes, the dance, the trailer that can make anyone question themselves, even if for a moment.

[@LadyWgun]

Black Swan and Acheron animation is the best thing HSR ever done

[@KevinLopez-cz9xs]

I still love that Dan Heng animated short to this day, even over the Acheron and BS one simply due to the fact that I adore the found family concept within the Astral Express. It just reminds me so much of the Straw hat crew.

[@enju3588]

Feels like home

[@HACKER-ne5gp]

YESSSSS!!!! I WAS WAITING FOR THIS❤️❤️❤️

[@TheArcSet]

Wow 0.0 That's some dancing.

[@Critshot776]

Bro I was waiting for her to react to the Kapla animation lmao

[@FlubbedPig]

For most of the lesbians I know, the horror part just makes it hotter tbh

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Hehehe, i wonder if these’ll ever be Cutscenes for the Game, like the Animated Shorts for Honkai Impact 3rd was? By the way, have you ever heard of Reverse 1999?

[@hmmmooops]

No matter how many times I watch that dance I still need to catch my breath at the end. Where can I learn dancing like that?

[@Sarge23]

Most sane reaction to the dance ive seen so far

[@DevinDoingstuff]

That dance is what made me realize that when people say "I can fix her" they actually mean "step on me mommy".

[@Lightmagician60]

having played the new story content... the Black Holes in all of Archeron's stuff makes alot more sense

[@TheArcSet]

Thanks for this. Who likes short shorts? Who likes short jorts?

[@Avitus2010]

I'm just shocked. Hahaha! Your emotions, your animations. Everything is so beautiful and alive that I would like to repeat after you at some moments. You've really lifted my spirits. Thank you so much for the good emotions and smile! I would hug you tightly, but I just had to hug the phone screen. But I hope these rays of goodness will reach you and you will smile too, knowing that you have made another person a little happier.

[@Quantum_Magus]

And such is why her eyes are covered in her character pv.

[@thevarietyhour8805]

If you like this you would love the fate grand order shorts or anime

[@Reubenaut]

The story of the high clouds quintet is a long one though I’m sure you’ll enjoy it’s details

[@fufu-jh]

if the right person explain it to her and not someone full with delusions , somone who speak both CN and EN and is neutral about all the ships is the right person to explain !

[@ClassMonitorFuHua]

Alicia are you gonna do the story content of the game or nah? Penacony writing was really good I hope you'll make it there in this year.

[@kingwalter4284]

Oh yes, let the *Back Shot* memes continue 25:31.

[@MegaDuke4life]

Just seeing Jingliu smile when Jing yuan does his final strike makes me tear everytime You watch the Aventurine one yet?

[@Trinisnotthere]

I love Yanqing bc he reminds me of the kiddos from MDZS lmao. I still have yet to get him 😢

[@taoboyce6412]

been waiting for this one

[@drewbrueckl8555]

Finally she reacts to the gay panic tango~~

[@onimarutenchu6589]

Hahaha l love your 'wtf did i watch' reaction to the Dance animation 😂😂😂

[@aMakusu]

Finally the DANCE!

[@claritale_]

The Yanqing hate makes me so sad, he is such a good boy :( All he did was be a hopeful child. I just lost the 50/50 because of him, but hating him because of that makes no sense to me.

[@shinjimatou6778]

It was cringe lol

[@Trinisnotthere]

I hate when people hate a character just bc they lost 50/50 just childish but oh well :)

[@fufu-jh]

finally someone sane here, i do think that too there is no reason to hate character bc of that, if you dont like the character personality and how they treat everyone else in the story , then thats a reason, i have e1 yanqing and i do use him from time to time

[@artistcomplex]

E1.... Yep, love that, thank you. I feel that. 😅

[@fearziel8622]

i have two characters in HSR that I truly find attractive, no. 1 is Ruan Mei, she is just so pretty and there is an unnerving charisma that just attracts me to her, NO. 2 is Sparkle, I hate her [ersonality and her version of elation (i am personally more of a Sampo type of elation), she irritates me but god damn it she is just insane and i somehow find that attractive, there are no green flags with Sparkle she is as bright red as the crimson sunset, and also as beautiful as that sunset, i hate her, but can't stop being pulled by her. vut still though I NEED MORE RUAN MEI!!!

[@zarafex-0923]

😊 are we enjoying the dance?

[@razependragon7472]

Thx for the reaction

[@tramy_kun_gaming4713]

it means that yanqing loves you :3

[@nemasisdemarini8339]

Two things of note, just in case you didn't realize; One, there is more information on the videos and who is voicing acting in them in the description. And by that, I mean, like, actual lore stuff. And, two, Acheron didn't actually consciously *do* anything to Black Swan in the Rondo. Black Swan went poking around in her memories, and essentially stepped on a shit ton of land mines. I only feel the need to point this out, cause pretty much everyone I've seen react to it immediately decided that Acheron *intentionally* attacked and nearly killed Black Swan, when she wasn't even aware it was happening.

[@So_Viet8032]

Of course she missed the last one even though it was out

[@daysand123]

I just gotta see her reaction to all of Genshin's Daddy content.

[@bryancullen6606]

I can understand the salt with Yanqing. Cause of him I lost my 50/50 for DHIL, and now Gepard has made me lose my 50/50 to get e2 Acheron so hes on the shit list too. MY biggest salt mine is my e4 Bailu

[@yokaishonen]

so what made her stop hi3 again?

[@cristianotsurudaprocopio8757]

Black Swan looking at Acheron: "I top that." Girl, she is not a demure goth girlfriend, she is just half asleep! Run! Abort mission! Also, really funny that Mei is completely clueless about Black Swan's ordeal by the end. Hope that you get the red text (you'll know when you see it) that references their dance in your playthrough, when you finally reach Penacony in the story.

[@WalterWhite-jz7ct]

The musical motiv for Rondo is just unreal, going from a sentual Tango to a frantic horror show in which the Violin mimics Black Swans screams for help after diving to deep into a Pool filled with death is just hauntingly beautiful. This is why I can't stand Genshin because, even after my wife still insists on showing me a lot of vids, I never once saw something this brilliant and jaw droppingly perfect....only Honkai, no matter what comes after that

[@ataldr4802]

I said it once and I’ll say it again thank you AliciaxDelivers

[@marksullivan2978]

Shit makes me want to learn to dance lol.

[@So_Viet8032]

Do it

[@Yuki_Ika7]

i would but my poor sense of balance (partly due to one leg being an inch longer than the other), foot problems and rigidness/stiffness of muscles would prevent me to do fluid movements, also i get nervous very easily, have social anxiety, and more. I can do small dances that do not require me to jump around or do not require fluid movements, so it's better than nothing edit: also i have gotten hurt a lot in the past trying to dance, including a seizer

[@cry-o1436]

Dew it, make your dreams come true

[@XxTryForcexX]

MOREEEEEEE

[@AmorphisBob]

I cannot recommend enough that you watch Flashgitz' Honkai Star Rail spoof "The Fate of All Weebs"

[@Legion.Player]

I suggest watching Underverse

[@Talon1124]

Yanqing is the QiQi of Star Rail. Everyone gets them on their 50/50, no one uses them.

[@DanaOtken]

There's still a lot of missing context just from these videos as to what exactly Dan Heng's previous incarnation did, why, and what all of the consequences were. One very important consequence in particular is never outright stated in its entirety even though it's been staring you in the face for quite a while. Even ignoring the individuals involved and looking at events from a larger perspective, while I can't really endorse his actions there is a very real chance more good will come from them in the long run than the reverse. Wasn't the right thing to do, but might not have been the wrong thing to do either.

[@caht6468]

my two favorite sapphic(?) women

[@badwulff]

bro some of this chat is actually brain-dead, there is no shot someone called the Rondo video "cringe" at around 29:20. like what??? is beautiful animation and music "cringe" now? what is wrong with some people istg

[@KaiSilverhawk]

So next is the music video?

[@paint-and-uwus]

:0 oh, where's the one for Aventurine? I know you said you watched it but neither video have it qwq"

[@Blizzardshot]

You should check out the hoyofair they had with star rail and genshin

[@Wizard_Lizard_]

25:26 When your yuri moment turns into nightmare fuel and trauma:

[@tigermk3554]

Can Archeron cook? This is the 10th time I will answer this question. -- Yes, she cooked Black Swan like a duck XD

[@colt1903]

And to think there were people in the last Star Rail reaction's comments that were trying to deprive you of the dance. Make you wait even longer. Shame on them.😂

[@fufu-jh]

i hope you love yanqing now , he only deserve love and respect after the current story!!

[@TheOtherSideCh]

Can't wait 'til they release Emanator YanKING and be a 8 stars HYPER DPS CARRY OWNER PWNER and he punish all of you who make fun of him! -This comment is Sponsored by *COP ing.* the best way to deal with reality.

[@BlakeGrifter]

Ok, who was the brainrot untactical minor who said Yanqing is still better than Qiqi?? Mf, you need a CONSTANT shielder for Yanqing to be at least HALF as relevant as any other free unit. Bailu heals AND revives, -Clara- Svarog is a beast at counterattacks, Welt can be amazing with debuff DPS like Ratio and Acheron, Bronya is easily one of the best supports for almost any DPS unit, and Himeko- Himeko... Himeko is great for EXP farming with Herta. Qiqi is quite literally Genshin's Bailu, only she and Barbara can revive, but Barbara has the downside of self-applying Hydro wich can cause unwanted reactions depending on the enemy. So yeah no, don't dare to compare him to Qiqi (although i secretly want to stop hating him, but he doesn't help either, butting his diaper in fights he doesn't belong in)

[@hazamax2139]

F for White Night

[@spideygaming2001]

watch epithet erased please and play not my neighbor

[@dragonarchive7443]

YIPPEE

[@chenk002]

Black swan has white hair right? could she be a kaslana? could she be Kiana?

[@sterlingholben7990]

If it makes you feel any better, Bailu is the Qiqi of HSR, Luocha's better than her in nearly every way. It sucks losing the 50/50 to Yanqing but at the very least he'll be a solid ice dps until you pull another!

[@amirilhakim7464]

I dont know you forget or something, you past huohuo short animation

[@JohnCena-tp4gh]

Day 239 of asking Alicia to play Nier:Automata!!

[@yasmineberrada3213]

idk no one in the chat told you but acheron is spelled akron not akeron akron

[@lenny_has_arived6679]

Before the day is up I must inform you. It is day 65 of recommending Alicia play Outer Wilds

[@slayeroffurries1115]

Wait, where's Aventurine's animation?

[@khakikohii]

It’s spoilery

[@aku896]

Writing a comment

[@andreaserradimigni5624]

How could you do Huohuo like that and skip her short?

[@ninja_skyruby]

and now.... next... trailer reaction....

[@DharkKirby]

Consume.

[@DharkKirby]

Consume.

[@YaeMiko-600]

Consume??

[@SwimSwayer]

Btw PLEASE react to some of the hoyofairs for GI or hsr if you haven't seen them there's some great stuff in there

[@SwimSwayer]

Loved the reaction but had to say that first

[@theknightwithabadpictotall7639]

Day 178 of asking Alicia to watch the Kirby anime

[@Michaya-mv8qm]

Can you do reverse 1999 please 🙏