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[@nizaarahmadfirdaus8391]

Hello, can you react to Wuthering Waves new trailer Saving Light? I thought it was a really good trailer and I want to see your reaction from every aspect. Thank you!

[@StellaronHunter_Kafka]

You would absolut love the Animated Short: Rondo Across Countless Kalpas! It's about Acheron and Black Swan. And I would love to see a Reaction about this Video

[@miki_lla471]

I second this!!!!

[@TheTenzen12]

@@miki_lla471 I third this!!!!

[@croapto9974]

I fourth this!!!!

[@Levin_125]

I fifth this!!!!!

[@specturv9836]

Sixth this

[@lightseeder358]

My interpretation of this trailer is that Sparkle tried to trapped Acheron in one of her illusion in a way to confront her, but Acheron, being the badass she is (and the Emanator of Nihility), her sword can literally cut through space time. In the trailer we can see her destroying the illusion Sparkle tried to trap her in just by unsheating her sword. We can also see that there actually was 2 layer to the illusion and Acheron destroyed both layer before returning to reality at the end where you see the rain. She basically escaped the dreamscape, where it doesn't rain. And the Sparkle mask at the end falling and fading away showing her being defeated by Acheron.

[@Rietto]

The fact she can literally slice through the fabric of the Dreamscape itself is confirmed now, as well.

[@YourRyeBread]

this is so cool thank you for sharing this

[@gameoverguyl2577]

The Aeon of Nihility, which Acheron is an emanator of, is depicted as a black hole, which is what the black hole imagery is referring to in the trailer

[@Rhodynit]

If i remember its referencing the Black hole from the Myriad Teaser, where the 2 planets orbited

[@shiraoreo]

youd first have to explain what an aeon is and what an emanator is if you want him to understand anything

[@UltimateAnimeGuru]

Aeon = God, Emanator = Chosen of an Aeon. Though in the case of Nihilty it’s more of a curse where one eventually fades away from existence. Acheron’s curse, is among other things, memory loss.

[@Toborble]

isnt that spoilers for him?

[@liumatt2874]

She isn't the emanator of Nihility...yet, no confirmation from official, Adventurine only said she is an emanator but not sure which one, hunt? destruction?finality?, all we know she walks the path of Nihility maybe in later chapters she would tell us which emanator she is. PS. I am sure Welt already knows in the story since they have a " good long chat ", let's just wait and see.

[@triple3slash5]

A lot of this animation makes more sense in hindsight. Here's a few bits and pieces I'd like to provide for your consideration [spoilers for 2.0 and 2.1]: - Almost everything in the trailer is happening in an illusion concocted by Sparkle. Likely to gauge how much of a threat Acheron is. - Color is a huge deal in this trailer, as there's a thematic parallel drawn between color and memory. "Apply Your Color" to Acheron is simultaneously a taunt and a reminder. Acheron is amnesiac due to being a Self-Annihilator (Emanator, aka chosen of the god of Nihility granted with a fraction of it's incredible power at the cost of deteriorating) and change in color from her usual appearance denotes a resurfacing of memory. - In 2.1 story quests, Acheron notes that in the society she used to live in "before" (either implying before she started losing her memories or before she arrived in the H:SR universe) it constantly rained, and thus women intending to wear makeup would always carry umbrellas with them. This connects to both "Apply Your Color" reminding her of an everyday act of her past life, and her allusions to rain and how she later handles it in the end. Additionally, the moments where we see brief glimpses of Acheron(?) applying makeup in the middle of combat draws parallel between the action of battle and applying makeup, either in the sense that both are common occurrences for Acheron in those points in time, or in the symbolism of makeup being washed off in the rain that I'll discuss in a bit. - Blink and you'll miss it: Acheron's reflection in the passing car foreshadows her "true colors", and her awakening memories. - "Your end, my origin" is almost a trigger phrase, as "Origin" and "End" represent important events and people of her past. By the time Acheron has "defeated" Kafka, Blade and Silver Wolf illusions it's in question how much of this strange illusion has been created by Sparkle and how much is Acheron's own spilling memories changing around her. - Acheron notes in the 2.1 story quests that unsheathing her blade lets some of her memories stream back to her. How much of the blade she reveals and for how long becomes proportional to how much she remembers, how much pain it brings her, and how much unfiltered power she releases through it. - When Acheron releases her blade completely, we see her lose her colors and begin crying red. This red resembles the color of the makeup she applies during her fight sequence earlier. This is implying that when she enters this form, she embodies either the memories within her blade, and her past by extension... Or she is embodying the current moment since she completely freezes time when she is in this state. - The flashes of a horned figure are memories of what she used to look like in the previous universe she lived in. - The brief moment of Acheron seeing herself reflected in the blade and widening her eye in some form of shock likely represents the apex of this process of recovering memories. In that one moment everything comes back to her, and she has the motivation to swing the infinite power of a black hole and tear the entire illusion asunder in a single strike. - The final scene, where Acheron stands facing the rain having dropped her umbrella mirrors her symbolically choosing to move on from her past life once again, discarding the umbrella and allowing the makeup and tears to be washed away and "disappear in the rain". Based on the voice direction, lore details and her own words, it's clear Acheron has to constantly fight like this, choosing to keep moving each time because were she to submit to Nihility in any way, she would deteriorate into nothing. Instead, she marches on, determined to find a way forward, to kill the Aeon of Nihility holding her hostage with it's power. - The woman in the advertisement likely resembles herself in the previous universe she occupied. "Find me" could very well be a reflection composed of her memories calling out to Acheron. To find the memories she's forgotten. To stay behind and remember.

[@AceSama..]

Well said. The woman in the ad is Robin but it is indeed reminiscient of Acheron's past memories.

[@OperatorD95]

Very well written and as the other person already said the woman in the ad is Robin. As of 2.1 we know that Sparkle told Aventurine multiple times to "go find a MUTE" and now she once again also tells Acheron through Robins persona in that illusion to "Find me", in my opinion this is hinting at that Robin is not dead (same as Firefly at end of 2.1) but somehow being silenced and locked away for reasons unknown but probably due to finding out to much truth about the murder cases and The Memory Zone Meme Death as she was researching that (we learned it in Sunday's Office when we snuck in with Welt and Acheron), she's the "Mute Person" Aventurine is supposed to find in the REAL dreamscape Acheron has sent him to now at the end of 2.1 !

[@shiningamaterasu2579]

Acheron isnt from the HI3 universe, she is a Mei expy. From before she means before her home planet (Izumo) was anahiliated along side its neighbor

[@inuasha1991]

The not understanding if she's good or bad is sort of the appeal. She's an anomaly as of right now. She's not an adversary, but we know as little about her background as she does. Because it's Hoyo, she's suppose to be symbolic of Raiden Mei from Honkai Impact 3rd (Who also had the horns). Also Nihility is an Aeon in the game, a black hole, that swallows up anything and breaks down things in time; she's like the chosen of the path, the ideology, from the aeon itself that's blessed/cursed her with it's influence and power. The black and white is symbolic of loss, because Nihility breaks down, and the red is the last of her color or her individual essence; that same loss is also shown through her memories, and it's only when she unsheathes the sword she's temporarily reminded of things she had forgotten. In the cinematic they did before this one you find out a little of her backstory (Still ambiguous and left for interpretation) but her sword was forged from the weapon of origin and the weapon of finality. The two parts became a blade of Naught (nothingness) which I believe to be symbolic of limbo or a place between the two; that also holds significance to her as a character, because she's lost her color but not all of it. So she hasn't fully succumbed to the influence of Nihility.

[@xLOKIx0830]

Lore Drop for those not familiar with the game or Acheron. In the world of Honkai Star Rail, there are god-like beings known as Aeons who embody a concept. Mortals can occasionally catch the attention of an Aeon, usually for acting and thinking in a way that matches their concept, and those mortals are granted some of the Aeon's power and are called Emanators. In Acheron's case, she is from a world that suffered from constant war from an invading species, and at the end of the war, IX, a black hole that became the Aeon of Nihility, passed by and consumed everything, making all the efforts and sacrifices of the world to win in that war be all for naught. In this moment of despair, Acheron caught the attention of IX, and she became an emanator of nihility. Emanators of nihility are special though, in that to embody nihility is to embrace the pointlessness of existence. Thus, emanators of nihility are usually annihilated immediately, and for those that don't, they usually have aspects of themselves that slowly become erased, such as their senses, organs, or in Acheron's case, her memories. This is why there is so much symbolism for black holes in this trailer: the black holes are explicit references to IX, which is who she draws her powers from.

[@hdngyn]

Not really "caught the attention", more so, "came in contact with". As Acheron herself said, IX does not have anything to give, and THEIR Emanators are only beings tainted with IX's Nihility.

[@midas7332]

Most characters in penacony are kind of morally ambiguous and stuff. Acheron has a "bad memory" which is why she wonders if she knows the person in the ad, she thinks she looks familiar. Acherons memories come back when she draws her blade The silhouette with horns is acheron in the past, there was a flash of sparkle in the beginning but i think you missed it. The person in the ad is most likely Robin, another character from penacony that is not playable yet (based on the wings on her head when you see the ad as an ad in the end) Also, there's another acheron trailer with 2D animation that you should watch.

[@Aizen2468]

I actually think it would be cool if the character in the ad was an entirely separate character! I can't remember what Sunday and Robin's race is, but it would be neat to see more of their kind other than just the two of them

[@midas7332]

@@Aizen2468 true, it could definitely be another person entirely

[@Stryzekn]

Also fun fact: As the car passes her after the screen shatter, her "White" version, is what shows in the reflection on the side of the car.

[@AoABlodhgarm]

His name is Blade but all three of them are Sparkle. She can be anyone and if you notice the red pouring off of them and just before they fight you get the Sparkle fish and her mask. We think that was her before the fall of her planet and her change into Archron.

[@legendofswords]

to be accurate Sparkles fish is a literal red herring

[@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi]

There's no way not to get emotional watching this. Particularlly the voice breaking at 7:39 Allegra Clark did a phenomenal job, truly. Yes, this is Sparkle pulling Acheron into an illusionary trap (f'ing around and finding out). You can see her laughing at the beginning before the 3 Stellaron Hunters, Blade, Kafka & Silverwolf appear as illusions. The fish are also her calling card. A lot of the hidden frames are stills from her story trailer detailing her past. The 2D transitions are indeed her from the past. There is lore text explaining that on Acheron's planet women would carry make-up with them because it rains so much. Acheron is afflicted with Nihility from the Aeon of Nihility, "IX", who are depicted as a black hole, slowly loosing aspects of herself. Her red color is her fighting back against it taking over, sucking everything into a black & white nothingness. She is supposedly an alternate universe version of Raiden Mei (and the Raiden Shogun) from Honkai Impact (Honkai multiverse is canon)

[@blaze_burn]

Been waiting for this! Man it’s so good

[@AliyaWill]

Another banger!

[@PhilipHarts]

Thank you!

[@sweatygoblin2335]

Trailer good, but now you've gotta react to "Rondo Across Countless Kalpas". That's an animation and cinematography masterpiece imo.

[@Profeta_Macarronaise]

you need to watch the animated short of Acheron and Black Swan, it's called "Rondo Across Countless Kalpas" probably the best thing Hoyo ever did in this regard

[@Kasraken]

Always happy to see your take on these videos!

[@hjlm1886]

Love watching your reactions to these. How you do deep through analyzes to the visuals, sound effects, frame by frame analysis etc. I learn everything about these trailers my unprofessional eyes and ears can't catch and learn about techniques used in the production of these

[@christoph8794]

absolutely love your breakdowns of the HSR trailers! Super informative, very detailed analysis, and I can feel your appreciation for the art!

[@freedragoons]

I love the ending of the later half with the black hole imagery, specifically because it shows her CREATING a black hole. The "star" that she makes gaining energy before collapsing on itself and exploding into a black hole that consumes the illusion that she's in. And all the while the music fading in and out before itself being taken by the hole. Blade and Jingliu used to have my favorite trailers, but this has immediately dethroned them. Also yes, HSR is available on PS5 now, so you could play it if you wanted to.

[@gabrielbernadigaming]

Hello Phil, your video is amazing. Love how you break down every scene by scene. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, since I'm also into movie and anime lover. I also love to learn how to be a good film maker or analyst. Anyway, you just got yourself a subscriber. looking forward to your reaction, analysis, and education about filming. cheers

[@akarin1752]

Love your reaction video so much!

[@oopsididitagain2077]

I always love your insight into these animations!! As a layman fan of the game, there are times when I love what hoyo creates but can't fully describe why. However, you go in-depth into the techniques and mechanics they use in animation and a lot of the time, there's specific techniques that make me go "yes! exactly! THIS is why I love this part!" Keep it up!

[@JeannieLove]

Acheron is my favorite character now. Thanks for reacting to this. They also released 2 more focused on Acheron.

[@stephim7399]

Really enjoyed your point of view :) Even though you do not know this character and her backstory, many details you've pointed out (that I missed) lined up perfectly with her, which made me appreciate this trailer and the artists who made it even more. To me this is the best trailer HSR did until now.

[@teyvatato2148]

All 3 of Acheron's trailers are visually stunning and tell a helluva story. Loved the Blade Runner reference here: "All that has past, will return to Nihility. Just like tears eventually disappear in the rain." -Acheron "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain." -Roy Batty The woman in the ad is Acheron's past self. A life she struggles to remember calling for her to remember "find me". She responds with the blade runner quote to say that she can never return to who she was. The scenery of this trailer is also seems to reference Blade Runner 2049, especially with the focus on the ad panel as is provides narrative for the focal character's desires vs their realities.

[@Okaybruhh]

seen most people say the woman in the ad is Robin.

[@sigit2u]

The vibe of this trailer is Blade Runner meets with Ghost in the Shell aesthetic.

[@xxkillasnipaxx9634]

I love watching ur videos because u make me see things I didn’t even pay attention to in the first place

[@ricepredator]

8:11 The good ole' "tears in the rain" reference from Bladerunner.

[@AshtonMonitor]

One thing I love is how she shatters the background and the pieces fall out of place, before shifting perspective and suddenly the pieces get put back together but remain visibly shattered, like she’s shattered a beautiful but false perspective of reality to replace it with a true but broken reality that lies underneath, which really plays into her being a follower of Nihility.

[@CelestialMelody]

oh my, really great react, really love your reacts and breakdowns~! I don't mind the frame by frame references and pauses, they are an essential part of the story and video composition, you should do whatever you think is right, it's not wrong, you are very detailed and I find that detail and thoroughness of yours important, part of your voice~ Great job~!

[@KuribPlays]

5:19 someone actually made a video about mihoyo creating disproportion at some part of the model to create this depth feels. It's very very interesting.

[@thanhtungnguyen6039]

This is actually very common in anime to really exaggerate certain action so that they are more pronounced in certain scene.

[@KuribPlays]

@@thanhtungnguyen6039 yep, and I know hoyo also love to use these techniques. I literally point and scream when I saw it during sparkle trailer.

[@thetcaseaway4306]

I can't believe this 11:30 Out of every reaction-ist I see, you the one that spot that horn, and I too just realized that 😂

[@goblinslayer310]

The gleam of old blades. That scene after the line is basically inviting us viewers into her mind, which we are NOT ready for.

[@duccgang5777]

OH also the girl in the ad is not her, its a character called Robin whos a popstar doing a makeup promo but for some reason they used young Mei's look in the ad. They dyed her hair, gave her identical broken horns acheron had before.... Just kinda gave her a PTSD trip or just reminded her of something i guess LMDFASODFASOFADO

[@Hanabis924]

Technically... In the illusion... It's her 'past'. When she gets out of the illusion, it's Robin. You see the wings behind her head at the end but not in the first few shots

[@NiceGame11]

Was really hoping he'd notice that her reflection right before the big sweep at the end was her white hair variant while she was still regular purple

[@FlutterSwag]

i can only say my mouth was left open the 1st time i saw that final drop

[@PacifistDungeonMaster]

Hoyo just keeps pushing the envelope. I've been looking forward to you covering this one; it's a masterpiece. 8:08 has to be my favorite visual moment out of everything Hoyoverse has a made.

[@A.Ommsen]

Which films have you created or participated in?

[@bryanbryanbryan9034]

I love how you picked up on the extremely amazing sound design, to me the way music and visuals becomes choppy and distorted are all related to the black hole imagery of Acheron and her path Nihility. Anything that approaches a black hole would be stretched to infinity before being sucked in, so the synths become as frazzled as ropes straning to the point of rupture. Watching channels like yours makes me so happy to play Star Rail even though nobody around me does, because the online community is as thought provoking and intelligent as the game. Thank you for the awesome content!

[@bomesz9641]

Amazing detail: At 7:51 when the car goes by, you can see the other form of Acheron in the car's reflection.

[@gremlyle]

My favourite little detail in this trailer is when that car looking thing passes in front of her, her reflection isn't her "purple" form but the red and white one, looking back at her.

[@hrujess]

Also, also, your quote “almost like she is a drawn character from another universe” - was very on point. Because basically, her “lost” part of herself is a huge reference to another character from another Hoyoverse game “Raiden Mei”(she looked just the same as Acheron but she had those horns), and so far, we can say that Acheron is a different side of Raiden Mei, and she is trying to find her, her past, yet believes that past is meaningless, which leads to this inner conflict of nihility and remembrance

[@AnnaChicky]

Honkai: Star Rail has been out for PS5 since patch 1.4 (which released in October 2023), we're in patch 2.1 now.

[@quququq7223]

Fun fact. In the right corner when the shot of her name comes up it shows her true faction hidden in the dark fog

[@benperry593]

It's amazing how much they can pack into such a short video without it being a complete clusterf*ck.

[@mindurslide]

For some explanation,im not expert but i believe when she had those horns, it references an ongoing trend between all hoyoverse games where theres a 'Mei' and 'Kiana' orginially known from Honakai Impact 3rd ( i believe, thats where ive seen them first) where its sort of like every hoyoverse games theres a pair of them, and well its more of a soulmate type thing where they were always meant to be together however in this universe we have 0 knowledge of this 'mei''s kiana so some think that this is a universe where that 'kiana' had died and 'mei' has became this cold person due to not having a 'kiana' there. Mei is known for having those exact horns in Honakai Impact 3rd. Fun fact a lot of charactesr crossover between Honakai Impact and Starrail like Himeko, Seele, Bronya. Weirdly genshin doesn't have many crossovers. Pretty cool they revealed this though, to see a world where 'mei' isnt with her 'kiana', almost like a multiverse thing

[@ButtersGettingHard]

The figure with the horns was Acheron long ago. The person in the ad is a representation of Acheron's self. That black hole drop is insane i get chills every time. Seeing it in the story mission was an absolute treat. Whoever is behind these trailers, theyre geniuses through and through, Mihoyo really knows how to sell these characters lol

[@user-hl8by9hq3d]

Can you do next the animated short of Acheron and Black Swan. Rondo across countless Kalpas 😄😃😀

[@KITE_17]

Sparkle tried to mess with Acheron by trapping her to an illusion and made illusions of Blade, Kafka, and Silver Wolf (the Stellaron Hunters). But since she is the Emanator of IX the Nihility (a literal galactic black hole) she used its powers to rip apart the illusion as if it is getting violently sucked to the black hole (like how the sound is being ripped too) For the woman and the meaning of "End" and "Origin," it is tied to the previous trailer of which pay homage to Honkai Impact 3rd, as Acheron is a clear export/reference character of Raiden Mei of that game of which is the Herscherr of Origin.

[@xavehans]

it's interesting for me that the whole concept is circulating around a make up ad (kinda hope its a real life make up product but its not) with Robin being the girl within the ad in the last scene. The make up ad is like connecting both Acheron who lose her "color" and past after being the emanator of Nihility and Robin who, in the ad, looks like past life Acheron before becoming the emanator, whose personality is (so far known) colorful. Hope there'll really be a connection

[@maltorramus2997]

Acheron Myriad celestia trailer bring more light on the "your end my origin" part and on her past a lot! you really should check it out... unless you already have!

[@seclusiontang3462]

actually she’s in spark’s illusion at first

[@stavik96]

The guy's name is Blade. The Blade, Silver Wolf and Kafka here all have the glowing effects on them and along with the fishes and the Sparkle mask at the end more or less confirms they're clones or something she summonsed, no clue how strong they are compared to the real them though. The woman in the ad early on from what I've gathered is from honkai impact 3rd, the 3rd herrscher, herrscher of thunder, Raiden Mei, which is supposed to be that universe's version of Acheron and Raiden Shogun from Genshin Impact and probably someone from the other mihoyo games I don't know about. All the universes are connected together as they're all branches on this imaginary tree, or at least that's a theory in the game, but considering Welt in this game is the same guy as Welt in HI 3rd it's probably correct.

[@orangemage9522]

This really pays homage to Blade Runner in it's style. They are so unafraid to cut to quiet moments between the action. It is so cinematically interesting. What an impressive piece of art! I can't believe this is an ad for a game I play on my phone 😮

[@shadowstorm9363]

whenever there is a flipflop between 2d and 3d, its always jarring for me, but idk how they pulled it off it felt so smooth and fluid, it was not disruptive at all, this was soooooo goood😍😍 also the character is soooo ccoool, I love it Also this might be the first star rail trailer that they released in 4k i think

[@sophyy.c]

yes hsr is on the PS5!!! you will love it

[@yangxiaolong7681]

All the color and illusion stuff is so fitting considering that Acheron has memory loss

[@hrujess]

So, the color change from purple to red, is actually a part of Acheron’s ultimate. It kinda symbolizes the part of her identity that she had lost due to the influence of Nihility(and she's the emanator of Nihility) And the character on the banner that says “find me” is that part that she had lost. Because of that she has very bad memory in general, but, when she draws her blade - she gains some of the memories back, hence the colour transition, and that sick burst in the trailer also symbolises her regaining “part” of her true self. (But it is also kinda deadly, as you see. She drew her blade and it looks like the whole planet exploded lol)

[@jalcome4201]

1:22 looked fkin incredible on my 4k ultra wide

[@Reyluvrt]

This teaser was literally work of art and something !!! I also recommend you to react to Wuthering Waves's cinematic called "Saving light" I'm sure you won't regret it~

[@YourRyeBread]

Does the reflection on the car show her true self?

[@OldManInternet]

At this point in the story, Acheron is a wildly dangerous emenator (avatar almost) of Nihility. She seems more friendly than hostile, but at the same time, it's not exactly clear what motivates her. Her story from the previous videos suggests she's someone who has a lot of positive traits such as valor and honor, but she's also struggling with the fact that she's losing her memories and part of herself to the nihility, so it could ultimately impact her. You see a lot more of the depth of her character from the two pervious trailers, which are also interesting, but in much different cinematic styles. As for the earlier bits, this whole scene was about Sparkle trapping her in an illusion and creating Stellaron Hunter figments to go at her, likely to test her and figure out what she is, or just for fun because Sparkle. Those shiny goldfish are part of the Sparkle iconography, just like the mask and the five petal flower. The slashes crashing against the screen are in essence her using her ability to seemingly slice spacetime to try and shatter the illusion. It also seems the illusion has layers; at first it goes from raining to not, with the buildings being at odd angles. But after she breaks through that, she's still caught in a dream and you can see the flickering lines around her as what seems to be "reality" snaps around her. You can also see the reflection of her colorless self in the vehicle as it drives by, which is another indication that things aren't what they appear to be. Then she breaks out a greater extent of her ability and completely shatters the illusion. And that's why Sparkles mask fades at the end, because at that point her little game was over, and Acheron freed herself.

[@camokiler]

I think the music is there to match her character first and the scene second which understandably sounds quite crazy to say but Acheron is someone who does not remember well, her memory is fleeting and she instead "remembers" and navigates through life with emotion; the music is so raw and intense reflecting the internal struggle of herself which creates a beautiful marriage of scene and character through the connecting thread of the music itself which may I add does an excellent job of making you feel the scene. Hot take but I like Acheron's trailer over Sparkles.

[@nikyuut]

Acheron now is an Anti-Hero, like the Stellaron Hunters (Kafka's Faction)

[@jalcome4201]

6:04 That char resembles her counterpart in honkai impact. Google Danzai Spectremancer to compare. In star rail, the make up ad references part of her backstory where every girl carried around a makeup kit (guess its not common otherwise lol)

[@Jonno92100]

I love how full circle we've come in a way. I found your channel from the Raiden Shogun trailer reaction. Now here we are reacting to Raiden Acheron!

[@AdamB_29]

I think that red Sunset at the start is actually meant to be a red moon, which is a huge part of Acheron's symbolism

[@hisuijin8038]

They really love that black hole asset But wow, this trailer was movie quality ez

[@Kris_King]

to answer the PS5 question, yes it is, its been out there since october lol

[@Meeperino]

From what I've understood about Acheron and especially about what happens in this trailer is that she is an anomaly in the Star Rail universe. This is, because she is an emanator for an Aeon that shouldn't exist. In honkai impact 3rd there exists a Herrscher of Finality called Raiden Mei who looks uncannily similar to the woman in the ad. I believe she has some relevance to her, because of the end and origin references and what happens in the other video more about her lore. Hope this helps understand what is going on a little better.

[@Meeperino]

Also, she is not good nor evil and I believe that she was transported or something from the honkai impact 3rd universe and has only fragments of memories from her past life and this would kind of reflect that about her past self calling out to her. Ofcourse I could be wrong, nobody knows yet. 😂

[@ArcanaMythra]

the herrscher of finality is kiana, raiden mei is the herrsher of thunder and the herrscher of origin. acheron is star rail's version of raiden mei - the whole honkai universe is a multiverse. they are variants of each other. raiden shogun from genshin is another one of her.

[@jaltersimp9639]

I love how Sparkle tried to test Acheron only for her to say "Nah, I'd win."

[@DanaOtken]

There's maybe a slight nod here to elements of the character "archetype", as versions of her have appeared elsewhere even though they're not the same person. Going off of that, it would be normal for Acheron to be somebody who can recognize an obvious illusion but can't be bothered to react differently than if it was real. It's not that everything looks like a nail to her, but she trusts problems not calling for hammers will be taken care of by others before she reaches them. It would also be normal for Acheron to have a legitimately disassociated identity (as in not the product of derangement but some special case making it entirely natural and normal), as well as to be somebody who badly needs connections yet has no capacity to make and sustain them, and to choose the most self-destructive option possible for dealing with the loss of any. One thing I think you may be wrong about early on is that the camera is being used to make the character feel trapped; I think it's being used to show her desire to be trapped. She wants the world to prove able to restrain her, able to force her to be reforged into something better, deserving of peace. It's the reason she took Sparkle (and yes, she'd have recognized Sparkle immediately - it seems like anybody who has enough experience with Sparkle can manage to; Sparkle has gift and talent experience with both the inside-out and outside-in methods of acting but lacks the discipline to stick the middle layers, and her following whim instead of plan makes her possible to anticipate if not predict) up on this game instead of just ignoring her.

[@jamalmahonzukarinkata7563]

Acheron as of now have a mysterious past , but she surely is unhinged and very dangerous but on the other hand seem to be trying to find herself. But anything that stands in her way would cease to exist because of her nature of destruction. Watch her other trailer before this one

[@fbitwinkies3083]

So basically Achreon is Raiden Mei from the Honkai: Impact 3rd universe (both honkai impact and star rail take place in the same honkai world but are seperate universes, the multiverse theory) but with a different back story. The person she see's in the ad is her past self that she has locked away inside of her and the only way she accesses those memories is by drawing her sword and unleshing all those memories. Hence the reason for her tear. The reason her memories are locked away is because she is and Eminator of the Nihility which is a very powerful devote follower of the Aeon IX (a god) and followers of nihility basically desire for everything to return to nothing but don't directly seek trouble. But she basically uses these powers to trap and seal her memories and others she has killed in the void. So right now we are at the point of why did she hide these memories and what is she running from that she doesn't want to face. In the video itself Sparkle is using this opportunity of her brake in concentration to 'attack' her and figure out more about Acheron herself. Sparkle uses her illusions (the stelleron hunters in this case) to prod at her try and figure her out. But as you can tell in the video Achreon is more concerned about the person she regonizes in the ad then them and quickly dispactes them. Then this is specultion on my part but i think Sparkle shows the next illusion of the ad telling her to 'Find Me' to try and get more of a reaction out of her which seems to work probably because Acheron herself wants to remember why she recognizes the person in the ad and she wants to break out of this illusion space. She then draws her sword causing her to remember and then using her power to destroy the illusion space and bring her back to 'reality' where the ad is back to normal of she shows that feeling of wanting to be cleaned because she remembers now who she looks like, herself. This is how I understand this video I didn't play a ton of Honkai: Imapct 3rd so my information may be incorrect in some parts so if anyone else has some things to add feel free and correct me. Over all this video covers so much information in a 3 minute video and it was so expertly done I can't wait to see where the rest of this story goes with Acheron!

[@shirou_white]

hate to break it to you, but the person in the ad is actually Robin XD (you can see her "neck wings"... also, if you didnt know, HSR released the full ad on their YT channel titled: A moment among the stars - Robin x COLORS collab makeup advert). I'm not denying your sparkle speculation/theory about the "find me" part but to me it's seems more like Acheron imagined the "find me" part of the add becasue robin resembeled pre emenator acheron and it triggered her subconcious memories... this (aswell as your theory) is supported by the fact that in the proper ad, she doesn't say "Find me... your end...my origin" but "apply you color"

[@RasenCore]

For the HSR lore uninitiated, Nihility is a Path in the HSR universe, and IX is the Aeon that controls that Path. Aeons are metaphysical entities that have mastery over a concept, in IX's case meaningless and futility, ergo Nihility. Pathstriders are people that embrace the concept of a path, thus being granted powers related to that concept. Emanators are incredibly powerful Pathstriders that have been "blessed" (or cursed) by their Aeon for completely dedicating to the Path, willing or not, and Acheron is an Emanator of Nihility.

[@shiningamaterasu2579]

I really need people to stop spreading the misinformation that more than welt and the void archives crossed from HI3 to HSR. Acheron is a Expy, like raiden shogun from genshin, both being variations of Raiden Mei from HI3. Three characters sharing inspiration and general story beats, but still three different characters. Acheron is from Izumo, it had a partner planet Takamagahara, Both orbited a shadow of IX (Its called a black sun, was probably black hole) and were completely erased from existence. The people and yes by people I mean ALL residents of Izumo became Oni.

[@adamanthart8127]

Ghost in the shell×Cyberpunk vibe...

[@duccgang5777]

TLDR; In HI3 (honkai impact 3rd), theres 2 main herrscher powers that exempt honkai. one is origin, the other is finality (end). finality made herrschers (evil honkai gods), origin gave them intellect and their own free will. acheron, who is actually mei, represents origin; while her canonical girlfriend kiana represents finality. in honkai impact 3rd, theres 2 generations of these kiana-mei/origin-finality duos which are previous era and current era. (theres basically 2 sets of kiana and mei). in star rail, these two generations seem to coexist, meaning theres 1 mei while 2 kianas. 2 finalities and 1 origin, means disaster so she basically had to kill the love of her life and his brother and absorb their power; creating a new element in a sense. after losing her planet, and everyone she loves; she saw no meaning in life and was unfortunately blessed by IX, aeon of nihility. nihilitys aeon doesnt really give a fuck about emanators, since it has to give it itself and its quite literally too lazy to; but acheron/mei was fortunate enough to get it as she slashed a part of its system with her own absorbed powers. one thing about nihility is that since it represents no meaning in life, everyone blessed by it starts losing parts of them. it could be health, their pigment, functions and more importantly memories. and since acheron is a mini nihility aeon herself, she literally forgets everything unless she draws the blade she used to kill everyone she loved. its her brain kinda... now shes kinda.... waiting to die? she goes as a galaxy ranger because she just wants to gather everything she forgot about in her homeworld herself without drawing her blade, because the more she needs to draw her blade to kill people; the more she remembers and mourns. thats why in the story she always talks about feeling pity towards the people she kills... she kinda sees everyone at the end of her blade as kiana. idk whats gonna happen to her... she either just goes pale and finally dies by someone or just ascends

[@jamalmahonzukarinkata7563]

See the thing about sparkle is ,it seems that she is a master of illusions also , so sparkle created all of this ,either trying to find out about acheron because she is an un character to everyone, even blackswan tested her and it wasn't a good outcome lol.Acheron is just trying to find herself before she looses herself to nihility

[@zatyadi6213]

About she's evil or not... We don't know 😭 And she was fighting Kafka and the others, and... We also don't know if they are bad guys 😭😭

[@Scovilleark]

i wish you watched it first and then went through it pausing it

[@shiningamaterasu2579]

this is what high quality reaction content is, starting and pausing to give their thoughts and ideas over it. If you want to watch it unpaused go watch the actual trailer.

[@Ilovmycats]

In the hand drawn scenes, that is Raiden Mei from Honkai Impact 3rd. Both Acheron and Raiden Shogun are expys from HI3rd Mei.

[@shiningamaterasu2579]

Its not Raiden Mei. The had drawn cutscenes are a AD in universe that has Robin in it.

[@enigmagrieshaber5555]

Sparkle took another L after with black swan

[@soran_skies]

The way I get so excited thinking he's reacting to the animated short, then realising it's a different one 😭😭

[@babelette]

To much breakdown every frame, take in the scene first and then break it down. Way too pedantic. I couldn't finish the video. 🤭

[@nosferiazafora]

Kalpas.

[@wetsocks2897]

so i dont know if youve played the game but just in case for clarification: 1. nihility ist one of the paths (beliefs/gods) you can follow. theyre comparable to classes in games like healer, paladin, berserker ect. characters that follow the path of nihility mainly inflict damage over time by applying effects on the enemy. you would assume that she would do the same but she actually plays like a straight up attacker. she gets stronger the more debuffs are applied to the enemy by other nihility chatacters. she is the only current chatacter that defies her path. 2. the screen cracking is not just a cool visual in a fight scene but also how you always enter battles in honkai star rail. here it also seems as if she was destroying some sort of illusion which may have been created by sparkle.

[@weertangel7231]

Acheron is a very facinating character since she's based on Mei Raiden of Honkai Impact 3rd she's gotten alot of attention. In this video she gets attacked by Sparkle who pulls her into a illusion fighting copies of the Stellaron Hunters. Archeron is whats called a Self-anhiliator, someone who cought a glance of IX the Nihility(a space god) and became a Emenator, someone with full acces to its power, only in her case the power is slowly erasing her from existance and it seems she was able to bind her Emenator power to her sword,hence why she never draws it fully in combat unless she wants to unleash it all wich is what happens at the end of the video when she destroys Sparkle's illusion. Hope this helps and yes the game is out on PS5.

[@duccgang5777]

She is definitely not a Self-Annihilator.... IX works in a way that its gaze brings suffering to everyone it touches, but since it represents laziness, meaningless existences; it quite literally doesn't give a fuck about giving emanator-esk powers to anyone. Self-Annihilators are the unfortunate people who lived on planets that orbit IX, while Acheron was apart of its solar system; by killing HSR Kiana (and Kevin) she absorbed Finality and created her own hersscher. And since she lost everyone, she casually slashed a part of IX, and started practically living as its messanger in a sense. You can't really call her a Self-Annihilator, because she didn't really need IX to annihilate herself in the way others do. She kinda became a mini Aeon of Nihility in a sense

[@Mandango]

IX doesn’t need to glance at anyone. It’s just that she probably stepped into a trail of its shadow and slowly started fading because of Nihility’s effects.

[@thomxxx]

@@duccgang5777 Dude, "Self-Annihilator" is literally written in the bottom right of her splash screen frame at 2:43...

[@weertangel7231]

@@duccgang5777 And thats what's called a Self-Annihilator, couse she is fading away, first her memory and in time she herself, she said things like that herself multiple times. IX himself might not care about making Emenators, but that does't mean he does't do it, just in his own way.

[@weertangel7231]

Besides, they added the Databank entry for Self-annihilator(and other things, like Harmony Tuner) this update, so u can be sure its connected.