Clara EN VA Gets Emotionally Blown Away By Final Boss Fight in Penacony

Clara's English Voice, Miss Emily Sun, couldn't hold her emotions during the Final Boss fight of Penacony Quest 2.1, Honkai: Star Rail. Decided to do no unnecessary edits to keep ingenuity.
As usual, her related links will be in the pinned comment. Let's show her some love there too!

[@jgrant9281]

Mr svarog reluctantly taking Clara to a robin concert:

[@Yuki_Ika7]

A very nice bonding moment!

[@Kirbyroth]

Svaorg: Analyses of Concert complete deploying glowsticks

[@orekisan6534]

​@@KirbyrothMode Switch. Dad Mode, Activated.

[@rhodesislanddoctor1178]

A good concert but... With throwing hands

[@GentlemanMudkip]

@@Kirbyroth And he starts dancing like Aqua and Clara ends up having Rubys embarrased face.

[@dagon7259]

"Awww this is so beautiful" She says as she rams a space train right into a persona boss.

[@skyhong16]

Svarog approves next moment he is building trains for Clara 😂

[@zaxtonhong3958]

Nothing wrong with having respect for public transportation

[@sincalo]

She literally laugh her ass off when firefly gets stabbed eventho its 2nd time she watched it

[@pepe1803]

Ahhahaha I usnerstood the maruki reference! Truly, an "I believe" moment

[@SagittariusAyy]

Persona boss? Perhaps, but I always saw this as a Nier boss…But the similarities to Maruki and Yaldabaoth are unmistakable

[@4g3nt06]

Not hearing The Nameless gang's voices during the echo of war is a crime against humanity

[@ryangallagher8194]

I really wish the voice lines kept playing again.

[@araara5956]

Hearing it plenty of times will lose its value

[@abinashdewraja2911]

It would lose its value if it becomes repeatable, special things are exclusive, once in a while experience

[@Serving_Cvnt]

I agree with the other comments, the voice lines should not be repeated... BUT CLOCKIE SHOULD JUST LIKE DHIL IN PHANTYLIA'S BOSS FIGHT.

[@geogodzhongli]

​@@Serving_Cvntagreed we need that clockie and tb opening up the gates for the train

[@yurihuffles]

I've seen this fight a million times at this point - and yet I still get overly emotional every single time.

[@Aliveee24]

same 😭

[@kevintran2829]

Same 🥹 Peakcony is the 1st peak in hsr, hope we get next peak soon👍

[@lightborn3526]

​​@@kevintran2829belobog was decent

[@tkak4]

Same, i just do the boss cause of the music to listen alongg

[@Ahato_is_sleeping]

Same.. i just love the story and i love how Sunday wanted to do something with a good reason and meaning but did the wrong thing and the love between Sunday and Robin as siblings is just beautiful, Sunday just wanted to help and do the right, but he did the wrong action

[@Kashimo_Glazer]

"Because... someday... we will wake from our dreams."

[@Himekocchi]

If you ask me why life slumbers, my answer is simple. It's to wake up rejuvenated, for a better tomorrow.

[@operatorfrostyy1525]

@@Himekocchi Wow, that's actually really good!

[@YouryCh.]

​@@Himekocchi ✍️✍️✍️🔥🔥🔥

[@ninhnguyennhat5412]

@@Himekocchi to the imperfect tomorrow.

[@raystoner1250]

Many people said that line is so corny,but I think it makes sense that the trailblazer will say that line 😂

[@vicaaronnaval1881]

4:16 I do agree with her. The final boss, Cocolia, and its music, "Wildfire," in Jarilo VI was amazing. I still remember how I was hyped with the rock music in phase 1. But when phase 2 came in, and the vocals came in, my hype went further, and I was straight vibing. But the final boss and its music in phases 2 and 3, "Hope Is A Thing With Feathers," in Penacony absolutely tops it. It was indeed PEAK FICTION! It was an amazing experience for me. The boss was so good that I had to take screenshots(because I'm playing HSR in my phone btw) so that I can remember that moment again. It's that good! I, too, wonder how they will top this.

[@AFKei]

Our expectations will have to be reset on the next world we end up in. That expectation creep is real.

[@vicaaronnaval1881]

@@AFKei Indeed. Can't wait for the next world!

[@roxas5071]

and then there was Phantylia whose only thing i can say is the music was good, and thats pretty much it

[@darknessknows1235]

@@roxas5071 Nah, Phantylia was also pretty hype for a boss battle, it just wasn't emotional, which makes sense for a the Luofu main story which was basically A, a side quest narratively urgent/fast paced, and B, Phantylia and Nanook's gang just want to destroy things. Plus, the only other boss that beats Phanty in stage presence is the Meme, whereas the swarm bug and aventurine kind of have some presence, but nowhere near as much as the others And for example those who aren't sucked into Penacony aren't impressed with the Robin sections of the boss theme.

[@roxas5071]

@@darknessknows1235 hype factor? with how bad the Loufu was i was more tired than hyped by the time i got to Phantylia

[@xtra_chunky]

Attempting to stretch out the damage to try to get to Himeko's train line is funny. lol The delivery that Cia did for "Witness...the will of the weak" is still the best one, I hope Emily got to hear it on stream.

[@Tetraxe]

Chat sent the YT link of it near the end of the stream so she did see it

[@a7xmaNga]

Cia's delivery gave me goosebumps when I first heard that line in the game

[@VulcanSphere]

Emily and the rest of us definitely love this battle for several reasons: - Robin's music (Big applause to Chevy) - The Astral Express Derail Service (Sunday Special) - Orchestra vibes

[@gregoryjoseph6883]

cant help but notice that the track has a very train-like, chugging, 4/4 beat. Robin really harnessed harmony and sang with the intent to disturb the slumber of the dreamers with the discord of Trailblaze.

[@idixal1836]

Yeah, between that and the lyrics, I think it’s awesome how they channeled the will of the Trailblaze with this soundtrack.

[@ballboys607]

The clearest connection I can draw is its similarity in tempo and lyrics to an average Christian rock song. Look one up and you'll instantly hear the similarities. The Christian allegories in 2.2 were tied up beautifully with this song.

[@idixal1836]

@@ballboys607 I heard that as well, and I also think that was deliberate. But I enjoyed that there isn’t any sort of religious message in the lyrics.

[@ballboys607]

​​@@idixal1836Well... until the last line LOL. Although that's not much of a message.

[@jsw973]

​@@ballboys607so THATS why it not only feels banger, but also familiar to me. I grew up with christian songs everywhere, no wonder.

[@conjoman14]

Man "Witness the will of the weak" is my favorite line on the train attack too

[@Rosso157]

As Dan Heng's EN VA said: She put her whole Navigussy in that line

[@Khann_2102]

​@@Rosso157bro 😭

[@Orbit621]

10:07 "biblical jesus finger touching" bruh 💀

[@praslix9996]

It feels so wrong to laugh at this 😂

[@zerotodona1495]

XD to just to be clear, it’s based off the painting of man and God touching finger tips.

[@bitfrosteseigeheim5605]

Instead we see Ena and Sunday touching fingers in game 😅

[@meisei9482]

@@zerotodona1495 but thats Adam and God, not Jesus xd

[@Chuy1029]

@@meisei9482 If we have the Trinity in mind, can say that Jesus is also God so is correct in a sense

[@quantum7046]

_Sunday getting Star Railed_ : Aww this is so beautiful!

[@VulcanSphere]

Honkai: Star Derail

[@cat_withajellyhat]

I want whatever pom pom was smoking

[@Ayush-kc2vx]

Pom pom be like get railed mudelfuger

[@Heshu-i2t]

the warp jump makes the train immune to matter

[@ashenoneartorias1396]

RAIL HIM Pompom!

[@redlox2]

I find it funny despite Sparkle being this trickster playing by her own rules 15:14 she is shown to caught in the dream just like everyone else and waking up by the Astral Express efforts.

[@The_Celestial_Fox]

The only one unaffected was Acheron since she was an emanator of nihility, but I'm sure you knew that already. What I'm wondering is if her buttons she gave out to people will be brought up in a future version. I want to know what happens if you press it.

[@Kuloire]

​@@The_Celestial_Fox I am pretty sure that will be explained in 2.3 Together with the "battle" that Firefly went throught to wake us up, Sparkle mysterious button, and the IPC "harvesting" and final showdown led by Jade and Aventurine. Penacony is already peak but it is still not over. Shaoji really cooked this time, i readily admit that.

[@forceedge2005]

@@Kuloire NGL as happy as I am about Aventurine coming back if the IPC try to take back the Penacony that Mikhail Char Legwork worked so hard to liberate I'm joining Boothill in take down the IPC. I love Sunday and his motives since I experienced a similar kind of character in Persona 5 Royal. But the IPC has forever been shit to me especially after I did the Chadwick side quest.

[@zerotodona1495]

@@Kuloiretechnically boothill helped wake everyone up. The bullet he fired summoned the other rangers.

[@Kuloire]

@@zerotodona1495 Yes. But who is the one who woke up first and fought so we can wake up from Ena's Dream? Firefly. Remember that Firefly said she will go to another battle and if successful, that will be a significant support for us, the Astral Express Crew. She did just that and beyond, even dying her third "death" as prophesied by Destiny's Slave, Elio. Although, i am pretty sure that is not true "death", and i won't say more.

[@plum6999]

The game was actively trying to make her not listen to Himeko's line lmfao

[@ItsOkayToBeThis]

After Sunday fell I was reminded of Scaramouche in that puppet 😭😭😭 I hope we can rescue Sunday too cause he deserves a smack and a hug.

[@stuffzluvverz_7665]

"How are they gonna top this?" Thats like everyone's first thought when we.made a choice to fight against our fate.

[@Harkz0r]

You know what, after seeing this scene so many different times, I can't help but think back to how sincere Shaoji sounded during the anniversary stream, when he opened up about his and his teams' frustration with leaks. I hope after seeing the general reception to this story and boss battle, that everyone can be proud of their accomplishments. Flaws aside, I do think Penacony quite possibly tops Belobog for my favourite arc so far.

[@RaikaKoshiba650]

Lmao, Aventurine’s shields were not even touched 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Manuverso_Games]

XD

[@MD-cv2pj]

if you look closely when sunday 3rd phase charge his massive attack. you can look his eyes like he is crying. he too suffer because he himself are not free.

[@ArchonKujo]

I think this part so far has been a blown away moment for everyone.

[@vicaaronnaval1881]

Indeed. Absolute PEAK FICTION!

[@AlexN0704]

The song was rly unexpected and was like the cherry on top Low-key emotional

[@IshimurA99]

Sunday's Final Form battle was arguably the best moment ever at Penacony, because it made me feel more excited than ever and everyone else felt the same!

[@andreaswong8829]

Crazy how the game just completely skipped Himeko's train line lmao

[@coolrock3733]

WITNEESSSSS

[@itsafruit2989]

THE WILL

[@yamatanoorochi3149]

OF THE WEAK!!

[@coolrock3733]

I knew the boys had my back.

[@prestigev6131]

Same thing happened to me, didn’t know the line even existed until days later 😢

[@redlox2]

15:45 Firely might still be the best wife but Robin is definitely number one sister!

[@abinashdewraja2911]

2.2 made me cry badly, i am glad i wasn't the only one Chevy's song and the story moved me deeply

[@inokeq88]

It's sad that she didn't hear Himekos line....

[@dogemaster217]

"Absolute Peak Cinema" And re-experiencing the boss fight with Emily makes me even more emotional, just so good 😭

[@Himekocchi]

This one is a tear jerker no matter how many times I see it. Do you think I should use the outro more often? Emily's Twitch: www.twitch.tv/emilysunnyville Her Twitter: x.com/emilysunnyville

[@VulcanSphere]

I think so, especially for trailblaze/storyline-related video

[@djray8]

I like how almost everyone vibes to this and press random buttons while fighting this boss. This is the kind of boss where atmosphere, music, the battle itself even are gorgeous. However also have to be mindful of its last phase as it can wipe your whole team out if you don't pay attention I think (and yeah I almost got fully wiped out by it, because I started playing in 2.1, and had no fully prepared characters) 😂

[@garethcf1016]

Like ngl, this is probably the best thing hoyo released since graduation trip. Also, they might be able to surpass it with an animated short payoff on top of a good boss

[@Arcticfoxgirl00]

My heart ached for the March, Dan Heng, and trailblazers voice lines 1:00 welt 8:33 March 11:18 Dan Heng 13:21 Robin 15:10 Trailblazer ( Himeko: Witness… the will of the weak!) that her voice line for the train attack

[@dustinabigan2776]

The way that boss fight was set up with all the events leading to that just makes it perfect. You had so many twists along the way in the story, a battle between taking control of your own life or letting someone else do it for you, and then you had people from 6 different Paths helping out (Trailblaze, Hunt, Nihility, Enigmata, Harmony, and Remembrance and 8 if you count Preservation and Elation) in uncovering everything leading to this fight... And after all that we came full circle to that question of "Why does life slumber?" in that cutscene (that honestly made me cry a bit because that cutscene felt like the end/grand finale of the story). It's going to be really difficult for HSR to surpass this story-wise. But knowing them, they're probably on their way cooking something even better in Version 3.0.

[@lordminatogaming3281]

I wish she got to hear himeko’s line with the train atk. It’s by far the best one

[@Nole2701]

We're only on our 3rd world too. Remember back in 1.0 we all thought wildfire was peak. They just keep raising the bar.

[@choco699]

“So beautiful” as you see a day of the week get murdered by a train

[@KlaireMurre]

i've been watching all the reactions to this fight as i cna find since finishing it myself and every single time i cry it's so good, infinite praise to the star rail team really. i'll put this on par with endwalker honestly for the strongest a game has ever made me feel something

[@MalfosRanger]

Svarog does not have time to let the tragic villain monologue to Clara.

[@olixil68]

Thanks for always compiling and editing all the stream footage from these VA streams for clips!

[@gxjudgement7219]

What an amazing reaction to the VA of jarilo-VI child~ Btw there is a clip where aventurine appears and noticed that emily is down bad again, she is trying to move the camera removing both ratio and topaz. and on the final part emily is begging boothill for mercy on the behalf for aventurine. 6w9

[@Zachattack1cub]

Man that chat needs to chill, game literally heard all their complaining and didn't give them what they wanted 💀

[@EzioIV]

Ngl. This time the story is so beautiful..to me its like giving me the vibe similar to the wildfire back in jarilo.. even sunday as antagonist is quite pitiable...in the end he couldnt bear to see other people suffer thats why he chose to let them all be happy in the dream even if it meant him living in perpetual solitude

[@realmofl1ght]

this boss fight blew me away the first time i watched a friend stream this tbh

[@dappercrow8138]

Yeah its gonna be really hard to top this. This actually feels like a final boss fight in a jrpg. Sunday felt like a fusion of Elidibus from FFXIV and Maruki from P5

[@gachayuri6064]

I just finished the story and now I can watch other people's reactions

[@saif-gv6gl]

Idk how they will make anything better than Penacony after this. This is so fricking good

[@matteogalbusera1149]

3:09 idol fan girl gets hyped 😂😂😂

[@dankemems4701]

i get how she felt tbh this was the 1st time ive ever played a boss fight that legit made me emotional

[@Argsfried]

"I don't know how they are gonna top this." Is exactly what I said during Cocolia, Wildfire. Then they did and I said it again in Dan Heng Moses theme. I said for sure no one can top that. Then this Sunday boss fight came and they topped everything else. Hoyo really trailblaze every music boss theme. And I love it.

[@Ele-May]

Personally, the boss battle against Phantylia was nervewracking. It really felt like an enemy boss, but this boss battle was not like any boss battle. It felt more sad, he didn't feel like an enemy even till the end.

[@darkecofreak23]

Something about fighting a force that wants to control everyone’s lives and trap us in their illusion really ignites my heart.

[@tangledfog]

i love hsr... after aventurine, i didn't think i'd have more character to obsess over but i love sunday & robin 😭

[@xue.0w0]

Man- I cried in the last scene ✋😭

[@redlox2]

I watched it live!! Almost 12 hour stream was intense! Kinda sad she didn’t get to hear Himeko (Cia) English line during the fight (she killed Sunday too quickly) but glad she got to hear it on KZbin (a few times) Also love she still Simped for Aventurine in the true ending and begged Boothill to leave him alone! This is so on point with the Emily we know and love!!

[@telegrxm]

its a shame how she missed imo the most impactful voiceline when you use the astral express against sunday (himekos)

[@austinkendrixfadera1705]

CAN I JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THAT I'M ABOUT TO ASCEND TO HEAVENS WITH ROBIN'S SONG I CAN'T 😭

[@人生如夢-u8i]

I get goosebumps every time I see the express appears

[@jackmanleblanc2518]

Watching chat scream at her was frustrating even me I'm surprised it doesn't annoy her. I can totally relate to her reaction though. This boss fight was incredible.

[@Nolzhan]

holy shit her aventurine does so much damage wtf LOL

[@louievelayo4100]

E6S5

[@zombiemasterkillerelite4923]

this was me just jamming out its my new song on my train

[@nhanuc4139]

She missed THE LINE of Himeko 😔

[@OliAtypical]

Her thanking subs is so adorable

[@ArcusArgent]

I love this game. HSR reminds me of the old Final fantasy turn based games that has the best writing for a short game mixed with many anime tropes and twists that we see nowadays. Without being bound by the complexity of battle style and gameplay, the writers and developers have a lot of stuff to work on to make the the bests stories out of this game.

[@hat1324]

All the things HSR does better than genshin, it does because the devs don't have to spend 90% of their time crafting an open world and real-time combat mechanics

[@ArcusArgent]

@@hat1324 No one mentioned Genshin at all. Genshin defense squad member?

[@hat1324]

@@ArcusArgent No I quit Genshin. Wtf where's the aggression coming from?

[@ArcusArgent]

@@hat1324 You worded your sentence like you're mocking HSR to not have a complex open world map that's why it only does better. If that wasn't what you meant then sorry.

[@hat1324]

@@ArcusArgent No I didn't. Unless you consider a game to be inherently better because it's open world. But you're not wrong, its at least partially because the HSR team doesn't have to burn the midnight oil making an epic landscape that they can focus on more important things

[@chifoncake]

i solid crying and getting emotional for like 4-5 days after finishing the quest.. and now its starting again.. so i watch this 😭

[@husshjoker2764]

I legit start the fight over when it was close to the end….i just couldn’t leave yet

[@Nodzomi_tyan]

Как же я люблю этот момент в сюжете и песню в бою с боссом. Так атмосферно. Мне даже сложно её отдельно слушать, только во время боя :D

[@TheSquareTiger]

This has to be one of my fav bosses because not only do we see the effects like the train but the music, I never heard of Chevy's other songs but Penacony makes me feel sad and shocked

[@jmcglockYT]

I love Emily’s reactions 😂

[@KadeSolar-vo8km]

I SWEAR THAT LAST PART ALMOST MADE ME CRY OUT OF ALL THE TIMES I HAVE WATCHED IT

[@MercuryA2000]

I've heard this song a bunch of times by now, but I'm still sitting here in public physically Fighting the urge to throw my hand up when Robin tells me to.

[@FISH_SAUCER]

i can say that without a doubt... this was the first ever boss fight from any game that i cried in

[@highhunter1st]

Svarog is in the back waving the glow sticks along Clara being the best father figure. This boss fight just hit so hard.

[@KuroJOkami]

I still cry when I do the boss fight...

[@Kirbyroth]

Sunday being caught by Robin continuing theme of noone falls without being caught in honkaiverse

[@kaciegwinn4873]

omg that last part made me cry

[@Phantom_Zone]

I saw this entire fight ten times. And I cried twelve times.

[@cyrusxy12]

"Its so Himekover" LMAO I LAUGHED SO HARD

[@JoeyDubsJR]

Prepare for gravitational annihilation!

[@projectozmos4103]

I think why this song was so emotional and hit so hard was because this whole patch with Penacony was a emotional rollercoaster and hearing Robin's voice was like the voice of an angel, yes i am making this comparison.

[@CorynSilver]

I’m so glad I went in with a scuffed team at Lv70. My healer died in the final phase but I still heard all the voice lines. Lovely fight

[@Clyne69]

Wildfire was much more hype and created great hype moments with the robot punching Cocolia but this with the context of Robin, a character inside the game, be the one singing in the fight it’s soooo good and will never be top cause I don’t think they’ll ever release another singer character. Overall both songs are great in different ways, if someone didn’t play the game but heard the songs they’d probably think Wildfire is more suited for boss fight music but again with all the context of Penacony, this just WORKS

[@dajamsteryo]

Claras VA loving penacony makes me even prouder to be a Clara Main

[@TheGnomSava]

One of my favourite moments in the whole game

[@kittycorn7865]

This fight is truly beautiful 😭

[@Gorb8423]

This was 100% the best story of all of them so far.

[@christianrodriguez9046]

I'm so hype the moment Himeko says her line the "feel the will of the weak" when sunday has 5% It was so awesome when I finished the boss.

[@acoolperson9045]

Unrelated, but when i was fighting sunday for the first time in the story i was using the trailblazer and they used the "WAKE UP" voiceline and i was so confused because i didnt understand why they suddenly changed voicelines.

[@razgriz1273]

God, I don't think anything can ever top Penacony.

[@FabbInRedd]

I'm not crying.... You are! 😢

[@adhitamahatva6720]

I literally crying because of the tune

[@seanpaul1054]

I remember when we are all saying 'how are they gonna top belobog after that peak?' then hsr drops multiple ost's and peak moments. We just gotta trust in the best team hoyoverse has. Shaoji u absolute madlad.

[@zaxtonhong3958]

Heads up A steady rhythm, the destination is ever near! It comes Stride to our kingdom, to see the light of day!

[@PREEMGONK]

cool thing i noticed. after she beats sunday the acheivement she gets right after is 'workday without god' in my playthrough it was 'and then it it monday' or something like that

[@Uyhn26]

14:44 LMAO Svarog be like: Ok that's enough.

[@zeniththe3rd897]

The scene where Robin came and saved us really hit me because I were literally about to die...So close! And she saved me!

[@AlexN0704]

How are they gonna top this? Exactly my toughts Clara EXACTLY

[@RenoldSabajo-xc2hi]

Me too is so amazing ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Onyxicality]

I'm debating whether I'm going to make another account just to experience this again with the voice lines lmao

[@redlox2]

2:16 it’s so cute that Clara in game says “I am not afraid of you!” And Emily is like “of course sweetie! We got this!”

[@jajathenewking6131]

The other 2 songs from Chevy were great but this song is just way better than the others.

[@ngljustwannavibe]

bro my reaction to robin appearing and singing was the same. i was losing my mind and would've screamed if it hadnt been like 2 am on a school night

[@samcase9328]

Why can I imagine this being Clara’s actual reaction to hearing this?