Harmonious Choir : The Great Septimus •Boss Theme All Phases (Finalized)【Honkai Star Rail 2.2 OST】

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Penacony • Honkai Star Rail
Echo of War: Salutations of Ashen Dreams
•“Harmonious Choir” The Great Septimus
•“Embyro of Philosophy” Sunday
From Version 2.2 “Then Wake to Weep”
℗2024 HOYO-Mix
0:00 Phase 1&2 (Symphony No. 8 ‘A Thousand Suns’)
2:17 First Encounter (Infirma Nostri Corporis)
4:13 Phase 3 (Finale) (Hope is the Thing with Feathers)
Hope Is the Thing With Feathers Lyrics-
[Verse 1]
We rise together as our destiny unfolds
We face the darkness and our trials are yet untold
Through the shadows of despair
Oh, in silence, hopes we share, woah-oh
To chase our dreams that we've declared
[Pre-Chorus]
We glimpse, through our eyes
Yet fools, blind our sights
Can't make what they say
We'll find our way, we'll find our way
[Chorus]
Heads up! The wheels are spinning
Across the plains, in valleys deep
To dawn, the wheels that sing
An unending dream!
Heads up! The tracks are running
Across the plains, where shadows hide
We run, we stride, woah-oh
[Verse 2]
In the face of fear and plight
And yet we hold our ground, woah
In life, we stand and strive
Our victory is found
[Pre-Chorus]
And the storms we've weathered through
And we hope in the light of truth, woah-oh
To break free from chains and come anew
[Chorus]
Heads up! The wheels are spinning
Across the plains, in valleys deep
To dawn, the wheels that sing
An unending dream!
Heads up! The tracks are running
Across the plains, where shadows hide
We run, we stride, woah-oh-oh
(Woah, woah-oh-oh)
(Woah-oh-oh)
(Woah-oh-oh)
(Woah, woah-oh-oh)
(Woah-oh-oh)
(Woah-oh-oh)
Woah, woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh
Woah, woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh
[Second Chorus]
Heads up! A steady rhythm
A destination that's ever near
It comes! Stride to our kingdom
And see the light of day
Heads up! The wheels are singing
The whispers and secrets they'd keep
To hope! We bound, woah-oh-oh
[Outro]
Break free, we chased our dreams, beneath the starry night
In the face of god, we rose, as one
Credits-
Composer: Eli.W (HOYO-MiX)
Lyricist: Ruby Qu
Arranger: Eli.W (HOYO-MiX)
Producer: Eli.W (HOYO-MiX)
Vocal Artist: Chevy
Acoustic Guitar: Yi Chen
Electric Guitar: Yi Chen
Drums: Patrick
Backing Vocal: Chevy, Gon (HOYO-MiX), Jing.W (HOYO-MiX), Fan (HOYO-MiX), Eli.W (HOYO-MiX)
Vocal Recording Studio: The Hideout Recording Studio
Vocal Recording Engineer: Nik Hotchkiss
Instrumental Recording Studio: Soundhub Studio
Instrumental Recording Engineer: Kevin@Soundhub Studios
Mixing Engineer: A Lie@Soundhub Studios
Mastering Engineer: Gon (HOYO-MiX)
Produced by: HOYO-MiX
#acheron #firefly #honkaistarrail #hsr #robin #penacony #sunday #anime

[@ShugaR_Automata]

Pom Pom really rammed the train into a biblically accurate angel with no hesitation

[@MR.LMR1996]

Pom Pom is a renowned Ram Raider. A vehicular menace, mowing down all in their path.

[@aliefdimas2441]

You mean biblically accurate Sunday

[@anadaere6861]

@@aliefdimas2441 POV: You worked on a Sabbath day

[@Yumiesthetic]

he got star railed

[@NormalSpeedGamer]

Hearing himeko scream "witness the will of the weak!" Was the best part of it since I actually used her to fight sunday😂

[@mjesticfalco]

himeko va's rent was due, that was incredible

[@baronsionis6855]

I love how phase 3 turned out. Was expecting something fully intense, but this, combined with the train and the nuke being teed up, couldn't have rounded out that boss fight in a better way.

[@Walter.over_yonder]

Yeah, right? I can feel the fighting-for-the-hope-of-sentient-being in that phase

[@Kradles...]

It's like "Hopes and Dreams" From Undertale 🥺

[@RangeCMYK]

It's kinda like Splatoon's Spectrum Obligato. They're both fighting literal order too

[@akshithsateesh4078]

The song was one sided though.in the phantalia theme there was a switch between the boss and hope melody in phase 3

[@sepphero9639]

I love how they even included the musical divergence between orchestra and ?pop music? ​@@Walter.over_yonder

[@IronSnake98]

Robin: I like singing! Trailblazer: I like dancing. Sunday: I like trains.

[@s.acrophys4606]

The reference's SO OLD it puts a wrinkle on my face.

[@poi6753]

tomska would be proud

[@kison7715]

​@@s.acrophys4606dont sigh. or you'll start getting gray hair

[@shardinalwind7696]

@@kison7715 Don’t tease him!

[@faturramadhani4770]

Why does this unironicaly fit? Lmao

[@pakdemu_3233]

The boss fight in a nutshell : Sunday's music taste vs Robin's music taste.

[@theymightbedavis]

is it catholic choir vs christian rock?

[@SagittariusAyy]

Both are good, as it happens

[@muladiajisasmito1361]

this is my headcanon now

[@huyphamle159]

Trailblazer:POM POM, REQUESTING ORBITAL RAMMING TRAIN AT FULL SPEED, SENDING COORDINATES!!! Pom Pom:COORDINATES RECEIVED, LET'S START RAILING THEM STARS!!!

[@Daedalus127]

Reinforce available

[@DeviltoGeorgia34]

​@@Daedalus127 "Reinforcements? Pom-Pom IS the reinforcements!!" -Jing Yuan, watching smugly.

[@Onigumo.]

Phase 1: batman with nier automata vibes Phase 2: god of war Phase 3: anime outro when somebody gets brutally murdered

[@vitokoskullerx9345]

Phase 2 is Dark Souls too

[@yabailya]

Боже, эта характеристика 3 фазы просто 😂

[@ryusime]

i didnt know ppl hated phase 3…honestly think its my favorite of all three phases😭🙏 sh*t almost had me crying

[@shiternet4045]

It was disapointingly easy compared to phase 2 but sunday charging up for the hand of god attack is pretty cool.

[@tipegunsegunduleunse]

Easy anser wasnt as empyc and opra as the Others

[@HappyHaploid]

I don't hate it but it is my least favourite

[@jrprjas3943]

Ppl hating on anything good nowadays 😅😅

[@jafarshiha]

Phase 1 : 🔥💀 Phase 2 : 🔥☠️ Phase 3 : 💓😍

[@FaultlineSurfer]

First Penacony Mission: Sign in to the hotel! : D Final Penacony Mission: *SAVE THE COSMOS FROM THE RETURN OF THE OLD GOD*

[@dai7v7]

Thecnically from the birth of a new god, but yeah

[@YoBoiYobert]

Terraria's game progression in a nutshell

[@sky-chan2022]

@@dai7v7 No because he wants to bring back an OLD god. Dude is literally the old testament.

[@dai7v7]

@@sky-chan2022 He wants to create the eon of philosophy, from the remnants of order

[@minebot404]

nah dont worry this is just fire emblem story progression

[@KatarMilak]

Honestly this is probably the best boss fight so far in HSR. The combination of character arcs, gaining a new TB power, the music giving you a sense determination, courage and scale in the first 2 phases, then changing to life, energy and victory in the final phase. Not to mention using the Express itself as a weapon. It all comes together in one perfect package. I was grinning the whole time I fought them

[@migueliyouwu8853]

Honestly, this is the best battle and I'm really relieved that I went with Aventurino and Acheron (F2P with a lot of luck) I really enjoyed the whole battle and even when Robin started to sing I couldn't help but cry, the fear I felt for the boss immediately turned into courage and I left the defensive to go on the offensive, Honestly no epic rock or electro music can easily top this one. ❤❤❤

[@chickennuggcorgi]

​@@migueliyouwu8853 aventurine was so peak during the fight. What was he gonna do, kill you?

[@nekorisakirisame1323]

Phase 1 and 2 was sundays theme song Phase 3 was the trailblazer theme song

[@Rikku-LP-033]

Phase 3 should be Trailblazer and Robin because Sunday following the order path while Trailblazer and Robin following the harmony path

[@super_dude00]

Please, whoever cooked here, never let them stop doing so. I was pretty much crying throughout the entirety of the third phase. Masterful.

[@nightsxgames]

Me too omg soooooooo good! I wanna play it for the first time again... omg... i might make an alt just for this fight.

[@tylosenpai6920]

Probably Shaoji-

[@reamnit89]

holy fucking shit, oh my fucking god this boss battle was one of the most amazing things i have witnessed in hoyoverse games. it was so damn good, and the last phase with that banger music and that ability to use the literal astral express to hit into sunday. god this was so fucking good man

[@reamnit89]

also gonna mention i nearly cried at the end with robin catching sunday

[@Kradles...]

​@@reamnit89same, I was about to cry. Goosebumps with the music and boss 🥺

[@asakurashin]

​@@reamnit89i literally shed tears lmaoo this is truly peakcony🙏🙏

[@wajih5068]

Phase 1 = epic boss fight music Phase 2 = apocalypse music Phase 3 = anime ending music

[@valt4462]

Phase 1: 🤖🤺 Phase 2: 🤖🤺 Phase 3: 🤖🚝🤺🎤

[@ZhongbenHu]

Phase 3 had 👼 too

[@Yons2158]

In phase 3 My fighting spirit = 📈📈📈

[@rezaaulia5501]

Too bad it make me finish the battle faster 😅😅

[@DML897]

I might be the only one who started tearing up big time when phase 3 hit. It seems so silly and an unfitting song but that typical anime trope of everyone saying a heroic line while summoning the Express, so much emotion. 😭

[@Krisorsomething.]

It's a goddamn vibe.

[@draaxus2969]

It's the Land of Dreams, it HAS to be a bit silly

[@shamac]

I think the music fits phase 3 since it isn't even a fight; it's a victory lap for our party of heroes

[@krizos5305]

i mean tbf we're both fighting and proving OUR point

[@skell6134]

​@@shamacI mean, if you gonna do weakly boss without harmony trailblazer im pretty sure you gonna have hard time keeping up with phase 3,lol

[@heresywithana]

This is the theme of a man who's about to get hit by multiple laser beams, coins, more coins, and a pocket black hole after just being ran over by a train and emoted on by a raccoon.

[@kitsune2152]

Mf got danced, blackholed, domain expansion, orbital explosion (idfk what fuxuan ult is), and got hit by a fuckin den-liner

[@smoldog1232]

My Sunday got turned into a Monday by a water dragon

[@LocalEspinas]

My Sunday got mistaken for a Mara Struck and got executed

[@captainblue5096]

My Sunday failed his exams and got a chalk in the face.

[@arandomcoward]

My sunday got rekt by V1 coins

[@LudicolloEnjoyer]

People complaining about Phase 3 OST has to be illiterate to not understand the point of the entire trailblazing journey in Penacony so far. The entire 2.0 - > 2.2 has all been about imprisonment and breaking those shackles. Whether physical, metaphorical, or emotional; everyone in Penacony is _chained down and locked in their own cages, either made by themselves, or by others._ The power struggle between Order/Harmony is quite literally shown in a black/white fashion between Robin and Sunday, and it's even represented in the boss fight. The Orchestra representing the Order's strangle hold onto people's hopes and future, and it _is indefinitely silenced out_ on Phase 3 under the Harmony of everyone striving for a better future for themselves, and passing on the torch of hope to others into the future. This entire journey, even before _the current Astral Express_ arrives at Penacony has always been passing that torch of hope/freedom/dreams to the future generations, and all of their efforts/suffering have finally come to fruition at the end of 2.2, beautifully represented with Robin singing a song about striding forward, and holding onto hope _with everyone coming into harmony with one another_ To play another Orchestral piece at Phase 3, and us beating it doesn't hold any narrative weight outside of "We beat the bad guy with force". The complete song change shows that we didn't just win the battle, but we were also able to show why the path of "Order" that the Family/Sunday is taking is wrong, and in the end we were able to change/free Sunday's perspective about how he approaches his life.

[@So_Viet8032]

A lot of people just skip the story

[@DRKLRD-kv4cm]

​@@So_Viet8032such a wasted comment, not to Say nonsensical. Just because It FITS the story It doesn't mean i have to like It. It fit the story, but i didn't like It at all. Is that so hard to understand that you have write an essay?

[@So_Viet8032]

@@DRKLRD-kv4cm wrong @

[@DRKLRD-kv4cm]

@@So_Viet8032 i'm not allowed to dislike something😂😂😂 Are you guys for real? PS: Also please do not elaborate on what exactly Is wrong with my statement.

[@So_Viet8032]

@@DRKLRD-kv4cm bro, you are answering to the wrong guy

[@Benji-ug4zc]

Phase 3 almost made me cry and the fight itself is great

[@Kradles...]

Same, I was about to cry omg

[@thebadshave503]

"I think we're gonna have to run a train on this guy, Pom-pom" "Damn."

[@ballerswagbro9k611]

BEYOND PEAK CANT BELIEVE WE BEAT THE PERSONA 6 FINAL BOSS B4 THE GAME CAME OUT

[@tsukitsune9070]

Hearing Robin sing to her brother about the dreams that everyone has while the Nameless fight him, communicating their Trailblaze as he fights with all he has, counting the Eight Days. IT'S JUST SO PEAK.

[@Technizor]

Multi-turn charge up nukes are so hype. They really did a good job with the theme of his multi-turn attack with his ideals.

[@o0Cheator0o]

I dunno bro his means were questionable but a week of 7 Sundays sounds peak to someone who just entered in corporate hell

[@o0Cheator0o]

And it's not like my dreams survived this world, either.

[@dakkadakka3889]

@@o0Cheator0osometimes you gotta say fuck it we ball.

[@adriantepes4355]

It sounds good in practice but take a look at what happens to a world that's dictated by the order, it's destined to fall off completely.

[@marcusbullock2753]

I love how Sunday was like preaching and praying each day of the week as a savior for this world while robin is trying to free said people from him. Pretty cool contrast.

[@jennyetamy4695]

we're railing Sunday with this one

[@sky-chan2022]

...HUH

[@overseire]

i wish he would rail-

[@jtlego1]

Giving him the Nice Train maneuver

[@leley2282]

Am i the only who start screaming when 3rd phase start? It's weak compared to Wildfire, but it suit with the moment, because our main goal in that fight is to wake up the people in penacony from the dream, not beat the cr*p out of Sunday. I can't wait to know what's going to happen in interlude, because that ending scene is hinting that sh*t is about to happen 🔥🔥🔥

[@Armageddon_Z]

Nah bro the 3rd phase got me hype too, It gave me wildfire vibes, not to the same level but its really good

[@Lanius21]

Weak compared to wildfire? Nah it was soo hyped too honestly, it was still a big meaningful fight

[@svlasagna]

First 2 phases: *dynamic orchestral music* Third phase: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC ✨✨✨

[@yanuwwuu]

I really like the twist that the Harmony is actually NOT the force behind the slow deterioration of Penacony. I was expecting Penacony to reveal that the Harmony only brought another form of "Prison" to Asdana, but THEY really did gaze upon the Frontier Prison for the sheer unity and togetherness the natives and the trailblazers had when fighting for independence. Only to gaze upon it once again when the second fight for freedom happens. Order can only be good when it is with Harmony, while Harmony does not need Order. That is why Ena was absorbed by Xipe. Robin singing in the 3rd phase is the fight between the Voice kissed by The Harmony and of an Emanator of -Harmony- Order. The fight between a brother and a sister, and that is why it is so beautiful.

[@nnl8841]

Ena was absorbed not bc order can't exist without harmony(which isnt right, order cant exist without discipline), it was Aha and Xipe conspiracy against Ena during propagation events

[@yanuwwuu]

@@nnl8841 Order can't exist without it being oppresive without Harmony.

[@ghostfrequencies8747]

@@yanuwwuu well before Xipe was born, Ena was described as a just and caring entity, its more like Sunday is not in line with what Ena was all about when THEY lived yet sunday acts from a place of despair, but aeons cannot despair the whole setting owes Ena big deal, mb there would be no worlds to trailblaze without order, only empty wilderness and no civilizations

[@thogurus192]

Pom Pom got sick and fucking tired of not being able to leave the Express and help. So he brought the Express to US.

[@physicalyx]

I'm sure pompom uses They/Them

[@sappy.b]

US or us

[@SomeQuackingDuck]

@@physicalyx pompom uses lol/lmao

[@_DontRunWScissors]

@@physicalyx pom pom has no pronouns, pom pom is pom pom

[@joeltoomer3332]

@@physicalyxno one cares man

[@venomantihero3306]

"Witness The Will of The PEAK"🔥

[@lsaacthecraftsman]

Probably one of the best story arcs ever cooked in hoyoverse history. Characters, lore, ost, overall writing, artistic direction. Peakacony real.

[@doubletake3411]

At first, I took a vindictive satisfaction in how Acheron's ult slashed through the BGM and effectively "silenced" the choir. And then Phase 3 happened and I was like I'M SORRY ROBIN every time Acheron ulted lmao

[@novanwarrior]

SAME XD

[@Naauhen]

''WITNESS... THE WILL OF THE WEAK'' with the song going woaaah, woooooo, woaaaaaaaah! goes so fcking hard

[@lenajohnson6179]

I was stupidly excited when the special attack was just whacking him with the Astral Express

[@braxbro6674]

LOCOMOTIVE GODSLAUGHTER

[@RangeCMYK]

​@@braxbro6674*Kirby liked that*

[@sukiusus791]

How is this from a free gacha game, seriously. What a masterpiece of a story, of a patch, of music.

[@baronsionis6855]

I'm going to stop you right there. The story was good, it's not a masterpiece. The patch is dead after 1 week with Boothill elevating things very briefly. The music is amazing though I agree.

[@user-dr8fk1kl1b]

@@baronsionis6855 nah, it was a W story.

[@Aschentei]

this game is brought to you by that one guy who whaled 100 of Acheron's LCs

[@Luis-rz3qs]

Idk why gachas have incredible music. All of them

[@c.ry.o]

Its a live Service gacha game calling them free is stupid

[@sami-joross3115]

Penacony honestly blew my forking socks off. I mean, we could all see it from a mile away who the last boss was going to be...but I can safely say I was not expecting his reasoning. And the best part is...he's not even evil. I'm honestly hoping he gets a redemption arc (maybe even getting picked up by Elio for another chance at life), and if he becomes playable, bonus.

[@SagittariusAyy]

Stellaron Hunter Sunday, can you even imagine

[@Yumiesthetic]

BABYYYYYYY

[@angelmishima5396]

Woah, Easy There Cowboy.

[@theretrosilvergamer7061]

Honestly he was similar to Dr. Maruki from Persona 5 Royal and I’m all for it.

[@soapmcdroppin4765]

Muddle Fudger!

[@kakashi04]

Just found out my Wedding theme song(Phase 3) that we will use on our wedding day. 34 year old HSR player here. It moves us to tears every time we hear it.

[@010-Captain]

Great for you man, sending fishes and wlowers

[@kakashi04]

@@010-Captain thanks bro 🫡

[@BlueRay7989]

the lyrics actually fit quite well for a wedding! good for you!

[@VentiPoetryMix]

That's actually very great of you! Wishing you a happy wedding!🤍🤍

[@Yumiesthetic]

wow awesome, game songs for weddings are like so unique

[@shardinalwind7696]

I’m being honest, during the entire fight I was hoping for Sunday to accept defeat so that I wouldn’t have to kill him. But I realised how determined he was when phase 3 began, what an amazing arc man.

[@maxvitor7023]

You can totally understand why he reached that conclusion and I can accept the team still being in good terms with him afterwards because even as an enemy he never played dirty or was unreasonable. Unlike what Genshin tried doing with Childe and Signora... I can't just expect everyone being ok with a guy that tried to genocide an entire nation or a bitch causing endless suffering because "buhu my husband died and Im sad".

[@Xenomnipotent]

Just an FYI, Sunday didn’t die. He was heavily injured and taken to a hospital but disappeared without a trace, but not dead.

[@shardinalwind7696]

@@maxvitor7023 You’re right. If anyone played dirty, it was us, for hitting him with a fucking train

[@shardinalwind7696]

@@Xenomnipotent That’s nice to hear!

[@MR.LMR1996]

@@shardinalwind7696 Aye. After all you can't die in the Dreamscape. And tbh I'm kinda glad he survived this battle. I don't see Sunday as an evil person. Given everything I learned about him in this story, he crosses me as an extremely damaged person who found the wrong outlet to try and deal with his personal demons.

[@patchoulidaze7193]

Don't really get people who hate Robin's song, feels like they've never played a Jrpg before, it's really a JRPG Trope, just that the song is now in English

[@faturramadhani4770]

There's people hating on Robin's song? Cant they enjoy something smh

[@lasernico4717]

@@faturramadhani4770They hate it as it and I quote a commend here. “Breaks the flow and just does not feel right with a pop like song in a fight that represents Disharmony. You don’t need to understand music to know that disharmony just means that two keys are fighting for dominance. So a Pop compared to Sunday his intimidating OST reflects the disharmony perfectly.

[@nettowaku1252]

Yup, it’s tiring to see most people thought “JRPG boss must be symphonic opera” with down to being standardizing FF7 and Dark Souls as a benchmark. But to people who actually played most JRPG knows that some bosses actually use Pop, Alt Rock, EDM, and Metal with vocals. Most notably FFXIV for having several genres from Rock to EDM used as boss and raid theme.

[@ComicCrossing]

Weebs look down on their own language for some reason.

[@kenji6566]

man the plot twist at the end was so crazy, throughout the whole "endfight" i had a feeling things were going to quickly and without any consequences for us and then that....

[@chincrimson3970]

I still wish there would've been more setup before the second confrontation of Sunday.

[@clob3896]

Completely blown away!! I was thinking the same as well! Why was it so easy??? And then all these happens. Very impressed!

[@mabilleaudrey2154]

Witness...The will of THE WEAK !

[@evanex3972]

Speech so strong it might as well have done all the damage without needing the train

[@shakzass]

Next in Star Rail: We fight against God using the power of friendship, cool moves, a train and Taylor Swift bird edition

[@overthinker5303]

Or mc gets a literal glock and puts a Bullet through the skull of the god (boothill is the one who taught him how to use a gun)

[@khamelion7189]

I'd say the power of F a m i l y (Toretto teached PomPom some moves)

[@Nightfallme]

​@@overthinker5303hunt tb confirm real !!!

[@skell6134]

​@@overthinker5303Fire Trailblazer get gun ? XD Hunt path maybe in the future, who knows Or we gonna get destruction trailblazer upgrade in future

[@overthinker5303]

@@Nightfallme real!!!! Electro hunt or nihility tb with a literal gun

[@TheNazgul909]

Shaoji, the man who made us cry so many times in Hi3 Comes once more and shows us that he is arguably the best writer HoYo has

[@maxvitor7023]

Dude I was ready to throw stones when the fight ended abruptly with the Dan Heng and General team up and the whole "everything worked out fine for everyone" ending, it gave me major Inazuma garbage vibes from Genshin. The game then proceeded to completely blow my mind with how things developed and with this theme blasting on the background. They really outdid themselves.

[@phimau8104]

He is, most certainly, not.

[@giamemoir7678]

Easily, not even arguably. He created a masterpiece for the ages with Penacony and Elysian Realm

[@SolaireOfToast]

@@maxvitor7023 Inazuma ptsd

[@jsw973]

​@@SolaireOfToastInazuma does that to people

[@protontoad]

SPOILERS: What an incredible finale. I was THOROUGHLY bamboozled by the fake out ending and was ready to accept Penacony’s ending as one of the biggest flops in history. Hoyo has done it before so I was so disappointed. Then we talk to Black Swan and piece everything together and it’s just incredible. The TRUE fight was so fun, and this music was awesome.

[@imAngzy]

dude i felt the same way! yet i felt that something was extremely off with the fakeout ending and just the overall vibe of the celebrations

[@Saunasara]

Same with me, I was like "beach what? Did i missed something?" that was to easy+ i asked myself: why Misha was in reality if he was born in Dreamscape and what with Sparkle's surprise buttons. Every conversations feels off. I made pikachu face when Black Swan appeared 😅 Besides: Acheron is Peter B Parker in Honkaiverse

[@25857470]

@@imAngzy ikrr the sumthin off feeling started when we defeated the choir in 1 go and it kinda gave thats it?? and then as we kept going ahead it the off feeling just kept growing, esp when we choose our next destination and all the crew just agrees with us and we are already making the jump; you're like no way that thats the end like WTF felt so off and unfinished/lackluster but then BS sequence hits us with the reality and the hype is back again. Really well written and executed

[@imAngzy]

@@25857470 its like Robin said when she woke up from Ena's Dream: "it felt too blissful to be true" or something along those lines. Everyone was heralding us as a hero and the voting was way too smooth to be an actual vote!

[@Spartan-sz7km]

​@@25857470boss fight felt too easy because I was using himeko, so I kinda knew it was a fakeout

[@Quagmire69696]

I started tearing up in Phase 3. It's so peak

[@erebuskaslana1583]

Pop music overriding END OF THE WORLD HOLY CHURCH MUSIC is peak actually. The unyielding human spirit will not yield to your flimsy Order.

[@WHATDOYOUMEANITSNOTAVAILABLE]

So called Great Septimus when I hit him with a train:

[@lenajohnson6179]

love or hate Phase 3 of the score, you can't deny that it completely encapsulates the entire battle as it were. It's a battle between leaning into the 'order' and the accepting the choir or being and individual and waking up... a part sung by Robin all on her own.

[@gremlyle]

Ngl the whiplash between phase 1/2 and phase 3 got me heh at first BUT after going back on it, it's absolute genius. The way it embodies the difference between the power of Odrer and the power of Harmony ?? Order has that deep, eery orchestral with the organ and that almost "panicky" guitar leading the ost, its controlled, its linear, for me it gave me the feeling of being very small compared to the will of Sunday. Meanwhile phase 3 arrived and just gave hope back, with Harmony being represented by Robin's voice and the instrumental maybe representing the Trailblaze ? It's upbeat, unifying, gives a strong "power of friendship" vibe but in the end wasn't what the whole penacony arc was about ? I'm no musical genius, but the combination of the two styles was the best thing they could've done to show the difference between Order and Harmony/Trailblaze.

[@feeldous204]

I guess now we know why Pom Pom isn't playable character, because how OP Pom Pom move is 🚂🚋🚃🚋🚃🚋🚃

[@Spartan-sz7km]

See the comments hating on robin singing for phase 3 On the contary phase 3 is straight fire it made robin more appealing

[@crobdog]

And that's why people dislike it. It was forced in TO make robin more appealing.

[@GuyNumbers]

@@crobdog Are we really complaining about Robin relevancy for the Sunday boss fight? That’s as straightforward of a writing choice as possible.

[@mattgourgoville8088]

​@@crobdog grrrr, how dare the writers make the phase 3 of a boss fight plot relevant!!!!!!!!!!!

[@LudicolloEnjoyer]

@@crobdog I don't get that LMAO. Narrative wise, this was as clear cut as it could be. Twins, Striding different paths, with a different perspective of their _shared promise_ ; both pathstriders are fighting over what rules over the dream they once shared, and it's represented by _music_ ; in which Robin's takes over and gives everyone a glimpse of hope at the end. This entire time, Penacony has been enslaved/trampled on by _The Order_ represented by the orchestra that Sunday plays, and with through everyone's sheer efforts and the future hopes of the ones that came before them; _The Harmony_ within people takes over and wins out at the end. It is absolutely fitting.

[@wanderingmiqote9606]

@@crobdogive never seen someone hate when developers want you to like a character they made

[@theretrosilvergamer7061]

Madara 🤝🏻 Dr. Maruki 🤝🏻 Sunday: all wanting a utopian paradise through alternate reality/dream world/ illusion.

[@michaelmule4582]

Its CRIMINAL that the first encounter theme is not used in the weekly battle. Mood killer 😭

[@tyberriuss]

And that the train hit is missing half its animation...

[@calthegreat1197]

@@tyberriuss because it's not needed tbh

[@infiniteaj8688]

@@calthegreat1197 Just because its not needed doesn't mean people don't want to see it. It's the most hype weekly boss Support yet because of the entire animation. If they had shortened it on x2 Speed and kept the full animation on x1 Speed it'd have worked just as fine. People who wanna see it --> x1 Speed. People who don't wanna see it --> x2 Speed. Everyone wins.

[@calthegreat1197]

@@infiniteaj8688 ok but when i do a weekly boss i'm trying to complete it relatively fast, hence why i believe it's not really needed.

[@noobynoobyesucks4935]

@@calthegreat1197 He literally just provided a solution for people who want to complete it fast and for those who don't want to at the END of his sentence 🤦‍♂

[@janinethequeen7149]

The music in phase 3 made me want to get up and start dancing like I was in a Disney channel coming of age movie and say how we’re going to defeat him with the power of friendship

[@lesterism]

Phase 3 just made this boss fight the best in the game

[@nitromiyazaki]

Phase 3 on its own is a typical pop song. But when you actually play the game, listen to the stories, immerse yourself in the power struggle and learn both sides, the lyrics of the song hit so much harder and the fight shines that much greater than any “badass” song could accomplish in that moment. A cool, badass song would NOT be able to do what the phase 3 song did at that climax of the story. This boss fight is far more memorable than the cool, badass fight against Phantylia, and even if you hate this song, I guarantee this fight is STILL taking a greater precedence in your mind than the Phantylia boss fight. There is far more at stake, the stories are told far better, and the resolution is just plain satisfying. Is it a song you’d listen to all the time? No. Not for everyone. But it’s a song that needed to be heard as an ode of hope when the entire story prior was bleak.

[@vendedordepicole5924]

Luofu storyline is so weird, they throw an bunch of words that I honestly never understood and never cared to learn the meaning, an boss fight and an plot twist that was never hinted, TB being almost irrelevant to the story even tho it appeared that they was going to be important and so on. Comparing it to Penacony its like comparing an grenade to an nuclear bomb

[@hideyasu294]

Phantilya has barely any hype bro 💀 a better comparisson would be with Cocolia

[@starrod1396]

be not afraid? no you should be the one afraid of the *train*

[@realcanadianbs8997]

WE REINSTATING THE ORDER WITH THIS ONE🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🥶🥶🥶🥶

[@Aschentei]

WE AWAKENING PEOPLES DREAMS ON THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@captainblue5096]

WE HARMONIZING THE CHOIR WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆

[@noelbabu1503]

WE SMASHING THE ASTRAL EXPRESS WITH THIS ONE 🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣‼️‼️‼️

[@vithmire]

​@@noelbabu1503is bro the dreammaster???

[@7426mario]

I've been waiting for a soundtrack that would finally dethrone Wildfire, and it's such a banger!

[@lupapapalupapa5307]

I this this music more uplifting motivation than a banger , wildfire is banger ,

[@Kagetora-]

Yeah, Wildfire was good but I much prefer this song

[@vyshaa5724]

I wish we could replay story quests.

[@michaelgorski4221]

I made a f2p account for this very reason lol

[@r4ptor253]

Well I got 3 alts, so i can experience it 3 times more :D

[@elit1541]

@@michaelgorski4221what server are u on ?

[@Kagetora-]

At least it plays when you do this weekly boss

[@michaelgorski4221]

@@elit1541 America

[@joselopes330]

I like his lines on the 3rd phase

[@GhJON-oo5nb]

biblically accurate sunday

[@user-ty8ei2rs9u]

"Your divine being will become the foundation of our paradise!" gave me goosebumps

[@jacktheripper7935]

Hoyo didn't only cook with this one, they built the entire kitchen.

[@HinuMinuRinu]

and earned 3 michelin stars the moment it opened

[@Saelendious]

🔥WITNESS🔥THE WILL🔥OF THE PEAK🔥

[@FaultlineSurfer]

I absolutely love the initial choral arrangement of the Penacony theme, it really says: "This is it. This is what it has all been building up to. Prove your ideals."

[@KunaiKali]

“You can’t defeat me.” -person who is in getting run over by a train range

[@Onigumo.]

And the conductor is a talking rabbit

[@blank6037]

"Oh I know, but he can." */gets star railed

[@phantasmstg6125]

Phase 3 be like: "LIGHT THE WAY!" (no one will get that, probably.)

[@moriomorio]

they pulled an endsinger on this one for real

[@anzia1942]

100% agreed

[@Nekkore]

We will stand against fate

[@anzia1942]

@@Nekkore No matter the cost!

[@Shadowsfromwithin13]

@@anzia1942 We've been here before!

[@aloysiusteo98]

"DISORDERLY NOISE!"

[@ar_alif]

Me in Phase 3 : Eyyy this song is FIRE!!! 😭🙏🏻 Acheron: Lemme end this fast

[@Kradles...]

IF SOMEBODY WANT "HOPE IS A THING WITH FEATHERS" IN PIANO VERSION FOR YOUR TRAIN: Go to your turntable in the astral express and search the song called "Morns Like These". There's it, piano version for everybody, I didn't expect that this song could sound so amazing and hopeful 😢

[@The_CodFish69]

Its official its truly Peakcony.

[@dr.hououin6638]

me when Sunday turned out to be the final boss: It's over, perhaps he was right... me when Robin started singing during phase 2: I WILL SHOW YOU BIRDFACE THE POWER OF THE INDOMITABLE HUMAN SPIRIT

[@TheMotionHero]

And here comes Pom-Pom with the finishing blow!!!

[@meeeberperson]

AND DOWN COMES POMPOM FROM THE TOP ROPE

[@justahornydude1930]

AND HERE COMES POM-POM WITH THE STEEL TRAIN OUT OF NOWHERE!!!

[@swift7842]

“Sir, a second Pom Pom has hit the Sunday”

[@ahatheaeon]

Sunday Mewing the entire fight was peak 🗿👆

[@skumnutsnewwife]

fr

[@JolyXIV]

This song singlehandedly planted Pennaconny as one of my favorite fictional words of all time. The whole story between sunday and robin. The harmony and the order. Acheron, Aventurine, hell even Dr, Ratio. Everyone and Everything just felt so expertly crafted. This arc was one of the greatest stories i've ever got to enjoy playing. I seriously cant wait for the future of this game!

[@iitz_exo]

song name in phase 3 is Hope Is the Thing With Feathers it’s so goood

[@littleduck8014]

BLESS YOU BLESS YOU BLESS YOU

[@atomictoaster3393]

the phase 3 hit me like a truck, i love it!!!! it didnt hit as hard as wildfire cocolia but its definitely there, didnt feel a thing on luofu fight but this one.... when the song kick in + yeeting the express? oh yes it feels like anime final fight with opening song blaring

[@anadaere6861]

Wildfire was a bossfight as a bossfight, Phase 3 honestly feels like weve won already, its just a formality that were gonna kick the Otto 2.0 ass

[@timoteocea1046]

You mean, hit you like a train? Also yeah wildfire cocolia the best echo of war theme

[@jsw973]

​@@anadaere6861Sunday has Otto vibes with Kevin's plan, since this thing just yells project STIGMA to me. He is peak HSR villain.

[@eddieboy000]

Robin's song sounds like a disney channel song which is effing perfect for penacony with all the disney references.

[@gubiiimpact]

but the fact that a Disney song makes it epic is brilliant

[@jetleewj6242]

For me it has vibes from mlpeg

[@eddieboy000]

@@gubiiimpact it really is

[@eddieboy000]

@@jetleewj6242 It does sound like EG! I could see the mane 6 singing it.

[@jetleewj6242]

@@eddieboy000 yes I can totally imagine the rainbooms singing this trying to fight off some villains XD

[@Gale_TheWindHero]

The first phase ost feels like I was on an actual final battle against GOD, but the final phase ost sounds like this is an ending song to an Disney movie AND I LOVE IT

[@apsect_3]

yet again hoyo showing how much of a more music oriented company it is only difference is the game lived up to the songs therefore making absolute peak

[@4g3nt06]

I knew something was off when he only had one phase.

[@lilypads3033]

I was so disappointed at first and thought "Don't tell me they pulled another Inazuma now" I'm so glad I was wrong

[@chuckleshelicopterwigwamjo6305]

They almost had me. They kept it going long enough that I was starting to get worried, but I figured they couldn't possibly end it like that

[@monochromematrix464]

4:15 Penacony's first and last disharmony

[@skyliaan6247]

WITH THIS TREASURE I SUMMON

[@chincrimson3970]

YOU CAN SEE IT SUNDAY!!

[@SWORNSECRECIES]

me when i witnessed the will of the weak

[@fall1989]

PEAKNACONY 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@darknessknows1235]

Life slumbers....because one day, we WILL wake from our dreams.

[@andre_original]

Harmony MC joins the field. Sunday: Why do i hear boss music?

[@Tsuki_the_canadian_otaku]

Ikr ruan mei also really helps with harmony TB

[@readytopay1488]

I heard somewhere that the guitar represents the trailblazer rebellion

[@lilypads3033]

Phase 3 was absolute hype, definitely best boss phase ever yet in the game 😭

[@homulity5293]

WE BREAKIN OUT OF ENA'S DREAM WITH THIS ONE!

[@imYangi]

This gave me SO BIG CHILLS when it appeared in the fight

[@KittyKatherine0069]

The opening choir of Phase 1 being a rendition of the Golden Hour is so peak

[@Daedalus127]

I started crying when phase 3 happened, I wasn't bothered about having Robin but now I want her!

[@Blizzard098]

Same her 😢

[@barny541]

that phase 2 part with the guitar was so eargasm bro

[@fallenstars8775]

How in the world did they already manage to top WILDFIRE?!

[@3takoyakis]

at best its just best-ing phantylia

[@isfrenchjei]

​@@3takoyakis phanny's ost is underrated, but not close to wildfire. Phase 3 of this thing is better, but still a bit missing to top WF.

[@sauciine]

personally wildfire by itself is better as a song, but as a boss theme with the added context of every single moment leading up to this fight, it completely blows everything we've heard thus far out of the water wildfire and phantylia doesn't even come remotely close to bringing out this level of emotion

[@MoyaiKing]

So, why does life slumber?

[@breadskiiyeetusdefeatus]

Because someday... we'll wake up from our dreams.

[@xCritStar]

@@breadskiiyeetusdefeatus top 10 sigma moments

[@captainblue5096]

@@breadskiiyeetusdefeatus*shocked gasp* *floor breaks* *falls* The night… is still too short…

[@themasochistdevil3817]

​@@captainblue5096Brother. The dream... is over.

[@shiternet4045]

Honestly that line was so ass lmao

[@Wintheen]

I really enjoy the phase 3 because it gives the vibes that we'll end this fight soon (while facing against ultimate attack from the boss) and then have a good ending. I'm talking about the childhood feelings, just like when we watch the protagonist beating the bad guys. Its in Penacony after all, the land of dreams, bringing some childhood memories.

[@MR.LMR1996]

My favorite thing about this boss battle is how EVERYONE in the Astral Express Crew comes together for this fight. Unlike the last two when we were split into 2 groups where only TB's Group were the ones to fight. This was a team effort on everyone's part in the name of Harmony. Even Pom-Pom was technically involved. As they were the one that was probably railing Sunday with the train. XD

[@zuikatsu]

my impression was that the train was an "echo" created by Robin, in the little 'planning phase' scene she says she will sing to channel the will of the Trailblaze

[@cephalonein2141]

Phase 3 feels like the voice of Robin and whole *Harmony* followers to us! I never felt flabbergasted to such great music

[@thebhristopher967]

The guitar goes absolutely crazy