Honkai Star Rail Animated Shorts Reaction

[@Billy_Bat1993]

For context. In Rondo animation Black Swan try to read Acheron's memory for information about her, but suddenly find absolutely dark nightmare in her head.

[@_z4yn]

the rememberence opposing nihility (acheron) which is why her mind almost killed black swan

[@Billy_Bat1993]

@@_z4yn yeah, I know about it.

[@rednave4489]

Black swan wants to get out but the red acheron goes like "oh where do you think you're going?"

[@liandoaethend2403]

​@@rednave4489meanwhile the actual acheron : vibing

[@cry-o1436]

Nah that's just black swan receiving backshots from acheron. Dont dig too deep into it, only acheron is allowed to dig deep

[@faithrabbit4330]

The Annihilation Gang lost an important figure. And the one responsibile asks "who?" I love it

[@theonewayroad3867]

Duke Inferno's Children: " You took everything from me. " Acheron: " I don't even know who you are. "

[@cookizilla1772]

In every universe lmao. Same energy as- *Itto:* During the Vision Hunt Decree, the Shogun had to send her top tengu in person to get my Vision off me. Heh, means she must have found me to be quite the pain in the neck. But, y'know, she's abolished the Vision Hunt Decree now, so no hard feelings, I guess. As long as she's learned her lesson, of course. 'Cause if she pulls something like that again, this old pain in the neck will be back with a vengeance. *Raiden Shogun:* Who?

[@vera_vera12]

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[@LunarValkyria]

The bird in the dance video is a black swan. References the woman who offered the dance who shares the name. The snake represents the other named Acheron. Black Swan wanted to get close to Acheron so she could read her memories. Which was a big mistake which almost resulted in her memetic form (think of it as a spiritual like body) being wiped out and ripped to shreds. Acheron, represented by the snake, is the natural predator for people like Black Swan due to her unique status I won't get into here, which is referenced by the animals hunting down their prey.

[@myne5689]

The animated short with black swan and acheron was 11/10 incredible.

[@xXCaosmoSXx]

Remember people, when you "ps ps ps " in the abyss, the abyss "PS PS PS, PS PS PS " back at you ._.

[@Megatank29]

Fun fact: Black Swan in the last video you watched is voiced by Arryn Zech (aka Blake from RWBY)!

[@LegendaryTalesandTrails]

Jing Yuan’s animated short will always be my favourite. The Flash just connects and completely wrings up your heart strings. I love Jing Yuan so much.

[@thawingkarma233]

14:35 For context, the game has different paths, which individual characters follow, each with their own “Eon” or high entity that is the embodiment of said path. And some followers of the path are granted power and authority over that Path by the Eon themselves, and those characters are called ‘Emanators’. BlackSwan (the mage-looking woman) is a Memokeeper, who are Emanators of the ‘Rememberance’. While Acheron (the woman she’s dancing with) follows the Nihility. The Rememberance and Nihility contradict each other. The Remembrance seeks to record events and ‘memories’ as it believes the Universe and everything within it has purpose, while the Nihility believes the Universe and everything within it has no purpose, and is meaningless and worthless, essentially the concept of Nihilism. Memokeepers are entities that don’t actually have a physical body, but their ‘being’ is instead made of memories. The whole trailer was essentially BlackSwan (the Memokeeper) trying to look into people’s memories and gather information. However, when she peeked into Acheron’s memories, all she saw was Nihility, and possibly peeked at IX, who is the Eon of that path and also its form is a black hole. It is also said in the game that just being in IX’s presence (the Nihility) is enough to strip one of purpose, meaning or self-worth, and given how Memokeepers are made of memories, being exposed to Nihility would have essentially stripped BlackSwan of purpose, meaning…and ‘memories’, which could have just made her disappear, so the whole ‘exciting’ scene was BlackSwan basically fighting for dear life. 17:33 In these scenes we can see Acheron stripping BlackSwan of feathers, (specifically in 17:45 where we can see BlackSwan’s silhouette turning to birds possibly trying to escape, as Acheron makes them disappear one by one) which could symbolize ‘memories’, essentially implying the whole scene is BlackSwan being consumed by the Nihility in Acheron’s memories and fading away while she’s trying to escape.

[@liv3vil-Kei]

THIS is the best explanation. well done!!

[@baconn9370]

memokeepers aren't emanators of fuli the remembrance, just worshippers emanators are a LOT more powerful, and there are only a few for each path the only emanators we have seen in game are herta, skaracabaz (blue beetle boss), phantylia, and acheron, while other emanators like shuhu and diamond are mentioned but not seen good explanation otherwise tho edit: nvm yes they are what i guess fuli's emanators just have a skill issue

[@thawingkarma233]

@@baconn9370😂🤣. Yeah, Memokeepers are emanators of the Remembrance. And tbh, I don’t think they have a skill issue, Acheron is just built different. 🤪 Slight story spoiler ahead: I mean, at the very beginning of 2.1 story Acheron asked Sam if anything about her came up in Elio’s foresight and the answer was: “No, unfortunately nothing came up.” Acheron really is the definition of “I’m just built different. 🗿”

[@baconn9370]

@@thawingkarma233 my personal theory is that happens because shes an emanator of nihility so her actions are inherently pointless and have no real effects, which is why elio's scripts are unaffected by her

[@thawingkarma233]

@@baconn9370 Well it was confirmed that she’s a Self-Annihilator. Self-Annihilators are individuals who have inadvertently stepped into the shadow of IX the Nihility and from that moment have lost the meaning of their own existence. The shadow of Nihility covers the stars equally, and Self-Annihilators may form in any world. Your theory about her actions just not having any effect because her existence is ‘meaningless’ through the Nihility actually makes sense. We do know Acheron is slowly fading away into the deepest depths of Nihility, with her ‘strand of color, but not much’ type of deal. Also how she doesn’t want to follow the Nihility and is probably searching for the Watchmaker’s Legacy as a means to attempt and (I guess) ‘pull back’ from the depths of Nihility. She did say “I will reach the Nihility’s end.” She probably knows she cannot change that outcome, but perhaps she wants to keep her purpose, meaning and self-worth, worth a try anyway, and I guess it would make sense that she would want to do that anyway. Really excited about how things will turn out in the next patch story-wise.

[@Nehoymeoyhoimea]

you guys really should check more into this game. the lore is pretty insane for being a free gacha game

[@Silvist]

Since you guys love RWBY, Black Swan is voiced by Blake Belladona's VA (aka Arryn Zech).

[@bryantsun7129]

YES! Thank you for reacting to these :)

[@mandar107]

Honkai: Star Rail has been absolutely stunning in their stories and their promotional materials. They’ve been amazing at conveying so much emotion in these shorts, which in many points translates in the games. HSR has been my favourite game for the past year. It’s crazy for being a gatcha game!

[@UguuUng]

Hoyoverse games are literally AAA games with a gacha element

[@SnKanon]

Really love the expression of both of you when "that" part in the last animation showed up, authentic surprise. Also, just like the other videos, there's lot of lore behind all of these animations so as long as you enjoyed them it's fine- Pd: The girl who got "traumatized", Black Swan, is later asking for another dance, lol-

[@darkwhispersstories47]

So in the first one we see the life of Jing Yuan general of the Xiaolofu we see him together with his master Jingliu and their past, Jingliu in the end became Mara struck (it's some form of a curse that claims every part of who they are as individuals)so Jing Yuan followed through with his promise trying to put down his master

[@darkphoenix1836]

Omg yay!!! Thank you, you two are my FAVORITE reactors Edit: if you like the purple haired chick (Acheron) you should check out "Your Color" it's her character demo

[@Hiccstrid105]

When i like an animation, the first reason is the music. And with that ichor of two dragons and rondo across countless kalpas won me over with. Then the story, for which a flash got me best, and then the narrative, i have to give it to the harmony greets the new year. I really cant wait for more to come ❤❤

[@blakeismydaughter2902]

In case yall didn’t notice, the voice actress for Black Swan in the last clip is the same voice actress for Blake from RWBY. That alone was why I pulled for her lol

[@_z4yn]

you dont know how long ive been waiting for this LOL

[@a.h4847]

The Rondo animation was The purple haired girl going into the other girls memories through dance. But her memories were full of people she killed, thats why it went so dark

[@Valysion]

The opposite. (not the purple haired one was going into memories)

[@a.h4847]

@@Valysion Light purple or pink idk what color that is anymore 🤣

[@Valysion]

@@a.h4847 Black Swan's hair is white

[@lxlYukilxl]

not just that, Acheron is an emanator of nihility, basically the worst kind of person to read memories from for a memokeeper. BS was basically struggling to actually survive rather than just being scared, she risked ceasing to exist

[@Avitus2010]

I was really waiting for your reaction to these videos! I really liked it! Very cool! Thank you so much for cheering me up!

[@ScratchingCatto]

You guys should check out Acheron's (the purple haired character dancing in the final video) character's trailer too if you haven't yet. It probably the best character trailer hoyoverse has done to date.

[@Shadowlar]

So to give you something else to like in Rondo Across Countless Kalpas, the voice of the character Black Swan (the one who speaks through the majority of video, and also the bird was a swan) is voiced by Arryn Zech, who you know better as the voice of Blake Belladonna in RWBY.

[@shanetheawesomegamer]

Definitely rec catching up on the character trailers, they’re really good

[@alexmax3502]

Oh this one will be great.

[@Ak-Ra]

17:32 best reaction ever lmao

[@baisansebastian3358]

Hey there , you seem to have missed Sparkle's animated shorts (3 of 'em) , they dropped right after you released your reaction to all of HSR's animated shorts. Also , i suggest turning on subtitles when watching HSR trailers , as there are usually some context clues in subtitles that are not voiced out (Sparkle's first animated short being an example).

[@morrowthewizard3945]

I've been waiting for your reaction on this set

[@seraphinaaizen6278]

I remember on Patreon, commenting that I'd love to see a fight between Acheron (the purple haired girl in the waltz scene) and Jingliu (the ice girl in the first short), because although I thought Acheron would win, it would be a really good fight. But then I played the latest patch. Scratch the thought. Jingliu wouldn't have a friggin' prayer. Acheron is BY FAR the strongest character in the game so far (that we've actually seen go gloves off, anyway). Maybe Herta (in her real body) or another Emanator would be able to take her, or Stelle if she ever manages to control the Stellaron inside her. Or maybe if all of the Stonehearts tried to take her on at once. But that's probably it. Then again, not all Emanators are equal. Black Swan is an Emanator, but she's clearly far, far below Acheron in power level.

[@roboturtle6549]

I’m pretty sure Black Swan isn’t an Emanator.

[@seraphinaaizen6278]

@@roboturtle6549 Yang makes a statement that implies all Memokeepers are Emanators. Or at the very least, when describing her abilities to come and go in the dreamworld as she pleases, he connects it to the abilities of an Emanator.

[@ammo1005]

isnt welt the strongest?

[@umikuusagiri2046]

@@ammo1005unfortunately welt got nerfed a tad, no creation powers

[@ammo1005]

@@umikuusagiri2046 but acheron herself said welt was stronger right?

[@entropy417]

Myriad Celestia Trailer - "Kyoden: A Cleave Across the Transient World" | Honkai: Star Rail this is related to the dancing video

[@manolismarsoupilami-w5k]

so in the animetion with acheron and black swan, black was trying to be like the hunter cause she wanted to see acherons memorys but instead black swan that was the hunter became the prey from acheron

[@philpascali4070]

the first one with jing liu , that will be my favorite for long

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Huh, i didn’t know there were Four of these, i wonder if they are as Canon as the Animated Shorts for Honkai Impact 3rd? I wonder what Animated Shorts we’ll get next? Hm, I highly recommend doing all the Trailers for Reverse 1999 if you haven’t already.

[@LadyWgun]

Great reaction! Time to react to Acheron's and Black Swan trailers

[@Akira-jg9mq]

black swan is made up of a bunch of memories shes seen. she doesnt have an physical actual form but her physical form is the form she wants us to see and is based off black swans mother who was a tarot reader. acheron worships nihility which opposes the rememberance which black swan follows and when black swan tried reading acherons memories, acheron started to destroy black swans memory which is extremely dangerous for black swan since she is literally made up of memories.

[@yaelz6043]

11:45 well now neither can I. Thanks for that.

[@GenuisSocietyNo83Herta]

Its literally when interrogation gone wrong 😂

[@Kaizelot]

Black swan is voiced by Harry aka Blake from RWBY

[@GenuisSocietyNo83Herta]

For context what happened to jing liu is explained in the second myriad Celestia trailer that you've reacted They are cursed by yaoshi the aeon/god of abundance Its a cursed plaguing the long life species it corrupt an individual once that reach a certain length in their lifespan

[@joshthomasmoorenew]

Things you shouldn't do, try and see into Acheron's mind

[@j.w.971]

@joshthomasmoorenew Black Swan ain't doing that again 😂

[@joshthomasmoorenew]

@@j.w.971 At least she got to walk away from the mistake

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Oh I thought these were the HI3 ones. Never mind.

[@itsPandorasJar]

I'm a slut for a sapphic tango 😂 I love the lore of Star Rail, and I mean the animation and the acting *chefs kiss* I won't bore you with all of my obsessions but opera and theatre are two of many, and this one KZbinr, who is also an opera singer, did a FANTASTIC job breaking down the Black Swan/Archeron tango: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oabFiKWKeLp3g6ssi=d8-eUPqf_ayb517H I love y'all's work, you're such a ray of light on the dark void that is the Internet 😂 ❤🎉

[@AndreaIglecias]

please react to the new honkai star rail character demos 💙💙

[@DanaOtken]

Similar parts of March 7th's past aside, the more extreme examples of her childish extroversion appear to be deliberate. She realized that reminiscing wasn't going anywhere either very pleasant or very useful, so engaged him to end it. Interestingly, "Rondo Across Countless Kalpas" appears to be entirely open and straightforward storytelling from the perspective of players at the game's last stopping point; even the one thing I'm skeptical of (that Duke Inferno is actually dead and that Acheron was responsible; even if she's got the right tools for the job he is a very hard target to finish off and this is something Black Swan could be plausibly fooled about for quite a while) is more likely than not accurate. It wasn't even as dramatic an event as it seems; Black Swan's had this sort of thing happen before and Acheron won't even be bothered to remember the rough part. They both enjoyed the dance. (If you want to make the interaction triangular, Sparkle invited Black Swan to dance a ways back, hoping for a similar multi-part scenario (and she'd be just fine with any outcome), and was turned down because Black Swan was already planning for this.)

[@youngprince7820]

Happy Monday!

[@SioxGreyWolf]

I mean, this game is free and on the phone and pc, so just pick it up and dive in. Genshin is fantasy, while Honkai starrail is largely victorian spacepunk and is generally more modern. The story really drops ya in. In the honkai multiverse where each game is a parallel universe to the other games. With only a few characters actually being able to be the exact same person across the universes. The gameplay is simple, with basic attacks to generate power, abililities to use it, and ultimates to interupt actions in a 4 person turn base sequence. Plus some stupid good soundtracks.

[@Cart3rN]

Well there are more. XD Hope to see you continue Honkai Impact 3rd animation reactions. And maybe react to wuthering waves 🎉

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Really cool but Ill watch this later.

[@TamZedgvn]

The Kafka pv??? That pv was the priceless one but it;s not show in this :-s

[@Something-nh5ds]

I hope youll react to this game story someday just as you do with genshin, would love to see it!

[@maugrim9217]

There is not a single content creator who reacts to these trailers in jp, it is a curse.

[@masterwonton03]

Yessssss. Love hsr reactions❤

[@Stanzbey69]

You should maybe react to the newer character trailers/demos whatever they’re called. Quality has gone up considerably

[@Aman_Mondal]

17:35 Acheron giving backshots to Black Swan for those that wanna infinitely repeat it

[@thegreatdebugstick0019]

Stop talking bro, that’s not even what happened

[@Aman_Mondal]

@@thegreatdebugstick0019 I know but makes it funnier 🤣😆

[@daysand123]

In case someone else hadnt told you, Black Swan, the purple and white themed character in the dance animation is voiced by Arryn Zech, who is most prominently known as the voice of Blake from RWBY. Shes getting more voice roles and not minor ones either, and i love seeing that for voice actors that start primarily on a whim because they were asked if they wanted to be the voice on a project and end up getting roles like this down the line. Its similar to how Gianni Matregano is famous for being a youtube shitpost Voice Actor and now hes getting small parts in Genshin and is even the arguable main character and rival antagonist of Ultrakill, Gabriel. A voice and character he loves doing so much he made a vtuber rig of the character to play the game in character and often does funny line requests as the character for free. Max0r kinda had to beg Gianni to accept payment for his Ultrakill reviews.

[@austin-1993]

I recently started playing this game, not for fun but as a way to make money.

[@coldnorthamvs5091]

Hope you achieve your goal while enjoying the game.

[@wapson2176]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

[@kyongapaz2295]

Pantesan pas wawancara sama herta waktu beta test SU tiba2 di antara pilihan ngomong ada 42 gk jelas ternyata ini arti nya

[@Akane-T-012]

hope you'll eventually do a hsr story reaction like you are doing for genshin

[@Mr.unkown78]

Last day of asking for yakuza kiwami 2

[@RatatonGaming]

No había uno de yanqinq y jingliu? Pd: react to interestelar Journey and white night plssss

[@oniceguard9205]

creo que ese esta dentro de los myriad

[@RatatonGaming]

si? como recuerdo que era animado, o me habra confundido xd

[@Billy_Bat1993]

ОMG i wait it so much.

[@lunaproc4913]

You should react to Limbus Company trailers

[@carriehoback3763]

U should play devil's hunt its a great game

[@smoothies2733]

You missed a animated short Sparkle

[@theplatinumking9682]

Space King episode soon?

[@gaelheartt]

Yayyyy!

[@Deey21]

You guys should react to stellerblade gameplay by gamers little playground

[@MegaDuke4life]

Where the Sparkle one 🥺

[@hoshidori5869]

Nice!

[@xommmx]

Can you react to the owl house?

[@EDVIL1991]

Да уж. Лучше реально начали играть, чтобы шарить.

[@toad2047]

More valorant pleaseee they released a ton of new stuff since u last watched

[@alpharoam15chris51]

If you are in the US or Canada, I would love if you guys reacted to Ark: The Animated Series

[@Generichoodiegamer]

Day One of asking for MW2 Executions reaction

[@Xsirt]

Whoever chose this line-up for a reaction video is absolutely clueless about HSR. I would have wasted time if I actually watched it full. God bless previews... Watch character trailers instead, many of them are GOLD. Kafka, Huohuo, Sparkle... And... This is of course my personal opinion that no one should care about, but watching it in English is a waste. No offense to English voice actors, just telling the hard truth.

[@LadyMireille]

Tbf if you search their channel. They've already watched all of the character trailers in an earlier video months ago