Honkai Star Rail Player REACTS to ALL Honkai Impact 3rd Animated Shorts

[@LordeChalupa]

I loved these animations! And the storytelling in them, the voicing acting, everything about them...made someone completely new to the game feel emotion for the characters!

[@GilangRmn09]

Love your reaction, you should react Character/version trailer next 💯💯

[@_Fir]

Yes next version Trailer reaction

[@ArpTakaoTTV]

@LordeChalupa kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYGxm5eaacioqbcsi=g_bQwo_FU2NAmJPM this video will help explain a bit between mei in hi3 and acheron in star rail

[@somniumchasers1186]

Now you should play it! At least for Part 1 😤😤😤

[@Cokyajalah]

If you feel them just by Watching them.. you should play it, to actually get the Context, and be Ready for a tears flood my Friend

[@01_M1ku_39]

This is the reason why there is no hate in the honkai impact community... we are all too emotionally damaged to argue with one another lol

[@LordeChalupa]

😂

[@JONATAN-VELAZQUEZ]

Oh no there is hate and for many dumb reason like the reason there is no male playable character (besides the other MC story)

[@satyayana1399]

HoV outfit incident + GLB anniv incident🤔

[@enigmagrieshaber5555]

Was patched with Adam though but yeah they kinda killed him 😢​@@JONATAN-VELAZQUEZ

[@captain_kiana3554]

hofi spesial attack man those attack fit kiana but they didn't like it

[@amadeus8343]

53:27 actually, this one happened in a desert. The guy, Kevin Kaslana, froze the entire area just by standing there. Durandal was basically fighting for her life and it was just a normal Tuesday noon for Kevin.

[@lennethVP]

Kiana is one of the best protagonists. It's impossible not to sympathize with Kiana. She goes through so much in her life that it would be forgivable if she gave up, and she almost committed suicide at one point in the story. Seeing how strong she was and overcame everything makes me cry often. This character has a huge emotional appeal, so big that the voice actors had to stop recording because they cried in the middle of recording. Anyway, Kiana's story will be greatly missed and for me she is a character that I will remember for the rest of my life. I recommend watching Chronicles of Kiana Kaslana from Hoyoverse itself. In this video you will understand part of why Kiana is an incredible character, and how strong she is for finding this world beautiful, even with all the misfortune that happened in her life, which starts with her own birth.

[@justabooberv4298]

Seeing kiana greeting us on the new versions always makes me realize how much she has actually grown and it makes me so fucking emotional everytime

[@Keiki-kun]

oh no he saw the Himeko incident

[@LordeChalupa]

And it hurt. They better not off her twice!

[@Keiki-kun]

@@LordeChalupa well... I think they already did... Genshin's Himeko may have already died there her name is Murata and she was the original pyro archon

[@LordeChalupa]

...🤐

[@Keiki-kun]

@@LordeChalupa btw it's not a spoiler it's written everywhere that the only original archons are the Anemo and the Geo

[@mtheroes3296]

If she's dead in genshin already and dies in star rail it'll be the 4th time she dies (maybe 5th but idk GGz lore)

[@ponos8632]

"the most selfish thing the one can do" Otto killed tenths of millions, if not the hundreds, betrayed his own allies, manipulated many and had no sight of grief on his face, though he achieved his goal, made girls the ones they are now, and some people think that this all was his plan, truly a definition of controversial character

[@Cakehai]

We all hate that piece of shit, but god damn do I respect and salute him

[@LordeChalupa]

I see, so that's why everyone hates the dude

[@tigergirldw9103]

@@LordeChalupahate otto, doubt otto, understand otto, becomme otto and now, otto trailblazer awakes

[@lukas_1196]

funny is, he save with awakening of k423 the world xD without him, i think, we dont have Star Rail ^^

[@eric5647oo]

​@@LordeChalupa no all with this, even he did so bad things but finally we will know why he doing, he just want to save his lover, so otto o7. also you will know there is a character Luocha playable in houkai star rail

[@Ak-Ra]

1:00:10 "she save mei from falling at the roof" correction (idk if sound as spoiler or not) " she save mei from suicide"

[@killer_bee3539]

they fought for things I can't tell u (I don't want to spoil it any farther then that😅😂)

[@citizenspaghetti]

It would only be a spoiler to the manga, which takes place before the game story starts, so its fine.

[@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe]

Not spoiler, because that never shown/mentioned in HI3rd and he probably not play GGZ.

[@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe]

@@citizenspaghetti The manga show the events later after they met. It not show the similar events with GGZ timeline.

[@MBrandr]

Some backstory on HI3 Himeko: From her youth, she was interested in science and dreamed of exploring the stars. She ultimately threw it all away to become a valkyrie first to investigate her father’s death, then to fight against the Honkai, and eventually to nurture students who would pave way to a brighter future for her world. HSR is basically Himeko getting to live out her original dream to explore the stars without being weighed down by obligations and duties.

[@BNuts]

_Graduation Trip_ is such an awesome send-off, journeying through the story through all of the characters, and through Kiana's battlesuits. Sirin telling Kiana "you did well" after everything she put her through always gets me. And when I say 'everyone is here,' I mean it: We've got Welt's group, the Flame-Chasers, the mother and daughter from _Meteoric Salvation_ , Kevin and Dr. MEI, even a shot of Cecilia, Siegfried, and Sirin from _Second Eruption_ . That it's from the manga is the only reason I'll accept for Bella not also being there. My beans all deserve happiness. Also, I think it's the first time we've seen animals in an animation. Not just Stan the Honkai Cat or Can, but birds and a rabbit. The thing Kiana is going to is the Cocoon of Finality. Only those recognized by all the Herrschers can get to it, and even then not everyone can get the Authority of Finality. Only one person can also carry it at once. Kevin stole the Authority so no true Herrscher of the End could manifest, and then he basically trained the Trio so one of them could take it. Now we have Herrscher of True Reason (Truth), Herrscher of Origin, and Herrscher of Finality. I'm glad you caught that she was in Knight Moonbeam on the train, just like in _Reburn_ . _HI3_ 's greatest strength that sets it apart from Mihoyo's other games is how intensely personal the storytelling is. We follow our girls through this personal journey, so we're with them through their lowest lows and highest highs. If you're not brimming with pride for them by the end, then I'm sorry, you're not human. These are our girls of _Honkai Impact_ . You only feel it more intensely the longer you've been playing. And we get to have at least 6 more years with Part 2. BTW, there's an animation that's a send-off for Part 1. It's called _St. Freya Journey Crisis_ . There are also two episode of _Golden Courtyard_ , and full seasons of _Cooking With Valkyries_ and _ELF Academy_ . Captains are still asking for a full anime of the main story.

[@Saratiga]

a bit surprised i can't find a comment on this fun-fact but you can actually find the tip of HI3 Himekos blade in hertas spacestation and even get a special text if you inspect it with Star Rail Himeko

[@LordeChalupa]

I'll have to do that since I dont think I've inspected it with HSR Himeko

[@ElatedSphee]

Now you understand why were so attached to Himeko. She was taken way too soon... We'll never let her go this time Captains. o7

[@scarletrose8766]

9 chapters is too short and they gave us peak Himeko at that chapter too VkE was the best Himeko Battle suit in terms of it's not as heavy as her other suits and has a more faster attacks.....if she lived she would have possibly become the herrscher of flame like PE Himeko but alas they had to kill Himeko for Kiana's growth and later become the Herrscher of Flamescion inheriting Himeko's 🔥.

[@ElatedSphee]

To that I say, Mr. Shaoji.

[@justabooberv4298]

The moment i heard "my cheeks hurt from smiling" as final lesson was starting i was just feeling bad for the poor guy

[@lonewolfjedi493osswfan]

One of the few times I saw the thumbnail and prepared myself before clicking. Seeing Final Lesson still hurts. Sad thing is, that wasn’t the last time we saw Himeko

[@garethcf1016]

In everlasting flames, kiana starts transforming when she breaks out of the dolls' hold. First its just the sword guard. When bronya appears, she gets a ponytail and the hilt of the sword. When hua appears its the gauntlets and base of the blade. When she breaks out of the big hands, its the full outfit

[@rmelzhim6033]

Watching people react to honkai 3's amazing cinematics never, ever gets boring. Thanks mate you were awesome :D

[@LordeChalupa]

I'm glad you enjoyed my reaction as much as I enjoyed reacting😄

[@mangodude-nq6su]

Yep, just found that video and immediately thought "here we go again"

[@killer_bee3539]

Kiana called himeko aunt because she was her one of her few mentor's/teachers to her, and BTW, Teri Teri is her actual auntie from her mother's side of the family

[@LordeChalupa]

😂

[@killer_bee3539]

@@LordeChalupa I found it weird myself after finding out who kiana's relatives were early on in the story after its 2nd or 3rd anniversary 😂

[@flaxx2551]

@@killer_bee3539Teri Teri is a friend of Cecilia (Kiana’s mom) but as she has Kaslana genes, she’s Kiana’s auntie from the father side and not the mother, I just wanted to correct you on that one, everything else is perfect

[@enigmagrieshaber5555]

Huh? Wasn't Cecilia a shariac clan? Cuz kiana's father is the kaslana clan which is the clan where Kallen is from as well as Theresa being the clone of Kallen so yeah it's kiana's father side

[@killer_bee3539]

@enigmagrieshaber5555 I'm just continuing the answer to your answer. u also gave, it's also a reason y durandal doesn't call seigfried father other than her younger sister (K-423 Kiana) who was then givin her name after she went missing☝️

[@notyou9061]

As a villain, Otto Apocalypse is actually an extremely complicated case. One of the biggest themes of the game is to "fight for all that is beautiful in the world", which they've mentioned in multiple cutscenes and even in lyrics of the song in Graduation Trip. This is something actually indirectly taught to the main characters by Otto, except Otto's "beautiful" thing in this world was Kallen, while the main cast believes in much more. Basically, he fought using the same principles as the protagonists, but for another cause (Ex. normal people would rather bomb a city than bomb the whole world, Otto would rather bomb a city than let Kallen be dead, because whether he got to see her come back to life or not, she was the "beauty worth fighting for" in the world). None of his mass murders (or unethical experiments, or any of the other horrible things he did) were justified in any way, but I thought it was really cool how he contrasts the main characters and have full respect for how he owns his actions. o7 Having said that, you should also watch Honkai Chronicles if you want backstory and lore on characters. There's also a 2 episode anime called Golden Courtyard (my personal recommendation) and a longer one called Cooking With the Valkyries.

[@kibathefang6022]

So like opposite of Kiritsugu. Would kill his own wife to save the world. Would kill his own daughter. Killed his own father to save an island. Killed his own "mother" to save a city.

[@LordeChalupa]

bruh

[@SuperS0nic644]

I also think its worth noting Otto did all this for Kallen fully knowing she never returned his romantic feelings. He didn't care about that he just wanted her to be happy. Otto is a very good villain and an excellent character imo

[@notyou9061]

@@SuperS0nic644 I personally don't think he did it to make her happy (she would destroy him if she knew what he did to revive her, lol), but because of his own selfish desire to "free" her and give her a chance at life, hence the words at the end of Thus Spoke Apocalypse, "This is the most selfish thing one can do."

[@Ghost_Shadow1708]

You forgot ELF academy

[@GrimMeowning]

Also music from Lament of the Fallen (Raiden Mei's theme) is playing in the Acheron trailer. Plus they have there all divine keys in same order as in Honkai 3rd. Also, in the end - Elysia (pink girl against computer) transformed into an arrow and shoot herself. And yes, she is the best girl. The guy with a bat "like Trailblazer" is Kevin Kaslana - you can hear his voice in Acheron's trailer.

[@criffly]

Captain, we found another one. Yes captain, he watched them all, he's part of us now.

[@scrappy_horns8139]

1:20:08 got me real hard and all teared up because its so fitting that Himeko was there smiling and looking proud of Kiana…As Kiana was doing exactly what Himeko did in her last move in Final Lesson 😢

[@Strap89]

"Need a Moment" , ah don't Sorry About that, we ( players that played this chapter when It was released) still are elaborating that. Now you understand why we fear for himeko's fate in hsr

[@LordeChalupa]

There's no way they'll off her twice...right?

[@2weni8ight]

@@LordeChalupa Tbf they've killed like every iteration of her that's been out so i wouldn't put it past them

[@snowpools8498]

@@LordeChalupa They even killed her off in GGZ. Somehow my hopes aren't too high 🥲

[@dragun5063]

​@@LordeChalupamei killed himeko, there Kiana killed himeko... But it's trio, sooo... Bronya's time to kill her in hsr

[@gameplaystorage3881]

31:31 a lot of people miss this Bronya doesnt dodge the bullets, the is shielded by her mech's shield, noticable when watched closely

[@LordeChalupa]

So another comment saying this. That for sure makes more since

[@Cyber9Hound]

All stories eventually come to an end, but the memories they leave, and the feelings they convey do not disappear. They will become the keys for those who come after, to be remembered… Reaching into the future to exist forever. For example, every time we open this time capsule, we will meet again this girl called Kiana Kaslana. At that time, she was ignorant of everything in the world… And we also know that the path she chose would bring her suffering and inescapable destiny. But what’s more important is… …After all of that, she would also encounter the most beautiful thing in the world. The treasure called “love”.

[@BlueRozberry]

The singer during "Thus Spoke Apocalypse" is actually the second male vocalist you heard. The singer during "Shattered Samsara" is also a male.

[@dyeisee]

You should check out the Honkai trailers. You'll be gobsmacked on how strong Sushang is. Love your reactions.

[@LordeChalupa]

If she uses that giant sword, I'm already hooked.

[@SaraGon15]

@@LordeChalupa she does thats her ultimate, Sushang in HI3 she is a genius in the sword.. i wont tell you more everyone in here got interesting backgrounds and developments, most of Sushang is in the manga.

[@imaginaryworld445]

@@SaraGon15 bro in witch manga pls tell bro

[@SaraGon15]

@@imaginaryworld445 i meant to say Visual novel.. is in seven swords, the mangas is about other topics of HI3, the VN is about Durandal and this seven swords more about Fu hua past and Sushang appear there.

[@BNuts]

Part 1.5 is all about Veliona recognizing that she's worthy of being her own person, and of being 'Seele' too. Captains call her 'Veliona' and the blue Seele 'Saule' because that's the names of their egos under certain skills in the Stygian Nymph battlesuit. Canonically, Veliona didn't have an established name until late in the story, when she asked to also be called 'Seele.' So they both use the name. They were also separated during the final arc for Part 1, but this is the first time they've had separate bodies. There's also no reverb in Veliona's voice, and she walks sometimes instead of floating. Part of Part 1.5's story is the group trying to turn at least one of them into a new Herrscher according to the rules of the bubble world they're in. The assumption is that Veliona will become a new Herrscher of Death because of Seele's Stigma, but as _You and Me_ shows, that's only partly true. Seele became Herrscher of Rebirth instead. The only problem is that Starchasm Nyx is Ice, while HoRB is Physical, so they can't exactly fight well together meta-wise. Seele has two summons now, as well as two forms / stances. In her Support form, she has a deer named Diana. In her DPS form, she has a human spirit named Flora. You can switch between forms just like with Senti by tapping Ultimate, but HoRB cannot support herself in her DPS form, so when you assign teams, you typically decide which form you'll be using the whole time.

[@thatsaber01]

now you know why everyone who played HI3 is protective and cherishes HSR Himeko. we got another chance to be with her and have her see the end of our journey alive

[@Talon1124]

All these animations(Save for Reburn, and Reawakening, and I think one other that escapes me at this moment) are 'Arc Finales', they're played at the finishing point to each major arc. Like Will of the Herrscher is the endpoint of the Herrscher Awakening arc. Final Lesson is like, two or three chapters after that. They're dramatizations of the final fight in that arc, basically. You fight the boss, then this animation shows how the team envisioned it going down.

[@tigergirldw9103]

the other 2 videos from the other playlists showed the CGs of Kiana becoming the Herrscher of Finality, you should definitely check it out too i loved your reaction, other ppl don’t really show emotions reacting to those and it’s really disappointing sometimes so i definitely appreciate you showing tears on camera

[@hafizmol1487]

Hey just wanna point out during the Bronya cinematic, the enemies do not actually have "shit aim" as you can actually see a lot of the shots are blocked by the invisible barrier around Bronya. It's pretty hard to see but it's there.

[@LordeChalupa]

That makes more since. Thought they were storm troopers or somethin

[@Kyuubi13s]

Ohhh boy, here we go again. I've started playing HI since everyone hyped it up as "best hoyoverse story"... and I must say they were not wrong 😅😢 I've just ended 'Because of you' chapters, and damn I'm devastated Honkai to put it simply is similar to stellarons in HSR (it brings diseases, zombification, honkai beasts, natural disasters, and Herrschers - powerful beings which can bend physical laws, thou it's possible for them to regain humanity) Characters are similar between games because their universes are parts of the same Imaginary Tree, just on different branches But Welt in HSR is the same Welt from HI, he's now protecting HSR Himeko since y'know what happend to the HI version of her (*). Judging for the pattern up till now, the odds are not looking good :> in HI there were 2 Himekos, both dead, in Genshin, Pyro archon name is said to be Murata and her chapter title is "ode to ressurection", so we can only guess what will happen Anyway, if you want to know more about HI, there are "Honkai Operation center" videos and official manga. Manga and "Introducing the honkai verse" video are prequels and don't spoil in game content, videos about individual characters however explain their backstory and thing that happen in game Looking forward to the next video;)

[@MrShamus22]

You nailed it aside from one thing. Honkai is in Star rail as well and in theory is even in Genshin. Acheron was fighting a similar battle as Earth on Izumo and unlike Earth, failed in saving the planet (but also unlike Earth, something even more than desolation happened as the entire planet no longer exists) Honkai Universe is all one universe and Earth as a planet resides in the same universe as all the locations in Star Rail. It isn’t a multiverse like the Western audience tends to believe and translation error over the years reinforces the wrong perspective

[@LordeChalupa]

I'm also going to need to actually play the story at some point, I'm sure these animations were just the tip of the iceburg

[@SaraGon15]

@@LordeChalupa yeah the animations wont give the full context.. with context hits like a truck..

[@TartaruzTheGreat]

Best Hoyoverse story is Honkai Gakuen 2

[@kaiserdragon33]

playing with the characters for a long while and actually knowing context, makes it a whole lot more meaningfull @@LordeChalupa , specially Himeko's arc

[@xrosslegends1279]

Stsr Rail Seele kinda merged both personalities into one.

[@animowadziewczyna8575]

btw that short animated called cyberangel at the beginning where you see different Bronyas it's actually the same bronya but from different bubble universe where they to show bronya how happy her life could look like but she decided to turn all of them down cause in every of these there wasn't seele in

[@mileniumshadowvn6652]

That moment of realization in his face was priceles, that figth between Himeko and HoV was a pivotal moment in all of the game

[@LordeChalupa]

I really want to play the game, but I'm also scared to play the game😂

[@233reree44]

@@LordeChalupayou many maybe met Welt yang in Open world if you play it ( same cloth from star rail )

[@NovaRyu]

@@LordeChalupaFair, it can be a bit slow at times but the highs are so good. The story and manga are both fantastic.

[@silvermoonk9121]

Story is slow until chapter 8 or so, after you push through that, it picks up and doesn't stop.​@@LordeChalupa

[@flaxx2551]

"She’s like an assassin" well, in HI3 Bronya is an assassin, the best assassin in the world at the age of 10, that she recieved her nickname « the Silver Wolf of the Ural » that’s maybe why she looks like an assassin 😂

[@vermilionrubin]

[Mihoyo plays with our emotions] "You can't do that!" Mihoyo: 'I'll freakin do it -again- many times still!'

[@milicajakovljevic6288]

I was recently rewatching all the Kafka scenes in HSR (as a simp that I am), and I was hit with something I missed before. The melody that Kafka is playing in the opening cutscene is Canon in D, the same one that is playing in the Graduation Trip. They literally started HSR the way HI3 ended. I was in tears, let me tell you

[@SupaSaiyanXP]

Watched it all 😊I love seeing peoples reactions to these animations. HI3 means so much to me, thank you for watching them and I hope you do play it sometime ❤ Acheron’s myriad celestia trailer has definitely got me hyped that they’re beginning to connect the two games.

[@kevinmolina2878]

I love theses animations too bro. And your reactions in these 2 hours were unique, somehow you felt the same as we, the Honkai impact players, felt. I don't usually like reaction videos, but this video is one of the few exceptions.

[@LordeChalupa]

Thanks, they did a great job of getting emotions across even for people who havent played the game

[@cat6th363]

The otto scene symbolism: Kallen told him to fight for humanity (plane) and chasing it he lost her. That's why he left it to stay with her

[@grumpysheep3710]

The saddest thing about watching the animations or watching people watch/react to the animations especially from HI3, is that since people hate Mandarin aka Chinese the JP dubbed ones get more popularity then the original audio ones that have more range and base to them then the JP. If you watch both versions, you can tell they added a lot more sound effects and magic to the CN version compared to their JP and EN counterparts. Plus, it sounds like they actually removed them from those versions, too. This also applies to HSR.

[@LordeChalupa]

I understand, I don't hate Chinese voice overs, I just prefer JP

[@Zolwiol]

Let me tell you something, The combo I got of seeing "Will of the Herrsher" as an ad (that's why it's 64 million views lol) just as I got a new phone all those years back and going 'yeah I've heard about his apparently good controling action game' downloading it, playing it couple stages at a time before sleep and then hitting the trifecta of Will of the Herrscher, Final Lesson (when I went naaaw it has to have PC client, and it did!) into esoterica of bubble universes in chapter 10-11 to get hit with Cyber Angel.... It cemented the game as something special to me. It's now comfortably sitting in top 5 of all sotries for me. Probably top 3 and no thought list it's my #1 as of now. The game's story treatment of characters and weaving past events into pure drama driven action/consequence is just a masterclass.

[@smatdesa7777]

Another victim falls to Elysia. 🤣

[@beo3828]

1:31:20 he's actually fighting all the Ottos of other timelines that failed to do what he wants to do. Crazy stuff.

[@beo3828]

Also, Otto is using "reproductions" of the Divine Keys, which are weapons from 5000 years ago. You've seen a few before, like the cross Teri has.

[@ninjahaz0180]

Funny you said that was the first male singer you've heard in thus spoke apocolypse, because fun fact, a guy sings the song in shattered samsara, his voice is just beautiful

[@BNuts]

Acheron is most likely an expy to Dr. MEI, the Previous Era version of Raiden Mei, because Izumo is presented as a parallel to Mu, both in having advanced technology, and in forging their superweapons against the big bads from the bodies of the defeated big bads. I also believe that Firefly is _HSR_ 's Kiana, so we've already met her. The games are confirmed as connected: they exist on the Imaginary Tree that forms the cosmological structure for the Honkaiverse, although the devs have stated that _Genshin_ is not a part of the _Honkai_ franchise, despite its original working title being _Honkai 4_ .

[@icedteatoni]

Love your HSR videos so much. Thanks so much for these.

[@ottovw]

04:41 Reburn is a concept animation. It's not canon to the story. It was mihoyo basically asking, if they made an animation what would it look like.

[@ceiling_cat]

it's canon, it happend in arc City

[@공간-2]

1:08 Rebun 5:50 Will of the Herrscher 12:39 Final Lesson 24:25 CYBERANGEL 34:53 Seele 44:09 Meteoric Salvation 55:02 Lament of the Fallen 1:04:07 Reawakening 1:06:44 Shattered Samsara 1:13:58 Everlasting Flames 1:29:37 Thus Spoke Apocalypse 1:41:35 Because of You 1:56:45 Graduation Trip

[@kalWuWa]

This is one is very very long but these are my answers for some question you asked and some interesting facts, so please bear with me, fellow Honkai enjoyer XD 17:58 Notice Himeko's blade broke off? Yeah, the tip of it is in Herta space station, and the other is used by Kiana. You can intereact with but.....try letting Himeko interact with it, it will be directly pointing at Everlasting Flame animation. (Final Lesson never fails to make me tear up, that one hits the most, heck it hurts even more in Everlasting Flame. Now you know why we Captains are desperate on protecting Himeko, we aint letting that shit happen again.) 42:15 They didnt show it... but Kiana was about to off herself there, then "Himeko" appeared which stopped her from doing it. As for Lament of the Fallen, Mei didnt go evil.. it's just because she is angry that Kiana shoulders everything, and force a smile infront of them, at the costs of her life... the food and pills part... the food is Mei's cooking and Kiana's favorite but that part, Kiana didnt eat it nor have taken recovery pills... In this part, iirc Mei tries to stop Kiana from absorbing all Herrscher Cores, if she'd absorb them all, it'll be the end of her. So what Mei did was take the core from her, and that is the Core of Thunder to prevent Kiana from self-distruction. As for the Line "If saving you is a sin, then Ill gladly be the sinner." That's because she had a deal with Kevin Kaslana(from XV cutscene and is Kiana's ancestor) to join World Serpent(there are 3 factions... Schicksal - where the Kiana, Mei, and Bronya are part of, Anti-Entropy - Led by Welt himself, yep that's the same Welt from HSR, and World Serpent - Led by Kevin Kaslana, he also voiced as the narrator in Myriad Celestia.) 1:00:09 Nope, Mei was about to off herself because of her having signs of being a Herrscher iirc 1:12:17 all these version of her are canon, Fu Hua's basically is a living fossil. Everlasting Flames is where Kiana get huge glow-up. Also, the song is a reply toward the song in Final Lesson - Nightglow. "Never let you go.." and the reply in Everlasting Flame, "I will never go..." and another thing, what Kiana said in 1:16:35, that's the same line Himeko said back at 15:39 Nightglow. Himeko's message to Kiana 17:15, Kiana's reply to Himeko 1:19:17 Kiana following Himeko's steps: 1:18:55 and 17:21, 1:19:24 & 16:48, and then the part where I start to tear up, 1:19:56 & 17:26, the most identical of them all... that shows how much Himeko influence to Kiana's life. 1:20:04 is where I literally broke down...(Remember the shattered blade back at Herta's, use Himeko and interact with it: "She was reborn in the fire[1:20:04]. She was smiling in the fire[1:20:10]." Reburn II, here's an interesting fact, Welt is the same Welt in HSR, and here's another plus one, check Welt's LC, it's deeply directed to HI3 Manga, the one that covers how Joachim(Welt's original name) got his the name Welt which turned him into the first Herrscher that fights for Humanity. 1:29:48 Ahh yes, Otto the man we hated the most but we understood him at the same. That man touched the damn Imaginary Tree and created a timeline where Kallen lived. 1:31:29 yep, those are version of him who failed to touch the Imaginary Tree. Loucha could be one of em XD. 1:36:47 What he did back there could destroy all timelines, including HSR, because the tree he's touching is the Imaginary Tree, the one that hold EVERY timeline in HI3(HSR and Genshin are part of it too) because of that, Otto was deemed the most dangerous man, but his intention was not to destroy but to create a new possibility, that is... where Kallen is alive. Going back to the past and save Kallen, is that most selfish thing one can do. 1:37:46, that's Sushang he is carrying. And look that's where Loucha is based from. One last thing why I really hate that man... is because he gave the permission to bomb the area where Kiana's mother is fighting Sirin(the Herrscher that possessed Kiana). Graduation Trip... That is where Kiana's story ends. 2:02:10 that is Cocoon of Finality, she is on her way to the moon to seal all Honkai. Now this is where Theories well up, there are theories that Kiana could be an Aeon, a new Aeon of Finality, or could be an Emanator of Finality. (cuz the present Kiana is the Herrscher of Finality) 2:03:10 Little Kiana, continuing her life, it's a path of suffering but, Adult Kiana believes will never give up. 2:03:48 Adult Kiana heading towards the Moon implying she will be staying there, in order to seal the Honkai from reaching Earth. And that's all for me XD sorry if it's too long XD

[@ponos8632]

Oh boy, I'm just started watching, but already have been interested. This is pretty long vid, but I'm determined to sit there till the last second

[@ottovw]

52:43 I would recommend watching Homu labs videos. Very well done and concise!

[@LordeChalupa]

I will keep them in mind

[@dhil.j]

nice reaction, didn't expect that I watched your reaction from start to end, new subs here

[@LordeChalupa]

Thank you so much 😁

[@tosakah]

The guy with white hair (Kevin) its the one who narrates Acherons trailer with the Honkai references, and also, Fu Hua (the girl with blue hair) has already mentioned as the Marshall of the Cloud Knights of the Xianzhou. And yes, that was March 7, the first trailer of Star Rail was from Honkai Impact 3rd.

[@keremdeveci3984]

i got in these cinematics with an ad, it was will of the herrscher and then i realized that it has the most views. in final lesson himeko was suffering from honkai disease and she could of used that serum for herself but she used it on kiana to save her from herrscher of void's control. 53:08 it could be cool but remember that non of these games are close to be finished even honkai impact 3rd (2016) game finished its part1 this year.

[@P1ay3r7]

34:16 only one that I remember was the maid outfit for Elysia. She just had it and used it to blend in between the new members of the MOTHs as a maid waitress

[@mtheroes3296]

Id also like to inform that the players, if you played from launch, were with himeko for i think a year and then splat.

[@blazetrinity9462]

Elysia stole your heart ? Dude, she stole EVERYONE's heart lol.

[@Ak-Ra]

for the last video, yes they became separate. that video is the final arc of part1.5 (before going to part 2) and at that part was about seele and veliona (red seele) a bit spoiler at the first second of that video so somehow veliona memory about seele is being erased/forget thats why veliona said "i will never forget about you" after remember her again ( i just wanna say that, if i say more it wil be full spoiler about that arc xD)

[@alexandermeisinger9478]

I don't know if you already did, but the answers to your "why"'s are probably in the playlist "chronicles" on their channel. And the concerts are awesome too to watch. Seeing the emotions of the singers to the songs

[@crimsonxero5924]

Fun Fact: It's not that those soldiers have shit aim. It's that the bullets literally can't hit her.

[@Talguy21]

So Honkai Impact 3rd had a prequel at one point- I think it got shut down. Kiana didn't save Mei from falling off a roof- Mei jumped. So yeah needless to say that meant a LOT.

[@missycho_2424]

Well GGZ glb and sea servers were shutdown few yrs ago but you can play the game in cn and jp. I don't think GGZ is a prequel, it's more of a parallel to Hi3

[@DrHersh3y]

If you dont already know i'll summerise a bit. Mei and Kiana fought because Kiana's herrscher problems were causing her body to die, like Kiana at best had like a few months to live. So that Male guy (with white hair and blue eyes) gave her an option. To join his organisation (which at that time was believed to be evil) to help him with something and inturn he will help Mei save Kiana from the corruption that was killing her. SO out of desperation and (how Mei always felt that she is the weak one and was constantly being saved by Kiana and others) her being out of options she decided to join the guy's org. but Kiana wouldnt let her go. People were all mad why this fight was unecessary saying 'They could have just talked" but if you know these two's chaarcters enough you would realise Kiana would never stop chasing Mei into not going and Mei would never stop trying so the only way to lose trail and disappear so Mei could find a way was to knock Kiana out cold so she couldnt follow.

[@ulrickvitry]

1:36:56 he killed a lot of childrens, lives, make the third honkai impact happen, put the whole world upside down make a clone of the true kiana just to put one posibility where Kallen live and i respect that even if i saw him i gonna punch him so hard

[@BNuts]

53:44 It's desert, actually. Kevin froze the entire thing. He's the progenitor of House Kaslana, the leader of World Serpent, and the strongest warrior of the Previous Era. The male narrator in _Myriad Celestia: Kyodan_ also has his VA in JP and CN. Bianka 'Durandal' Ataegina is the Current Era's strongest warrior. That batlesuit, Bright Knight: Excelsis, has two spirits that she summons. King has a giant sword, and Queen has a giant shield. It's her second of four batlesuits she has. Kiana and Mei are fighting because they both want to save each other. Kiana is suffering from Honkai poisoning after saving Arc City from the Honkai bomb. Mei wants to stop her from using her Herrscher powers, which will kill her inside of a month because she doesn't just have one Herrscher Core like normal, she had three. Mei made a deal with Kevin to help Kiana by her becoming the Herrscher of Thunder again in order to make the Gem of Conquest appear inside Mei again (Sirin took it from Mei just before _Will of the Herrscher_ , which is why she couldn't fight). But then Mei had to join World Serpent, who had set up the bomb in the first place. Kiana and Mei's backstory is in _GGZ_ , as well as in _Escape From Nagazora_ , one of the prequel manga. If you'll notice in the flashback, Kiana is wearing Mei's hairclip. Mei unfortunately tried to off herself to prevent herself from becoming a Herrscher again, but Kiana stopped her. The song, _Honkai World DIVA_ , is from _GGZ_ , and comes up in every KiaMei moment. There's also some leitmotif from it in _Kyodan_ . Zhou Shen is such an amazing singer, with genius range, and he's a polyglot. He sang _Let It Go_ in multiple languages and dialects. He's so popular, Mihoyo can't get him to sing _Rubia_ at _HI3_ 's concerts _Reburn II_ was revealed at the end of _Starfire Sonorant_ together with the _APHO Chapter 2_ trailer. We. Went. Wild.

[@DrHersh3y]

I stand corrected, that train is indeed very similar to Astral express so my bad on that (This removed the comment ). But it is still true that Reburn 2 is a concept trailer and inturn not cannon. (As unfortunate as it is)

[@rukiakira5757]

28:38 yea, in japanese they called it Houkai not Honkai apparently..

[@gameplaystorage3881]

Funfact: Cn calls it Beng Huai Houkai in jp means Destruction😊

[@SaraGon15]

@@gameplaystorage3881 is the same meaning yep Houkai and Beng Huai

[@agni1962]

Welcome to the game new captain, I suggest you to start with part 2 and then catch up with part 1 and 1.5 when you are waiting for updates in the middle. Just by watching the animations you got so attached to the charcters, u can only imagine how much more you will feel ones you actually play it. Part 1 is not only the best story hoyo has ever written but also one of the best in any game I have ever played. Besides this, knowing the story will also enhance your playthrough of star rail and genshin because u will understand a lot more references, so I sincerely hope that you can find some time for it!

[@BarrtsBR]

I cried the most in Graduation Trip, seeing Kiana having to say goodbye to kiana after all we went trough with her

[@Ak-Ra]

1:37:40 awww man u skip the best moment by closing ur eyes a moment, can blame u thought the music is a really banger i love that music

[@artisan0275]

In HI3 part 2 inside the MC's room you can play the Musics in the background my favourite is Da Capo

[@nicholasmogiba6361]

The story of this game is truly something special

[@Strawberries1994]

Yes, these are in game animations, usually at the end of a chapter.. these are the equivalent to cutscenes in star rail... And yes, the battlesuits are story related.. most are related to the main story, to things from the manga or to things from events (that are like a second storyline happening in a parallel universe, it's called the capitanverse). The outfits are mostly the same, but some are just cute clothes or collabs or are from little events... Bronya is an assassin, that's her backstory, she was trained by mercenaries since birth(before meeting kiana and the others).. her nickname eas the Silver wolf of Siberia. So yeah the silver wolf in star rail IS a Bronya, and her design is based on Haxxor bunny, a Bronya from the capitanverse.

[@akmalmaula3880]

1:31:30 yep, otto was fighting his own self from another timeline that failed if im not wrong and he was become one of them if he failed

[@Talguy21]

Worth clarifying- HSR doesn't have A Welt- it has specifically HI3's Welt. He got isekai'd in the manga or something. He didn't get to be playable in his original game because he's a dude and HI3 had one specific male playable exception to the rule of female PCs, and it wasn't him. Even though he definitely deserved to be playable, obviously. Glad he got that chance to be cool in HSR.

[@FleetOfFog]

Before the events of the story, Bronya was an assassin known as "The Silver Wolf of the Urals". She was tasked with assassinating Cocolia, but was captured by Cocolia instead. Cocolia took her to an orphanage that she ran for children with an affinity for Honkai. She met Seele there at the orphanage.

[@Ilwenray85]

I stopped playing Impact 3rd a looooong time ago, so take this with a grain of salt, the things I know since then come from lore videos or reading the wiki. 38:52 That is the version of Seele we have in Star Rail: more Veliona (the red version) and even has the same Japanese voice actress too than Veliona xD That is why her eyes turn red during her ultimate, and her personality is not the innocent and naïve one but the aggresive one. 54:31 That is Kevin Kaslana, and he is part of all the games in one way or another. In Genshin, before the game released there was a comment in the official twitter saying this in regards to the Traveler: "Don't lose faith in that which you have lost. In this new world, you will never be alone. Where you leave your footprints, and where you have yet to stride - your new world will unfold before you." "Welcome to a new world." - K·K He is also referenced in Star Rail since one of the reactions of Acheron if you play a male character, is to say you remember her of someone she crossed blades with (Kevin) and if you play a female, she will say you remember her of a dearest friend (Kiana) another reference is the new video about Acheron "Kyoden: A Cleave Across the Transient World" his Japanese voice actor is the same, his words are very similar to what Kevin says, and he is called in the credits Shiraga Oni, which means _the white haired oni_ 1:43:41 That Eye... the moment I saw it I thought of both: the eye that sells you dreams in Penacony and the _memothingy_ that killed that girl that I always forget her name. Since the setting is similar philosophically speaken: a virtual reality/world of dreams, that has something in it that can do both: delete/kill the people in it, and reprogram their feelings like we do in Star Rail with the Clock. In fact there is a quest in Star Rail about a famous actor, that points to the fact that you can recreate someone in the dream even after they died in reality based on your memories of them, just like the Elysian Realm is full of the memories of dead people (including the Pink-haired girl you fell in love with, sorry) it wouldn't surprise me if the girl that died in Star Rail was already dead from the beginning xD 1:51:36 That is Kevin. But I love how you made the connection they represent the same xD 1:54:36 I stopped playing long before this, but it was always my impression (I can be mistaken) that he fought them in a: _if you can't beat me just give up, because you won't beat the last boss._ And I am glad you noticed the moon, now think about how the logo of Star Rail is the Astral Express crashing on the moon. Maybe not the same one, but... yeah. And then the title: "The Moon's Origin and Finality" I scratched my head thinking of the Aeon of Finality. 2:00:25 Not only Welt, but his wife too. You know, the one that he left taking care of their son just to save the Himeko of Star Rail? Sometimes I just roll my eyes so hard thinking about it. I love the guy but... damn, he went for milk and never came back xD 2:07:49 That architecture...doesn't remind you of the login screen for Genshin or is just me?

[@PrincessNana08]

Honestly I can't believe I actully finished this game. Kiana has been such a part of my life, she's basically my princess

[@kirinrias6912]

to outfits and battle suits, battlesuits of the same character have new skills/playstyle and so on, and is in most cases related to the story. but a battlesuit can have different outfits, its still the same suit but with different looks, purely cosmetic.

[@LordeChalupa]

Thanks for the info

[@kirinrias6912]

@@LordeChalupaas i watched it in parts its a bit late but kalen was a person who would sacrifice herself for what she saw as right, and Otto basically committed countless atrocities to save her/change the past. So he does exactly what she hates to save her. and is aware of it. therefore "the most selfish thing one can do". ignoring her wish

[@ArkaSkyburner]

Lmao its fine we gain power through tears, welt joined the astral express cause he wanted to make up for his dead student(himeko), seele punching through a dimensional border with just pure desperation, chapter XV CG is not antartica that's africa frozen over by Kevin's presence, the trainlines in graduation trip are the animated short the shorter line is himeko the longer is kiana and friends

[@natasha01108]

The one that you watch "Reburn II" that trailer is more like end of March Arc.. it means end of Star Rail, and they set a new journey back to space.

[@kuroinamida4630]

Meteoric Salvation showed 2 Things: For one it shows that our Tuna is starting to grow up but it also shows that she is starting to walk the path of Kaslana aka sacrificing themselves for everyone else while Mei on the other hand would sacrifice everything just to save Kiana which plays into what happens in Lament of The Fallen. Back in the past Mei wanted to jump off the roof but was rescued by Kiana reachin out her hand and later beating the shit out of her, now its the reversal. Kiana throwing her life away and Mei tries to reach out her hand but Kiana didnt wanna listen, so she beat the hell out of HER while holding back. When Kiana uses her Void Powers, which reduces her Lifespan, thats when Mei snaps and uses her HoT Powers which she didnt want to actually use. Kiana and Mei, the Story of the One who would sacrifice herself to save Everybody and the one who would sacrifice everybody to save THE ONE. as for why Mei is leaving, she allied herself with the "Bad Guys" to help and find a Cure for Kiana which is why she is so pissed during the fighf bc Kiana setting out ob her path with no regards to how Mei is feelin, especially since Mei was looking for Kiana forever aka since Will of the Herrscher Animation, during Arc City Kiana was kinda stolen from right under her nose by Durandal and the she gets a hint that kiana is in Nagazora, where they first met

[@ekkanaserene]

Full play-through when? 😁❤ And yeah, these are all in-game. They act as the story arc finales.

[@LordeChalupa]

I wish I could say soon, but my schedule is sadly packed. So probs not for a bit

[@ineedmorecarrots6063]

fun fact about the himeko in this universe, she's a teacher in a valkyrie school and she's also an alcoholic and whenever she gets drunk she busts in one of her students dorm fully naked and sometimes even at the principal's room trying to give them a smooch

[@ponos8632]

Reburn II is a concept trailer, so i wouldn't take it serious, especially after reading the manga alien space

[@AirisuAsakura]

the way his face dropped when himekos eyes were dull

[@Mecrosofftik]

This AI at 1:48:32 is similar to a relic that gives 1-3 blessings of the chosen path in the virtual world in the hsr

[@Sarge23]

I could listen to fu hua talk all day i love her voice (Yatta!)

[@BNuts]

These animated shorts are generally at the end of chapters, at pivotal moments in the story. And they just keep getting better and better. _Because of You_ is the first one I watched and said "this is perfect." After _Final Lesson_ , Kiana struggled with Sirin for control of her body. There are actually lose conditions for part of this where, if you let her Herrscher Charge get full, Sirin takes over and you get a Bad End. Then Fu Hua steps in, courtesy of her Divine Key, _Fenghuang Down_ 's ability, and she teaches Kiana how to gain more control. After this short, she unlocks her Void Drifter augmented core form from the Valkyrie Ranger battlesuit. Two orange eyes mean Sirin's in control. Two blue eyes mean it's Kiana. One orange and one blue means Kiana's still struggling for control. Keep in mind that in _Meteoric Salvation_ , Kiana face-tanked a massive Honkai-powered explosion after headbutting the bomb to push it further away. The onlookers are a random mother and daughter (a reference to Mei and her mother during _Second Eruption_ ), Rita Rossweisse, and Raiden Mei. Ah yes, the Legendary Kaslana Baseball Bat. It's Kiana's and Kevin's default weapon in _GGZ_ . The mechs in _Meteoric Salvation_ are controlled by World Serpent, although calling them bad guys would be a disservice. There are no straight-out villains in _HI3_ , just protagonists and antagonists.

[@jessica_glass]

The visual storytelling, the art direction, the animations, the compositions, the tension, the gravitas. Modern hoyo could never. Budget and technology mean nothing without good art direction.

[@kosstarYT]

Fontaine is peak though

[@LimePlaysgames-Lime]

It makes me think Herta from Honkai star rail just appeared one day and tugged HI3 Himekos sword away from Kiana. And was like "ah this will will make a fine addition to my curio collection" and they tugged the sword so hard it broke.

[@Zolwiol]

Raiden Mei JP Seiyuu is Sawashiro Miyuki. She's one of my favourite VA's ever when it comes to tragic characters especially.

[@kuroinamida4630]

Himeko was kinda a mother figure for Kiana, which is why she "haunts" her throughout the journey. Himeko knew that she didnt have much longer to live and her using that specific Battlesuit which doubled her output, she knew that this was going to be her last Battle....her Final Lesson. Those Cracks are her Body failing her and when the flames shot out her back, was basically her Body burning away from the inside out, from that point on she was basically driven by pure Will to save Kiana and the Serum she injected was to seal up Sirrin back again inside Kiana, and Sirrin pushing her away you can see Himeko faintly smiling, because she knew that she succeeded in her goal. P.S.: For Cyberangel and Bronya in general, in the Chinese Dub she is voiced by Hanser who also voices her in GGZ and also Silver Wolf aka Bronie (Alt. Bronya in HI3rd) but not HSR Bronya afaik and Hanser is also the one who performed that song. She is also a Vtuber under Contract for VirtuaReal but only streams in Chinese

[@SaraGon15]

If you play it take your time savor it, you wont regret it and if you like the lore with every crucial chapter you are some of them theres a manga attached into it for more details and development etc.. is pretty good.

[@JohnPaulGarcia-fi3pg]

For more feels and wholesomeness, give Cooking with Valkyries s watch. Highly recommended.

[@LordeChalupa]

They have their own cooking show!?😂

[@levi9686]

There's also the Golden Courtyard anime if you want to see Miss Pink Elf cook too.@@LordeChalupa

[@BNuts]

Schicksal had become corrupt and greedy, and when she found out, Kallen started to fight against that. She also heard they were conducting human experiments, and when she caught Otto being involved in them, they fell out. She stole the dark box containing the Herrscher of Corruption because she sensed it was dangerous, and tried to bring it to Fu Hua, who had defeated her in the Schicksal-Shenzou War, but couldn't find her, so she ended up bringing it to Japan, and starting the tragedy at Yae Village. When Otto heard about her difficulties dealing with the Herrscher, he sent her the _Oath of Judah_ , and she used its power to bind the Herrscher. Later, Kallen was captured by Schicksal, and they decided to hang her as a scapegoat for everything that had gone wrong. Kallen agreed to do this because she thought it would save more people. Otto didn't want this, of course, but he couldn't convince his family to spare her. He concocted a plan to release Honkai Beasts into the square as a distracting so he could rescue Kallen and run away, but by the time he arrived, she'd already leaped into the battle and been killed, following the Kaslana oath: Kaslana's may die, but never yield. They are a shield for the people. Otto used Soulium clones to transfer his still-living soul between bodies and keep himself alive for the next 500 years, looking for ways to revive Kallen. In the 1970s, he created a series of clones. A-310 was the most Kallen-like, who said she heard a voice in her head telling her to show mercy and not kill A-303 when ordered. Otto decided to name her 'Theresa', and adopted her as his grand-daughter. He named the clone she'd spared 'Amber,' and she became Otto's personal secretary and assistant, often taking over the running of Schicksal whenever he went off on one of his covert missions. After this short, Amber became Theresa's most capable assistant. Another plot that Otto tried was to tame the Herrscher with the Authority of Death, since she would also have control over Life. He had many inhumane experiments done at the Babylon Labs in Siberia, and in 2000, a young girl named 'Sirin' awakened to Herrscher powers as the Herrscher of the Void. These are the events of _Second Eruption_ , and I highly recommend you read them. After failing to tame Sirin, Otto decided to make clones based on Kiana Kaslana and Sirin, implanting them with Sirin's Herrscher cores. Only one responded: K-423. When Siegfried Kaslana heard about the clone, he and the real Kiana mounted a rescue operation, but in the escape, Kiana was blown out of the shuttle they were using, and Otto had her declared dead. While Sieg resented the clone for awhile as the cause for the loss of his daughter, she proved she had the heart of a Kaslana by trying to protect him, and he gave her his daughter's name. They lived together for awhile, but then Siegfried decided to leave her behind after their emotional attachment caused the Herrscher personality to partially awaken. Kiana's wanderings after would eventually bring her to Chiba Academy in Nagozara, where she would meet Mei and Bronya. Otto's plan here was to use the power of friendship to create a Herrscher with a human heart. Naturally, Kiana and the others resented him for everything he'd put them through, but he didn't care as long as he got Kallen back. As he says in this short, Otto eventually realized that the world would not allow a person to be brought fully back from the dead, they would come back incomplete or wrong, so he decided on a new plot: to, in effect, reverse time, and ensure Kallen never got killed in the first place. At Kalosten, he convinced Theresa and her crew that he was going to sacrifice the world's time to turn back the time at Kalosten so he could go back to the day of Kallen's execution and save her. His real plan was to use the collective powers from Kiana and Bianka to create a wedge so he could create new 'branches' in the Imaginary Tree where Kallen might live, and do so without becoming the Imaginary's slave, like all the other Ottos he ended up fighting. Where Kallen had taken the dark box containing the Herrscher of Corruption, Otto was using the gold box -- the Divine Key called _Void Archives_ that would later use one of his soulium clones to journey to _HSR_ with Welt Yang. _Void Archives_ contains a monstrous amount of information, and because it was made from the Prevous Era's Herrscher of Reason's core, it could use the same powers to recreate copies of the things it knew about. As a sidenote, when she was trapped in the Sea of Quanta, and Bronya came after her originally in _Azure Waters_ , Seele tapped into the database contained in _Void Archives_ to give Bronya the power of _Rebuild_ , which let her create Project Bunny 19C. It's a much weaker version of the Herrscher of Reason's powers. Anyway, in this short, Otto used _Void Archives_ to recreate other Divine Keys: _Judgement of Shamash_ , used by Kevin and Siegfried Kaslana; _Abyss Flower_ , used by Cecilia Scheriac and Bianka Ataegina; _Water's Edge_ , used by Li Sushang; _Oath of Judah_ , used by Kallen Kaslana and Theresa Apocalypse. As these are copies, they aren't as strong as the originals, which were all created in the Previous Era, however even a copy of _Judgement of Shamash_ still has the power to burn almost anything (aside from Herrscher of Sentience in the Pre-Revelation trailer), which is what Otto did to get rid of the giant monster, while also cauterizing his wounds. A reminder that all this time, Otto is still considered to be a normal human. He has been the only one, though, capable of ascending to a higher dimension and directly touch the Imaginary Tree that makes up much of the Honkaiverse's cosmology, and not lose control of himself. And yes, after 500 years, he finally sacrifices himself for Kallen's sake. The man is such a magnificent bastard that he ultimately gives everyone else what they want, and still pulls out a win for himself. Players often hate Otto for all the atrocities he committed, but we also respect the man's persistence, and the fact he tried different things once a plan failed, instead of repeating past mistakes and expecting something different. By the way, Chinese / Shenzou people have problems ponouncing 'Otto Apocalypse,' so they call him 'Raksha' or 'Luocha.' Li Sushang favours calling him 'Raksha.'

[@Strawberries1994]

The one you saw that looked like the trailblazer is Kevin kaslana, the cool white hair dude of the other shorts xD... He is the male version of Kiana... Actually Kevin, Kallen and Kiana are all expys of the same character but from different eras... and in the story Kevin and Kallen are ancestors of kiana. Yes, I know you see him battle Kiana, it has an explanation xD believe me hahah The bate is an Easter egg from their previous game Houkai Gakuen (gun girl z in English) where Kiana and kevin use a bate to fight...

[@kuroinamida4630]

HSR Seele has an Easter Egg towards Veliona during her Ult, her Eyes turn red which is a nod to Veliona

[@drpaimon2369]

Here's a small explanation of the "Honkaiverse", as it's officialy dubbed by Cai Haoyu (one of MiHOYO's founders) and Shaoji (Honkai writer). Sources are either in-game, from the Hoyostans honkaiverse page, or the Hoyodex, which is the most accurate wiki for this. First of all, The Honkaiverse is NOT a multiverse, the idea that it is comes from various metrostations and unfortunate inconsistencies in the localisation. It is a single "universe" at least, it's most comparable to one. The structure of the Honkaiverse is explained through something called *The Imaginary Tree* , (aka the tree of imaginary numbers). I'm not gonna go through details, but as far as we know, it is a multidimensional universe structure, (both spacial and time dimensions) that consists of different "worlds". Every "leaf " on the tree can be considered a "world". Important to note: Within the game a "world" might be called: "a planet", "a system", OR a "universe". For example, in HI3rd there's a concept known as "bubble universes". This term is *Incorrect* . It's not an alternate universe, but another world. As for a correct example: You could say that Jarillo VI and the Blue (Herta space station planet) are on different leaves of the tree. But so are HI3rd's earth and Jarillo VI for example. Interestingly, it is also implied that Earth, Venus and Mars are on different leaves, but there's some discrepancies with this so we don't know for 100% sure. From the information we have now, it is pretty safe to say that *The Honkaiverse* is synonymous with *The Imaginary Tree* . It has been confirmed that different games are all directly connected. (for 4 games specifically it has been confirmed they're on the imaginary tree, for example in dev interviews. This includes HSR, Genshin, HI3rd and GGZ) As I said earlier, The Imaginary Tree consists of different worlds, within the HSR database, it has practically been confirmed that The Astral Express travels to different *WORLDs* on the tree. It has also been confirmed by Shaoji, that with that, HSR has the largest scale for the setting. In theory, the Express could travel to the world of Teyvat from Genshin, or Earth from HI3rd. That is IF the Aeon of Trailblaze ever created imaginary paths to these worlds, as otherwise there's imaginary barriers that are very hard for civilizations to cross. On the tree, parallel, or adjacent worlds might have people with similar fates and similar looks. This is why you see similar character throughout their games. There's also the concept of different time dimensions. As someone else already said in the replies, it a bit like a branch system, where different versions of characters with slightly different fates exist on a different branch in time or in space. Don't worry if you don't understand this part however, as it's just very complicated.

[@jakeblitzcoffie4859]

Ummmm. This isn't entirely accurate. But it's good enough. Also, Genshin is actually is canonically in the SoQ, not the Imaginary Tree. This was stated in one of the behind the scenes videos for the bubble world Rita. Despite being a giant universe larger than normal, due to imaginary barriers, it functions just like a multiverse does. I mean, it's so large that you might as well call them parrelel universes like the manga does. I'm just saying.

[@freakingexcited]

⁠@@jakeblitzcoffie4859Only the English translation of the manga uses parallel universes. The original text in Chinese uses parallel world or galaxies.

[@drpaimon2369]

@@jakeblitzcoffie4859 OMG not you AGAIN? I had a whole argument with you lately in the comments of a yt short, wehre you just kept ignoring significant points and kept reasoning in circles and FAILED to come up with any proper proof, while I quoted about 10 000 words worth of text that stated undeniable facts. I don't get what you don't understand about the CN version just NOT using the entire concept "multiverse" when referring to the Honkaiverse OR the imaginary tree. They are either called: "The universe", OR "The galaxy". As for different leaves, in CN, they *never* use the word *universe, bubble universe, or parallel universe* to refer to different worlds. It's always just *alternate worlds, bubbles, parallel worlds or planets*. The CN version is VERY clear when it comes to distinguishing the term *"multiverse"* and *"universe"*. The term multiverse, is EXCLUSIVELY used for referring to potential universes OUTSIDE of the Imaginary Tree. (Only IX The Nihility and some item descriptions in GGZ mention the possible existence of other universes, but it's made clear that hoyo has never actually done anything with these. We know this because they explicitly use the word *universe* for the imaginary tree and use *another universe* for something outside of the imaginary tree,) In CN: *The Universe = The Honkaiverse = The Imaginary Tree = The Galaxy* ANd: Multiverse = *The *possible* existence of other universes beside the imaginary tree.* And considering that thus far, every leaf/every *world* has been only 1 or a few planets large, NO, it doesn't operate more like a multiverse. And again, don't take the manga translation at face value this one is another example of a mistranslation due to the localisation team not having enough contact with the writers. Once there's one time it's called a parallel universe, the team just uses that whenever to translate "parallel world".

[@drpaimon2369]

@@jakeblitzcoffie4859 Oh and just one little side note, you are correct about Genshin being shown in that scene, but I was referring to a presentation given by Cai Haoyu where he explained how they were creating a honkaiverse and said that Genshin Impact would also place on the tree. There's also the case of the All Devouring Narwhal, it is said to come from "the sea of stars" just as it is explained how the travelers were travelling the "sea of stars" before landing on Teyvat. Interstingly the "sea of stars" is also a term used in HSR to refer to the universe. AND there's a description in one of the events that states there are "giant whales adorned with light swimming across the starry seas of the universe".

[@jakeblitzcoffie4859]

@drpaimon2369 Bruh. Bubble universes/worlds vary in size, and the SoQ is confirmed infinite as well as the Imaginary Tree. How wouldn't you count that as a multiverse? Also, what makes it such is the branches, which are timelines with expys on them. The way the branches work is explained in Ggz. CN translation rarely uses the word multiverse when describing one. The concept of how a multiverse functions is different in CN translation because they use the multiple worlds interpretation instead of multiple universes one. When they say Honkai universe, they are referring to the Honkai Verse specifically. That's like me referring to the DC universe's verse. I would say the DC universe. But DC still has a multiverse. The only thing that's different here is how the two function. Like I've said before, imaginary barriers make it next to impossible to cross into another part of the Honkai universe, and because the Imaginary Tree is infinite, there is no end to the Honkai universe. The reason I have a huge problem with people saying that Welt just traveled from Earth through the galaxy is because of how imaginary energy works. Also, because Ggz, Hi3, and HSR are connected, you would have had massive overlap by now. There are so many large-scale battles with higher dimensional beings taking place that for it all to be in one irl type universe wouldn't make any sense. Where are the Outer Gods in Star Rail? Where are the Honkai and the Herrschers? Where is the CoF? Where is the WoH? See what I mean? There's a huge issue with interpretation here. If the Swarm Disaster really killed 2/3 of the entire universe, someone from Hi3 should have heard about it by now. And It's never once brought up in Ggz either, which is important because Ggz has the higher scaling and highest level beings in Hoyoverse as a whole. Literally, the beings that created the Imaginary Tree come from Ggz. So, to say Welt can just go back to Earth from where he currently is is just stupid. Again, the presence of the Aeons would've been brought up in Hi3, but instead, we have an alien god that romes around the Imaginary Tree and seeks to embrace worlds via destroying and resetting them. Finality is the highest authority in Hi3 so far, and still zero mention of the Aeons despite the fact that Finality has been everywhere in the Imaginary Tree, which is basically confirmed in the Second Key manga. There is simply too much going on in each game for there not to be overlap if it's all just a regular sized universe where you can travel anywhere using the Astral Express. This is why calling it a multiverse doesn't bother me. If it functions like one, just call it such. People make the CN translation way too big of a deal when it's really not. As long as someone gets the terminology, there's no issue. Just let people enjoy the lore and story without shoving all this mistranslation stuff in their faces. Yes, the EN isn't perfect, but you guys act like the EN is an entirely different lore. It doesn't take away from the story, and it is completely fine to use EN for lore. Anyway, that's enough of this topic for me. Have a good day. 👍

[@P4trickSt4rmie]

The robot from reborn is on Welts phone case the guy who wrote Himeko’s chapter is doing Penacony