Why March 7th Mastering Swordplay Is Crucial! | Honkai: Star Rail Theory

[@bluecat3338]

My Name For Now having a video about why March’s name is just her name for now is galaxy brain

[@partiallywhole]

_claps ceremoniously_

[@SlySonic-xo6gz]

I believe March has muscle memory of sword play from her past life, and thats why she's getting through her sword training so fast. Her body remembers what her mind forgot.

[@DragonMJE]

Yep, I agree.

[@nicolailaude1891]

If March = Cupid, Ares = March's past, is her future connected to Cupid's mother Aphrodite, or as we know her in Star Rail, Idrila????

[@yahelintesorero4451]

There are theories from last year that relate March with Idrila

[@jerryeljeremy7790]

I think they are setting up March, TB, and Dan Heng for Amphoreus. All of them got their "buff", now imagine if the three get separated and we get 3 different POV of all main characters in different places.

[@GReyn]

​​@@yahelintesorero4451 this, many relate March with Idril, Beauty.. It makes sense.. Idrila missing, March frozen and Fuli locked her memories.. All of her traits relates to flower, love, which fits Beauty.. Aphrodite & Cupid.. Argenti keeps on looking for Idrila, but keeps on bumping into March (a bit of a stretch here) Edit: If you don't like talking about leaks, skip the text below.. It is not confirm, but everyone has been talking about this on the internet.. What made me curious is the talk of the next region & MC Path going around the internet.. They talk about a region related to Greek / Roman, and the MC will have new path based on Remembrance.. If this is true, we might get March's lore..

[@yahelintesorero4451]

@@GReyn yeahI like your theory, but if it turns out that March is related to Amphoras and if she ends up being a fighter, the possibility of her being Idrila would be ruled out.

[@Light15XV]

Wait…you cooking here. Holy

[@MariaFernanda-hp9sr]

Thanks for bring a March 7th theory, I've always been thinking my girl is important lore-wise since her color palette, and her hobby of taking photos everywhere... as the lightcones. Now I'm even more convinced about it!

[@arber7240]

Big hairy xiao cannot hurt u he is not real Big hairy xiao:

[@queenowo6486]

YESS THIS IS THE MARCH LORE SPECULATION I HAVE BEEN CRAVING. The idea that she is the aeon of beauty in some why has always stuck with me, since the word beauty or pretty can be found in her skill descriptions/eidolon. And besides preserving memories sees the beauty in everything, hence why she likes taking photos! Also her in being frozen in ice can be seen as a sleeping beauty in someway? There isn’t much to the theory but I like it anyway. Thanks for the deep dive xoxo (Also she’s super beautiful inside and out but that’s a given.)

[@thou_narsty_gremlin]

march 7th really gonna be the personification of "All's fair in love and war" and "Cute Aggression"

[@DragonMJE]

She is a cool character tbh.

[@spreadhappiness3250]

I never noticed the cupid thing but it makes so much sense.

[@Spookimooni]

Wait if march= Greek god what does that mean for the literal Greek themed planet we’re going to? That’s also on the path of remembrance and like others? So much to think abt

[@pvrplesky]

the way i see march 7th is like Anby from zzz. no known info of their past, adopt their names from the faction they joined to (Anby Demara being the name that Nicole gave to her after joining Gentle House) and always love some form of media (?) like march with photography and Anby with films.

[@ShirouE]

You reminded me to go do my ZZZ dailies thanks a lot lol

[@pvrplesky]

@@ShirouEnp bro😂

[@ReverseElectro]

Ngl, you mentioning Artanis almost brought a tear to my eye. I remember him from StarCraft II and Heroes of the Storm, and how fun it was playing him back then those days. Genuinely one of the best memories of my life with my friends. It really sucks what happened to Blizzard, they were at the top of the Gaming Industry's Everest. How far the mighty has fallen...

[@DragonMJE]

Zeratul vs Artanis is still one of the best cutscenes in the history of video games.

[@GitGud-y9b]

Zeratul saying "My life for Aiur" before charging to his death still gives goosebumps to this day.

[@DragonMJE]

Yup, true nostalgia for something that was a masterpiece of its time.

[@GReyn]

The whole thing about roman & greek myths, makes me wonder.. There were talks somewhere in the internet that said the next main region in 3.0 is greek/roman myth related, and the next MC path is related to remembrance.. I wonder if we'll get March's lore there.. And if we somehow get to know march's real name and form there, i bet it will be another Danheng & DHIL situation..

[@Xolents]

2:15 MAX FRIENDSHIP MAX INVESTMENT XIAO!!! *NOWAYING*

[@sen_sui888]

This is what you get after spending more than 100k resin in Vermillion domain

[@Carrotto]

LAMENT

[@DragonMJE]

Never ask a Xiao main how much resin they spent on Vermillion.

[@knightofwisdom8851]

XIAO YOU ARE HUGE

[@sand2358]

Where’s Waldo but instead of Waldo, it’s Xiao, and you need a magnifying glass

[@Yuki_Ika7]

Lol

[@liamcfl]

@@sand2358 but only when he is bond level one, he gets larger exponentially

[@SilverLawrenceGamingg]

Love when march and caelus spend more time together, they are too funny

[@DragonMJE]

True

[@gustavju4686]

Wish Dan Heng was around more, but he did get to spend most of the main story (2.4) with the TB.

[@DrCocofruit]

Perhaps her home was the planet once sheltered by The Beauty? cus if beauty and lethality, love and war are the central themes about March, Idrila and Nanook both having a relation to her and/or her homeworld could be fitting

[@genshin_lore_enjoyer]

As match 7th enjoyer 20 minutes of based info

[@Benlego2017]

makes sense march is essentially mitsei nanatsuki just as kiana and paimon are all the front face of their games

[@christianaguilar8484]

0:20 Marika, come get your half-brother, he's in the wrong game.

[@animeturnMMD]

Starblaizer put your foolish ambitions to rest!!!

[@robertorange]

What if March 7th did something so horrible such as killing an Aeon or making a war against them, (maybe that is why Idrila or Akivili disappeared) that she got freezed by Fuli to capture everything and secure the memories, maybe that is why the garden of recollection that are close and emanators of Fuli the rememberance don't want her to know her past since she could destroy everything with her original conscience

[@collector153]

18:39 OMG OMG OMG YOU TOOO OMG SUNDAY AND MARCH ARE ALSO MY FAVORITE 😍!!!!

[@saigonoryuu3101]

I think march is heavily related lore wise to Lan. Think about it, despite forgetting everything how does march know how to use the bow? That’s suspicious. And now she seemingly easily acquired the hunt path just like the video mentions. I think fuli protected her somehow: maybe march was meant as a sacrifice to defeat aeon of abundance idk also if u look at the color palette of Lan, you can see it suspicously resembles march 7 base form.

[@Maremaredaze]

It's very interesting how everyone aboard the Express has died and been reborn in some shape or form, like Pom-pom is a Charon of sorts

[@hermdude]

March 7th is just the Archer of HSR. You can say that the Unlimited Blade Works route being chosen as the collab out of the 3 routes (or even Fate/Zero or FGO) isn’t coincidental. Eventually she’ll have her own Noble Phantasm.

[@nonenoninomae]

You were SO CLOSE to link it to another theory. But in fact. There's another blatant reference to Greek/Roman mythology in Honkai... And it's Elysia, with the obvious reference to the Elyseum Plains. Elysia, who also used a bow. There's so many things we could say about this.

[@cklaighe]

OMG. Watching this especially in the end, then Amphoreus reveal and how many are already saying its already gone by the time we reach it but sort of simulating it in an elysium. Your outro fits everything perfectly

[@Weremole]

Well, we are going to the unexplored planet of "Amphoras" next to refuel the express so that's neat.

[@whimsicottdaily]

surprised you didnt mention eileen from the hsr cbt, she's like a draft/a complete form for march 7th who looks extremely similar to kiana, the same design also appears in an hi3 animated short called reburn II. the only conclusion i could draw from this was that march is maybe a kiana expy but there's definitely much more to find out from it (if you haven't watched it already)

[@DedeTheHut]

Eileen and Ailing (Chinese Version) are both names associated with Love. Ailing in Chinese roughly means "Exquisite Love". So the Cupid comparison still fits perfectly fine.

[@whimsicottdaily]

@@DedeTheHut i think the name eileen means beauty and not love so u can maybe draw a parallel w/ Venus who is cupid's mother, and i havent found any info on ailing apart from 爱 (ai) meaning love. in any case the cupid thing is still very much there which is. Crazy kind of

[@9Tailsfan]

Just a few corrections. The General didn't craft that sword. Yunli's dad did. But he made a backup just in case, something happened to the original prize. Yangqing is not a constant. He's like the Master of Ceremonies.

[@ItsOkayToBeThis]

March is also my favorite. My cat Thursday March 7th is proof 😂. To be fair he's named partially after my first cat I named when I was 2, (her name was Tuesday).

[@misamisaa4547]

Bestie does a video on a character in Chinese game, uses her Japanese name as evidence /j Jokes aside, the video was great! March is really such a great character! When I first started I thought she's like the trailblazer (aka synthetically created so she doesn't remember anything 'cuz there's nothing to remember) but shelved it as I got further into the story & instead decided she's an aeon 'cuz I love her and want her to be the most OP character

[@ericmabry1752]

also the alternative meaning of the tsuki kanji is month

[@SonicGintoki]

Please do more Star rail content! I love this game!

[@DedeTheHut]

Unfortunately, non-Genshin videos perform 10x worse (sometimes even more).

[@fatuusdottore]

I loved Penacony so much. Also guy @1:38 kinda has Dottore's hair. And Dottore should be everyone's favourite. ❤

[@ashleighcalvert8937]

I was always confused why she said that no great warrior used a bow and arrow because we have a GOD, Lan of the Hunt, uses a bow. But as a hint of her lore is great. I wonder if her home world will be a Greek/Roman inspired planet

[@fazx9696]

Btw there's some leaks that the next planet is based of the greek culture and it also was never visited by the nameless so it could possibly be related to march with this theory

[@raiarthur7873]

March is such a Pisces though so she was probably born on March.... Also the original and new planets that used to govern pisces... And pisces being the dreamers and the last of the astrological signs.... And the two fishes where one is the goddess Aphrodite aka venus and the other her child eros aka cupid ... Hmmmmmm......

[@jackinuzuki2890]

Amphoreus(the next world) is greek inspired with baths😳😳

[@ahzayamackie8881]

I completely agree with the whole video. Edit: I love this video, I love learning more about March

[@Abood-uj6cf]

i am so happy to see a star rail video i would love to see your analysis on penocony (i would love to see how you view nihility and the answer against it)

[@adc2422]

7:42 Explains how March's Japanese name translate to "Beautiful Moon" and cut's to the Expy of Otto staring into the camera. HI3rd veterans: "Aw shit, here we go again."

[@letrying2633]

She was a planet all along

[@Yuki_Ika7]

Here is a thought, i wonder if March's homeworld was the one we are heading to next, the one Black Swan recommended

[@TheTenzen12]

I can see these references are valid and it certainly broaden horizons, but I still do missed why is her mastering swordplay is supposed be crucial.

[@DragonMJE]

"No great warrior uses a bow" -- March 7th

[@TheTenzen12]

@@DragonMJE I remember that part? Whether something is crucial is not determined by the past, but by achievement. Does her learning swordsmanship help her achieve something, that she couldn't by using a bow? If she became "great warrior" by her (and Spartans) standards what it would change?

[@mariaantonia-op8qc]

​@@TheTenzen12 I thought he meant it was crucial as in a crucial piece of evidence that she was a "true warrior" before, since she had such an easy time picking up the sword it strengthens his theory.

[@ahzayamackie8881]

1:20 100% agree

[@venchris5062]

Liking both Artanis and March at the same time, truly I feel called out but happy i am not alone.

[@knightofwisdom8851]

Imagine the one who defeats Nanook is March,not TB 😂

[@hermdude]

The Astral Express 307 is will take you on a journey, a never ending journey. A journey to the stars~

[@sigit2u]

Imho March could be the remain of Aeon of Beauty that Argenty worships so fervently.

[@macabre21A]

That's what day 1 Xiao looks like

[@yavnrh]

Given that 3.x will be remembrance themed, I hope we will learn more about March's past. Or maybe even get her 5-star true form? 😊

[@partiallywhole]

She used a bow before Now she uses twin blades Idk, maybe next time she's gonna learn to use swords as a projecti- WAIT SHE'S A NAMELESS TOO MARCH IS EMIYA VARIANT CONFIRMED!?!?!?

[@TimMre]

I remember someone saying when in rome to pom-pom and pom-pom responded with rome? As if he's never heard of it

[@electron75]

March's real name is Eileen, the unreleased and unused character in HSR v0.56 CBT which used March's beta assets and art. She will be the 5 star version (lightning) of March 7th and she will be released when March's story is completely revealed. This is the truth, this is no delusion.

[@DedeTheHut]

Eileen and Ailing (Chinese Version) are both names associated with Love, so the Cupid comparison still fits perfectly fine.

[@electron75]

@@DedeTheHut oh i see, the more you know I guess.

[@boxhead2198]

I came here looking for a Star Rail theory but instead I'm greeted by "the sheer masculine of Xiao's energy is enough to get the ladies pregnant just by being in the vicinity" ...... ooooookaaaaay

[@nonenoninomae]

KEVIN MENTIONED. KEVIN MENTIONED. I REPEAT!

[@YuaHaruna]

i love March haha she embodies the persona i have within

[@rinoakirova1548]

If any part of this March/Greek connection turns out to be true, there's a big chance we'll learn about it during 3.0, since the next planet seems to be Italy/Rome-inspired.

[@zieek1]

Great video, thank you. Would you be willing to make an Elysia video, from Honkai Impact 3rd. I hope she and March are connected in lore somehow.

[@escanormusic]

This was so interesting!! I’ll forever be annoyed that they just dropped March and Yunli from the Wardance with no explanation, like I enjoyed the event, but what was it for? We couldn’t even see her compete in the early stages?

[@yogfan1139]

(SLIGHT SPOILERS MAYBE???) remember when you said at the end there "planet based on greek mythology" there are rumors that state amorpheous our next destination IS LITERALLY GREEK CENTRIC. HOW DID YOU GUESS THIS?! this area is def gonna be where this story ramps up so many notches its gonna be hard hitting in the heart! If this is the case then connections to this theory will only be strengthened.

[@superherofan9425]

Ok so I am not smart enough to figure out if this also connects to March, Cupid and Ares, but at the very least Aphrodite (known to the Romans as Venus, mother of Cupid) ALSO had a warlike version known as Aphrodite Areia: basically she was definitely still the goddess of love and beauty but also war. Wanna know the really cool part? She was worshipped as Aphrodite Areia in several city states, including Thebes, Cyprus, Taras... and oh you know, this little city state known as Sparta. There is a theory that Aphrodite as a goddess was sort of taken from older goddesses, one of whom is Ishtar from Mesopotamia, who was also a goddess of love AND war. So basically at some point some of the Greeks were like 'how can our goddess of love and beauty also be the goddess of war???' and essentially stripped the warlike part from her, though I am not well versed enough in the mythology to be able to confirm or deny if her history was why she was still heavily associated with Ares (Mars in Roman mythology), who was the god of war, or if in Sparta for example she still had close ties to Ares even while still being a war goddess. I also do not know if any group of the Romans also worshipped her Roman counterpart as a goddess of war. Now that I am done infodumping, thank you so much for the video, I am so so sorry if I am the 500th person to make this comment, and March IS the best hands down.

[@TheChrowne]

You're cooking so hard omg

[@sammai4067]

I call her June 7th, since her official announcement was that date lol

[@spartantraveler7251]

Nah March is training to fight Firefly to determine who's the best waifu. Dual swords vs dual swords.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

Both are the best, the Trailblazer has 2 hands after all!

[@austinmartin612]

If you look at Firefly and March's eyes they're the exact opposite in color gradient. One is Fire, one is Ice. One is Destruction, one is Preservation(default form anyway).

[@letrying2633]

Considering march became a playable boss character in her event, im sure she's fine

[@thekakavashachronicles]

chung myung uses blossoms for genocide so march is definitely gonna be good

[@Luke27WT]

5-star march 7 will be real at some point, and i REALLY hope that she will be crazy (don't ask why)

[@WhiteGold-tg1qj]

It's good that you are making more videos about topics other than Genshin. I don't mean this in a demeaning way, but the hard truth is you've unintentionally cultivated an audience of people who will literally never watch anything you put out if it is not Genshin-related. Those are by far the worst type of viewers to have. And it shows because regardless of how much effort you put in, even if a non-Genshin video is of equal or higher quality than its counterparts, it will always perform worse. I hope you don't take this the wrong way, I actually think you are doing the right thing. It will take a while, but it's better to start early. I've been noticing it with your Elden Ring videos too recently. *Edit:* Also, I like the idea of March belonging to a Greek/Spartan planet. It would be a cool twist.

[@GitGud-y9b]

Nah, you cooked. I 100% agree.

[@SumiSakurasawa-uv1yt]

Yep, sad truth but he should keep going in this direction even if it is hard at first.

[@arber7240]

I mean why watch a lore video of a game u dont play? Im watching this and his genshin lore videos cuz i am interested in those games lore, im not interested whatsoever in elden ring though so why would I ever watch that?

[@WhiteGold-tg1qj]

@@arber7240 It's not your fault. You shouldn't waste your time watching anything you don't like/care about. However, the point of my comment is that viewers like you only watch a hyper-specific form of videos, which means that these types of viewers are only there for the game and not the channel itself. That's why I said they are by far the worst demographic of viewers since they insta-kill the channel if the game suddenly dies off. Again, the point of what I am saying isn't to guilt trip you into watching something you don't want to watch. I actively discourage that. Don't watch anything you don't like. Regardless, I watch this guy because I enjoy his ideas/gameplay so I think his slow transition from Genshin exclusivity and filtering out the trash is good.

[@GitGud-y9b]

@@arber7240 You shouldn't. Don't watch anything that you don't want to watch. The comment wasn't about you tho, so I am not sure why you're self-inserting.

[@animeturnMMD]

I the Darkgrim future of the Honkai Galaxy there is only war among the waifus, husbandos and occasional antropomorphic furries.

[@herrschersfool]

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO

[@randeegaming6776]

Heh an archer with two swords and a red coat

[@DragonMJE]

Emiya?

[@randeegaming6776]

@@DragonMJE yes. an archer with two swords and a red coat. is that not march 7th's description?

[@Zetejone]

I think it's funny how they baited us. Like for sure she's still gonna get a 5* version with her real name and that's what everyone expected so they gave us this. And a lot of people actually think that's the only march variant we're going to get

[@kiwiseed7563]

the assassins' creed odyssey music in the back is distracting me so much ... i love that song to much to ignore lol

[@AHAB-conscious]

i think another youtuber threaned you, while you where describing xiao

[@Infelious]

Simple comment here, March is cute.

[@benjaminsimpson6254]

Orsted fans unite!!

[@nonenoninomae]

I mean... Dan Heng was removed from protagonist when you limit his alternate forms to Gacha. Welt and Himeko are not given for free, so they aren't also. Only March and the Trailblazer are the main characters cause the game gave them to us by free and their alternate forms too.

[@Goldenfire49]

Great Video. Sadly. I still hate March 7th with a burning passion. To the point where I often say I like Pydmon over March.

[@DragonMJE]

Do you think she is annoying? I hate Paimon since she ruins the tension in Genshin's story, but March is actually adorable. However, I can see why March might seem annoying or cringe to some people.

[@Goldenfire49]

@@DragonMJE It's a combination of annoying and there is often not an option to be actually mean or dismissive of / to her.

[@gustavju4686]

Wah? Paimon is a lot worse 😅

[@Artorias93]

I need this man in my kitchen he can COOK

[@gustavju4686]

Wait, Mt. Sumeru?

[@xelloskaczor5051]

Idk about the whole "Kevin had a good lore", he was IN it but did he rly have a good part... u just like the big sword and edgy coats don't lie to us.

[@navatheramenguy3127]

Watching this after the next story was announced and if march isn't the focal point of literally space greece/Rome I am going to uninstall the game Coping for a 5* alt

[@hoque_01]

diet is wild.😂

[@Roihclem871]

When you gonna name the channel?

[@The1andonlysharpshooter]

Xiao could get anyone pregnant. No matter the laws of the world.