Why Sampo's Fourth Wall Break is Cool || Honkai: Star Rail Lore

Its the cutscene that caught us all off guard, it's the Sampo Koski cutscene that Hoyo just kind of threw into the ending of Jarilo-VI with literally zero fanfare. It does something that I think is really interesting and is something that I wanted to talk about briefly.
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[@Fantomyogurt]

This scene caught my attention so much since it’s so off putting to have a character just turn around and speak with the player, wether they are actually aware of the fact they’re in the game or if it’s just part of the performance. I really also want to know how much sampo knows about everything he’s so interesting (and I hate him for that, COME BACK AND GIVE US ANSWERS SAMPO)

[@marenjones6665]

Aha is described in-universe, to 'never give you up, let you down, run around, or desert you.' I think we can safely assume that he can break the fourth wall.

[@hisao-1428]

I think the knowledge about the fact that it is a fictional universe exists in the universe. Just look at Silver Wolf. She has access to the coding of the build lol.

[@Dubstepper]

One thing you missed - one of Stelle's dialogue options when you talk to March after the cutscene is "I dreamed about Sampo"

[@Pyramid789]

Isnt sampo part of a faction which lives for entertainment. Maybe its normal for them to have a audience watching you throughout the universe

[@nayukaniii]

Hey theres something very interesting about sampo on jarilo VI. If you teleport to the central Plaza waypoint in the administrative district and walk directly north up the stairs you will see Chavez (Enthusiastic Man). He talks about a group of people that were scammed by the “blue haired swindler”. If you ask how he was scammed he tells the trailblazer that he was sold a “parallel universe printer” and sampo tells him about parallel universes, aeons and parity anomaly. I think you should make an updated theory on sampo with this info and piece the puzzle that is sampo

[@darkdude1996ify]

Right before this dream, there is a callback to what Kafka says during the opening (the "all questions will be answered in the end" thing). When I first played through the story, I thought this scene was meant to answer questions and I was so damn confused when it didn't answer a single damn thing and just created more questions...

[@shellkai369]

I know it's been 7 months since you made this but.... Sampo also interacts with Jarilo in a weird way, as in... Sampo doesn't leave footprints in the snow, while every other character does. I do appreciate your deep dive, it was very interesting to listen! I personally really like Sampo being involved in many things throughout the stories, even after Jarilo, on the Xianzhou we had a note from him, and now, 2.0 trailers, have been heavily imbued with Sampo presence. so yeah, thanks for the great listen, I appreciate!

[@insertnamehere1398]

Guesss who’s giggly little voice snuck into phantylia’s theme

[@soyabean1793]

Sampo is actually on the path of elation an is responsible for making all the references

[@sakiamira]

Fun fact: Many Sampo haters converted to Sampo simps after this ONE cutscene.

[@littlelw319]

couple of things i hope Sampo will be

[@CelesNihility]

Since you watched Central Finite Curve's video, you probably saw my comment on his video, so I won't repeat the exact same words here.

[@mayamoon9207]

This scene has to be my favorite in the whole game so far. It's funny and it raises so many questions both about Sampo and the world of Star Rail.

[@krys9463]

Sampo, yet another suspicious wind character who likes to mess with people XD Can't say this is going to be another pattern Hoyo likes to use in their games but still I find it funny. (There's only been two characters, so can't call it a pattern)

[@prophetkat]

There are some people that think Sampo is a stelleron hunter, the "Sam" mentioned at one point. I dont see why he couldn't be both a masked fool and a stelleron hunter. Maybe he was hired as part of elios script?

[@whistlegirl5726]

Oh, I completely forgot about the original definition of "comedy" :D And now the fact that one of HSR trailers is called "Space Comedy" popped into my head.

[@calzy_2]

This scene is just constantly on my mind and is also the reason why sampo is my favorite character right now I am really excited to see more of sampo in the future

[@paullockwood7435]

Hey, great video, just one question, did anyone else get the callback to Midsummers Night's Dream? Sampo, to me, hits more like Puck in this than anything else. He knows there is an 'audience' but doesn't really care about the "who are they" question insomuch as "do they like the show" question. You could extend the metaphor to Aha's two groups being similar to the Summer and Winter courts; but that might be a bit much until we know more about them.

[@snonyabeeswax]

sampo and pinkie pie are both good ec