Tell me about it, to this day I have no fucking clue what was going on there... (Still hoping for a PS4/5 port, neither my PC nor my phone can handle these games)
@@SonnyFRST mei use the remaining data of her memories and the flamechaser to revive elysia so that she can erase the elysian realm along the hersher of corruption, mei go out of the reaalm and elysia before erasing the realm, she has her last "dance party" with the remaining memories of the flamechasers against the hersher, erasing the hersher, the realm and themselves.
At the end in the credits the scenes really illustrate the human side of most of the flame chasers. Pardofelis, playing with stray cats when she was living on the streets Griseo with her parents Mobius and Klein Kosma and Dystopia Kalpas in the orphanage Sakura with her sister Rin, who would eventually be killed by her comrades after becoming the host for the 12th Herrscher. Eden, singing her last song to a desolate world Su and one of his patients Aponia, using her power to make sure that humanity passes painlessly during their defeat at the hands of HotE. Fu Hua at the Dojo before her life was turned upside down. Vill-V with each of her personalities reflected in the mirrors. And then there’s Kevin, fighting a honkai beast with nothing but a baseball bat.
This is the song, of the girl who loved humanity. And the song of the thirteen who fought for the future. Do you choose to walk in the same path as them? Or do you choose to diverge from said path? Either way, you're granting their wishes. A future.
@Gottes God that’s the best thing about art though, it’s about how you interpret it in your own way! You’re projecting your refusal or inability to read & interpret the medium as a way of feeling superior to others seems kinda silly, don’t you think?
i personally used to skip the opera bits because in earlier videos the volume was way louder on them and it actually just hurt my ears. a lot better now, and i don't skip them any more!
elysia is the christ of honkai, she is the daughter of god (imaginary tree), she has 12 apostles, 1 judas, a crown of thorns, her pure love for humanity, her last banquet and her sacrifice to bring hope to the people of the next era, elysia has never been human but has always been a herrsher since her birth SHe wanted to create his own paradise (elysian realm)
Yes! Elysia is Hoyovere's twist on Jesus Christ. Elysia even ressurects in the cinematic: 3 chapters - kind of like 3 days of death in the Bible. Her cartoon chibi short has her younger self walking in a ruined city, all dirty and tattered. (She was "born human" and took on the blame and was killed later in life.) Biblically, God is the groom and Humanity is his bride. Elysia is the inverse being the bride marrying humanity - the groom. (That's why she has a wedding dress) I love Elysia. She is also the #0th Herrscher. (I guess Alpha and Omega. It Starts and Ends with Elysia - said Kevin.) P.S. out of all the cutscenes, this battle was the most decisive of them all... Elysia was just that damn powerful, her kiss/wink Godray attack showed so much sass.... like she is now finally showing her true self. (Absolutely powerful) Compared that to Everlasting Flames - that was a tough fight.
Fun fact. The code you can see bottom left is actual code. You can see how the enemy Herrscher attacks and cripples Elysia. Pretty cool in my oppinion.
@@Kryto_Gaming Someone broke it down in the comments of the cinematics. Basically it erases components which relates to what Elysia has taken away from her (her eye, her bow, her arms)
Of all those featured Flame Chasers, the one that would maybe resonate with you the most is Eden (long, maroon hair and dress). She was an incredibly popular vocalist/artist in the previous era, until the 7th Herrscher destroyed Sydney and turned the rest of Australia into a fiery wasteland. She joined the fight to try and stop Honkai after that. When they lost to the Herrscher of the End, and those few survivors were loading into cryo pods to wake in the future and help rebuild humanity, she chose instead to stay, believing that she belonged to her era and that she should die with it. She walked out into the desolate, wasteland alone full of deadly honkai radiation, singing her final song to humanity and her era.
what’s more is that she’s an opera singer!! despite agents telling her that no one listens to opera anymore, she was determined to ‘find her own stage‘ and broke through as probably the most famous and influential singer of that era. her story is beautiful even through its tragedy
Seconding this sentiment! Without giving away any specific details, Eden truly believes in the power of art and her story resonates with that feeling. Such was the gift of the golden diva, that "heavenly voice", much like her likely namesake, the Garden of Eden. As a player who got attached to learning about all the Flamechasers the more I played through and read their stories, Eden's I think made me cry twice because I felt her a lot (as well how she moved those whose lives she touched too). Truly an artist. I can see why she was loved deeply. There's beautiful moments in the story (both the main story and in the Elysian Realm interactions & memories) about that philosophy of hers and reading about it was a deeply moving experience I cherish. So beautiful.
To add even more context, she wasn't just singing for humanity and the past era. In fact that was probably more of a surface level reason/excuse. She actually stayed to be with and to sing for her dear friend Elysia.
She feels like if Jesus in a anime waifu 🤣 with the eternal love like Jesus, a herscher and human at the same time (Jesus is 100% God and 100% human%), there are 13 flamechaser (including elysia) and there are 12 students of Jesus
To be fair, apart from Cyberangel which was pure hype, which MiHoYo animation hasn't made everyone cry like a baby? I feel like that's just the risks that come with watching a MiHoYo animation at this point xD
@@triopsate3 At this point whenever there's a new cinematic I'm less curious if I'll cry or not, because I know I will, but what sort of tears will those be. Because it's not just sadness, it's all kinds of emotions from loss to "I'M SO PROUD OF YOU KIANA LET'S FREAKIN GOOO!!". I've never cried to any piece of media as much as I do to this dumb game lol.
An interesting little detail is that the creature controlling that digital world had gained such control it could even rewind time and rewrite reality, but when Elysia is talking about "moving forward" and the creature tries to rewind time, she ACTUALLY CHASTISES IT and forces time to keep moving forward. Such is her power.
As always, you've picked up on the majority of the context through the lyrics and the music! There's a few more bits of context that can't be gleaned from the video which might be of note: (spoilers for Honkai Impact 3) The Flamechasers were the heroes of a previous era of humanity, that was destroyed by Honkai long ago. They ultimately failed to save humanity from the honkai, and as the last Herrscher appeared and made the planet uninhabitable, most of them died buying time for what remained of humanity to go into cryosleep, which lead to the current era. Elysian Realm is a digital reconstruction of these thirteen Flame Chasers, to tell the story of their lives, their happiness and sadness, and victories and griefs, not just the cold facts that they had fought and lost. The digital copy of Elysia, the main character of this animated short, had been guiding Raiden Mei (from Honkai World Diva) about the Realm to tell her about these thirteen people and by extension, the struggles and pride of the Previous Era. In particular, Elysia herself was a Herrscher, with the power to be human - and she sacrificed herself to let all future Herrschers (such as Mei) the opportunity to stay human instead of becoming slaves to a power that wishes solely to destroy. (cutting out everything but the most pertinent information-) The Elysian realm is invaded by an AI Herrscher which wishes to devour the entire world and everyone with it, and after much sacrifice and with the remainder of the flame chasers being consumed by the Herrscher of Corruption, Elysia makes the choice to fight against it alone, to restore her friends for one last battle (that they had never done before) before she destroys the Elysian realm to stop the Herrscher escaping. And she knows the world is in good hands, because Mei and her friends are there to guide this story to a happy ending. Letting go of the past for the new future to be told by the younger generation...
Amazing explanation, you are the only one I've seen out sooo many people and specially out of 4 youtubers that cover honkai lore notice that it was Elysia that freed future Herrschers from becoming slaves of destruction.
The story of nameless girl thad once awaken in the forest, she was bring to village by man and live there in orphanage, but she was different than others, always smiled and cherish. Once she get book about man who goes on the yourney to find his paradise, but he never find it, insteed he meet more people who goes with him to search, in the end they created their own paradise together, their Elysium. Elysia chosed her name and the same as a man from the story, she also go on the same yourney, where she meet all sorts of people, some of them were good, others bad, some helped her others not, some were honest, others lied to her, but she still loved them all. After her yourney she chose to become a Moth member and fight for humanity... even so she never was a human in the first place, yet she was more human than most other... in the end she chose to die, to give another future to humanity. The story of Elysia the first traitor of Honkai, the Herrscher that become human. Herrscher of the human ego.
"Ushering in a new era" is so scarily accurate, it's so impressive how he can get so close to the situation in the story without ever actually knowing anything about it. Though, the actual animation is definitely made for the people who have followed all of these characters from the beginning; it's kind of hard to just jump in without any context and understand it fully.
The elysian realm arc was definitely the hardest for me to do, easily cried the most during it out of any other arc, such a amazing story and the animation and music did not let down especially the ending of the animation when showing all the flame chasers, it hit hard.
Made you realize how twisted we are when Elysia was too good to be true being kind to everyone, made you think she has an evil side and ulterior motives. Turns out she was the purest definition of LOVE OF HUMANITY. She loved everything there is in humanity and embraced them. Which in turn the 13 Flamechasers reciprocated when they dedicated their lives to her.
(In the event this hasn't been noted) Elysia's 'bestie' (and perhaps her lover) - the Flame Chaser, Eden - was the Golden Diva and the most popular singer and songwriter of the last days of the Previous Era civilization the Flame Chasers lived in. Eden had wanted to write a song for Elysia, but could never work out what best suited Miss Pink Elf, and never completed it before Elysia - and then Eden - died. Some fans take "TruE" as the song Eden finally wrote for her friend, as a sim in the Elysian Realm. The music video for the song, featuring the vocalist, could be interpreted to represent that as well, with vocalist in the role of Eden. You & Eden are kindred spirits, Marco. ;-) Eden met Elysia when Ellie attended one of Eden's opera performances.
Now maybe it clicks, when elysia asked sakura for music inspiration for eden's new piece, since sakura's music taste is either techno or smth idk and then 'TruE' is made
@@adem1829 There are numerous comments on Elysia's part to infer it. And I'm far from the only member of the community to reach that conclusion. But feel free to interpret it however you wish. The suggestion of multiple possible 'truths' is perfectly in keeping with so many of the themes of the story.
I think TruE and Because of You animation are perfectly summed up in one sentence said by Elysia herself; "Tragedy isn't the end. It's the beginning of hope". She said that line after seeing Eden's opera play, which is also their first time meeting each other. It's amazing how much context a song can do to other forms of art and it even amplifies what message the creators are trying to tell its viewers/listeners. What is even more amazing is how you can easily pick these up, translate, and understand the meaning. You even understood what the end credits show, it's their beginnings before the Honkai ruined eveything, with the exception of Eden's where it shows her end.
Because of You is such a beautiful ending for one of the best arcs in the main story. Not to mention the ending credits when you can see the 13 at some of their greatest moments in their lives.
Well, the Twelve really. (Elysia is that outside factor.) It is a story of twelve flawed people, selected not because they see heroic, but because they chose to take on the task.
Well I never particularly liked this arc or the whole ER gimmick (at least at first) but the send off is a 13/10, pure gold. Up there with Honkai's greatest tearjerkers.
Fun fact: Elysia's Chinese voice actor is the same as Lumine's Chinese voice actor (Yes, the Lumine from Genshin Impact) She suddenly became my favourite Chinese voice actor after I know about that. I always enjoy voice actors who can change their voice to fit a character so well and also hard for fans to even tell apart.
Nahhhhh... NAHHHHHHH!!! YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!!! I CHECKED AND YOU ARE RIGHT, WATEFAK!!! YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT- AHHH HELL NAH WAIT, SHIT!!! NOELLE AND QIQI TOO!!!
Elysium Everlasting. A both reference to Greek place called Elysium Fields And the whole story of Elysian Realm being a reference to a absolute spectacular and magnificent, special: Fire MOTH DLC of Honkai Gakuen. Elysium Everlasting is the succesor of FIRE MOTH DLC, a time spanning across 7 years, yet that 7 years ago story still impacted the whole Honkai story writing about optimism. That's how powerful that story is. And finally, the most beautiful side story got a successor, both of them are side stories, but they delivered a optimism, and lesson in a narrative that is fable-like told by Aesop himself. Elysium Fields, a place where heroes rest, where never again they would pick up their weapons and live in the paradise. However, these heroes are nameless, because no one knows them, no one remembers them, so if a living being that who can leave in this place enters it... They would want to relieve their memories, share their ideals and memory, and leave a legacy. Because the one truly became dead if no one remembers them. Living in a world where no one remembers you, your emotions, your pain and grief for living, and the legacies you want to leave behind just to prove you have existed in this world is painful. So they want to rely and live on the living's memory, inspiring them and move on. They are gone. Flamechasers are gone. They will remain in the past. Flamechasers will remain in the past. The living will move. Mei will move on. Towards a future those heroes paved, way beyond their graves. They will walk past and way beyond the Flamechaser's graves where the future they creates ends. And the living will create their own path. Mei will create her own future. If you ever feel tired or in pain. Just look back and you will see. That they are always there, waving towards your accomplishments. For the past 7 years, FIRE MOTH DLC is the only one who made me cry for 7 times of playing the whole arc, not because it's depressing tragedy, but the bitter optimism. And now, it feels like it's a throwback to 2015. Thank you Flamechasers Thank you Mei Thank you Kyuushou Thank you Fire MOTHS Thank you MiHoYo. And thanks to myself and other ancient beings supporting the game. "Do not lament the passing civilization, embrace the future with your hands." -7th Flamechaser, SU
miHoyo/Hoyoverse loves to use story parallels between all their games. The events at Nagazora is very similar to the opening chapters of Honkai Gakuen or GGZ as well, and Raiden Mei's character background is very similar thematically with Raiden Ei in Genshin
@@zackang4731 how is Ei's and mei's background similar? Ei didn't tried to jump from rooftop nor her father ran away to get milk. Nor she was possessed by something
@@PowerMiner It is thematic, not so much the exact details. Both plays out the concepts of dual, clashing wills in a single body - which eventually reconciled
It's interesing when you mentioned the word "tree" on the lyrics. Within Hoyoverse, trees play an important role within the world of both Honkai and Genshin. The World of Tree, where all Universes and timelines are there as branches --- the Irminsul Trees which the Ley Lines remain there, collected as the memories of the past, present and future. The Venessa Tree, the Dragon Queller and the Great Sakura tree of Narukami Shrine, all these trees served as memories for the Archons that had lost someone dear to them. I like to believe that this particular line is about history. And since trees are know for living for a long time, holding memories for those had planted that seed, and it's up to that person to carry on the whispets of these stories.
I want you to know Elysian Realm is basically a cyberspace and the "visitor" is Raiden Mei, The Herrscher of Thunder. Mei is also the purple haired girl in Lament of The Fallen & Will of The Herrscher. EDIT: Reaver 225 made a MUCH better comment than mine 8 minutes before mine about this.
@@lichtsarf4775 tbh, the "visitor" applies to Mei and the Herrscher of Corruption as they were the real visitors of the Realm, but some can say that she is also breaking the fourth wall because she understands that she is a simulation so she is also talking to us the viewer... there are many interpretation to what she means but the most literal meaning and metaphorical meaning but both are equally sad to know
I adore the ending credits version of TruE, it sounds so melancholic and it absolutely slapped me in the face with feels, especially after going through the storyline and every character's stories. Tbf the whole thing beats you up with emotions, like that one scene where they were all together supporting Elysia. It's sadder to imagine that everyone lead normal lives like we did, then everything went downhill and suddenly they have this huge burden of fighting for not just their survival, but all of humanity. It was an amazing cutscene to honour the legacy of the 13 Flamechasers who were never perfect, but were heroes nonetheless :') Thanks for the video Marco!
14:08 "This is the True Ending". If only... If only... Nice video, really impressive how much your deduction are accurate about the story even if you don't play the game.
14:08 Actually its not the ending, this little slideshow is (for the most part) the lives of the Flame Chasers BEFORE joining the MOTHs and becoming MANTIS/Flame Chasers. By the time of the animation all of them (aside from 2, though a couple are ambiguous) have long since died, with the animation being the destruction of the Elysian Realm which contained simulations of the Flame Chasers created from psychic scans of their minds. The first is Pardofelis way back before she even knew what the MOTHs were, when she was living on the streets of Sundown Alley, where she would often hang around the stray cats. The second is Hua back when she stilled lived with her father who ran a martial arts dojo. The third is Griseo and takes place when she was still living with her parents, before they died and she was forced into becoming a MANTIS to save her life. The fourth is Mobius with her assistant Klein, this one actually takes place while she was with the MOTHs as Mobius is one of the founders of the organization, when this takes place I'm unsure but likely after one of her self experimentations, potentially the one that turned her into a MANTIS. The fifth is Kosma hanging around with Dystopia, personally I'm not too sure about when this takes place. The sixth is Sakura with her sister Rin, likely taking place before she joined back when she was working as an assassin to protect and provide for her little sister. The seventh is Su back when he was working as a doctor, before he suffered from a Honkai infection and joined MOTHs after being cured. The eighth is Kalpas back when he was living in an orphanage in Sundown Alley. The ninth is Vill-V doing her magic shows. The tenth contrasts the others by showing an ending, this being Eden right before died, singing her final song to civilization as the Final Herrscher destroyed everything around her. The eleventh I really don't know but it's Aponia sometime after becoming a MANTIS. The twelfth is Kevin's beginning, taking place during the 3rd Eruption and right before he joined the MOTHs. And, well, the thirteenth is Elysia right after destroying the Elysian Realm to defeat the Herrscher of Corruption. If you invert the order and switch Kevin and Elysia you actually get the ranking of the Flame Chasers as well, Kevin being 1st, Eylsia 2nd, Aponia 3rd, Eden 4th, Vill-V 5th, Kalpas 6th, Su 7th, Sakura 8th, Kosma 9th, Mobius 10th, Griseo 11th, Hua 12th, and Pardofelis 13th. Also fun note, the rankings aren't based on strength or anything, but the whims of Elysia. Kevin is 1st cause he's the leader, Elysia WAS the 1st to screw with Kevin but changed to 2nd when he gave no reaction, Su was 7th because he was the balanced "voice of reason" among the group so he was given the middle number, Mobius was 10th because she's dangerous and Elysia wanted to mitigate any potential authority a higher rank would give, while Griseo, Hua, and Pardofelis were given the bottom three rankings due to being the youngest of the group and Elysia wanting to keep them out of the politics of MOTH (Pardo being dead last because she was the weakest of them all).
Pardo was prob the mvp of the battle on the moon sacrifised herself so Kevin could land the blow that delayed the HoTE, alluded when sim pardo held open the gate for Kevin.
looking at old comments, the statement Pardo is the weakest is so funny because she absolutely bodied everyone else in the Flame-Chasers battle voting Event (at least in SEA)
Fun fact about "Because of You": The Display aspect ratio was reduced from 16:9 to 4:3 when Ely suffered tremendous damage fighting the eye, went back from 4:3 to 16:9 when Ely transformed, further upgraded to 21:9 when all the flame chasers' past were introduced.
TruE is such a banger, straight up pop song vibes from a video game. Is it wrong to feel a little ashamed that I love this song so much? Like it's not something I would listen to with a friend or a parent. It's just so hard to share this song with people who don't play this game. I always feel like I'll be judged harshly just for enjoying this music.
Damn, what do your friends/parents listen to that you're ashamed to play this to them? As another old guy let me say this: I'm very toxic to some genres but my own musical preferences are broad af so just enjoy the songs you love, like I do. 👍
Forgot to mention one detail. The last part of the song has a lot of flower-related imagery, which is not a coincidence. The symbol on Elysia's signets in the Realm depicts a flower (a stylized rose), and the item which increases the chance to get said signets during a run is a crystalline flower. Some of Elysia's skill names (both the Miss Pink Elf and the Herrscher of Human battlesuits) contain references to flowers. In some of the interactions with her she likens herself to a flower. It seems that the lines "petals linger about awaiting one last dance" refer to Elysia's memory sim, and the final battle with the Herrscher of Corruption.
Elysian Realm and the story of the Flamechasers has been such a great ride. It's amazing how Hoyo managed to not only introduce a new game mode but also integrated it into the story in such a clever fashion that players that aren't up to speed on the whole plot can enjoy the mode and its story while for veteran players it fills in all kinds of blanks about lore that is hinted at in the game but which predates the main plot but 50k years. The ultimate fate of the Elysian Realm is also really cool to think about when you consider that some of the characters that exist as memory simulations in the Elysian Realm are still alive in the present era for various reasons while side-lore and story content in the in-game Elysian Realm mode reveals the ultimate fate of other members of the group that died 50k years ago. Clearly the people writing the story for Honkai put a ton of effort into it and have also planned out a lot of their story content years in advance, what with all the foreshadowing that you encounter in other parts of the game. I guess the only realm problem with Honkai is that it's narrative components (Visual novel + Web Manga + Animated shorts) appeal to a very specific player niche and are also nested in a kind of game (action RPG gacha) that has a specific appeal and as a result the overall audience is probably significantly smaller than it would be if it was told in a more traditional form. Personally I'm hoping that if the Genshin anime series sees a lot of success then maybe Hoyo will make a proper Honkai Impact series. Certainly for Hoyo the universe and story of Honkai is their favoured child (No offence intended to any Genshin players, I enjoy that game too but not for the narrative) and it would be great if they could introduce more people to it. I think that if random gacha games like Girls Frontline and Princess Connect can get an anime then Honkai Impact certainly deserves a shot...
TruE and Because of You are another great example of Honkai's favorite move - start sad/melancholy/hopeless do a lot of flashy and epic fighting and finish on hope. The story does this with Meteoric Salvation, Shattered Samsara and Moon Halo and once again with this. The fandom likes to talk about how gut-wrenching and sad the story is but I think a lot of people forget or just miss that it is ultimately more of often than not a story about finding hope. Even if you have to dig in the ruins of tragedy to do so. TruE is also a passing of a torch of sorts but I can't speak in detail about it without spoiling ALL of the Elysian Realm story and some other stuff besides.
This video is like.. the feeling your grandparents left us a memento that we could remember them by. And then because of circumstances, we have to part with that memento forever.
This one is hardest to understand without context and you pretty much nailed it(minus the details)which is insane..love your reactions to music and animations
Lore is one thing, but there's so many blink-and-you-miss things in it. Music inserts from past trailers, Elysia smiling as she gets absorbed, the giant Ellie NGE reference, the image format and animation style changes... They went deep and clever with this.
Im telling you. Everytime I see all of them standing together to actually fight together which they never did when they were alive, I was ponding my chest to show respect man
First pause for analysis and you pretty much already nailed it. To what most of us would be a sad and somber message, is told with hope and happiness by Elysia. "Tragedy isn't the end, it's the beginning of hope"
This PV! Has been haunting my recommends for weeks and I love it so much! It's so sad and beautiful. The slow version of TruE at the end with the stills of the other chasers gets me so much. I'm crying atm ; w;
this is a story about the flamechasers, the 13 people who failed to become heroes, and most importantly this is a story about elysia a being who was created by pure honkai energy and later known as the 0th herrscher and yet unlike other herrschers of the previous era who seeks destruction, she fell in love with humanity and wishes them to grow and prosper this story unfolds inside the elysian realm a super advanced AR VR mix built using the memories of the 13, inside this realm they live their life as sims waiting for visitors from the current era to retell their stories, their struggle, the small victories and their eventual defeat in the hands of the honkai further replies will be spoiler heavy!
visitors from the current era that are deemed worthy are given a choice if they want to bear a signet inheriting the will of a flamechaser on fighting the honkai. but those who are deemed unworthy were kicked out or worse, killed inside the realm. their current visitor is a peculiar one a herrscher who is fighting for humanity, raiden mei and she unknowingly brought a dormant herrscher with her while visiting the realm how would a group of people who are specialized on neutralizing herrschers reacts when they meet an anti-thesis of what they were fighting? How would elysia a herrscher that fights for humanity reacts when she meets the fruit of her effort? how would raiden mei reacts when she saw a different version of her friend, hua? how would the flamechasers react when they realized raiden mei brought a herrscher that almost killed the remains of humanity in the past era?
As player this arc really hit me hard. Now this video make me understand more deeply about this music i nearly cry myself. The 13 flame chaser is like a legacy left behind to help future generation. The previous era had a hard time dealing with Honkai. There not so much for me to comment because look like other had explaining about this arc without spoiling so much. Well there some spoiler so be careful hahah XD
As Elysia (The MC of this animated short) said, "Tragedy isn't the end, it the beginning of hope" I'm really amazed with your reaction. Despite going in blind, you still managed to get the story. Cuz for real, this animated isnt that easy to understand without the content. Keep this up. I like your vids.
Fastest notification click in the west Edit: This is me once again thanking you Marco for bringing such a rich outlook on video game music to your audience. Keep up the hard work . Nothing but love
I'm still shocked at how well you´re able to interpret the lyrics, you´re able to figure out the base of the story even before watching the animation. Thanks for listening Marco, I hope you keep covering to future Honkai songs
@@Clubqaz3 Honestly from every reaction ive seen its all been positive. Even those who hate him, end up appreciating what he's done. The amount of time and devotion he's put towards his goals is very respectable no matter how evil of a person he is
a little headcanon type thing i saw (on the video itself iirc?) is that, in verse at least, Eden (the redhaired woman that helped start off Elysia's counterattack) is an opera singer herself. And, you could see this song as something she sung (i personally like imagining it as Elysia herself helped with the lyrics in a way). Especially when you take in account that Elysia and Eden are close friends
I literally just finished this chapter and arc of the story today, as I'm trying to catch up. Having gotten to know all 13 of these characters throughout this arc, seeing everything they fought for and everything they sacrificed, and seeing it all come to it's conclusion in this animated short had be bawling my eyes out. Elysia was so in love with humanity and wanted all the best for us. It was beautiful. Seeing you react to this, not knowing the characters, but being able to understand what the emotion was behind all of this, will always impress me. It's such a joy to see you do these breakdowns, and maybe one day even play the game if time allows you! The final credits, with you understanding it was a verse of mourning for them, made me tear up watching this all over again. Mihoyo is so good at expressing emotions through this game, I haven't experienced something quite like this before.
This song capping off the story of the Flamechasers probably hit me harder than almost any other storyline in the game to date. It's just so crushingly bittersweet yet also motivating.
I've listened to the song at least 30 times since it came out and it still brings tears to my eyes. I'm glad you were able to understand it so well without context. Belated happy birthday by the way.
I love how you break down each and every nick of the songs you react to, I'm such a nerd for music and I know nothing about it lmao. Thank you Marco for your content, keep doing it! I hope to see more 🙏
This song is a eulogy, basically. This is why, although it's a happy song at first glance, it evokes so much emotion and sadness when you have the full picture of what it's about. Did I mention Mihoyo are geniuses of musical storytelling?
this song is so golden. the fact he could describe the 13 flame chasers feelings and will by this song alone... they did so well with this song 😭😭😭 It brings about new feelings. still, the end is the ending we wish they all had before the previous era was destroyed....😭😭😭 I feel pain
Dear Marco. You are very prolific youtuber! I admire your energy and commitment. 👍❤️ I stayed for the music, and my goodness am I happy I did. 😭 Your version of ‘Una furtiva lacrima’ nearly made me cry. 🥺
I loved every bit of the story leading up to this animation and last good bye. But it also broke my heart ... multiple times throughout. Also, Tetracalyx wrote the lyrics ... as always.
La prima analisi tra pezzi di canzone... È stata incredibile. All'inizio non apprezzavo molto la coanzone ma, sentendola più volte, dando più attenzione alla lirica e, soprattutto, venendo meglio a conoscenza della storia... ho iniziato a pensare sia spettacolare e hai perfettamente riassunto con così poco così tanto della canzone e della situazione. Penso che sia la canzone in grado di esprimere tutto ciò, che tu, in grado di comprenderla, siate stati incredibili The first analysis between songs pieces... Was incredible. At the start i didn’t really appreciate this song but, listening to it multiple time, giving more attention to the lyrics and, most of all, getting to know better the story... I started thinking it's spectacular and your perfectly summarised with so little so much of the song and the situations. I think that both a song capable of expressing all of this, and you, capable of comprehending it, were incredible Penso di aver capito tu abbia origini italiane? Per questo ho voluto fare il doppio commento I think i understood you have italian origins? Hence why i wanted to make a double comment
I didn't cry to this until rewatching it alongside you after the song breakdown. I already understood the thing fully to an extent of outsider knowledge but hearing the analysis beforehand makes the animation hit different. This is probably one of the first Honkai songs I've seen a few recommended covers from followed creators of too since its release. Amalee and Falkonne covered it with a vocal cover by Lee and a symphonic metal cover by Falkonne with Rena doing vocals.
That's honestly what a lot of the community say after each animated short. I thought Everlasting Flames was the best until Thus Spoke Apocalypse came.. and then this XD
Something about all this, even without having really played the game for very long, is still enough to bring tears to my eyes. What even. Why? How? I could scream.
yet again a great Reaction and awsome explanation, your Content is some of the best on youtube and its been great that i found you with Genshins soundtrack. So keep up the good work! PS: I will bet on all my Crystals that Eden is going to be your favorit Flamechaser ;)
So glad to see you get to this one! Its really hard to explain the context of this one without spoiling a lot of major plot points but you definitely grasped the emotional themes of this animation. A really big theme of this story arc is legacies and holding hope for the future.
Finally being able to clear my backlog and finish this chapter today. The short completely blew my mind. As usual Hoyo has mastered the art of attacking viewers' sensations from all directions. The subtle and seamless transitions between 3D and 2D retro styles hit particularly hard for those grew up in the 90s, as it invokes a sense of nostalgia that overlaps with the feeling of the character within the story. The entire pieace is timeless .
Great analysis as usual just from the musical context, the part at 4:12 was practically spot on since the story is remembered by Mei who was the only one from the current era in honkai to witness the latest events of the Elysian realm, also being the only one receiving all 13 flamechasers’ signets
I am glad you reacted to this and reviewed it~! I really couldn't wait for you to see this and give your thoughts about it, how it made you feel, how you see it, what you take away from it~ Yeah, it's really beautiful, it's really so well made, from each melody down to the tiniest visual movements~ You can really take so much from it, it's so deep and yet so simple and beautiful at the same time~ Thank you for reacting to this so fast, your reactions and what you give to others are of immense value too, and I personally really appreciate em myself~ 💙🦋
everytime i hear elysia's jp voice actress says "mei~" i get hit with the wave of nostalgia and pain as well as joy for their bond and experience between the two
Your thoughts nailed it so accurately. About the song being beautiful. What the creators tried to aim for with the character of Elysia, was that everything about her was beautiful, the simply beautiful kind. And it all makes a callback to one of the mottos of the game, "fight for all that's beautiful in the world". I really want to thank you, how well you understood most of the stuff happening just from the lyrics of the song itself without delving into the animated short yet. Kudos to you!
Thank you so much for your deep dive into this beautiful song! I love how you express the idea of a TruE End;; that this farewell isn't merely sadness as most send-offs can get, but that there's an overture of hope to the piece that's quite uplifting, that doesn't clearly end but gently fades! I recently experienced the joy of catching up to the story this piece comes and the music in certainly helps the emotions soar to greater heights in the game itself, it's quite memorable! Tetracalyx is such a great lyricist, she truly understands the characters she's writing for and as a listener, I can grasp what they're expressing as you have shared as well with the rest of us. 😊 When I first listened to TruE, it sparked a memory in me of another vocal song I love from the game Granblue Fantasy (Ain Soph Aur, the character song of a very popular character with a beloved, compelling story arc) in which, like TruE, the melody is uplifting and hopeful-sounding but the lyrics sung express a mix of melancholy and a yearning or hopeful wish towards a future the character has yet to see for themselves while expressing what they feel about a past they cannot return to but constantly with a soaring wish they express into song! I'm so grateful to experience all these pieces across all sorts of games with stories like this (can't wait to explore Eorzea more for first-hand experiencing FFXIV's narrative tunes in this vein too!), your videos keep me excited to learn more in this journey (and how opera traditions keep inspiring newer forms of art for us to share experiences together as people too!) 💕
I am going through your videos again and watching it again brings new meaning to everything that I've understood, also with this song it brings sadness too~ I am surprised that your content is this valuable and re-watchable, it's like reading a book full of great value and needing to keep re-reading it in order to catch all the fine details, understand it in a new way and see it in a new light on every read, watching your content is kinda like that and I really find that amazing, this is absolutely not something that I can say about other content creators and channels, yours is unique and beautiful in that way~ I hope that you keep creating such valuable and inspiring content for a very long time, what you give to others is nothing short of a blessing, your love for music is like a blessing for others and for their soul, your love really comes through and touches peoples hearts like it did mine~ 💙🦋
Man this arc in game was sooo beautiful, Honkai is amazing at attaching you to their characters, if you wanna play it someday on stream we will definitely watch it
Thank you for your work & video! Tbh it would be nice to hear more od you singing for examples, if song is complicated or if it feels like so. Your voice is really awesome :)
from 12:11 , any words which Elysia said were same as this video (czcams.com/video/Ofg2_qN3MrQ/video.html) from 02:07, except Chinese version change “your(singular) travel” into “your(plural) travel”, which means captain(player) and Mei.
I feel like this song is like a message from the 'singer' to the next generation of humankind to continue their fight for brighter future, as the 'singer' and her friends journey meeting the end like a once beautiful flowers that is now has already withered away. it does carry hopes and brining the sorrow of memories which is a unique combination of feelings in one song/
Lloré muchisimo con la cinematica, sobre todo al terminar el capitulo, más cuando tienes ya el contexto de como acabaron los 13, sobre todo el timing en el coro cuando aparecen Yae Sakura y Rin, Eden cantando sola para Elysia en el mundo que ha sido eliminado, Aponia rezando atada en espinas, que simbolizaba su capacidad de ver el destino pero no podía hacer nada, pues no podía evitarlo y las penas que cargó consigo. El trabajo audiovisual de esta gente es simplemente perfecto.
This cinematic is probably the hardest to fully understand without in-game context to be honest.
And he still nailed it!
Truth
Tell me about it, to this day I have no fucking clue what was going on there...
(Still hoping for a PS4/5 port, neither my PC nor my phone can handle these games)
@@SonnyFRST mei use the remaining data of her memories and the flamechaser to revive elysia so that she can erase the elysian realm along the hersher of corruption, mei go out of the reaalm and elysia before erasing the realm, she has her last "dance party" with the remaining memories of the flamechasers against the hersher, erasing the hersher, the realm and themselves.
I think “Seele” it’s pretty hard too for someone without context
At the end in the credits the scenes really illustrate the human side of most of the flame chasers.
Pardofelis, playing with stray cats when she was living on the streets
Griseo with her parents
Mobius and Klein
Kosma and Dystopia
Kalpas in the orphanage
Sakura with her sister Rin, who would eventually be killed by her comrades after becoming the host for the 12th Herrscher.
Eden, singing her last song to a desolate world
Su and one of his patients
Aponia, using her power to make sure that humanity passes painlessly during their defeat at the hands of HotE.
Fu Hua at the Dojo before her life was turned upside down.
Vill-V with each of her personalities reflected in the mirrors.
And then there’s Kevin, fighting a honkai beast with nothing but a baseball bat.
the mitghy weapon of the kaslanas house: a baseball bat
I have a question does that mean that the flamechaser are gon except Kevin
I don't want them to be gone😭😭
@@kurosaki-kageyoshi3164 Hua lives on as Fu Hua, Su is MIA, and Kevin is a major villain. The rest are dead.
@@Clubqaz3 nooooo I love them all except vill v bc she killed Pardo
This is the song, of the girl who loved humanity. And the song of the thirteen who fought for the future. Do you choose to walk in the same path as them? Or do you choose to diverge from said path? Either way, you're granting their wishes. A future.
Goodness that was beautifully said
@@princess_momo_996 I think it might be a quote from Elysia herself. Or partly at least
ah yes, this epic sentence
@Gottes God Pretty deep if you know the whole story of the flamechasers
@Gottes God that’s the best thing about art though, it’s about how you interpret it in your own way! You’re projecting your refusal or inability to read & interpret the medium as a way of feeling superior to others seems kinda silly, don’t you think?
I watched it with subtitles don't be mad at me. If you skip my opera singing do you actually like me? ;)
We love you always, also NEVER SKIP THE OPERA SINGS GET THE SINGING INTRO BACCCC PLS?????
hope to see your reaction to Lament Of The Fallen animation o7
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Not rlly into opera , but i apreciate every type of music😘
Actually didn’t skip it this time quite liked it this time
i personally used to skip the opera bits because in earlier videos the volume was way louder on them and it actually just hurt my ears. a lot better now, and i don't skip them any more!
elysia is the christ of honkai, she is the daughter of god (imaginary tree), she has 12 apostles, 1 judas, a crown of thorns, her pure love for humanity, her last banquet and her sacrifice to bring hope to the people of the next era, elysia has never been human but has always been a herrsher since her birth
SHe wanted to create his own paradise (elysian realm)
Yes! Elysia is Hoyovere's twist on Jesus Christ.
Elysia even ressurects in the cinematic: 3 chapters - kind of like 3 days of death in the Bible.
Her cartoon chibi short has her younger self walking in a ruined city, all dirty and tattered. (She was "born human" and took on the blame and was killed later in life.)
Biblically, God is the groom and Humanity is his bride. Elysia is the inverse being the bride marrying humanity - the groom. (That's why she has a wedding dress)
I love Elysia.
She is also the #0th Herrscher. (I guess Alpha and Omega. It Starts and Ends with Elysia - said Kevin.)
P.S. out of all the cutscenes, this battle was the most decisive of them all... Elysia was just that damn powerful, her kiss/wink Godray attack showed so much sass.... like she is now finally showing her true self. (Absolutely powerful)
Compared that to Everlasting Flames - that was a tough fight.
Just saying though....there's a group of people in social media named " Church if Elysia that started because of a meme of Elysia being Jesus "
@@ambrielsglobalrange2226 lol. I saw the meme. Catholic christ statue replaced with Elysia
@@yharnamiyhill787 Well I found my new religion. I believe in the one TruE Goddess
Ellie and the Jesus parralel, how have I not realised this until now
Fun fact. The code you can see bottom left is actual code. You can see how the enemy Herrscher attacks and cripples Elysia. Pretty cool in my oppinion.
Does the code have a meaning that people can decipher, or is it just fluff text to indicate when HoC is messing with the Elysian Realm?
@@Kryto_Gaming if im not wrong, it is decipherable, someone done it i recall
@@zenox0940 if i remember correctly it is C or something like that, an actual programming language
@@Kryto_Gaming Someone broke it down in the comments of the cinematics. Basically it erases components which relates to what Elysia has taken away from her (her eye, her bow, her arms)
@@lyswenn This. I just thought that was a cool example for the attention to detail mihoyo has.
Of all those featured Flame Chasers, the one that would maybe resonate with you the most is Eden (long, maroon hair and dress). She was an incredibly popular vocalist/artist in the previous era, until the 7th Herrscher destroyed Sydney and turned the rest of Australia into a fiery wasteland. She joined the fight to try and stop Honkai after that.
When they lost to the Herrscher of the End, and those few survivors were loading into cryo pods to wake in the future and help rebuild humanity, she chose instead to stay, believing that she belonged to her era and that she should die with it. She walked out into the desolate, wasteland alone full of deadly honkai radiation, singing her final song to humanity and her era.
what’s more is that she’s an opera singer!! despite agents telling her that no one listens to opera anymore, she was determined to ‘find her own stage‘ and broke through as probably the most famous and influential singer of that era. her story is beautiful even through its tragedy
Seconding this sentiment! Without giving away any specific details, Eden truly believes in the power of art and her story resonates with that feeling. Such was the gift of the golden diva, that "heavenly voice", much like her likely namesake, the Garden of Eden.
As a player who got attached to learning about all the Flamechasers the more I played through and read their stories, Eden's I think made me cry twice because I felt her a lot (as well how she moved those whose lives she touched too). Truly an artist. I can see why she was loved deeply.
There's beautiful moments in the story (both the main story and in the Elysian Realm interactions & memories) about that philosophy of hers and reading about it was a deeply moving experience I cherish. So beautiful.
To add even more context, she wasn't just singing for humanity and the past era. In fact that was probably more of a surface level reason/excuse.
She actually stayed to be with and to sing for her dear friend Elysia.
@@kurorekku *”and they were roommates”*
@@icevee686 _"ohmygod they were _*_roommates."_*
I really felt Elysia's pure love for her companions when playing and seeing this in game.
She had pure love for the entire humanity, including her companions
She feels like if Jesus in a anime waifu 🤣 with the eternal love like Jesus, a herscher and human at the same time (Jesus is 100% God and 100% human%), there are 13 flamechaser (including elysia) and there are 12 students of Jesus
Also the fact she has a human and herscher form like how Jesus has a human and spirit form
@@nathanaelwalakula4743 she even got a thorny crown as an item in ER. That practically solidifies that.
@@shaoran1026 And the last banquet with her companions can be compared to the Jesus' last supper with his apostles. And she got resurrected.
"The 13 Flame chasers who failed to become heroes, they weren't perfect but they were the only ones who showed up.
This is their story."
You can't just come here and make me cry because of this damn animation again
Same...I cried like a baby all over again. 😭
To be fair, apart from Cyberangel which was pure hype, which MiHoYo animation hasn't made everyone cry like a baby? I feel like that's just the risks that come with watching a MiHoYo animation at this point xD
@@triopsate3 I was gonna point out ELF Academy, but then I realized that makes you cry from laughter...
I always cry when watching the animation and let me tell you it gets super close whenever I listen to True.
@@triopsate3 At this point whenever there's a new cinematic I'm less curious if I'll cry or not, because I know I will, but what sort of tears will those be. Because it's not just sadness, it's all kinds of emotions from loss to "I'M SO PROUD OF YOU KIANA LET'S FREAKIN GOOO!!".
I've never cried to any piece of media as much as I do to this dumb game lol.
An interesting little detail is that the creature controlling that digital world had gained such control it could even rewind time and rewrite reality, but when Elysia is talking about "moving forward" and the creature tries to rewind time, she ACTUALLY CHASTISES IT and forces time to keep moving forward. Such is her power.
As always, you've picked up on the majority of the context through the lyrics and the music! There's a few more bits of context that can't be gleaned from the video which might be of note:
(spoilers for Honkai Impact 3)
The Flamechasers were the heroes of a previous era of humanity, that was destroyed by Honkai long ago. They ultimately failed to save humanity from the honkai, and as the last Herrscher appeared and made the planet uninhabitable, most of them died buying time for what remained of humanity to go into cryosleep, which lead to the current era.
Elysian Realm is a digital reconstruction of these thirteen Flame Chasers, to tell the story of their lives, their happiness and sadness, and victories and griefs, not just the cold facts that they had fought and lost. The digital copy of Elysia, the main character of this animated short, had been guiding Raiden Mei (from Honkai World Diva) about the Realm to tell her about these thirteen people and by extension, the struggles and pride of the Previous Era. In particular, Elysia herself was a Herrscher, with the power to be human - and she sacrificed herself to let all future Herrschers (such as Mei) the opportunity to stay human instead of becoming slaves to a power that wishes solely to destroy.
(cutting out everything but the most pertinent information-)
The Elysian realm is invaded by an AI Herrscher which wishes to devour the entire world and everyone with it, and after much sacrifice and with the remainder of the flame chasers being consumed by the Herrscher of Corruption, Elysia makes the choice to fight against it alone, to restore her friends for one last battle (that they had never done before) before she destroys the Elysian realm to stop the Herrscher escaping. And she knows the world is in good hands, because Mei and her friends are there to guide this story to a happy ending. Letting go of the past for the new future to be told by the younger generation...
Amazing job on this comment.
Yep, let's get this to the top, really nice explanation.
Indeed
amazing resume...
Amazing explanation, you are the only one I've seen out sooo many people and specially out of 4 youtubers that cover honkai lore notice that it was Elysia that freed future Herrschers from becoming slaves of destruction.
The story of nameless girl thad once awaken in the forest, she was bring to village by man and live there in orphanage, but she was different than others, always smiled and cherish. Once she get book about man who goes on the yourney to find his paradise, but he never find it, insteed he meet more people who goes with him to search, in the end they created their own paradise together, their Elysium. Elysia chosed her name and the same as a man from the story, she also go on the same yourney, where she meet all sorts of people, some of them were good, others bad, some helped her others not, some were honest, others lied to her, but she still loved them all. After her yourney she chose to become a Moth member and fight for humanity... even so she never was a human in the first place, yet she was more human than most other... in the end she chose to die, to give another future to humanity. The story of Elysia the first traitor of Honkai, the Herrscher that become human. Herrscher of the human ego.
Because of You was the best send-off for the 13 that we could have hoped for.
"Ushering in a new era" is so scarily accurate, it's so impressive how he can get so close to the situation in the story without ever actually knowing anything about it. Though, the actual animation is definitely made for the people who have followed all of these characters from the beginning; it's kind of hard to just jump in without any context and understand it fully.
The elysian realm arc was definitely the hardest for me to do, easily cried the most during it out of any other arc, such a amazing story and the animation and music did not let down especially the ending of the animation when showing all the flame chasers, it hit hard.
Yes got me crying as they made me fight Griseo 😢 my poor baby
@@that_missing_link yeah griseo fight was painful, what really got me though was the scene with Pardo, that hurt allot.
@@maxtech23 yes cried at that part too. Honkai never fails to make us cry
Damn arc made me cry so much I was left with dry eyes I couln't cry anymore. It was SOOO GOOOD
Made you realize how twisted we are when Elysia was too good to be true being kind to everyone, made you think she has an evil side and ulterior motives.
Turns out she was the purest definition of LOVE OF HUMANITY. She loved everything there is in humanity and embraced them. Which in turn the 13 Flamechasers reciprocated when they dedicated their lives to her.
(In the event this hasn't been noted) Elysia's 'bestie' (and perhaps her lover) - the Flame Chaser, Eden - was the Golden Diva and the most popular singer and songwriter of the last days of the Previous Era civilization the Flame Chasers lived in. Eden had wanted to write a song for Elysia, but could never work out what best suited Miss Pink Elf, and never completed it before Elysia - and then Eden - died. Some fans take "TruE" as the song Eden finally wrote for her friend, as a sim in the Elysian Realm. The music video for the song, featuring the vocalist, could be interpreted to represent that as well, with vocalist in the role of Eden. You & Eden are kindred spirits, Marco. ;-) Eden met Elysia when Ellie attended one of Eden's opera performances.
Well this interpretation just made me cry all that much harder when I watch this animation. Absolutely beautiful.
Now maybe it clicks, when elysia asked sakura for music inspiration for eden's new piece, since sakura's music taste is either techno or smth idk and then 'TruE' is made
Lover ? There’s literally nothing to draw that conclusion from. They literally have been referring to each other as “best-friends”.
@@adem1829 There are numerous comments on Elysia's part to infer it. And I'm far from the only member of the community to reach that conclusion. But feel free to interpret it however you wish. The suggestion of multiple possible 'truths' is perfectly in keeping with so many of the themes of the story.
@@adem1829if you don’t see it, you’re either completely blind or have selective sight
I think TruE and Because of You animation are perfectly summed up in one sentence said by Elysia herself; "Tragedy isn't the end. It's the beginning of hope". She said that line after seeing Eden's opera play, which is also their first time meeting each other.
It's amazing how much context a song can do to other forms of art and it even amplifies what message the creators are trying to tell its viewers/listeners. What is even more amazing is how you can easily pick these up, translate, and understand the meaning. You even understood what the end credits show, it's their beginnings before the Honkai ruined eveything, with the exception of Eden's where it shows her end.
I’ve analyzed lyrics for years so I think that helps me!
Because of You is such a beautiful ending for one of the best arcs in the main story. Not to mention the ending credits when you can see the 13 at some of their greatest moments in their lives.
Well, the Twelve really. (Elysia is that outside factor.)
It is a story of twelve flawed people, selected not because they see heroic, but because they chose to take on the task.
Well I never particularly liked this arc or the whole ER gimmick (at least at first) but the send off is a 13/10, pure gold. Up there with Honkai's greatest tearjerkers.
Fun fact: Elysia's Chinese voice actor is the same as Lumine's Chinese voice actor (Yes, the Lumine from Genshin Impact)
She suddenly became my favourite Chinese voice actor after I know about that. I always enjoy voice actors who can change their voice to fit a character so well and also hard for fans to even tell apart.
Nahhhhh... NAHHHHHHH!!! YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!!!
I CHECKED AND YOU ARE RIGHT, WATEFAK!!! YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT- AHHH HELL NAH
WAIT, SHIT!!! NOELLE AND QIQI TOO!!!
Elysium Everlasting.
A both reference to Greek place called Elysium Fields
And the whole story of Elysian Realm being a reference to a absolute spectacular and magnificent, special: Fire MOTH DLC of Honkai Gakuen.
Elysium Everlasting is the succesor of FIRE MOTH DLC, a time spanning across 7 years, yet that 7 years ago story still impacted the whole Honkai story writing about optimism.
That's how powerful that story is.
And finally, the most beautiful side story got a successor, both of them are side stories, but they delivered a optimism, and lesson in a narrative that is fable-like told by Aesop himself.
Elysium Fields, a place where heroes rest, where never again they would pick up their weapons and live in the paradise.
However, these heroes are nameless, because no one knows them, no one remembers them, so if a living being that who can leave in this place enters it...
They would want to relieve their memories, share their ideals and memory, and leave a legacy.
Because the one truly became dead if no one remembers them.
Living in a world where no one remembers you, your emotions, your pain and grief for living, and the legacies you want to leave behind just to prove you have existed in this world is painful.
So they want to rely and live on the living's memory, inspiring them and move on.
They are gone.
Flamechasers are gone.
They will remain in the past.
Flamechasers will remain in the past.
The living will move.
Mei will move on.
Towards a future those heroes paved, way beyond their graves.
They will walk past and way beyond the Flamechaser's graves where the future they creates ends.
And the living will create their own path.
Mei will create her own future.
If you ever feel tired or in pain.
Just look back and you will see.
That they are always there, waving towards your accomplishments.
For the past 7 years, FIRE MOTH DLC is the only one who made me cry for 7 times of playing the whole arc, not because it's depressing tragedy, but the bitter optimism.
And now, it feels like it's a throwback to 2015.
Thank you Flamechasers
Thank you Mei
Thank you Kyuushou
Thank you Fire MOTHS
Thank you MiHoYo.
And thanks to myself and other ancient beings supporting the game.
"Do not lament the passing civilization, embrace the future with your hands." -7th Flamechaser, SU
miHoyo/Hoyoverse loves to use story parallels between all their games. The events at Nagazora is very similar to the opening chapters of Honkai Gakuen or GGZ as well, and Raiden Mei's character background is very similar thematically with Raiden Ei in Genshin
@@zackang4731 how is Ei's and mei's background similar? Ei didn't tried to jump from rooftop nor her father ran away to get milk. Nor she was possessed by something
@@PowerMiner It is thematic, not so much the exact details. Both plays out the concepts of dual, clashing wills in a single body - which eventually reconciled
It's interesing when you mentioned the word "tree" on the lyrics. Within Hoyoverse, trees play an important role within the world of both Honkai and Genshin. The World of Tree, where all Universes and timelines are there as branches --- the Irminsul Trees which the Ley Lines remain there, collected as the memories of the past, present and future.
The Venessa Tree, the Dragon Queller and the Great Sakura tree of Narukami Shrine, all these trees served as memories for the Archons that had lost someone dear to them.
I like to believe that this particular line is about history. And since trees are know for living for a long time, holding memories for those had planted that seed, and it's up to that person to carry on the whispets of these stories.
I want you to know Elysian Realm is basically a cyberspace and the "visitor" is Raiden Mei, The Herrscher of Thunder. Mei is also the purple haired girl in Lament of The Fallen & Will of The Herrscher. EDIT: Reaver 225 made a MUCH better comment than mine 8 minutes before mine about this.
The 'visitor' here not only mean mei but also the player, us.😔
@@lichtsarf4775 tbh, the "visitor" applies to Mei and the Herrscher of Corruption as they were the real visitors of the Realm, but some can say that she is also breaking the fourth wall because she understands that she is a simulation so she is also talking to us the viewer... there are many interpretation to what she means but the most literal meaning and metaphorical meaning but both are equally sad to know
I adore the ending credits version of TruE, it sounds so melancholic and it absolutely slapped me in the face with feels, especially after going through the storyline and every character's stories. Tbf the whole thing beats you up with emotions, like that one scene where they were all together supporting Elysia. It's sadder to imagine that everyone lead normal lives like we did, then everything went downhill and suddenly they have this huge burden of fighting for not just their survival, but all of humanity. It was an amazing cutscene to honour the legacy of the 13 Flamechasers who were never perfect, but were heroes nonetheless :') Thanks for the video Marco!
14:08 "This is the True Ending". If only... If only... Nice video, really impressive how much your deduction are accurate about the story even if you don't play the game.
14:08 Actually its not the ending, this little slideshow is (for the most part) the lives of the Flame Chasers BEFORE joining the MOTHs and becoming MANTIS/Flame Chasers. By the time of the animation all of them (aside from 2, though a couple are ambiguous) have long since died, with the animation being the destruction of the Elysian Realm which contained simulations of the Flame Chasers created from psychic scans of their minds.
The first is Pardofelis way back before she even knew what the MOTHs were, when she was living on the streets of Sundown Alley, where she would often hang around the stray cats.
The second is Hua back when she stilled lived with her father who ran a martial arts dojo.
The third is Griseo and takes place when she was still living with her parents, before they died and she was forced into becoming a MANTIS to save her life.
The fourth is Mobius with her assistant Klein, this one actually takes place while she was with the MOTHs as Mobius is one of the founders of the organization, when this takes place I'm unsure but likely after one of her self experimentations, potentially the one that turned her into a MANTIS.
The fifth is Kosma hanging around with Dystopia, personally I'm not too sure about when this takes place.
The sixth is Sakura with her sister Rin, likely taking place before she joined back when she was working as an assassin to protect and provide for her little sister.
The seventh is Su back when he was working as a doctor, before he suffered from a Honkai infection and joined MOTHs after being cured.
The eighth is Kalpas back when he was living in an orphanage in Sundown Alley.
The ninth is Vill-V doing her magic shows.
The tenth contrasts the others by showing an ending, this being Eden right before died, singing her final song to civilization as the Final Herrscher destroyed everything around her.
The eleventh I really don't know but it's Aponia sometime after becoming a MANTIS.
The twelfth is Kevin's beginning, taking place during the 3rd Eruption and right before he joined the MOTHs.
And, well, the thirteenth is Elysia right after destroying the Elysian Realm to defeat the Herrscher of Corruption.
If you invert the order and switch Kevin and Elysia you actually get the ranking of the Flame Chasers as well, Kevin being 1st, Eylsia 2nd, Aponia 3rd, Eden 4th, Vill-V 5th, Kalpas 6th, Su 7th, Sakura 8th, Kosma 9th, Mobius 10th, Griseo 11th, Hua 12th, and Pardofelis 13th.
Also fun note, the rankings aren't based on strength or anything, but the whims of Elysia. Kevin is 1st cause he's the leader, Elysia WAS the 1st to screw with Kevin but changed to 2nd when he gave no reaction, Su was 7th because he was the balanced "voice of reason" among the group so he was given the middle number, Mobius was 10th because she's dangerous and Elysia wanted to mitigate any potential authority a higher rank would give, while Griseo, Hua, and Pardofelis were given the bottom three rankings due to being the youngest of the group and Elysia wanting to keep them out of the politics of MOTH (Pardo being dead last because she was the weakest of them all).
i think marco knew and thats why he referred that as the "TruE" ending (How it should be) even tho its not the real one
The Aponia one also can be she using her discipline in the rest of humanity to make the end of the world less painful.
Pardo was prob the mvp of the battle on the moon sacrifised herself so Kevin could land the blow that delayed the HoTE, alluded when sim pardo held open the gate for Kevin.
looking at old comments, the statement Pardo is the weakest is so funny because she absolutely bodied everyone else in the Flame-Chasers battle voting Event (at least in SEA)
Fun fact about "Because of You": The Display aspect ratio was reduced from 16:9 to 4:3 when Ely suffered tremendous damage fighting the eye, went back from 4:3 to 16:9 when Ely transformed, further upgraded to 21:9 when all the flame chasers' past were introduced.
The way you sing where you can control your voice to make it steady while singing those long-sounding notes is cool.
Thank you! Took ten years!
TruE is such a banger, straight up pop song vibes from a video game. Is it wrong to feel a little ashamed that I love this song so much? Like it's not something I would listen to with a friend or a parent. It's just so hard to share this song with people who don't play this game. I always feel like I'll be judged harshly just for enjoying this music.
You should never be ashamed of what you love, from an old guy who was the same as you, enjoy life :)
I have a group playlist on Spotify and I just shoved this in there, it's a great song
Damn, what do your friends/parents listen to that you're ashamed to play this to them? As another old guy let me say this: I'm very toxic to some genres but my own musical preferences are broad af so just enjoy the songs you love, like I do. 👍
“Tragedy is the start of hope.”
Forgot to mention one detail. The last part of the song has a lot of flower-related imagery, which is not a coincidence. The symbol on Elysia's signets in the Realm depicts a flower (a stylized rose), and the item which increases the chance to get said signets during a run is a crystalline flower. Some of Elysia's skill names (both the Miss Pink Elf and the Herrscher of Human battlesuits) contain references to flowers. In some of the interactions with her she likens herself to a flower. It seems that the lines "petals linger about awaiting one last dance" refer to Elysia's memory sim, and the final battle with the Herrscher of Corruption.
"Tragedy is not the end, but the beginning of Hope"
Elysian Realm and the story of the Flamechasers has been such a great ride. It's amazing how Hoyo managed to not only introduce a new game mode but also integrated it into the story in such a clever fashion that players that aren't up to speed on the whole plot can enjoy the mode and its story while for veteran players it fills in all kinds of blanks about lore that is hinted at in the game but which predates the main plot but 50k years.
The ultimate fate of the Elysian Realm is also really cool to think about when you consider that some of the characters that exist as memory simulations in the Elysian Realm are still alive in the present era for various reasons while side-lore and story content in the in-game Elysian Realm mode reveals the ultimate fate of other members of the group that died 50k years ago.
Clearly the people writing the story for Honkai put a ton of effort into it and have also planned out a lot of their story content years in advance, what with all the foreshadowing that you encounter in other parts of the game.
I guess the only realm problem with Honkai is that it's narrative components (Visual novel + Web Manga + Animated shorts) appeal to a very specific player niche and are also nested in a kind of game (action RPG gacha) that has a specific appeal and as a result the overall audience is probably significantly smaller than it would be if it was told in a more traditional form.
Personally I'm hoping that if the Genshin anime series sees a lot of success then maybe Hoyo will make a proper Honkai Impact series. Certainly for Hoyo the universe and story of Honkai is their favoured child (No offence intended to any Genshin players, I enjoy that game too but not for the narrative) and it would be great if they could introduce more people to it.
I think that if random gacha games like Girls Frontline and Princess Connect can get an anime then Honkai Impact certainly deserves a shot...
TruE and Because of You are another great example of Honkai's favorite move - start sad/melancholy/hopeless do a lot of flashy and epic fighting and finish on hope. The story does this with Meteoric Salvation, Shattered Samsara and Moon Halo and once again with this. The fandom likes to talk about how gut-wrenching and sad the story is but I think a lot of people forget or just miss that it is ultimately more of often than not a story about finding hope. Even if you have to dig in the ruins of tragedy to do so.
TruE is also a passing of a torch of sorts but I can't speak in detail about it without spoiling ALL of the Elysian Realm story and some other stuff besides.
This video is like.. the feeling your grandparents left us a memento that we could remember them by. And then because of circumstances, we have to part with that memento forever.
“… ushering a new era”
Hitting the nail on the head, again, as always
“This is the true ending.”
Man…. How we wish it was…
Your opera singing sounds absolutely beautiful, love it!
This one is hardest to understand without context and you pretty much nailed it(minus the details)which is insane..love your reactions to music and animations
Lore is one thing, but there's so many blink-and-you-miss things in it. Music inserts from past trailers, Elysia smiling as she gets absorbed, the giant Ellie NGE reference, the image format and animation style changes... They went deep and clever with this.
Thank you for reacting to this! This is such a beautiful song & hearing your insight is really fascinating! Thank you!
The way Marco can piece together the whole story from just lyrics, amazes me every time.
@@deliriumyearswwg Totally!!
Im telling you. Everytime I see all of them standing together to actually fight together which they never did when they were alive, I was ponding my chest to show respect man
First pause for analysis and you pretty much already nailed it. To what most of us would be a sad and somber message, is told with hope and happiness by Elysia. "Tragedy isn't the end, it's the beginning of hope"
This PV! Has been haunting my recommends for weeks and I love it so much! It's so sad and beautiful. The slow version of TruE at the end with the stills of the other chasers gets me so much. I'm crying atm ; w;
Everlasting Flames rivals this cinematic. All about the willpower of love. 🔥
Honkai impact's theme is righteous perseverance against pure injustices
this is a story about the flamechasers, the 13 people who failed to become heroes, and most importantly this is a story about elysia a being who was created by pure honkai energy and later known as the 0th herrscher and yet unlike other herrschers of the previous era who seeks destruction, she fell in love with humanity and wishes them to grow and prosper
this story unfolds inside the elysian realm a super advanced AR VR mix built using the memories of the 13, inside this realm they live their life as sims waiting for visitors from the current era to retell their stories, their struggle, the small victories and their eventual defeat in the hands of the honkai
further replies will be spoiler heavy!
visitors from the current era that are deemed worthy are given a choice if they want to bear a signet inheriting the will of a flamechaser on fighting the honkai. but those who are deemed unworthy were kicked out or worse, killed inside the realm. their current visitor is a peculiar one a herrscher who is fighting for humanity, raiden mei and she unknowingly brought a dormant herrscher with her while visiting the realm
how would a group of people who are specialized on neutralizing herrschers reacts when they meet an anti-thesis of what they were fighting? How would elysia a herrscher that fights for humanity reacts when she meets the fruit of her effort? how would raiden mei reacts when she saw a different version of her friend, hua? how would the flamechasers react when they realized raiden mei brought a herrscher that almost killed the remains of humanity in the past era?
As player this arc really hit me hard. Now this video make me understand more deeply about this music i nearly cry myself. The 13 flame chaser is like a legacy left behind to help future generation. The previous era had a hard time dealing with Honkai. There not so much for me to comment because look like other had explaining about this arc without spoiling so much. Well there some spoiler so be careful hahah XD
As Elysia (The MC of this animated short) said, "Tragedy isn't the end, it the beginning of hope"
I'm really amazed with your reaction. Despite going in blind, you still managed to get the story. Cuz for real, this animated isnt that easy to understand without the content.
Keep this up. I like your vids.
elysia becoming the arrow at the end always gets me for some reason 😔
once again nice video! ^_^
Fastest notification click in the west
Edit: This is me once again thanking you Marco for bringing such a rich outlook on video game music to your audience. Keep up the hard work . Nothing but love
I'm still shocked at how well you´re able to interpret the lyrics, you´re able to figure out the base of the story even before watching the animation.
Thanks for listening Marco, I hope you keep covering to future Honkai songs
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Marco you 100% need to react to everlasting flames. I hope thus spoke apocalypse is coming soon
Yesssss IRAS is definitely next and the video!
@@MarcoMeatball enjoy that. Some are divided on an arc focuses on a man like Otto Apocalypse, who many hate, but I personally LOVE it.
@@Clubqaz3 Honestly from every reaction ive seen its all been positive. Even those who hate him, end up appreciating what he's done. The amount of time and devotion he's put towards his goals is very respectable no matter how evil of a person he is
a little headcanon type thing i saw (on the video itself iirc?) is that, in verse at least, Eden (the redhaired woman that helped start off Elysia's counterattack) is an opera singer herself. And, you could see this song as something she sung (i personally like imagining it as Elysia herself helped with the lyrics in a way). Especially when you take in account that Elysia and Eden are close friends
Yes, I too subscribe to the theory that TruE is basically a farewell song to Elysia sung/written by Eden.
Holy shit I was waiting for this for so long man. Thanks, love your videos keep it up.😁
I literally just finished this chapter and arc of the story today, as I'm trying to catch up. Having gotten to know all 13 of these characters throughout this arc, seeing everything they fought for and everything they sacrificed, and seeing it all come to it's conclusion in this animated short had be bawling my eyes out. Elysia was so in love with humanity and wanted all the best for us. It was beautiful. Seeing you react to this, not knowing the characters, but being able to understand what the emotion was behind all of this, will always impress me. It's such a joy to see you do these breakdowns, and maybe one day even play the game if time allows you! The final credits, with you understanding it was a verse of mourning for them, made me tear up watching this all over again. Mihoyo is so good at expressing emotions through this game, I haven't experienced something quite like this before.
This song capping off the story of the Flamechasers probably hit me harder than almost any other storyline in the game to date. It's just so crushingly bittersweet yet also motivating.
Man every one of these you do and absolutely nail the analysis of is so cool. Awesome opera singing btw :)
I've listened to the song at least 30 times since it came out and it still brings tears to my eyes. I'm glad you were able to understand it so well without context. Belated happy birthday by the way.
I love how you break down each and every nick of the songs you react to, I'm such a nerd for music and I know nothing about it lmao. Thank you Marco for your content, keep doing it! I hope to see more 🙏
Finally, I have been waiting for this for so long :D
I like to watch your analysis of Honkai songs and animations
This song is a eulogy, basically. This is why, although it's a happy song at first glance, it evokes so much emotion and sadness when you have the full picture of what it's about.
Did I mention Mihoyo are geniuses of musical storytelling?
this song is so golden. the fact he could describe the 13 flame chasers feelings and will by this song alone... they did so well with this song 😭😭😭 It brings about new feelings. still, the end is the ending we wish they all had before the previous era was destroyed....😭😭😭 I feel pain
After finally watching this cg in-game I'm here to see your reaction and boy, you got almost everything, I'm amazed how you do it.
I love your content so much! Your song analysis are always spot on! thank you so much for this💗
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Yay~ Finallyyy
Always glad to hear your thoughts on different music :3
Dear Marco. You are very prolific youtuber! I admire your energy and commitment. 👍❤️
I stayed for the music, and my goodness am I happy I did. 😭 Your version of ‘Una furtiva lacrima’ nearly made me cry. 🥺
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Thanks again, Marco. It's always nice to get your insight on songs.
You bet!
Man your music breakdown is just on point!Bravo! 👏
Once again you nailed it Marco. That’s definitely the points in the song and animation. Bravo 👏🏻
Bro Iove your videos! They are the best to come home to watch after a hard days work. ❤️
I loved every bit of the story leading up to this animation and last good bye. But it also broke my heart ... multiple times throughout. Also, Tetracalyx wrote the lyrics ... as always.
La prima analisi tra pezzi di canzone... È stata incredibile.
All'inizio non apprezzavo molto la coanzone ma, sentendola più volte, dando più attenzione alla lirica e, soprattutto, venendo meglio a conoscenza della storia... ho iniziato a pensare sia spettacolare e hai perfettamente riassunto con così poco così tanto della canzone e della situazione.
Penso che sia la canzone in grado di esprimere tutto ciò, che tu, in grado di comprenderla, siate stati incredibili
The first analysis between songs pieces... Was incredible.
At the start i didn’t really appreciate this song but, listening to it multiple time, giving more attention to the lyrics and, most of all, getting to know better the story... I started thinking it's spectacular and your perfectly summarised with so little so much of the song and the situations.
I think that both a song capable of expressing all of this, and you, capable of comprehending it, were incredible
Penso di aver capito tu abbia origini italiane? Per questo ho voluto fare il doppio commento
I think i understood you have italian origins? Hence why i wanted to make a double comment
I love that you include your opera singings !
I didn't cry to this until rewatching it alongside you after the song breakdown. I already understood the thing fully to an extent of outsider knowledge but hearing the analysis beforehand makes the animation hit different.
This is probably one of the first Honkai songs I've seen a few recommended covers from followed creators of too since its release. Amalee and Falkonne covered it with a vocal cover by Lee and a symphonic metal cover by Falkonne with Rena doing vocals.
This video made my day, thank you!
this was my favorite animated short ever by honkai, i honestly don't think anything can beat this, this short has set my standards really high
That's honestly what a lot of the community say after each animated short. I thought Everlasting Flames was the best until Thus Spoke Apocalypse came.. and then this XD
My favorite cinematic is still Cyberangel but as far as Because Of You goes, I haven't cried this hard and loud since Nightglow. Now THAT is a bar.
Something about all this, even without having really played the game for very long, is still enough to bring tears to my eyes. What even. Why? How?
I could scream.
Yeah this game and it's animation/music dept makes you feel emotions you didn't even know you had lol.
yet again a great Reaction and awsome explanation, your Content is some of the best on youtube and its been great that i found you with Genshins soundtrack. So keep up the good work!
PS: I will bet on all my Crystals that Eden is going to be your favorit Flamechaser ;)
So glad to see you get to this one! Its really hard to explain the context of this one without spoiling a lot of major plot points but you definitely grasped the emotional themes of this animation. A really big theme of this story arc is legacies and holding hope for the future.
Thank you so much for this one Marco!!
I just woke up to this, and man, you made my day!
Finally being able to clear my backlog and finish this chapter today. The short completely blew my mind. As usual Hoyo has mastered the art of attacking viewers' sensations from all directions. The subtle and seamless transitions between 3D and 2D retro styles hit particularly hard for those grew up in the 90s, as it invokes a sense of nostalgia that overlaps with the feeling of the character within the story. The entire pieace is timeless .
The way you explain the lyrics you hit on mark on what’s happening in the game. Amazing
Great analysis as usual just from the musical context, the part at 4:12 was practically spot on since the story is remembered by Mei who was the only one from the current era in honkai to witness the latest events of the Elysian realm, also being the only one receiving all 13 flamechasers’ signets
I am glad you reacted to this and reviewed it~! I really couldn't wait for you to see this and give your thoughts about it, how it made you feel, how you see it, what you take away from it~
Yeah, it's really beautiful, it's really so well made, from each melody down to the tiniest visual movements~ You can really take so much from it, it's so deep and yet so simple and beautiful at the same time~
Thank you for reacting to this so fast, your reactions and what you give to others are of immense value too, and I personally really appreciate em myself~ 💙🦋
Thank you so much. This is why I do it.
everytime i hear elysia's jp voice actress says "mei~" i get hit with the wave of nostalgia and pain as well as joy for their bond and experience between the two
Your thoughts nailed it so accurately. About the song being beautiful. What the creators tried to aim for with the character of Elysia, was that everything about her was beautiful, the simply beautiful kind. And it all makes a callback to one of the mottos of the game, "fight for all that's beautiful in the world".
I really want to thank you, how well you understood most of the stuff happening just from the lyrics of the song itself without delving into the animated short yet. Kudos to you!
Finally! I've been waiting for this for a while now. also can't wait for the IRAS 17514 video ;D
I love these reactions, this game and these songs mean so much to me.
As Elysia says in the story "Tragedy isnt the end. It's the beginning of hope"
First time listening to the song with no context:
Me: "Damn, Who died?"
Some dude: "A Whole Planet"
Guess i asked for this reaction the same day this vid came out! Nice
Thank you so much for your deep dive into this beautiful song! I love how you express the idea of a TruE End;; that this farewell isn't merely sadness as most send-offs can get, but that there's an overture of hope to the piece that's quite uplifting, that doesn't clearly end but gently fades! I recently experienced the joy of catching up to the story this piece comes and the music in certainly helps the emotions soar to greater heights in the game itself, it's quite memorable! Tetracalyx is such a great lyricist, she truly understands the characters she's writing for and as a listener, I can grasp what they're expressing as you have shared as well with the rest of us. 😊
When I first listened to TruE, it sparked a memory in me of another vocal song I love from the game Granblue Fantasy (Ain Soph Aur, the character song of a very popular character with a beloved, compelling story arc) in which, like TruE, the melody is uplifting and hopeful-sounding but the lyrics sung express a mix of melancholy and a yearning or hopeful wish towards a future the character has yet to see for themselves while expressing what they feel about a past they cannot return to but constantly with a soaring wish they express into song!
I'm so grateful to experience all these pieces across all sorts of games with stories like this (can't wait to explore Eorzea more for first-hand experiencing FFXIV's narrative tunes in this vein too!), your videos keep me excited to learn more in this journey (and how opera traditions keep inspiring newer forms of art for us to share experiences together as people too!) 💕
Im so grateful! Thank you for this comment. :)
The samples used here are just eargasm-level, love it
I am going through your videos again and watching it again brings new meaning to everything that I've understood, also with this song it brings sadness too~
I am surprised that your content is this valuable and re-watchable, it's like reading a book full of great value and needing to keep re-reading it in order to catch all the fine details, understand it in a new way and see it in a new light on every read, watching your content is kinda like that and I really find that amazing, this is absolutely not something that I can say about other content creators and channels, yours is unique and beautiful in that way~
I hope that you keep creating such valuable and inspiring content for a very long time, what you give to others is nothing short of a blessing, your love for music is like a blessing for others and for their soul, your love really comes through and touches peoples hearts like it did mine~ 💙🦋
Thank you so very much
@@MarcoMeatball You're very welcome~! 💙🦋
man it hits me everytime even though the time spent with the flamechasers is rather short
Man this arc in game was sooo beautiful, Honkai is amazing at attaching you to their characters, if you wanna play it someday on stream we will definitely watch it
Thank you for your work & video!
Tbh it would be nice to hear more od you singing for examples, if song is complicated or if it feels like so. Your voice is really awesome :)
Thank you! I’m trying to re-incorporate it!
14:09 "This is the TruE ending".
from 12:11 , any words which Elysia said were same as this video (czcams.com/video/Ofg2_qN3MrQ/video.html) from 02:07, except Chinese version change “your(singular) travel” into “your(plural) travel”, which means captain(player) and Mei.
I feel like this song is like a message from the 'singer' to the next generation of humankind to continue their fight for brighter future, as the 'singer' and her friends journey meeting the end like a once beautiful flowers that is now has already withered away. it does carry hopes and brining the sorrow of memories which is a unique combination of feelings in one song/
I really like your interpretation of the lyrics.
Thank you!
Lloré muchisimo con la cinematica, sobre todo al terminar el capitulo, más cuando tienes ya el contexto de como acabaron los 13, sobre todo el timing en el coro cuando aparecen Yae Sakura y Rin, Eden cantando sola para Elysia en el mundo que ha sido eliminado, Aponia rezando atada en espinas, que simbolizaba su capacidad de ver el destino pero no podía hacer nada, pues no podía evitarlo y las penas que cargó consigo. El trabajo audiovisual de esta gente es simplemente perfecto.