FILMMAKER REACTS TO LEAGUE OF LEGENDS KIN OF THE STAINED BLADE CINEMATIC!
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Hey guys, how's it going? Chris Connor here and welcome to another episode of filmmaker reacts for my channel. Seat back, relax and lets study the filmmaking techniques as well as talk about what visual effects can be pulled of within after effects! This week we are reacting and taking a look at LEAGUE OF LEGENDS CINEMATIC KIN OF THE STAINED BLADE trailer!
In part 1 I react to kin of the stained blade cinematic trailer and in part 2 we dive in to have a trailer analysis! Make sure to let me know which trailer you would like me to react next!
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Let me know what should come next and are you guys excited for the new character?
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The Warframe - Cinematic Intro is awesome! Maybe you could react to this one.
Next should be "Overwatch: Hour Zero". I think it is worth it to just take a look. (It is cinematic for Overwatch 2).
Warwick and Fiddlesticks cinematics from League of Legends are both horror themed ones if you want to go on that territory.
Zero Hour from Overwatch or you can leave it last for the Overwatch Series...
Titanfall 2 opening cutscene my guy, so good
Guy: "it starts with a y.."
Cinematic: *says yasuo's name*
Guy: *doesn't hear*
Cinematic: 👁️👄👁️
I was looking in the comments if anyone else had noticed
Lmao thought the same
I literally only went to the comments for this.
LMAO
LMAO shoudve stayed quiet
I love when this guy reacts to Leauge!!
I love whenever this guy reacts to anything**!!
Same
Yeh. I'm always waiting for his reacts.
Full of things i can learn from a pro.
sadly he doesn't care about the lore of runeterra making it off then cringy when he says about some details
@@Renagade01 I was wondering what games he's into. He did say he's into gaming. And if he is, perhaps some of those games have review-worthy cinematics too. And he might be more familiar with their lore, if there is any. Wouldn't mind seeing something different :)
Him talking over the old man as he's trying to remember Yasuos name is so good and hurt me so much cx
true ma gaaaad
SAME! just STFU and watch the video ONCE before you talk. FFS
@@obeideldick4664 😂😂😂 damnn worst feeling ever
I am the only one happy about that :D because you know, Yasuo sucks balls. I hate that champ with all my heart
I think I want to shake him, he's cute at the part though, hahahaha!
That girl in the end is from the cinematic called A New Dawn, her name is Ahri.
Not just the cinematic but the game
ben Nugget wow, logically, im just pointin that he should check the cinematic out too.
@@ahiyuon ok but why r u going offensive :/
ben Nugget yeah sry, i was a league player u know xd
@@ahiyuon im a league player too .d
lore shit ignore if dont care:
So the Samurai center of the video (Yasuo) is Yone's younger brother, he was always reckless and impulsive while his older brother was more responsable, but he was also more talented than yone.
The flashback he says "you got nothing to prove" it´s because Yone was already accepted in the temple that teachs the way of the blade and he didnt yet.
The place where everything is happening is called "Ionia", its a kind of "asian inspired" place in the Leagues world, and being so there is a lot of ninjas, yokais, samurais, spirits, etc... There is one day each year in ionia where the spirit realm and the mortal realm get really close, close enough for the living to speak with the dead through flowers, this day is like an event called "spirit blossom", people go to certain places in ionia to gather this special flowers that can have the spirit of a loved one inside (when they blossom you can talk to them).
Yone was killed by yasuo during an invasion where yasuo's duty was to protect the master of the temple while the other warriors fought the invaders (noxians), but yasuo thought that he should be in the fight, so he left the master and killed a bunch of noxians in some villages. When he got back the master was dead, everyone put the blame on him and he ran away to not get killed. Yone was after him and when he found him they fought and, as the cinematic shows, yasuo killed him.
In the spirit realm there are spirits (duh) and Demons called "Azakana", the azakanas feed on negative emotions, they are like parasites (that old man was an azakana feeding of yasuo's guilt), when Yone died he didnt follow the right path and he ended up a place where one azakana appeared and tried to kill him or somthing, he managed to kill the azakan but in it's last attempt to live it leachs out into yone's body (the mask red mask is the face of that azakana).
Because of this, yone cant rest his soul and is trapped between the realms, (but not even him knows how he could be amongst the living as he is, so he is basically hunting more azakanas to try to discover)
So basically Yone is like Ichigo from Bleach, a Shinigami hunting Hollows
Noice
The other reason why people were hunting down Yasuo because they figured out the master was killed by a wind technique. People in Ionia only know the master and Yasuo use that wind technique, but riven(Noxian) killed the master with her own wind technique in accident. That’s why Yasuo says he’s not a murderer.
Yassuo didn't run because he didn't want to die. He would accept his sentence if he was only accused of living his place, and be the reason of the death of his master. The problem was that he was accused of being the murderer, if he accepted his execution the REAL murderer wold never be founded. So he decided to run to find the real murderer (what did not work, sense his master kill himself trying to help Riven)
@@bryniac5more like an mix of byakuya in his chaaracter but ichigo aas hes attached by aan demon
4:58 drowns out the name he is searching for LOL
literally speaks over his name being said loud and clear
Ironically perfect timing
The timing! xD
Came to the comments just for this
TODAY I WAS LIKE "WHY HAVENT YOU REACTED TO THIS YET" AND BOOOOOOYAAA HERE IT IS.
And boo ya
4:55 I KNOW THIS GUY, WHAT'S HIS NAME?! *Talks over and snaps his fingers as the Old Man says Yasuo's name*
hahaha oh man :))
@@ChrisConnorFilms Love your energy dude.
I was searching for this comment 🤣
I feel so triggered hahaha
Remember the cinematic that you reacted called AWAKEN? So Yasuo was in there right? Based on the lore/story, he was not supposed to be there. Even in this cinematic his brother warned him to stay. Yasuo was supposed to be protecting Elder Souma, an elder who teaches him wind techniques (that's why Yasuo can make tornadoes). But Yasuo insist on fighting to defend Ionia (the "country" where the war takes place). This leads to the death of Elder Souma because a certain girl accidently killed him. Wanna know who? On the same AWAKEN cinematic, remember the girl who was fighting multiple man with a sword in an arena, her name is Riven, she was the one who killed Elder Souma, but not on purpose. However, Yasuo was accused of killing him because there was no witness and everybody expected him to be with Elder Souma so of course they thought he was the killer. Which is why Yasuo become a wanted man on Ionia. He had to kill his friends because it was "killed or be killed". In the end he faced his own brother as you can see in this cinematic. Ultimately he killed Yone, his own brother. There was another cinematic that "somewhat" show how his brother got revived back but anyway, his brother got back and then this cinematic happen. End of story
I thought "Awaken" was a second invasion, lol.
well, Riven didnt kill Elder Souma, she seeked Elder Souma's help to destroy her runic blade, because she doesn't want to kill anymore. But the energy that was released when the blade is destroyed by Elder Souma is what killed him
@@dylanhu715 yuh thats true, but at least both Riven and Yasuo got a somewhat happy ending!!
my favorite thing about watching your reactions is how you dont cut anything in the recording (for the most part) so we get your real reaction and your true feelings to whats going on and you dont just have a script ready to read in the back or anything or you dont watch it a head of time to know whats going to happen to have reactions ready or anything like that. keep up the good work!
Him: So I give this cinematic an S
Me: *satisfied uwus*
Riot : max i can Do is a+
@Y2NG.R6 i felt that
That older guy is demon azakana that feeds off human emotions he fed from yassuos emotions but yasuo protected him because he did not know he is a demon.
Edit: go watch necrit for more lore explanation.
Necrit needs sleep XD
When you look carefuly when yasuo looks behind him he seed a burning red demon attacking old guy that was helping him. He doesnt see thorns behind etc...
You watch moe too much.
Too add on, in TB Skyen's vid, he says fighting the demon would like be like Yasuo fighting against himself/ his negative emotions/ guilt, something that Yasuo doesnt want to face. Until he eventually decides to face his demon saying that he wont run away anymore
@@catherinele2260 well said
I love the timing when he's trying to remember Yasuo's name and said "Starts with the Y" at the same time the Old man said "Why else would the great Yasuo come"
Very small detail, but something I love. When Yasuo looks at his reflection for the first time, you can see the sword is stained and dirty, just like Yasuo's self image. When he goes into the river, he doesn't only cleanse himself, you can actually see the dirt coming of off his blade as well (the dark stuff at 30.09). At the end when Yasuo is on the boat, you can see him looking at his reflection again, this team with a clean sword and a clean self image
I'm guessing it was Yone's blood because he looked at the dirty sword right after he dreamed of killing his brother.
Old man: "Why else would the Great Ya-"
Chris: "It starts with a Y"
Yasuo: "DUDE"
I like how, when they were kids, they have an argument in land that was lively and bright. When they were young adults, at 32:40, it's evening and they're in a building, sparring/practice fighting. Finally, when they're men, they fight full-out in the dead land that was once beautiful, as well as in the night. Not only shows the passage of time, but shows that, perhaps, they were destined to fight all along.
OMG YES I WAS WAITING FOR THIS
When I see Chris reacting to League Cinematics I slap a like automatically. You should watch "The Path, an Ionian Myth" to get the story between when Yasuo defeated Yone till when he re-awakened from the Spirit Realm. (Even though that reflects the legend of the Older and Younger Brother and not Yasuo and Yone directly, basically the same story).
12:46 its Ahri. She was also shown in the cinematic "A new dawn"
yeah, but a New Dawn is old and not canon for current LoL universe. Still pretty cool tho
Since you seem to enjoy it, here's some Lore for you, Chris (and anyone else interested )! I'll keep it short because I could gush on about this for pages- literally!
The main characters featured in this cinematic where Yasuo, Yone and the Azakana Kuro'Sagol. Azakana are lesser demons that feed on negative emotions. After they've fed enough, they're able to become real demons.
When Yasuo and Yone were children, the two were inseparable, and when Yone joined the village's famed sword school, Yasuo followed him and refused to leave until they let him join as well. He was taken on as the pupil of Elder Soma, the school's sole master of their legendary wind technique. Years later, when Noxus invaded Ionia, Yone and other members of the school left to aid in the war. Yasuo wished to join them but was ordered to stay behind and protect the elders. When a Noxian warhost made it's way to a neighboring village, Yasuo left his post to defeat them. When he returned, he found Elder Soma dead. He was slain by a wind technique. The village blamed Yasuo for this, most believing he had killed the elder himself. He left the village to clear his name and the village sent it's best swordsmen to "bring him to justice". Yasuo kept fleeing, cutting them down until he eventually found his brother at the end of his blade. He killed him, and in doing so spiraled into a pit of despair and depression.
Filled with rage and regret, Yone was attacked by an Azakana soon after arrival in the spirit planes. This Azakana had been following him for quite some time, feeding on the negative emotions he experienced has he tracked Yasuo. Yone believed Yasuo's actions were a result of him straying off the proper path, a path he failed to properly lead him on as his older brother. The Azakana intended to devour him before he could find peace and reach the resting place of souls, but Yone defeated it. When he woke up, he found himself in the physical world with the Azakana's face as a mask affixed to his face. In time, Yone found if could learn the name of Azakana, he could seal them in masks (we saw him wearing them on his belt). So he set about hunting Azakana, hoping to eventually learn the name of his own. Yasuo on the other hand completely fell off the Wagon after killing Yone, hunted by it every waken moment. Which he solved by drinking and generally not being awake very often. To make a long arch short, Yasuo eventually recovered after mentoring a pupil of his own (and earth user, funnily enough), and in doing do learnt to respect his fallen mentor. When she left, he set about finding the true killer once again. His search eventually lead him back to his village. There, he had hoped to find revenge, but there he found Riven, living in secret on a farm with an old man and his wife.
When master Soma had attempted to repair Riven's broken wind blade, it exploded, killing him the processes. Riven had felt intense remorse over this and lived in secret with the guilt every day. The village saw this and was able to forgive her. Despite clearing his name, Yasuo was unable to find his revenge. In the end, his brother had died by his hands for nothing. Yasuo eventually wandered to the Spirit blossom festival, a sacred event where the living are able to communicate with the dead, and that's more or less where the story begins.
I omitted so many details to keep this concise and readable! Yasuo's sad relationship with the village, how he and Yone's relationship eventually become strained despite their love for each other, Taliya, the student he mentored, Riven's past and how she eventually found her way the village, Yone's refusal to face his past after waking up in the physical realm- there's so much to dig into!
"i will keep it short"
@@woododivision8040 as someone who follows Yasuo's lore and it's branches, I can say that this is indeed very short.
When Arcane finally gets released, I'll be here waiting for his react video
You should've watched "the Path to Ionian Myth" to understand your favorite "Dual Wielding" character why is his appearance is like that.
The guy in that cinematic isn't Yone
Pietro Daniele yes it is
@@drhapi5308 its not yone, but what haappened is the same thaat happened to yone.
you can relate the cinamaatic to yone even if its not him, watch necrits response to the video to get the point more clear.
since its quiet confusing
@@McTerrox SKIN :v
I advice u to react to "the path" It explains the travel of yone from dead's realm, and it's so cool
It doesn't explain how he got back, it explains how he looks like after he got back ;)
according to necrit, the path is just a similar story to yone's, its not yone himself. its the legend of the 2 brothers' story or how it is imagined if someone tells the story.
B...but riot said that one Ain't Yone but the tale of the Legendary Brudda...
*Lord Necrit sends his rega- information*
That guy isn't Yone
@@nhel9957 I think it's yone because he encounters the azakana during it, it all fits his bio.
34:10 he choose to protect the monster because on his POV he didn’t know that the elder was transforming in a monster (Azakana), he saw a ghost attacking the elder, that’s why.
Plague Doctor ah yes, I mistook for another thing
I don't think its that simple. They didn't show him looking at the demon when he turned around against it. And also, him not knowing due to POV kinda makes him look dumb. I think the Azakana embodies guilt and is controlling Yasuo in some way, until Yasuo sees Yone and realises that his brother isn't dead. This took away all his guilt and he was freed from the demon.
TobiNano Azakana doesn’t embody negative feelings he feeds off of them and if Yasuo clearly couldn’t see the old man and just Yone in his ghost ability he wouldn’t look dumb and he didn’t have much time to assess the situation so it just makes more sense that he didn’t know the old man was a demon
Akana = Demon
Azakana = Evil spirits that feed on emotions
They can become demons if they grow strong enough
@@samuraiburrito2279 The animation is made by a Chinese company. The director of the animation is also a Chinese.
The old man was actually yasuo's inner demon. I don't know how to express it in English.
The old man was actually the product of an evil thought in Yasso's heart. Yasso was very proud and proud as a child but could not keep the elders safe. His heart was so full of remorse that he had been running away from it.
Eventually yasuo faced his demons. That's why yasuo said I wouldn't run again. Yone is actually an emissary who hunts the demons in the human heart.
The girl in the end of the cinematic is Ahri. But I dunno why she is with Yasuo
She runned from ionia
Yep she is Ahri, you could tell from the three whickers like marks on her face.
They're going to bilgewater, in the lore, ahri is supposed to change the course of the war against noxus
In some comic ahri is running from Ionia and is looking for a bodyguard because she wants to go to bilgewater.
I think he hired yasuo as a bodyguard since in Ahri's lore she mentioned that she hired a bodyguard to protect her to start her journey to find the whereabout of her parents and her origin, but they didn't say who it is, so i think yasuo is the bodyguard she was talking about and since yas is free from his past, he joined ahri to find his purpose or what do he do now since he was free from his past
I definitely want more reactions on league of legends cinematic from this guy. Genuine reactions and can totally appreciate how well done the animations are. Keep it up mate
Yaay I was waiting for this! ✨
I really like ur reaction and when u talk about animation ! Like
You should probably watch the biggest league cinematic "A new dawn" its quite old now but it still holds up pretty good with the newer cinematics
Chris has given me a genuine interest in the techniques required to make shit like this, love the content.
Love your channel man! The league reacts are amazing. I know others have mentioned it but Amumu’s Curse of the Sad Mummy is what got me into their cinematics. Keep up the good work!
Breathe from Legend of Runeterra
I like the original one better
@@hentacletentai2160 What is original one?
34:00 Yasuo's protecting the "demon" because he doesn't "look" like a Demon to Yasuo. Humans can't see Demons, they see glamour/what the Demon wants the person they're attaching themselves to, to see. After Yasuo consumes the drink that binds the two realms (the physical world & the spirit world), the cinematic is showing us Yone's perspective of the fight thereafter -- (this is Yone's champion reveal teaser cinematic, not Yasuo's). Yasuo probably just sees an old man giving him a hallucinogenic concoction that made him dizzy. He's never done it before, so he's probably hesitant to assume anything is wrong -- he is after all, only doing it to SPEAK TO THE DEAD (not normal lol).
Yone can SEE Demons because of the one infused in the mask stuck on his face; It is only after Yone & the Demon converse, & Yone says the familiar to Yasuo line, "Better than to live without it." does Yasuo realize the specter (Yone) means no harm for no reason at all -- He trusts his brother, he doesn't have ill feelings towards his brother & he didn't MEAN to kill him (Yasuo's lore), he killed Yone (& everyone else chasing after him thinking HE killed their master), in self-defense, so he trusts that the entity Yone is attacking (the Demon) is actually the problem. & then, of course, the Demon starts speaking about events he wouldn't of have known about unless he was there, probably signaling to Yasuo that the old man isn't who he appears to be
@Luna LeViege Don't get me wrong, but when Yasuo looked back at the demon, the only thing he saw was an old man with a massive hat covering his face and a red thing trying to kill it. But you are mostly right
Who actually killed Yasuo's master? Was it Zed?
@Al Gonzalez He was killed by the Wind Technique, and there were only 2 persons that could control it: Yasuo and his master. When Yasuo left his master guardless, Riven came to Yasuo's master and asked him if he could destroy the blade she was holding in her hands*. But something somehow went wrong and when the blade was destroyed, one of its pieces was now in the masters throat, which ended up killing him.
*: Im not sure about it, i cant play League of Legends :/
Plus: The technique Yasuo's master used to destroy the weapon was also the wind technique. Not sure though.
YES!! I wanted you to watch this so badly!! This made my whole week!!
omg yesssss
U should watch "the path" for a better knowledge and "breath" because is amazing
You should watch "The path of Ionian myth" for more Yone lore.
Technically it is not Yone, it's how people imagine the story about the two elder brothers when telling about it, but you could interpret it that way since his is very similar.
That was a delightful reaction to watch
Ive been waiting for this !!
Destiny 2 “Last Stand of Gunslinger” and “Zavala Story trailer” we still waiting!
Yes, these for sure!
i love watching his videos cause hes attractive thats it
Keep waiting for him to thirst trap us and do one shirtless
I love your reactions theyre so filled with emotion ,sometimes remembers me of a child watching a new episode of their fav anime and i love that haha
I have been waiting for this video. The excitement when I saw it is indescribable. I cant wait to see the reaction to it
Pls react to "path" league of legends cinematics
I love this too, buuuuuut...
Still waiting on warframe 2019 cinematic. Still waiting.
me too
Same
The meaning in this cinematic is amazing: Literally facing down his literal inner demon, with his brother, the cause of that demon, and slaying it.
YESSS I WAS SO EXCITED FOR THIS
Yasuo kills Yone, even though Yone was an honorable fighter who trained every day to wield the blade Yasuo has. Yasuo, even though he goofed around and was hot headed was naturally great with the sword and bested his brother and earned the right to use his 'ability' to use the wind.
Yasuo was accused of killing their master which obviously makes him a target but Yasuo goes to find the killer but his brother gave chase and ultimately was killed by Yasuo. Watch "The Path" to see what happened to Yone, it's a great little cinematic as well.
But Yasuo eventually succumbs to his guilt and becomes an alcoholic and a bum as seen when he wakes up in this.
I was really expecting you to react to this new cinematic, glad you made it
YES!
I wondered if you would react to this when it came out
I love it!
Just watched almost all of your league reaction videos! E P I C ♥
I loooove it so much when you react to League cinematics, Chris!
I love your videos reacting to league cinematics! ❤️
I was waiting for this!!
Great reaction as always, was waiting for this one
I've been waiting for this moment!!
I wish these came out more often than once a week! I'd love to see you react to "The Path- an Ionian Legend"! Your reacts are so sincere, it's really endearing!
Your videos are more valuable than some of the multi media classes I've taken thank you for what you do
You can tell he has a passion for movies and film making the way he follows and acts out their movements.
As soon as I saw that cinematic I thought "Chris is going to have some *real* fun with this one"
i as really waiting for this thank you!
I enjoy to way much your reactions, you love cinematic and history as we legue players do! You get pretty well the essense of everything and how to admire the animation's little details
One of my favorite parts of this and I'm a bit disappointed he didn't mention it. When the shockwave happens in the first part the rain stops for a moment.
Just yesterday found you out reacting to some League shorts and I thought, holy shit just wait until he gets to see the new one. 40min long video is pretty much what I expected :P
I love when a person is smart and knows how to go with what gets them views, and is good idea for content, Really liked the video!!!!
Did he just about say 'BANKAI' as Yasuo was winding up xD. YASSSSSSS
Epicc explanation, do more of these!
I was expecting Chris to react to this ... I'm not disappointed. xx
i was waiting so long haha, finally
11:41 even the wind khas a path.
lol i like your reactions btw
There is more to the sword reflection than what you said. The sword is bloodstained the first time he looks at himself showing us an unclear image of him. Then he washed the blood in the river and at the very end when we see him in the boat he looks at his reflection again but it is crystal clear this time. This was used to show the progression of his character throughout the cinematic. Having doubts about himself and many regrets about his past at the beginning but by the end all of that has been cleared. That was really awesome
I really love what you do. I am a big league fan and its world story. Keep up the good work always looking forward to future videos.
Great vid as always! Would love to see you cover the mists of pandaria & draenor cinematics from wow next~~ Other than that really happy i found your channel recently, BOMB videos!!!
Prolly one of the few channels where I can watch someone fan out THEN teach something XD
IS IT CHRISTMAS?? been waiting for this lol, amazing work as always broda
12:49 “We-Who is she guys?”
Ahri, the Nine Tailed Fox
4:57 got me triggert XD: 'why else would the great yasuo come' and he screaming : aaaah it begins with a Y !!!
Now this is what im waiting for!!!
My third comment, but I'm really passionate okay!
A couple of things I think you missed: the fade to black was, imo, actually pretty clever! It's not just a typical fade to black (Which, nothing wrong with that, especially if it's done properly like you said), but they fade on the sound and action of Yasuo sheeting his sword. Since we were viewing the world through his reflection in his blade, him sheeting his sword and plunging that wold into darkness is a really neat way to fade to black I think.
Another thing: We could see when he woke up that Yasuo's sword was covered in blood. And the reflection we saw of him was stained by it. Now, obviously, since it's likely been years since Yone died, this is not his blood (It's not difficult for Yasuo to get blood on his blade though, "Death is like the wind. Always by my side"- a quote from him in-game), but combined with the next scene and him waking up with their final battle on his mind, it's clearly symbolic. And when he's in the river we'le, we can see the blood washing away from his blade.
As to why Yasuo defends the azakana, he likely- at that point, could not tell it was a demon. It's not easy for humans to recognize demons. Yone, having died and being able to access the spirit realm has no problem seeing them though.
And one final cool thing: When Yasuo's on the ship and talking to Yasuo, he looks at his blade and clearly sees his reflection in his clean blade. Love the symbolism!
I like you. You know what UA-camrs who place their professions in the titles of their reaction videos should really do. No half-as*ing it, going all in on what they do and why they have the right to do these videos.
This is what you do for a living. Of course you have to flex your knowledge.
I appreciate you, man. I know these probably take a long time to make, so thank you for doing these. I hope you don't get tired.
this cinematic was so fucking good, i like ur inputs on the vids u react to big up
Would love to see you react to the Fiddlesticks trailer! It's really good. Amazing video though, love watching your uploads
Geez i love your lighting
6:40 lmaoo laughed so hard here 😂
I never played League, but I always love their cinematic because of all the different animation/art styles. This one is a really good example, I still think it's funny that I just normally rewatch them for the songs and still haven't actually played the game. XD
A video on my recommended that is actually worth watching.
When I saw the cinematic I instantly tought of you reacting XD
perfect timing goddaym
literally speaks right as he says the name, love it
The "bringing your blade next to eye level" is a defensive stance that enables you to defend high and present the point of the blade to the opponent (threaten to stab, basically). That's the idea. Similar to when you hold the blade in the same spot vertically, which is a bit better for defending the whole body and can switch to a strike very quickly.
Your videos are so entertaining :D
The festival you saw a few minutes in was the Spirit Blossom Festival. A festival where the people of Ionai celebrate the dead and can talk to those they have lost once more. That's what the old man meant when he asked Yasuo if he was "looking to commune". Spirit Blossom are magical flowers that can hold to the soul of the dead. If you want to talk to someone you know you first have to find the Blossom that hold his/her soul and then drink the Spirit Tea.
Yasuo here was looking to talk to his brother one last time. Since he killed Yone during the war and this is the first time after the war the the Spirit Blossoms bloom now would be the perfect time. However, the old man tricks him. Neither is the Blossom Yasuo holds real nor is the tea really the Spirit Tea.
Yasuo was accused to have killed Elder Souma because Souma and Yasuo were the only people in Ionia known for using the Wind Technique and Souma was killed by said fighting style. Yasuo however wasn't even near Souma when it happened because even tho he was supposed to not interfere he saved a nearby village during the war. When he returned Souma was dead already, killed by accident when he tried to cleans Rivens sword from the magic in it. Yasuo blamed himself and ran away, for others it looked like he ran because he killed Souma with the Wind Technique. That's why Yone tracked him down.
How Yone came back is not known, not even Yone himself knows. All he knows that in the Spirit World he fought a demon. He later realised that this demon already was in him while alive and if Yasuo hadn't killed him he would have become like the old man here. Those lesser demons are called Azakana and feed off of negative emotions like rage, (self-)doubt, or the feeling that someone betrayed you, until they take over and mutate to full demons. He defeated the demon in the Spirit world but with it's last strenght it attacked Yone again and still kinda fused with him. The demon now is in the mask on his face and Yone can't get rid of the mask at the moment, so for now the mask is here to stay permanently. However, because of the mask Yone is able to see other Azakana and if he learns the true name of the demons he can banish them. With every Azakana he learns more and maybe some day he will learn the name of his own demon.
I like how when he said "it starts with a Y" it was the same time the old man said Yasuo's name so he didn't heard it
this is what a reaction video was meant to be. his body movement dude
At the start when he gazes at his reflection on the blade, the blade is bloodstained and he can't see his reflection properly, but in the last part when he does it again, the blade is clean, and he can see himself more clearly.
It'd been really cool to have done The Path into this cinematic. While I love this one don't get me wrong, the pacing, music, storytelling, sound design of The Path blew me away I love it so much.
The shockwaves we see in the fight aren't just for show, and more than shockwaves they're actually the visual representation of yasuo's ability, which is to control wind, as we can see when he throws tornados and stuff. It's also why his brother tells him "even the wind has a path"
I've been into your videos lately but when I saw that R34 shot i lost it! Can't wait to see that!
That girl at the end was Ahri. In the Spirit Blossoms storyline, she's a guide for wandering souls to the afterlife. I believe Yone (that spirit guy with the red mask) is a wayward soul hunting demons, and Ahri is looking for him, but I could be wrong on that.