The DARKEST Story So Far... Penacony Trailblaze Mission LORE RECAP | Honkai Star Rail 2.0

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  • @Minsleif
    @Minsleif  11 місяців тому +57

    Time to be a real gamer Opera GX: operagx.gg/Minsleif
    Thank you Opera GX for sponsoring this video!

    • @montalvo59
      @montalvo59 11 місяців тому +2

      Congratulation

    • @skistorm739
      @skistorm739 10 місяців тому

      Dead in a dream or real life if destruction reforge them selves

  • @redlox2
    @redlox2 11 місяців тому +640

    I am sure in the interlude quest in 2.1 we will get more answers but what i got from the Trailblaze quest is "Question everything and nobody is realy our ally as everyone has their own agenda"

    • @Minsleif
      @Minsleif  11 місяців тому +90

      THIS LAKNSDKANSD I love Firefly and I'm still a LITTLE bit sus...

    • @redlox2
      @redlox2 11 місяців тому +40

      @@Minsleif don’t worry I love Firefly! She is basically a girl that is a friend who isn’t a girlfriend but acts like a girlfriend. For the MC.

    • @aperson9930
      @aperson9930 11 місяців тому +24

      There's only one person I 100% trust during the penacony quest beside the express crew, and that person is Dr ratio. Buuuttt he left immediately so....

    • @florwo4970
      @florwo4970 11 місяців тому +11

      2.1 will most likely be a trailblaze mission not a continuance

    • @stephanieworkman5110
      @stephanieworkman5110 11 місяців тому +5

      At least we can trust the Astral Express crew, assuming we actually get to spend any time with them in Penacony XD

  • @GuyWithAnAmazingHat
    @GuyWithAnAmazingHat 11 місяців тому +691

    It's no longer a meme, this arc is actually written by the writer of HI3rd's darkest and saddest arcs, Shaoji, who made me cry for 5 hours straight in chapter 30 and 31. Because of how powerful his death scenes has been, the deaths in Penacony so far are actually the least impactful death scenes he has ever written; Almost like they were intentional, like maybe no one actually died.
    There is very little emotional attachment to Firefly and Robin because we only know them for a short time, literally only a couple of hours, compared to how Shaoji would build up characters over a whole year in HI3rd before killing them off in the greatest send offs in all of fiction. These deaths has to be just set ups for what would actually destroy our soul later on.

    • @Minsleif
      @Minsleif  11 місяців тому +110

      I heard about this!!! They got me good with the emotional parts TT o TT

    • @Oclur
      @Oclur 11 місяців тому +16

      Oh no
      Anyways

    • @muhdazhad04
      @muhdazhad04 11 місяців тому +21

      I actually wanna know about the chapter/ arc in Honkai Impact. I heard so many good things about the story.
      But I'm so lazy to read it or play HI3, plus I don't have a lot of free time as much as back in the day. If only there's an compressed version/video of the story in UA-cam where I can Speedrun through the story. 😅

    • @mistyumu
      @mistyumu 11 місяців тому +35

      @@muhdazhad04There's actually a lore guy on Hi3 who is HomuLabs. He did recap on all the Hi3 story so far, basically a quick summary of all the plots with precise explanation. I recommend you checking him out, the format is good and the summary is perfect

    • @muhdazhad04
      @muhdazhad04 11 місяців тому +4

      ​@@mistyumuThanks 👍
      I believe I heard about him a long time ago, I'm surprised he is still making videos

  • @adityawidarma3803
    @adityawidarma3803 11 місяців тому +394

    Also there's a small note: Misha is invisible to everyone except Trailblazer just like Clockie. During the check-up, March didn't see him. Also during the part Clockie asking Trailblazer to save Misha and Acheron, Acheron mention there's an entity she can sense near her and her line of sight points to Misha, not Clockie.
    The biggest theory is Misha is the Clockwork Legacy and we might see his True form like Dan Heng

    • @Minsleif
      @Minsleif  11 місяців тому +68

      I NOTICED THIS TOO ASLKDNAKSND No one else seems to notice him!!

    • @StranglerSix
      @StranglerSix 11 місяців тому +47

      My theory is that Misha is some sort of "door" or "treasure," which his eye shape suggests. Once opened, we will get the answer to the Watchmaker's legacy.
      And as to the manner of "opening" Misha, we... may have to sacrifice him...
      Edit after 2.2: I was barely hitting the bullseye lmaooo

    • @DarkDevilMason
      @DarkDevilMason 11 місяців тому +34

      in one part a Npc says that the luggages are transporting themseves and the fact it is Misha who is doing it.

    • @phusicus_404
      @phusicus_404 11 місяців тому +1

      Misha: Clockwork Legacy lol

    • @raraavis5418
      @raraavis5418 11 місяців тому +2

      Nope Gallagher voiceline have misha

  • @Luguya
    @Luguya 11 місяців тому +251

    The Firefly scene was shocking, yes. Especially with how brutal it was. But we know her for so little time and most of it she seems to be hiding a lot of things that it wasn't really that sad. I'm expecting she's either not really dead, she was double tricking us (as everybody seems to do in Penacony) or she'll come back in a different shape (like Robin or Sam or someone else). If she actually did die then they may have jumped the gun a little. Gotta give these characters a bit more time to build a connection with.

    • @soulstealer5625
      @soulstealer5625 11 місяців тому

      I can only assume/cope that eas the point. Give her many death flags then 'kill' her so early that it forces the question: why?

    • @Faym99
      @Faym99 11 місяців тому +15

      It personally happened the same with me, I wont reprimand people that liked her, but I was pretty cautious around her, and when she died I felt like something was missing, it just made it more suspicious for me.

    • @liaaaaaaaaaaaaa
      @liaaaaaaaaaaaaa 11 місяців тому

      I think she is a stellaron hunter tricking us again

    • @xiabigsis
      @xiabigsis 11 місяців тому +6

      My opinion is the song or soundtrack that make her death feels so sad

    • @HoshikoClassifiesAsAnNpc
      @HoshikoClassifiesAsAnNpc 11 місяців тому +12

      @@xiabigsisThe song is SO good. It made me feel so many emotions when I first heard it. That’s probably because I’m the type to get emotional to music though…

  • @sasosasa8594
    @sasosasa8594 11 місяців тому +252

    I have a theory that the first time we see Sampo it was actually sparkle because he confused firefly for march which is very weird thing for him to do considering she was glued to us in belobog

    • @everettjoseph6189
      @everettjoseph6189 11 місяців тому +111

      Its also a dead give away on how he introduces himself majority of the time he always introduces himself with his full name sampo koski but when sparkles was impersonating him she only said im sampo

    • @dellahcarroway477
      @dellahcarroway477 11 місяців тому +100

      It's not a theory, you're correct! Sampo would never have forgotten March, and he always introduces himself as "Sampo Koski!"

    • @mars__1400
      @mars__1400 11 місяців тому +6

      How did you even know that when we didnt even know sparkle's abilities in the 1st place? But yeah it was a dead giveaway when "he" confused firefly as march

    • @KhaoRose
      @KhaoRose 11 місяців тому +8

      ​@@mars__1400I only got to the story a few days ago myself and although I didn't see spoilers as soon as he called firefly March I instantly went "that ain't him, what's happening". The game wanted us to be sus even tho we didn't know what of yet.

    • @hilfsloseranton6625
      @hilfsloseranton6625 10 місяців тому +1

      It was confirmed in the story in 2.0 yeah...

  • @rajamrifqi5764
    @rajamrifqi5764 11 місяців тому +93

    It's nice that you put "yet" on your title
    Because shaoji won't stop cooking until everyone cries

  • @azurepop1848
    @azurepop1848 11 місяців тому +70

    You did a great job providing the recap, but I still have so many questions especially the watchmaker, Acheron, and firefly.

    • @Minsleif
      @Minsleif  11 місяців тому +20

      I hope to cover these topics in future theory videos ☺️ I’m working on them rn!! But yea ESPECIALLY THE WATCHMAKER

  • @Eveningcomet
    @Eveningcomet 10 місяців тому +9

    Aside from the twists, this quest was soo creepy and ominous and all in all just dark compared to anything we previously did in the game. Finding robins dead body was low key terrifying lol

  • @TheJH1015
    @TheJH1015 11 місяців тому +101

    there's two things that make me VERY uncomfortable with what happened.
    1) the fact Trialblazer gets the 'angry' gear but doesn't lash out in ANY way when the Firefly scene happened... I had expected them to go into Stellaron-rage mode, ngl... and I'm now suspecting this might happen in the Penacony story finale.
    2) the fact that the ONLY person we met in Penacony that is REMOTELY trustworthy is *Sparkle* of all people. Acheron? Suspicious. Black Swan? working with Aventurine. Aventurine? No clue what HIS agenda is. Ratio is Ratio. Sunday is the Head of The Family, we don't know anything what he's up to. This leaves Sparkle, Misha and Sam. Sam is a Stellaron Hunter so he won't *hurt* us, but we also don't know what Elio's plan is for Penacony. Misha seems innocent enough but again, there's sprinkles of weirdness thrown around with him and the name Mikhail.
    This leaves Sparkle, who while posing as several people just for the lolz for chaos, does something NO ONE ELSE DOES. She immediately, in her Sampo disguise, shows us in a subtle and later not-so-subtle way that things are not as they seem and instructs us to dive deeper for the truth of Penacony and not trust anybody (including herself in Sampo disguise). She is the ONLY ONE that flat-out tells us 'Hey there's some weird shit going on, you better stay on your toes and look out for anything that might reveal the truth of this place.' Adding to that is that Sparkle, even though she is unhinged and a Masked Fool, she has some STRONG convictions against the IPC and The Family.

    • @Justin-Thyme
      @Justin-Thyme 11 місяців тому +17

      1) To be fair, Trailblazer's emotional range has always been all over the place. It is also possible to roleplay your relationship with Firefly in a way that makes you cold/indifferent to her, so it might be that the devs didn't want to assume. In the scene, Trailblazer shows the kind of shock you'd have to see someone you know die in front of you, and that's it. Either that, or Robin's hacking has some deeper subtleties to it we don't know of yet. Speaking of Robin, it's interesting that Trailblazer's reaction to her death is even more emotional than to Firefly's.
      2) Aventurine's life literally depends on completing this mission, so yeah, one more reason to be distrustful. Misha is going to be a centerpiece: he's the only thing Trailblazer remembers of the initial dream, no one seems to be able to see him, and there's his voice in the Dreamscape.
      The "bad ending" we get by refusing Aventurine is EXTREMELY interesting, though, and it might suggest a completely different perspective to it all.

    • @Sinking_
      @Sinking_ 11 місяців тому +10

      Right after firefly’s death, there were some dialogue options that could be seen as anger, lashing out at Acheron.

    • @xttvis
      @xttvis 10 місяців тому

      I love your theorysss also, i think that trailblazer not showing emotional anger has to do with robin

    • @supermarinespitfire3760
      @supermarinespitfire3760 10 місяців тому +1

      i dont get Sparkle at all, i tried to pay attention to the lore during the quest but i still can figure out what sparkle has to do with all of this and why everyones crazy after her, could be cause i just did the story few days ago and been inactive from the community and game till then but still nothing shows why

  • @CryingCrystalx
    @CryingCrystalx 11 місяців тому +141

    Man this quest was amazing truly a wHOLEsome story.

    • @feedbaakxx
      @feedbaakxx 11 місяців тому +5

      that's the nasty part she will be playable

  • @mikebiddle4070
    @mikebiddle4070 11 місяців тому +55

    I’m very happy to see you on the HSR lore side now as well. I was hoping it would happen after playing this patch because damn do I have questions lmao

    • @DumbestDumbFool
      @DumbestDumbFool 11 місяців тому

      I''m actually glad but for totally different reasons, as I can't really play the game for the gameplay reasons, no hate, it's far from my cup of tea, but I've invested some brain space for the story and I'm glad I can watch mins recap now, and right on time as I stop playing just before penacony release.

  • @pepermintf
    @pepermintf 11 місяців тому +71

    Some other interesting things I wanted to point out is that there are also theories on Acheron being an emanator of finality. Terminus moves backwards in time meaning Acheron could've experienced the future and may be a Galaxy Ranger in the future. This could explain why the IPC has no information on that not to mention Acheron's memories are somewhat blurred. Another thing to note is that she forcibly changes your dialogue options if you decline her offer to join your investigation with Black Swan too many times. There still are a lot of questions about her, but this is something that caught my eye.

  • @Marryjanesbud
    @Marryjanesbud 11 місяців тому +29

    If you find all the dream tickers a 16th ticker spawns & gives u a message that suggests the trailblazers emotions are being manipulated by a third party.

    • @pipedream2556
      @pipedream2556 11 місяців тому +3

      Wait really? I genuonely wasnt paying any attention to what they wer daying after reading the first few ones and finding them talking random delusional nonsense, im not even sure how many of them ive completed yet to know if ive already missed the 16th 😅

  • @idontspeakjapanese6289
    @idontspeakjapanese6289 11 місяців тому +22

    Hopefully Ruan Min can also cover the lore of Aeons, it's by far one of the best lores that HSR can offer

  • @redlox2
    @redlox2 10 місяців тому +4

    12:59 it’s so wholesome you used the song “if I can stop one heart from breaking” for the Robin scene too!!😍😍😍

  • @Truck-kun11
    @Truck-kun11 11 місяців тому +19

    I think maybe the Watchmaker is being held prisoner by something or someone and as a consequence Penacony is falling apart.
    His Legacy is perhaps an emergency measure created to restore the dream if something were to happen to him and that's why he sent out an invitation to so many different groups in the hope that one of them would be able to find the Legacy.

    • @Kouku04
      @Kouku04 11 місяців тому +5

      Whoever the watchmaker maybe or whatever his legacy is... I just know Misha will play a very important role in it.

    • @DarkDevilMason
      @DarkDevilMason 11 місяців тому +2

      @@Kouku04 i think Misha is super important, since no one except Trailblazer can see him ans clockie.

  • @Truck-kun11
    @Truck-kun11 11 місяців тому +31

    I doubt they would actually kill a character that we barely had time to get to know, especially when it has been said multiple times that people who die in Penacony's dream don't die in real life.

    • @benjaminroe311ify
      @benjaminroe311ify 11 місяців тому +4

      Yeah I want to believe this too. Robin looked dead though. But firefly could still be alive just maybe her dissociate disease has advanced. Good thing we know a genius society. Hopefully there is a cure.

    • @paucalderon8326
      @paucalderon8326 11 місяців тому +2

      I thought so too, but everyone (especially Black Swan) was acting like she died for real.

    • @BrockyX1
      @BrockyX1 10 місяців тому +1

      When was that said? Like I saw some youtbers saying the same thing but I don't remember anyone in Penacony talking about death in the dream (I only did the main story)

  • @Mudsalmon223
    @Mudsalmon223 11 місяців тому +8

    BTW i think the gear you get after revisiting the selfie spot is dependant on how you react to Acheron after Firefly's death. You can either lash out at her for not attacking or reassure her Firefly's death wasn't her fault, giving you a angry and sad gear respectively. You can also switch up the tone halfway throught to get both gears.

  • @moeatazkira3334
    @moeatazkira3334 11 місяців тому +19

    Penacony side quests are amazing too

  • @shinju.elybina
    @shinju.elybina 11 місяців тому +31

    its so nice to see u cover hsr 🤩

    • @Minsleif
      @Minsleif  11 місяців тому +15

      I plan to make some HSR theory videos as well!

  • @MmmaSthrnVel3
    @MmmaSthrnVel3 11 місяців тому +7

    I literally went back to her secret base today and just collected all of that stuff. They played the emotional tug on her story so much I teared up. And teared up again when you got to that part in your video. I really enjoyed her story but hated her death.

  • @Dragonpit
    @Dragonpit 11 місяців тому +12

    I missed the boat with Penacony and was spoiled on Firefly's death in advance, so it didn't hit me as it should. However, in spite of that, upon actually seeing it for myself, Firefly's death seems...disingenuous? And I don't mean badly written or anything like that. It felt like her death was a deception for the main characters somehow... The fact that Black Swam repeats that "everyone lies in Penacony" hasn't helped matters, either.
    As for Robin, I think hers was faked as well, but I'm willing to bet that's someone else's deception. Perhaps her brother's, given the circumstances. I mean, he refused Sparkle's assistance; in all likelihood Sparkle's assistance would've been a problem, no matter what, but she could very easily spoil HIS deception if he accepted. But that also suggests the possibility that that preening peacock of an IPC officer is working with him, given that he was the one who showed us the body.
    Be warned, folks; I anticipate that Firefly was actually manipulating us.

  • @lukachuthecat7063
    @lukachuthecat7063 11 місяців тому +5

    This was super helpful for refreshing my memory of everything that happened! You also pointed out things I definitely missed when I played! Thank you :) definitely going to subscribe

  • @Bonkezz
    @Bonkezz 11 місяців тому +4

    Idk why, every time I was in those corridors with the keyhole shaped doors I got such an overwhelming sense of dejavu, but no matter how hard I think I can't remember where I've seen those corridors before. It's driving me crazy!

  • @eileenscarlet5493
    @eileenscarlet5493 9 місяців тому +2

    thanks a lot for making this short recap story penacony, because for myself i hate beer, gambling, and anything that come from club or something, i can't handle that but i need to know the story, make next one please

  • @spzimefrk16
    @spzimefrk16 11 місяців тому +16

    One thing that makes me question Gallagher in particular is that he’s supposedly in charge of the bloodhounds and yet, except for that one guy in the quest, no one seems to know who he is. I talked to a few npc bloodhounds and there’s the option to ask about him and they’re always like “who are you talking about?”…I really wonder who, if anyone, is actually telling the truth here (maybe I’m wrong and I just haven’t met the bloodhounds who know him but it’s interesting)

    • @Konkkers
      @Konkkers 10 місяців тому +3

      Called it

  • @XlAOTlNG
    @XlAOTlNG 10 місяців тому +3

    cld u do a recap for all the worlds so far ❤️ i enjoy listening to ur voice and how u tell ur stories!! i love to listen to ur vids at night and manifest myself in this fake reality 🎀🎀🎀 love ur vidsss keep i up baeee

  • @izanagiuzumaki7325
    @izanagiuzumaki7325 11 місяців тому +8

    My favorite lore enthusiast come to save my smooth brain, good start to the weekend.

  • @NANFR-thatdude
    @NANFR-thatdude 11 місяців тому +4

    Yup! This is indeed a wholesome and uplifting story as of now in this wholesole and uplifting game!

  • @AutumnLewis-y9j
    @AutumnLewis-y9j 11 місяців тому +1

    Great vid as always- can't believe i'm so late :(. btw the cornerstones were I think established in both the Topaz quest and that IPC video as an object given to each of the Ten Stonehearts, as some kind of establishment of rank- ex Topaz of debt retrieval. You see Topaz's cornerstone on her chest- the orange thingy. I'm not really sure why they're so important, but the head of the stonehearts, Diamond, is an established Emanator of Preservation (IPC vid). He's also the one who created the Stonehearts in the first place, specifically w/out care for the members' backgrounds, and judging from the fact that Topaz is a prodigy from an ailing planet and Aventurine's on the death row he might be using these cornerstones to control them/keep them in check? But I really didn't realize until this vid they might have special powers or usage- you have a really keen eye :)

  • @ebaniisir19
    @ebaniisir19 11 місяців тому +10

    while i really enjoyed the video, i wanted to thank you so much for including subs!! english isn't my first language, so i have problems with listening aand stuff, so i usually rely on the text to uhh better understand things :( thank you a thousand times!

  • @TheGeekyRedMage
    @TheGeekyRedMage 11 місяців тому +9

    BTW, to anyone who doesn't know, there's actually a bad ending you can get for the main quest where if you see the "end credits" and properly analyse it within the context of what we know from the story, then it may have just "spoiled" one of the big "plot twists" for the storyline and is a really nice contextual they laid out. Definitely one of the better parts of the main quest for sure. And that's the one thing I'll praise about the writing for the main quest. The way they put together and showcase contextual clues for this mystery story has been really good.
    For those that wonder how you get the bad ending, it just before the end of the quest where instead of meeting with Aventurine, you go to one of the doors and decide to go back to reality.

    • @Minsleif
      @Minsleif  11 місяців тому +3

      WHOAAA I’m def checking this out!

    • @stormyenglish_23
      @stormyenglish_23 10 місяців тому +1

      What happens if you get the bad ending on penacony? does it work the same as the herta space station bad ending?

  • @themoonandthesea
    @themoonandthesea 11 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for more hsr content! I've been wishing for this 🌸 it's hard finding good hsr lore theory/recaps creators

  • @EmiWi
    @EmiWi 11 місяців тому +1

    A story hasn't made me sad in a long time, but when THAT SCENE happened I was genuinely so shocked and upset. I really hope we see a return.

  • @DeOnlyAce
    @DeOnlyAce 11 місяців тому +3

    Acheron might very well be an emanator and also responsible for killing the duke, however, her invitation is unlikely stolen. Since every invite that the family sent out should have names on them, like how the TB cant just get a room with DH's invite. Also before 2.0 released, hoyo had a scene where Acheron arrived at the hotel lobby and stating her name and faction, which cant really be faked with duke's invite.

  • @zeo_10
    @zeo_10 11 місяців тому +4

    0:25 dainsleif really is a lucky guy

  • @algoluke9653
    @algoluke9653 10 місяців тому

    thank you so much for this recap! i can't stand sitting through sooo many hours of dialogue but im still so interested in the story 😩 this does soo much for me

  • @divyeshgooljar2731
    @divyeshgooljar2731 11 місяців тому +4

    When you tell me cornerstone I think of swarm disaster because the special effects given on domains by the preservation dice is called cornerstone

  • @NathanN0rth
    @NathanN0rth 10 місяців тому +1

    Just finished 2.1 and holy crap... The twists blew my mind 🤯

  • @will8677
    @will8677 11 місяців тому +1

    You’re very good at recapping story. I want more. I want all 1.0 to current. Subbed.

  • @tophrii
    @tophrii 11 місяців тому +3

    I’ve been looking for a channel that can cover HSR Lore in an approachable and human way instead of just spouting factoids and timelines. This has been an epic watch and I can’t wait to see more.

    • @Neutral2865
      @Neutral2865 11 місяців тому +2

      You should watch CatWithBlueHat. Great theories and not complicated( for me at least)

    • @tophrii
      @tophrii 11 місяців тому +3

      @@Neutral2865 I do!! :D but they're mostly on theories and speculation. They're amazing with details and missable Easter eggs, but when it comes to HSR story-telling and lore recaps, I haven't seen a channel that does it as well as this.
      Thanks for your suggestion, thought!

  • @virajchandorkar3128
    @virajchandorkar3128 10 місяців тому +4

    You got the sam and firefly one correct lol.

  • @KuraiKodoku16
    @KuraiKodoku16 9 місяців тому +3

    Any chance of doing a story summary from the Xianzhou so far? At certain points of the story I could not properly follow or fully understand what was going on ;#;

  • @ei3085
    @ei3085 10 місяців тому +3

    Can't wait for a video for 2.1 ❤

  • @TheGeekyRedMage
    @TheGeekyRedMage 11 місяців тому +4

    My issues with the writing and pacing of the main quest aside, I'm very excited regarding the lore and history of Penacony, and this is a pretty helpful recap, so thank you very much Minsleif. 💞
    Unfortunately, my reaction to the dream version of Firefly dying was me just going "...what?", no thanks to the very poor pacing and structure during the second half the quest. The "fridging" issue with Firefly (and Robin) aside, this is my first real time experiencing Shaoji's writing, who the HoYoverse fanbase praise to death for his writing, and I got to say I not impress in the least at the moment. I can easily suspect the reasons behind the writing and story decisions considering the themes they seem to be exploring, and how a lot of it is probably is going to be further developed as the story goes on, but even then, I feel that the slow pacing of the first half and the rapid pacing of the later half took away a lot of the emotional gratification I would have gotten since it was replaced with me just trying to parse through the story bits I've experience in rapid succession. If their going to do this mystery box type of story, they really need to fix the pacing and structural problems for the later quests, cause you really need to give the audience time to parse through such a story. I'm also going to hope they better develop Firefly's character in future quests since this main quest developed her character more like an accessory to the Trailblazer rather than a character that developed a budding relationship with the Trailblazer, and if the"plot twist" that I'm suspecting with her does happen, well... then they really need to properly develop her, or said "plot twist" is going to fall flat on their face. But here's hoping.

    • @Minsleif
      @Minsleif  11 місяців тому +3

      You bring totally fair points, I think if they built Firefly gradually (in the way they built Navia’s character and arc in Genshin) and they had Firefly die then, I feel like it would’ve been a little more impactful!

  • @MisoSanSoup
    @MisoSanSoup 10 місяців тому +1

    Thank you so much for the recap! I stopped playing HSR but I'm interested in the story so this is amazing :)

  • @timHUUUU
    @timHUUUU 11 місяців тому

    THANKS Minsleif! I was genuinely so confused but sad at the same time,, this vid helped me understand what happened a lot lol

  • @stephendragon6212
    @stephendragon6212 11 місяців тому +2

    Everyone is lying but what Im most interested in is who is the biggest liar of them all and who is most accountable?? I also support the theory that Firefly isnt gone gone yet since her poofing seems to be too convenient. First, the something unto blank ignored the trailblazer, acheron, and black swan and focused their attack to firefly the whole time. Second, acheron and black swan didnt seem too bothered fire fly poofed meaning they are doubtful of her. Third, Sam and firefly never appeared at the same time. Maybe this is connected to what we saw at the start of the quest when Sam and Silverwolf were discussing their mission and Sam told Silverwolf that showing the truth is the right way and the audience would naturally wake up from the illusion if the bare truth is presented to them. Maybe the chaotic mess right now is part of Sams script that he's acting on

  • @kaialsh4321
    @kaialsh4321 11 місяців тому +2

    Sampo, being a masked fool, was kinda expected for me.
    I guess he is the next 4* to get a 5* version.

  • @LelouchStarnight
    @LelouchStarnight 11 місяців тому +1

    Im glad you are tackling honkai lore now , cant wait for more, great video.

  • @aloywong658
    @aloywong658 10 місяців тому +1

    Need more penacony lore plz

  • @yellowdeceiver4818
    @yellowdeceiver4818 11 місяців тому +2

    the reaction to that scene was peak

    • @Minsleif
      @Minsleif  11 місяців тому +2

      i was genuinely so happy that part never got spoiled to me TT o TT what y'all got was a genuine reaction right there! i was GAGGED

  • @AdamNRG316
    @AdamNRG316 11 місяців тому

    Thanks for this. I kinda went a bit mad and binged the entire story in 4 weeks and man penacony was a LOT to take in. Especially after the other two arcs. This made a lot more sense of it. Think this is actually my favorite arc so far. Still so many unanswered questions though!

  • @DanyV1
    @DanyV1 11 місяців тому

    You have no idea how much I needed this video, because my friends keep asking me to pay attention to the lore and I just wanted the gems. nice work as usual 😁

  • @Luxemhunter
    @Luxemhunter 10 місяців тому +1

    i cant find the name of the soundtrack playing at 15:51, anybody help :o

  • @ilEagle3696
    @ilEagle3696 9 місяців тому +1

    18:38 did you just-

  • @roycebenjaminrecuerdo2679
    @roycebenjaminrecuerdo2679 5 місяців тому +4

    Still waiting for the continuation...

  • @TsuchiGamer06
    @TsuchiGamer06 11 місяців тому +2

    great vid but subbed for Firefly reaction LOL
    got me too

  • @rukhtalos8587
    @rukhtalos8587 11 місяців тому

    Acheron did not claim to be a Galaxy Ranger. She said that other people call her one.
    “Galaxy Ranger Acheron… That is what they call me…”

  • @hikari9262
    @hikari9262 11 місяців тому +1

    5:06 Doesn't that look like the same as what happened with Firefly when she was stabbed? Like an explosion of liquid.

  • @aaronwee5956
    @aaronwee5956 9 місяців тому

    This is amazing please do recaps for 2.1 and 2.2 as well!

  • @sjziU_Iqlx1
    @sjziU_Iqlx1 9 місяців тому +1

    FNALLY A RECAP TO MAKE MY ROTTEN BRAIN UNDERSTAND CUZ I SPENT 4 FUCKING HOURS AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AT ALL

  • @CarbMasters
    @CarbMasters 11 місяців тому +1

    I cannot wait for 2.1 to come out because I can get another amazing summary. I need MOREEE!!

  • @Rodiacreed
    @Rodiacreed 11 місяців тому +1

    Good analysis, I hope to see more HSR content here.
    Call it copium but I don't think Firefly is dead yet as there are too many questions about her and we didn't spend enough time with her. Same for Robin.

  • @Truck-kun11
    @Truck-kun11 11 місяців тому +5

    For me the problem with wanting to analyze the lore of Star Rail is that as soon as we go to a new planet all the previous lore becomes irrelevant since the planets we go to have zero connection with each other, making the only type of lore relevant to the story as a whole those involving the Aeons and the Nameless.

    • @justanub4697
      @justanub4697 11 місяців тому +6

      It would be weirder if the planets did have connections to each other though.
      Since Belobog has been yk, in isolation.
      Hmn as well as other areas focusing on their own problems.
      But if you think about it the IPC has been appearing in the main story for both Belobog and Penacony.
      So there are things that are connected
      As well as the interaction of Herta's SpaceStation with the Genius Society members interacting with Penacony.
      So you could argue there are little connections here and there

    • @justanub4697
      @justanub4697 11 місяців тому

      Actually Sampo being in Penacony also could be considered a connection between Belobog and Penacony

  • @MikaMooMoouwu
    @MikaMooMoouwu 11 місяців тому

    thank you so much for coverinkg honkai star rail, can't wait to see more future videos!!

  • @somtaru
    @somtaru 11 місяців тому

    Thank u for doing this

  • @shahrulaqil5711
    @shahrulaqil5711 10 місяців тому +2

    MORE HSR LORE PLEASE

  • @redlox2
    @redlox2 10 місяців тому

    9:14 I love how our “rough landing” is seemingly noticed by the other guests but only Sunday and Robin bother to check up on us. I guess that means everyone is just hanging out doing their own thing huh😅😅

  • @idminister
    @idminister 11 місяців тому

    acheron: The characters that declared her an emantaor:
    1: death and finality
    2: potentially any path associated with death/end: destruction, hunt, nihility (this part of the dialogue at first seems to no align with finality, but that is not the case as the box before or after indicated that due to the still unknown nature of The Finality, it is likewise hard to determine if an emanator of finality is indeed an enamantor of Finality as opposed to another path)
    Acheron being: HSR-mei.... and in HI3 Finality becomes associated with Kiana..... Acheron being emantor of finality is the strongest chance amongst the options.
    There is also the possibility that Aeon of Finality, traveling from the future to the past, is future HI3 kiana, and acheron future HI3 mei.

  • @Nihilore
    @Nihilore 10 місяців тому

    these videos are so useful for watching right before the new patch drops, thanks!

  • @Wookiescantfly
    @Wookiescantfly 11 місяців тому

    Acheron being an Emanator of Nihility would make sense if you look at her eyes; they look like a black hole event horizon. Sometimes we get breadcrumbs in a character's design like that.

  • @GUDboi25
    @GUDboi25 11 місяців тому +3

    Firefly got the Donut treatment 🗿

  • @myob2dac
    @myob2dac 10 місяців тому

    i had to spam click through the story to unlock event last minute last patch for the extra summons so i needed this

  • @alvi9463
    @alvi9463 11 місяців тому +1

    Strangely enough I didn't really have trust issues spacificly with black swan since I only saw the whole thing as her moving the plot along. She gave to me at least the impression of a guide rather then and antagonistic forced.
    As for Firefly while I did feel the emotional gut punch initially but the more I thought about it the more I didn't buy her death based purely on the fact her character model has all the hallmarks of playable character.

  • @htk3
    @htk3 11 місяців тому

    The quest really put me through some emotions, I have no idea who I can trust but one thing I know, if black swan is really lying to us with adventurine I’m gonna cry and never trust anyone else in future anymore.

  • @malcomhater
    @malcomhater 11 місяців тому

    If there is someone I can trust with game lore I know its you who I can trust. This summary videos are really nice, keep them coming.

  • @stxrry_ace
    @stxrry_ace 10 місяців тому

    In the quest "envision a rose forthcoming" there s a girl who almost dies, you can save her or you can not, she dies in a dream scape but when u return to reality shes dead so i think firefly is aswell.

  • @rivernlong5979
    @rivernlong5979 11 місяців тому

    Intrusive thought - why did the Stellaron Hunters send us to the Xianzhou Luofu? I'm not debating that saving XL from a Stellaron wasn't important- however what did sending us to the XL first change in terms of Penacony? Two things stand out. 1. Dan Heng didn't go to Penacony and instead (if this is canon) took the express back to the Xianzhou for their CN-NY expy which he now can do because he's no-longer banished. If DH had joined us we would have been 5 people on 4 tickets - who would have stayed behind instead? (Also there's the idea that DH-IL is an Emanator of Long that won't leave me alone) 2. We arrived at Penacony after certain events had already taken place. Sampo and Sparkle's deal and Robin's death for example (because I'm 90% certain Lobby!Robin was Sparkle. Which leaves a lot of questions about what Dreamscape!Robin was actually doing if this is Sparkle, not Robin. Except ... I don't think that's Sparkle. I think Dreamscape!Robin is Robin. She's dead IRL, but not in the dreamscape, which makes me question wth Aventurine has? Actually... could Black Swan fake a dead body?) We also arrive near - simultaneusly with Aventurine. 3. We meet the stellaron hunters and build our technically-antagonistic-but-actually-rather-friendly relationship on the Luofu before going to Penacony, suggesting they might need that trust from us. But then ... why not send Kafka? Silver Wolf makes sense, but why Sam?
    ....
    (Am I the only one reflexively trusting the Stellaron Hunters more than any other partly atm? We know what they want (stellarons! Maybe.) and we know they're invested in our survival. To put my thoughts into one massive paragraph:
    I trust Sparkle the least. In some ways, she's the most straightforward of the lot, but at the same time - she's gunna have us axed if she thinks it would be funny, and we have no clue what she finds funny beyond the fact that Sampo is very unhappy with it.
    SH's are the people I currently trust the most. Since Blade isn't here, unless Sam has beef with Himeko every SH present wants us to survive. As us the Trailblazers have no agenda beyond figuring out what happened to some other Trailblazers, their faction is a safe one to align with. We don't have that survival guarantee with anyone else.
    Next most trustworthy is Acheron to me. Yes, she's mysterious. But she's stepped in to help us a few times now, and hasn't done anything against us or actually lied to us either. That Aventurine/Black Swan try to sow suspicion on her of all people feels off. Concerning the Firefly death scene - in my version she heavily implies there are rules surrounding her drawing her blade that meant she couldn't meaningfully interfere.
    Aventurine wants us for something, and badly. But I've got bad feelings about his desperation. In addition, allying with the IPC is ... Himeko is really weird around the IPC. First Topaz in Belobog and now Aventurine in the lobby. I'm missing something, and before Himeko talks I feel uncofortable promising Aven anything.
    Then there's Black Swan who - if I understood the scene right - was tracking SotD up until the point in killed Firefly, and can in fact beat the thing. If anyone could have reacted in time to save her, it was BS. In addition, the though arose that if anyone can control a monster created from memories it would be a memokeeper, (debateably) Emanator of Fuli.
    Finally Misha, who's tbh mostly a non-entity in the intruige so far. Yes, he's only visible to some people but unless he's the reason we have the wrong Dreamscape!hotelroom (I think that's Black Swan's fault - if Misha hadn't found us we'd have wandered the hallways and run into SotD), landed in the Dreamscape in the middle of the air (probably because of our emotions when entering) or were dragged into the Dreamscape after jumping (an accident I think) he hasn't really done anything.
    Oh and Clockie, who's the public face of the Watchmaker in essence. On the one hand, I don't trust him. (This entire mess is his fault to some degree, and when we don't interfere (bad end) we get stuck in a never-ending dream of the Charmony Festival. If I understood the notes right.) On the other, he's the first to actually hand us power in the dreamscape - and what a power. Messing with people's emotions is ... definitely a thing.
    Finally Firefly - absolutely manipulating us, possibly died on purpose (WHY!), but genuine in her care and much more dangerous than she seems. I see where the Firefly is a Stellaron Hunter ideas come from. That mix of care and manipulation for the sake of a plot we don't understand is very Stellaron Hunter of her, particularly Kafka-like if we are honest. Plus, if anyone can realistically fake a death in the dreamscape it's either Black Swan or Silver Wolf. (Which makes me think both Firefly's death and Robin's body are fake. Oh boy.)

  • @zeo_10
    @zeo_10 11 місяців тому +2

    1:58 hi i am operagx i'll generate the belobog lore so minsleif don't have to😂

  • @serenitynovalee5194
    @serenitynovalee5194 11 місяців тому +1

    I have trouble understanding things. I play both Genshin and star rail. I get so lost easily. Thank you! You explain well. Maybe a video on the aeons?

  • @Kouku04
    @Kouku04 11 місяців тому +1

    For me, Misha is the most sus of them all. I mean everyone look sus right from the start which made Misha even more standout. Also everything about him screams of watch and time! I mean he can even stop time with his technique. I refused to believe hyv give such technique on a whim to a mere bellboy. I think he will hplay a very important role in the future if not the most important in penacony.

  • @tearmis2574
    @tearmis2574 10 місяців тому +1

    10:07 😂i did the same and i was like “wait i wasn’t supposed to buy everything??”

  • @sunburst3476
    @sunburst3476 9 місяців тому

    Pls pls make more lore explanation videos, im literally so lost after finishing the quest

  • @Freewill415
    @Freewill415 11 місяців тому

    I did NOT know Mei Ver 2 in the beginning were saying the MC remind them of Kevin or Kiana, THIS IS CRAZY

  • @mahmudalvi4523
    @mahmudalvi4523 11 місяців тому +1

    Most positive & wholesome story 💝

  • @Kro-RissaVirus
    @Kro-RissaVirus 11 місяців тому

    I appreciate this video because my brain definitely checked out when all the enemies started getting called “Memes” like idk wtf was going on lmao

  • @montalvo59
    @montalvo59 11 місяців тому +2

    Lol 🤯To your scream i was just listening and make me jump when i was busy making ramen.🤗 Galy hell my Heart skipped a moment's beat..😅

    • @Minsleif
      @Minsleif  11 місяців тому +1

      i'M SorrY LAKNSdasd

  • @ninjadave3616
    @ninjadave3616 11 місяців тому

    Thank you for this I was so confused now I’m less confused but at least have a better idea of what’s going on

  • @BrightGroom
    @BrightGroom 11 місяців тому

    This quest is absolutely amazing and "wholesome and positive" (according to Shaoji). btw, the Black Swan & Sparkle Companion Mission might be an interesting clue to analyse the 2.0 Trailblaze Mission, with the detective elements (I won't spoil anything in case you haven't played this).
    Besides, could I translate and repost your video on Bilibili? This is a Chinese video platform and many people in China love to watch lore videos. I will post your UA-cam channel links, as well as the link to the original videos. Thank you!

  • @timkang239
    @timkang239 8 днів тому

    This is so helpful, thank you!

  • @redlox2
    @redlox2 11 місяців тому

    13:10 yup i can never forget our date with FireFly or the Selfie we take together!!

  • @Tachuya112
    @Tachuya112 9 місяців тому

    10/10 vid helped me catch up perfectly looking forward to more!

  • @junkonatsumizaka5149
    @junkonatsumizaka5149 11 місяців тому

    Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, we're gonna get Minsleif HSR videos! 🥂

  • @morrowthewizard3945
    @morrowthewizard3945 11 місяців тому +1

    Love your content thanks for compiling

  • @sedef4515
    @sedef4515 11 місяців тому +1

    i was really hoping you would start making videos abt hsr as well cause im so lost 😭😭

  • @christophermauro-barias7451
    @christophermauro-barias7451 10 місяців тому +4

    2.1 lore recap waiting room

  • @enkaeros
    @enkaeros 11 місяців тому

    not min single-handedly making me start playing hsr again :>

  • @YourAveragePerson123
    @YourAveragePerson123 11 місяців тому +5

    This quest litarally was the jump of story improvment for hsr imo
    Also im crying rn cause they killed my 2 favs in penacony😭😭(Firefly and robin)

    • @Neutral2865
      @Neutral2865 11 місяців тому +2

      Definitely agree this was a massive improvement. I would love if more honkai impact 3rd story writers were added to the team, I may be sad if the storywriting team made certain characters die, but at least the story is godlike.

    • @paulyvii
      @paulyvii 11 місяців тому +1

      they're not dead. firefly is heavily implied to be sam the stellaron hunter and they won't kill robin off because she got like 10 seconds of screentime and 2 voice lines