mei: if loving you is cringe then i dont wanna be based kiana: why cant we ever have a normal conversation

"If rescuing you is a sin, I'll gladly become a sinner" wow

"I'm breaking up with you Kiana, your self destructive tendencies have gone too far and I'm taking the dog too" - Mei "Bark" - Benares, now as Kurikara

Mei: "If rescuing you is a sin, I'll gladly become a sinner." Otto: "The malice of this world shall be sundered by the villain." Also "How many crimes must he commit to save her from the depths of hell." I like how both characters are so different yet they want the same thing; to save their special someone. It's just the matter on how you understand the circumstances and situations within the story whether you acknowledge or give humor about it.

“If rescuing you is a sin, I’ll gladly become a sinner” bro that’s love wtf

anime: have romance scene on the school rooftop Honkai:

I know you're here because of Acheron, welcome back Captain of Hyperion, let's save our Mei once again

2:41 THE VOICE ACTING OMG THIS PART

One girl who's gonna sacrifice herself for world, against the girl who's gonna sacrifice the whole world for her.

A few years later: Theresa: *_I now pronounce you Herrscher and Herrscher._*

This takes "I love you more" to another level

this timeline really lucky to have Kiana🥺

I think I speak for all the fans when I say We need a honkai impact 3rd anime adaptation with the full story

This is one hell of a lover's quarrel

Who else is here after that Hi3rd reference in penacony story

most normal lesbian break up

Kaslana family in a nutshell : We will sacrifice ourselves to save everyone , every single soul in the world The ones who love them : We will sacrifice the world to save you

"I'm going to stop you! With my fists!" *starts kicking* Deception lvl: 100

aight now we are here BECAUSE OF RAIDEN BOSENMORI MEI grabbing stelle while falling.

the emotions in meis voicelines give me goosebumps

"if rescuing you is a sin, I'll gladly become a sinner" I'm crying.

just imagine how destructive angsty relationships could be if everyone had superpowers. "you slept with who?!" *shoots laser beams at partner*

How to say love, without saying love "The world means nothing to me without you!" "You're the most important person in my life" "If rescuing you is a sin, I'll gladly become a sinner"

2:56 hearing this again in acheron's myriad celestia got me in tears 😭

everyone: "3d anime all sucks." some random mobile phone chinese game company: "hold my beer"

Honestly when I first started playing I didn't expect the story to be so depressing. I was like "the girls are cute so what could possibly go wrong...."

Are we just gonna ignore the fact that Mei and Kiana clearly love each other? Cmon man don't pull a historian on us and sy "they're just friends" we ain't blind

After all these years, still hits so hard

Gosh, the emotion in Mei's lines, anger, hurt, love, all of them can be heard so powerfully. It gets me everytime

mei JP's voice really give the chills when she break frees of kiana's grip

They are so in love

We know why we are here for.

For anyone wondering, Mei's voice actress is Sawashiro Miyuki, one of the most prolific and talented Japanese VAs ever.

Can we take a moment to appreciate how well done the fight choreography was? Like, Mei kneeing Kiana was so BRUTAL.

This scene is the best thing MiHoYo has ever produced, period. Animation, music, voice acting, emotions - everything is perfect.

Acheron: "so far you have forged unbreakable bonds with numerous individuals and entities in the sweet dream. Might I ask if you fear severing these bonds with your own hands?" @4:20

Kiana: “This is my mission” Fu-Hua: “What’s this? Words that can be said back at you to realize how Mei felt”

This hit me differently after watching cooking with Valkyrie

Welcome back captain, or should i say,Trailblazer ?

had to come back here after a certain song rendition and reveal in HSR 2.2

Mei got super depressed due to the fact she was weak and couldn't save kiana, then she knows kiana has 2 months left, jesus, it's understandable why she does what she does, same thing for raven, she may be a villain, but not entirely evil, mei became a herrscher to give kiana more time to live and cure her in the possible future if she joined the Serpent, the game went from kawaii to GOD OF HYPERDEATH

ah yes i love suffering a second time, but this time in japanese

coming back to this after acheron's trailer dropped honkai may be depressing but at least they have a happy ending here😭

Came here to rewatch after the star rail 2.1 trailer 🤌 Edit: Rewatched again after new Myriad Celestia Trailer dropped 🍑 Need hoyo to cook more after this

4:30 surely hurts the most. Most Japanese don't use sayonara just simply when you wanted to say goodbye. It give a deeper meaning when you said sayonara to someone. Almost like you felt that you might not met them again. And the way Mei said it to Kiana. It's might be because Mei knew that after this fight, even if they met in the future... They'll be strangers to each other.

Imgaine a game having a better Story and animations than most animes

Oh!! Welcome! Welcome to all HSR Players who wanna know who the fxck is raiden mei..

Damn the reference in HSR 2.2 story quest is so real. I have to watch this again.

Oh my God, my heart hurts :(

Im happy that i started playing genshin just because it led me to play this fucking masterpiece

2:35 the voice acting of this part never fails to give me goosebumps

I keep coming back for this part 4:16. This scene can be perceived in 2 ways: the first is Mei saving Kiana but the angle looks exactly like the one in the past where she was falling. It can be interpreted as she is falling into despair again like her past self but this time she will be the one who saves Kiana

The voice acting from mei is absolutely phenomenal

Mei: *wants to save Kiana* also Mei: *almost killed her*

"how many times have you watched this?" Me: *yes*

Raiden Bosenmori Mei

4:15 the way her voice changes from her deep hersercher type voice to her soft Mei voice hits soo hard ngl

Mei love for kiana is so pure that the herscher of thunder be like "aight fam , take my power and have a nice day"

As shonen cliche this moment is, the build up to it was so good. The stakes were heavy and well established in the previous 10 chapters, the emotional weight & disstress of Raiden since Arc City was well written and properly paced. Not to mention Kiana's character development complements Mei's growing despair. We've seen scenes like this in so many Shonen anime, but this felt so Coherent and flowed so naturally. ... To say nothing of the production value in a mobile game. Christ Almighty. This is more awesome than it has any right to be

Thank u hoyo for referencing this scene in HSR 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Mei : “ the world means nothing to me...WITH OUT YOU “ Me: * body chills *

It's sad how Kiana still tries to hold back her power from killing Mei knowing how deadly it is. I'm surprised of how Himeko manage to fend of all of that lethal strike.

come back here after Archeron Trailer ⚡💀

I just got to this today. Holy crap was this so powerful. I feel so bad for Mei but I understand 100% why she did what she did. The two quotes that will make a lasting impact on me are: "The world means nothing to me without you" and "If rescuing you is a sin, then I'll gladly be a sinner". I love this game. So much emotional torment but damn the story IS SOOOO GOOD AAAAAAAAA

Japanese dub: comes out Me: I am speed.

Dunno why, but that moment after Kiana gets knocked back, and then all you hear is the ping ping ping of her footsteps as she float-walks back up always gets me.

Seeing as to how much traction this is getting here's a very scuffed TLDR: Kiana wants to sacrifice herself in order to save the world, but having too many herrscher cores is also rapidly corrupting her life. Raiden Mei agrees to join an organization called World Serpent in exchange for information how to save Kiana- which is to take back the herrscher core (which Kiana stole while possessed by the Herrscher of the Void), in order for Mei to become the Herrscher of Thunder. Before this Mei had several failed attempts to save Kiana, despite Kiana always saving her and everyone; shouldering the burden of saving lives by herself. Kiana also carries the guilt of a certain instructors death, which is why she's determined to fight alone to the death. Kiana also doesn't want Mei to join World Serpent because she believes there means are immoral, but in Mei's eyes, this is the only thing she can do to save Kiana, who has stood by powerless to save Kiana. The fight being in Nagazora is symbolic because this is also where Kiana saved Mei from becoming the Herrscher of Thunder when they were younger. The animation is amazing and Hoyo has always done an amazing job translating emotion into motion pictures- but I hope I was able to do this video and lore justice, because there's so much context here that I believe should be appreciated. The weight of Kiana and Mei's reasons for fighting are both understandable, but to see Mei willing to accept defeating and abandoning her beloved Kiana in order to save her- this really takes the story to whole new depths. "If rescuing you is a sin, I'll gladly become a sinner." (I still geek out seeing Mei transform and those gauntlets form. Same when she flies off with Kurikara into the sky.) HI3 story is absurdly long and very complex, but just as rewarding if you commit to it. If you view it as a visual novel with occasional action, I think your journey would be a much more expecting one.

This game has every right to become an Anime.

2:48 this voice acting feels so damn powerful|!!

"If rescuing you is a sin, ill gladly become a sinner." Dang thats deep, but i felt that.

Welcome back Captains, Hello Trailblazers. We are all gathered here after completing Penacony, after hearing Acheron's real name

I have never touched this game before and don't know any context, but damn that made me shed tears

Can we acknowledge that mei litterally stopped the raindrops from falling because of the electricity at 2:43

The growth that has happened with Mei is amazing. The fact that she and her herrscher love Kiana so much that we went from this shy quiet girl who always cared for her friends silently to this self-damning women who is not only willing to sacrifice the world for her friend but condemn herself to never actually being with her again. Is astounding. Mei our here showing us what real self sacrifice is for the one you love, that sometimes you have to become the enemy to be their hero.

I come back when i finish 2.2 penacony

3:59 isekai'd into Penacony

I really love Kiana's Japanese voice actress she does an amazing job

If this was a anime they would make so much money

i just noticed in 1:15 kiana was trying to break mei's leg probably to prevent her from leaving ;-;

Revisit after Honkai Star Rail 2.2

bronya @ seele: I love you, so I'll do everything I can to protect you! mei @ kiana: I love you, so im gonna kick ur ass

This naruto vs sasuke on the rooftop seems different.

That’s my name.. Raiden.. Bosenmori.. Mei.

Coming back every now and then to watch this, because it's that good. Imo Mei's Japanese VA totally nailed this scene, the visceral pain and desperation in her voice always send shudders down my spine. Coupled with the epic music at the end, A+++

Their entire relationship feels like another Naruto vs. Sasuke moment except they keep switching roles every 5 episodes.

Hilariously there's a thunderstorm going on outside as I'm watching this. Mei, This is the Captain. p Please stop. We have to do our laundry

I see, that’s why acheron is depressed or perhaps dead in her emotion, because there’s no kiana

Comeback here after watching Acheron trailer 😮

Can we just talk about how amazing Miyuki Sawashiro voices Raiden. Her range is crazy

Can't wait to see her genshin impact version as Inazuma archon lol

and now they are finally reunited🥺❤

Coming back again after the trailblazer scene❤

"Sayonara, Kiana-Chan", somehow, that hit me harder than the CN version

The true reason they're fighting is because Mei is mad that Kiana ate her fried chicken again

lots of people mentioned that this battle reminds them of Sasuke vs Naruto. Oh boy, lemme tell you that this is much much more emotional and deeper than that. Sasuke's motivation to leave Konoha is just driven by his ego to seek for greater power and Naruto tries to drag him back because he's a friend, take note that Naruto only knew Sasuke just once, going on mission four or five times before Chuunin exam and that's it, no deeper connection than that. While of course what made Mei decide to leave Hyperion is to save Kiana from her own ego to shoulder the weight of the world alone which will endanger Kiana's life, but it is ultimately driven by Mei's love to Kiana and vice versa. Kiana at this time didn't trust WS and didn't want Mei to join shady organization whom tried to bomb entire city with Honkai nuclear warhead. Now that Kiana trusts Mei's decision and Mei never falter for her resolution to save Kiana out of love, I think sooner or later we'll witness their heartfelt reunion. Mei love Kiana and didn't want her to kill herself, Kiana love Mei thus she didn't want her to be part of evil organization. Naruto vs Sasuke's fight was caused by one egoistic decision while Kiana vs Mei's fight driven out of love for each other.

It's been 2 years since this video was released. Happy anniversary to what for me is the best cinematic and conflict exposed within the game, the quality of the visual effects as well as its choreography continue to be the best of CGI in the anime industry, the soundtrack is relentless. Kiana vs Mei will always transcend in Honkai, for many reasons. 💜

Chinese Mei sounds cold and heartless but still lowkey cared about Kiana While Japanese Mei is fuming and is done with Kiana's bs

Am I like... the only one that hates the fact that all of Kiana's loved ones leave her in order to protect her? :'( I feel very bad for Kiana.

Damn Acheron trailer really made me back here to see this again . Mei,Ei,Acheron love for everyone

They are married, your honor