LONG VIDEO ALERT, ENJOY! pls subscib I'll eat tofu like Xiao Also new thumbnail artist absolutely KILLED IT with this!

2:02:17 Biggest lore reveal of this Lantern Rite: Shenhe ate grass not for some adeptal enlightenment purposes, but because the adepti who babysat her didn't know how to cook.

Paimon getting worked up because the Traveler took too long to come back inside shows that we’ve pretty much given her PTSD during Sumeru archon quest

The fact that he actually drowned proves how much he took the acting seriously 😂😂

I just can't get over zhongli and venti interacting 😭✋️ the way venti stared at him made me laugh. And zhongli's silence for a while bc he KNEW who that was and was probably like "smh not this man"

When you realize the reason why Madame ping looks at glaze lilies now is because of guizhong

Hu Tao, the biggest troll in genshin. Setting up a banquet to expose everyone. I bet she knew Venti and invited him over. And the Anemo Archon had a fun timr teasing everyone. This is the most awkward, tension-filled, endless-banter dinner ever. Like a dinner between family and relatives who hasn't met for a long time but has kept up with all the juice.

I totally love how Zhongli and Venti are so sarcastic with each other. It is hilarious! Lantern rite event is always good

I love how we just make Xiao go from trying to politely decline to “yes, traveler” behavior

The part with Venti going at Zhongli was like when parents are upset with each other but don't want to fight in front of everyone. Yet they can't help but be passive aggressive with each other. Xiao is their poor child stuck between them, completely confused, not really knowing what's going on but knowing they aren't vibing :3 These angsty (not)teen is adorable

The awkwardness is something i did not expect from a lantern rite quest.

I love how Epilogue was literally the funniest part of the whole event and it was really cozy and comfortable. The nomination scene is just pure comedy with those claps and I love how Chongyun takes a moment before looking at the traveler...

TOO many Time-based references with Paimon recently….also no one seemed to notice because she immediately retaliated after, but she finished Venti’s saying without knowing: Venti: “Seeds of story brought by the *wind* ….” Paimon: “…and cultivated by *time* . Ah! Did Paimon just unconsciously finished that saying?” Wind & Time go together. Mhmhmhm

Interesting fact! Dvorak, or actually correctly written Dvořák, is a Czech name! It was also a surname of a world-famous music composer Antonín Dvořák. I'm sure you've heard some of his work like the well-known symphony no 9 'From the New World'. Anyway, that's why it doesn't sound very..ehh french haha. I'm sure you won't have as much of a hard time pronouncing the french names as you would have with some of the Czech ones. Especially the ones containing the letter Ř. As a person from Czechia myself, I was so pleasantly surprised to see some representation in the game and that they actually attempted to pronounce the name correctly!! It made me so happy. Also, so far this video is so fun! I know you'll enjoy this lantern rite a lot ❤️🔥

The reason why Xiao became really nervouse when Zhongli and Venti are proposing a toast is because in traditional Chinese culture， having someone older than you propose a toast to you means shorten one's life by over-indulgence, that's why on the new year family gatherings the youngest one are required to propose first

Hu Tao had previously suspected Zhongli to be Morax, so it's quite suspicious how she tried hard to prove that. Inviting Xiao along, asking him about being an adeptus, asking how Xingqiu met Venti, etc. Paimon also got some question mark moments here and there. Like how she completed venti's poem on the time part, and also how she takes offense to the "no sense of time", but also how she has seperation anxiety :(

idk why people thought the dinner was cringe, it’s natural for the people there to be nervous around each other considering the circumstances (national team meeting someone like zhongli and xiao, others having to pretend they’re meeting for the first time) so yeah it’s kinda awkward but not unbearably so, wouldn’t say cringe though

Beidou and Ningguang playing chess once again.. they really should think of another board game if they're gonna invite Yelan too!

OK BUT THE JADE CHAMBER BEING A BIG STAGE IDEA IS ACTUALLY RLY COOL

Friendly reminder that Paimon's actions in the epilogue probably in some way stemmed from her time in the Samsara back in the Sumeru archon quest

Maybe only East Asian people can understand the memes of Part 3.We Chinese people call that “drinking culture”, known as the manners when you are eating with your friends,colleagues or supervisors at official functions.You can see Zhongli as a military instructor,Xiao as a normal soldier who work under him,then you'll know what I mean.

The dinner was the best thing. Not just in genshin. Just the best thing in general. I couldn’t stop laughing.

Happy lantern rite :) Hutao's "peom" is calling Venti "a old melon bloom", ie teasing Venti is an old people acting young, and Venti just answered yes bec he was teasing Zhongli with a more conservative "peom" before that That's why Zhongli and Xiao is speechless after this, Xiangling Xingqiu and Chongyun don't understand what happened

Did you know that Xiao gets more defensive if you chose “It was all Zhongli’s fault”

I found Paimon being chosen for the incense burning very very cute.

1. Adepti are pretty much like Immortals from Chinese legends. They can change their appearance freely, they don't age, they can't fall ill (unless it's some supernatural bullshit and there is a lot of bullshit in those legends), and basically can't die unless killed. Interesting thing is that because their bodies can't change its "state" women immortals can't have children of their own which is probably why they are so fond of taking lost children from vicinity as students XD 2. Another thing is that Chinese poetry is reaaaallly hard to translate and Hu Tao is THE MASTER of unconventional poetry XD Since there was so much of it during this lantern rite, the translators just settled up with confusion XD Awkward is the best word to describe most of Hu Tao's voice lines in English, nothing new here 🤷 3. Twitter is hell.

I personally think Paimon is allowed to make up stupid nicknames for other characters with the amount of times everyone calls Paimon "Emergency Food" or "Tiny fairy child".

Fun fact: the names of the secretaries Baixiao 百曉, Baishi 百識, Baiwen 百聞 all have meanings. The word "Bai" means hundred as in 100. Their Chinese names literally translate to Baixiao = knowing a hundred things (could be skills or knowing of what's happening), Baishi = knowing a hundred things (in terms of knowledge), Baiwen = hearing a hundred things. It would seem that the three of them literally are each an extended eyes and ears of Ningguang, that they have to report everything they heard, learned, or saw to her.

This years Lantern Rite was an absolute meme fest I LOVED it😂😂

When I did my Lantern Rite, right when Cloud Retainer began her story, it actually also began to rain in my world. When she ended, it ended. Needless to say, I took pictures. The weather change added to the mood of the story significantly. It made it so much more melodramatic, theatrical...and a ton other adjectives I can't pen down at once because it was so beautifully sad. Side note: I mourned the loss of a character I can never play. Also the fact Zhongli looked good in those robes. Skin when? WHEN HOYO!? {Edit] Also, that dinner...EVERYONE IS COVERING FOR EVERYONE ELSE- the evasive gymnastics!! Hahahahaha the archons throwing shade at each other and Hu Tao's there to try and catch them- oh my goodness, never have I felt some manner of secondhand embarrassment for Xiao- I can't explain it but I'm also very amused-

A 3 hour video I can binge until I fall asleep for tonight. Lantern rite has been memorable each year and I love how they do it every year! I'm very happy that I was able to participate in every single one of them.

Ive recently started binging your videos Bran and I have to say I absolutely adore your positive energy 🤍 thank you for the good vibes

its so satisfying to have marco play a big part in the lantern rite

This year's Lantern Rite was even better than the previous year's. Dunno if you found them later, but you can interact with the others too, There are Xiangling, Xingqiu, Hu Tao and Chongyun, Yun Jin and Xinyan, you can find Baizhu and Qiqi, Xiao, Yaoyao and Yanfei too

not yet done, but 36:40 i think what keqing was saying here is that experiences change people (he who returns is not he that departs), and she has learned to value rest as well, which is why she doesn't feel it's strange for her to tell ganyu to rest. This is just how I understood it anyway

I need an edit of Venti shouting OBJECTION with that pose 2:43:36

0:15 Paimon's expression here and how it changed was super cute.

that last part is full of smug and awkwardness in a funny way I can't handle it😂

Thinking about Guizhong's death and reading more about her and morax made the cutscene more painful for me. Also I love the tune that madame ping plays. Guizhong really has a big effect impact on their lives.

I still didn't assume until this.. quest that Streetward Rambler made a choice on looking like an old lady... and not an adepti who actually grow old....🤧

I NEED Cloud Retainer as a playable character that art is just WAY too gorgeous 😍😍😍

yo... the rite of parting that happened in the liyue archon quest wasn't for rex lapis at all, was it? with the perfume and the glaze lilies... it must have been for Guizhong. Dang

The thumbnail holy shit it looks so good

Excellent video! Did you notice Vlad and Nadia beside the stage in the harbor? Hoyo didn't forget them!

2:32:23 I can explain this: in Chinese culture, it is not appropriate to accept the toast raised from the elders or someone superior than you. This is considered super disrespectful and people believe your longevity will decrease if you do so. That is why Xiao felt very embarrassed and uncomfortable. In the four human kids mind, Xiao is obviously the most honored guest and he was qualified to accept any toast from other "young humans". But Zhongli and Venti are actually elders and superior gods. Xiao was not supposed to accept their toast But he couldn't tell the truth as well.

Good ass tumbnail, we can see every pixel on zhongli's face and im loving it.

My friend was watching me play And she kept getting annoyed at the fact that after Xiao saved us I proceeded to keep trying to drown

I swear, Hu Tao knows way more than she shows and is having fun messing with her 6k years old employee

The story of madame Ping and guizhong is actually a reference to a Chinese legend: Buoya and Ziqi. In ancient China, the two were good friends. Buoya was good at playing the guzheng, and Ziqi was good at listening the sound of guzheng. When Buoya played the guzheng while thinking about mountains, Ziqi felt the majestic mountains from the sound of music; when Buoya played the guzheng thinking about flowing water, Ziqi felt the vast rivers. After Ziqi's death, Buoya never played the guzheng again, because he knew that no one could understand his music like Ziqi.

I've been waiting for you to post this, I love watching your reactions to all the gameplay. I gotta say the thumbnail is also fire!

both these two old timers are literally seconds on strangling each other.

Honestly idk why twitter made such a big deal out of the performance… Xinyan sang amazingly, Hutao’s first part was slightly off beat but nothing too bad, and the singing part was really good. Kinda sad to see the way they reacted especially because Hutao’s VA wants to be a singer🥲

I like how this year's Lantern Rite brought some of the attention back to the actual festival itself and the cultural aspects of Liyue like the first Lantern Rite. Last year's just didn't have that same feeling since all the hype was on the rebuilding of the Jade Chamber and the event story was more of a Keqing story quest that just happened to take place before at Lantern Rite.

Nice video, as always :) This was my first lantern ride (started playing last year two weeks after the 2022 one had ended lol), and I enjoyed it so much. It was so well made. My only criticism would be the English translation of the Hu Tao and Xinyan song in the cutscene. Chinese and Japanese sounded so much better, they should have given the English VA Team a bit more freedom in translating, cuz an exact 1:1 translation of a song is pretty hard.

Fun fact: dvorak is voiced by a KZfaqr call marcomeatball it's a channel about analysing video game music

i thought that this lantern rite was one of the best! I really love the story telling and all of the cutscenes!!!

I remember the first lantern rite, and I remember the impact it had on me when I saw the lanterns and all the decoration from afar, o literally cried of how beautiful it was😭

The final dialogue between Ningguang and Beidou surely was....interesting👀

Finallyyyyy, i was waiting for you to post your lantern rite videoooo 😭😭

Zhongli and Venti throwing shade at each other was the highlight of this Latern Rite.

I am 100% convinced Hu Tao and Venti plotted together to put this dinner together. I can see Venti visiting Zhongli last Lantern Rite to catch up with his friends after all these years and Hu tao was with Zhongli in that cutscene so they could have met and Hu Tao absolutely seems like she knew for a time that Zhongli was Rex Lapis and would understand that Venti is Barbatos but would still treat them as random guys. She was probably ready to stir up trouble and Venti wanted to see his friends and join in, so they pranked.

I was there when this was live. Worth a watch again. dropping by another CLOUD RETAINER MOMMY. BTW Guizhong's dress has like this scattering effect on the ends because Guizhong was the God of Dust and gods are beings that sometimes manifest some attributes of their element/power. Dust scatters when blown by he wind.

Dvorak is voiced by Marco Meatball, a former opera singer and reacted to some Genshin music

THE THUMBNAIL IS AMAZING BRAIN!! I was waiting for your video ❤️

Bran: We're still talking about chess, right? Ningguang: let's invite the girl from the teahouse. Bran: 🤔

I also noticed the different in Ningguang's voice like a different setup perhaps. But I also heard it with Madame Ping as well. It's still the same voice but her voice sounded with lower energy. I remember her tone of voice as somewhat energetic.

This thumbnail is a cracker!! It was my first Lantern rite, and I loved it

2:25:24 I just noticed ventis smug little look When Zhongli was pretending he didn't know venti

Awe I was hoping to see brans reactions to every liyue character after the lantern rite quest line especially baizhu and qiqi maybe he can do the rest in KZfaq shorts?

Off topic but have you considered reacting to the 2023 CN Hoyofair? More specifically just Step into the Martial World and Sand Dust by Miota, they’re on yt individually and looks like no one has noticed these masterpieces :’)

I really like madame ping voice. her pitch is so pleasant and the voice is so melodic

YAAYY I WAS WAITING FOR THIS!! excited to see your reactions \^o^/

The thing about Madame Ping: I think the adepti has the ability to "de-age" aka make themselves physically young again. It's safe to say they have "aged" in the sense of maturing over the years and their minds have grown in wisdom. Like, look at Xaio - he looks like a teenager yet he's very old. If he wanted too, he could make himself appear older, but i think he doesn't care as long as regular humans don't bother him as much. For Madame Ping, i would like to think she chose to age herself into an elder for a few reasons: physical symbolizing she's an old adepti; be an unsuspecting old woman in Liyue Harbor; or the idea of growing old to make time feel like it's going forward. It's already hard to tell how much time as passed in regular life, so how would you tell if time moved forward if you don't physically age with it? As for her fingers' dexterity, i think of it more as she hasn't practices the zither in decades, which would mean her fingers and movements wouldn't be as smooth as if she played the instrument everyday. Without constant practice, your fingers are bound to become stiff and tense.

The dinner was hilarious! 🤣🤣🤣

In the epilogue I was sitting there like: "Y'all so full of **** guys." 😂😂😂

I just got into Genshin around the time this came out, and this quest said I should complete some other quest to get the 'full experience', so I didn't 'quick start' and completely missed this!!! Thought it was some small challenge to get some reward, but it was this big??? Thanks for the upload! Now I know who yaoyao is.

Two gods and an adept came to a gathering with the mistress of the funeral home... The four-star characters are blessed in their ignorance.

FINALLY, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS😭

This was my first lantern rite and I really enjoyed it and looked forward to next year’s. 😁

The amount of power sitting at this table. The two remaining original seven and arguably two of the most powerful of the current line-up.

@BranOnline nice insight dude, but I reckon the sun is always be one but the moon will be three and they take turns appearing in the sky. But I believe the time before sun and moon is waaay before the age of the adepti to the early age where selee still sentient and primordial one with its shade still walked on teyvat. But again nice you mentioning it.

I just have to get it out there: The thumbnail looks so pretty 🤩

She does indeed move into the harbor

Been waiting for this one! 🍿

In the background of the performance cut scene you can see the two Northland bank Fatui gaurds out on a date again :D

😂venti’s a menace. Walks in the room with a Demigod and an actual god, and says this girl obviously has the most authority here. I was like yo he dgaf

Lore bombs here and there. A sprinkle of shade from time to time. And innuendos galore

I love to see Xiao struggling in a cute way soooo much 🥰 my precious baby!

Definitely the best lantern rite interactions so far, so funny

Finally i was waiting for your reaction

As a Fontaine native speaker, I don't see either where the J sound comes from in Dvorak's name!! 😆

so happy you got to enjoy it finally 😁

It was my first Lantern Rite and man that was beautiful>!

About people not liking Paimon, just imagine how would it look without her. There was times when Traveller is alone with Paimon and things that she says helps Traveller think, also game would be quite boring if in this situations Traveller would be just alone, and there's no Paimon talking nonsense.

I've been waiting for days finallyyyyyyy

2:23:05 That was very sussy, Paimon.

What a banging thumbnail 🔥

3-HOUR BRAN VIDEO FINALLY I GET MY CHRISTMAS PRESENT

This year's lantern rite wasn't as good as last year's imo, but it was still fun! I loved seeing all the new character designs like Cloud Retainer, Streetward R. and Guizhong! I hope at least some will be playable in future!

9:02 "paimon you have anymore tranq darts on you??" LOL