I think the main aim of the trailer is to, other than to obviously showcase the character, but convey that internal struggle she has regarding her past. If she's a self-annihilator that means she's likely slowly losing her memory as she just carries on through the galaxy and if you take the dev stream into mind they talked about a black rain that slowly washed all color away until it was only black, white, and grey. I think with Acheron slowly losing herself more and more to Nihility she loses more of herself, loses more of her color; compare the Mei applying makeup in the brief flashes to the Acheron of now and how muted in color Acheron is. I think "apply your color" being driven home again and again with the "find me" is some kind of internal piece of her wanting her to find herself, find her color, her hope, her drive again. At the end of the myriad celestia trailer there was that final line of "I knew this world was fleeting...and yet..." The and yet I think implying there's still a piece of hope in her that hasn't fully died yet, struggle though it constantly does amidst a storm of Nihility

That beauty product advertisment is just mei doing an elysia beauty product review

The memories paired with "the tears eventually disappearing into the rain" is a clear reference to the famous Blade Runner android monologue. Also, the commercial screen in the back gives strong "Ghost In The Shell" vibes. Incredibly well made and thought! I'm gonna whale so hard...

I love that you can see Self annihilator if you look closely on her introduction name/art. Also, fun throwback since this is the Masked Fool meeting she mentioned when we run into her with Black Swan I also wonder if this is a hint that IF we get a second "Mei" like Bronya, it'll actually just be Acheron recovering. The other Mei in the trailer seemed more explicit or had a lot of presence than just a representation of her past self

They didn't hold back with this one!!

I feel like the line: "Find me, my end your origin" means her old memories (?) trying to tell her to find it. Like Archeron now is the "end", the result after of what happened while the "origin" is the the woman on screen ( Archeron before, maybe?). But Archeron kept refusing that call, saying "Everything will return to Nihility." means she has given up and lost her hope.😢 Just my own take from that line tho, so maybe other people have different opinions about it.

Hsr made a playlist called "acheron" and it was the only trailer in 4k raiden really is mihoyo favourite

If you pause at 1:33-1:34, take a closer look at the reflection, it’s easier to notice if you slow it down. I thought it was Acheron’s white haired version at first, but it actually looks like another person when you see the reflection’s clothes. Also, the whole makeup thing reminds me of when they released a makeup tutorial video with Elysia when she was released as a Herrscher of Human:Ego lol.

The 'Find Your Color' girl is a DEAD RINGER for Stigmata Version Mei as well. I think it's teasing her in HSR!

So much talk about color really reminds me of Griseo. It could be I’ve been playing too much HI3rd XD

Lots of subtle details in this one, they were cooking *hard*: When the car drives by, the reflection is of Acheron's white-haired form, with red flowers where her shoulder guard is. As well, the advertisements have a different woman in them during the fight and after. At the end, the woman is a Halovian, like Robin and Sunday. In the middle, she has 1 red horn. The woman doing her makeup has a kimono/obi (belt) with the same nihility flowers as Acheron and the Pioneer 4-pc set; you can see it when she closes the makeup mirror. You can see when Acheron kicks that she has a snake design on the bottom of her boots. Someone already mentioned it, but her character card has "Self-Annihilator" in the background, bottom right.

23:38 Yeah, I've seen a bunch of people theorizing about her being both Origin and Finality. My personal take is that, after defeating her world's Kevin/The End and being the only remaining Herrscher-like being in that world, she acquired the Authority of Finality. Notice how her white/ult form not only has white hair, but also the black blossoms reminiscent of Kiana's HoFi form, though with a red hue instead of purple. Like, silver/white hair is nothing special in anime-adjacent media, but putting it on Mei of all people (up to now always depicted with dark hair) and adding the black blossoms seems like a nod towards Finality Kevin and specially Kiana's Herrscher of Finality. At this point, I am just hoping her world's Kiana was not somehow subsumed/absorbed into Mei and she just can't remember about it. EDIT: also, I do not believe this is a case of split personality, at least not in the way it is usually depicted. She mentions this somewhere in dialogue, but when Acheron draws her sword she actually remembers stuff, as if the sword holds her memories. It's not like she becomes a different person, but with her sword drawn she actually achieves clarity, remembers things and becomes focused, contrary to her mildly befuddled and almost sleepwalking usual self.

I don't know if you noticed, but at the end of the CM, you can literally see the wings of Robin on "Acheron's" head. I assume the whole CM is actually CM of Robin, but Acheron/Mei can see her past self at that moment. It's very well done because you assume before that moment that Acheron is doing that CM herself, when she's likely not. Just wanted to add this!~

During the pose with the umbrella you can see self annihilator in the background in very dark text kinda hard to see pog

"Your Color" reminds me of the scene with mei and griseo in elysian realm

Our girl did the no spine thelema pose

Acheron is so cool in any universe 🔥🔥

The pose when she was about to use the umhrella to blocl the bullets was just 🤌🤌🤌 And ever notice when the lady in the video said your end my origin it gave me Herrscher of Origin vibes because during the trailer for the two new herrschers it said at the beginning that origin is end.

I love your lore rambling, NEVER STOP THANK YOU!!❤

5:08 I thought the same, but thinking retrospectively, she probably doesn't remember who they are 😂, illusion or not, it still showcases how OP Acheron is, she even pushes Sam back in the cutscene after his boss fight, reinforces that she could have wiped out the Annihilation Gang, and the Stelleron hunters if they're not careful. This 4K trailer plus the animated short? HI3 references? Mei-senpai? We captains be eating good this patch 😎

Acheron is probably the current most hype up character in HSR with all the trailers dropping out of nowhere. From the game rewards to now.

I was waiting for your insight to help me see the connections

i loved your video and your analysis ^^ i'm so ready for tomorrow, can't wait to see what happens next !

Great video! I really enjoy seeing your reactions and analysis! That moment where she crushes her own head sticks out to me, bc I like to think that the colors leeching out represent her memories unintentionally leaking out, which is why in the next sequence she seems to remember herself in the advertisement more clearly and gets clearer flashbacks. It's such a cool detail. I love how there's so much to interpret about her character and trailers, truly god's (Hoyo's) favorite princess.

I think that sparky puts her in a double illusion. First one is with the Hunters, you can see that the buildings are leaning and messed up, it's obvious, but then after the judgment cut, she wakes up to a "normal" penacony. She realizes that it's not true, maybe because the advertisement was showing maybe her past self like you speculated, and then unleashes ult to completely break it and go back.

Cinematic masterpiece! That sweet 4K footage xD! Love your reaction as always. Especially love that you discovered the background Sparkle voice over, I didn't even notice the first few times I watched it! I knew they were Sparkle's iluusion, but didn't pick up the voice over at all. Great job!!! Let's wait for the 2.1 to drop!! Good luck on your pulls!!

actually i just woke up and this traielr jsut springed me awake my brain is trying to find origin and finality refrences for the past 20 minutes lol

this is how I imagine Mei would be if she never met Kiana or tried to jump, perfect nihility

That mei lookalike at the bigscreen is actually Robin. You can see her hair wings

My jaw is on the floor after watching the animation and the vfx XD

I didn't notice the images from Kyoden before. I think the whole black hole scene is an artistic way of showing how Acheron "self-annihilates" her memories of the past to remain sane. She's said before "only when the sword is drawn, those old memories come back".

2:23 huh so the shattered glass do show her memories if you slow it down and pause.

Acheron watching Mei Promote beauty cosmetic xD

de todas las reacciones que vi la tuya es la mas parecida a la mía estaba literal muy emocionado jaja

I’m lowkey surprised no one is talking abt her music at the beginning when she was abt to fight Blade. It sounds just like Raiden Shogun’s theme pattern but in a different format. Maybe I’m just yapping but I did find it pretty cool lol

Kodla casually being attacked by the ult beat drop

As a Hi3, Genshin, and HSR player zKodla never fails to impress on her deep explanations especially if there’s a lot of Hi3 references. I hope other Genshin fans and other streamers sees the breakdown of zKodla on Acheron’s teaser and trailer so they could understand what’s happening. Dunno why but zKodla is always my go-to vid when Hi3 is connected. Raiden Mei for life⚡️🗡

If sparkle would’ve just come home early and not on 81 pity I would’ve had much more pulls for Acheron she rlly fooled everyone that wanted to pull for but I’ll still try to get her

1:12 and 1:21 She's gorgeous, whoa)) 5:48 Rather, they look like Mei HoO eyes

the reason I think we hear Sparkles laugh is because we are spectating through Acherons perspective, she can sense Clockie in game so I wouldn't be surprised if she's the only one can see through Sparkles illusions

The coolest part for me is that in the CN version, all the lines she reads are literally like reading a poem, just beautiful.

2:56 Girl from advert has same head wings as Sunday and Robin

Just shows how easily she can break through Sparkle's illusions

Hoyo must really Love Mei, cuz her Expys' trailers go HARD, and they are the best ones.

Sparkle: Ok, you can have Black Swan for now...

THE BEST TRAILER WITH THE BEST CHARACTER 💜💜💜

Hoyo really is endorsing acheron/mei to us, but they didn't have too. Auto cash in

you whose power can create blackhole? mr Welt. i cant wait acheron meeting him. former herrscher

the budget on this trailer is insane!! Wish everyone to get our beloved Mei expy ❤

i waiting for you to react this kodla...want to see how your reaction at the slash part😆

when she says the gleam of old blades and when she uses the skill shes using origin not naught so im kinda confused of how shes using it when it has been broken by her herself

Zkodla being fast as lightning for Acheron.

Kodla should be lore channel now 😂

I'm still wondering if Sparkle is still alive after all this, cuz I saw her mask fell and disappeared. It'd be hilarious if she ended up like Duke Inferno. 😂

We already heard clearly : 'find her !!!" ...hence, we obey, pull her tomorrow =))

is Acheron worth to draw? Annihilation gang first test: no problem black swan second test: no problem sparkle third test: no problem Aventurine on the story: wait, I am next?

Good luck to all of us

She reminds me a lot of Raiden Shogun where the sword is kind of her subconscious. For Acheron, her subconcsious is just a black hole.

that's why i like watching pvs in jp or cn, things are lost in translation when dubbed in eng

Acheron is the real someone you never ever try to f around cz you will never have chance to find out.

The black hole animation reminds me of APHO 2 trailer animation

Hmm. Self-annihilator description applies to someone else as well.

YAY YOU WATCH IT 😆

Any HI3 stream? 🤔

Hollly shit! That was a fking banger!!!!1!!

probably just like Mei will of stigmata, in Acheron case her old self hidden within

Damn her power is so op.

isnt there an MMD made by Hoyo like way back then with Mei ? and the Music is called Apply Your Color ?

Acheron casually unleash a black hole. Peak

It's kind of cool that she knew once she defeated "Kafka, Blade and SW" that the illusion has still not ended and when she destroyed the "illusion world" the illusion ended for good (with the fool's mask being destroyed).

it probably was raiden mei from hi3, especially when she said the lines 'your end my origin' FKDSHCLCXKVJCMV and mei was the herrscher of origin

I think the girl in the commercial is Robin because she has wings behind her head

WE’RE SELLING THE HOUSE WITH THIS ONE 🗣🗣

literally at 1:51 you can see the Past-Acheron literally has a horn O_O

I heard that there'll be a Honkai event in Pavilion this weekend😬 Definitely gonna grab some Danheng items🎉

Am i tripping or 0:54 is the same as the Raiden Shogun's opening soundtrack???

May Acheron pullers, be Acheron havers!!!

They didn't hold back with this one

Yeahhhh finally youe vid

Glad....She is the only girl streamer who recognised sparkle (blade, kafka, SW)

Whenever they say ” Your Color” , the only thing that comes to mind for me is Griseo.

OMG I HAD THE SAME REACTION... HOYO IS A ANIMATION STUDION THAT DO GAMES DFJKPOAJFPASKP

Hoyo reached a peak with this trailer, it's flawless and incredible

Yeah - Sparkle had the best demo for all of three weeks. We all knew they were going to cook for one of Hoyo’s favorite characters… but what they gave us here is incomparable with what has come before it.

Welcome to Peaknacony

Allegra Clark is sooo gooddddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I really love the part Acheron specifiying Nihility with it actuctally mention her path They should rework jingyuan since he too is an enamator

So they showed the Stellaron Hunters how strong and badass just for this, so Mei can beat them up all alone. And then, they'll introduce Kiana by beat up Mei? 😅

I think in HSR they fuse Kiana and Mei together .... since she got all power of Origin + End + Nihility => she OP as hell

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Hsr Animator be like: I am The budget of my work. Gold is my Body and Coins are in my blood. I have Create over thousands special Effects. Unknown to Debt. Nor known to loans. Have withstood Crisis to create many action scenes. Yet my hands will never hold Budget Cuts. So as I Pray. Unlimited budget Works!

also there is a hint of both raiden shogunis theme form genshin and a bit of the finality part 1 trailer theme

annihilation gang got clap for messing with her

Can a spark create so many illusions at once? Cheating)

mei in a world no kiana😮

Hii

You're beautiful✨

no, 4k not just acheron, some animation, some cutescene has 4k

The visual? 100% yes, this trailer is the best. But music.... Kafka still top of the top!

usually hoyomix music have up and down. but when it was showcasing acheron in nihility form, it only kept going up without stopping and maintained its “highness”. im not sure how to explain since im not a music expert, but the vibe it gives me is really unpleasant. its like when youre listening a song, there are hype and also rest somewhere in between. but when nihility appeared on screen, the music was only hype and no rest. its like saying the endless suffering that brought forth