ABSOLUTELY INSANE! Penacony 2.2 Story Quest Part 2 REACTION | Honkai: Star Rail

Sundays va is crazy good tbh. You can hear his anguish and emotions so well

Sunday has been a character that I have been personally gravitated towards when we first saw him based on design alone and am very satisfied with his character throughout the story. He reached the top of my favourites when his design inspiration became more clear in 2.0 and is my favourite character now… A cool detail about Sunday is that under his suit he has a purple wing… yet there is only one, the other side is just a purple part of his clothing that same side is where he has the piercing on his white wings… his other wing is gone, and he is a bird that cannot fly and if he tried, he too would crash to the ground His sister is the strong but he sees himself as weak… he lived as the weak but now has a position of power to do something Sunday sees his previous actions of others because of the consequences of circumstance and others… he cared for the bird and released it but it still died, he thought his actions were wrong. He gave forgiveness to the criminal in hopes he could lead a new life and ideally save the children, he was lied to and considered his actions wrong. He supported Robin as she walked the Harmony but she was hurt for all her good deeds which reflected his own experiences. Ultimately all culminating in the reason he follows the path of Order, he personally saw all the consequences of these actions and if he cannot maintain control everything falls apart. I have one last thing to say about Sunday but I’ll keep that for the finale of the quest

Also Sunday should have mention Penguins to win all these birds arguments xD Also Props to Sundays VA he did an awesome job during the whole patch about the art Firefly is split in two as she is holding the device to turn into Sam. You also the gun for Boothill and white flowers for the deceased Trailblazers. The hound stands for Ghallagher

The biggest flaw in Sunday's worldview is that he thinks "The world is the way it is because it naturally arrived here". But that's not the case at all. Literally so, in the case of Penacony. The exploitation that Sunday sees in Penacony (something Acheron and Welt talked about in 2.1) didn't just come from nowhere. It isn't nature: it came from the choices made and the material conditions that Penacony was created from. Who decided that a hotel visit should cost much? Why are the 12 Moments set up the way they are? Why did the IPC build a prison here in the first place? Why do people seek to take the "value" that Sunday speaks of from others; are they perhaps rewarded by society for doing so? Doubly so, when The Dreamscape is literally created from Memoria (the "memory particles" from The Memory Zone, which is basically another dimension). Would you go to Disneyworld, point to Main Street USA, and say "this is the real America"? Of course not, it's a facade, a pastiche of the past, and yet Sunday looks Penacony and says "This is the work of nature, an inevitable outcome". The irony is that Robin, who has many "bird in a cage" themes, is actually the one who is free. By leaving Penacony, she was able to see and interact with others, and gain more perspective on her home. Meanwhile, Sunday has languished, spiraling into pessimism and self-loathing until he comes to the conclusion that he must sacrifice himself to create a world where no on can feel the way he feels again.

Where I agree that overcoming struggle and hardship is important but there are countless people which everyday is struggle til the end. That’s the reason I lean more to Sunday view even when I don’t agree with his solution. I think his work as lonely priest made him change as it show how ugly humankind is and made him believe it needs drastic measure to change it. It’s a good a question how much the dreammaster effected him but being alone without Robin didn’t help either. He truly is mislead but is not evil as he is willing to sacrifice himself instead of his sister

33:29 not Tsuki double-tapping the poor origami bird 😭

Look, all I'm saying is, maybe Sunday should open with the 'seven days of rest' line, he'd get people on board a lot easier that way XD I ended up choosing the answers opposite of Sunday with his 3 questions, but I can 100% empathize with his thought process regardless. I love it, and it makes him a really compelling antagonist. And after you mentioned it, I started noticing a lot of Code Geass parallels with his plan. "Emperor Charles sought the past, you seek the present, but I seek the future", Sunday is definitely giving off Charles vibes, trying to keep everyone in a never-ending dream and stop them from moving forward.

"Robin's decision to go on that journey gave her life meaning. So Sunday's ideal world is a world where people can't find meaning of their own." Incredible succinct statement of the problem with Sunday's philosophy. Really clear and precise analysis so fsr as always.

This patch had some satysfying reveals, that I predicted a while ago in 2.0 - like the identity of Misha and the true nature of Penacony story. Great story with twists and turns, waiting for 2.3!

Neat little detail: Robin's voice starts getting weird again around 10:24 when she starts talking like a member of Penacony's Family

Tsuki, have you read Ursula Le Guin's short story "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"? It's definitely a big influence on the story of Penacony.

I am so glad someone understands Sunday!! It is so sad to see so many people say Sunday is delulu and R words... 😢

Harmony trailblazer is so cool. Super break is dummy broken and is gonna pair so well with boothill and any future dps thats break focused. Also 2 characters in the splash art that you missed were the hat represents misha and the hound is gallagher

Just skimming through the video and I'm honestly surprised at how much progress you've made already. Maybe I just took so much time finding chests and collectibles that reaching the part just after Harmony TB in 6 hours is a lot of progress. Can't wait for the finale.

"Imprisoned in the present" vs. "Trapped in the state of nature" seems to be the divide around 2:05:10 . I really do think the translators (and maybe og writers) should have leaned more on Hobbes for the language sunday used instead of darwinism (and by extension social darwinism, but he's trying to fix it but believes in it's assumptions?). It fits better with the strong/weak philosophy and isn't weirdly wrong science (since it's just philosophy which I also think is wrong but...)

Good video as always Tsuki! Just wanted to say that I rarely comment on videos but I genuinely love your content, it always puts a smile on my face! If you have more time in the future I personally would love watching you play other games as well! So keep up the good work and dont overwork yourself, k? Your health is the most important part, never forget about that!

Some tips for the final battle: 1. If the game resets the battle speed to 1x, try to remain 1x, as some EN lines really delivered (there is one exact line was so intense that it surprised everyone, waiting for your reaction to it 😜) 2. Bring units that can break shield quickly, as imaginary trailblazer should be quite an obvious hint for it 3. Your boi Aventurine should be able to keep your whole team alive throughout the battle, so no worries once you bring him in P.S. next episode will have the biggest reveal of the Penacony arc, I can't wait for your reaction to it 😈

1:57:15 The scar from this is faintly visible in her E6 art

Sunday’s ideal world is basically to make a biblical Heaven…except for the fact that he is planning to trap the people of Penacony in the sweet dream…i think he kinda had a valid point there…

Man I wish you'd live on youtube. I want to watch you playing penecony live:_tsukilove::_tsukipat: