OMG THIS WAS SO HOT! Animated Short: Rondo Across Countless Kalpas REACTION | Honkai: Star Rail

One of the BIGGEST "fuck around and find out" moments in Honkai Star Rail history

Man, I already liked Acheron's design, but she's just flat out gorgeous in this art style. That dance was straight up erotic, dear lord. 😂

11:19 "the annihilation gang you can say is, annihilated " I hate that i actually laughed at this. Its so simple yet so accurate

That 'bird' is specifically a swan

3:20 "Many were drawn to this feast." OH IT'S A FEAST ALRIGHT

I think Acheron might really be the emanator of IX. The first thing Nihility takes is memories. That also makes her the antithesis to memokeepers which would explain the violent reaction to Black Swan peeking into her memories and her feeling like she was being devoured. It also makes me wonder if this more violent side is a split personality or something similar. Acheron was completely oblivious to what Black Swan was doing as well as what happened in the memories and the words of the one within was "excuse me, are you asking me?" as if it was a different person talking. Why would that need to be asked if Acheron was the only one there.

"Never gaze upon it's surface on a starless night." is a warning. Without the stars to forewarn you of the impending danger even the most prepared individual can drown. As Black Swan found out.

Even I got rizzed up by Swan. Holy, she is too good

tsuki back again with the educational introduction THANK YOU FOR SEARCHING THOSE TERMS UP

to quote a great character... for US and Black Swan the Annihilation Gang were a BIG deal, but for Acheron.... It was only a tuesday

The dance choreo and music was ~chef's kiss~ (did some ballroom dance back in college as a timekiller/credit fill) Probably used a lot of references for that, maybe rotoscoping or mocap as well? That's not even getting into the animation itself and the thematic parts 10/10

Well she's terrifying

Acheron Feeling: They are no good people, only good prey

This is incredible. Like you, I've expected it to go in a different direction. Holy shit, that was good. I'm from India, and Kalpa is something that someone at Hoyo has enjoyed getting into recently. Kalpa-vriksha is basically the tree of life, and a tree that grants wishes. It is synonymous with the god of creation in Hindu mythology, Brahma. Genshin had it as well in Sumeru. The burning of Irminsul was titled " Akasha Pulses, Kalpa flame rises". It signifies the end of an age. The world burning and being born anew. In HSR, countless Kalpas would imply trillions of years. I'm not a religious man, but it is fascinating how Hoyo seems to take a lot of influences from various religions across the world in building their own world. Top notch world building! The art, the animation, and the music. I'm absolutely stunned this time around. Initially, all I could think of was the actual dance and Black Swan rizzing up Acheron (and it was HOT), but then it all changed in hues of red. There was the Aeon IX shown in there a couple of times, and in my head cannon, she is undoubtedly the emenator of Nihility. I'm saving every last pull I have for Acheron, despite being terrified of her. The same VA as Beidou from Genshin, but the tone couldn't be more different. Kudos to you for the way you go about reacting to these. Could be so easy to just focus on the actual dance and nothing else. There are so many layers to it, and glad you've taken the time and effort to look into it! :_tsukilove:

Remembrance and Nihility are the opposite. As a representative of Remembrance - Black Swan is a memetic creature that lives on memories (no memories around = she will dissapear), at same time as Emanator of Nihility - Acheron consumes memories. Black Swan got deep into memories of Acheron and met there IX (the black hole in the end of red flashback), which made her terrified and possibly even endangered.

Kalpas is also an Hi3 reference, which in case it's spoilers I will leave for anyone curious and reading this to look up and figure out.

Here's a little thirsty TMI and sorry in advance 🌹 A "dance" during a play or song is sometimes a code for sex, explaining the intense cutscenes Besides Black panting in the end😅

this vid was just crazy it was so cool

Love ur reactions❤

I loved your analysis!!!