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@@PhilipHarts Me too. Shenhe's story is very sad but you'll learn more about her in her story quest and Lantern Rite. If you want Shenhe go for it try her out on her trial tonight once 2.4 goes live in 3hrs. before deciding. "To The stars and to the abyss" good luck Philip and happy new year.
Shenhe's line of 'mind be purged, world be saved' is the conclusion of a Chongyun voice line. In full it goes: "Heart be pure, evil be erased. Mind be purged, world be saved." Chongyun trails off at 'world be', but now we know that the end is "Mind be purged, world be saved" ((Chongyun continues his line to say 'Ugh, I always forget that last part.'))
It's actually very nice to see you interpret the scenes fresh without having played that far, like how you interpreted the ceremonial nature of the red ribbons/ropes from her movements! Great attention to details analyzing each frame while teaching us about composition :D (not just surface level WOW LOOKS AMAZING!)
Chongyun is another character who has a interesting backstory, apperently he has never exsorsized a evil spirit couse he has to much positive energy making them flee from him from miles away, something he's very sad about. The popsicle thing at the end has the do with the fact that if he's to positive(or happy) he goes wild having a great time wich he dislikes since its not how a exorcist should behave, even though nobody else around him mind that at all. Still, i would never have guessed that Shenhe is his aunt. Anyways, keep up these videos and have fun at the Lantern rite in Liyue!
Nah, it's not just becoming "happy-go-lucky". Chongyun was born with overflowing Yang spirit. In his hangout event, he nearly collapses after having just a bit more Yang energy added to himself. The popsicles he eats are not ordinary. They're created with special ingredients to suppress this Yang spirit and they also don't have much of a taste. Meanwhile, Shenhe has an overflowing Ying spirit, which is translated as "homicidal instincts" for some reason even though they've already kept Chongyun's Yang spirit literal. Shenhe was taken in as a disciple by an adeptus and was given red ropes to wear at all times because the ropes suppress her Ying spirit. Just like evil spirits want to flee from Chongyun, I assume they'd be attracted to Shenhe without the ribbons. In the teaser it is shown that she suffers from nightmares if she doesn't wear them during her sleep, for example.
@@weertangel7231 all good, it's best not to rush through the game, especially when it comes to AR and world levels... I regret not stockpiling materials from bosses before going to a hight rank and now only survive most fights thanks to my world level being lowered by one.... I am slowly getting materials to level up everyone to at least level 80, if not 80/90
If anime has taught us anything, it's this: 'Less clothes equal more power'. And Shenhe, along with all the other polearm users in the game prove it all the time!
I think Genshin however have done it more gracefully than other anime, not shamelessly showing too much flesh to farm, while keeping the attractiveness.
The red strings are very significant to Shenhe's story. She is forced to wear them to keep her homicidal tendencies at bay. The constant shots of cranes in the demo also links to her back story. She is from a family of exorcist, the same as chongyun. But her mother passed away when she was young, her father tried to sacrifice Shenhe by making her fight fight bad spirit, this would bring her mother back to life. However Shenhe prevailed and was kicked out by her father. She was found on the side of a road by cloud retainer and was then given the ribbons and was taught how to fight by the adepti.
Isn’t he also playing the game himself? Why waste so much time just to spoil the story for people, this kind of stuff is much cooler when discovered yourself through the story. If you really can’t keep it in your pants then I would suggest you use some subtlety next time. Thanks
@@antagonist8629 it's almost as if people can decide not to read my comment by the first sentence... huh. What a smart idea... I'm just gonna take your plate.... thanks for being condescending :)
You really shouldn't spoil the whole backstory for him when he could have experienced it if he just continued playing the game... And spoilers ahead: You're wrong about the last part. Cloud Retainer found Shenhe when she was about to actually beat the monster and took her in. Her father was possessed by the monster in his grief of losing his wife, and after he had sent her to the cave, he eventually came back to his senses and hanged himself out of despair and regret, thinking he had killed his own daughter.
@@trlmssb the dude can read and is a grown adult, if he didn't want to read all my comment he didn't have to if he did then he knew there would be a spoiler. I say how it is important to her story in the first sentence 💀
Iirc her hand symbol (with the middle and index pointed up) as she holds the talisman is a form of taoism. Its bcuz of her background as an exorcist i believe. Chongyun also hails this hand symbol in his idle and abilities since he too is from the same family.
the breakdown is awesome.. its really cool to see the development how they have changed from their very first demo. I love their choice of direction with this.. More story telling stuff pls
Great breakdown Philip! I love Shenhe's design. Her moves have both grace and weight behind them, which reminds me of my current main, Eula. I'll definitely be pulling for Shenhe, to use with Eula until I am able to get Ayaka, who she really seems built for. Can't wait to get her tonight!
Funnily enough, Ayaka actually deals Cryo damage too frequently, so she hits the Icy Quill limit very quickly. She's still a good match with Shenhe, obviously. Eula can use exactly 5 stacks in 10 seconds if she uses E->Q->E because the burst can reset her skill cooldown. I suspect the animations may take so long that it's not possible to squeeze the fifth Cryo hit into the 10 second timeframe.
has Philip watched "Divine Damsel of Devestation" yet? It's a cool genshin cutscene from the game (technically a spoiler) but it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. I cried watching it and I watched it 3 times
The "He" in her name Shen He means crane. Chong Yun and Shen He are exorcists. Her fighting style has Qing Gong elements in it. (Qing Gong means light/soft styled martial arts)
Nice react/tear down as always. This was indeed very diferent from the other trailers, but not in any bad way. Also I believe YT unfollowed me from your channel, I did follow, back when u reacted to Ffxiv cinamatics.. weird stuff.
Shenhe is so cool, but unfortunately I have been saving for another 5-star cryo character for months. Although funnily enough, Ganyu was under the same tutelage of Cloud Retainer.
Can you check out the trailer for the new patch version fleeting colors in flight. You watched one for genshin three months ago but I’d say that one was a lil better probably because it spoiled more story content for a cooler edit. The new patch is coming either tommorow or tonight so don’t forget to download the update. I will say that half the content is event specific and you’ll need to catch up like you did for albedo and the other is a underworld fallen kingdom type area that will be locked behind the newer nation but will be permanent like dragonspine. It’s one of the bigger patches since the developers themselves came to host the livestream and breakdown some behind the scene efforts. Sorry this is long just wanted to catch u up since ur both new and this was happening over the holidays.
One interesting tidbit about her movements is that the designers partially based her movements on martial arts/wuxia films, which explains the cool floatiness.
I hope you can one day react to Honkai Impact's animations :D It is created by the same company as Genshin Impact. Their fight scenes there are more intense. Since you specialise in those kinds of scenes I'm looking forward to seeing you react to them! Some notable honkai animations are: Last Lesson Lament of the Fallen Shattered Samsara Everlasting Flames
Dude please watch some Honkai Impact animated shorts, they are incredible! Some particularly good ones are: Shattered Samsara, Cyberangel, Lament of the Fallen
Makes me think of "the red string of fate" i hear about a lot. some form of mythology involved with it in east-asian cultures, likely exactly what that is.
A little detail that I absolutely love: when Shenhe stabs the Abyss mage, the previous shots make sure that your attention is drawn to the tip of the spear, so that you're more likely to notice that she doesn't simply stab the mage but also twists the spear in the wound.
Hello. I love your videos and always look forward to getting your opinion. My favorites are these Genshin Impact videos. I would like to formally request you react to Encanto. As well as the Encanto song scenes. My favorites are Surface Pressure and We Don't Talk About Bruno. They are amazing. Thank you.
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I strongly suggest you to react The Divine Damsel Of Devastation. You will stunned
I recommend "Yoimiya: Dazzling Lights in the Summer" for some sick old asian action movies camera effects
Fun fact Shenhe's name means "Crane" in chinese. Also her teacher is a crane adeptus named Cloud Retainer. The blue haired boy is Chongyun.
I love that it means crane! So beautiful!
@@PhilipHarts Me too. Shenhe's story is very sad but you'll learn more about her in her story quest and Lantern Rite. If you want Shenhe go for it try her out on her trial tonight once 2.4 goes live in 3hrs. before deciding. "To The stars and to the abyss" good luck Philip and happy new year.
I think Shenhe was originally created as Cloud Retainer's human form, but for some reason Mihoyo changed it to the bird disciple
The "he" part of the name means crane, shen means either spirit or an abbreviation of evening(?) depending on what the word for shen is
Shenhe's line of 'mind be purged, world be saved' is the conclusion of a Chongyun voice line. In full it goes:
"Heart be pure, evil be erased. Mind be purged, world be saved." Chongyun trails off at 'world be', but now we know that the end is "Mind be purged, world be saved"
((Chongyun continues his line to say 'Ugh, I always forget that last part.'))
It's actually very nice to see you interpret the scenes fresh without having played that far, like how you interpreted the ceremonial nature of the red ribbons/ropes from her movements! Great attention to details analyzing each frame while teaching us about composition :D (not just surface level WOW LOOKS AMAZING!)
Chongyun is another character who has a interesting backstory, apperently he has never exsorsized a evil spirit couse he has to much positive energy making them flee from him from miles away, something he's very sad about.
The popsicle thing at the end has the do with the fact that if he's to positive(or happy) he goes wild having a great time wich he dislikes since its not how a exorcist should behave, even though nobody else around him mind that at all.
Still, i would never have guessed that Shenhe is his aunt.
Anyways, keep up these videos and have fun at the Lantern rite in Liyue!
Nah, it's not just becoming "happy-go-lucky". Chongyun was born with overflowing Yang spirit. In his hangout event, he nearly collapses after having just a bit more Yang energy added to himself. The popsicles he eats are not ordinary. They're created with special ingredients to suppress this Yang spirit and they also don't have much of a taste.
Meanwhile, Shenhe has an overflowing Ying spirit, which is translated as "homicidal instincts" for some reason even though they've already kept Chongyun's Yang spirit literal.
Shenhe was taken in as a disciple by an adeptus and was given red ropes to wear at all times because the ropes suppress her Ying spirit.
Just like evil spirits want to flee from Chongyun, I assume they'd be attracted to Shenhe without the ribbons. In the teaser it is shown that she suffers from nightmares if she doesn't wear them during her sleep, for example.
@@Yorekani id did't do his hangout event yet, but thanks for the lore drop regardless. :)
@@weertangel7231 you should to his hangout, its cute!
@@SnowxXxAngel I will, just trying not to rush through all the content at once.
@@weertangel7231 all good, it's best not to rush through the game, especially when it comes to AR and world levels... I regret not stockpiling materials from bosses before going to a hight rank and now only survive most fights thanks to my world level being lowered by one.... I am slowly getting materials to level up everyone to at least level 80, if not 80/90
If anime has taught us anything, it's this: 'Less clothes equal more power'. And Shenhe, along with all the other polearm users in the game prove it all the time!
The exception to the rule is Zhongli, the man refuses to show anything more than his face, lol.
@@carolineribeiro9063 just what i had in mind
I think Genshin however have done it more gracefully than other anime, not shamelessly showing too much flesh to farm, while keeping the attractiveness.
The red strings are very significant to Shenhe's story. She is forced to wear them to keep her homicidal tendencies at bay.
The constant shots of cranes in the demo also links to her back story. She is from a family of exorcist, the same as chongyun. But her mother passed away when she was young, her father tried to sacrifice Shenhe by making her fight fight bad spirit, this would bring her mother back to life. However Shenhe prevailed and was kicked out by her father. She was found on the side of a road by cloud retainer and was then given the ribbons and was taught how to fight by the adepti.
Isn’t he also playing the game himself? Why waste so much time just to spoil the story for people, this kind of stuff is much cooler when discovered yourself through the story. If you really can’t keep it in your pants then I would suggest you use some subtlety next time. Thanks
@@antagonist8629 it's almost as if people can decide not to read my comment by the first sentence... huh. What a smart idea... I'm just gonna take your plate.... thanks for being condescending :)
@@kc.p2003 lol I’m glad you’re able to call me out on that. Sorry just don’t know how else to speak my mind ;)
You really shouldn't spoil the whole backstory for him when he could have experienced it if he just continued playing the game...
And spoilers ahead:
You're wrong about the last part. Cloud Retainer found Shenhe when she was about to actually beat the monster and took her in. Her father was possessed by the monster in his grief of losing his wife, and after he had sent her to the cave, he eventually came back to his senses and hanged himself out of despair and regret, thinking he had killed his own daughter.
@@trlmssb the dude can read and is a grown adult, if he didn't want to read all my comment he didn't have to if he did then he knew there would be a spoiler. I say how it is important to her story in the first sentence 💀
Iirc her hand symbol (with the middle and index pointed up) as she holds the talisman is a form of taoism. Its bcuz of her background as an exorcist i believe. Chongyun also hails this hand symbol in his idle and abilities since he too is from the same family.
the breakdown is awesome.. its really cool to see the development how they have changed from their very first demo. I love their choice of direction with this.. More story telling stuff pls
Great breakdown Philip! I love Shenhe's design. Her moves have both grace and weight behind them, which reminds me of my current main, Eula. I'll definitely be pulling for Shenhe, to use with Eula until I am able to get Ayaka, who she really seems built for. Can't wait to get her tonight!
I’m gonna pull tonight too if it doesn’t come out too late!
@@PhilipHarts Awesome! About 4 hours until servers are up. Following you on Twitch now, so hoping to see you pull later!
Funnily enough, Ayaka actually deals Cryo damage too frequently, so she hits the Icy Quill limit very quickly. She's still a good match with Shenhe, obviously.
Eula can use exactly 5 stacks in 10 seconds if she uses E->Q->E because the burst can reset her skill cooldown. I suspect the animations may take so long that it's not possible to squeeze the fifth Cryo hit into the 10 second timeframe.
There is a reason why chongyun needs popsicles youll leanr about it in his hangout quest
They should just make a anime at this point
I’d watch!!
Mihoyo started making games so they could afford to make anime.
has Philip watched "Divine Damsel of Devestation" yet? It's a cool genshin cutscene from the game (technically a spoiler) but it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. I cried watching it and I watched it 3 times
The "He" in her name Shen He means crane.
Chong Yun and Shen He are exorcists.
Her fighting style has Qing Gong elements in it. (Qing Gong means light/soft styled martial arts)
Nice react/tear down as always.
This was indeed very diferent from the other trailers, but not in any bad way.
Also I believe YT unfollowed me from your channel, I did follow, back when u reacted to Ffxiv cinamatics.. weird stuff.
Let's cut to the chase. We all know, even Mihoyo, that her 'Cryo Avatar' is a Jojo Stand
😳😳😳
Camera angles added so much to the action. Mihoyo knows best.
I hope to see you react to the in-game cutscenes too someday 😁
Shenhe is so cool, but unfortunately I have been saving for another 5-star cryo character for months. Although funnily enough, Ganyu was under the same tutelage of Cloud Retainer.
They both seem cool!
Amazing video as always Phil cannot wait to see more 💗
Thank you so much Lani!! Gonna try to pull for her!!
Now you have to react to Yae Miko's trailer :P
oooh lesgoo, we're finally on 1080p territory
Can you check out the trailer for the new patch version fleeting colors in flight. You watched one for genshin three months ago but I’d say that one was a lil better probably because it spoiled more story content for a cooler edit. The new patch is coming either tommorow or tonight so don’t forget to download the update. I will say that half the content is event specific and you’ll need to catch up like you did for albedo and the other is a underworld fallen kingdom type area that will be locked behind the newer nation but will be permanent like dragonspine. It’s one of the bigger patches since the developers themselves came to host the livestream and breakdown some behind the scene efforts. Sorry this is long just wanted to catch u up since ur both new and this was happening over the holidays.
Awesome!! Thank you! Can’t wait to do the new stuff!
4:14 - the 'design' is very nice indeed😂
One interesting tidbit about her movements is that the designers partially based her movements on martial arts/wuxia films, which explains the cool floatiness.
This is I waiting for
I waiting for also
I hope you can one day react to Honkai Impact's animations :D It is created by the same company as Genshin Impact. Their fight scenes there are more intense. Since you specialise in those kinds of scenes I'm looking forward to seeing you react to them!
Some notable honkai animations are:
Last Lesson
Lament of the Fallen
Shattered Samsara
Everlasting Flames
Dude please watch some Honkai Impact animated shorts, they are incredible! Some particularly good ones are: Shattered Samsara, Cyberangel, Lament of the Fallen
Makes me think of "the red string of fate" i hear about a lot. some form of mythology involved with it in east-asian cultures, likely exactly what that is.
A little detail that I absolutely love: when Shenhe stabs the Abyss mage, the previous shots make sure that your attention is drawn to the tip of the spear, so that you're more likely to notice that she doesn't simply stab the mage but also twists the spear in the wound.
Shenhe bears the curse of calamity, the Adepti bounded her soul with red ropes to curve her agression'
0:42 - Vicineko: I bet you saw that
Too bad I already got Itto.
Too good that I have a 2nd account...even though I want Ganyu..
She is cool.
Can u react to ganyu demo next ??
i wish im chongyun ....
Yun jin demo please
can you please react to smite cinematics by any chance?
Hello. I love your videos and always look forward to getting your opinion. My favorites are these Genshin Impact videos. I would like to formally request you react to Encanto. As well as the Encanto song scenes. My favorites are Surface Pressure and We Don't Talk About Bruno. They are amazing. Thank you.
I would love to! I’m not sure if I can because of copyright but I will look into it 😃🙏🏻
@@PhilipHarts thanks for your reply. You might be able to review the music videos of the movies for educational purposes.
Unfortunately, Shenhe is think you meet _after_ (?) Inazuma?
pls react soul land
Hey can you react to The Call by League of Legends?
Hope one day you watch honkai impact 3rd videos
Do Honkai impact