[2.2] The Complete Story of Ruu on Tsurumi Island (Genshin Impact) All Cutscenes Full Movie 

Small correction: the part of Ako Domeki is wrong. He and his chief mate were separated and some of them got stranded in Golden Apple Archipelago. Ako Domeki then managed to return to Asase Shrine and decided to travel the world to fulfill Hibiki's wish to see the world.

Thunderbirb : "hm.. I like this kid" Tribe : "I see, so you want his blood?" Thunderbirb : "...what?" Tribe : "Done, enjoy your meal" Thunderbirb : "WAIT, NO-"

TW: Gore/Explicit Content In the JP/CN sub version, Ruu was actually skinned alive, had his tongue cut off, sacrificed his blood, bones were removed from his body for the sacrifice. But in the EN sub, they only mentioned about the blood part. To top it all off, because of the curse, Ruu had suffered the same torture for over 182625 times. (someone calculated it) He remembered everything as the torturing was taken place. He practically begged for people to help stop the curse. He had to watch as people destroy the perches. (remember he thought it was the wrong decision) So he basically watched as people tried helping but were unsuccessful and died/ran away, leaving him to continuously be in the torture loop over and over again. During this period of time, he couldn't see the outside world, couldn't meet his friends( nobody else other than monsters were on the island, the "humans" which are illusions were the villagers who sacrificed him) and watch as his father tortured him to sacrifice him. If it weren't for traveler, Kama, Sumida, Paimon, Ruu might've had to go through that forever as he hopelessly try to seek help from others who always have the same results(unsuccessful). Finally, he was able to rest after thousands of years. Remember, he was a kid with dreams that were crushed just because he wanted to make friends with a deity.

Tsurumi's story is dark as hell, yet ended with a happy ending.

Fun fact: After you finished that chain world quest, you'll find Kama & Sumida dating at Liyue harbor then Mondstadt. Find them if you can.

when you realize that Genshin is starting to follow Honkai's depression path

"Wow the bird really likes Ruu. We should sacrifice him" -Last inhabitants of Tsurumi probably

The music in Tsurumi is even more melancholic than the entirety of Inazuma.

To add more to depression, and I have never seen people talk about this yet, Neko has been and still waiting for Hibiki for hundreds of years.. it's just heartbeaking 😢

I took lots of pictures with Ruu, since I know for a fact that when he said he was getting tired, we would never to physically see him again T_T

Im sorry Teppei and Kitsune.. I must take your crown as the “saddest npc quest” and give it to Ruu.. this whole quest just broke my heart. The music, the dialogue..its just too sad. Well done story writers..

Ruu's singing gave me goosebumps and that ost is so beautiful.

Ruu ending Kapatcir's curse with only a beautiful song maybe proves Venti's point, throught song it's possible to heal scars, wounds, sadness, anger and communicate with every living species.

But honestly speaking. The Traveller is really kind. She/He helps in releasing an old curse and ease a poor spirit of a boy who only kept killing himself over an over again. Which probably no one would even dream of thinking of doing. And this world is not even the Traveller's but the Traveller helps anyone out. And yet there are some stupid characters out there who delibrately use the Traveller's generosity to their own advantage but the Traveller gets nothing in return. Thats really sad.

the ending literally made me cry as hell, i wish we could hug him after parting ways 😭

Can we all agree that this is what we hoped the Archon quest would be? Because right now the better stories are world quest people could miss.

Japanese/CN translation on the Thundering Fury Artefact is that Ruu's Sacrifice Ritual involves pulling out his bones and separate it from the flesh, draining his blood to a cup (remember that this is a loop events and Ruu is experiencing this for like Eternity) Edit: oh yeah forgot about his tongue is cut while he's alive Edit 2: the NPC Mata who execute Ruu is probably Ruu's own Father

I used to hear that children's dream is one of the purest things in the world. When Ruu said he wants to travel the world like Traveler, it kinda broke me inside since we knew that is not possible yet he still yearned for it. It also sickens me, that Ruu's dream was gated by the very own people he loved. I mean they literally thought Ruu, whose singing liked by the Thunderbird, should be sacrificed like, for real how is that logical in any way? Yet, it already happened so it can't be undone. In the end, I'm still glad Traveler can make Ruu's dream come true (sort of) by bringing the feather on their travels. For me this story is a solid 8,5/10 ! I hope they voice these kind of quests too in the future since it add that spice that's lacking when playing these quests.

imagine being excited to hear your friend singing and then find him dead without bones with a cup filled with his blood... and that friend experiencing it again and again.

I thought yashiori was depressing. I was wrong. Tsurumi takes first place for most depressing story, especially those who read the thundering fury artifact set and knew what was to be.

A few days after the quest ended, and the whole thing still never fails to make me tear up; especially when I'm exploring Tsurumi and Ruu's song starts playing. Every time it does, I refuse to do anything but pan the camera around, hoping that from somewhere, Ruu would finally be able to see how pretty the horizon is. I haven't changed my gadget either; I always carry the feather with me. I was not expecting this particular story quest to affect me this much, despite being fully aware that it's all fictional. Genshin will definitely release more stories in the future, but I hope we never forget Ruu and his song.

6:38 i like how the mirror maiden is just taking a nice walk while Ruu is singing

When Hibiki unsealed the Thunderbird's remains on Seirai it doesn't lead to the death of Ako Domeki instead he got blasted all the way to the Golden Apple Archipelago. The Maguu Kenki there was brought by his ship. He eventually escape with the Archipelago inhabitants and makes it back to Seirai only to see its current state. He then left to sail the world unknown if he died or not from old age. You can read about it in The Catch. Otherwise good video I liked it

Thunderbird: oh no there's a fog that is covering the tsurumi island Thunderbird eating popcorn: *damn that's messed up*

I love that the traveller and Paimon were totally willing to just adopt Ruu and take him with them on their journey if he could have left with them.

Gotta admit..this quest left me teary eyed..especially how Ruu accepts his fate. It's like telling a child that everything will be fine but you know that he will be gone by tomorrow.

A lot of big content creators have been complaining about the lack of genshin content but they don't appreciate the gems like these within the game. The vast lore within each location, each quest, each weapon, each artifact, each books you collect when you travel the land of Teyvat. I wish more content creators like you feature these.

i was hoping the traveler would take ruu to mondtadt and see the beautiful scenery or feel the wind of freedom, atleast fot his last moments🙁

I use to hate doing the quest cause I'm impatient and wanted to finish it quickly, but then I got invested in Ruu's tragedy. Ruu wanted to help his people and accepted being sacrificed while Kama believed it to be absurd and left while the other simply followed through with it cause that's what they've always known. Some people might be mad and argue why they would sacrifice a child and whatnot. But, we do have to remember that they've mostly lived their entire lives within that fog and what they know is verily limited to what their ancestors passed down. The thunderbird killed them for killing her friend but have not bothered with them for generations even though she knew what they were doing. I guess I was touched when Ruu mention how he hoped that his sacrifice would appease the thunderbird so that lightning that scares his father would stop. Also, would like to know if we ever will learn of the meaning of the fog

I think Tsurumi island could have some kind of connection to the destruction of Khaenri'ah, or it could be a seperate nation or civilization like the kingdom that used to be in dragonspine

Inazuma is filled with sadness as it is with its archon. The rain and thunder represents what the shogun and inazuma are feeling. With stillness and eternity there must be pain and sacrifice.

If you guys take a look on the Thundering Fury`s lore story, it tells you exactly what happend between the thunderbird, ruu and the tsurumi island

I haven’t seen anyone talk about it, but Tsurumi island and it’s inhabitants are supposed to be an allegory for the Hokkaido Ainu, an indigenous peoples of the Far East - during the quest line, Paimon notes that the names of Tsurumi island are strange, and it’s because they use the Ainu naming convention as opposed to Japanese. Wen Kamuy, a species of domesticated animal on Tsurumi, are believed to be evil gods that hunger for human flesh in real life Ainu culture. Ainu refuse to eat Wen Kamuy. The flavour text for the Tsurumi island namecard, ‘Kanna Kapatcir Kamuy’, would translate to something like ‘great eagle god of thunder’. Just thought it was interesting.

One of the musics in Tsurumi island has that sad but hopeful feeling which parallel its ending, i'll never forget that and Ruu's singing

Never have I thought I would cry legit tears from an NPC quest and lore. But here we are. I became so invested with Ruu and the Thunderbird's story.

🌸❤️It is always a wise act to attend story time with the cat that adorns a blue hat, and thus, extend the gaze, grab a snack or two, cut off the lights, and prep for story time!❤️🌸

Ruu's song hits me the most with this story.

Now that I actually cry. My English lvl has some gaps in it so I cannot fully understand what he said at the end. Thx a lot for giving a summary. Man so we keep he feather in or belongings. So if in the future will went berserk just like the abyss twin, imagine how sad will ruu be because he is witnessing us in that state through the feather.

Not gonna lie I feel like Ruu’s song and one of the OST of Tsurumi Island really resonates with me, and I think this might be where Genshin begins the path to depression like Honkai. You can finally rest now Ruu.

It was a very wholesome quest. The quest spanned over 3-4 days I think, but journey and exploration into completing this quest felt so rewarding. The whole story is tragic, from misunderstandings that resulted in a tribe's demise, and a beautiful island full of mystery to being desolate and full of enemies. The silver lining to all of this is that Ruu got to sing to Kapatcir toward the end of the world quest, and Kama got to go on a journey with Sumida, I'm so happy for them. The fact that the feather is a memento of our journey through Seirai and Tsurumi, and Ruu and Kapatcir through our journey ahead, is truly heart warming. The quest that follows of sending the remaining souls to the boatman was awesome as well. If ever we feel like remembering how worthwhile this world quest was , Mount Kanna will always be a reminder. What a wrap!

When a side quest has more depth than the entire Inazuma main story 🌚

Me seeing Ruu for the first time: SCREW YOU, RUU! Me knowing his story: Oh god, you poor thing.

Seriously, each release in inazuma is more depressing than the last. First it was a shrine maiden who wanted to cleanse a corrupt root and ends up exorcising herself. Then one guy who thought he could make a difference ends up just being a casualty because of the fatui Now this

I actually didn’t want to do this quest up until I realized that Ruu’s just experiencing a continuous time loop of suffering. “Blindly I imagined I could Keep you under glass Now I understand to hold you I must open up my hands And watch you rise Spread your wings and prepare to fly For you have become a butterfly, oh Fly abandonedly into the sun If you should return to me We truly were meant to be So spread your wings and fly Butterfly”

I cried a little when I read the "Take this feather into the world. You did promise him you would, after all." part.

They not only drained Ruu's blood 😭😭😭😭 they chopped him and separated his flesh to his bones 😭😭😭 I now understand why the thunderbird is so mad as hell😭😭😭😭

I can’t recall where I learned this but Hibiki unsealed the thunderbird’s power to release a thunder manifestation to aid Ako Domeki. The result was catastrophic and this sent ako domeki ans his crew to apple archipelago.

This has to be the most engaging world quest Ever! Aside from the Cleansing Sakura Quest. Such a tragic tale but ended up a fulfilling an old promise. I can only imagine what kinds of history and tragedy that happens in their own respective regions of Teyvat and we're here waiting to find the true nature of this world.

one of the best quests in genshin, except the part where we had to go all the way in that fog

I just can't stress on how much the community is toxic. They litteraly ditched tsurumi as being just a useless *filler* even tho it has a ton of content .... RIP ruu 😓🙏

Ruu is my favorite npc child in GI :(

Sad story but good ending.The part ruu singing hit me hard so much

The saddest quest of all in genshin for me, i promise you Ruu you will be always with me in my journeys.

Ruu: lalala, lala la lalalala! Thunderbird: _Groovin_

This one made me cry.. i didn't even realize until my sister told me that my tears are falling T.T

Traveller helped a dead child escaping the endless human sacrifice ritual cycle by making him singing to a dead bird.

Damn, I remember skipping all the dialogue bc i didn't like how long this quest was so i never payed attention to it, thanks for the recap, world quests are more interesting than we can think

this is why i never exchanged the feather gadget with something else - even though i want to use the maple feather to glide fast, i want to honour ruu's request and i wont break that promise :(

Why everything in this game has to be so sad and depressing lol.

You can notice the lines of the Thundering Manifestation that we fight when she talks about Ruu's. Also the description of the Thundering Manifestation is that it will show up when there is anger and suffering, so both Tsurumi and Seirai islands make them appear

I absolutely loved the story, I was only dissapointed that the red sky isn't permanent

Just when you stop yourself from crying learning the whole truth after just hurts as hell man.

ngl every single time i watch your videos, i just cant make any excuse to refuse. its just so dedicated much love to you and your videos

Guys trust me if you read the description of "domains" it literally says that there was once a civilisation which streched to all directons of the world. From the sky to the abyss. That civilisation was literally Mr. worldwide. Domains are made by Khaenri'ah so imo it's the same civilisation or Khaenri'ah is the decendant of that civilisation(As we know that The thousand winds temple bears the same design and the Ruin guards/ Field tillers were created by Khaenri'ah but their timelines don't match whatsoever). Another fact is that Fort Mumei also has the same architectural design and was destroyed during the archon war but Khaenri'ah was destroyed just 500 years ago. So it again proves that their timelines don't match. So why the similarity in architectural design?

Damn, I feel like whenever we go deeper into the game like the more nations we uncovered the more darker the story is.

Man I was waiting so patiently for this.

I've been waiting for the information you got for this island!! good job!

After watching your video, I felt like I should’ve taken my time with Ruu’s quest. I rushed through it missing a big part of his story, thanks for the video!

I understood it as Ruu knowing we lied about the thunderbird. After he sang he knew she was t alive anymore.

I CAN'T STOP CRYING WHENEVER I HEAR HIS SINGING IS JUST GIVE ME GOOSEBUMPS 😭

The achievement "across the misty river" an allegory for spirits crossing over to the next life.

damn bro i've been off the game recently, and aside from just watching those walkthrough vids, its way faster to watch u so i just wanna appreciate and say thank you.

I was waiting for this video after playing the quest. Since there was no voice, it was hard to concentrate on anything. Finally I understood it all. Thank you

May he rest in peace. Hope he can sing for kapatcir again...

Dude your theories are amazing! Keep up the good work!

Awesome video I really like the updated description of the peculiar pinion after the quest. Very wholesome.

It's already a month and I still cry every time I'm watching Ruu's story. 😭😭😭

When I first stepped inside tsurumi and there’s this odd kid alone in the fog I already had an inkling he was ghost… as the quests progresses I knew there is some sad story behind because mihoyo wouldn’t invest so much time on a character like this. I haven’t finished yet but I searched YT out of curiosity and yes it was really a sad story. 😭

Made me cry a 2nd time cause of this video and the music you chose to put in. And I'm actually surprised how much Golden Apple story is tied to this. I knew that they were from Inazuma because of that Maguu Kenki puppet, but I didn't realize the reason for their trapping there was also tied to Seirai island events.

i was literally waiting for you to upload this, i didn't understand anything when doing this quest

I swear to god Inazuma as a whole is the land of anguish, sadness, PTSD and neglected children

This was one of the saddest quests I’ve done, the fact that ruu’s lore is actually more darker than you think too is so sad

I was waiting for this. Thank you did delivering 🙏👊💯

Super well made, the content and the graphics that goes along

Rest In Peace Ruu... We'll meet again someday and we'll go on adventures together 🙏...

And as the curse finally lifted, the spirits of all those tribefolks that trapped were free to move on into the afterlife, though a few of them need help to sort out unfinished business, thus be unshackled from the mortal realm at last.

Your video totally sums up of what I've been theorized about the quest👍🏻

Good jobs man another nice video keep it up :)😁😁😁😁

Such a beautiful story 😭😭😭😭

This world quest is ten times better than the archon quest and you cant change my mind

I waited a lot to watch this video since I was not rushing the quest myself. And boy, this was so good. That line on the updated feather's description together with Ruu's theme gets me everytime..

Great video bro, good explanation :)

I read the lore on the artifacts first, so when I go to Tsurumi on the very first day of 2.2 and met Ruu, I know what will happen to him in the end and I already cry on that first quest.

somehow this story is better than the WHOLE archon quest of inazuma

Thanks for making me cry again. 😭

The video is very nice and well detailed, thanks

Me and my brother we're joking around about Ruu getting ready to be sacrificed.. Turns out he actually was💀

fun fact : The blood filled goblet was the thunder fury goblet

(3:42) The fact that he has to go through and suffer the torture a thousand times really hurts me. Like wtf? He's just a kid!

What's crazy is that this entire quest and zone was based on the item descriptions of the Thundering Fury artifact set from 1.0.