I love himeko has her secrets so much she's casually friends a member of the genius society. She cleary has some history with kafka. And she has some connections with the higher ups of the ipc with how much topaz respects her and the fact that jade trusted her to help with the deating of penacony.
before the 10 stonehearts trailer i theorized she was part of them as "Ruby" or something like that, but it seems not and has another connection to the IPC
I am honestly glad that wasn't the only one that noticed about the Himeko and Kafka's parallels - their mentorship towards the MC, her similar fashion choices such as jackets and even crossing paths.
From the beginning my OCD brains loves how well the SH and AE mirror each other Pom Pom and Elio Both are animal mascots but also the foundation of the group and they both also shackled in some way elio is destiny slave and pom pom cant leave the express Himeko and Kafka Both act as leaders/boss of the group Dan heng and Blade Both suffer with immortality but one wants to move on and the other is eternally stuck in it March and Firefly One is wants to uncover her past and the other is huanted by it. and both were found floating in space Welt and Silverwolf Both have a sort of transcendental world view. Welt has seen that is universe is just another in an series of infinite. And Silverwolf thinks that world is just a game. Which would make you think they would be nihilist but no they both treasure it and cherish thier companion and get worried when they are in danger. Not to mention thier connection from HI3. I would 100% not be suprised if it turns out that Silverwolf is just brony who hacked herself into this would
I think March 7th and Firefly are the opposites because of their opposite design and opposite end goals, one focused on the future and the other searching for her past, plus even their elements are opposites. Meanwhile, welt and silverwolf are opposite not only because of their age but also because one is the earliest to join the express after himeko and the other was the last to join the stellaron hunters; plus silverwolf looks like welt's student bronya, and students often take the mantle after the teacher; additionally their elements are opposite as well. Design wise for Himeko and Kafka, they're on opposite sides of a rainbow instead of the sun and moon, and if you refer to weather, kafka is more like rain (splash art) or night instead of moon while Himeko is sun or day. Dan Heng and Blade needs no explaination since in the nowhere to run lightcone, dan heng calls blade his shadow. Edit: Anyway, if sunday really joins the stellaron hunters then who will be his opposite or will he have an opposite? maybe welt if trailblazer and firefly are the opposites/similar as stated in the video? Some people also say that maybe Firefly will join the express, though I'm skeptical on this one.
I think Sunday’s opposite would be Dan Heng. Both of them were shackled by the past (in this case Sunday whereas Dan Heng has somewhat moved on). And by biblical terms, Satan was portrayed as a dragon (not saying that Dan Heng’s evil of course) and with Sunday being an Angel
@@beaniehats__ That's possible as well, but I want to imagine the express getting a new member. First they teased us with Serval, and then Black Swan and Acheron seemed to want to temporarily join the express before we found out we're still stuck in the dream bubble. Recently, there's also rumors about Firefly joining the team, but then their number is currently inequal with the addition of trailblazer, so maybe sunday serves to balance the numbers.
Spot on. If your Astral Express Crew has mommy I mean mommy I mean mommy I mea-, a quiet mysterious nigh-unkillable warrior, a girl with martial skills and a tragic past plus elemental powers and a good heart, the Herrscher of Reason, a black-furred animal mascot who's more than they seem, and the main character, that's not your Astral Express Crew, that's the Stellaron Hunters.
And additional point about himeko wanting the bring the mc with them is when they arrive at the station where the express and then the doomsday beast arrives himeko looks at the mc as if confirming a suspicion. Which i interpret as himeko knew the legion is here for the stellaron and she atleast had a hunch that the mc either has the stellaron or is connected to it
We might be missing some crew members as well. At the end of the Checking out quest we get this line: "Let's count the people there: Me, March, Dan Heng, Pom-Pom, Himeko, Mr. Yang... and let's count Black Swan in too...But that's only seven of us... one person short for two games... When will we ever find a new Crew member?" which to me seems awfully sus. There were some speculations going on that it's Sunday who might join either the Stellaron Hunters or the Express crew 🤔🤔
I think March 7th and Firefly are the opposites because of their opposite design and opposite end goals, one focused on the future and the other searching for her past, plus even their elements are opposites. Meanwhile, welt and silverwolf are opposite not only because of their age but also because one is the earliest to join the express after himeko and the other was the last to join the stellaron hunters; plus silverwolf looks like welt's student bronya, and students often take the mantle after the teacher; additionally their elements are opposite as well. Design wise for Himeko and Kafka, they're on opposite sides of a rainbow instead of the sun and moon, and if you refer to weather, kafka is more like rain (splash art) or night instead of moon while Himeko is sun or day. Dan Heng and Blade needs no explaination since in the nowhere to run lightcone, dan heng calls blade his shadow.
Firefly and March is an interesting two. Theyre completely opposites in design, personalities, and goals. One wants to know their past and the other wants to know their future but both are uncertain about it.
I feel like since Welt came from a world that as far as we know, isn't connected to Akiiviili's star rail he could also be an anomaly in all this dynamic between the Express and the Stellaron Hunters. great video ! ! !
He could also be the counter to Elio. Welt's been through his own honkai story and knows the twists of a hero's journey as Elio just knows the future. Likewise, while Elio seems to want to stick away from matters and have the hunters and others be involved in the script, Welt wants to join with the MC/Express on their difficulties and journeys.
Oooh that could also be the case! Although I’m very curious if Welt’s “blond companion” still hangs around somewhere in HSR universe and if we’ll ever see him in the future.
@@Rainthoritywell the blond companion "void archive" is a sentient weapon from the previous era with the core of herrscher of reason build to destroy the honkai so when he heard of the Sky people who are a species who live by feading honkai energy he find a clear solution there So if you heard of weird mecanical creature in grey black and red he might not so far ....
i think pom2 is the heart of akivili, in some dialog, it's mentioned that the heart of akivili is inside the train but no one know where it is, and pom2 just like akivili can't go outside the train, 11:00 if you ask her to revive akivili, she would ask us to cut pom2 tail.
i think it makes more sense for March 7th and Firefly to counter eachother. Their eyes are a parallel of each other, Firefly fights for her future and March for her past, they were both found floating in space, and March is extroverted and bubbly, while Firefly is shyer and more reserved.
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who noticed that Himeko knows a lot more than she lets on. From the way she seemed to the trailblazer’s potential at the space station, to her interaction with the Stellaron hunters, and her appearance on Kafka’s keeping up with star rail, I feel like she might be working with them in some way or at least was informed about their plan by a stellaron hunter. All I know is that I’ve been suspicious of Himeko for a while and even if she has good intentions, she is definitely hiding something.
March 7th’s and silverwolf’s design are sort of opposites, silverwolf to wear alternative fashion while March tends to wear more stereotypical teenage girl fashion,also they seem like they are youngest of their respective groups This one is a bit more of a stretch but they also have a connection with technology, through March’s cameras and silverwolf’s video games. they both keep them very close and put a pretty big important on them in their daily lives
Silver Wolf and March are parralels more in personality really. March is energetic and outgoing, if a little ditzy, whereas Silver Wolf is more reserved, extremely snarky and a hacking genius, able to go toe to toe with Screwleum in a code battle
Welt was a game developer (as well as ceo in the company) in honkai impact. He is doing it to gather fund for anti antrophi (his organization against the honkai). Bronya succeeded him after the end of part one story
I'm still under the impression that Terminus is Akivili after having reached the endtimes going backward through time perhaps even in an infinite loop trying to find a way to break that loop. Using HI3rd as evidence Kiana as the Herscher of Finality moves backward through time where along the way she meets her young self moving forward. Terminus is derived from Terminal like a Train Terminal, which is not only an endpoint but also a departure point as well.
I arrived at this conclusion too recently after rethinking what Kafka said about 3 ways to kill aeons. And it is because they had traveled to the end that they knew which is the best path to pursue to reach a better ending for the universe. Hence the “make a choice that you won’t regret.” Maybe Akivili made some that they regretted, and this is an advice so TB won’t repeat the same mistake.
Not to disagreeing you but kafka also left romantic message and her rouge for us in loufu and said we are each other Destiny so doesn't that make her and mc each other counterpart but at the same time mc and firefly are pretty implied too I'm confused of where hoyo is going with this
See, my read on the Stellaron Hunter-AE parallels is this: Welt - Elio -- older and wiser, technically the leader, knows things they should not (owing to being an isekai protagonist and a finality prophet respectively) Himeko - Silver Wolf -- Living HI3rd references, tech minded Cool Girls. Trailblazer - Kafka -- Fate-intertwined rivalry thing. March 7th - Firefly -- One has no past, one has no future. Cute girls who just want to live. Etc. Dan Heng - Blade -- Actual Virgil-Dante rivalry. Hardly needs explanation.
Ok but Kafka and Himeko are giving Marcelline and Princess Bubblegum vibes, very juicy similarity. Also gonna disagree, I think Firefly is actually March's counterpart, beside having similar design, March is a character that wants to know about her past, while Firefly looks forward to the future (literally and figuratively because she's part of elio's group)
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