Depression Has Hit... "The Song Burning in the Embers" Full Animated Short | Genshin Impact Reaction 

The fact a children's choir started to sing when Arlechinno finally stood against "Mother" like all the kids unite to support her

Others have pointed out that something was made clearer in other languages: Arlecchino's friend, Clervie, was the "Mother"'s biological daughter, who was mistreated/abused by her for being too weak. That's why Arlecchino asks "Do mothers usually argue with their daughters?"

when arlecchino asked "Do mothers usually argue with their daughters" and clervie was all injured...it implied that the previous knave beat her own daughter.....what a horrible person

I saw comments under the JP version talking about why Arlecchino refers to herself as “Father” may be because she wants to separate herself from her “predecessors” who were known as “Mother”. Rather than being an abusive and controlling “mother”, she would be more akin to a watchful and guiding “father”.

What really hit me was the friend saying “I’m sorry” and “thank you”. It’s almost like she’s saying I’m sorry you had to kill me but thank you for doing it instead of being me in your place 😭

The flower that was withered was the Lumidouce Bell which, in the archives, symbolises partings and the wish for reunion. It is also the same flower on Clervie's necklace. In CN the mother daughter argument line specifically uses birth mother, so Clervie was the previous Knave's actual daughter. So "Mother" mentioning "pruning" the Lumidouce Bell before it withered is symbolically worse than initially thought. There is a cut to a sword with an orange ball after Clervie's death which might represent the unnamed blonde haired girl with the Bulle Fruit hair tie, so most likely all the other kids are dead too just like the storybook in the beginning foreshadowed.

Arlecchino hit Mother with the Rock Lee treatment in that kick

THIS ANIMATED SHORT WAS PEAK CINEMA.

Arlecchino's past was portrayed very well in this short animated, it made me feel sympathetic and aroused more interest in this character ;)

I actually kind of like when you’re quiet. It shows that you really care about what you’re watching.

Animation was amazing but man the OST.....the OST.....that just amplified it to a whole another level. The singing especially the part when Arlecchino kicked the previous Knave to the roof before she unleashed her curse to kill her got me goosebumps

The childrens' chorus is a nice touch @5:10 given what's happening at that moment.

This animated short has reached from happy to bloodshed so quick. Those siblings are kinda cute and other one just sacrificed by her hands. So this is the previous Knave and the reason why Arlecchino hates the word "mother".....

When "Mother" tells all of them your goal is to defeat all your brothers and sisters in battle to become "King" I didn't really expect defeat means kill to the last man standing...

5:13 At this moment Crucabena must have realized that this was no longer a fight to convince Peruere to be her successor but a fight for survival, but this revelation came to her too late. The visual Storytelling in this short was amazing

Hearing the lyrics in the music really gave that Honkai Emotional Impact 3rd realness 😭 Reminded me of Bronya and Seele for moment but a lot more tragic

"you just couldnt leave this game alone hoyo" Those kids in Enkanomiya that were all born and raised to be killed and sacrificed to gods, collei who was experimented on, Shenhe's father hanging himself, all the wild stuff with the akademiya as well as the desert in sumeru, and people dissolving in fontaine: 🗿

all the kids can't reject the mother order to fight each other until death to find the last king.. and then at the last moment her best friend gave in for her victory.. they all died 😢💔💔

Man, the way they told why Arlecchino chose the title "Father" instead of "Mother" by having her past childhood be the lore behind it. That just really hit something. Really amazing for Genshin's first animated short and hoping to see what upcoming characters they plan to do ones for next.

I love how “Mother” is left-handed. It brings a whole different choreography to the fight and I love it.

5:26 i'm in love with the camera zoom out of this part.

We've entered the Peak Era of Genshin. I thought it couldn't get any better after Fontaine released. I was wrong.

" I hope you won't be chained by fate "

5:48 The parallel between her and Furina omg

Genshin Devs, y'all cooked with this and now we enter another new chapter for Genshin. Another Dark Chapter.

One thing I haven't seen mentioned, is how Arrlechino first fought "Mother" using the same weapon and style as her. It was only when she rejected that sword and fought as herself with her curse that she was able to not only win, but dominate. Not as "Mother's" daughter, but as the woman who would become the Knave.

Her curse is probably forcing her to absorb part of things that die by her or in her hands Her pet spider The bat winhs which belonged to one of the other children ( see the stuffed animals at the beginning) Her love of cake and the bellflower( her friend) Also the music could be symbolic of her soul A chorus of children all a part of her And the lead voice is hers And right before she punts the harbinger she calls her "mother" which startled the previous knave I believe it was her friend speaking through arlecchino Since that is her actual biological mother It was like the children of the house within arlecchino came together to kill the previous knave

her friend had a necklace that looked like the flower

Wholesome And Positive

Xiao Luohao you’ve done it again, Peak after peak. Sumeru and Fontaine?

the OST just makes the animation 1000 times better, I was emotional when the battle scene with vocals came

Arlecchino went through the Hunger Games and ended up killing her best friend. Great animated short from Hoyo! Looking forward to more of these!

If you wondering how she has pyro powers without a vision is because the syringe in the scene after she killed her friend was containing delusion compound and the girl from the promotion of 4.6 she might be a clone of her friend that makes me think dottore wants to play with the knave

"Time to Harvest some Tears at your Colorful world" -any Hoyo Fans

that girl necklace,, aaaaarrrgghhhh, that flower aaaaaa

If you notice that when they show a sword with orange ball hanging on it... It's was for the girl with yellow hair from the scene where they trying to catch a fish

"Oh, so you say you're finally recovering from Furina's backstory?" -Idk Genshin devs probably

Dark days are coming in Genshin, and I'm all here for it.

I just noticed the necklace that the kid waring looks like the Lumidous flower in Fontaine

While I'm not that surprise about the context of arlecchino fighting the previous Knave bc there's hidden world quest in Inazuma telling us how she became the Knave, I really love this animation. Really hope there're more animated short like this. Maybe for some world quests or lore.

I think they're compensating for the amount of background lore for her since last 2 to 3 patches. Because if you think about scara,he has two whole ass world quest serieses and couple of limited event stories decicated to him,which is on top of the backstory provided of him in sumeru AQ and in his interlude.but her?we know nothing about her nor nothing has been provided of her,except for ones that told by herself.

Im so happy they learned they couldnt keep harbinger backstories in events and text like Scara and decided to do this. I'm also happy they only showed what we already knew, and not some loredrop related to her curse, origin etc. I want all the important stuff to be in game and only supplementary content in video form. Also i hope ppl dont say its the Honkai writers whenever something sad happens in GI. We already got confirmation that its always been the GI team handling the story for GI from a QNA done by Xiao Luohou the lead scriptwriter, and their team says Act 5 of Fontaine is their proudest story yet. Its fine if we say "its reaching Honkai levels of storywriting" but saying "the honkai writers came in and wrote it" takes away credit from this team. Its like if soemone says "u draw like *insert famous artist*" which is a compliment vs "this was definitely done by *insert famous writer*" which takes away credit. Genshin has always had really disturbing stuff since 1.0, its just theyve started to finally embrace it in the forefront and not hide it.

That kick was personal

When *that* cut happened, the "... Hi Hoyo..." hits deep

You don't know how happy I am at getting this animated/shown in general!!! It was hinted in the Inazuma world Quest that Peruere/Arlecchino killed the former Knave/Harbinger and reformed the House of the Hearth practices. It still brutal as Tsaritsa still needs her Assassin/Fatui agents that are trained there but less cruel to pit the children against one another to the death to weed out the "weak ones"... If they die it's now on missions or if one betrays the House they are killed. (Some don't return to the next "Hunt" as stated in the 4.6 teaser) Freminet was raised under the hand of the former Knave/Harbinger, if you read his unit story/voicelines it shows things are done at his early age. Lyney and Lynnette where brought in after Peruere/Arlecchino took over the House and at first he was confused by their nature and the change of operations. This shows that the House of the Hearth was Moved into Fontaine City after this as well, so that Children knows what life is instead of being isolated in the "mountains" for their training. (I'm not sure 100% where the old House of the Hearth is... it might be in the current mountains but it might also be the island we are going to as the older building where used after the fall of Remuria all over Fontaine but different groups including the House of the Hearth.) Their Current Fatui NPC stories that talking about how he because a Fatui instead of his sister as they both grew up in the House of the Hearth. And the sister can live a normal life as an actor/singer due to his service. EDIT: I just released something.... You see a Bulle Friut (orange) hair orniment hanging off a sword after Clervie died. It implied that Peruere/Arlecchino had also killed her blonde twintail friend that had it in her hair growing up. 😭 Clervie has a Lumidouce Bell necklace and it's the plant the "Mother" called grotesque.

Just remember. All of us who believed there was more to father when everyone else just believed whatever childe and scaramouche has to say at face value. Two wolves in sheeps clothing, calling her the very portrayal of what they first came off as in the story. Childe may be right about one thing, though. She probably would betray the Tsaritsa in a heartbeat if it benefit her interests, and her interests are her children.

i said its even more closer to Black Clover Anime reference, Mars and Fana in terms of being "kings" with killing each other kids But in terms "mother", definitely promised neverlands reference

7 mins animation what a gift from hoyoverse

I was waiting for this from months!

I knew from the teaser that the song would give me goosbumps and here we are. Goosebump galore. Whoever the person is has a really good voice.

Many hearts has Shattered in this shorts FOR SURE

Something I think should be mentioned is that in the story book the previous knave was reading Arlecchino’s doll is the one that becomes king which might imply that the previous Knave had always knew or planned for Arlecchino to become king presumably because of her curse or hat she was a prodigy

RIP Wuthering Mid 💀

A question I now ponder is what happened to make Crucabena so obsessed with being the most powerful and being the "king". Plus there's also her statement about innocence and kindness which makes me think something happened to turn her the way she is, maybe that's just me reading into it too much but it really seemed like she genuinely wanted to "crown a king" among her "children". It is also a matter of her being a harbinger, so I'm guessing she must have become disillusioned with the system of the seven or at least with an integral part of the system of the rest of Teyvat if the Tsaritsa recruited her. I would love to hear more of her story, I have a feeling it's a tragic one.

WE EATIN GOOD

Lumidouce bell.. fuck now I remember that one melusine chain quest.. it ends with this flower as well.. its meaning in fontaine flower language was parting and hope for reunion or smth.. 😭

Honestly, when I heard the song on 1:15 I have a bad feeling😢

The most interesting to notice for me was the kaenriah flowers there was at the beginning of the animation (also at the moment when she is under the rubles under the lumidouce bells). Given the book perineri we got, I wonder if the curse is related to this kaenriah hearth...

This was crazy I gotta get back on this game

The fact that this has the same vibe as the orphanage from HI3rd, but their "Mother" is way worse than cocolia. Crazy man, crazy

The song really hit me.. It's remind final fantasy vibes

Dread it, run from it, depression arrives all the same, and now it is here.

16:43 What is trully hurt, the Children's choral part in the music...

genshin cures depression with wholesome and positive stories

Bat from the picture book looks soooooo much like manga Dottore...

Hoyo fed us well

THE EVER FIRST ANIMATED SHORT of GENSHIN

the ruin looks like a bird cage

FINAL LESSON?

Pure depression 2:31

I think Clervie is the Mother's bio daughter, Mother was talking about pruning the flower before it wilts, she doesn't like that her daughter is weak

5:39 the location seems to be Mary-Ann Memorial Park or the new map. Edit: it seems to be in the Est of mont Esus and can't be Mary-ann park since the statue of the seven isn't showed. And we have a lot of fatui in that zone. I think the boss fight will appear here too (i rewatched the livestream and her boss domain seems like the batiment destroyed by the fight with "Mother" . It also can't be the new map because the topography is different.

Imagine if Clervie was the only sibling she killed. And Clervie forced the blade onto herself after seeing Peruere devastated to find out she has been the one killing their siblings. Ahhhhhhhh... Why does my mind make everything worse.

Heavy Cocolia vibes from the "Mother"'

Is it just me or is her "I'm sorry" literal 1 to 1 ratio on both sound and toning to firefly's from hsr

im just glad that genshin start showing their "dark story" cus they always hiding it in world quest and not that many ppl play world quest. If I compare arlecchino's back story with the world quest story, arlecchino's story is only a small part and I can even say that it is very tame. I'm just happy even though it's only a slight change ☺

I just realize that arlecchino childhood is almost similar to bronya

Looking at this video just made you think "I'm sorry she was THAT STRONG AS A CHILD?? AND WE HAVE TO FIGHT THAT??"

THIS WAS FKIN HOTTTTT HAHAHAHA HOLI SHEEEE

Genshin's dark phase has begun

i remember when she reminds the tragedy happen to her to Furina and Furina when silent. same she also put blame on Furina for let this happen..

now just wondering why she wanted a scythe more than a sword.

I hope that Natlan will be peak

okay since no one is talking about the relationship this may have with columbina i will in mythology factors , a mourning dove (columbinas constalation) is known that doves provide comfort because they help people remember their loved ones are watching over them. in this case columbina would be reassuring alrecchino about cerise. because the greek mythology stageplay arlecchino and columbina are based of on. “The birds soft cooing song” is also what a dove is said to do when comforting the “friend” who is mourning over loss. who sings? columbina. and there is a slight humming and singing in the trailer too. A dove release is also used for memorial and funerals , thats why she was singing at signoras coffin. also think about columbinas bows she has , on her neck. which is the exact same one that cerise had put on the plushys AND arlecchino had a bow too on her neck. cerise had a bow on her bandage that persumbally arlecchino made on her wrist , which is why columbina also has bows on her wirst in the trailer. THE BOWSSS!!! cerise also has bows and 2 long strings from her dress like columbina. the simularties between the 2 may hint towards the relationship columbina and arlecchino may have , due to there separate story on the greek mythology harlequin and columbine. also take into fact that columbina is NOT there to welcome arlecchino saying that columbina was not yet a harbinger or a part of the fatuie, this timeline is taken BEFORE the destruction of khaneria and scaramouche earsing his memories. this is most likely when ei had abandoned scaramouche and he joined the fatuie. THOSE R THE CURRENT MEMBERS ONLY!! your welcome

Genshin having that Honkai treatment is good, but also we can't have nice things can't we?

Ngl, killing a harbinger at a young age is dope.

THE GENSHIN COOKS ARE BACK IN THE KITCHEN

You see the yellow haired girl with bulle fruit hair tie then on the aftermath of battle you can see her hair tie on a sword mean they all killed each other.. its like battle royale tho arlecchino also killed the game master.

3:00 Rumbling Rumbling 😂

The third character to get an animated short. And all three of them are somber

My opinion on Arlecchino has been fairly neutral this entire time, but this short made her jump up a couple of tiers. Some things I’ve been curious about(like why she refers to herself as ‘Father’ instead of ‘Mother’) make a bit more sense now. I don’t play Genshin anymore, but I’d probably end up pulling for her if I did after this.

There seems to be more to this whole 'King' thing. Arlecchino refused it but now she's the new head of the house and seemingly trying to make a new King from the 4.6 trailer. What does the fatui need this special 'King' for?

girl rlly made them do a youtube kids battle royale

she hate the label as "mother"

"omg genshin entering honkai era" damn like genshin dont have anything good huh i feel bad for u genshin team yeah u yo genshin team dont stop to improve tho this is gonna be face of genshin story if good "this might be honkai writer" if bad "yeah its not honkai" :))) bro i loved hoyo fandom

10:05 doom Yuri hmm

This is just me speculating but, The Tsaritsa said this legacy (title of 'Knave') is one of bloodshed, implying that Harbingers of the orphanage killed the previous one (or "King"). Arlecchino wants Lyney to succeed her and Lyney is horrified by this idea. Arlecchino wants Lyney to KILL her. And what's the best way to get to him and MAKE him have no choice but to do so? Threaten Lynette and Freminet (and to an extent The Traveler). This story quest is going to be brutal, I can already tell. Even if no one dies, Arle, the Lyney siblings, and Traveler will not look at one another the same after this. But man, the short itself felt more like 2 minutes than seven. Bravo Hoyoverse!

Makes you essentially hate Crucabena what what she was doing with children

Here's the theory: this story from the past from Knave and she knew that they ARE harbingers BUT!!!! like this chapter called "Fontaine" from the Knave story line she had been lied AT ALL from the start. And their children are style like her role as "FATHER" Harbingers and Abyss order are.......... here's my answer........ THEY ARE SAME CLAN OR SAME GUILD and Fatui are different goals to destroyed Harbingers and the Abyss Order because of the "Prince or Princess" came to destroyed all of Teyvat the Central and last elements of each Region.... But in order to beat the Knave Traveler "Luminie" must find a way to beat her or surrender and to make restore all of it and the next Region will be more difficulties because of Dragons mwuhahahah :D

New arc acter Fontaine???