Clear “Mother” issues aside, I love the idea of Arlecchino choosing to be called “Father” specifically to reject everything the previous knave was. What an unbelievable badass
You can blatantly tell without prior knowledge to genshin lore that the former Knave was gonna die the instant she sporting the anime mother hairstyle of death.
@@I.disagree Peruere (current Arlecchino/Knave) had to kill all the other "children" to become "king" (a title she later rejected before she killed the "mother"), therefore Freminet would have been killed by Peruere too if he was one of the children. Despite never seeing the killing of children other than Clervie on screen, we see a sword half-buried with the Bullet Fruit accessory the blonde girl at the start had, meaning she was also killed. Also the "story" the previous Knave told at the beginning of the animation seems to be implied true, in which case that would mean all children other than Peruerehave been killed, perhaps not all by her but by other children who were later also killed. There's also the obvious age gap between Peruere and Freminet, it wouldn't have made sense for them to have grown up together...
@@Levv.editxx Freminet has memories of the previous Knave though, and it could very much be possible for Freminet to have been just a toddler at this time. I highly doubt the boy is Freminet, the hair is different, the boy lacks freckles and the boy has different eyes. Also, it would make sense if Freminet was a toddler at this time considering Peruere looks like a preteen or in her early teens when she defeats the previous Knave, meaning they would probably have an age gap of a decade, give or take, which seems accurate considering Freminet is implied to be an adult.
The lore of Arlecchino in particular and genshin in general can be said to be very massive and has many emotional details enough to turn it into a perfect anime
Hoyo 101: everywhere you go, assume everything has a red flag that's drenched on blood. At least that way the pain can be somewhat lesser by the time it hits
Father's past has indeed become one of the biggest reasons that turned her into such a cruel and cold "father", This short animation made me feel more sympathetic towards her 😭
It's not enough to excuse her attempt on Furina's life, the way she raises children into soldiers for the Fatui, nor her seeming uncaringness towards them.
she sports the taciturn cold father, because crucabena is that very caring and soft kind mother on the inside but an abusive pos sadist on the inside that manipulates her children, arlecchino dint want that path of a kid's battle royaleof danganronpa x the promised neverland
@@disunityholychaos7523 This is unreadable. It _sounds_ like you're saying that, because she has a specific feather, everything's okay? Either that, or you're saying that her being cruel and manipulative is justified because "gOoD iNtEnTiOnS". Nothing can excuse an abusive adult, because it's up to _them_ to behave properly. Arlecchino has _everything_ she needs to become a good parent: she knows how abuse and deceit feels, she has the Fatui's funding and resources for supplies, she has the diplomatic immunity that'd let her go to _any_ library on Teyvat to purchase a book on parenting, and she also has colleagues she can talk to for advice. Combining all of that with the fact that she has the correct motive means that the only reason she hasn't done all of this is because she doesn't care about the children enough to do so. Arlecchino would lose absolutely _nothing_ by making an _actually good_ orphanage, likely earning a few passing remarks from the other Harbingers _at worst._
@@Jackson-ub1uv Batman is just as cruel and cold but caring, but you give him a pass too lol I bet you think Ei is evil and shoulda died. mean while i bet you fuckin simp Dottore for a good clone to be alive.
In the original Chinese, Clervie is said to be the previous knave’s biological daughter! This fact didn't translate in the English version for some reason
Also, in JP and CN versions. Arlecchino answers the previous Knave ‘ You don’t deserve it!’ (あなた。無理。)instead of ‘My answer is no’. Which I think it gives more tension the emotions.
That dismissive comment about "grotesque wilted flowers" was about Clervie and the other girls who didn't make the cut. Good riddance to that false "mother."
It’s a really nice touch that Peruere chose to be the perfect opposite of the prior Knave - rather than a “mother” who hides her uncaring nature behind false love, she’s a “father” who disguises how much she honestly cares for her charges with a mask of stoicism.
Begs Genshin PLEASE DO MORE ANIMATED SHORTS FOR OTHER CHARACTERS!! This was so good, even if we don't get the Teaser Trailer I'm happy because this got me more hyped for Father!
one day, somewhere in mihoyo office, someone forgot the script of arlecchino's story on the table and then Shaoji passed by the table and read it, he thought to himself "let me work my magic", and then left it there, edited to fit his aesthetics
you do realize saying this is just disrespectful towards the actual writers right? acting like ONLY shaoji is capable of writing something good when this dude cant even write a female lead role without forcing her down your throat as "omg please love this waifu character we are very blatanly trying to get you to like such as elysia and firefly" , and pretending the other writers at hoyo arent as good as him (they're better tbh) is beyond fucking cringe. people need to stop riding this dude's dick. he's mediocre at best and predictable at worst. doesnt help he can only seem to write shonen plotlines either. he is just the face you see the most, but is FAR from this holy writing messiah the honkai glazers pretend he is, and i say that as someone who put well over five years into hi3. the current story is awful (thanks shaoji lmao) and everything after Otto died has quite frankly, been some of the most uninteresting shit in hi3. Especially considering he also retconned and assassinated Kevin as a character and his motivations. go write your own stories and lets see how YOU like being told that your best work was written by someone else that i personally think is a better writer than you are. god i fucking hate hoyo fans. especially honkai ones with their dogshit superiority complexes and acting like this hack of a writer is anywhere near the level of the likes of writers for games like persona 2 or something. bro writes slightly more depressing shonen arcs and mfers treat it like the second coming of god as if NOBODY else as hoyo can write as well as he does. just actually pure unadulterated cringe that reeks of "ive never created anything a day in my life before" now this is the part where you say your comment was just a joke to avoid being criticized for being an arrogant PoS towards creative fields and people who work in them. to that i say: go fuck yourself, probably REAL quick to say others cant take criticism about the game but then when YOU receive criticism. suddenly it isnt deflection, right? hypocrites AND arrogant. what a disgusting and ugly combination.
to me this gave bad ending version of Bronya's time in the orphanage vibes. Clervie gives Seele wanting to see the sea vibes, the Mother is kinda like Cocolia and her mistreatment of the kids and rather than how Bronya's story went, Arlecchino killed Mother and took over. i still think shes a Raven expy but in the Ei way (Ei is like Kallen and Mei but with Sakura's backstory) where they have an alternate history from a different character to the one they technecally also match. its absolutely incredible, i love this animation, this is just something i thought about watching
Raven never had to kill her loved one and certainly didn't kill her sadistic parental figure. While there's faint traces of similarity (giving up her brother and being taught harshly) Raven's story is far too dissimilar to be considered an expy especially considering they look nothing alike as well.
@@aloureluxe4174 that’s more like a tribute for Signora and a sneak peak to Sumeru. I want an origin story of a character in which they became what they are now just like this.
That girl(the pink hair one with the green eyes) could absolutely be who Freminet is protecting, that girl was Arlecchino's, I mean Peruere's friend, this also explains her attitudes and her boss being related to a spider. It's sad, but I believe the person that Arlecchino has been looking for is her friend, I say this because that girl is in the event page, Also Snezhnaya is now confirmed to be in the North, lights in the sky, Also i dont think you noticed Scaramouche was a Harbinger before she was.
@@wafIeee Probably that one king game they were referring to, either that or that because of Arlecchino trying to k1ll her the other orphans attacked her including her friend
I don't think it was Arlecchino who killed her friend Clervie. What pierced Clervie was probably Mother's ice spike. It seemed like Clervie fell with the spike in her and Arlecchino still had her sword in hand. Also, when Mother was talking about pruning the innocent and kind, she was talking about Clervie.
I thought her friend saw Arlecchino had her sword out and stabbed herself on the sword to give Arlecchino the title of "king" and to go out on her own terms, but then again I have not played Genshin since 2.5, I have stayed up to date on the major plot points though
people need to stop pretending shaoji is the one sole writer responsible for these things. dude is like average at best and some of the WORST parts of hi3 were done by him (lmao flamechaser arc) . people place did dude on some holy pedestal just cause he can write mediocre and generic shonen drama lmao
@@justsomeguy727 You are in the extreme minority because the Flamechaser arc was Hi3's by far most popular story arc of all time, and during that period Hi3 made record profits the likes of which haven't been seen again by that game. Now Shaoji has COMPLETELY turned Honkai Star Rail around with the Penacony arc, where before it Genshin was still making more money than HSR. Post-Penacony, EVERYONE is praising "Peakacony" and HSR made $150k last month while Genshin barely made $50k. You may not like Shaoji's writing, but you cannot deny he is a master at what he does and can make games thrive solely from the quality of his writing.
I was on the fence if I want Father because I didn't know if I will have good characters/weapons for her, but now I'm just gonna get her anyway and make her work
since this confirmed her arms to be a curse, I can't help but believe even more now that she's connected to the Narzissenkreuz. Her whole design is just so close to Caterpillar
It's a sad thing in its own way that as she grew to be head of the House of the Hearth she would rather be a 'cold and unfeeling Father' rather than a false warm and loving 'Mother'. The trailer was incredible though and given i haven't fully caught up in the main Genshin story yet myself it admit helps further solidify my drive to get through it and maybe try to learn a bit more about her beyond just appreciating her design.
