Heizou's Source Of Motivation Is Kinda.. Depressing | Genshin Impact Lore 

so unlike his tenryou coworkers who keep guarding and wait for any crimes to happen, heizou always wander around by himself searching for any possible crimes before it happen eh

To add onto that, his given name "Heizou" rougly translates to "mass-produced soldier" while his surname "Shikanoin" roughly means "pioneered spirit". This ties in to more of his backstory. He was from a small village where his family was well known for their martial arts. He had no say in his life as his father trained him very strictly. And piecing together clues from hidden interactions and voicelines, you can paint a picture that his old friend and mysteries were Heizou's only escape. Often sneaking out to solve crimes and such. Heizou never wanted to take up and help in the family business like he was expected to, instead running away as a teen and founding the detective agency with Sango. If you interact with the Bulletin board after completing Itto's story quest you can find a series of letters from Heizou's older brother... They go rougly as follows: **"I'm currently looking for my foolish younger brother Shikanoin Heizou. He names himself a detective and behaves arrogantly and disrepectfully. He's gone missing in the recent days- if anyone has seen or knows of his whereabouts please let me know."** "He's gone off again?" **"Yes. Gone off to investigate again. I just hope no one else gets hurt in the process."** "... So you're just worried about others huh?" This exvhange also shows that Heizou has gone no contact with almost his entire family, except one person... His distant cousin, Shrine Maiden Kano Nana. Nana also states that she's looking for him because she's seeking to take care of him, implying that he's younger than you'd think. Sorry, I just find Heizou to be very intriguing to me.

even if Heizou watches this video, I doubt he even understands such feeling

Well, also if you read his talents his passive is called ‘pre-existing guilt’ (or something like that), which I found out to be quite sad- Also Heizou’s my favorite character i have read his story too many time omhifdkmegjgihm

dam so he does have a dead friend, pretty sad lore

"did you know that we have a batman-esque character in genshin impact?" yeah thats diluc right?

i love this! though correction 3:45 it was the friend who introduced himself a a merchant's child and heizou the one who started doubting his identity because of contradiction of his appearance

Damn 😔 this makes me so sad. It also reminds me that even though I have heizou at friendship 10, I didn’t even read his character story yet. This was a nice retelling of his story. Love the video! :D cant wait for more.

Is this why he’s anemo💀

As a Diluc main, I can confirm he is basically non-furry bat man.

I'm quite new to the game and Heizou was the first character whose mechanics and story I fell in love with. It's really wonderful to hear this retelling of the story. As for your content itself, I discovered you a few days ago and have enjoyed every vid I've seen so far. You're doing great and I wish you all the success with this channel!

I want to give Heizou a hug 🫂😭

The only Batman in Teyvat is Diluc.

very sad

Heiz my main, love him, but his backstory kinda sucks imo