Story Teaser: Promise of a People's Dream | Genshin Impact

A nation that surges ahead has become stuck in a fleeting shadow of a moment. Perhaps only if time stands still will Inazuma truly shine eternal...
Using her blade, she purged all obstacles to Inazuma's progress, making a promise of a beautiful vision of eternity to her subjects.
Such is the singular will of the Raiden Shogun over the land of Narukami.

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[xxscrpinxx]

Ei's past: dramatic

Ei's story quest: *Dango milk*

[namelessbard]

Can we also take a moment to appreciate the amazing VA? Her voice sounds so sad and tragic yet so powerful and regal in a way the supreme ruler of a nation would. I’m always amazed every time I listen to this cutscene.

[forsagebone]

"But I've seen a nation strive forward, and lose everything to the Heavenly Principles."

Basically, Ei fears progress and wants Inazuma to stay the same because she's afraid her nation is going to be the next Khaenri'ah.

[La-la_]

Can we just appreciate how Genshin has a brilliant way of telling stories in the art style inspired by a nation
With telling the story of Baal they did excellent on the art style which mainly focuses on the Japanese art style

[jungsusuckerpunch]

Seems like Aether and Lumine weren't the only to meet the "Unknown God"...

[CosmoicStar]

Finally i could screenshot this, i was so mesmerized by this cut scene that i didnt get to screenshot AHAHAHAHAHHAHAH

[sjrkn]

Props to Anne Yatco for this AMAZING performance. You can clearly feel the sadness and pain by the way she delivers the lines here. It’s also amazing how she switches from Ei to Raiden Shogun throughout the whole archon quest.

This and Kazuha’s story teaser about his friend are the most heartfelt ones imo. They’re such good and talented VAs.

[Drachirn]

Ei's quest was honestly a nice balance of both wholesomeness and self-reflection for her. sure people want her to know the consequences of her actions, but surely she must've known that people will be hurt by the vision hunt decree when she implemented it, the question was simply how? how could she know the way she hurt them if she doesn't even understand their views?

the quest was about bringing her out and showing her the change that happened to Inazuma, to rethink her thoughts of "eternity", an eternity that will help her people instead of a one sided-view that resulted in the vision hunt decree. the quest was to let her know her people's views, to understand their views is important in order to know how she hurt them, that understanding is important for her before she can truly redeem herself

i can see why people may not like her quest, it can be viewed as a date/hangout, but at the same time can be viewed as the bridge to understanding her and the people of inazuma, and thus a less tense quest is needed

zhongli's(his first quest atleast) and venti's quest are different because we only know their casual side prior to it, we knew them as mortal first before knowing them as an archon, they're more like spectators in their quest, yet still letting us know their godly side and how they rule their respective nations. meanwhile we knew Ei as an archon first before we know her casual/mortal side, and thus her quest reflect on that by letting us know that side of her we didn't see in the archon quest

tl:dr, it is absolutely necessary for a casual hangout like this for her quest in order to know her beyond her role as an archon, while allowing her to understand her people and eventually know how she hurt them and apologise for what happened

[barnabasmike]

Ei: heartbreakingly sad backstory
Yae: oh no! Anyway...

[chakarasama]

Twins in every story always have a sad story.

Lumine and Aether: *chuckles* We're in danger

[solarpanda]

I like how there is such a distinct change between the Raiden Shogun and Ei. Ei's voice is more emotional and warm, while the shogun 's voice almost has an echo or empty quality to it. Yet still the same VA😯 you can just hear the switch at 01:25

[skyross]

1:23 I love how the voice tone switches from Ei to The Raiden Shogun.

[electrafabcap]

Every Archon has a very important person (among others) that they lost which defines their present attitude
Venti: After the death of the nameless bard, he took his form and created a beautiful nation of freedom because that's the world he wanted his friend to live in.
Zhongli: After the death of Guizhong he used the wisdom she taught him to build a prosperous nation, where humans could be safe like she wished. In the funeral for himself he still uses her favorite flower.
Ei: After the death of her sister she isolated herself and tried to achieve Eternity so no one would suffer the losses she did. She gave up the idea of progress because she wanted her people to be safe.

[notjames]

If wars didn't happened, our Electro Archon would have been called the God of Light instead of the God of Eternity.

[VinhLe-nvok]

I don't see why people see her character quest as a date while I think it's more like her trying to understand her people more. She went around and tried to update herself with the current situation and become a better ruler, just like what Yae and Traveler wants. It's not like she can redeem herself immidiately but what is dethroning her gonna do other than making it easier for the Fatui to conquer Inazuma?

[miguelfaican]

0:10 - Narukami - Sakura
0:16 - Kannazuka - War
0:20 - Watatsumy - God
0:25 - Yashiori - Serpent
0:28 - Seirai - Shoot
0:32 - Sturumi - Spirits

[rossnat]

If Ei's constellation is Imperatrix Umbrosa because she was Makoto's shadow and ruled alongside her, then it only makes sense that Makoto's was Lux Dei as it was her Light that symbolized eternity and cast Ei's shadow. In addition, Raiden Shogun's Talent Material is the Philosophies of Light

[flamthrowr_]

Had to rewatch this a couple times to get what was going on when Makoto died. It seems like they helped to attack Khaenri’ah with the Unknown God, but Makoto fell. Khaenri’ah had progressed, and that’s why the Unknown God destroyed them. Therefore, Ei wanted to keep Inazuma from progressing to keep her nation safe from the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles. So I feel like we’ll see Ei again when we get to Khaenri’ah.

[jaylieperez]

I still can’t believe I’ve been playing this for a whole year

[yaemikoz]

"Never stop searching, even if only for a brief flash of light, if nothing else-- we have the present moment."