The Road Not Taken - REACTION & ANALYSIS | Genshin Impact Animated Short

I hope you enjoyed this video!!! SUPER HYPED FOR ARCHON QUEST AHHHHHHHHHH

From this animated short I suddenly realized how heavy the psychological pressure Lumine was bearing. I mean, Aether saw Lumine kinda at the beginning of his journey, really got to talk to her, exchange thoughts, and found tracks of her along the journey. But for Lumine, she had non of that, she really was wondering in the mist with memories overflowing out of her heart yet had no signs of her brother at all, plus the great emotional damage from the cataclysm. Plus Dain doesn't seem to be a cheerful companion like Paimon frfr.

Play "the road not taken" in reverse then they will truly be reunited.

This animation really showed how lonely Lumine was, I can see why she fell into the abyss princess role. seeing the difference between how close Paimon and Aether are, and how distant Lumine and Dain were is horrible. Paimon this whole time has been a pillar of brightness for Aether keeping him positive, while Dain didn't seem to be capable of the same thing for Lumine so she ended up broken. I imagine the difference between Lumine and Aether's journey and the answer they came to will have alot to do with the companion that they journeyed with.

As someone said : Aether (mc) : where's my sister? (Meets his sister in the span of 1 Chapter) Lumine : where's my brother? (No news of his whereabouts for 500 years for her)

This actually proves that Lumine never lost her powers while Aether did, cuz her clothes still has the white light even on the beginning

has anyone noticed how aether actually placed the inteyvat flower in lumines hair? like that means traveler really did go to khaenriah before, either brief or long before they got captured by the heavenly principles. traveler definitely has some lost memories.

You know this game is special when we can tell where the characters are and the places or the cities they are in, just by looking at their background. Also the emotional intensity going higher and higher as we progress through genshin story. Also the furnitures, aesthetic, vegetation, animals, people and their clothings, are all unique for each nation in teyvat that you can tell which nation they are in. Also the terrain and geography are also iconic with special features or monuments that they are all memorable and easy to recognize. Damn the world of genshin is well made.

The title of the animated short "The Road Not Taken" is a reference to a poem by the same name written by Robert Frost. The poem is about a traveller who is walking a path that was diverging into two and they are at a dilemma at which path to choose. During the We will be reunited quest, the sibling was confident that we will be siding with them instead of Dainsleif by the end. On top of that Dainsleif was kinda menacing in this trailer wasn't He? Like telling (probably) to Lumine that He is going to have his vengeance. (Also keep in mind that Dainsleif said we will be eventually fight him...) So is it possible that this is the quest where the traveller seriously starts thinking about siding with His sibling? Just like the traveller in the poem having a dilemma.

I don't know if I am thinking too hard, but I realized Aether''s light (our time) starts with Mondstadt (green), Liyue (gold), etc. and Lumine's light is white since the beginning. Could it be that her story is that she already had full power, didn't need help from the Archons and that's why her path differs from ours (although we share similar moments like a mirror) ? Our sotry is more the power of friendship is supreme. Also the sunrise for Lumine and sunset for Aether might mean that Lumine was there at the beginning of the loop and we are at the end of it ?

In 2:08 of the short we see what appears to be flash backs in what's clearly teyvat so its leaning towards something I've believed for a long time that is The twins have arrived and traveled teyvat shortly before the cataclysm happened. But because the traveler said they were woken up by their twin to leave teyvat all of a sudden, we assumed they were asleep the whole time as far as I know. But this short has disproven this considering we see Lumine and Aether in Inazuma together during the flash backs. Mind you, every animation short that wasnt made as a promotion has happened canonically as far as I know. And it explains how traveler lumine can have inteyvats in her hair, which she mentions that it was aether who put them there and that he did. And let me remind you that the traveler has lied about things. Their name for example. Even if you give them their canon names they will still insist you call them 'traveler'. The twins are for all their friendliness are private people and have a tendency to bottle things up. But that doesn't mean they lied, we just incorrectly estimated how long they were asleep for.

Genshin cooked with those animation and music again 🔥

Bittersweet stuff with the twins so much hit deep

natlan graphics overhaul is looking insane with this teaser

AIMER really did a great job sing it this song 👌

Little observation before I watch your analysis : At the start of the animation, Aether wakes up during sunset and shortly after we briefly see the moon, while Lumine wakes up during the sunrise. However at the end of the animation, Lumine resumes her journey with Dainsleif during the sunset. Maybe it signifies that Lumine is headed towards the same path as Aether, or she is going to Aether? I don't really know what it means but it seems like an important detail. Also, dandelions and sunflowers have their importance too because each flower seems to represent one of the twins because a majority of each appear during each twin's shots.

The golem is the boss of the D&D campaign on Clorinde story quest

Lumine's clothes here 1:31 has a "light" color unlike Aether's anemo/geo/electro/dendro colors throughout the video. That might mean Lumine finished her journey AND THEN traveled with Dainsleif OR her powers didnt get sealed because in this 0:32 when she woke up (might be the start of her journey or its just her waking up) she still has the "light" colored clothes.

About the animated short, sourced from a recent interview, the Genshin Impact dev team has decided to have an internal 2D animation unit so we really cannot expect this kind of quality/art style for the actual Genshin Impact anime collab with Ufotable unless both decide to get the new Genshin 2D animation team to help with the official anime. Would the official anime be good? Most likely since it's an actual animation studio that also produced the entire Demon Slayer anime and THE Fate series (idk if they did the whole Fate anime) but it will not be the same art style as the animated short. When is the Genshin official anime gonna come out or any updates about it? Ufotable, from what I've seen, only makes one anime at a time. Right now, they're entirely focused on the Demon Slayer anime and there's still probably 2-3 arcs (idk much about the manga so don't take this as a fact). The Genshin anime is NOT Ufotable's priority so expect the anime to take years to cook. Most studio's also don't make "updates" about the project, they just do the project announcement and then the actual trailer when the anime's done cooking. (this is just what I observed with anime production as a whole. again, don't take this as a fact)

Some points: 1. We all know from the very first archon quest with Dainsleif that Aether has memories of Khaenri'ah, because Lumine woke him (assumingly during the Khaenri'ah fight) so that they could get out of Teyvat, and then the unknown Goddess stood before them and they were separated. 2. Now regarding Lumine's journey with Dainsleif, we have yet no info when it happened. Did it happen before he woke Aether to leave Teyvat, or after when they were separated by the unknown Goddess. 3. My personal guess is that Lumine's journey with Dain happened after they were separated by the unknown Goddess.