Acheron & Mei EXPLAINED (If You've NEVER Played Honkai Impact 3rd)

Mei is HoT Addendum: In hindsight of the uploading of this video, the only information that might be up for debate is the context around the Black Sun. In my video, I refer to it with the similarities of Honkai, but it could be very possible that it's not that simple with additional thinking and contextualization. Hopefully I will get a clearer/better answer in my head once I play through the new patch!

"Acheron is the definitive proof that HI3rd and HSR universe are related" Meanwhile Welt go back and forth from HSR to HI3rd to finish his game

I like that the game is called Honkai Impact 3rd because the beginning of the story in the game starts after the 3rd Eruption, and the 3rd Eruption is the event that caused Mei to become a Herrscher. So Mei is also the symbol of the beginning of their story and Kiana is the symbol of the end of their story

If rescuing you is a sin, I’ll gladly become a sinner. -Raiden Mei 21 July 2020

I think the "End" here represents Kevin, not Kiana. Kevin also had the authority of Finality and he also used a greatsword. Also, remember Acheron said that the trailblazer reminded her of someone who fought with her if you're Stelle or against her if you're Caelus.

A Mei without a Kiana... Things aren't looking pretty good it seems

Just thought to mention that GGZ Otherworld confirmed that Kevin is a Kiana variant. Which explains a lot about Kevin and Kiana in HI3rd and why he would be Finality/End in Acheron's homeworld.

when you first meet Acheron she also has a different dialogue if you are Stelle or Caelus that references to Kiana/Kevin

What makes me really hyped is the fact that the black sun in the animation is said to be a shadow of Ix, the aeon of nihility, and this whole story is set around it. So a story that is based on the whole thing of HI3 is in Star Rail around ONE Aeon... There's dozens more Aeons around the game, that's a LOT of future content that we're still gonna see unfold.

Acheron is a different universe of Raiden Mei, where she becomes a Self Annihilator & Emanator of Nihility. The black sun is IX, the Aeon of Nihility, it doesn’t even matter if they started the war, it is pointless cause IX is gonna consume both Izumo & Takamagahara in the end, that’s why the last blade is “Naught”, which means nothingness

I don't think the "black sun" has anything to do with Honkai. Notice how Acheron said "THEIR shadows" as she looks up to the "black sun". THEY, THEM, THEIR, THEMSELVES are pronouns specifically used to refer to the Aeons in HSR. The "black sun" is most likely the Izumo people's misunderstanding of what their planet were actually orbiting: a black hole, which is most likely the Aeon of Nihility - IX, and it consumed both planets. All of the war against the "Honkai" happened for sure, but an even BIGGER fish entered the picture: an Aeon. All of that fighting for survival was for Naught, since the Aeon of Nihility consumed both planets and everything on there, that is why Acheron said "it was all a lie". They were fighting on the false premise of Takamagahara attacking. The scene in the end is most likely Acheron becoming the Emanator of Nihility. TLDR: Honkai impact 3rd (HSR bad end) happened, with a twist that neither the Honkai nor the humans won since an Aeon destroyed them all.

Kiana is the only one can bring Acheron back to her sense.

0:47 This man did not start playing Da Capo in the background and think he would get away with it

It's not just the Japanese dub. Both CN and JP dubs have Kevin's respective VAs voicing Shiraga Oni.

I find interesting in the JP Dub, that the whole story telling is more Previous Era than Current Era. - The 12 herrschers existed during that time - The 12 divine keys were forge during that time - They used End instead of Finality where End used the same term towards HotE - The "Lie" that existed on both story, that they think things will end but its not. But i dont know if Acheron is Dr. MEI in this case but i can see similarities on the events of PE and Acheron back story.

Blacksun is actually blackhole which Izumo orbits around. After the conflict with Kami, Acheron witnesses her planet getting devoured by blackhole. Then she realizes that splintering and forging swords, 12 sentinels etc. all that jazz was for nothing. Her planet was doomed from the beginning because of the blackhole. 6:00 "Origin" and "End" are probably Izumo people vs Takamagahara Kamis, fighting each other. Izumo wins the battle and Acheron is the last one standing on the battlefield. Last blade aka "Life". Then she witnesses blackhole swallowing Izumo and she becomes "Naught". The reason is because all that struggle was for nothing. I assume the blackhole is actually Aeon of Nihility, IX. Idk.

Miyuki Sawashiro voices Mei, Raiden Shogun and Acheron. She's one of my favorite JP VAs

HSR and Honkai universe does connect, in one panel in the manga. Welt use a portal to travel to another dimension, and on Luocha's story they even use APHO cutscenes And Genshin also somewhat connected with Honkai

This may also inquire a possibility that if Acheron will play a major role for the main scenario now and for future updates means that we may eventually save her, as to how that would happen maybe a "Kiana" character may appear or maybe the trailblazer will play the Kiana role to save her. If the trailblazer were indeed the one to save Acheron then it will be the trailblazer's redemption, in HI3 were Kiana failed to stop Mei in "Lament of the fallen" but succeeded in saving Fu hua in "Shattered Samsara". Just as the trailblazer failed to save firefly then the trailblazer will have his/her redemption in saving Acheron. Yes this is a bit of a stretch and the redemption part is plausible if Firefly is indeed dead (still hoping to the possibility that she is alive), its just a theory if not a speculation.

And I'm here to confirm that Acheron real Name was indeed Raiden Mei.