Loneliness in Every Frame – The Road Not Taken Reaction – Genshin Impact

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24 thoughts on “Loneliness in Every Frame – The Road Not Taken Reaction – Genshin Impact”

  5. Genshin is gorgeous in every single aspect. This animated short was amazing.
    It feels like they are ready to start ramping things up as we approach the final parts of the story, where the heavy lore bombs will drop along with the crazy events in the story.

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  8. Something I liked a lot in this animation is the contrast of Paimon and Dainsleif.

    A lot of people have already pointed out how the animation always shows that Lumine and Dainsleif always have a huge distance between them. It gives the impression that despite traveling together, Lumine and Dainsleif probably weren't friends. In contrast, Aether and Paimon seem to be much closer together, showing the strength of their relationship. Another interesting contrast is that, to me, Paimon always seems to be glowing in this animation, whereas Dainsleif always seems to be completely devoid of light. Paimon took away some of Aether's darkness, but Dainsleif made Lumine's grow bigger.

    The final shots though is what cemented the differences in their relationship. We see Paimon physically lifting and pulling Aether onto his feet towards morning light. Dainsleif, by contrast, merely taps Lumine before walking towards sunset, towards darkness, seemingly leaving her behind. And it takes everything Lumine has left to stand up on her own and follow Dainsleif towards that same darkness. Paimon won't ever abandon her friends and will always make sure that they are always walking alongside her. Dainsleif, too focused on his mission, doesn't seem to care who he leaves behind by constrast.

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  10. I don't think it's the same studio that did their HSR animated shorts (I don't delve into HSR that much so I dunno which studio did those; if someone knows, please point it out) because this one and The Song Burning in The Embers was done by their Genshin 2D animation team that was recently added (The Song Burning in the Embers was their debut project).

    They have another internal team mihoyoAnime that was there longer but that one (if I have correct info, someone correct me if i don't) just manages the work on animated cutscenes for Honkai Impact 3rd.

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  11. you should check out the cutscene for cyno story quest part 2, the first part of the cutscene is a fight, you can skip the rest if you want since is just lore with animation similar to the teasers.

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  12. 12:37 – that's not Lumine thinking about their memories/time together in Teyvat, because they didn't get that (it's why the title is "The Road not Taken"). Those scenes together are more like a "what if". This is the moment Lumine starts questioning her journey and turning to the Abyss while Aether stays on the path he's currently on in-game. It's also shown by the distance that’s always between Dain and Lumine while Aether and Paimon are always portrayed close together.

    And Paimon sleeping, well. It shows whereyour progress in-game is xd

    Always interesting seeing your takes on these shorts, though your HSR ones are more spot on^^ loved it anyways!

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  14. It's really interesting to notice the difference between perspectives too. Like Aether ( traveller) who starts his journey from the perspective of a completely new world vs Lumine ( abyss sibling) who has already seen the fall of Khaenriah and traveling that world whose god destroyed that world

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  15. I really like how they interchanged the sunset and sunrise with Aether and Lumine at the start and end of the short.

    There were a lot of lore shots with the traveller getting the elements while the abyss sibling not getting them. And the walking scene where the puddle was reflecting the steps of both the siblings but Lumine just stops somewhere in between. This was a blast!

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  16. This short – is the Genshin I always wanted to play all these years. Yes, it's a nice game and all, but I stayed here for the story, for the feelings, I always thought "What my boy Aether is thinking about, how does he feel?"and so on… And I always thought "Is Lumine even cares about her brother? Why does she abandon him first time when they saw each other in 500 years?"
    I really-really-really am waiting for Ufotable anime! I hope it will have the same vibe as this short and goes deeper in emotions and less in actions. And I mean not only Aether and Lumine but everyone else too.Of course I still want some epic battles but I think they should be epic not ONLY because of cool animation and choreography but first and formost for the feelings!

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  17. I'm surprised you didn't comment on the shot where Aether walks through a puddle while matching Lumine's steps in the reflection, but then Lumine suddenly stops while Aether keeps walking forward.
    This shot seems to be in Sumeru, and those of us who have done the Caribert quest know that Sumeru is where the course of our sibling's journey became altered, leading them down a different path than us.

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  24. you noticed some nice "things you might have missed in the road not taken animation video" so congrats. I suggest anyone to watch that, it really shows some interesting facts and some nice theories

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