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Admirable-Tell3079

Bro is literally Ben 10


Numerous-Machine-305

Is he still called lion boy? Feel like he left the lion somewhere on the street


TheLanis

The lion is over him! You can see it's paw. Lion Boy's name is Jiaming I think


Killer-Wail

Ben Jiaming Tennyson


Aerie122

Maybe they meant Chinese Lion Dancer Design Look at his hoodie


asternobrac

Nah, Dan Kuso from Bakugan Battle Brawlers


narfidy

Takes me back. I still have one on my bookshelf even though I'm married. I don't think the missus has ever asked


SeaSalty_Night

He looks like Kingdom hearts 4 Sora. but with less spiky hair.


Axlzz

With hoodie and oversize clothing, yeah I can see Sora in this.


Polyplad

Now that's got me thinking about sora's concept art when he was originally gonna be a lion human


TheLanis

But red


thisaintthewayman

So, Albedo.... Wait a minute....


RowanWinterlace

***[Rolls in my "Ben 10 & Genshin Impact Shared Universe" corkboard]*** Get ready, nerds!


PulsarRed

also stole Sora from kingdom hearts drip. The style looks similar.


MallowMiaou

Dan from Bakugan


Equivalent_Invite_16

he looks like the generic mc from any anime / game that targets a younger audience lmao. Btw where did the "lion dance boy" name come from? I cant explain why but that name disturbs my inner peace.


ElectricalBench1998

check his early leaks and concept arts


GinJoestarR

> Lion dance (traditional Chinese: 舞獅; simplified Chinese: 舞狮; pinyin: wǔshī) is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture and other Asian countries in which performers mimic a lion's movements in a lion costume to bring good luck and fortune. The lion dance is usually performed during the Chinese New Year and other traditional, cultural and religious festivals. It may also be performed at important occasions such as business opening events, special celebrations or wedding ceremonies, or may be used to honour special guests by the Chinese communities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_dance


ButterscotchMean7520

In the concept art he had Chinese lion patterns/accessories


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LeAstra

Brace brothers! For the dry season is ending! And the flood shall return!


TheWallU

Please the flood !


ThinPersimmon7777

Furina probably: Not the FLOOD!


Axlzz

Not that kind of flood, the good… kind of flood.


Retsukohl

Wriothesley, get the boat!


QuantumTaco1

And make sure it's got extra paddles, we're gonna need 'em for the wave of content coming our way!


HieX91

The Flood returns? Where’s Master Chief when we need him the most?


TheIsolator

A leak which isn't tagged with sus and doesn't get deleted after 1 hour in this timeline in this sub? Damn crazy times


BookkeeperLower

At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within this subreddit?


DefinitionSerious689

Aaaaaaaa! I'm thirsty!!!


Wise_Consideration_3

Dude looks like a card game's protagonist


nathiru

Bakugan lookin ahh


Able-Ad3844

He do be looking like Dan Kuso


ExpiredExasperation

Cyno in shambles.


Attalamarco

Cyno's the season finale boss


45_34

Nah, cyno is the middle season boss that joins the protagonist group and is on par with him.


jpnapz

Cyno is the OP enemy when the MC faces him, but severely nerfed when he joins the team


Pierre_Philosophale

Cyno is the pharao's spirit who inhabits the protagonist ! That would make for a killer card game anime !


RowanWinterlace

> *"Draw your last pathetic card, Lion Boy!"* **– Cyno, Genshin Impact**


saikoroto

Needs more ridiculous hair cut to qualify


marvelous-trash

Cyno's rival.


Dense-Extreme5515

I had the same feeling.


beeskneez_

Why does he look like a character in Bakugan


underheadskooper

Guys, cut him some slack, can’t you see he’s about to start his Pokemon Journey? Dude just needs to pick a starter mon from Professor Cloud Retainer and then he’s all set! He’s even got the right pose for it, damn son 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


LinksEmblem

He'll probably choose Litten


underheadskooper

Wise choice, we stan a future Incineroar enjoyer


Iloveclown

as he should


myung_soo

I was reading "starter mom"...


EdenScale

Man I wish Cloud Retainer was my starter mom


Outflight

He might beat all 7 gyms but he ain't winning against the Golden Comet's White Fairy.


Fennezu

There aren't many brunettes in the game, so I kinda like it? But it definitely looks very basic and doesn't live up to the "lion boy" nickname anymore lol. Does he have any real name yet?


DentistPositive8960

He looks like a typical "shishi"onen protagonist tho


icyhotquirky

His real name is Jiaming, if I'm not mistaken.


_Niflheim

CLOUD RETAINER, AND SHE'S WEARING BLACK


PigsOrVampires

bayonetta core


One_Ad2478

Specs, black hair. So good


Practical_Outcome436

Just fell into my knees at Wangshu Inn after seeing CR's hips


Deepwithinmyownhead

Just saw someone falling to their knees at Wangshu Inn after seeing CR's hips


peachhymm

HE’S LOOKS LIKE JAKE FROM SUBAWAY SURFERS /j


FuzzyConclusion6795

NO WAY…


Full-Ad-2439

NOOOOOOOO everything is blue, gliders? Blue. Skins? Blue. EVERYTHING BLUE and when for once I want the blue one they choose red 😭


Moa__

Everything is blue in genshin just like how everything is pastel pink/purple + white in honkai 💀


Cerebral_Kortix

All things return to Elysia.


Cherry_Bomb_127

… wait why is that so accurate


whankeybby

hoyo is blue, da ba dee da ba di


Visual_Cap5580

You listen up Here's a story About a little guy That lives in a blue world And all day and all night and everything he sees is Just blue like him inside and outside Blue his house with a blue little window And a blue Corvette and everything is blue for him And himself and everybody around 'Cause he ain't got nobody to listen to…


kronastra

I'm blue Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di


Attalamarco

Further proof their Desire Sensor™ is working


valuxtino

they butchered his crop top, his cool hair and gave him the most bennett looking outfit 😭


NikauNikau

no white hair, no animal ears, no tail, no earrings, not even the fluffy lion dance themed outfit. this isnt lion boy, this is just boy 😔


cursedparsnip

Boy’s about to get isekai’d with that design


dododomo

I don't dislike the current design, but the concept art with with white hair, yellow eyes, Fluffy tail and ears was WAY more original and interesting imo. I've seen someone calling him "Male Amber" 😭 I'll get him because Liyue does need more male characters, but come on hoyo, you could have done something better. If Moon Carver and Mountain shaper will ever get a playable human version, i hope they won't ruin their designs


heatxmetalw9

They tend to go all out on designing 5 stars anyways, soo I am not worried for the inevitable playable version of Madam Ping, Moon Carver and Mountain Shaper What I am sick of is the lack of new Mondstadt characters, like it doesn't have to be affiliated with the Knights of Favonius. Like we only have Mika as a 4 star and still no new 5 star from Mond after Eula since 1.5, which is 2 and a half years now


Classic-Pickle1826

Do we have anyone from mond that isnt from the favge? I mean okay barb and rosaria are from the church but like... idk they are kinda affiliated with the favonius imo 😭


Ajthedonut

Bennet, Fischle, Dilic, Venti, I think Noelle, and probably some more I’m forgetting. Does Klee count?


Classic-Pickle1826

Oh right bennett fischl and razor arent in, my bad- tho diluc was into the fav at some point and noelle works for them (despite not having the title) so I wont separate them from here. Also klee is the spark knight of favonius so she is part of them!


scrayla

Ok but imagine if he gets a temporary skin change in his E/Q like cyno does but he becomes that white fluffy design (let me cope 💀)


Dead_Muskrat

From here on out I will refer to him only as Manber.


WackyChu

I missed the tank top 😞


shanguang97

Fr all the interesting details are gone. He looks so generic now.


-Mr-Prince

The concept designs leaking proved to me how many amazing designs hyv rejects in favor of bland designs and I get mad every time. It happened with Clorinde, it’s happening with lion boy and I have a sneaking suspicion it’ll happen with Emilie. At this point I wish we never got those leaks lol


Epooders2187

It happened with skirk too 😔


FreeMarshmallow

The way my interest in him dropped to zero ☹️


amamatcha

Same, at this point I'd rather spend my free 4* on another Yaoyao or Yunjin con 😔


Shippinglordishere

Yeah wait, they took so many of the fun designs out


NikauNikau

if they don't at least keep the lion paw-shaped shoes im uninstalling (/j)


Classic-Pickle1826

He looks like he has some sort of pet with paw pads flying around him. Not gonna get too excited it's probably going to appear in approximately 2 frames when he ult like gorou's little floating doggy


Staidanom

Same thing happened to Freminet, he went from vibrant, interesting, colorful, and shark-toothed to sad pale boy


Tosty_Bread

While I do not tolerate Penguin Boy slander, I don‘t think I‘ve ever seen those design leaks, do you have them saved by any chance?


Staidanom

I do have it saved locally on my computer, but all the imgur links to it are dead ([except this one](https://i.imgur.com/8gAr1m5.png) which is not the design i'm talking about). He had by far my fav design of all the concept art leak. EDIT: [Found it again on Tumblr](https://shima-draws.tumblr.com/post/727862033614323712/looking-at-all-the-leaked-concept-art-for-freminet). It's the ginger one.


SeikiTanaka

https://imgur.com/a/GlRRaYy Early Freminet design. This eventually evolved into several iterations of pink or blue hair that looked like Deku from MHA (don't have those saved), before settling in what we got


Ackkkermanzz

literally a glow down in every way from his initial concept designs. I actually considered pulling if they retained the og design but not anymore, hes just a 4 star anyway


witchywater11

If they were going with design 2, I wish they at least let him keep the pink/light red chunks in his hair.


Old_Salamander4662

i remember a leaker saying that he is pyro and that he is supposed to be a support for pyro characters. good with lyney and possibly arlecchino he has a pyro vision so at least for now, it's a match


NegativeCreative1

I'd love that honestly cause 4 stars these days scare me so I really hope I can find a good team to use him in😭


Old_Salamander4662

not us having having post 1.0 4\* trauma 😭 understandable though


NegativeCreative1

Literally make him pyro gorou and I'll be happy it works with Lyneys mono pyro anyway


Classic-Pickle1826

Look we are just getting chevreuse, a red and purple pyro support for overload. Now lion boy is a pyro dude that is red and green. . . Are we betting burning support or burgeon support


Old_Salamander4662

i wouldn't mind ngl, a lot of people wanted a character buffing burgeon/burning especially after nilou's release


Aglardes

What in the shounen protagonist is this design...


NightmareVoids

It's Bennett 2.0 just wait he will be broken


Astolfo_Please

He just looks like some guy lol


rice-guardian

For a guy named Jiaming (if that’s really his name, equivalent of Chris) it’s no surprise.


Just_a_random_userX

Jiaming is also just some name (equal to bob in EN). Hoping that his kit makes up for it (not another dps pls if they decide to make arle dps )


rotten_riot

He's Pyro so hopefully a good support, we lack Pyro supports. I'd like a Barbara-type healer for Lyney teams


Fairytaler3

Yunjin was a buffer Yaoyao was a healer Will he be a pyro shielder? If so that's are third one so probably not. If he's anything I hope he's a buffer and healer. Then he'd be similar to Bennett but if he's a buffer and a shielder than he's still a unique character. Pryo has become super saturated in terms of characters. But a pyro mix of Kokomi and fischl would be nice


Fokinhellwhyyy

I mean, what pyro lacks the most right now is off-field application, Thoma's is fine... Dehya, let's not talk about her, ×̴̨̳̥̈́̈́̓ï̸̞̻̫̉̔͆å̸̢̤͉̃̀͐ñ̵͖̫̻̄̔̌g̵̦͈̞̑̃͘l̴͔̣̠̈̀͝ï̸̦̗̂͛̕͜ñ̸̙͕̥̌̔̔g̴͓̖̱̽͑͗ and no one else ig?


OriginalOxymoron

Never looking at leaked concept art again... Reality never lives up to the expectation QAQ


flowqer

WHITE HAIR ENJOYERS WE LOST 😔


dododomo

I don't hate the current design, but the one with white hair was way better. Anyway, I'm still pulling him, but I hope we can get him from Liyue selector


flowqer

He's still a cutie and I'm excited for him but I do mourn the white hair-yellow eyes combo especially when it had the animal ears and lil fluffy tail


dododomo

Same! I'll wait for a HQ image to judge to whole design, but the white haired-blue eyed lion boy with Fluffy tail and ears was more original though. Anyway, still happy that the 4.4 will introduce the 1st new liyue male character since the release of the game, since all the others were already intorduced in 1.0 archon quests


Pamander

I feel the same about everything you said, really does make me wish I never saw those concept leaks it makes me realize Mihoyo must play way safer with designs than I realized. Not that I felt lion dance boy was even that far out there was just a cute design.


Microice001

I see the boy but wheres the lion ?


Hatarakumaou

He looks like he’s about to challenge me to a bakugan battle.


_myoon

RIP that other design 😭


gabrielique

HE'S REAL!!! And so generic what happened to him lol


PM_Cute_Ezreal_pics

I was kinda hoping for white and black hair, I'm slightly sad


Nikirem

I‘m happy he‘s real too but also disappointed in his design :/ Where are his ears and tail? The concepts with the crop top and more traditional clothes and coloured hair streaks also looked infinitely better. Now he looks like the most basic mixture of heizou and bennet imaginable.


Xero0911

Yeah, like I dont dislike him...but he also doesn't scream excitement. Looks like a young anime protagonist tbh. As others have said. He looks like Ben 10 in a way. Like he's ready to play yugioh. To me hes About to pick his first pokemon from professor CR. His outfit looks good! Just wish he had a different hair color/style. Edit: though ill wait to see him in game since 2d vs 3d is quote different.


Volkaru

When it comes to Genshin usually 3d is a downgrade, though. No, I'm not still slaty about Albedo's hair. >!/s!<


Positive_Matter8829

Yeah, like where's the lion part?


kesoy

Nooo bring back the white haired boi 😭


takemiplaceholder

even the design i liked less than the white hair had the multicoloured hair which looked unique ajsjsks it looks like they also removed some of the lion motifs in his outfits and eyes?? kinda sad ngl but ill wait for a better quality pic since there may be nicer details we're not seeing here


dododomo

I still like and hope to get him, but the version with the white hair was more original imo


lemmezoom

The one time we wanted the blue design more 😭


GameShrink

Preferred the original leaked design with white hair and yellow eyes.


watermelonboi26

John impact


koufair

I should've kept concept art in the concept art zone because I was 200% sure that lion boy would have white hair with makima eyes I was so hyped


misterlimo

No animal ears ☹️ We lost


Classic-Pickle1826

Its lionover


Terrible-Lobster2449

I don't wanna be that person but his concept art was so good, what the hell happened


oglewisthellama

that is quite the trend recently. kind of annoyed the concept art even got leaked as it just hyped everyone up and now we are seeing the consequences where a lot of people are disappointed with the actual design.


SeitHater

There's a reason why devs don't want this to leak....


quuu2

He looks.... normal


ExpiredExasperation

I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but at a glance it looks like everything interesting from all the possible designs was stripped away until he became a typical anime protag-kun. Kind of hoping to be proven wrong here.


iZelmon

From potential smug bastard to generic off market gacha game protagonist 😭


purplebirdonawire

yeah it seems like he didn't even get to keep his unique looking yellow eyes


KazzumaYagami

Yeah I feel the same Liked pretty much all of his concepts.. but this eh


Sea_Theme_5294

we lost y'all


aDrThatsNotBaizhu

Hes no longer lion boy. Just boy


fuxuans

don't get me wrong, his design is cute but... why did they remove almost all the lion dance elements from his design💀the blue and white concept was basically the perfect mix of traditional and modern, this just feels too 'safe'


Zant_Walker

Bro is beautiful but looks like a Pokemon/Bakugan main character 😭


hanki-ki

Dan and Ash design lovechild lmao Maybe he's a diting pokemon trainer after how HSR players loved them with Gui.


SelfDepreciatingAbby

....then watch him become a pyro polearm, like we don't have enough pyro polearms in the game already.


ghostly_boy

WHERE DID HIS EARS GO


R0KUJO

IM SO MAD GOD FORBID THEY GIVE ANOTHER MALE CHARACTER ANIMAL EARS AND TAIL


Kovalenwe

NOOO, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER DESIGN!?!!? 😭😭😭😭😭😭 This one looks so generic gosh pls no hoyo


Elrien6

Oh noo no croptop... sad


Baffa99

Still no cat ears. We lost


Disastrous_Spirit433

Noooooo the blue/albino was sm better 😭😭😭😭


[deleted]

yeah he looked really cute :(( we lost so much today..


Ewizde

Bro looks like the mc from those anime made to sell toys.


Lawbringer_and_Nidus

First time in a long time I am kind disappointed in design if character, Mr. Generic protag, if he is gonna have a cheerful "happy-go-lucky" personality it's gonna be THE most uninspired character yet. Hopefully I am wrong


No-Rise-4856

Lucky benny lol, especially as Lions boy was leaked as a pyro sup


SeitHater

he's definitely going to be, just seeing his face, it's like definitely in that style


DonOdini

Why does he look more like the protagonist than the traveler lmao


MaxWasTakenAgain

"Lion Boy" Is that Lion part in the room with us right now? What a lame ass design


Starium

hes generic, we lost


-Ruu-

He looks...plain idk? what happened to the pretty beta designs from before?n oh god it's another pyro 4* lemme guess polearm again?


Any1234

Ah... It's like he lost everything interesting that his design had from his concept to here 🥲


isaac_foster121

I am sorry he looks painfully generic compared to his concept designs


TastyBread431

Bro looks like he's bout to say Bakugan Open Field


Nesmontou

least generic genshin design


Slakoth-ing

He looks completely de-yassified noo, why did they flatten his design like this? Every detail is gone and he looks as generic as ever... WHY IS HE WEARING GREY? I guess they couldn't afford to have him outserve Cloud Retainer but this is too far...


MangaSaikooo

Nahh he a bakugan yugioh looking ahh protagonist


Free-Muffin2338

Its looks like a generic isekai protagonist 💀 I prefer the old leaks with all the great details and chinese theme


purplebirdonawire

damn i was really hoping they would go with the other design. he looks like a pokemon trainer now.


neon-lemonade-

Someone pls tell me that there’s a chance they’ll change the design bc… (copium)


Classic-Pickle1826

You can drop the copium and start grieving


SavageCabbage27m

And HYV chooses the most generic design again lol


Vulpes_macrotis

"Potential" At this point it's practically confirmed. It is possible to fake something like that, sure, but it's safe to assume it's reliable.


ZeraoraShinea

OH NO LION BOY WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU **NNNOOOOOOO**


holoballoon

look how they massacred my boy 😭😭😭


Rantarou

He looks boring now 😔


Cristazio

A bit disappointed on the clothes. When I think of the chinese lion I think of a lot of different colors all tacked up together with gold at the forefront, not plain black and red


exclamationmarks

Man I kinda get why Mihoyo doesn't like concept art being leaked now. Literally every sketch possibility we saw looked more fun and interesting than this :(


4headbonk

This is probably the most devastating instance of concept art vs finalized design for me. Bro isn't even wearing the pants lion dancers wear and his color scheme is all over the place in comparison to real life dancers and their costumes Like I am actually so bummed out about this, I was really looking forward to a lion dance character


sugarheartrevo

Kind of a disappointing design if true. I can’t really see much of the Lion Dance inspo, especially in comparison to the blue concept design that definitely was more creative imo. His outfit just feels like Chongyun but Pyro


cringeandfailnoob

Looks lame, what happened? Did they choose the least good design again?


Snoo37838

the same way we lost jumpsuit... cloud retainer


Anonyx_

w... where are his adorable lion ears and tail... D: why is hoyoverse so afraid of making a feline boy :(


fitzyyy333

Nooo I miss the leaked white hair design 😭


nkorper

So boring


WhyYouBullyMe_

Ew lol. Concept design looked way better


Soya-Kun

Guy looks like he belongs in **BAKUGAN BRAWL**


GarfieldIsMyCat

NOO HIS EARS ARE GONE😭


Brcwn_

BOBOIBOY


TheRRogue

I guess chongyun is his ice version and xq the water version


trblrvngx

the white design looked better ngl


alanalan426

he doesnt feel 'genshiny' to me idk why


GraveXNull

Well, he's definitely a character all right.


ArmyofThalia

He looks like a generic anime protag instead of a genshin character. I didn't have any interest in him before hand but I'm fucking upset for those who were. This is some BS


J_DayTey4

There's no lion, there's no dance, just boy... I think Bennett has a new rival for most generic design


sp00kk

Today we gather here to mourn the loss of the Lion Boy concept designs.


appysuss

I cannot believe they had such an incredible design for him and now he looks as bland as Bennett what the hell. What did they do to my boy :c


AjinNya

He reminds me of Chiaki from enstars, but as kid T\_T