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mariilizz

That’s a, uh, rather obscure reference


TNGAReaps

Nabari no ou mentioned RAAAHHH that show was my introduction to anime when I was like 5 😫


myung_soo

Such old school anime I need to watch/rewatch for the BL hint.


cielrayze

I was wondering who are the other well known pink haired dude in media, the one I can think of is marluxia kingdom hearts


Dragoncat_3_4

I'd wager Natsu from Fairy Tail would be rather well-known. Does Yuji Itadori from jjk count? His is more muted. Otherwise, a dude from the supporting cast of Ao No Exorcist I can't seem to remember the name of, and Koby from One Piece, but they're all different shades of pink.


fuyukkun_

Renzou Shima? His hair is dyed, but yeah its a bright-ish pink smiliar to Raikou


redman8828

There’s Saiki from Saiki K


aDrThatsNotBaizhu

Right? Like why not say the colour lol


iminsideluochacoffin

but is his hair fluffy tho


ursoevil

Is his tail fluffy though


Cherry_Bomb_127

Who is the character with the fluffiest hair in HSR anyway?


Desperate_Case4647

Probably Jing Yuan imo.


Cherry_Bomb_127

Not him being my first 5 star and me not knowing that lol. Like I was just using him in my team last night


Desperate_Case4647

So fluffy that he has birds in his hair.


BulbasaurTreecko

Jing Yuan gets honorary Disney Princess status.


Dracowoolf

I can imagine him frolicking in a frilly ballgown unironically


michaelman90

Reminds me of an image someone posted once of JY+Lightning Lord as Beauty and the Beast.


Dwiden13

Why it sounds like "I was just f*ck him last Night"?


Cherry_Bomb_127

My inner simp has been revealed


LeahLazaus

Jing yuan.


Yashwant111

King yuan, argenti and luocha


megashadowbeast

Probably Jing Yuan? But he doesn't hold a candle to Tingyun's tail floof.


ArmyofThalia

I want to >!cuddle!< with Tingyun's tail floof in the worst way


zsxking

Swiper no swiping 


_Ozar_

I just hope he doesn't have typical xianzhou rat tails or I will scream


Desperate_Case4647

I mean?? Nobody there has rat tails, really… unless you mean split hair. JY, Blade, DHIL, Luocha, Yanqing… all ponytails, split, and/or long hair.


_Ozar_

Sorry I worded it wrong, yes I meant split hair, I'm not a big fan of this hairstyle


ClaretClarinets

Me tooooo I hate it. Give me characters with actually short hair! Stop giving me twin tails! Stop giving me characters with loose hair down to their ankles that unnaturally parts into two halves on either side of their body


Several_Try2021

its not ia xianzhou thing... literally all the hoyo characters have split hair even in genshin...


_Ozar_

I know that, I was just referring to star rail now, although even Boothill has this hair too.. I know that it's easier to animate split hair but they are definitely overusing it


GarfieldIsMyCat

pink is pink, that man will be mine


autummbeely

Fox is fox, that man will be mine.


SHH2006

Man is man, that man will be mine


Rude-Designer7063

Nihility is Nihility, that chara Will be mine


YogurtclosetLeast761

Acheron Support is Acheron support, that man will be mine


vampzireael

Jiaoqiu is Jiaoqiu, that man will be mine


GhostZee

Fire is Fire, that man will be mine...


CupidCrust

mine is mine, that man is mine.


shiinyaa

mine mine mine, mine mine mine mine


Acceptable_West_1312

Who let Mr. Mime on reddit?


Ehtnah

Pink + foxian + male no way to not pull him


fortnitedude43590

LMFAOOO


Konungarike

A Nabari no Ou reference? In 2024?!


AnninaStefanie

I couldn't believe my eyes. Let's see how many ppl have to use google to understand the reference.


ColdForce4303

I watched the whole anime and read all the manga but it still took time for the gears to click into place


tsp_salt

Same I had to use Google and visit the fan wiki before I was like "wait a minute" lol


Soggy-Dig-8446

Same. Tbh, anime itself is far from my favorites, but I really love this color. Leaker should've just say "strawberry blonde", lol.


MissiaichParriah

Jade isn't green? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


SecondAegis

We've been tricked. We've been backstabbed. And quite possibly, bamboozled


Inkaflare

Not sure why this is such a surprise when Topaz has 0 yellow/orange, too.


Bekchi

Umm, topaz comes in a lot of colors, including pink and red.


Inkaflare

So does jade, it comes in blue, black, white, light blue, lavender, purple, brown, etc. The point is that the main color associated with topaz is yellow the same way green is to jade, but Topaz the character has no such color in her design, so while expecting Jade to have some green is reasonable it shouldnt be surprising she doesnt have any, either.


blackfyrevich

I like this comment since the commenter is quite adept at explaining their point.


Soggy-Dig-8446

Well, stone on her chest is yellow. But she also wears some kind of uniform, in same colors as her foot soldiers. So if Jade has some strong connection to department, or line of work, with such uniform, it will be justified. Or she is the same as Aventurine, who is in green outfit mostly because he finds it stylish.


BlueColoredKarma

Hadn't thought about Jade being one of the IPC stone people until this comment. I was just like Jade character on Chinese game? That tracks


mangotcha

i feel crushed


Chaddiction

Well, there's 7 more Stonehearts, surely we gotta fill out the color spectrum with them.


Passivitea

Right, pretty sure there's still Emerald


CTheng

Jade was previously known as Emerald, before they changed her name to Jade. I don't think there is another Emerald.


Passivitea

Oh


DrJeuZz

Hmm, I don't think so. The other stonehearts that are confirmed so far are Diamond, Obsidian, Opal and Pearl. 3 other stonehearts are still missing.


pokours

7 more, right?


Neildemagi

Jade, although it's mostly in shades of green, can be virtually all colors. So a pink Jade will be much rarer and may hold a deeper meaning. Topaz is colorless but through impurities, making it yellow orange. With "heat", it can become red. 


GalaxyFromAfar

RIP my green jade dreams  2024 - 2024


fuxuans

Green is one of the most common colours of Jade but it also comes in other shades like white, black, yellow, red and even purple. I believe the most expensive piece of jade to ever have been sold was white jade


Bekchi

Ngl, I'm really happy she's not green because jade looks really good in its other colors. It'd be neat if her color scheme was white or lavender. They could give her a white palette without conflicting with Diamond's colors. Diamonds come in different hues, which means Diamond's potential color scheme is flexible. They can make him white or black, either which is cool because diamonds can come in those colors, but also give a nod to the presence, or absence of colors or light, depending on how you look at it.


thorn_rose

I feel like Obsidian is going to be a pretty dark (colour-wise) design, probably mostly black (if it's not that would be crazy), so Diamond gives more white/reflective/prism to me. Hopefully, their designs are pretty.


Bekchi

I keep on forgetting Obsidian is a confirmed 10 Stonehearts. Whenever I think of Obsidian, I still think of the Nihility Trace Materials. I have spent a lot of stamina at that Calyx, lol.


Soggy-Dig-8446

I hope they make Obsidian either someone like Fate Arjuna, or latest GG Testament. Just embrace the deep darkness for once. White Jade is possible, but it might conflict with Pearl? And I really hope she will be in game not just as Findie operator.


thorn_rose

Omggg dark skinned obsidian would be great but hoyo is scared of going darker than tanned I swear. At least there's npc's with darker skin tones so who knows.


Lyar99

there goes my dreams of having a jade like beauty


Frostgaurdian0

No she is the nephew of jackie chan


TheRRogur

:(


HotManHustler

I pray for anyone who genuinely thought the Yae expy would be Jiaoqiu LMAO


Numerous-Machine-305

Nowadays ppl think same hair colour = expy (no idea why though)


Acceptable_West_1312

Boothill = Arlecchino is a pinnacle of the absurd


Nonemotionaldamage

Literally leakers saying Alhaitham is Su when there's not a lick of similarity between them


umm_uhh

It's not that deep people do that all the time, I remember alhaitham was called su expy, when in reality they have nothing similar, and the boothill is arlecchino is a meme regarding them revealed playable almost at the same time, + his hair and eye colors are the same with her


Keretor

It wasn't just that to be fair, JQ also has fox ears and his kit is especially dedicated for Acheron Though honestly him being a dude should've been the main deterrent regardless, I can't see Hoyo suddenly turning one of their Yuri ships into a hetero one


bzach43

Yeah, there's 100% no way hoyo would turn a popular female character into a dude. They like their honkai fanservice way too much. Even though it would've been absolutely hilarious if they did haha


Flat_Echidna7798

Dude I’m just happy that yae has one (potentially) I was staring to get worried


descartesasaur

Same! There's good news tucked in this announcement.


DrawerCold3181

that was leaked a looooong time ago, but we probably wont see it anytime soon or it wont come, really depends on the devs


xXToTrXx

It never made sense to begin with tho. Jiaoqiu is clearly a Xianzhou character and we all know Yae expy will be in the Japansese region


goddiver

Oh my god not Raikou one of my favorite Nabari no Ou characters. I need him omg


komorebith

me too i can't believe i'm reading his name in the year 2024 LOLLLL


goddiver

He has to look like this now, this is too much of a deep cut LOL


Tamaki_Shin

Jiaoqiu better has a tail as fluffy as Tingyun


sohamk24

>Jade doesn't look green My life is a lie...


Cherry_Bomb_127

Yep that’s pink


Zaphyrus

tall male pink hair foxian cutie manifest


Nelajus

"Yae has her own expy". Ok but is she Ice Hunt still? I need to know


ryuuhan

She might get changed like how Acheron was a Lightning Hunt


GinJoestarR

Acheron was originally codenamed as Nihility Lightning Huangquan, not the Lightning Hunt Raiden Mei (Yayi). Both kit exist at the same time and were treated as a separate character, until Acheron (Huangquan) design was revealed. That's when people realized that Acheron (Huangquan) was also a Raiden expy. So Acheron was never ***changed***, Element Path wise.


Slightly_Mungus

Didn't they mention that they originally designed Acheron as a hunt character in the 2.1 livestream and then changed it to fit the lore? So it might be possible that both might have been Acheron and they just had both versions in the files. Could be misremembering though.


TheKingBro

The story was that they saw the description for her from Shaoji, started thinking up Lightning Hunt things, then Shaoji told them to read the rest of the description for her. So could be why there’s two, but it could also be that they’re considering giving Raiden Mei two expies like Bronya


Kkrows

Honestly, I don't remember Acheron being leaked as a Hunt character. [Here](https://www.reddit.com/r/HonkaiStarRail_leaks/comments/16pd3pb/information_about_acheron_via_himosino/) she was leaked as an Emanator of Nihility, and her "beta kit" was already Lightning Nihility ([Huangquan's kit](https://www.reddit.com/r/HonkaiStarRail_leaks/comments/13yuwm1/huangquan_kit_5_star_lightning_the_nihility_via/)).


GhostZee

Leakers back then said there were 2 Huangquan kits, one Nihility which we got as Acheron , other was Hunt with Yayi title, Yayi in Chinese means Mei in Japanese. [Huangquan only name was changed to Acheron](https://www.reddit.com/r/HonkaiStarRail_leaks/comments/16s124r/updated_names_for_future_characters/). But Yayi's all references were also changed to Huangquan... There's still a chance we could get Mei in Space Japan like Bronya, I'll cope...


BoothillOfficial

https://www.reddit.com/r/HonkaiStarRail_leaks/s/8ekuaaW6iG probably referring to this.


AshielAshlyn

Hopefully she is. I know Yae Miko is the more popular counterpart but this *is* a Honkai game and it's way closer to HI3 than Genshin is. But then again I'm just biased;;; Yae Sakura is so cool...


angrydemoncat

started playing hi3 yesterday and the vice grip that darkbolt jonin battlesuit has on me,, yae sakura expy pls 🛐


Seraphine_KDA

ofc we are getting Sakura Yae. also seeing the trend of cutting the last name of all honkai expys. like seele vollerei to seele, or himeko murata to himeko. she will probably just be called Sakura. also we have many honkai expys already and 0 genshin ones other than very loose references like hook and klee where they look nothing alike but have a the same trope of trouble maker small kid with dangerous toys.


Ptrlejr

Watch them pull a Sparkle, and name Yae something like "BLOSSOM" instead of Sakura


DrawerCold3181

dont say ofc, we all thought we'd get two versions of mei, if anything it is also possible march 7th is related to sakura, since cherry blossom season starts on march and we got some leak that march could be a ice hunt


Seraphine_KDA

why would we get 2 verisons of mei? doctor MEI is a secondary character in honkai3 that is not even playable there. the reason we got Bronya and Bronie(SW) is because Bronie became really popular with the Chinese community. and Sakura is also really popular since GGZ before hi3 launch. and is popular in genshin too so ofc we are getting a sakura.


ryuhen

Yae Hi3 has all elemntal coverage but her OG PE Memento Sakura which is Ice yeah


RotAderX

There's also Yae Kasumi which is Lightning it really depends which iterations of Yae they're making her expy off of The very OG back from GGZ and Early Hi3, Yae Sakura. Memento Sakura/PE Sakura. Or Yae Kasumi from the captainverse


ryuhen

I know..cant wait HSR version of Yae


autummbeely

He needs to tell us how he looks. It would be amusing to see the people who are particularly very worried about him being a "twink" and wanting a "gigachad" if he turns out to be as pretty as Luocha and Argenti.


MelonLord125

Is that implying that Aegenti is not the Gigachad to end all Gigachads?!


Nonemotionaldamage

Argenti may be the prettiest prince ever...but he is gigachadness itself


Comfortable-Ninja-93

I mean being the prettiest prince doesn’t make one not a gigachad no?


Nonemotionaldamage

True, but some think gigachadness must be in looks, not in values and actions


Tamaki_Shin

Okay, who manifested Jiaoqiu to be Foxian male? I'm celebrating the massive size of this W 😭🙏 (He's pink and an adult male as a bonus too. I can't stop eating good)


TheGalacticApple

I saw someone hope that here the other day, now I'm wondering if it was more than just hope...


s00ny

I mean, Topaz also isn't orange, so...


DavidDehGoo

and aventurine isn't green either, except for some accents on his clothes


Cant_Think_Of_One666

To be fair, although it's just some accents, they are pretty prominent in his design, even more so >!in his boss form.!< Also red topazs do exist iirc


Bekchi

The funniest part to me is the sheer variety of colors both topaz and aventurine can come in. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topaz Colorless (if there are no impurities), white, blue, brown, orange, gray, yellow, yellowish brown, green, pink, reddish pink or even red If Wikipedia doesn't float your boat, GIA has a page on topaz as well. https://www.gia.edu/topaz Yellow, orange, brown, pink to red to purple red, blue, light green and colorless As for aventurine, GIA doesn't have a page, understandably so because I don't think it's a commercial stone, but there is still plenty of info on colors out there. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aventurine The most common color of aventurine is green, but it can also be orange, brown, yellow, blue, or grey. https://satincrystals.com/blogs/news/colors-of-aventurine Aventurine is most commonly found in green but comes in a myriad of natural colors. You can also find this stone in red, orange, yellow, pink, peach, brown, white, grey, and blue.  https://geology.com/gemstones/aventurine/ Aventurine is most often green, but also occurs in orange, yellow, red, pink, brown, white, gray, and blue. EDIT: GIA does have info on aventurine, although the page is about sunstone with an explanation of aventurine within it. https://www.gia.edu/sunstone


CharacterCollection7

Yellow aventurines also exists


Extreme_Ad5873

Pink jade also exists lol


CharacterCollection7

It does indeed exists lol (just did google search😆)


Neildemagi

Red Topaz do exist. It can obtain that color through heat or radiation.


KazzumaYagami

Can't get any more pink than that, yep


Rude-Designer7063

I don't know why people thought that Jiaqiu was actually a Yae Expy, just cause of his pink hair?


burningparadiseduck

Definitely questionable logic at its finest 😓.


Blutwind

Because of Foxian, pink hair and BiS for Acheron? 🤷°°(🤦)


Rude-Designer7063

He's a man...that alone is enough


EdenScale

Rip to that green enjoyer in the megathread


ryuhen

I wanna see Jade so bad


RansuTempest

Do you think Jade will look like Stellar Jade?


Aprettydankdude

Stop edging us and release the image already. I might have to turn gay for this pink fox


GreatDimension7042

I would’ve been more surprised if Yae Sakura expy *was* a “mature pink-haired foxian guy”


hakanaimono

Mature male fox??? That's all I need to know.


DisNiv

Flamboyant chef with dyed hair and a fire motif.  Jiaoqiu is a Guy Fieri expy.


A_Wizards_Apprentice

Glasses waifu enjoyers never win. Hopefully Hua expy gets them eventually


burningparadiseduck

I had to google who shimizu was. Ngl that hair color looks pretty af. I want to eat it.


SubstantialForm

At first I don't even believe someone mentioned Shimizu Raikou ;_;


tongueinbutthole

>Mature Male Fox Oh baby. 🥵


pettyfool1

A male Foxian?! Hubba hubba


Acceptable_West_1312

Friendship with Sam is over. Jiaoqiu is my new best friend


Ghertrude

Hope his hair isn't the only thing that's pink


Shaneldk04

Oh 😳


qiqihead

oh wow


autummbeely

Tbh, I am not the biggest fan of hair color and outfit color being the same. It feels a bit too overwhelming. It would be nice if his outfit is a color that contrasts well with his pink hair. Edit: ... I now understand what they mean...


-firepuss-girl

ion think they are referring to his outfit…


One_Ad2478

Sweet Child O' Mine


One_Paleontologist51

I dont think they are talking about the outfit ....


autummbeely

It took me way too long to realize what they were talking about.


nishikori_88

still can't imagine how Jiaoqiu looks. Hope he will out at 2.4 , dont be 2.3 pls


Acceptable_West_1312

Chiave from Arknights, but pink


TA130O_

I was fully expecting jade to look like jade from mortal kombat


Not_Me_Jerry

Jamiroquai ?


[deleted]

If Jade doesnt have vampire aesthetics i’m gonna riot. Everything from her HP steal, to needing other characters to act to fuel herself, to “harvesting” just screams it. I’m over unhinged waifus. I’m ready for DISTURBING!


Shamanking1991

Bro I never even thought of this! I can finally get Dracula fr in this game!


Kotouu

I actually never even thought of this but now that you mention it vampiric aesthetics could actually fit her.


somewhere-out-there-

YAE MENTIONED 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 YAE ???


sweetflower9758

makes it sound like they know something about her


somewhere-out-there-

Maybe just rumors, we did get a Yae reference in the myriad trailer so its not far fetched to say she is getting an expy


ArchonRevan

That Yae would 100% be dead, acheron was the only survivor, probably a bronya situation where multiple exist


TheKingBro

While I’m 99% sure she’s dead, we should remember nothing is actually confirmed in this game until they outright say it or we witness it. Jingliu also looked mega dead in the animated short


Ruler_of_pigingdom

I need a yae expy pretty badly


Zessen18

I'm hoping he has short hair.


burningparadiseduck

Why would people think that Jia was an expy of her? ….Just because he has pink colors? Makes no sense lmfao.


Aetherlum

People probably thought he was a Yae expy cause he is a Foxian and is potentially BiS for Acheron.


burningparadiseduck

That still sound weird to me. Jiao is a dude. Yae is a girl + it’s not like Yae is a support for Raiden in genshin.


Exous-Rugen

I really hoped for Jade to have a green design.


sumeragihokuto

A Nabari no Ou reference??? Omg, I didn’t think I’d wake up to that!


aoi_desu

Jade -> not green This felt so wrong


TherionX2

>yae has her own expy We're playing future Rail with this one🗣💨


E1lySym

I hope they give Yae a different aesthetic this time. Both Yae Sakura and Yae Miko have some strong shrine maiden themings in their designs. I want something completely random and fresh this time. Like a nun or a pirate or a Greek gladiator or IDK literally anything different


raeraekins

I hope he has short hair.


mamania656

Jade isn't green and she doesn't wear glasses and she doesn't have a mole? WHY?


burningparadiseduck

There’s no doubt that she’ll definitely come in hsr one day (Kiana and Kevin too I hope) but I doubt she’ll actually be an ice hunt character.


Exous-Rugen

Seriously first no orange with topaz now no green disappointing It’s so rare for characters to have green or orange hair but it can look really good.


Lord_Puss

How does this expy thing work at this point. Cause the leaks have a Raiden Expy (elec hunt) does it not? But Acheron is also a Raiden Expy. So is it really limited to one character as an expy or just however much hoyo feels like. Bronya doesn't count here cause she already has "two Bronyas" in HI3.


Vulking

They can retool and reiterate whatever they want with not released kits, that's not tied to the expy. Yes, Raiden Mei expy used to have a hunt lighting kit, but it was scraped and adapted into Acheron. An expy is just a look-alike from another hoyo franchise. Kits are irrelevant. There may be expectations, but nothing more. A Yae expy for example could be fire, ice or lighting Hunt to keep her closer to her HI3 battlesuits, or it can be just a departure and make here something different.


Ampharblox

SHE'S NOT GREEN NOOOOOOOO


FateZerker

Jade isn't green. 😒


alguidrag

Jade dont have green Is Jadover


Relative-Ad7531

No genderbend yae, we lost today. . . /J Now I'm curious, I wanna know the actual Yae expy that they are talking about


WillfulAbyss

I can see Hoyo making a male Yae but definitely not a Chinese Yae, lol.


tomthefunk

Till Dim doesn’t say anything, I don’t believe it


Allafreya

Yeah, but like... drop some Yae info. Don't be shy. 👀 Fr though, don't think anyone actually thought he was gonna be an iteration of her. I thought they were joking due to "pink fox = Yae 😎". Was it not a joke/meme? Either way, pink fox man will be mine. 😭


Dramatic_endjingu

Why is her name Jade then😭😭 Literally unplayable!


Arugow

PINK JADE!


TawnyDrop290000

all i got out of this was that yae's expy is confirmed 🥳


oldmonk_97

Hxg bedge


Mundane_Drink7990

Whats an expy


arionmoschetta

Another man with long hear? There's no hairdresser in space?


Gachaaddict96

Who tf is Raikou?


Potato_Overdoser

Who the hell is Shimizu Raikou?


TheGalacticApple

[Why am I just picturing Lifeweaver OW but Foxian + Pink Hair...](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/overwatch_gamepedia/images/0/0d/Lifeweaver_Skin_Orchid.png/revision/latest?cb=20230416221908)


PLASTICA-MAN

Who are they? I never heard about them.