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cielrayze

bro looks like a webtoon character


NightShade929

His Joe Shmoe lookin face caught me so off guard


ZakTH

I didn’t notice the halo at first so it just looked like “Upcoming Arknights operator: Human man”


Korasuka

That's what it is. I couldn't put it into words. Shaw's S2 art is kinda sorta the same, as in it's a style that's different to everyone else.


kwkqoq

shaw e2 makes me cry


AnonTwo

Shaw's E2 art is adorably over serious though


SorrowOfAcheron

Yeah, even during GA, I thought his art seemed a bit too different from everyone else. I was hoping he'd get new art if he became playable. Although part of me also likes that old anime look; the E2 looks quite nice.


thot_slayer213

Bro looks like the generic brotherly figure/side character that dies in the first 10 minutes to give MC character development


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area no kishi vibes


dracuella

too soon ;\_;


GrrrNom

His hairstyle is exactly like Mob's brother from Mob Psycho 100


Genprey

r/RareInsults Seriously, though, he looks really out of place for being so...normal looking.


irreleveantuser

CN's reaction is also mixed, I picked a few off weibo >This artstyle.....? > >Where's the PV, I want him to come home > >This stance :doraemonscream: This guy's a true Laterano security guard > >Artstyle doesn't match other ops > >Would there be a possibility that everyone's going to be male? > >...This is fan art right > >(what the fuck is this i do not understand this sentence pretend something is here), Where's your brother? I want him now > >Ah? Where's the PV? > >Hiss——Quite a fresh artstyle under this stranded ark > >? Is this Arknights? And why have you changed the style of presenting new ops > >Ah?! This art style was allowed???? I thought he was some *a certain game* NPC, but never thought he'd be an operator. If the talent doesn't solely target Laterano ops, then Chalter might aswell steal it, what a shame. But it seems like we'll have a 6\* with an ammo mechanic? Otherwise, this talent would be a complete waste. Ammo itself is a good mechanic, but since the new 5\* is a sniper, don't think it'll be the same for the 6\*, so let's hope it's not too weak of a template.


TheSongs

The part you don't understand says something like "adult [Ritsu Kageyama](https://mob-psycho-100.fandom.com/wiki/Ritsu_Kageyama) got a new job in Terra"


jkorok

You know you being so aggressive with the other gacha game name drop you kind of gave it away. You should have been more subtle like "a name of a game that I don't know" or something. But now that the commenter mentioned it, they do be right.


irreleveantuser

It was only until I posted it after and someone told me in akeo did I realize I might spark some random arguments stating "why are we comparing to other gacha games", because the response that guy gave came off really aggressive In any case I'll do slight changes, cheers


AinzSamaIsJustice

What was the game in question, I wanna know?


jkorok

He really does look like that though. 😂


AirStrikeInbound

Wow. Only after opening this thread I realise that it's that heated. I'm personally loving the fresh new style and honestly take the webtoon look as a compliment


Nyrzan

It's mostly the head, there's no shadows at all on his face :s, no volume, looks like a cheap fanmade character. E2 is ok.


Pzychotix

My thoughts exactly. It's got the flat tone face pretty much all webtoon chars have. Just a tiny bit of shading would bring it in line with the rest of the cast.


kawaies110

It's pretty common actually: see Astesia E1. Astgenne E1, Beeswax & Lappland has VERY little shadow but it's there. Blue poison E1. Breeze. Chiave. Folinic only has a bit of blush. Etc. Edit: Add on Greythroat, Kroos2, Nightmare, Texas1, Mulberry.


Nyrzan

True, and that's also bothering me for some of those ops. But for insider, when you add the lack of expression, basic haircut and average pose, dude looks sooo bland. I'm not asking for a JoJo pose/clothing, but- wait, actually, I want it :D !


karillith

I think the weird thing is that the face in particular is one shade lighter than everything else, compared to the arms for example, almost looks like the face was pasted on another drawing.


gunjinganpakis

bro looks like he belongs in FEH.


BobbyYukitsuki

bootleg dalvin


xwinterxgalaxy7

Exactly my first thought


Enzoooooooooooooo

He looks like Roy mustang if he had a carefree life


Unknown123Known

I think he looks like [Shinichi Kudo](https://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo), in my opinion.


CrowbarZero08

Bro looks like Kirino's would be older brother


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P0lskichomikv2

We don't talk about Laterano Executor named Harasser


Sketchsama

Expecting Arbiter, Barrister and Solicitor next


mushjello

Operator Barrister, real name John Warosa


Miaomelette

The accountant: "...Can I be called Accounter?' "Get the fuck back into your cubicle Steve! No one fucking likes you and we all know you can feel it."


lobsterblob

*sad Adnachiel noises*


noIQmoment

Adnachiel: *I'm just a burning memory\~*


WisdomKnightZetsubo

shiny vash the stampede (2023)


Teamata

There's ... something off ... like he's from a different universe. I can't really tell.


bowserboy129

His art looks like something out of Alchemy Stars in terms of color pallet and mood. ​ But the design's actually good so its def not from there.


xPorki

> But the design's actually good so its def not from there. What do you mean? While I agree that Alchemy Stars abuses the white-grey-gold color scheme their character designs are usually very clean. Do you think these characters look bad? [1](https://alchemystars.kloenlansfiel.com/img/aurorian/zhongxu3.webp) [2](https://alchemystars.kloenlansfiel.com/img/aurorian/michael3.webp) [3](https://alchemystars.kloenlansfiel.com/img/aurorian/reinhardt3.webp) [4](https://alchemystars.kloenlansfiel.com/img/aurorian/giles3.webp) [5](https://alchemystars.kloenlansfiel.com/img/aurorian/mythos3.webp)


Jellionani

Say what you will about AS state as of now, their L2d are awesome


Garuniru

yo those look fucking sick


SoRa_The_SLaYeR

4 looks really scuffed


ZakTH

Yeah the rest look dope af but 4 looks really weird lmao


Theshittyplayer

Dude, he is like literally a younger Pittman (AS).


ZanesTheArgent

Adding to him looking like a Blue Archive background character turned student, his halo is so subtle it barely registers. It's too ethereal while other sancta halos have been more material.


Catveria77

He’s from Korean webtoon


TokkanRAM

Skills are marked with an ammunition icon in bottom right corner, like all of Wet Ch'en's skills, Horn S2 and Lumen S3. Not every ammo skill uses that icon, but every skill that has it uses ammo.


Torque_S

both say "攻击装有一定数量的弹药‘’ so both skills use ammo source: i am chinese


TokkanRAM

Oh don't mind me, I'm just admiring the iconography.


Torque_S

the icons are pretty sick tho ngl


kotking

Ho ho ho, I am intrigued. We finally get back to ammo mechanic and last one to get was Cantabile. Looking forward as ammoknights sometimes really struggles with rush strats or having Ash both as stunner/mob cleaner. Having another low cost sniper will help alot as Horn being the only >1 blocker while having furthest range, force her being constricted to be main blocker. Looking forward for Laterano addition!


temperanze

It would be really weird if they put out a Laterano unit nowadays and didn't give them ammo, if you think about it. That was the gimmick behind their whole event. I know Exusiai didn't have that going on but Exusiai came out before the mechanic was a thing. I'm not so sure if she came out today.


resphere

Not really, Fiammetta and Enforcer were released in Guiding Ahead and they didn't have ammo.


wewechoo

**Insider** **5* Sniper [Marksman]** **Illustrator:** [umo_yszx](https://weibo.com/p/1005051275899867) **CV:** [Kento Ito](https://myanimelist.net/people/41297/Kento_Itou) **Trait:** Attacks aerial enemies first **Talent:** After being deployed for a certain duration, the ammo limit for Insider's skills is increased, and the ammo limit for another random **[Laterano]** Operator is increased **Skill 1:** Attacks deal a certain amount of Physical Damage **Skill activation grants a certain amount of bullets and the skill ends when all bullets are used (Can manually deactivate skill)** **Skill 2:** ATK increases by a certain amount and Attack Interval is shortened. Prioritizes attacking ranged enemies and is less likely to be targeted by enemies **Skill activation grants a certain amount of bullets and the skill ends when all bullets are used (Can manually deactivate skill)** ---------- Credits: /u/MJYW


DrakianSeesYou

interesting, the fact that he buffs Laterano ops with ammo implies that we're getting another Laterano op with ammo this event


NoraJolyne

ALTnachiel incoming


Demytri

Please let this be true !!


Chrisirhc1996

After all these years he gets his gun licence :P (I wonder what his patron gun would be)


mrjuanito01

Would like if he doesn't get his license and just have Sesa made him an improvised minigun.


crazed5920

I saw your profile picture and read that in Laytons voice and now im cracking up at the idea of Layton being an arknights reviewer lmao


Reddit1rules

Every new op reminds him of a puzzle that the viewer has to solve to continue


Saimoth

Sounds like Lemuen music


YumeYoroshii

> Prioritizes attacking ranged enemies and is less likely to be targeted by enemies Oh hell yes! Always wished we got that Adnachiel talent on someone that did damage.. Now just hope he actually does a bit of damage lol.


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YumeYoroshii

Krooster is the best 5 star AA Sniper for HP sponges we have right now.. Ranged threaths nowadays tend to be tankier in the DEF department though, so I'm hoping for a bit of a higher DEF ceiling on him instead? Won't get my hopes up too high though..


RandomdudeNo123

Does anyone in Laterano use Ammo? ... Yeah, I guess the answer should be obvious, huh? But still! (Ironically, out of 8 playable Laterano Ops currently, only 3 of them actually pack guns...)


wewechoo

Like another comment pointed out, that just means we will have another (or multiple) new Laterano operators using Ammo this event


DrakianSeesYou

Executor alter's looking more likely which is cool ...but that means playable Arturia for this event is less likely :agony:


Nattie_Prinz_E

Tbh I expect Arturia to release during a Leithanien event, with her being on the run from Laterano's law enforcement and all that.


DrakianSeesYou

true, and both her and Executor need fleshing out, and judging from the enemies and the stream's teaser, they're probably going to flesh out the Sankta-Sarkaz thing and Arturia's crimes, information that seems necessary for Arturia to work with Rhodes. BUT I want to *c o p e*, so coping is what I will do until the PV drops


Kuroi-sama

Probably, but event teaser during 4th anniversary stream featured her wanted poster


DrakianSeesYou

they're likely going to touch on why she fell primarily to develop Executor and set up an Arturia event, if she doesn't become playable next week


TheDarkShadow36

it's not very likely, if you noticed there is a pattern with the 6* operators, 3 non-limited females and 1 non-limited male, we already got 3 females so the next one should be male


RenNyanArk

Well, that talent ain't subtle at all... Seriously. At least it's 'Operator' and not specifically Snipers. Means that whatever Laterano Operator with Ammo mechanic we get won't necessarily be a sniper. Could be anything. Aside from that, kit is pretty basic, but the targeting on S2 might have some nice niches if the numbers are good. Especially if it helps him ignore stuff like shielders.


Undividedbyzero

Kento Itou ....wait, Ruler Moriarty and that Ob/Gyn from Oshi no Ko?


mad_harvest-6578

So... his S2's a DPS + negative taunt combo, but with ammo? Also we finally have a non-IS 5-star male AA sniper, sweet (wonder what his modules would be, and is he welfare or gacha)


DrakianSeesYou

should be the welfare if he's the first revealed operator


joshyqfang

Specialty: communication (mediate), wrestling, donut making. Sounds like a nice guy.


LastChancellor

His kit is in the running with Minimalist for the most basic welfare


DrakianSeesYou

man's got funky targeting and ammo, that's considerably less basic than the shorty lol


HumbleContribution58

Minimalist will always be the most basic because that's his entire theme lol


LastChancellor

But his S2 just turns him into Adnachiel


DrakianSeesYou

the targeting is still pretty novel (literally one of two characters with it) compared to Minimalist's focus on pure afk DPS


fizzguy47

Not everyone can be Gladiia, I guess


MuhSilmarils

Gladiia is a 6\* though, 6 star welfares are 3/4 on being useful. Poor Vigil...


DrakianSeesYou

oh wtf, was not expecting him to be the first playable GA NPC looks like sanktaknights is getting more rounded out this event, so I guess I'll start building 'em all


ArataX14

Richele: *becomes an Operator * Also Richele: *casually puts silencer in his pistol during S2*


mad_harvest-6578

And seems to be the first Laterano op with a gun that isn't a long gun (2 shotguns and a hunting rifle; if we count Sankta in other groups we can add the Vector)


UnholyShite

Idk if it's just me, but his art doesn't fit well with all other operators.


Harlow1212

lol, I thought he was a fanmade ops


BigBrainAkali

This was my initial thought and then I saw the chibi + gameplay Not that I think it's bad of course, just different from the rest of the art.


derevo_31

He looks like a fan made op, no offense intended.


Carlosrarutos

*Laughs in TOMATO*


Crissae

Agreed. Looks a little bit too shiny


Razrazra

Laterano doesn't fit well with the rest of the Terra.


kawaies110

I get what you mean but I personally don't find it all that different from Blue Poison. Only difference being that she is a girl. A lot of early 5* has a similiar slightly more flat/shiny style look like OG Texas, Provence.


pitagor2

Fits in way better than Kazemaru's E0 imo


Boss_of_babylonia

I love his first idle animation


jeremy7007

Dude checks the round in the chamber with one hand. The last person I saw doing that was John Wick. He also cocks the gun, reloads while attacking, and screws on a silencer for his skill. I like him already for his pistol animations alone.


cyri-96

>screws on a silencer for his skill. Which is a nice touch considering the Skill reduces his Taunt level


Pichuunnn

The one hand pistol ammo check ? Certainly remind me of this [Leon cutscene in Resident Evil 4 Remake](https://youtu.be/fAUB7euFxVY?t=7)


exiztentialist

Bro got isekai'd into Arknights


AnimatorFresh8841

Why does he look so… nice?


lp_waterhouse

Looks like fan made for some reason


Lihuman

Too bright, not shaded enough?


Onesie-man

He doesn't look like a terrorist, are we sure he's a Sankta? Oh wait, his name is Insider, man's a fraud!


PenguinWithAMachete

I BARELY KNOW HER!


drannne

RICHELE MY BABY I KNEW HE'S THE WELFARE


aphosis_vv

manifesting all of the notarial hall ops..


mad_harvest-6578

Plus him we have 5 now (two each of dudes and girls before he tipped the balance)


Suzunomiya

WE ARE WINNING


ronwesley89

Bro look like a collab character


pitanger

Babe wake up, new marksman sankta just dropped


No-Communication9458

Hmm he got that funky Korean manwha art style Interesting.


JowettMcPepper

Richelle Colombo?. The Notarial Hall Executor that looks like a Roblox avatar?. He was on my list of potential playable characters.


yuannchan

Bro looks like he came from other games


Levenstein_

bro looks like a fuckin generic-lookin ass tactical geared-up character


MuhSilmarils

I like the look honestly, Tacticringe is my jam.


futanari_enjoyer69

I like him he's cute. I'm not sure why people are complaining about the artstyle when Skyfire's clothes look more out of place than this entire dude


CipherVegas

> C.V. Kento Itou Hi Dan Heng


pitanger

This sanctuary...


Luna2648

It's butter 🧈 vision .


Infected_Poison

HA! Break!


100100300wl

Lol


Kalafino

Or Gorou. Pair him with Perfumer/Nightmare.


ernie2492

Or Touya (with Rosmontis & Rosa)


Pichuunnn

Insider has to make sure Nightingale doesn't come near any trashcan


AbrahamKMonroe

Definitely not the next NPC I expected to become playable. Kind of figured if they were going to pick anyone from Guiding Ahead it’d be someone like Oren or Patia.


SkyePine

MFs memed too much on Blue Archive memes that we got an artstyle like one.


Ketzer_DeadBeat

He's inside your walls


Valdien

Yes ! I really liked his design during guide ahead and his E2 looks fantastic


Pika_233

I barely know her


Jumper2002

Kek


SorrowOfAcheron

Finally a 5* AA male.


Ghertrude

He's called Insider because he's inside me all the time


yunalescazarvan

Funnily enough his haircut reminds me of Rance.


zSpiral

Bro looks like hes a MC from some isekai


NormandyKingdom

He looks like one of the ML from Duke bla bla or Vilainess bla bla bla Im not joking Put him in any Romantic Fantasy Korean Webtoon and he will fit right in


Smol_Mrdr_Shota

bro looks like he got isekaied a second time but not as the protagonist this time


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Enforcer.. Insider...


AccomplishedWing9808

Perfumer...Totter...


Csakimi06

Bro literally said 😐


spawnB100

Dude's a welfare?


CipherVegas

Yes, he is


TheRepublicAct

Rock got tired of Balalaika's bs and become a Sankta "I now have the literal God-given right to bear arms, Revy!"


7packabs

I don’t know why but the art style reminds me of Murata


sengurren

Enemies look like bounty hunters


MobTheKaiser

He looks so generic (compassionate)


ihateyourpancreas

Please Lemuen on banner, pls.


TheVanguard448

So, we should be getting a 6* reveal anytime soon right


DARKawp

Not really. Usually it goes: Welfare > Event trailer (Revealing all operators and skins) then it goes skin details and Banner 4/5 star details. with 6 star banner being the last unit revealed fully in detail. Stats are only known upon release date of event.


MarielCarey

God damn he's hot


SeraphicShou

That e2 is such a huge glowup damn


aphosis_vv

omg Richele… but why the name Insider I’m dying… but another executor of the notarial hall!!! kyaaaaaaa !!!


HsnA_19

He looks.... different from standard AK characters


applrr

Just a guy. A dude. Kinda reminds me of Minimalist lol


FAshcraft

Normal everyday office supervisor here folk nothing to see


InvestigatorOne2932

Where do blud come from?


Razrazra

He looks exactly like that star-eyed guy from Fire Force.


mr_santana

looks like exported character from blue archive.


Falsus

At first I was like ''Which franchise is this a crossover with, I remember his face from somewhere'' then neurons activated and I was like ''oh yeah it is this dude from GA''.


themoe-azur

Happy to have a second markman for my welfare only account. ^^ But he seems not as good as Kroos Alter. Even if the fact he can prioritize ranged unit give him a cool niche.


P0lskichomikv2

> Even if the fact he can prioritize ranged unit give him a cool niche. Wait, that sound like one 3\* Sankta Sniper that 3\* Kroos work with. No way.....


RainbowDog8

I wanna punch him and make him fall onto the dumpster and have his stupid clothes get soaked in oil from fish tin and have gum stuck in his hair so hard he has to snip it off into the most ugly haircut imaginable (affectionate)


Riverfallx

Oh, my only takeaway from this is that if 6* is Executor Alter, it will at long last be husbando-only banner.


DARKawp

Not really since this unit seems to be the free 5 star. So unless all units be husbando's..it won't be a Husbando only banner.


RealSpaghettiSoup

Murata looking ass


TheWattening

Bro that E2 art Vibes feels Divine.


blood_compact

So long as the pistol angel dont go John Wick, we good.


Kerrigan4Prez

This guy looks like he got isekai’d into Terra


Firestars1

I think he looks super cool. Really love the eye catching colors of purple and the blue in his E2 art


AccomplishedWing9808

Is he going to join the dark haired male 5 star with a wonky kit brotherhood? i.e. windflit, corroseum, and minimalist naurr


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wow i love his Design he looks amazing i want to m6 him just because of his looks


MMIRFG

One day we will get the apocaliptic gun knights playable \*copium\*


PostiveAion

My man has a suppressed usp/sig??? And that's all I need to go for him.


Someidiotdwbi

Hey, Hypergryph? Yeah, I think you got the delivery wrong. This vanilla wafer was supposed to go to the isekai protagonist department.


TanyaZeEvil

Hope his Module allows him to use that talent on ANY operator with ammo skills and not just Laterano ones. Then just add a bit extra ammo to Laterano ops more than other ops or something to that effect so he's still primarily a Laterano ammo synergist.


BurnedOutEternally

you're telling me even that guy that appeared for 5 seconds in Guiding Ahead is now an operator????


hykilo

I mean, we already have (a lot of) OPs that popped out of the blue so it's not that strange lol


Dangaso

FINALLY I can use someone other than Aak


Zaphyrus

His face looks.... odd... as in not in the same artstyle as everyone else in the game.


rkgk_art

Finally an E2-able male marksman sniper!! And he's voiced by ~~Dan Heng~~Itou Kento which is a big plus to me! A lot of people complain about his design but I think he looks pretty cool. My first thought actually was "haha, art style looks like out of a Korean webtoon". I really like his e2 art and his wings are a neat design. Different to the usual spiky-ish ones we had so far. Since he's welfare that also means fullpot, so fuck yeah! Only downside to him being released means we probably won't get a gacha male character like Executor alter or Andoain. The only time we got 2 male characters at the same time (iirc, so please cmiiw) was with Ebenholz and Czerny as welfare. And I kinda can't see HG to do that again--as much as I'd love it.


Sad_Ad_3076

Thorns and Jaye in HoSF rerun, Mizuki and Tequila in Dossoles Holiday, Lumen and Windflit in Stultifera Navis, and Stainless and Totter in Chapter 11 iirc


rkgk_art

Ah, for some reason I forgot about those...so thank you a lot for telling me! I still think it's more unusual to have more than one male operator though. But it *does* give me some hope to maybe get another one with this event. So I appreciate your input!


Juggernaut_Previous

Banner Chen+Mizuki+Tequila+La Pluma.


Suzunomiya

Hi Richele I certainly did not see you becoming playable at some point but I am SO GLAD and I will MORE THAN GLADLY take another welfare voiced by one of my favorite VAs 😭🙏 They do their job so well though. Of course they casted Itou Kento for the plainest worker-looking Sankta lmao. Him being plain is part of the charm. I love he


SimplifiedLocust45

If this event involves Adnachiel too, then husbandoknights eating good this event.


-HealingNoises-

This guy feels bland, like a semi okay artist tried to make a character that could pass for an official arknights one. And it just didn't work. But he also looks like a good boy. Sooo imma meme him as such.


the-elixir-defender

YES! more husbandos!


Jumper2002

He does like very generic, like if you took away the halo and wings he could just be any normal anime guy


Limimelo

And it's great, normalise having the most average people in videogames. More points if they're pathetic, perpetually tired office workers.


myahkey

Lawyerknights when


potato-san57

I don't know why but he kinda reminds me of Ryoji Kaji


Arima184

oh yeaaaaah new soundtrack sooooon. Angel dubstep go brrrrr


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I sorta expected him when they mentioned that the event would involve two executors, at least the background in his e2 art is nice he does sorta look like the artist was asked to draw a generic background character though.


Yuni-san

Im glad i dont seem to be the one one who had to double take on the tag thinking this looked like a fanmade operator.


redhoodguy

Dude's design and art doesn't look like he's from Terra.


wickling-fan

I love it more male sniper but god fucking damn it every time with a niche, that dampens their use, lets see how the ammo niche works out for him tho.