Honkai Impact 3rd: Difference between revisions

* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: The Honkai is undeniably malevolent and seeks to destroy humanity, but some of those it turns into Herrschers have legitimate grievances that one can understand why they want to get vengeance on their tormentors even if it doesn't excuse the collateral damage. Among the groups opposing it are those who carry out unethical human experimentation, though, and {{spoiler|World Serpent's goal of forcing the development of stigmata through forced exposure to Honkai energy would cause much destruction and kill the majority of humanity that lacks sufficient Honkai resistance.}}

* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Zig-zagged. Many of the strongest S-rank Valkyries like Durandal, Rita and the late Cecilia are well-endowed, while [[Long-Range Fighter]] [[Support Party Member]] Bronya is flat. However, [[Bare-Fisted Monk]] Carole is only of modest size while Fu Hua is flat, and what makes the inversion of the last one even more significant is that {{spoiler|she was a peer to [[World's Strongest Man]] Kevin.}}

* [[Bribing Your Way to Victory]]: While no gameplay content is outright locked out to truly free players, the best Valkyries and equipment are only available through gacha that use the "crystal" premium currency. Crystals can be gained in small quantities through gameplay, or their acquisition can be sped up with real cash. Better types of Battle Passes and other resource-granting bundles can also be acquired using a different kind of premium currency called "B-Chips".

* [[Casting Gag]]: [[Nana Mizuki]] and [[Yukari Tamura]] previously acted together in ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'', where Mizuki played {{spoiler|a clone whose original the [[Big Bad]] seeks to revive.}} They acted together again here, where {{spoiler|Mizuki plays the original whose revival the [[Big Bad]] seeks, while Tamura plays the clone thereof.}}

* [[Dramatic Irony]]: In the Elysian Realm, Mei asks {{spoiler|the sim of Hua whether she'll be able to protect humanity for thousands of years until the new era can stand on its own feet. The sim Hua disagrees, saying that it would be a burden she would fail to bear, but that Kevin would be able to.}} Those who have played the story mode up to the latest chapter at the time of the Elysian Realm's release in version 5.0 will know that exactly the opposite happened; {{spoiler|Kevin, embittered by failure and loss, now seeks to make a path to victory over the Honkai on a mountain of corpses, while the real Hua walked into legend a defender of the people.}}

* [[The Ending Changes Everything]]: The "Estival Seaside Amusement Park" event starts out cutely as the Captain and Seele go around catching Honkai beasts ''[[Pokémon]]''-style for a competition. Strange things start happening along the way, but it isn't until the end that the truth is revealed: {{spoiler|The whole thing was Seele's dream that she pulled the Captain (and it is implied Delta as well) into, and the Captain has to be taken back to reality.}}

* [[Faustian Rebellion]]: A number of Herrschers chose to fight for humanity rather than fall in line with the Honkai.

* [[Four Is Death]]: The Fourth Herrscher, {{spoiler|Wendy}}, is the first character to die, and this happens in the fourth chapter.