@@silver5962 there might be parallels but in this case it's quite literal, the raiden shogun is just a robotic puppet, while Ei is inside her sword, although they both are the Raiden Shogun, as it also happened while Ei's twin sister was alive, they were both the same to the eyes of the people and to the world
@@kursor52 he doesnt own a business, hes not broke but he always forgot his wallet since he never had the need to carry it around as an archon, old habit dies hard
I've been dying to talk about this. The difference between the Raiden Shogun and Ei can be heard in their voicelines, especially the desserts lines. Anne Yatco did an absolutely wonderful job with her duality
Ei and Raiden's dialogue on food makes me just think of some comedy skit where Raiden is going on about how food is meaningless and she has no favorite, while Ei sticks her hand out of Euthymia, smacks her with a frying pan, and says "Desserts. It's Desserts."
@@Missnightmare000 Seeing how her consciousness is inside the sword, obviously the hand and the frying pan comes out of the booba. Actually scratch that. Make it a flying sword with a hand sticking out holding a frying pan smacking Raiden Shogun over the head.
You can see clearly the difference in the naming of the "Birth Date" and "Birthday" where the former is when the Raiden Shogun is talking and the latter is when Ei is talking. "Birth Date" sounding too technical, something a robot/puppet would say while "Birthday" is the normal casual one, something Ei would say
Copypasted the text in case people were curious about the difference Birth Date Is today the day of your creation? Return to the city with me. I will read out a speech for you in front of all my attendants. "Embarrassing"? ...Understood. Birthday Happy birthday! Let's celebrate together and make it a moment to remember for the whole year until your next birthday celebration, and so on and so forth. Then, you shall have an eternity of happiness.
Things we currently know about the Known Archons: They are all Broke AF They are all Sad AF And they are all secretly dorks. I’m starting to see a pattern here....
It's like Raiden has a split personality you have the Shogun that will destroy you at the drop of a hat and you have Ei who would invite you to her place for tea.
Quite literally is. This video is already spoilers but here is some more. Spoilers The actual person in the game people interact with is a literal puppet the Electro archon made a long time ago. Having given up her physical form for her pursuit for eternity she made the puppet to maintain that pursuit while containing her actual personality in her own personal world which is basically her own mind. So yes two personalities because the outer one is literally just a husk following its programing, while the inner one is an actual person.
@@windstar120025 In which *SPOILERS* Makes you think that Raiden (not Ei), Scaramouche and Katherine are androids since they're both made with advanced technology lost to time (ancient city that got destroyed by the gods)
Dendro Archon: *Nervous Nerd Noises* Pyro Archon: *Furious War Noises* Hydro Archon: “I am Justice incarnate, and anyone who says otherwise will be sent to the Gulag.” Cryo Archon: “Everything is my property so no touchy.”
If you noticed her dialogue has emotions, chances are Ei is the one who is speaking- not the puppet. The puppet is kinda edgy and mostly serious tbh. This will remove your confusion whether it's Ei or Shogun who is speaking.
@@Solace98 On the other hand, the fact that the differences between the puppet and Ei are subtle in the English dub makes explains as to why most people don't notice the differences.
@@sen2815 I am on the English version but I can still distinguish between Ei and the Shogun. Ei's lines are way more sweet and filled with emotion while Shogun is mechanical and cold. It's not that hard although I understand some people may find it difficult
So Ei programmed Shogun to be serious So she can behave like a child all she wants So cute Also wise … is like .. man I don’t wanna go to work .. Imma create a doll that looks like me and will be serious at work While in reality imma be chilling
@@Stardust__ It's only Ei(God)/Shogun(Puppet). Beelzebul is her original name and she goes by Ei. Whereas Baal is her twin sister's original name and goes by Makoto. Much like how Morax is the original name and goes by Lex Lapis with the mortal name of Zhongli.
@@Crammy_0505 When you can't fix it, try to whack it as hard as you can, it works on TV, so it probably works on this the same way, except you'll have to kick it.
I love how her tone changes towards who is talking,when Shogun talks,she sounds serious and emotionless,but when Ei is talking her voice is still serious but with a bit more of softness and emotion,her EN VA did a really good work
Raiden Shogun: The battle shall begin. Traveler: **brings a bunch of desserts** Raiden Shogun: You fool...What are you going to do with that? Traveler: ..I'll throw it one by on- Raiden Shogun: nO WAIT-
So basically comparing Ei and Raiden Shogun is basically like comparing normal Mei and Herrscher of Thunder Mei on the outside, got it. Now all we need is her meeting a Kiana face that's clingy to her and she'll undergo her cooking training arc!
@@monokomomo4977 You can never be sure with Mihoyo. They might just do it and pull the twist in the end just to hurt our hearts again like they always do. -plz no mihoyo-
So the voice lines are actually the traveler greeting or asking our characters. Like "What's your favorite food?" and then they would answer respectively with what is in their voice line. This aspect of the game confirms we won't get a playable character unless they become friendly with the traveler.
I mean technicallyyyyyyy, you can ask someone who hates you what's their favorite food, and they would still answer. Answer would still be "What's it to you?" or "Piss off", but they're still anwers.
If Raiden can clone herself you got to ask who is making copies of Katherine for the adventurer's guild throughout teyvat? Its either one of the harbingers doing or Katherine is actually a clone/puppet of someone important.
No, if you remember Katheryne told us when we arrived in Inazuma that there aren't three different clones but it's just her teleporting or something like that. I don't remember the exact dialogue but it was something like Traveller: Katheryne..?? Katheryne: Have you seen three Katherynes at the same place at the same time? Then she went on to imply that there's only one so it's safe to assume she keeps porting from one place to another
@@edgelord6094 are you seriously buying her bullshit? lol even she admits to us how ridiculous it is. plus its already clear that nobody in Teyvat can use the teleport waypoint. and if Katheryne does know and how to use teleport waypoints when she is even more suspicious than i thought.
Don't you love how Ei sounds like a programmer who found a bug but doesn't know which line of code is causing the error? Edit: ok ok, I fixed her name. Yes, I know she isn't baal, but do you have any ideia how hard is to comprehend progression when we spend an eternity calling her "Baal"? Ps: yes, I am proud of this "smart joke"
Reading the comments is sad. How are y'all so confused about everything. Baal had a twin sister. The sister's name was Makoto, the baal we know now is named Beelzebul or Ei. They served as the archon together. When Makoto died it left Ei to be the sole electro archon/Baal. Calling them both Baal would be correct since the people of inazuma never knew they were twin gods and called both Baal. The current baal (Ei) created a robot/copy of herself which serves as shogun in her place. The copy/robot is what she calls shogun. The playable Baal we the player play as is either Ei or it is her copy Shogun. That is why her answers are different. Some answers are by the copy and others are answered by Ei herself.
Ei use her spear sooo i have a teory When we use the spear we are Ei and in the full power(when we use a sword) is the shogun raiden her attacks are more faster and are like anger then the spear part
@@mizuki_moon. spoilers to the archon quest In the second stage of Ei fight, she uses her sword. So she also uses it, also she defeated Orobashi (snake god, not sure how to write it's name) with her sword
@@chongyunwithdiarrhea3880 exactly. I've seen so many comments of people saying that we shouldn't call Ei Baal because Baal was her sister. People didn't listen to the fact that they were both Baal lol
@@mizuki_moon. (possible spoilers) Honestly, based on the voicelines, and since Ei is inside the sword, we probably have both teh Shogun puppet and Ei herself. No idea if they swap or if we just talk to Ei from the sword too (as she called us in her quest)
Another nice detail is that when you place Shogun in your teapot her personality is cold towards you. But after you complete Ei's unlockable story quest Shogun becomes Ei in teapot thus changing the overall interactions(not that shogun has much interactions available to begin with).
Raiden sounds like a very strike woman that kids would avoid like the gross veggies. Ei on the other hand sounds like a sweet heart that just what to be your friend.
@@N4b.f.r And if she made a Zhongli puppet? Or of the Seven?? Damn. The Archon puppets would be the ultimate war machines. Unfeeling, staying fixed to their protocol, no remorse. Inazuma would be the next Khaenri'ah.. LMAO
"Once the snow is thick enough, we can eat it" "You can just replace your teeth anyway" Immortals sure have ,,, _interesting_ outlooks regarding food consumption
In her name card, it was mentioned: "Not simply Ei, and not merely the Raiden Shogun. Observe yourself also with one stormy eye, and you will someday reach a breakthrough." So our pulled char in fact are both, some of the voice lines are from Ei, some from the Raiden Shogun. In her personal quests, Traveler also asked her about if Raiden Shogun is her, Ei said yes, as she never intended to give Inazuma control to someone else. So yes, it is in fact better to think Ei split her mind and put in both.....
@@kryless7775 Basically the cuteness in the difference of a person's personality if certain conditions are met, usually if they are with someone they really trust.
You know, ever since we learned that she was called the "Raiden Shogun", I've been wondering why she's called the "shogun" and not the "emperor/empress" because a "shogun" implies that they are the one actually leading the nation for the emperor/empress, the latter of which is merely a figurehead. Then the revelation that the physical Raiden Shogun we see in the real world is actually a puppet happened, and then I realized the connection. Ei is the "emperor" - she is technically the leader of the nation but leaves most if not all the work to the puppet. She is the symbol of Inazuma and everyone recognizes her as such. Meanwhile, the puppet is the "shogun", as she is acting on the behalf of Ei herself. Not to mention that shoguns are military leaders as well, and we can see how the shogun compares to Ei when it comes to duels/battles. Ei does not kill if it isn't necessary, but the shogun is a bit less merciful. The shogun is also more serious and emotionless compared to Ei herself, as expected of a military leader, as well.
Mihoyo CEO: OK guys, we need to find a name for the "Second personality" (haven't done the quest yet, so I don't know how they call Ei in game) of the Shogun That developer: What about we call it Mei.... But the M is silent?? Mihoyo CEO:... You're a genious!!
The gap moe is strong in this one. If it wasn't for the fact that the two are technically two different people, she would almost reach Barghest's level of gap moe.
@@kimssamuu9963 no, she meant what happened to Sara after the confrontation with Signora. During the cutscene, Sara is kinda just laying there as if she is unconscious/dead and doesn’t ever appear again after that. However, Sara’s voice lines suggest that she is fine
I still haven't beat everything but my theory was baal looked herself away partially in her mind to protect herself the trailer made me think this more. Not sure if I'm right yet lol.
Actually the lady in the trailer was her Twin sister, the real Baal. Electro archon before she died. She locked herself away because she wanted solitude and to preserve eternity. An example Yae gave us is that Raiden thought if she left to go to the plane of euphemia without saying goodbye to Yae, their friendship would forever remain as she left it. Unchanging and eternal
Spoilers: There are two original Electro archons. They are twins. Baal as the main archon and Ei the shadow. Baal died 500years ago so Ei took the whole job but she made a puppet to be on the surface world while she eternaly meditates on her euthymia. The inazuman doesnt know this.
@@DaffaTemiyah He's considered the weakest because of what he stands for and how it opposes the method of how an Archon should function. Venti is the God of Freedom, famously he freed Mondstadt from Decarabian's tyranny at the cost of his bard friend dying so he assumed the form of his bard friend, whom we know is called Venti, so that he could at least keep playing the lyre. But as the God of Freedom he doesn't directly rule over his nation like Morax or Baal do with Liyue and Inazuma. According to Venti himself, an Archon's power is by his capacity to rule the city, but since he stands for freedom he doesn't rule his nation, so in comparison to the other Seven who rule their nations directly like Morax used to before becoming Zhongli, and like Baal (Beelzebul but that's a complicated story) currently does as the Raiden Shogun, he's the weakest. But in his glory days he could play his lyre and channel such strong winds that it reshaped mountains and blew the cold ice away. He blessed Dvalin with enough power to take down the dragon Durin, whose corpse later became part of the mountain we know as Dragonspine. Now he's a drunk bard, but I'm pretty sure walking around playing music for wine and watching his people be free is something he wants more than to rule over them
I kinda expected he will be relevant to the story. like making a prank at Raiden shogun by using a fake Vision. I mean he did pulled a prank at zhongli at the expense of both Lieyu and mondstadt
Raiden Shogun reminds me of Princess Luna from MLP: friendship is magic in a way. Back when it used to air on TV, with her tone of voice and mannerisms🤣
finally! i have been waiting for someone else to say this! yeah, it is unusually similar, despite having different voice actresses, almost everything is identical about both of their voices, except that luna sounds a little... more harsh?
I like how she switches between an ice cold dictator who can kill anyone with a blink of an eye and the cute confused childish archon who has been frozen in time for too long
I think it's left to the player to decide, considering the Baal in the teapot is explicitly stated to be Ei, whereas the playable has both "shogun" and "Ei" like dialogue for everything. Even opening chests.
@@AnArtistInAVoid nah I think it's more like she has two personalities one that's Ei that's more self aware and knows of the other personality which is Shogun.
Seeing as she tells you to just replace your teeth when you have cavities, she'll just tell you to produce more insulin or replace your pancrease when you have diabetes lmao
With each god, the story gets more and more complicated… Venti: dead friend, pet dragon, freedom, weak god Zhongli: war, adepti, contract, makes money, old god Raiden: Makoto, Scaramouche, eternity, puppet, Auto pitot, plane of euthymia, war…
All the archons in a nutshell: Venti: Where is da wine and ehe.... Zhongli: So...... I forgot my wallet again... Ei: Cakes for days and also autopilot on puppet go brrrrrrrr
I like Ei's personality. It's more humanly like. I mean that even if she can be fierce, she still has normal feelings and can like things (such as desserts). Shogun's personality is cool too, but it's more like a programed robot, never changing.
Ei is Beelzebub Makoto is Baal Baal is already passed away (Zhongli said) Ei is cutie Shogun (puppet) is kuudere Scaramouche (male version puppet Shogun, under control of Fatui) is an annoying brat
Baal was the name given to both of them collectively to be fair. People didn't know there was more than one shogun. So Baal and Raiden shogun were collective names for them both. But ye Beelzebub is the ideal name to refer to her by
Well normal people still said Ei is Baal, and Baal is One, but it actually 2 and 1 is dead but the Kagemusha still live. The Beelzebub. Ei have a hard time to accept it that many people still refer her as Makoto (it seems like a Princess Principal plot but 1 princess is death in this story)
Honestly, kudos to Anne Yatco to voice both Ei and the Raiden Shogun, and also Makoto (Ei's twin sister), three incarnations of the Electro Archon (Makoto as the first, Ei as her shadow and twin, the Shogun as Ei's standby physical replacement) and managing to keep them apart in both tone of voice and personality to let us know who is in charge in every scene. Seriously, it's amazing. Fun fact : she also voices Shouta, who asks the local deities to let his school tests bounce in exchange of sweets XD
“You can just replace your teeth” - Ei Several months later: “BREAKING NEWS, scientists have noticed a strange correlation between Genshin Impact players and a rising need for extractions and dentures” 😅😅
“You can just replace your teeth”
I don’t think it’s that easy.
That profile pic fits your Comment so WELL!!!!!!!
It's probably that easy if your body is a mechanized puppet lol
it is for the doll.
Well, if you're old and loose your teeth, you can replace it by using that fake teeth thingy, idk what you called
I wish I had that kind of dental insurance...
JK. But not really.
Ei: My Shogun is broken
Tech Service: Have you tried turning it off and on again ?
Just smack it as hard as you can. Works for televisions
I laughed when i saw that there is an option to choose that in the quest.
That’s how I loved Paimon in that character story: she was like the person who had common sense to turn it on and off to see if it works or not.
Maybe if you put your Shogun in the rice
@@CodexIblis for this, I'd suggest a factory reset
She doesn’t have a split personality, she just as an auto pilot robot outside and her real self is inside, literally.
Uh... People with split personality (dissociative identity disorder) do experience that auto pilot thing, it's the dissociation part
@@silver5962 there might be parallels but in this case it's quite literal, the raiden shogun is just a robotic puppet, while Ei is inside her sword, although they both are the Raiden Shogun, as it also happened while Ei's twin sister was alive, they were both the same to the eyes of the people and to the world
@Tomato oh god a fkin NGE reference
@@silver5962 holy shit, DID is caused by childhood trauma. Ei doesn’t have childhood trauma. Pls stfu.
In where robo shogun's head ?
“you can just replace your teeth” she and venti built different 💀 she’d die from desserts and he’d die from liquor
and zhongli from being too broke 😭
Zhongli will take 6 hours to brew a tea
@@JayneCJX well it's reasonable since he's perfecting the tea to balance it out or just to make a drunk sober fast.
@@getawaycar23 I never understood how he's always broke. Doesn't he own a business? What the hell does he ask to receive as payment lmao
@@kursor52 he doesnt own a business, hes not broke but he always forgot his wallet since he never had the need to carry it around as an archon, old habit dies hard
I've been dying to talk about this. The difference between the Raiden Shogun and Ei can be heard in their voicelines, especially the desserts lines. Anne Yatco did an absolutely wonderful job with her duality
EXACTLY! Her voice is so sweet when she says 'desserts!' 😭😭
Now add in the story quest where she Voices the Shogun, Makoto and Ei and you can still hear the differences.
ITS THE SAME PERSON?
@@CheyButWhyYou couldn't notice?? I guess that's how you can tell a VA is god-tier
I love that they gave her 6 separate dialogues for the spice events, 3 for the puppet and 3 for Ei
Venti: drunk
Zhongli: Wrath of the rock
Baal: *autopilot mode*
😂😂😂😂
I think zhongli should be in the depressed old man section
Her name isnt Baal guys, that was another person :(
Venti: drunk
Zhongli: Retirement
Baal: autopilot mode
Yeah but not everyone knows this yet
Ei and Raiden's dialogue on food makes me just think of some comedy skit where Raiden is going on about how food is meaningless and she has no favorite, while Ei sticks her hand out of Euthymia, smacks her with a frying pan, and says "Desserts. It's Desserts."
one question. Does she keep it in her booba? because thats just added even more funnies in my head pfff
@@Missnightmare000 Seeing how her consciousness is inside the sword, obviously the hand and the frying pan comes out of the booba.
Actually scratch that. Make it a flying sword with a hand sticking out holding a frying pan smacking Raiden Shogun over the head.
Why would she even have a frying pan
She literally can't cook
@@JustAlex2000 I imagined it as, sword rapidly flies out of booba, hand with pan appears, SMACK
Considering Raiden said she doesn't need rest,she probably doesn't need food either.
Venti: Ehe
Zhongli: In terms of mora, we have no mora
Raiden shogun: mechanical whirring*
she also has no mora
@@iZetto1 [Sad Japanese broke robot sounds]
@@iZetto1 considering shes a god whos not under a mortal disguise or name im sure paying wont be of problem
@@iZetto1 she's still the ruler of her country so she doesn't actually need it compared to zhongli who actually needs money
@@mercuryenthusiast She has a treasure vault, but the tri commission is the one buy her stuff.
Venti:
Ehe~
ZhongLi:
In terms of mora… we have no mora.
Raiden Shogun:
:( Your Shogun ran into a problem and needs to restart!
10% Complete
Lol
If Shogun have trouble i think ei have to switch and govern her people for a while
EHE TE NANDAYO?
Not the dreaded BSOD 😂😂😂
Ah yes, Windows Hypostatis
You can see clearly the difference in the naming of the "Birth Date" and "Birthday" where the former is when the Raiden Shogun is talking and the latter is when Ei is talking. "Birth Date" sounding too technical, something a robot/puppet would say while "Birthday" is the normal casual one, something Ei would say
Copypasted the text in case people were curious about the difference
Birth Date
Is today the day of your creation? Return to the city with me. I will read out a speech for you in front of all my attendants. "Embarrassing"? ...Understood.
Birthday
Happy birthday! Let's celebrate together and make it a moment to remember for the whole year until your next birthday celebration, and so on and so forth. Then, you shall have an eternity of happiness.
@@LucDeTruc ty!
Everytime she says "Foolish question" I can't help but get reminded of Vergil's "Foolishness, Dante. Foolishness"
*MOTIVATED*
I wish the next crossover they will add vergil to genshin
A man of culture I see
Yep. I can see that.
i mean, in her boss battle she literally just did a Judgement Cut.
I like Ei so much. Wish we could do her story many times i love it lol
SAAAME 😭😭
Agreed
I was disappointed that we didn't get to visit the bath house. I also want a redo.
@@himynameistommy445 Yes, Mihoyo add the Bath House plus Add Act 2 of Raiden Shougun love her story so much and Act 3 for Zhongli.
@@wolfstormwizard424 hold on we can actually visits the bath house?
Aether/Lumine: So what do you want to eat?
Raiden Shogun: the souls of the innocent-
Ei: SHE WANTS A BAGEL!
Raiden shogun : "NO!"
@@sarajayzie9385 Ei: Make it two Bagels
@@BiBiren "NOOOOOOO!"
This js like another Fischl /Oz .Like really.
TWO Bagels
Raiden Shogun: A robot pretending to be human
Ei: Basically Raiden Mei except she can't cook
Ei: raiden mei when she didn’t become a sinner
Raiden Ei. The M stands for master-chef, and thus she doesn't have it
Raiden mei if her kiana chan wasnt gonna die in 2 months
Raiden = mei + bronya?
UGH 😩
Things we currently know about the Known Archons:
They are all Broke AF
They are all Sad AF
And they are all secretly dorks.
I’m starting to see a pattern here....
Especially Baal atleast the other 2 kept up with their land but baal is like a mom trying a touchscreen phone for the first time
Thousands of years of living gives you some loose screws. Haha
Isnt dendro archon simbolize wisdom...so i dont know how they gonna make her dork...like a book worm?
@@rexarc2477 maybe she acts like a child because her brain can't handle this shitty world anymore. Or something ahaha
@@freshmilk7122 well she is dork on a boomer lvl..... Its part of the eternity...sge just shocked that everything change
It's like Raiden has a split personality you have the Shogun that will destroy you at the drop of a hat and you have Ei who would invite you to her place for tea.
*for desserts
Quite literally is. This video is already spoilers but here is some more.
Spoilers
The actual person in the game people interact with is a literal puppet the Electro archon made a long time ago. Having given up her physical form for her pursuit for eternity she made the puppet to maintain that pursuit while containing her actual personality in her own personal world which is basically her own mind. So yes two personalities because the outer one is literally just a husk following its programing, while the inner one is an actual person.
Well, switch.
@@windstar120025 In which *SPOILERS*
Makes you think that Raiden (not Ei), Scaramouche and Katherine are androids since they're both made with advanced technology lost to time (ancient city that got destroyed by the gods)
@@superbeaner4428 i don't know if they're androids or just clones at this point
Ive gotta say, Raiden Shogun has the strangest backstory for an archon so far.
But it's understandable especially that electro slime has two colors..
@@yuki48121 OMG I NEVER CONSIDERED THAT
@@yuki48121 ....I can't believe i never make that connection 😐
@@yuki48121 yeah one is light and one is dark so ei is kind and her puppet is evil
@@yuki48121 pls it took me a long time to realize that the yellow one is electro slime and not geo lmao
Venti: Alcoholic
Zhongli: Broke
Baal: Shut-in
She's a NEET
But all three of them are broke
@@saulgoodman7966 nope Ei can get mora from tri-commission unlike Venti & Zhongli the knights of favonius or the qixing dont even know who they are
@@sungjinwoo2832 ironic that the one she relies on for food is handled by ayato, who likes giving people strange food
This is not Baal
Venti: Drunk god
Zhongli: Poor god (in term of mora)
Ei: Shut in god who only comes out for food and light novels
And maybe photos
Dendro Archon: *Nervous Nerd Noises*
Pyro Archon: *Furious War Noises*
Hydro Archon: “I am Justice incarnate, and anyone who says otherwise will be sent to the Gulag.”
Cryo Archon: “Everything is my property so no touchy.”
The archons are barely functional weirdos and nobody can tell me otherwise
I think they are all kind of a stereotype of the country their nation is inspired by lol
@@NekoSoren I mean... You're not wrong...
Raiden: *pulls out sword*
Ei: Put me back in I don't wanna get out
Cue tug of war as Ei (in sword form) tries pulling on the chest region of the puppet.
I love how raiden shogun is edgy and ei’s like “nah ignore her bullshit lol”
nah i don't care about ei the Raiden Shogun can dominate me all the time :3
🤨@@reg1019
Ei literally have a way more gentle and cute and cheerful voice than the shogun / the puppet
Raiden Shogun: Formal, intimidating, badass
Ei: Makes me die of sugar overdose from her sweetness🥺
Hahahahahhahahaha
She somehow reminds me of the Herscherr of Sentience from HI3 🤣
@@phoenixeclipse0212 wait same😭 YATTA
If she is "sweetness" does it mean she eat herself?
@@BOFRDASLEEPER Your comment made me realise how dirty my mind is...
If you noticed her dialogue has emotions, chances are Ei is the one who is speaking- not the puppet. The puppet is kinda edgy and mostly serious tbh. This will remove your confusion whether it's Ei or Shogun who is speaking.
It's actually quite easy to distinguish who's speaking if you're using the JP voicelines.
@@sen2815 yeah, Miyuki did a great job with that
@@Solace98 On the other hand, the fact that the differences between the puppet and Ei are subtle in the English dub makes explains as to why most people don't notice the differences.
@@albertrojas8585 Absolutely, the subtlety really works wonders.
@@sen2815 I am on the English version but I can still distinguish between Ei and the Shogun. Ei's lines are way more sweet and filled with emotion while Shogun is mechanical and cold. It's not that hard although I understand some people may find it difficult
So Ei programmed Shogun to be serious
So she can behave like a child all she wants
So cute
Also wise … is like .. man I don’t wanna go to work .. Imma create a doll that looks like me and will be serious at work
While in reality imma be chilling
For eternity
The Shogun only call Ei when she need help in a fight
She mainly did it to combat the erosion, which is the biggest threat to eternity.
she's basically meditating for about 500 years, so no chilling involved
@@GoingForth so in reality, she's just as lazy as venti?
Their dynamic is literally
"Someone will die." "Of Fun!!"
Ei/Shogun/Baal's dialogue makes my head hurt.
Ei/Shogun/beelzubul*
Baal was the sister
Edit: Baal was twin sister to Ei*
@@Stardust__ It's only Ei(God)/Shogun(Puppet). Beelzebul is her original name and she goes by Ei. Whereas Baal is her twin sister's original name and goes by Makoto.
Much like how Morax is the original name and goes by Lex Lapis with the mortal name of Zhongli.
@@Stardust__ just EI/Shogun, beelzebul is Ei, as baal was Makoto
@@Ali-cya ik that is what I intended to say, that baal is Ei's now deceased twin sister's name
@@Stardust__ funny how they write it to you , when you are right and the original comment is false xD
Raiden Shogun: *pull out the sword*
The Sword: Listen, you weren't supposed to say that.
The sword again: No no wtf stop!! Or else I will reboot you!! WAIT NOOOO!
I can actually see Ei trying to fix a error in the Raiden Shogun code while in her Plane
Ei:Damn it why wont it fix
@@Crammy_0505 When you can't fix it, try to whack it as hard as you can, it works on TV, so it probably works on this the same way, except you'll have to kick it.
@@andytan2960 where tho
@@andytan2960 lolz-polmao kinda like the cosmonaut in armageddon
I can see her pulling out a laptop
I love how her tone changes towards who is talking,when Shogun talks,she sounds serious and emotionless,but when Ei is talking her voice is still serious but with a bit more of softness and emotion,her EN VA did a really good work
Raiden Shogun: The battle shall begin.
Traveler: **brings a bunch of desserts**
Raiden Shogun: You fool...What are you going to do with that?
Traveler: ..I'll throw it one by on-
Raiden Shogun: nO WAIT-
Raiden: Begone
Traveler: Brings desserts
Ei: Desserts
"ignore the shogun, come straight in"
So basically comparing Ei and Raiden Shogun is basically like comparing normal Mei and Herrscher of Thunder Mei on the outside, got it. Now all we need is her meeting a Kiana face that's clingy to her and she'll undergo her cooking training arc!
too bad thats never happening since said kiana face is all of the archons bosses being the god of heavenly principles that smacked us into teyvat
Yae: I have been summoned
@@monokomomo4977 You can never be sure with Mihoyo. They might just do it and pull the twist in the end just to hurt our hearts again like they always do.
-plz no mihoyo-
@@InactiveTwig -Kallen- : "I sense a great wife around, must get her immediately"
Ei is like Mei without “M”akoto
"Cavities are no big deal, you can just replace your teeth." Guess there really is a big difference between archons and humans huh....
They create human bodies so yeah not much different
In real life you can replace your teeth it’s just really pricy
@@neige_lotus but not as good :(
Well you can get metal sockets drilled in to your jaw and have indestructible teeth screwed in irl so not impossible
@@rockinaether The problem is, they will fall out much faster than regular teeth if you don't bother to take care of them.
So the voice lines are actually the traveler greeting or asking our characters. Like "What's your favorite food?" and then they would answer respectively with what is in their voice line.
This aspect of the game confirms we won't get a playable character unless they become friendly with the traveler.
lolll
I mean technicallyyyyyyy, you can ask someone who hates you what's their favorite food, and they would still answer. Answer would still be "What's it to you?" or "Piss off", but they're still anwers.
@@Luzeldon How about their voiceline when reaching Friendship Level 6, "More About (Character's name): V'.
Idk but sometimes i feel like characters are talkin to me especially on birthdays😂❤
If Raiden can clone herself you got to ask who is making copies of Katherine for the adventurer's guild throughout teyvat? Its either one of the harbingers doing or Katherine is actually a clone/puppet of someone important.
Pretty sure it’s Alice, Klee’s mother
*Adventure Archon*
No, if you remember Katheryne told us when we arrived in Inazuma that there aren't three different clones but it's just her teleporting or something like that. I don't remember the exact dialogue but it was something like
Traveller: Katheryne..??
Katheryne: Have you seen three Katherynes at the same place at the same time?
Then she went on to imply that there's only one so it's safe to assume she keeps porting from one place to another
@@edgelord6094 are you seriously buying her bullshit? lol even she admits to us how ridiculous it is. plus its already clear that nobody in Teyvat can use the teleport waypoint. and if Katheryne does know and how to use teleport waypoints when she is even more suspicious than i thought.
@@patricksusulin9335 Well idk man, i just wrote that because the above person mentioned 'clones' lol. Anything is possible in Teyvat
No wonder Ei give a vision to Fischl and Razor. They are very similar having someone something that represent themselves outside of themselves.
Archons don't give visions.
@@howtogitgud Ei says they don’t in her voice lines.
@@oceanicking8988
Mate not a single electro vision was given after the vision hunt decree started.
@@mirzahamzabaig5667 Read. Her. Voice. Lines.
@@oceanicking8988
Not enough friendship so I guess I'll read it once her Friendship is lvl4
Don't you love how Ei sounds like a programmer who found a bug but doesn't know which line of code is causing the error?
Edit: ok ok, I fixed her name. Yes, I know she isn't baal, but do you have any ideia how hard is to comprehend progression when we spend an eternity calling her "Baal"?
Ps: yes, I am proud of this "smart joke"
No wonder she's so relatable...
hilarious 🤣
Ei is the backend and Raiden Shogun is the buggy frontend.
Not that far from the truth to be honest
Except she's not Baal lol
Reading the comments is sad. How are y'all so confused about everything. Baal had a twin sister. The sister's name was Makoto, the baal we know now is named Beelzebul or Ei. They served as the archon together. When Makoto died it left Ei to be the sole electro archon/Baal. Calling them both Baal would be correct since the people of inazuma never knew they were twin gods and called both Baal. The current baal (Ei) created a robot/copy of herself which serves as shogun in her place. The copy/robot is what she calls shogun. The playable Baal we the player play as is either Ei or it is her copy Shogun. That is why her answers are different. Some answers are by the copy and others are answered by Ei herself.
Ei use her spear sooo i have a teory
When we use the spear we are Ei and in the full power(when we use a sword) is the shogun raiden her attacks are more faster and are like anger then the spear part
I am disappointed too, Yae literally said "They are one" which makes the term Baal really valid.
@@mizuki_moon. spoilers to the archon quest
In the second stage of Ei fight, she uses her sword. So she also uses it, also she defeated Orobashi (snake god, not sure how to write it's name) with her sword
@@chongyunwithdiarrhea3880 exactly. I've seen so many comments of people saying that we shouldn't call Ei Baal because Baal was her sister. People didn't listen to the fact that they were both Baal lol
@@mizuki_moon. (possible spoilers)
Honestly, based on the voicelines, and since Ei is inside the sword, we probably have both teh Shogun puppet and Ei herself. No idea if they swap or if we just talk to Ei from the sword too (as she called us in her quest)
Another nice detail is that when you place Shogun in your teapot her personality is cold towards you. But after you complete Ei's unlockable story quest Shogun becomes Ei in teapot thus changing the overall interactions(not that shogun has much interactions available to begin with).
Raiden sounds like a very strike woman that kids would avoid like the gross veggies.
Ei on the other hand sounds like a sweet heart that just what to be your friend.
I wouldn’t be surprise if Ei created a puppet version of Venti.
Ngl would be interesting to see a version of venti taking things...too seriously
Oh god
@@cyantile5490 oh god.. tornados everywhere
@@N4b.f.r And if she made a Zhongli puppet? Or of the Seven?? Damn. The Archon puppets would be the ultimate war machines. Unfeeling, staying fixed to their protocol, no remorse. Inazuma would be the next Khaenri'ah.. LMAO
@@Miguel23887 A Puppet Zhongli would actually bring his own Mora
my favorite voice line is when there’s clear weather, both her personalities really stand out there
Me see Ei : "Wow she actually cute man"
Me see Shogun : "OKY CHILL CHILL I'M JUST KIDDING NO NEED TO BE THAT MAD MY QUEEN"
“Shotgun”
I’m gonna assume that this is intentional.
@@RandomPerson-cm2wg LMAO
@@hiuwu4896 Why'd you edit it out? It worked perfectly.
@@LoncusZhao ahahhaha i didn't mean to edit bcz i though i put it as wrong pronounce ( forget I'm bad at english :') )
If there was a possible chance to remove Ei from Raiden Shogun and her having a new artificial body, then there's no trouble obliterating RS.
"Once the snow is thick enough, we can eat it"
"You can just replace your teeth anyway"
Immortals sure have ,,, _interesting_ outlooks regarding food consumption
Not the Xiao line about snow
Wait he eats something other than Almond Tofu? how?
I seem to recall Albedo eating spiders too, isn't that thing? What the heck is wrong with immortals in this game
In her name card, it was mentioned:
"Not simply Ei, and not merely the Raiden Shogun. Observe yourself also with one stormy eye, and you will someday reach a breakthrough."
So our pulled char in fact are both, some of the voice lines are from Ei, some from the Raiden Shogun.
In her personal quests, Traveler also asked her about if Raiden Shogun is her, Ei said yes, as she never intended to give Inazuma control to someone else.
So yes, it is in fact better to think Ei split her mind and put in both.....
When your gap moe is so eternally vast that you have a separate form.
Gap moe??
@@kryless7775 Basically the cuteness in the difference of a person's personality if certain conditions are met, usually if they are with someone they really trust.
@@shadowtakagami3506 kinda like the duality in noun-dere so moe-dere
In this voice line aether tells ei that he is falling star
He's Lucifer...makes sense considering paimon is his most loyal servant
How the name of the god of light and wind is lucifer
@@likeomega6136 iirc, lucifer have the meaning of "lightbringer" right? idk about wind tho
Lumine... Light...
@@itsy3209 and lumine is literally just light
Man I’m falling for Ei the more i learn about her.
Fuckin same
IFKR MY GUY. I am a mega simp for her now. Soft ei protection squad
@@edgelord6094 present!
@@itsamistakenotamasterpeice6165 you got the source for your profile picture? it’s adorable
@@edgelord6094 Goswami ji control lol
You know, ever since we learned that she was called the "Raiden Shogun", I've been wondering why she's called the "shogun" and not the "emperor/empress" because a "shogun" implies that they are the one actually leading the nation for the emperor/empress, the latter of which is merely a figurehead. Then the revelation that the physical Raiden Shogun we see in the real world is actually a puppet happened, and then I realized the connection.
Ei is the "emperor" - she is technically the leader of the nation but leaves most if not all the work to the puppet. She is the symbol of Inazuma and everyone recognizes her as such.
Meanwhile, the puppet is the "shogun", as she is acting on the behalf of Ei herself. Not to mention that shoguns are military leaders as well, and we can see how the shogun compares to Ei when it comes to duels/battles. Ei does not kill if it isn't necessary, but the shogun is a bit less merciful. The shogun is also more serious and emotionless compared to Ei herself, as expected of a military leader, as well.
This just blow my mind
Her constellation supports this, imperiatrix umbrosa translates to shadow empress.
Mihoyo CEO: OK guys, we need to find a name for the "Second personality" (haven't done the quest yet, so I don't know how they call Ei in game) of the Shogun
That developer: What about we call it Mei.... But the M is silent??
Mihoyo CEO:... You're a genious!!
The gap moe is strong in this one. If it wasn't for the fact that the two are technically two different people, she would almost reach Barghest's level of gap moe.
Ah, I see you're a master as well.
Barghest huh, I see you are a man of culture as well.
Barghest? I see... You've been through hell as well.
“You can just replace your teeth!”
Wait. Did you…?
Considering she is using a puppet body.... she prolly can just replace them
She can use dentures cuz the puppet can't eat
"She's not broken"
That line had me cracking
0:47 bruh, the excitement
Now I understand why we have 2 Electro Slimes and almost all characters "summon things", the duality of the Archon.
Wait ur right so far i think only Beidou doesnt spawn anything
@@arek.k8688 her ult effect takes on the shape of small chinese dragons, i suppose that could be counted
Keqing?
@@devilsadvocate9013 for a split second in her ult she clones herself several times
Raiden Shogun = Eula + Noelle.
Soooo true!!!
@@dr.bubbles You're here too!? Of course you would.....
@@elimDBZ there are multiple fake ones
@@elimDBZ It's one of the many cousins
Plus Catherine.she is a robot puppet afterall.
I KNEW SHE WAS SOFTIE FROM THE START I LOVE HER 💜
@Identity 2050 speaking of which, what happened to her after confrontation with signora? Is shr alright?
@@joshramirez997 she fucking clapped signora literally turns her to dust
@@kimssamuu9963 I think he means Sara not shogun:))
@@kimssamuu9963 no, she meant what happened to Sara after the confrontation with Signora. During the cutscene, Sara is kinda just laying there as if she is unconscious/dead and doesn’t ever appear again after that. However, Sara’s voice lines suggest that she is fine
You don’t know how much I love Ei. She is just the cutest!
0:15 "Cavities are no big deal - you can just replace your teeth."
based af
Venti: The Drunkard
Zhongli: The Poorman
Ei: The Hikikomori
Ei: "Happy Birthday!"
Me: "I've been waiting for so long to hear those lines!"
I still haven't beat everything but my theory was baal looked herself away partially in her mind to protect herself the trailer made me think this more. Not sure if I'm right yet lol.
Actually the lady in the trailer was her Twin sister, the real Baal. Electro archon before she died.
She locked herself away because she wanted solitude and to preserve eternity.
An example Yae gave us is that Raiden thought if she left to go to the plane of euphemia without saying goodbye to Yae, their friendship would forever remain as she left it. Unchanging and eternal
Spoilers:
There are two original Electro archons. They are twins. Baal as the main archon and Ei the shadow. Baal died 500years ago so Ei took the whole job but she made a puppet to be on the surface world while she eternaly meditates on her euthymia. The inazuman doesnt know this.
@@Written_in_the_Starss Well a few know that but yes
@@Written_in_the_Starss Baal’s name was Makoto,and Ei’s goddess name was Beelzebul,or something like that.
@@Written_in_the_Starss We now know why there's is 2 type of electro slimes.
Wait, does that mean Venti is aware of Ei this whole time? Damn he's good, makes sense that he's the weakest archon but is still relevant even now
He was a spirt I think he has some sort of sense when people use the technique she did
i can't help but think he's just playing to be the weakest archon i mean he won the archon war and literally threw mountains everywhere
@@DaffaTemiyah tbh the way he won was with one of the competitors getting killed by a rebellion and the other comitting suicide.
@@DaffaTemiyah He's considered the weakest because of what he stands for and how it opposes the method of how an Archon should function. Venti is the God of Freedom, famously he freed Mondstadt from Decarabian's tyranny at the cost of his bard friend dying so he assumed the form of his bard friend, whom we know is called Venti, so that he could at least keep playing the lyre. But as the God of Freedom he doesn't directly rule over his nation like Morax or Baal do with Liyue and Inazuma. According to Venti himself, an Archon's power is by his capacity to rule the city, but since he stands for freedom he doesn't rule his nation, so in comparison to the other Seven who rule their nations directly like Morax used to before becoming Zhongli, and like Baal (Beelzebul but that's a complicated story) currently does as the Raiden Shogun, he's the weakest. But in his glory days he could play his lyre and channel such strong winds that it reshaped mountains and blew the cold ice away. He blessed Dvalin with enough power to take down the dragon Durin, whose corpse later became part of the mountain we know as Dragonspine.
Now he's a drunk bard, but I'm pretty sure walking around playing music for wine and watching his people be free is something he wants more than to rule over them
I kinda expected he will be relevant to the story. like making a prank at Raiden shogun by using a fake Vision. I mean he did pulled a prank at zhongli at the expense of both Lieyu and mondstadt
0:10
im in _LOVE_ with how she said this line
I like Ei's Personality way more than The Raiden shogun's personality I wish we could pick which one she was using in the over world
"I Want you to tell the Different with this Picture and This Picture"
"There are *Not* the same Picture"
Raiden Shogun reminds me of Princess Luna from MLP: friendship is magic in a way. Back when it used to air on TV, with her tone of voice and mannerisms🤣
finally! i have been waiting for someone else to say this!
yeah, it is unusually similar, despite having different voice actresses, almost everything is identical about both of their voices, except that luna sounds a little... more harsh?
I like how she switches between an ice cold dictator who can kill anyone with a blink of an eye and the cute confused childish archon who has been frozen in time for too long
Venti: drunk femboy
Zhongli: Broke ass
Ei: **windows start-up sound**
She also sounds different in the teapot before you do the Archon Quest
0:59 even thought today isn't my birthday I dont know why I cry when I heard she said this
Ei really turned on autopilot and forgot where the button was to turn it off.
THE WAY SHE SAYS "DESSERTS" (0:11) MAKES ME SMILE SO HARD ISTG-
This whole situation is absolutely insane and I can't help but laugh my ass off because of how insane it is
Ei: One dango milk please
Shogun: There are only two kinds of fo-
Ei: Two dango milk please
the playable one is just a puppet that ei is controlling
I think Ei is not controlling the Shogun continuously. It's more like she leaves the Shogun on automatic pilot
I think it's left to the player to decide, considering the Baal in the teapot is explicitly stated to be Ei, whereas the playable has both "shogun" and "Ei" like dialogue for everything.
Even opening chests.
I personally think it’s a combination of Ei walking around, and the Shogun puppet doing the fighting.
@@AnArtistInAVoid nah I think it's more like she has two personalities one that's Ei that's more self aware and knows of the other personality which is Shogun.
idk
So temporarily disabling many of her functions.
That wouldn't including cooking would it?
Can't disable something that wasn't ever enabled in the first place
in my teapot, i put Ei in the kitchen
the puppet probably never needed to cook, and Ei that spent eternity meditating never learned how to
Can’t disable something that she wasn’t able to do in first place
@@anonnymus3652 she's gonna set fire on the main building
"I just don't see how desserts can pose a serious obstacle to my pursuit of Eternity."
Has this girl heard of diabetes?
Seeing as she tells you to just replace your teeth when you have cavities, she'll just tell you to produce more insulin or replace your pancrease when you have diabetes lmao
Morax and Ei having a tea party inside while Venti fights Puppet Raiden over a dandelion wine
With each god, the story gets more and more complicated…
Venti: dead friend, pet dragon, freedom, weak god
Zhongli: war, adepti, contract, makes money, old god
Raiden: Makoto, Scaramouche, eternity, puppet, Auto pitot, plane of euthymia, war…
Ye
Ei is literally the best person you'll ever meet, then there's the Shogun..
I instantly fell for Ei after learning her true personality. She's so sweet!
"we have been trying to contact you with the Raiden Shogun's extended warranty."
-the Fatui trying to scam Ei
1:26 what eternal happiness is she talking about 🤤🤤
All the archons in a nutshell:
Venti: Where is da wine and ehe....
Zhongli: So...... I forgot my wallet again...
Ei: Cakes for days and also autopilot on puppet go brrrrrrrr
Also when you have her, the one you play with is the shogun and if you invite her inside the serenitea pot is Ei
Little details ^^
my headcanon is that she cant cook because her constant personality switching would disrupt her flow, thus burn down the kitchen
I was really surprised talking with Ei in her story quest. She is super nice!
I just finished this quest. It’s so heartbreaking, but also heartwarming. Ei has opened up.
I like Ei's personality. It's more humanly like. I mean that even if she can be fierce, she still has normal feelings and can like things (such as desserts). Shogun's personality is cool too, but it's more like a programed robot, never changing.
Isn’t Baal her sister who died during the war of the archons? Ei being the current electro archon aka Raiden Shogun?
Yeah shes Beelzebu Baal is her dead sister.
yea
Baal died in khaenriah not the archonwar
But Baal is also the title referring to the two of them, so it's not technically wrong when someone call her Baal
baal is still correct as the people of inazuma still addresses her that way because they see the twins as one and just carried on.
When u first met her: Ei personality*
When u marry her: Shogun personality*
Ei: D E S S E R T S !
I swear. How she said it brought a smile to my face.
"eternity of happiness" - so cute
Ei's voice is soo calming
Ei is Beelzebub
Makoto is Baal
Baal is already passed away (Zhongli said)
Ei is cutie
Shogun (puppet) is kuudere
Scaramouche (male version puppet Shogun, under control of Fatui) is an annoying brat
Baal was the name given to both of them collectively to be fair. People didn't know there was more than one shogun. So Baal and Raiden shogun were collective names for them both. But ye Beelzebub is the ideal name to refer to her by
Raiden Ei , Raiden Makoto , Raiden Shogun and Raiden Scaramouche
Well normal people still said Ei is Baal, and Baal is One, but it actually 2 and 1 is dead but the Kagemusha still live. The Beelzebub.
Ei have a hard time to accept it that many people still refer her as Makoto (it seems like a Princess Principal plot but 1 princess is death in this story)
@@brivleaks8706 How i see them:
Best Waifu, dead sister, robot girl, fandango themed flat earther
@@brivleaks8706 Scaramouche’s real name I think is Kunikuzushi? It’s from Ei’s voice line
main point: Ei’s personality is hotter
Honestly, kudos to Anne Yatco to voice both Ei and the Raiden Shogun, and also Makoto (Ei's twin sister), three incarnations of the Electro Archon (Makoto as the first, Ei as her shadow and twin, the Shogun as Ei's standby physical replacement) and managing to keep them apart in both tone of voice and personality to let us know who is in charge in every scene. Seriously, it's amazing.
Fun fact : she also voices Shouta, who asks the local deities to let his school tests bounce in exchange of sweets XD
I saw a comment before, it says "I think Baal will show a soft side of herself at the end of the Archon quest"
That comment was right
“You can just replace your teeth” - Ei
Several months later: “BREAKING NEWS, scientists have noticed a strange correlation between Genshin Impact players and a rising need for extractions and dentures” 😅😅