A interesing fact about Hu Tao's constellation is based of a old chinese poem called Yufue, which got lost because of the english translation. Yufue are poems in a folk-song lyrical and there's found on each of her stars names. The butterflies gather upon the blooming spider lilies, (C1) With ominous clouds above, foretelling a returning rain, their minds stirred unrestful (C2) Unknowingly harvest that poisonous rouge (C3), they slumber along in the chamber of flowers (C4) I sigh as I burn the flowers as a parting incense (C5) May the fleeting aroma be with those ghostly wings (C6)
28:05 I think you already know this, but the origin of the 'Hilisong' is actually quite dark, it is basically the parody version of a Chinese nursery rhyme about 10 little rabbits who... met a horrible fate (I found it on reddit). She uses 'Hilichurl' instead of 'rabbit' in her song in the CN version. "The 1st rabbit got ill, The 2nd rabbit came to see him; The 3rd rabbit collected herbs (for the 1st), The 4th rabbit decocted (the herbs); The 5th rabbit died, The 6th rabbit carried (his coffin)." ________________________________________ (this is the part not included in her version) ________________________________________ "The 7th rabbit dug a hole, The 8th rabbit buried (the 5th rabbit); The dark forest, the little tombstone, was the rabbit's cold body; There were no more lament and crying. The sun rose slowly, The 9th rabbit was grief-stricken; The 10th rabbit asked why, The 9th rabbit said: the 5th rabbit would never come back!" Quoting the reddit, "The lyrics imply that the 5th Hilichurl/rabbit was killed and used as a 药引 (an ingredient added to enhance the efficacy of a dose of medicine) to cure the 1st Hilichurl/rabbit."
I really appreciate you doing these Lore read for us despite you having mild dyslexia. It doesn't seem to be an easy task but you powered through every time like a champ. Thank you.
The voice over about name, in Spanish it says: Hu spells like 'JUro que enterraré a Qiqi' (I swear I will bury Qiqi) And Tao like when Qiqi says 'Pero si ya me han maTAO' (But I've been killed already). Notice that the real spelling for that word is 'matado', but in talking Spanish, is quite normal to bad spell words ending in 'ado' as 'ao', in this case 'matao'. So it's quite a joke itself (as Hu Tao intended). Shutout to Spanish translators, they are doing an excellent job, not only in this voice line, but in the whole game. 👏🏻
23:58 This is one of the lines that had to be localized because it's harder to translate jokes and puns and having it make sense. CN: 胡桃的胡是胡吃海喝的胡，胡桃的桃却不是淘气的淘！嘿嘿…不、不好笑吗 The Hu in Hu Tao is the Hu in Huchihaihe (idiom meaning to eat and drink gluttonously using the same Hu character), but the Tao in Hu Tao is not the Tao in Taochi (mischievous/naughty; same pronunciation but differect character). I think the humor in this is that one would expect that her name is the same character as mischievous since she's such a mischievous character. JP: 胡桃の「ふ」はおふざけの「ふ」、胡桃の「た」はぐーたらの「た」！…え、面白くない？ (Hu Tao is Fuutao in Japanese) The Fu in Fuutao is the Fu in ofuzake (joke/playfulness/kidding around), and the Ta in Fuutao is the Ta in guutara (lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer). I think the humor here comes from the fact that just like Chinese, this kind of statements are intended to tell people what Chinese characters (kanji) are used to write their names. However, her statement says nothing about the kanji used in her name. I think the funniest part about this is that Hu Tao's full name 胡桃 is the same Chinese characters for "Walnut", so she could've easily said "my name is spelled the same way as a walnut". Or assuming people already know her surname, she can just say that her given name (Tao) is the same character as "Peach".
I mean, hutao talking to stone statues may attribute to her ability to see and interact with spirits and ghosts. Maybe she isn't as lonely as we all think and someone is keeping her company at all times. lmao
I always assumed that the 76th Director was a random undertaker that took the position until Hu Tao was old enough to become Director. I don't know if Liyue would allow a 13-year-old to command such an important establishment with that long of a legacy haha
27:08 If I'm not mistaken, in the Japanese version her intonation here suggests that she knows something. In this one she sounds like she genuinely doesn't know anything. In the Japanese version she's more like: yo keep me out of this, w-why do you think I would know
I am not sure if anyone noticed but her motifs are butterfly or flower based. Her name sounds like the Chinese word for butterfly, and her title "Fragrance in Thaw" refers to the fragrance of thawing plum blossoms after a spring snow - which is why she has a 5 petaled plum blossom on her hat.
When I read her lore, I thought that her grandpa the 75th director retired and then her father (or whoever) took over as the 76th and then by the time the grandpa dies, Hu Tao became the next director.
28:05 About 75th to the 77th director, according to my understanding from the CN version, it means from the 75th generation to the 77th generation. The position transferred from generation to generation. I hope this explains.
I don't have Hu Tao and never took the time to read her story online... If I did before the lantern rite, I would understand much better her relation with poetry and Xingqiu.
Yep, that's my girl. I love her enough to skip Venti. VENTI. He was the banner next to her and I just had to pull for her cuz I liked her design and personality so much. Her demo sold me even more 😌💖💕
@@giancarlourielmarpa6037 true. I just pointed out that Hu Tao doing rap is not something just new in 3.4, but already in his character story long before
hi, new viewer here! thank you for these videos, it's really fun diving deep into the character lore like this! i was wondering if you're only going to upload these kinds of videos for only the five star characters or will you do four star characters too like kaeya or lisa?
I have. There will be a video around the Version 2.5 content where I read the favor text of all inventory items, so we'll get to uncovering more lore through those!
For me, her english voice is good but the way her character is portrait feels a bit off, and many of her characterization and dialogues are lost in translation.
A interesing fact about Hu Tao's constellation is based of a old chinese poem called Yufue, which got lost because of the english translation. Yufue are poems in a folk-song lyrical and there's found on each of her stars names.
The butterflies gather upon the blooming spider lilies, (C1)
With ominous clouds above, foretelling a returning rain, their minds stirred unrestful (C2)
Unknowingly harvest that poisonous rouge (C3),
they slumber along in the chamber of flowers (C4)
I sigh as I burn the flowers as a parting incense (C5)
May the fleeting aroma be with those ghostly wings (C6)
The attention of detail is amazing
Whoaaa thats amazing, thanks for that. Had no idea
28:05 I think you already know this, but the origin of the 'Hilisong' is actually quite dark, it is basically the parody version of a Chinese nursery rhyme about 10 little rabbits who... met a horrible fate (I found it on reddit). She uses 'Hilichurl' instead of 'rabbit' in her song in the CN version.
"The 1st rabbit got ill,
The 2nd rabbit came to see him;
The 3rd rabbit collected herbs (for the 1st),
The 4th rabbit decocted (the herbs);
The 5th rabbit died,
The 6th rabbit carried (his coffin)."
________________________________________
(this is the part not included in her version)
________________________________________
"The 7th rabbit dug a hole,
The 8th rabbit buried (the 5th rabbit);
The dark forest, the little tombstone,
was the rabbit's cold body;
There were no more lament and crying.
The sun rose slowly,
The 9th rabbit was grief-stricken;
The 10th rabbit asked why,
The 9th rabbit said: the 5th rabbit would never come back!"
Quoting the reddit, "The lyrics imply that the 5th Hilichurl/rabbit was killed and used as a 药引 (an ingredient added to enhance the efficacy of a dose of medicine) to cure the 1st Hilichurl/rabbit."
I really appreciate you doing these Lore read for us despite you having mild dyslexia. It doesn't seem to be an easy task but you powered through every time like a champ.
Thank you.
The voice over about name, in Spanish it says:
Hu spells like 'JUro que enterraré a Qiqi' (I swear I will bury Qiqi)
And Tao like when Qiqi says 'Pero si ya me han maTAO' (But I've been killed already).
Notice that the real spelling for that word is 'matado', but in talking Spanish, is quite normal to bad spell words ending in 'ado' as 'ao', in this case 'matao'. So it's quite a joke itself (as Hu Tao intended).
Shutout to Spanish translators, they are doing an excellent job, not only in this voice line, but in the whole game. 👏🏻
23:58 This is one of the lines that had to be localized because it's harder to translate jokes and puns and having it make sense.
CN: 胡桃的胡是胡吃海喝的胡，胡桃的桃却不是淘气的淘！嘿嘿…不、不好笑吗
The Hu in Hu Tao is the Hu in Huchihaihe (idiom meaning to eat and drink gluttonously using the same Hu character), but the Tao in Hu Tao is not the Tao in Taochi (mischievous/naughty; same pronunciation but differect character). I think the humor in this is that one would expect that her name is the same character as mischievous since she's such a mischievous character.
JP: 胡桃の「ふ」はおふざけの「ふ」、胡桃の「た」はぐーたらの「た」！…え、面白くない？ (Hu Tao is Fuutao in Japanese)
The Fu in Fuutao is the Fu in ofuzake (joke/playfulness/kidding around), and the Ta in Fuutao is the Ta in guutara (lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer). I think the humor here comes from the fact that just like Chinese, this kind of statements are intended to tell people what Chinese characters (kanji) are used to write their names. However, her statement says nothing about the kanji used in her name.
I think the funniest part about this is that Hu Tao's full name 胡桃 is the same Chinese characters for "Walnut", so she could've easily said "my name is spelled the same way as a walnut". Or assuming people already know her surname, she can just say that her given name (Tao) is the same character as "Peach".
I mean, hutao talking to stone statues may attribute to her ability to see and interact with spirits and ghosts. Maybe she isn't as lonely as we all think and someone is keeping her company at all times. lmao
I always assumed that the 76th Director was a random undertaker that took the position until Hu Tao was old enough to become Director. I don't know if Liyue would allow a 13-year-old to command such an important establishment with that long of a legacy haha
27:08 If I'm not mistaken, in the Japanese version her intonation here suggests that she knows something. In this one she sounds like she genuinely doesn't know anything. In the Japanese version she's more like: yo keep me out of this, w-why do you think I would know
Lantern rite, pretty much implied she is suspect Zhongli as something more than meets the eye.
@@triggerfairy4070 yeah she definitely knows
@@Grey-vp5db At least she knows he's some kind of adeptus. As of his identity as Rex Lapis, I'm not sure.
Wow the timing with Hu Tao being right around the corner! Very excited to watch this as I will be wishing to get Hu Tao so I wanna know more about her
23:58 Somebody introduce Hu Tao to Cyno, please!
I am not sure if anyone noticed but her motifs are butterfly or flower based. Her name sounds like the Chinese word for butterfly, and her title "Fragrance in Thaw" refers to the fragrance of thawing plum blossoms after a spring snow - which is why she has a 5 petaled plum blossom on her hat.
omg perfect timing!
*Perfect Butterfly. Perfect Timing.*
Coincidence? I think NOT! :)
When I read her lore, I thought that her grandpa the 75th director retired and then her father (or whoever) took over as the 76th and then by the time the grandpa dies, Hu Tao became the next director.
28:05 About 75th to the 77th director, according to my understanding from the CN version, it means from the 75th generation to the 77th generation. The position transferred from generation to generation. I hope this explains.
I don't have Hu Tao and never took the time to read her story online...
If I did before the lantern rite, I would understand much better her relation with poetry and Xingqiu.
Yep, that's my girl. I love her enough to skip Venti. VENTI. He was the banner next to her and I just had to pull for her cuz I liked her design and personality so much. Her demo sold me even more 😌💖💕
I really love everything about Hu Tao…except her playstyle
I love Hu Tao aaaaa
(spoiler for the 3.4 lantern rite quest)
So Hu tao do a rap in the latest lantern rite with Xinyan is already in her character story...
He already saw that, and we pretty much knew from the 3.4 trailer that it would happen
@@giancarlourielmarpa6037 true. I just pointed out that Hu Tao doing rap is not something just new in 3.4, but already in his character story long before
she is so great love her do not have her though.
deym... its kinda sad that a lot of her reference is lost to localizations...
If you like Hu Tao you should watch Redflaim's video about her design ruclips.net/video/w0bA_JSkxeg/видео.html
hi, new viewer here! thank you for these videos, it's really fun diving deep into the character lore like this! i was wondering if you're only going to upload these kinds of videos for only the five star characters or will you do four star characters too like kaeya or lisa?
We need a friend like Hu Tao in our life for real 😩
5:27 I'm a bit sad that these poems do not have the same impact as in the chinese version.
I'm welcoming her cons this upcoming banner✨✨✨
My favorite character easily
She's great! I love Hu Tao!
Have you read the description of the highest level of pyro crystals (ascention ones)? They have a reducted word in the description which is hella sus.
I have. There will be a video around the Version 2.5 content where I read the favor text of all inventory items, so we'll get to uncovering more lore through those!
Her pops retired early
My main hu tao aiyaya
For me, her english voice is good but the way her character is portrait feels a bit off, and many of her characterization and dialogues are lost in translation.
Those lions statues are actually adepti, they chose to become stone statues, to guard li yue
I think, i heard it somewhere
I will say she is very wise for her age. Lol I think she knows who these archons are but acts like she doesn't know 🤣