History VideoGame / GenshinImpact

* FlashyProtagonistsBlandExtras: A heavy case of this is present, where almost every single non-playable character, no matter how narratively important, is composed of interchangeable generic features on a base NPC model within their societal group and gender, while the playable and future-playable characters can be identified from a mile away with their colorful and/or extravagant designs. A few significant non-playable characters have unique alterations on a generic NPC model (such as Jiu aka [[spoiler:Azhdaha's child guise]]) or an outfit unique to them (such as Takuya and Azar) but rarely anything on par with the playable characters. The only exceptions are a privileged few {{Posthumous Character}}s like the Five Yakshas and some villains, who are not necessarily playable as [[spoiler: La Signora's death]] suggests

* FlashyProtagonistsBlandExtras: A heavy case of this is present, where almost every single non-playable character, no matter how narratively important, is composed of interchangeable generic features on a base NPC model within their societal group and gender, while the playable and future-playable characters can be identified from a mile away with their colorful and/or extravagant designs. A few significant non-playable characters have unique alterations on a generic NPC model (such as Jiu aka [[spoiler:Azhdaha's child guise]]) or an outfit unique to them (such as Takuya and Azar) but nothing on par with the playable characters.

* EvilWeapon: The Festering Desire is a cursed sword forged from the remains of the dark dragon Durin, yearns for life, can grow in power as you use it, and drips with a venom that can corrupt dragons. Albedo also mentions that it can corrupt the wielder's body (which [[GameplayAndStorySegregation does not happen in actual gameplay]]).
** The Prized Isshin Blade that features in Kaedehara Kazuha's Story Quest is this. [[spoiler:It's the BigBad of that storyline, taking DemonicPossession of Anenoma Yuuya's body and hunting down Kaedehara Kazuha so that the latter can use it to defeat the Raiden Shogun. It was originally forged in Snezhnaya by an exiled Isshin bladesmith who only wanted it to be used in real battle in the nation of his birth. In order to fulfill its mission, it used countless people as pawns, losing sight of its original goal along the way.]]

** The Aranara are a race of mystical plantlike spirits who reside in the secluded Mahavanaranapna in Sumeru, and are only visible to young children or adventurers who have received the blessing of Dendro. They are characterized by their very short height, simple and rotund body shape, a [[NiceHat cute leafy hat]] as well as facial features which look like a child doodled them on. They also have a youthful singing voice, a cutesy sound to their footsteps and are overall pleasant little creatures to be around who only wish for the well-being of the Traveler and the rainforest.

** The Scarlet King's desert civilisation was very technologically advanced, with automatons different to those of Khaenri'ah that can still be found in the desert.

* LostTechnology: Technologies such as teleport waypoints, Ruin Guards, and Ruin Hunters are remnants of a lost civilization.

** Prior to the events of Kaedehara Kazuha's Story Quest, the Kagotsurube Isshin was this. [[spoiler: It's the BigBad of that storyline, taking DemonicPossession of Anenoma Yuuya's body and hunting down Kaedehara Kazuha so that the latter can use it to defeat the Raiden Shogun. It was originally forged in Sneznayha by an exiled Kaedehara bladesmith who only wanted it to be used in real battle in the nation of his birth. In order to fulfill its mission, it used countless people as pawns, losing sight of its original goal along the way.]]

An anime adaptation directed by Creator/{{Ufotable}} has been announced on the 16th September 2022.

An anime adaptation directed by Ufotable has been announced on the 16th September 2022.

An anime adaptation directed by [[Creator/Ufotable Ufotable]] has been announced on the 16th September 2022.

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The Mini Seelie from the "Lost Riches" event--mainly the one you can buy after completing it, which takes the cute-amorphous-blob from the event and adds on squeaky baby noises and airborne frolicking.

** Players need to grind more Adventure Ranks to continue Archon Quests no matter how urgent the situation is. One of the more noticeable examples is when Venti tells you to hurry to Liyue else you'll miss the Rite of Decension... except you might need to spend a while grinding before you can attend.

** When Childe [[https://youtu.be/R225Aw9Gzqc?t=64 introduces himself]], Paimon first pronounces his alias like "child", but in another sentence, she pronounces it like "chill-day".

** Not even body type or animation set help that much. One of the most common body/animation sets in the launch game, the "young lady" set[[note]]used by Lumine, Amber, Fischl, Xiangling, Sucrose, Noelle, Barbara, Mona, Keqing, Ganyu, Hu Tao, Xinyan, Yun Jin, Yanfei, Ayaka, Yoimiya, Kokomi and Aloy[[/note]] features characters that run a whole spectrum of possible ages; they range from explicit {{Chuunibyou}} teenagers (Fischl) to characters of ''deliberately'' vague age for self-insertability (Lumine) to seemingly young adults who are still talented working professionals, albeit in the early days of their careers (Amber, Sucrose and Xiangling) and then all the way up to explicitly adult characters who are experts in their fields and even have major positions in governments (Keqing and Kokomi). It becomes incredibly difficult to put a number on these characters as a result — folks like Keqing and Sucrose ''feel'' like they should be adults from their backstories and character traits, but it's not hard to notice they're the same height as Fischl, who is explicitly a teenager.
** All the characters with the "child" set[[note]]used by Klee, Qiqi, Diona, Sayu, Dori, and Nahida[[/note]] seem like they should be the exception, but with the exception of Nahida (who is [[spoiler:a 500-year-old archon]]) and possibly Diona, they all have factors at play that make their true age difficult to tell. Klee is the only character with elf-like ears and is [[spoiler:confirmed via a message from her mother Alice to be part of a long-lived race.]] Qiqi, as stated above, is untold hundreds of years old and will never age beyond a child. Sayu ''is'' a child, but her fixation on growing taller to match all her friends implies she may actually be closer to a teenager than her appearance would suggest. Meanwhile, Dori owns a bunch of money as well as owning an entire palace with the implications being she got all that money from her job as a merchant which would be unlikely if she was just a child.

* NotRareOverThere: Previously, crabs were rather annoying to collect, as they don't spawn on every Mondstadt and Liyue shorelines. In contrast, Inazuman beaches are positively crawling with the critter, easing cooking recipes requiring crabs.

** Diona is a strange case; as a bartender, real world laws dictate she would have to be able to legally consume alcohol, and the Knights of Favonius Handbook says not to let minors inside taverns, [[FrequentlyBrokenUnbreakableVow but nothing prevents the Traveler (who everyone believes to not be of legal age) from stopping by the Angel's Share whenever they like]], and during an event where the Traveler is asked to brew drinks, the reason why they're limited to brewing non-alcoholic drinks isn't that the Traveler doesn't look old enough for the job, but rather that a previous mixer ended up making a GargleBlaster by mistake. Diona is actively trying to sabotage the alcohol industry, so she definitely doesn't drink wine, and the fact that she looks too young to drink is never dwelled on. This suggests that there's no law that actually prevents a minor from serving alcohol, so given that Diona is never implied to be an adult outside of this, it's probably safe to assume that she's as young as she looks.

* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Downplayed, but while there are more playable female characters than male playable characters, so far ''all'' playable male characters are some form of {{Bishonen}}.

** All the characters with the "child" set[[note]]used by Klee, Qiqi, Diona, Sayu, Dori, and Nahida[[/note]] seem like they should be the exception, but with the exception of Nahida (who is [[spoiler:a 500-year-old archon]]), they all have factors at play that make their true age difficult to tell. Klee is the only character with elf-like ears and is [[spoiler:confirmed via a message from her mother Alice to be part of a long-lived race.]] Qiqi, as stated above, is untold hundreds of years old and will never age beyond a child. Diona works as a bartender mixing drinks[[note]]You need to be of legal drinking age to be a bartender and Teyvat has a confirmed legal age[[/note]] and also has [[CatGirl Kätzlein]] ancestry with unclear effects on her biology aside from ears and a tail. Sayu ''is'' a child, but her fixation on growing taller to match all her friends implies she may actually be closer to a teenager than her appearance would suggest. Meanwhile, Dori owns a bunch of money as well as owning an entire palace with the implications being she got all that money from her job as a merchant which would be unlikely if she was just a child.

** Sumeru is surprisingly full of "Dreams", which is ironic since the citizens take pride that they never dream, seeing it as sign of irrational thought, unfit for the nation of "Wisdom". [[spoiler:This turns out to be a lie. The citizens don't dream because their dreams are being stolen, and the Dendro Archon states that dreams are a rich bundle of human wisdom. And a major world quest takes you adventuring with a race of nature spirits who speak a lot of dreams, and they live in a dream world version of Sumeru.]]

** Each chapter of the Archon Quest has one that corresponds to the country and its god in the story. The Prologue in Mondstadt has "freedom", the Chapter 1 in Liyue has "contracts", Chapter 2 in Inazuma has "eternity". Dialogue hints that Sumeru's chapter will have "wisdom", and Fontaine is set up to use "justice".

* AkashicRecords: In Sumeru, there's a database that anyone with a special earpiece can access known as Akasha. Using the power of the Dendro Archon, it taps into [[WorldTree Irminsul]] to access the combined knowledge and memories of the people of Sumeru. The end result [[{{Magitek}} is like Google searching using an external device]], and it can't answer every question as the knowledge available to the public is controlled by the Akademiya. [[spoiler: The Akademiya is using it to steal the dreams of the people of Sumeru so they can exploit the mind's enhanced ability to process information while dreaming.]]

* LivingMemory: [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Ghosts are this.]] They spring up along the path of Ley Line Disorders, which are disruptions in the roots of the WorldTree that contains the collective memories of the people of Teyvat, and therefore are technically memories themselves. At least one such ghost is aware of this and claims that this is a DistinctionWithoutADifference, suggesting that the [[OurSoulsAreDifferent soul]] is something closer to the sum of one's memories than an independent object.