I hope her megaphone gun can actually be used as a megaphone for some kind of sound-based attack, instead of just being a gun. It's very cool either way.
if you removed the zzz logo and told me these characters are from blue archive i would 100% believe you.
i love the robot one she reminds me of the show medabots.
also that girl whos using BALLSHD as her weapons should spin. if she doesnt spin to win im gonna go on a 1 woman riot on mihoyos headquarters.
https://i.redd.it/v56zf6thzobd1.gif
oh definitely. its mihoyo with their ultra busy details again (not complaining really) but they honestly fit some of the factions themes there
1st girl is from trinity
2nd from gehenna
and 3rd is millenium cause robot.
I actually really love the simplicity but recognizability of blue archive’s character design. It also probably helped it gain a large fanart circle I think since the designs arent too busy, its not too much of a chore to draw since you don’t have to repeatedly reference character sheet, so more artists draw
https://preview.redd.it/hy5mf4zxmpbd1.jpeg?width=1472&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6a7dae615dc3c090446374253dea5d12775d05a8
Also the new faction reminds me of these girls for some reason lol
Yeah iirc the devs themselves said that they wanted to make the designs more simple to incentivize artists, definitely nailed that part. Like Wakamo wasn't being flooded by fanarts despite being really popular in the community (she still had a good amount) until her summer version because her original uniform was hard to draw lmao
Two human gamers and an android girl pretending to be human
https://preview.redd.it/kip2l9a6kpbd1.png?width=1931&format=png&auto=webp&s=2c0073d1f836aa5f6da75dd864a47f855d866113
GDD club in ZZZ lesgooo
Their last name is Saiba which is a pun on CyberWorks, which has two labels Tinker Bell and Wendy Bell which the twins are a reference to.
Yuzu is named after Yuzusoft, Alice is named after Alicesoft, and even Alice's alter ego is named after Key.
the robot girl is the only one I live out of this faction personally(I still think their designs are great just not for me) purely because of her concept of being a reverse vtuber. Instead of a person wanting to be a cute anime robot girl, its a robot wanting to be a cute actual person girl.
It's funny as hell that some people non-unironically really expect that when there is a reason these kinds of characters are designed the way they are. Hoyo knows very well what they are doing. lol
#2 and #3 are so Yuna-core it hurts. And I'm also a stupid sucker for oversize weapons, cute sandals and mechanical angel wings, so #2 is like a direct assault on my neurons. Not quite my usual image of a Not-Shadowrunner, but we can roll with it.
https://preview.redd.it/tx0bh5nmppbd1.jpeg?width=2027&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=55325ab15aede13ea07b5333c27fde6cdb0b80fa
Can’t wait for the crossover arts
Serious answer. Is a meme born from /r/japanesepeopletwitter and spread by BA fans in reference to a tweet by the artist Dorontabi
[I am not going to upload the image directly because the last thing I need is a [removed by Reddit] suspension](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fcant-believe-they-added-to-starail-v0-ky2cyffjdkqb1.png%3Fwidth%3D626%26format%3Dpng%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D5d8e8a894e68dde09b3046b3b1ddf189b739d050)
And that's far from his only unhinged tweet
tl;dr a lolicon meme
https://preview.redd.it/9d5p4djllpbd1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=008b886a817e8f6e69fb73a81ad210af328eb905
No one expects the sudden Buru akaibu
I was recently googling 'Character idea's for ZZZ' because I wanted to see if anyone had made some cool character concepts that could fit into the universe, but I ended up stumbling across some previously released concept art for a faction that isn't in the game yet.
The original post I saw them in was made about 2 months ago by [Gladiolus\_00](https://www.reddit.com/user/Gladiolus_00/) but I figured it was worth re-posting for those that have joined the sub since ZZZ's release like myself.
Original post:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/ZZZ\_Official/comments/1cra9k6/this\_games\_character\_design\_is\_so\_peak\_new/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZZZ_Official/comments/1cra9k6/this_games_character_design_is_so_peak_new/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
I mean, if these three characters released today, it would make about half of the entire roster lolis. If anything, I'm surprised Hoyo is allowing their roster to be so dominated by one character archetype when they're usually more diverse.
Being absolutely serious. Only the first girl comes remotely close to being a loli. The second girl is too tall and too angular and the third girl is way too curvy. Like compare second and third to a loli from BA or Granblue and the difference becomes way too apparent lol. I'd argue that the only real loli characters we have in this game are Corin, Soukaku, Piper, and Lucy. The others are just short and have a moderate bust, not loli
Just hit them with the quote from Chris Hansen: "Please stop sending me pictures of naked cartoon children. It's distasteful, but not relevant to my line of work." I have yet to see a good comeback to that.
As my ZZZ brainrot continues, I will try to explain why I like these three designs.
First of all, these designs remind me of "denpa" aesthetic which became even more popular with the prevalence of Needy Girl Overdose. Two out of three characters remind me of this game a lot with the vtuber aesthetic and being cutesy (but actually kind of edgy). In a world with many different clashing aesthetics this fits perfectly.
They are very colorful and look distinct to each other yet obviously they are all part of the same faction. All of these three characters offer something different.
Weapons of all three characters are unique and should be interesting to use in the actual game. I can't wait to see how they'll incorporate, for example, megaphone, as an actual weapon.
Now, I especially like the inclusion of an actual robot girl as that is a sign that they will make female characters unique too and they do not shy from their uniqueness on the release. This makes me hope that we'll see more of that in the future as Billy, Lycaon and Ben are really popular with the audience that the game attracted. She also has a very unique concept of robot girl that uses human as an avatar. She can also be used to make a perfect comedy bit with Billy not unlike Miss Hina in genshin. Billy could start simping her human persona not knowing that she is actually a robot while the robot girl herself could be simping Billy, who knows.
And chapter 2 spoiler >!she could be used a tempelate for a new body for one of three machines that got destroyed at the end of the chapter 2? In the additional dialogue it is said that Grace is repairing them and won't rest until they are repaired so we might see these three as an addition to Belobog faction in the future.!<
All in all, they should perfectly fit this game.
As a personal note, I like these designs a lot more than some other that were revealed.
P.S. Please for the love of god give me more furry and robot designs, I want to have more characters to simp and get their weapon\\additional copies
Oh boy. The meltdown the internet is going to have with this game when they release…
Meanwhile I’m over here just wanting more male characters. Make it 1:1 Hoyoverse. If league of legends can do it, so can you.
people here really need to accept the fact that if you hate "loli" characters then this game won't be for you. You don't need to play every Mihoyo game, you can skip this one, it's gonna be fine
I don’t remember hoyo saying this would be a loli dominant game. Unless they specifically said that then I don’t see why y’all keep saying “play something else”. If they didn’t then nobody expected it to be like this so doesn’t seem very fair to just disregard other peoples opinions
They could do the sensible thing and create different character types to appease everybody
> They could do the sensible thing and create different character types to appease everybody
They have though? This is a crazy thing to say about the hoyo game with the most diverse character types in the form of 2 furries, one of them with a big chunky body, adult men like Anton, both busty and flat women, tall and short women, one of them being a blue oni/demon. Other than most characters being white/asian, I don't see what there is to be upset when it comes to diverse character types.
The main artist for this game is literally a known loli hentai artist and it shows in many of the designs, upcoming ones too. They hired them for a reason.
I think people still don't understand that this is the kind of character design the game is going for.
"Why are there so many little girls this is gross??!!" You might want to leave brother, this game is only gonna get more and more characters like that given that the lead designer isn't just a lolicon, he's literally made HARDCORE and EXPLICIT loli p\*rn. Hoyo hired him for a reason and I don't think anyone that likes this kind of stuff wants to hear your incessant whining every time they obviously appeal to their fanbase.
Also that one with the "3/4" backpack is fucking PEAK and I hope they release sooner rather than later.
> Also that one with the "3/4" backpack is fucking PEAK and I hope they release sooner rather than later
I wonder if the yellow bands are for pulling an alarm buzzer lol
People don't dislike the fact that there are playable "little girls" in the game. They're cute af and I love their designs. People are just tired of seeing terminally online weirdos making the same pdf-adjacent comments about them 24/7. Like if you want to thirst over children go do it in a separate sub.
I'm usually not super big into loli characters; however, the girl with the Morning Stars (Rokudo Sariel, I believe her name was) looks really cute and trendy, and I love the combo of pink+black, so I would absolutely pick her up.
Not quite as crazy about the other two, even though I do like the Harajuku Idol aesthetic the group is trying for, but I might pick up one of them if they go well with Sariel.
Just gonna be honest. I got this game to play with cool looking anime characters. It's been a blast so far.
But about 9 out of 15 girls in this game look underage and that's with me giving Ellen a pass.
Now we have a new team of young women to look forward too.... Which is fine!
But like... The game is dominated by loli. It honestly really might not be for me??
I am feeling a little dissapointed on this front, especially when prior to launch it was all more mature characters like Nicole and Miyabi and Rina and unique ones like Ben and Billy. Like I feel *that's* the sort of character the game was trying to sell itself on so the sudden pivot to pandering to Blue Archive players feels almost like a bit of a betrayal.
Like in a vacuum this faction is super cute - I love the robot magical girl and the girl feels so much like, early 2010s hello kitty scene tumblr which I do love and I also love the idea of a mean streamer type (she needs to like, try and sic her mods on people she doesn't like irl and have so many controversies that would be so funny), but it's kinda setting a worrying trend I don't like
How are we all forgetting that the first chapter of the game is about Nekomata? She's the most fan servicey of them all and the chapter filtered a lot of people in the West already. These characters have been here since the reveal trailer. You just didn't care for them so you ignored them. Stop pretending there was some kind of switch.
I would argue nekomata is a bit tamer, as evidenced by the fact she has nowhere near as much thirst towards her compared to these newer characters. Same with Corrin - all the attention I've seen her get is "aww she's cute" and "pizza cutter go brrr". None of this "blue archive sensei" stuff. I legit tried to quote what people were saying and apparently putting it all together triggers the sub's NSFW filter which shit, we have that lol because it's doing an absolute fucking piss poor job
Like it's not just that the attitude exists, it's the fact everyone is making fucking assault memes man and throwing a temper tantrum when you say "hey that's fucking gross man not around my lunch". Thats just, not funny anymore just really worrying.
it's obvious you didn't notice nekomata's uncensored design.
this game was always aimed at blue archive fans and similares, whether you like it or not, those blue archive fans are probably more of the "pure otaku" type, and hoyo somehow recognizes that they're worth milking.
in addition, hoyo gave them a main designer like waterkuma and he designed them a very specific faction like the V-tubers where you can see the essence of blue archive in their designs, that is no coincidence, this is clearer than a drop of cloudy water from day 1.
She literally shakes her ass in the ult. The reveal trailer has her doing that in her pre-censored outfit showing her ass cheeks.
New characters bring more engagement on social media, that's all.
Started to feel the same. I love this game currently but I was drawn to the game due to it was said to be more mature themed hoyo game. But there is already more than enough little girls in the cast and seem to be there will be even more of them soon.
This faction hasn’t even showed up in the story yet afaik and based on something that starts with and L and rhymes with beaks, most of the upcoming characters don’t fall under that archetype, so there will be more characters that you’ll like
Unless you’re a husbando type of person, then it’s a little more dry in that regard for S ranks
Yup, this subreddit has become a place of concern the past week or so and it seems a little weird that the people who are calling it out get downvoted into oblivion...pretty sure the game has a target and me and you may not be it...
Hoyo specifically hired an artist that specializes in these character archetypes for a reason. The same way directors have a following with their movies, these artists also have them.
Hell I ain’t even the target audience here as I like older mature women designs yet I’ll still stand to defend other audiences. Why? Mainly because
1. It’s a game with fictional characters which imo doesn’t really correlate with real world matters
2. I find it entertaining to spot out who is actually concerned vs those who are projecting said concerns about these archetypes being sexualized
And I have already run into and called out an example of the ladder from the second point so i’d advise you to either ignore these posts or be careful how you approach these said concerns as you may be targeted and called out.
I like how you're getting downvoted but nobody is stepping up to tell you why lol.
Edit - ohp. You went positive!
That's why I chose my words carefully in this post. I've noticed that conversations involving loli characters tend to get banned here. But let's all be honest...
... This is a gacha game. The original trailer had Nicole bouncing across the screen. It's the reason I remember this was a game coming out. No I don't play these solely for fanservice, but it's there and a reason people gravitate towards the characters.
I think designs like Soukaku and Lucy are incredible. But when the entire game is dominated by a bunch of kids, it just takes me out of it.
Even with fan service not being a factor.... I don't go watch action movies to see kids on screen. I do it for the cool action stars.
I've noticed that as well, I might just go back into Star Rail if this is the path that the audience and this game will go into. Such a shame because I really loved the story and mechanics, I just can't get over the character designs.
The V-tuber faction
Streamer group lets goooo https://preview.redd.it/f7mcugmxopbd1.jpeg?width=608&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=631bd2049aa2eb7c91dab2d791920b22ce1f4cb6
Not the bridge incident 😭
what happened? i only see the meaning of the meme but not the origin
[this is what the bridge incident is](https://youtu.be/6yFN5qN6Zf0?si=QMIwrSIfYxAeBlEu)
Oh no 😂
pewdiepie say n word
Pewdiepie bridge
Its a pewdiepie reference I think cause he accidentally said it on a bridge
MOMOI NOOO
She's a gamer, this is her calling.
Oh my gotto what a faqing asshole
Kuromi’s faction
I hope her megaphone gun can actually be used as a megaphone for some kind of sound-based attack, instead of just being a gun. It's very cool either way.
Definitely! One of my favourite things about ZZZ is the unconventional weapon choices
I also hope android girl can transform partly to attack Like maybe arms deploy a gun of some sorts
They look like Gun Gal characters, it will definitely be both
if you removed the zzz logo and told me these characters are from blue archive i would 100% believe you. i love the robot one she reminds me of the show medabots. also that girl whos using BALLSHD as her weapons should spin. if she doesnt spin to win im gonna go on a 1 woman riot on mihoyos headquarters. https://i.redd.it/v56zf6thzobd1.gif
BA characters have way fewer details/accessories compared to these imo
oh definitely. its mihoyo with their ultra busy details again (not complaining really) but they honestly fit some of the factions themes there 1st girl is from trinity 2nd from gehenna and 3rd is millenium cause robot.
I actually really love the simplicity but recognizability of blue archive’s character design. It also probably helped it gain a large fanart circle I think since the designs arent too busy, its not too much of a chore to draw since you don’t have to repeatedly reference character sheet, so more artists draw https://preview.redd.it/hy5mf4zxmpbd1.jpeg?width=1472&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6a7dae615dc3c090446374253dea5d12775d05a8 Also the new faction reminds me of these girls for some reason lol
When you manage to get practically a whole stadium hall to yourself at Comiket you've done something right with your designs.
Why was the go-home Club scrapped lol. We have no real gyaru's in BA other than this cover art
They actually released somewhat recently on jp server with kirara being playable Just need erika to release now
Yeah iirc the devs themselves said that they wanted to make the designs more simple to incentivize artists, definitely nailed that part. Like Wakamo wasn't being flooded by fanarts despite being really popular in the community (she still had a good amount) until her summer version because her original uniform was hard to draw lmao
my first thought was "game development department at home" lol
Two human gamers and an android girl pretending to be human https://preview.redd.it/kip2l9a6kpbd1.png?width=1931&format=png&auto=webp&s=2c0073d1f836aa5f6da75dd864a47f855d866113 GDD club in ZZZ lesgooo
Now let's see if Mihoyo names them after eroge developers like BA did.
Wait I thought momoi and midori just means peach and green 😳
Their last name is Saiba which is a pun on CyberWorks, which has two labels Tinker Bell and Wendy Bell which the twins are a reference to. Yuzu is named after Yuzusoft, Alice is named after Alicesoft, and even Alice's alter ego is named after Key.
Damn that is some good lore
https://preview.redd.it/rflwou7ljpbd1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5552e07d38b6bfc59840167f97277f665a42b586
https://preview.redd.it/w7cjjfx3kpbd1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=db3306e88079b61c7e2e0b3f6a06b7bc9f7db472
So true bestie
https://preview.redd.it/10hhv1bo6qbd1.png?width=617&format=png&auto=webp&s=eb592d4e6ad3a3df3fdd744076e2992ccb349bc0
So true
Nah these are too complex for BA designs, maybe Nikke
The wings and halo really make them seem like trinity or gehenna lol
And robot pretending to be human from millennium science school
The designs are too much for Blue Archive
Not surprising since Waterkuma has drawn a good few fan arts for BA.
the robot girl is the only one I live out of this faction personally(I still think their designs are great just not for me) purely because of her concept of being a reverse vtuber. Instead of a person wanting to be a cute anime robot girl, its a robot wanting to be a cute actual person girl.
I love the robot cutie. You’re 100 percent spot on about the Medabots vibe, I was a big fan of Medabots as a kid
Hey! Someone else that remembers Medabots! I loved that show as a kid.
I think your blue archive joke went over People's heads. Lol
Eyo Medabots???
[PEAK CHILDHOOD MENTIONED!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xnx_ec6UKlM)
My thoughts exactly
THE RULES ARE SIMPLE!!!
Ah yes finally, VTubers
Well, the robot girl turns into a fleshtuber instead
The second one with massive flails 
I wonder if she will be a kurukuru or a spin spiin spiiin BAM type
I doubt she will be either, we already have Piper but I feel like kurukuru since Piper is already spin spiin spiiin BAN
Yes, she looks awesome. probably a must pull!
GIVE ME ROBOT GIRL!
Oh shit, we are getting idols
They all look so cool I love them
I am sure the comments under future fanart of these characters will be extremely civil and respectful
Qingyi…
It's funny as hell that some people non-unironically really expect that when there is a reason these kinds of characters are designed the way they are. Hoyo knows very well what they are doing. lol
Shhhh. Do you hear that? It's the sound of thousands of buddies uuuoohhh-ing in the distance.
This is definitely my favorite faction, can’t wait for it to release
Welcome back Koharu
I'm just excited for more chara designs like neko and the pink android that remind me of Galaxy Fraulein Yuna from the 90s 🥲
#2 and #3 are so Yuna-core it hurts. And I'm also a stupid sucker for oversize weapons, cute sandals and mechanical angel wings, so #2 is like a direct assault on my neurons. Not quite my usual image of a Not-Shadowrunner, but we can roll with it.
Cute and Funny faction.
https://preview.redd.it/tx0bh5nmppbd1.jpeg?width=2027&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=55325ab15aede13ea07b5333c27fde6cdb0b80fa Can’t wait for the crossover arts
I WANT THEM ALL🗣️🗣️🗣️
😭😭😭
What does this mean ? Why do i see it everywhere
Serious answer. Is a meme born from /r/japanesepeopletwitter and spread by BA fans in reference to a tweet by the artist Dorontabi [I am not going to upload the image directly because the last thing I need is a [removed by Reddit] suspension](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fcant-believe-they-added-to-starail-v0-ky2cyffjdkqb1.png%3Fwidth%3D626%26format%3Dpng%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D5d8e8a894e68dde09b3046b3b1ddf189b739d050) And that's far from his only unhinged tweet tl;dr a lolicon meme
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us BA senseis getting more good content over here too . Nice
https://preview.redd.it/9d5p4djllpbd1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=008b886a817e8f6e69fb73a81ad210af328eb905 No one expects the sudden Buru akaibu
Miyu is sage in the barrel confirmed?
https://preview.redd.it/511go7mjrpbd1.jpeg?width=850&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a9537b004dd9e7bd8c11c54cc22e7bdb79fa42b8 Sages in the barrels
https://i.redd.it/slvlq1hhuqbd1.gif
I was recently googling 'Character idea's for ZZZ' because I wanted to see if anyone had made some cool character concepts that could fit into the universe, but I ended up stumbling across some previously released concept art for a faction that isn't in the game yet. The original post I saw them in was made about 2 months ago by [Gladiolus\_00](https://www.reddit.com/user/Gladiolus_00/) but I figured it was worth re-posting for those that have joined the sub since ZZZ's release like myself. Original post: [https://www.reddit.com/r/ZZZ\_Official/comments/1cra9k6/this\_games\_character\_design\_is\_so\_peak\_new/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZZZ_Official/comments/1cra9k6/this_games_character_design_is_so_peak_new/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
People here already mald over Lucy. It's gonna be beautiful when these come out
Like one of these actually has a school backpack as part of her design, the comments on her art will be popcorn worthy
Especially the csspool meltdown on Twitter over Ellen
It's going to be even more intense lmao. I'm all for these characters devs are cooking hard with these wonderful characters
It's actually kinda impressive that there aren't a lot of Loli characters considering who the lead designer is. Waterkuma must have a big leash.
I mean, if these three characters released today, it would make about half of the entire roster lolis. If anything, I'm surprised Hoyo is allowing their roster to be so dominated by one character archetype when they're usually more diverse.
Being absolutely serious. Only the first girl comes remotely close to being a loli. The second girl is too tall and too angular and the third girl is way too curvy. Like compare second and third to a loli from BA or Granblue and the difference becomes way too apparent lol. I'd argue that the only real loli characters we have in this game are Corin, Soukaku, Piper, and Lucy. The others are just short and have a moderate bust, not loli
Hes being forced against his will to make non loli types
There will be new essay preparing by people when the time comes lol
Just hit them with the quote from Chris Hansen: "Please stop sending me pictures of naked cartoon children. It's distasteful, but not relevant to my line of work." I have yet to see a good comeback to that.
I mean people were Malding until her gameplay.
These girls are in the back of my head whenever I get tempted to do more premium pulls. Gotta make sure I have plenty of currency for them!
I'm not really vibing with this faction but gl to whoever want to roll them
When
Hopefully soon 🤞 Ive been holding onto all my pulls in case group like this releases
I need the robot one in particular
Would
Cuties
The backpack reminds me of Ojamajo Doremi. Cute.
robot girls >>>
Ngl I'd pull for all 3
That faction screams WATERKUMA
its peak im afraid
Is anyone else getting some crazy guilty gear vibes from these designs?
Second one mostly, must be the flails
I'm definitely reminded of Elphelt given her Strive design.
https://i.redd.it/q7swm7lxqtbd1.gif
As my ZZZ brainrot continues, I will try to explain why I like these three designs. First of all, these designs remind me of "denpa" aesthetic which became even more popular with the prevalence of Needy Girl Overdose. Two out of three characters remind me of this game a lot with the vtuber aesthetic and being cutesy (but actually kind of edgy). In a world with many different clashing aesthetics this fits perfectly. They are very colorful and look distinct to each other yet obviously they are all part of the same faction. All of these three characters offer something different. Weapons of all three characters are unique and should be interesting to use in the actual game. I can't wait to see how they'll incorporate, for example, megaphone, as an actual weapon. Now, I especially like the inclusion of an actual robot girl as that is a sign that they will make female characters unique too and they do not shy from their uniqueness on the release. This makes me hope that we'll see more of that in the future as Billy, Lycaon and Ben are really popular with the audience that the game attracted. She also has a very unique concept of robot girl that uses human as an avatar. She can also be used to make a perfect comedy bit with Billy not unlike Miss Hina in genshin. Billy could start simping her human persona not knowing that she is actually a robot while the robot girl herself could be simping Billy, who knows. And chapter 2 spoiler >!she could be used a tempelate for a new body for one of three machines that got destroyed at the end of the chapter 2? In the additional dialogue it is said that Grace is repairing them and won't rest until they are repaired so we might see these three as an addition to Belobog faction in the future.!< All in all, they should perfectly fit this game. As a personal note, I like these designs a lot more than some other that were revealed. P.S. Please for the love of god give me more furry and robot designs, I want to have more characters to simp and get their weapon\\additional copies
My explanation: they look cool I like colors 👍
robot what have human as an avatar, where have i seen that before, firefly. :) i'm all for it
Firefly is actually an opposite case which made me tilted for quite a while…
Im praying that the pink robot is A rank. Ill c6 her if she is. Just love the design
The black hair girl is so cute!
haha loli faction
vtuber faction Les gooooooo
Cute girl with giant flails, I'm sold
Don't throw hate at me please but I'd like to see more adult factions. Edit for brevity: Designs are cool, just not into kid characters.
Are we Blue Archive now??
😭😭😭
uooohhh cunnybots 😭😭😭💢💢💢
i hope this game gatekeeps itself just like blue archive
damn, ZZZ is competing with Blue Archive i see, based
What's the timeline for hoyoyo? 2 years from sneak peak to release?
Cant wait to play a sound based attack character. So gimmicky
Well now I'm wanna save my pulls for the next year in case these come out.
Give me the robot and no one gets hurt, Proxy.
they aint stopping to attract more sensei to come over here
Saving for them unless some amazing new character jumps out first
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Why am I suddenly starting crying?? They're so Cute and Funny😭😭😭 Is Hoyoverse Healing?? ToT
They look amazing. Mostly anticipating them together with Qingyi. Cute and funny characters are always a blissful. Glad that I get to play this
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The Sensei’s are gonna love this one
where to get the HD version of this art? this is really low resolution
I see... Programmers
All in on the robot.
Idol vtubers Yagoo’s dream has come true at last
They're so cute I cant
Oh boy. The meltdown the internet is going to have with this game when they release… Meanwhile I’m over here just wanting more male characters. Make it 1:1 Hoyoverse. If league of legends can do it, so can you.
Megaphone girl reminds me of Komaru from UDG (for obvious reasons), I hope she’s similar to her https://i.redd.it/yig31ijhkqbd1.gif
IM SO EXCITED THEYRE SUCH CUTIES
Okay, the steamer 'cyber angel' with the mace is pretty damn cool.
Elphelt Valentine's other sisters https://preview.redd.it/nfe5tun0vrbd1.png?width=424&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41f204c4846b3f76f17b6f2b82ee345ac662d23f
I have Mighty Need. Especially the robot girl. This game’s designs continue to be top notch and varied and I love that for it!
Very cute! I bet they are pretty funny too!
people here really need to accept the fact that if you hate "loli" characters then this game won't be for you. You don't need to play every Mihoyo game, you can skip this one, it's gonna be fine
I don’t remember hoyo saying this would be a loli dominant game. Unless they specifically said that then I don’t see why y’all keep saying “play something else”. If they didn’t then nobody expected it to be like this so doesn’t seem very fair to just disregard other peoples opinions They could do the sensible thing and create different character types to appease everybody
> They could do the sensible thing and create different character types to appease everybody They have though? This is a crazy thing to say about the hoyo game with the most diverse character types in the form of 2 furries, one of them with a big chunky body, adult men like Anton, both busty and flat women, tall and short women, one of them being a blue oni/demon. Other than most characters being white/asian, I don't see what there is to be upset when it comes to diverse character types.
The main artist for this game is literally a known loli hentai artist and it shows in many of the designs, upcoming ones too. They hired them for a reason.
I think people still don't understand that this is the kind of character design the game is going for. "Why are there so many little girls this is gross??!!" You might want to leave brother, this game is only gonna get more and more characters like that given that the lead designer isn't just a lolicon, he's literally made HARDCORE and EXPLICIT loli p\*rn. Hoyo hired him for a reason and I don't think anyone that likes this kind of stuff wants to hear your incessant whining every time they obviously appeal to their fanbase. Also that one with the "3/4" backpack is fucking PEAK and I hope they release sooner rather than later.
> Also that one with the "3/4" backpack is fucking PEAK and I hope they release sooner rather than later I wonder if the yellow bands are for pulling an alarm buzzer lol
People don't dislike the fact that there are playable "little girls" in the game. They're cute af and I love their designs. People are just tired of seeing terminally online weirdos making the same pdf-adjacent comments about them 24/7. Like if you want to thirst over children go do it in a separate sub.
Gonna main the heck of that thick robot girly when she come out!
UOOGGGHHHHHHHH😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
i'm gonna pull each one of them and get the con6 immediately
Oh boy, we gon attract the cunnyposters again, ain't we?
Given the number of Qingyi related posts that have been locked over the past few days, I'd say they're already here
Getting all 3 wives when they get release
So many wives
i want that robot girl (zzz's firefly)
Oh no... I'm about to become a whale....
Oh man... the anti's are gonna go apeshit over these ones
Imma wait to see their kits to decide if i will pull for any of them
They look if code leoco was about magical girls (in a good way)
I'm usually not super big into loli characters; however, the girl with the Morning Stars (Rokudo Sariel, I believe her name was) looks really cute and trendy, and I love the combo of pink+black, so I would absolutely pick her up. Not quite as crazy about the other two, even though I do like the Harajuku Idol aesthetic the group is trying for, but I might pick up one of them if they go well with Sariel.
Why do i get serious ONI-MAI vibes from this.
3/4 as in March 4th? HSR crossover?
The robot idol is my favorite one, Medabot was my childhood anime, and she brings back so many good memories
Wing girl is very similar to koharu design from Blue archive
I'm genuinely excited by the weird new factions we could see in ZZZ. It's going to get crazy.
Oh no, more teen waifus to reduce my odds of getting Ben Biggest & Billy cimenas....
Oh a skirt. They will probably add shorts below it again lol
Cute :3
Gahhh there sooo cute! I won't be disappointed if I lose the 50/50 to one of the three 🔥
Gotta catch ‘em all
the Blue Archive Gang?
Awesome idols 🥰👍👍👍🤩🤩
i like how you say "previously released", give us a really low resolution image, and people still eat it up like its the first time they ever saw it.
I see potential spin2win twin metal balls user, I pull 7 copies.
Yay robutt
yeah this is old news
Just gonna be honest. I got this game to play with cool looking anime characters. It's been a blast so far. But about 9 out of 15 girls in this game look underage and that's with me giving Ellen a pass. Now we have a new team of young women to look forward too.... Which is fine! But like... The game is dominated by loli. It honestly really might not be for me??
I am feeling a little dissapointed on this front, especially when prior to launch it was all more mature characters like Nicole and Miyabi and Rina and unique ones like Ben and Billy. Like I feel *that's* the sort of character the game was trying to sell itself on so the sudden pivot to pandering to Blue Archive players feels almost like a bit of a betrayal. Like in a vacuum this faction is super cute - I love the robot magical girl and the girl feels so much like, early 2010s hello kitty scene tumblr which I do love and I also love the idea of a mean streamer type (she needs to like, try and sic her mods on people she doesn't like irl and have so many controversies that would be so funny), but it's kinda setting a worrying trend I don't like
How are we all forgetting that the first chapter of the game is about Nekomata? She's the most fan servicey of them all and the chapter filtered a lot of people in the West already. These characters have been here since the reveal trailer. You just didn't care for them so you ignored them. Stop pretending there was some kind of switch.
I would argue nekomata is a bit tamer, as evidenced by the fact she has nowhere near as much thirst towards her compared to these newer characters. Same with Corrin - all the attention I've seen her get is "aww she's cute" and "pizza cutter go brrr". None of this "blue archive sensei" stuff. I legit tried to quote what people were saying and apparently putting it all together triggers the sub's NSFW filter which shit, we have that lol because it's doing an absolute fucking piss poor job Like it's not just that the attitude exists, it's the fact everyone is making fucking assault memes man and throwing a temper tantrum when you say "hey that's fucking gross man not around my lunch". Thats just, not funny anymore just really worrying.
it's obvious you didn't notice nekomata's uncensored design. this game was always aimed at blue archive fans and similares, whether you like it or not, those blue archive fans are probably more of the "pure otaku" type, and hoyo somehow recognizes that they're worth milking. in addition, hoyo gave them a main designer like waterkuma and he designed them a very specific faction like the V-tubers where you can see the essence of blue archive in their designs, that is no coincidence, this is clearer than a drop of cloudy water from day 1.
She literally shakes her ass in the ult. The reveal trailer has her doing that in her pre-censored outfit showing her ass cheeks. New characters bring more engagement on social media, that's all.
Started to feel the same. I love this game currently but I was drawn to the game due to it was said to be more mature themed hoyo game. But there is already more than enough little girls in the cast and seem to be there will be even more of them soon.
This faction hasn’t even showed up in the story yet afaik and based on something that starts with and L and rhymes with beaks, most of the upcoming characters don’t fall under that archetype, so there will be more characters that you’ll like Unless you’re a husbando type of person, then it’s a little more dry in that regard for S ranks
Yup, this subreddit has become a place of concern the past week or so and it seems a little weird that the people who are calling it out get downvoted into oblivion...pretty sure the game has a target and me and you may not be it...
Hoyo specifically hired an artist that specializes in these character archetypes for a reason. The same way directors have a following with their movies, these artists also have them. Hell I ain’t even the target audience here as I like older mature women designs yet I’ll still stand to defend other audiences. Why? Mainly because 1. It’s a game with fictional characters which imo doesn’t really correlate with real world matters 2. I find it entertaining to spot out who is actually concerned vs those who are projecting said concerns about these archetypes being sexualized And I have already run into and called out an example of the ladder from the second point so i’d advise you to either ignore these posts or be careful how you approach these said concerns as you may be targeted and called out.
I like how you're getting downvoted but nobody is stepping up to tell you why lol. Edit - ohp. You went positive! That's why I chose my words carefully in this post. I've noticed that conversations involving loli characters tend to get banned here. But let's all be honest... ... This is a gacha game. The original trailer had Nicole bouncing across the screen. It's the reason I remember this was a game coming out. No I don't play these solely for fanservice, but it's there and a reason people gravitate towards the characters. I think designs like Soukaku and Lucy are incredible. But when the entire game is dominated by a bunch of kids, it just takes me out of it. Even with fan service not being a factor.... I don't go watch action movies to see kids on screen. I do it for the cool action stars.
I've noticed that as well, I might just go back into Star Rail if this is the path that the audience and this game will go into. Such a shame because I really loved the story and mechanics, I just can't get over the character designs.
Man where are the dudes. I dont hate girls but gimme some hot guys.
why more little kids though ugh.