In this special episode, the churls go hard on Inazuma, the 2.1 Archon Quest, and their new problematic fave, Raiden Ei.
What has Mihoyo learned since designing Mondstadt and Liyue? How do you turn your season antagonist into a marketable character without making her lame? And how can the churls possibly defend "The Ei Date"?
00:00  What If It Was Purple?: The level design of Inazuma
08:11  2.1 Characters: Kujou Sara
11:15  Raiden Shogun: Leaked expectations
16:25  An Archon Antagonist
19:16  "Even the Blossoms Scatter": Lightning can never know Eternity
25:05  Tangent Time: "I haven't seen a body"
26:53  How we got a complex character & Mihoyo got a cash cow
34:00  Yae Miko: MVP (Most Valuable Pet)
36:21  Fatooey!
41:06  In defense of The Ei Date
43:22 "I will never change, I will never improve, that is a promise"
48:03  The Trinary Raiden Shogun: who Ei is, and what Ei isn't  
Recorded on September 18, 2021 (ver. 2.1)
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Tangent Time theme: Casa Bossa Nova by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3481-casa-b...
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Ending theme: Purrple Cat - Neon Tiger - Provided by Lofi Records
- Watch: https://youtu.be/dx3wKApuVRQ
- Download/Stream: https://fanlink.to/SoothingBreeze

Ending SFX by Vecteezy