“Honkai: Star Rail” is the theatre that ceremoniously pits master against pupil in intense anime short

A duel is afoot with the fire and fury in this animated short “A Flash”, hailing from the Honkai: Star Rail franchise, and Yanqing takes raises his mature pupil blade to strike at his master, the lethal Jingliu.

Master against student brings full circle the greatest clash of all, one where mettle, skill and wits are needed to survive. And dare we see, be triumphant.

Description reads:

Year 7380 Star Calendar, Jingliu, the mara-stricken swordmaster of the Luofu, slashed her way out of Starskiff Haven, cutting through the Cloud Knights tasked to subdue her before vanishing in the mist of history. Year 8096 Star Calendar, a young soldier named Yanqing rose to fame from the tournament hosted by the Seat of Divine Foresight, and was conferred the rank of Cloud Knight Lieutenant. “The years pass in a flash, cups of wine the only solace.” A fleeting flash — thus is the speed of swift blades as the master and her student spar, and thus is the passage of the unceasing torrent of time. Just how long has it been? His duel with his master, centuries ago, still rippled like a memory from yesterday. But the few years between now and when he took in the boy as his student felt like a lifetime. Time gallops, swift as a stallion, sudden as a lightning strike, agonizing as a blade that runs him through. And yet, it feels like everything has always been the same.

Watch the Honkai: Star Rail “A Flash” animated short in the player below:

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