Honkai Star Rail short film comes out of nowhere to debut this week

Honkai Star Lane is getting a surprise short film later this week.

Titled 'Honkai Star Rail - A Flash', the short film from developer HoYoverse will be released worldwide tomorrow, May 10. It probably won't be a crossover with DC's The Flash movie, but it will probably give us some new story and character information in the latest HoYoverse game.

A fleeting flash: such is the speed of swift blades when master and student face each other, and such is the passing of the whirlwind of time's ceaseless torrent. The animated short film "Honkai: Star Rail - A Flash" will be officially released. on May 10 (UTC+8). Stay tuned! pic.twitter.com/YugdMR0O1CMay 9, 2023

There is a lot of speculation among Honkai Star Rail players on the subject of this short film. One popular line of thought is that it will introduce us to new characters that will debut in upcoming patches for HoYoverse's game, but given the developer's track record of revealing characters for Genshin Impact, this seems a bit unlikely.

One really strong theory is that this could be centered around Jingliu, Jing Yuan's teacher. The above tweet certainly alludes to a teacher and a student, and we know that Jingliu has the power to traverse time and space itself, which is what the "unceasing stream of time" might be referring to in the tweet.

There is also an expectation among fans that this short film could be a trend for Honkai Star Rail, and we might see more of them in the future. However, there's nothing here to suggest that's the case, so it might be best to temper these expectations before they unsurprisingly get out of hand.

Honkai Star Rail had 20 million players on the first day when it released, which means it handily surpassed Genshin Impact's mass release for the HoYoverse.

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Honkai Star Rail short film comes out of nowhere to debut this week

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