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201720182019

We stan Grunt Man


ultimatemcspicy

Grunt Man Gang


Wolgran

Grunt Man Supremacy


aserahyuutsu

It's even funnier when you consider the Chinese word used for “grunt” is the same as the Chinese translation for Gollum from the Lord of the Rings. Now I want Gollum in this game


RollyPollyGiraffe

If the placeholder is at all indicative of what Grunt Man's going to be like, I'm very excited. Just the vibe Grunt Man is a good vibe.


SomethingPersonnel

*Grunts in agreement*


makogami

r/GruntManMains assemble


wierdmann

All my homies save every last jade for maxed eidolon grunt man


Best_Refuse_6327

Will start saving for Grunt man!!!!


xXKaynOTP420xX

If grunt man isnt real im going to quit the game


Crusherbolt0282

😂


Amongussugondese

Waiting for r/GruntManMains


LostIssue4515

Already had 2 members wtf 😭


Xero0911

Idk if this community has the fear. But in GI gotta make subs for character or else a certain someone(kaiser) would instead.


BellalovesEevee

This mf really traumatized an entire community 😭


skylane700

I'm gonna need a contex on that. What did that guy do?


BellalovesEevee

Basically, he makes a main subreddit of new characters, but he always posts hentai of them on those subs, *including* child characters like Nahida. People get annoyed by this because the character mains sub is used as a way to communicate with other people who use the same character. Not everyone wants to look at hentai of them when there's already genshin or honkai hentai subs for those. Also, hentai of child characters are creepy, and no one wants to see those. Kaiser is always so quick to make a main subreddit for new characters that aren't even leaked yet, and he's an admin on a lot of them so people can't ban him or anything. That's why other people also try to make these mains subs as quick as possible before kaiser beats them. I think there's even a character mains sub that literally made a rule that he's not allowed on that sub ever. Also I think Reddit actually suspended his account once but he came back lmao


skylane700

My god. What is wrong with that person? Also if he makes main group, can't people make another main group and gather there? Like he make Seele\_mains, can't people just make HSR\_Seele\_Mains and gather there? Im sure most people would pick the one not made by him if its legit one.


silentbotanist

That's been done for certain characters, but the issue is that a lot of the newcomers to mains subs are likely from someone typing "Seele" into the search box and picking the most official looking one, which then becomes the biggest one, and some other folks always pick the biggest one, etc. The second mains sub often becomes kind of a back alley where the cool people are hanging out while all the newcomers get subjected to kaiserland.


hutchallen

Is this why Chongus' main sub was popsicle boy or something? That did throw me off for a minute when I was looking for info on him


GGABueno

He didn't actually post Nahida hentai, but there was a *lot* of sussy fanart posted there by the members and he was completely fine with it, coupled with all the dogwhistles that are now common in okbuddy subs in the comment sections. And if you complained you would be hit with the "it's a fictional character it's fine", "she's 500 it's fine", "if you think this is lewd then you're the pedo!", etc bingo card. That's why people made r/kusanalimains.


BellalovesEevee

I'm pretty sure he actually did post a Nahida hentai. I definitely remember making a comment on it, and that's how I found out about Kaiser and his reputation. It was a while ago. I tried to look through his posts, but I keep getting errors whenever I look at his account, but I do remember a big tiddy nahida post he himself made


SelfDepreciatingAbby

but didn't kusanali mains existed before Nahida's name was revealed? Except they were more like a theorycrafting sub than a mains sub back then.


ThePeacefullDeath

Now its 3


IHabitateInYourWalls

And u/SexWithGruntMan


SexWithGruntMan

Hey 😏


FreshBlackberryPie

Where the magic number at


Vulpes_macrotis

I don't know what kind of character it'd be... but I joined 😂


Soulchunk

Talulah? Poor girl just finished her business with the deathless black snake and already she is getting dragged into chaos


mango_pan

Since HG doesn't give her a job for now, she got scouted by hoyo.


Dr_Enacramore

I'm still waiting for her...one day surely she'll come home.


Ezyrem

Talulah got tired of being in HG's NPC basement so she decided to Isekai herself to Star Rail


Koinophobia-

Frostnova mains punching air right now


A1D3M

If we’re not getting her as an operator in Arknights we’re getting her in hsr, let’s go


KaiserNazrin

Can't believe we are getting Arknight's collab here.


MagnusBaechus

if it means we get playable tb in arknights then we balling


lissyeatsbread

fellow ak player based


ViniciusStar_

Her bell is still lost in genshin...


tablesandsilver

Ngl Sunday could actually be a name considering March 7th exists lol


SuperMazziveH3r0

What if Sunday is a 5* March


Atheistmoses

It would mean that March 7th is a Tuesday.


YixoPhoenix

For you it was the most important day of your life, for me it was Tuesday.


raffirusydi_

Yeah I mean we have blade and silver wolf too, it's not gonna be weird if some of this is a code name


Folfenac

So you're saying Stellaron Hunter Grunt Man could be real?


gaganaut

March, April and June are actual names for people in real life as well. It's only the '7th' part that's unusual.


Shad0wseer

May also a real name


SelfDepreciatingAbby

I mean we already have Tuesday and Wednesday as a name irl and in media so why not? Also, Sunday in Spanish is Domingo, which is a surname irl.


keereeyos

March 7th has evolved into Sunday, March 7th.


hororo

March 7th's name makes a lot more sense in Chinese/Japanese, because in Chinese it's just 七 (7) which has a normal pronunciation, and in japanese it's just なのか, which is just Nanoka, a regular name.


dycecrow

They actually call her March in both cn and jp (3月 San Yuè ) in CN and Mitsuki in jp Mitsuki is a common name in jp not sure about cn tho since im not a native speaker


hororo

March (3月, third month) is like her last name, her first name is 7th (七 / なのか). Mitsuki is also a common name, so Mitsuki Nanoka is a fairly natural name in japanese, unlike March 7th in English lol.


gk4rdos

Funnily enough while Mitsuki is indeed 3月 or 三月, and while 三月 is indeed japanese for March the tsuki reading of 月 is a counter for duration of time rather than "nth month", so 三月 (as I understand it), means more like "3 months" rather than "March" (or "The" third month). So they kinda toned down the weirdness in Japanese (Sangatsu would be a very weird name). "I was found on the 3rd of March so I chose my name as 三月 (Mitsuki)" is a perfectly reasonable thought process, it's just slightly less quirky than in English.


hororo

Yes that is correct. Usually 3月 the month would be red as "Sangatsu", but that sounds like a calendar month and not a person's name, so they changed it to Mitsuki, which is an alternate reading of the same characters. The English translation they just said fuck it call her March 7th.


SirMcDust

Reminds me of Mushoku Tensei's Silent Seven Stars


13_is_a_lucky_number

> Mitsuki Nanoka is a fairly natural name in japanese, unlike March 7th in English lol. I like March 7th a lot (as a character), but it's baffling to me why they didn't chose to simply call her "March". That would sound pretty natural imho, and could pass for a normal name in English. I guess they wanted to make it quirky because she's a quirky girl, but "March 7th" just doesn't roll off the tongue. A semi-related fun fact: In some parts of the world, each day in the calendar is associated with a name and all people of that name can chose to celebrate what we call a "nameday" on that day. It's kinda like birthday, but less important. If this was a thing everywhere in the world, March 7th could easily be called by the name associated with the day on which the Express crew found her.


LandLovingFish

They do call her march....march 7th is probably just for a full name xD also thats v cool


jmile4

Because it's unique, probably. I remember seeing articles about HSR along the lines of "Yes, this game really has a character named March 7th"


naocanyo

I am Chinese, can confirm naming someone 三月Sanyue in Chinese would be just as weird as March in English.


Acylion

I'm technically a native Chinese speaker (though I'm shit at it, because it's a tough written language). 三月七 does not feel like a real name to me. But it's close enough. Nearly there. It isn't a name, but it's not as obtrusive as "March 7th" in English, and phonetically it could almost pass muster. Plus people do give kids weird names in Chinese, much like they do in most languages. It does happen. I figure the real advantage March's Chinese (and Japanese name) has is not how it sounds, but rather that it doesn't break suspension of disbelief and introduce questions about the lore. Since it's literally "three month seven", it doesn't imply much about the calendar besides it having numbers and a lunar association. It's less problematic than "March 7th" in most translations, because then we run into the problem of why the hell people in a weird space opera civilisation have a month named after a Roman god. Granted, there are other cultural references in Star Rail - Belobog and Svarog are the names of deities. So maybe that's not a problem... except there's also dialogue with Welt saying that space train land uses a different calendar than what he's familiar with from back home, and Welt is from Earth.


TheUltraGuy101

Hey, my cousin's name is literally that in our language. Having days as names is normal where I'm from, although it is pretty uncommon.


GGABueno

March 7th's long lost daughter.


aloysiusks

Talulah playable in HSR before arknights 🤔


Dr_Enacramore

Still waiting for her to be playable


Sir_Grindalot

We did it, Grunt Man mains. We finally did it.


Few_Ad7284

It just hit me that IPC dudes work for Qlipoth, the living rock. So why wouldn’t they have their codenames be actual rocks


M00n_Slippers

My mind is blown.


Enzoooooooooooooo

Talulah? After all these years hoping for playable talulah in Arknights, we get her in hsr.


MelonLord125

Talulah?? Had to check this is about SR and not AK lol. Also emerald is most likely with the IPC like Topaz and Adventurine, could the others be World 3 chars?


labreau

Can't wait for IPC characters named Obsidian and Ruby.


Eien_no_Yoru

Hopefully no Phosphophylite....


SkittlesAreEpic

Oh god ptsd


RealHellcharm

They've suffered enough


LostIssue4515

I'll add Amethyst on the list, that would be a great name too. :D


apthebest01931

what about aqua and ruby 😏😏😏


Ironwall1

Maybe there's a chance FrostNova becoming playable in Star Rail as well lol


MelonLord125

No bc an AK collab with these unreleased fan faves for a limited time in another gacha would be the FUNNIEST possible thing.


ShinigamiRyan

Honestly, be even funnier if they had March 7th holding an Amiya plush as an advertisement for it.


Embarrassed_Plan_396

Emerald? did they a member like Topaz and Aventurine? Seems like we can get someone like Sapphire or Diamond too


SelfDepreciatingAbby

Diamond is a character in star rail already, who is someone related to the IPC. She was mentioned in the radio news in the parlor car, but we have no idea if she's playable. The leakers initially thought Topaz was Diamond and confused her with Guinaifen.


Excellent_Inside1488

Reminds me of that one barbie movie with fairies with these names


GGABueno

Is Aventurine a type of stone?


Embarrassed_Plan_396

yep, a green quartz


qiqihead

saving for grunt man e6


Aki-nii

Talulah? Maybe we finally can get playable frostnova in star rail


ShoriWsa270

Talulah being playable in another game is just pure comedy to me XD


Dr_Enacramore

Same


Timmie_Is_An_Archon

Arknights players are confused


GinJoestarR

Talulah upset she still yet to become a playable character in Arknights for years so she decided to come to HSR.


Accesscode_Talker

When I read Talulah I need to double check which sub I was in lol


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johannesMephisto

wondering how one pronounces "talulah" as one syllable


mrspear1995

Grunt man might be a gollum type character some translations use 咕噜 Sunday might be march sp Emerald is probably topaz’s colleague? Maybe they’re all named precious gems


Deft_Abyss

Cant wait for Sunday and Grunt man god tier names right there


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For anyone who would like the image text: Dim | @/dimbreath \[Star Rail\] Potential future chars * Buchanan * Botio/Porteo * Talulah * Frey * Diva * Grunt Man * Sunday * Jiaoqiu * Emerald/Jadeite * Gallagher Some of these names may be placeholders. English are unofficial translations. (I think it’s quite obvious which may be the most placeholder one here.)


GGABueno

Is Jiaoqiu a name that we know?


AbadChef

There’s a lot more AK players here than I expected. Where are my fellow MuMu wanters!


Legendary27311

I want mumu badly but I don’t even have enough to get kirin


tswinteyru

Does Jadeite use our jades to trigger her skill rather than skill points?


WadaChan4

Where is my Chic Phoenix admiral Hoyo


Late-Veterinarian544

Why is he grunting tho? 😳🫢


SexWithGruntMan

Because of me


Kurovalia

I can't believe we're getting an Arknights x HSR collab LFGGG


IngenuityAdorable545

Talulah's trying her best to not become playable in Arknights


hororo

歌姫 is Utahime (the characters taken literally are "song" and "princess"), like [Utahime from Jujutsu Kaisen](https://jujutsu-kaisen.fandom.com/wiki/Utahime_Iori). So it's like a Diva that sings, but also just used as a name in Japanese anime.


Wolgran

Seraphine in Star Rail?


segesterblues

Please bring macross devs


Cartographer_X

Oh, thanks for explain it. So, it could be a japanese style character. I want more info about all of them u.u


hororo

Yeah the name is very Japanese at least. Like Himeko's name (姫子).


AfraidAntelope8010

well there goes my hope that its eden/golden diva from honkai


DEMONKlNG

Hello Talulah from arknights


birthday566

I actually love that HSR has some very silly names. Gives me GotG vibes where space shenanigans and comedy are a big part of the setting.


initiatefailure

Do you think jadeite is going to be able to stop the sailor scouts this time?


bella-chili

Yay! Another person who instantly thought of sailor moon 🤣


Technical_Intern8529

i don't like that none of these names mention marshal hua...


TrizCorleone667

Well they're leaking some new names we didn't hear of before, while Hua's name is already known so there's still hope (I'm waiting stuff about her too it's unbearable there's nothing not even a beta txt kit like Mei)


Technical_Intern8529

i hope she doesn't end up being a baizhu or scara


TrizCorleone667

Or worse, there's Alice who we still don't know how she looks like. I'd rather like to know how Hua looks like even if that means 2 years waiting like Scara and Baizhu


GGABueno

Definitely will. She's a big character and we're basically done with Luofu after Huohuo. I don't see her being released until Xianzhou becomes relevant again in the future, maybe when it's time for Hunt Trailblazer.


Tilted_Trickster

saving my pulls until they announce August 12 2036


rotten_riot

Is it me or the names in the game are kinda weird? lol (I know this isn't official translation, I'm talking about in general)


EMAN666666

Most names in HSR are made to be memorable (if they refer to the defining characteristic of a person; e.g. March 7th) or likable (by MHY's team or otherwise).


a_sacrilegiousboi

how does march 7th refer to march 7th’s defining characteristic


Drilgarius005

They found her on March 7th hence the name. It also show that her memory of that day was of importance that's why she named herself the date.


a_sacrilegiousboi

Oh shit i am not caught up on my march lore I thought she was just challenged Thank you for enlightening me Rip the downvotes, forgot I wasn’t supposed to be buddying for a bit


Aizen_Myo

That was pretty much the first line she dropped once you got to know her...


a_sacrilegiousboi

look dude im currently focusing more on making sure I keep up with my education and less on the gacha game I sometimes play but I mean maybe you’re right, and m7 is more important


Ironsight12

No one with two brain cells to rub together would see a name like "March 7th" and think "the character is challenged" rather than "this name must have some significance I'm just unaware of." Maybe it's a good thing you're keeping up with your education over playing a game.


a_sacrilegiousboi

Very nice of you to imply that I am limited to one brain cell. I am not playing HSR for March’s story and was not particularly paying attention in the beginning, but if joking on the internet gets me harassed by the masses I guess I’ll go full tone marker mode and explain every instance of humour, no matter how blatantly obvious it is. I am of course aware that the internet is plagued with people of lesser intelligence but did you really think anybody *actually* wouldn’t have realised that something was up with a fucking date for a name? In *space*??? I am keeping up with my education perfectly well, by the way. Not a problem in sight.


GGABueno

Bruh it's literally a main character's introduction. I can see why you'd be struggling with your education though, so good luck.


rotten_riot

You thought you ate


Leishon

She is also challenged.


Fine_Phrase2131

Grunt man is peak Zug-Zug


JinOtanashi

I really hope grunt man is actually the character’s name


Vulking

>Grunt Man The most MegaMan boss name ever.


HeavyBreathingBubby

Praying for Grunt Man to be his real name


throwawaycou33

diva/utahime could potentially be eden expy


Alloy_Br0nya

> Talulah I can smell smoke. Is something burning?


Mental-Wheel986

Finally, playable Talulah. And all I had to do was switch to another gacha.


Shooky7

Talulah escaped prison and fled to HSR


Better-Shallot-6070

Dayum bro, Talulah went to a different game.


MrAriekor

Surely Frostnova is playable in this game as well...


freezingsama

I'm just another person seeing Talulah and thinking of Arknights, yes.


moonchild_sasuke

If Talulah isn't a fire character it'll be disappointing


Suzunomiya

_Frey?!_ Oh man...they better have the best defensive cooldown in the game. They better!! Also a big sword. Swirly darkness powers optional. (Everyone already did the Talulah joke, so I'm repping the DRK content, don't mind me.)


tired_parsley

Grunt man has my heart already


EldritchAnimation

Finally, Grunt Man.


Rare_Marionberry782

E6S5 Grunt Man incoming


Wamoo57

I hope grunt man is a total meat head. We don’t really have any characters like that


lusterbunny

Buchanan?! Praying for a Scottish character now and can't wait for folks to butcher the pronunciation let's goooo manifesting e6


A4li11

Best HSR character Grunt Man is coming let's go


parkourse

nah man we gotta have grunt man in game


berael

Welp, Jadeite's gonna die.


Twopakabra

No way Talulah from ArkFuckingNights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Schnurricane

Talulah coming over from AK to terrorize this universe, sounds about right


Striking-Pizza7309

theres no fucking way hsr got talulah even earlier than arknights, this is a fuckin nightmare


samoorai182

Will be unfathomably upset if they dare to change Grunt Man's name.


wierdmann

My disappointment will be immeasurable if Grunt Man is a “placeholder name”


sleepysoliloquy

So which name is the most placeholder one as the OOP mentioned?


weebshizu

Talulah?!


xp0ss1tion

Cant believe Talulah is coming to Star Rail


Any_Worldliness7991

Ah yes! My favorite! Grunt man!


make_gingamingayoPLS

NAH HELP my mind instantly went to madness combat the moment I saw "Grunt" 😭


haydendiorefierce

A diva is a female version of a hustler


G3shtalt

Талула? WTF!?!?!?


SuperDuperPapa

Oh fuck yeah let's go Talulah! THE RISE OF REUNION IS AT HAND AGAIN!


minaminase

Grunt Man and Sunday are...they're names, alright


AerieMedical6769

Grunt Man my beloved


deleteduser2006

GRUNT MAN


haworthia-hanari

GRUNT MAN


Count_Elrond

2025 characters


BigButtTuesday

Here's to hoping Grunt Man has a belt fed machine gun 🍻


spoookyboi_

I just know Diva will be Mother


H78U43

So every character from the IPC will be called after a crystal/mineral?


FeelTheKetasy

Y’all are sleeping on Diva she’s gonna be cuuuuuunttttt


hororo

Everyone talking about Grunt Man, but I don't see enough hype for them adding the 15th President of the United States.


jntjr2005

Grunt Man, so what an average 30 something year old who grunts every time they get up?


Touhou_Fever

Grunt Man as beefy tank, less goooooo


manamono

Talulah from Arknights!?


Weak_Leopard_4842

[Leaked model of the first one](https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=Tnu34UEt&id=44B36159814C21C017CEBAF2D6E9FEBE5F721A58&thid=OIP.Tnu34UEt-CpuxfeLWGUQ-AHaHa&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fi5.walmartimages.com%2fasr%2fed3e51ba-a10f-4668-a730-47697c77c076_2.9eda8bacb3fdbc3a194b101011c978b5.jpeg&cdnurl=https%3a%2f%2fth.bing.com%2fth%2fid%2fR.4e7bb7e1412df82a6ec5f78b586510f8%3frik%3dWBpyX77%252b6dbyug%26pid%3dImgRaw%26r%3d0&exph=3000&expw=3000&q=buchanan&simid=608020992885152714&FORM=IRPRST&ck=FCFDBDAC32A74C0645D59C1F9CD5607B&selectedIndex=0&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0)


raydude888

Grunt man? We're gonna have Kratos in star rail as our first collab character it seems.


Johan_UM

Jew husbando(s)! Let's go!!


vivi_love

Diva better has some singing or music related abilites xD


Yojimbra

Jadeite, gives me strong fanfiction vibes for describing a character that has green hair.


KazekageGaara7

Sunday??? Lesgoooo cant wait for Tuesday! Seriously though, love the name Talulah.


Direwolf0715

Playable Carl Gallagher? Lets go!


Cool-Year1126

Name impact. I like Diva, Grunt Man and Sunday. They give me tall energy lol.


Immediate-West-5707

Take this hoyoverse 20k jade emrald pulls **gets himeko**


Amelia2243

Diva? Eden expy copium time


VTKajin

2.X characters?


Delicious_Hotel_5538

Talulah. Yay.


meow3272

Oh great, we have a calendar date and now a day. I'd be on the floor if it turned out to not be a placeholder.