Honkai: Star Rail — Japanese Fans React to Castorice's Tragic Past: "Stay away from me!! (out of kindness)"
キャストリスの悲しすぎる過去に日本のファンが号泣しつつ大爆笑
“STAY AWAY FROM ME!! (out of kindness)”
俺のそばに近寄るなァァ！（善意）
On Honkai: Star Rail, Japanese fans watched a short retelling of Castorice's tragic past — her touch always brings death, so she can never get close to anyone — and coped the only way they know how: by joking through the tears. The thread splits between genuine heartbreak ("Onpolos is bad for your heart and tear ducts") and pure gallows humor, with the "stay away from me!! (out of kindness)" reframe and a horrified "I wonder how many it killed" becoming instant memes. The kicker is the deer at the end, which fans swear is staring straight into the camera.
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Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 259)
- @お塩さん-g5n👍 16
D-do you people not have a heart...? (crying)
ひ…人の心とかないんか…(泣)
- @riaberrymilk1490👍 14
I genuinely cried here (for the nth time). Amphoreus is bad for your heart and your tear ducts...
ここまじで泣いたなぁ(ｎ回目) オンパロスは心臓と涙腺に悪いよ…
- @どらやき-n7p👍 128
Castorice's past is just way too painful... if it'd make my girl Cas happy, I'd gladly touch her and die.
キャスちゃんの過去辛過ぎるんだよなぁ.....推しのキャスちゃんを幸せに出来るなら喜んで触れて死ぬ
- @はせそだぉ👍 33
If you touch her and die, that just makes Cas even sadder, dude.
触れて死んだらキャスちゃんが余計に悲しむよ
- @すしちゃん-y3l👍 10
In what scenario does someone like you dying right in front of her make Cas happy lol. If you actually love her, don't go giving her more trauma 😂
お前ごときが目の前で死んでキャスが幸せになるシチュエーションってなんだよ笑 本当に好きならトラウマ残すようなことすんなよ😂
- @神代朧月👍 161
Dropping this in the actual story instead of just an official trailer should be illegal. Thanks to that I almost broke down sobbing in public.
これを公式動画で出すんじゃなくて、作中に出してくるのは反則やろって思ったわ お陰で外で号泣しかけたわ
- @斑点235👍 3,943
It's not like it triggers when she touches you with all five fingers — it's ALWAYS on. That's too cruel.
5本指で触れたら発動とかじゃなくて常時発動なの辛すぎる
- @ひいらぎ_oki.gin_mon👍 434
When you put it that way, pre-awakening Shigaraki being able to switch his on and off is a pretty convenient setup.
そう思ったらオンオフ可能な覚醒前死柄木なかなかご都合設定
- @bknuq👍 8,631
The all-out "FLOWERRR!" got me. What is she, an awakened Stitch?
渾身のお花ァァ！で笑った 覚醒したスティッチかよ
- @SAHARASAN700👍 201
LMAO the moment it clicked it absolutely killed me.
クッソw理解した瞬間ツボった。
- @solca-zk5dm👍 512
Stop it I'm dying
やめてくれ死ぬ
- @朝ごはんはしっかり食べよう-o4j👍 2,734
"Now THAT'S a great idea ☆ (deadly serious)" — I love this one lol
「それは名案☆（迫真）」 これ好きw
- @hille0600👍 28
"Don't come near me!!!" followed immediately by the 180 into "now that's a great idea" — love it.
近寄るなァ！！！からの手のひら返しそれは名案好き
- @Rikkun25.203👍 3,426
"I wonder how many it killed" is so heartless I'm dying.
｢何キルしたんだろうなぁー｣は人の心無さすぎて死ぬ
- @absolute0495👍 17
Such an achingly sad story and then suddenly "I wonder how many it killed~" — laughed way too hard.
めちゃくちゃせつない物語なのに突然「なんキルしたんだろーなー」って度を超えて笑ったわ
- @タマオグLOVE👍 31
Saying "I'm about to cry" and then "I wonder how many it killed" in the same breath is too scary.
涙出そうとか言いながら何キルしたんだろうって言うのは怖すぎ
- @Raaru-pk6jd👍 8
No heart whatsoever, but there's probably real demand for the Castorice-brand euthanasia.
人の心ないけどキャストリス式安楽死需要ありそう
- @たけ-q8h👍 15
This was supposed to be a serious video but the opening "FLOWER!!" and the closing "STOP LOOKING AT ME!!!" got me laughing.
こんなシリアスな動画のはずなのに最初の「お花ー！！」と最後の「こっち見んなー！！！」で笑ってしまった
- @莉-f2b👍 1,843
The "stop looking at me" at the end made me laugh (while crying)
最後のこっちみんなで笑ったやん(泣)
- @うぃど-428👍 806
The dead-serious "STOP LOOKING AT ME!" is hilarious
迫真のこっちみんなぁ！は草
- @Mylo_マイロ👍 837
So basically... YOU DEER.
つまり、YOU DEERってこと
- @物語消失対策本部👍 79
That deer, seriously, what... WHAT is it...??
あの鹿マジで何……何……？？
- @SAN値直葬ダゴン👍 1,290
The deer staring at us at the end — its antlers regrow, so it's the "symbol of death and rebirth," right?
最後のこっち見てた鹿って角が生え変わる動物だから「死と再生の象徴」なんだっけ？
- @梶間終👍 63
In China the deer is often depicted as a symbol of life, so I think the deer here is that classical reference.
中国だと鹿は生命の象徴として描かれることが多いから、ここの鹿はその古典的表現だと思うよ。
- @康熙帝-y1e👍 558
Maybe the deer at the end ties into Abundance? What Cas governs is life and death too.
最後の鹿は豊穣関連かな キャスが司るのも生と死だし
- @えーと-c1h👍 2,032
Early on I was shocked at how the mysterious deer's eyes resemble Ruan Mei's.
最初の頃謎の鹿の目がルアンメイに似てるのびっくりした
- @Neko-l15y👍 217
So the deer looks at us at the end, right? I was thinking "stop looking at me" in my head, and then he literally says "STOP LOOKING AT ME" out loud — lost it lol
最後鹿見てきましたやん？ 僕心の中で｢こっちみんな｣って思ってたら 最後に｢こっち見んな｣って言ってて笑ったww
- @サンコロで博士ボコシ隊👍 75
After such a good scene, the 🦌 close-up into "STOP LOOKING AT ME~" made me laugh.
良いシーンの後の🦌ドアップからの「こっち見んなぁー」で笑ってしまった
- @カピバラ王👍 28
I was so moved, and then the "STOP LOOKING AT MEEE!" at the deer at the end blew all the emotion away.
感動したのに最後の鹿に「こっち見んなァァァ！」で感動吹き飛んだわ
- @イェレナ-y6j👍 1
His Diavolo impression is honestly pretty decent lol
ディアボロの真似まあまあ上手くて草
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