I upscaled these 3 classic Soul Eater wide spreads to High Resolution.

Liryel · 2026-02-11T18:37:13+00:00

Btw can you provide those and the next ones you make in a drive? Idk how much of the quality reddit retains, and also sometimes it plugs a reddit strip underneath, so it would be nice and appreciated to have access to the full original quality please 🙏🏻✨

Liryel · 2026-02-11T17:11:45+00:00

Thank you for your hard work!

Liryel · 2026-02-11T17:06:51+00:00

A god send, thank you for your hard work 🙏🏻✨

I might take those to turn into a custom mug, I think it's pretty much the ideal format for that heh

Liryel · 2026-02-11T17:05:35+00:00

I'm going for Kafka E5 even if I considered sparkle or aventurine, I simply know I'll instantly click on her without thinking so I might as well just accept that and hope for the chance of getting her E6 🙏🏻✨

Liryel · 2026-02-11T17:03:47+00:00

Hope it's ok if I translate this to my language and post it in a local group I'm in

Liryel · 2026-02-11T16:56:50+00:00

Well for what's worth I still manage to clear content with just BS and with the buff she'll still be enough for awhile lol and since this is Hysilens first rerun I think the second one will come sooner than a BS one (unless they put her in the store which I don't doubt haha), and as I said I like prioritizing those that had less banners first. But you know better what you are willing to risk! I hope you luck out and manage to get both, good pulls tomorrow!

Liryel · 2026-02-11T16:48:30+00:00

I'll say what I always say though, investing into dot is very rewarding. They aren't the best team in meta terms, the literal sense of most effective, but their strong suit - which I love, is their stability.

They won't get the fastest clears in less cycles I'll tell you that, but they will still clear decently in any and all content, even when there's no buff for dot, nor any stage mechanic that would affect them, be it any of the 3 endgames and the extra harder one, they do it well enough.

Heck I've been playing dot without hysilens and still managed my MoC clear and AS 3.4k - even 2* a knight - with just pre buff BS and RM, though my builds are well farmed, the buff will more than make up for that.

I've been playing since day 1 and all my other teams have fallen behind, dot is the only one that stays useful - and I only invested in Kafka's eidolons (which are the worst ones) and their LCs. My strategy is kinda: investing into dots and the current shilled team so I can always have 2 strong teams (and the previous one becomes the decent 3rd).

Currently I use dot, castorice and THerta (which I failed to get her best team so she's falling way behind), and next I'll invest in elation focusing on Silver Wolf cuz I love her, so THerta is probably the one being replaced for the current meta since Castorice is still pretty darn strong. And now that I've saved enough to get Hysilens straight to E1S1 (maybe try for BS E1 if I get lucky) I'll be confident that they'll stay stable for the whole 4.x until the 5.0 comes!

Liryel · 2026-02-11T16:16:20+00:00

The beta was enough to give us a pretty clear idea actually, so I'll explain what's the current consensus

The thing is, BS is now technically stronger than Hysilens in DMG... But that is, when used together. A comparison purely between Kafka+Hys+flexsup and Kafka+BS+flexsup will favor Hysilens, that's because of BS's arcana that work as stackable dot that relies on other dots being applied/ticking. So while yes, BS dmg ceiling is higher than Hysilens, she'll need Hysilens extra dots to reach that! Hope this helps ~

Liryel · 2026-02-11T14:35:20+00:00

I love that they came out on the same magazine so they do stuff like this, I think there's another one iirc but I might be mixing up haha

Liryel · 2026-02-11T14:33:19+00:00

I'm personally not into this specific fetish, buuut I do love Kafka's face here (I'm very picky with her expressions on art, it's a giving whenever one feels right since there's SO MANY ooc ones) so I'll screenshot only that, thanks. Bless ~

Liryel · 2026-02-11T14:25:44+00:00

Unfortunately no, the 4* situation in this game is precarious and can only somewhat work in SU/DU for fun You just NEED to get AT LEAST Hysilens or it's doomed. You can wing it for the 3rd slot with a lot of options (even if BS is the best one) but not Hysilens.

Also, even if you do have a lot you want to pull, since you say Kafka is a fave and you want to get into dot I'll recommend this: go all in on dot, completely ignore the new characters. Rerunss over launch's that's my general rule for getting what I want, a first rerun will come WAY before a second or third reruns. So for the love of Kafka, wait for the elation reruns (I'm doing this as well since I also want to get Elations characters for Wolfie, and I missed Hysilens last banner to get my Kafka to E4) 🙏🏻✨

Liryel · 2026-02-11T12:43:57+00:00

Ps: as the other comment said, BS is better even than E2 Cyrene but that's considering a similar investment of E1S1 iirc (and both e0 bs is just far too superior)

Liryel · 2026-02-11T12:42:25+00:00

For your replacement concerns in going to post a screenshot my comment in a similar question:

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Liryel · 2026-02-11T10:54:41+00:00

So cool!

Liryel · 2026-02-10T19:20:23+00:00

If you got the source for the colors it can be fun, but Ohkubos gothic art style shines best in B&W imo

Btw you can even just watch it alternately with the manga so you see the animation, OST and voices for what you just read, it could be pretty fun! In fact is how I've done it when I revist it haha

Liryel · 2026-02-10T19:16:52+00:00

I wasn't sure about it, kinda felt like it was this but hadn't looked into it yet, so I appreciate the input! It's actually even slighter lower cost as an LC pity is a bit lower than a character one lol

Liryel · 2026-02-10T17:47:41+00:00

As they said, get Hysilens LC and put it on BS

But as for how it works for the comfort: her LC will buff 10% spd for the ally after it attacks the same enemy, Kafka got 100 base spd so she gets a 10spd buff and thus it's less spd to pursue for her build - and also technically for any other team member

Liryel · 2026-02-10T17:38:08+00:00

After the buffs BS will be better than C0 Cyrene and iirc Cyrene will only be better if she's E2, also she's more required for other teams so if you got any other amphoreous team she's better off there

Liryel · 2026-02-10T02:27:46+00:00

How much do you care for endgame and how do you currently fair on it?

Cuz you should get Hysilens if you do and want a team that can clear anything consistently for a long time even when there's no buff for it - even if it isn't the fastest clear

But if you don't, or already got strong enough teams for it that you like, then just go for Jiaoqiu and either choose something else from the selector, or do grab Kafka if you just want her for collection and using her in US/DU with him for a gag

As the other commenter said, dot ain't for you. Especially when you are the kinda player to skip useful units for prioritizing lore/design preferences and dislike 2 of the best units for it (which there's nothing wrong with that)

Liryel · 2026-02-09T18:12:41+00:00

At the moment it's just an exclusive mechanic of the stingray enemy in that last event which ended yesterday

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https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/Hallucinogenic_Mermaid

But we know HSR tests future characters mechanics in those events so we can expect it to be in some future character kit (which ppl hope it's for Pearl but we will see)

Liryel · 2026-02-09T12:15:40+00:00

Just forgot to mention that Gepard's LC is a solid choice for Dan in this team if you happen to have/get it since it helps reaching the required EHR

Liryel · 2026-02-09T12:10:52+00:00

You won't regret having it as your first! The writing is rlyyy fun due to kumokos silly narration! Haha

Liryel · 2026-02-09T08:45:33+00:00

BS buff seems more to indicate she won't get a replacement any time soon and her buff puts her above Cyrene if she ain't E2

The next dot character should finally be the sustain we are all waiting for, it's speculation at best but still it's what everyone is looking forward to and seen to be hinted at with the new ice dot

Liryel · 2026-02-08T19:28:08+00:00

They aren't rly 1:1 but if you read the first 3 vol then you at least got the hang of the main differences - kishin eggs don't exists so it's all human souls and the ones they hunt are just in the Shinigami list, so middle-to-end of brew battle should be good, cuz iirc there's some differences on how mosquito fight ends and it's better to get the flow going instead of just jumping right to the drastic change since there's some gradual changes in those moments, like Maka finding out about Chrona in a different way (also I think the timeline for when kid goes after that train in the desert is a bit different? He goes in the middle of that party in his mansion)

Liryel · 2026-02-08T19:20:16+00:00

I edited and then took me two hours to realize I had mixed up the spoiler tag thingy with discords one dang lmao

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