This post is an extension of "Why some webcomics clash with other webcomics and game content". This time I would like to go into more detail about the aspect of differences between some webcomics and other webcomics + the game content. I'll start with the content of St. Freya High.
"St. Freya High", also known as "Sakura's Membrance", was uploaded to the Chinese Honkai Impact 3 website on October 26.10.2016. On 05.06.2020, this comic was published on the international Honkai Impact 3 website. "Escape from Nagazora", "Dark Sakura Tales" (Scarlet Sakura) and "Azure Waters" were also released at the same time. "Azure Waters" appeared on the international website a little later. On 26.04.2021. Because "Dark Sakura Tales" was actually written for GGZ and is listed under Extra on the Chinese site, I don't believe this comic was ever published on the international site. I can't judge it. I didn't start playing HI3 until 2023. And what do these webcomics have in common? - Yuri Content.
“The Graditude Arc” was released 03.06.2017 at the chinese site. I don´t exactly know when it was published on the international site, because I can't look up the date. But I'm guessing it must have been sometime in 2021. That was the webcomic with the last Yuri content. All of the webcomics that followed are not specifically Yuri. At best, teased or as a joke.
Before 2023, tons of chapters were removed from websites. Including the crucial chapters of St. Freya High. But why? Because of Chinese censorship? - No. And I'll explain to you why. For this we have to start with the story of “Dark Sakura Tales”.
In "Dark Sakura Tales", Kallen stands among other Valkyries dressed as a nun and watches as (probably) a priest uses the power of the black box to make a woman dissolve. Kallen then grabs the box and runs away with it. So Kallen doesn't know that the Herrscher in the box is capable of corrupting people. In contrast to Kallen from Elan Palatinus, who knew it very well. It is also crucial that Otto was never present in "Dark Sakura Tales" and so there was never a break between him and Kallen. This break, which was mentioned in the game, among other things, in Kallen's letter to him. So the game apparently refers to Elan Palatinus. Which would explain why "Dark Sakura Tales" isn't on the international website.
In St. Freya High you get some data from Kallen and Kiana accompanies Kallen in an virtual dataworld before and after Schicksal's sentence. So it's basically tied in with "Dark Sakura Tales". Kallen is now captured and brought back to Schicksal. She talks to her mentor about how she wouldn't care, if she died, because she no longer has a reason to live. Sakura's hair can be seen in the background. So this reason was related to Sakura's death. In the game, she doesn't mention this reason to Otto when he offers her to marry him.
She preferred to die rather than remain silent about the crimes of Schicksal. Because that's what Otto's father wanted to achieve. To silence her one way or another. She didn't mention Sakura in the entire conversation with Otto. Instead, Kallen mentions that she would have married Otto under different circumstances. So she gives him positive feedback instead of actually rejecting him.
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If you read the webcomic closely, you will see that Kallen was hanged solely, because she was in love with Sakura. At least it was specifically mentioned by Theresa and Kiana also comes to that conclusion.
"It's a golden opportunity."
Said an old man's weary voice.
"The aftermath of Schicksal's failed eastward conquest hasn't dissipated, yet the youngest Kaslana incurred a scandal. For thousands of years, The Three Houses have never been in such an awkward position. The League of Castile will not just let it slide."
"Taking down House Kaslana is just the first step. The nobles are going to have a field day. Their purpose is to destroy the system where the Three Houses take power, which must not happen."
The old man paused for a moment, casting a meaningful gaze at his youngest son.
"Kallen Kaslana must die."
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Otto Apocalypse finally understood— The truth was, he was not important, and neither was Kallen. The only thing that mattered was their betrothal, which could put Kaslana in the palm of Apocalypse.
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This wasn't mentioned further in the game. Neither in the conversation between Otto and his father, nor between Otto and Kallen. It was more about controlling the Kaslana family or getting rid of Kallen and not about the sin of homosexuality.
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When Kallen is about to be hanged, people don't understand why. In "Elan Palatinus" Kallen lost a decisive war. In addition, Schicksal demands a lot of money from people, so they don't respond well to this organization anyway. Otto takes this up again in the game. He complains that Kallen gave everything for the people and that they are being very ungrateful now that Kallen is about to be hanged.
Otto dismisses the Honkai beasts and gives Kallen a speech about how smart he is and that she should please come with him. But Kallen doesn't want to and ultimately dies trying to help people.
In the game, as also shown in "Honkai Chronicles - Otto Apocalypse", Otto was in a panic. It wasn't his brilliant master plan to do this either. He originally got this plan from another family member. And he doesn't talk to Kallen about it, but finds her when she was already dying. This is the reason why these chapters of "St. Freya High" have also disappeared from the international website.
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"The Gratitute Arc" follows on from the events of the fourth Sakura Samsara. You can find excerpts from "Dark Sakura Tales" in "Elan Palatinus", "Divine Key" and "The Gratitute Arc". And it was mentioned in GGZ when a Herrscher-corrupted Sakura turned Kallen into a soulless doll to force her to stay. This means that the scenes that are shown in this Webcomics are canon. However, the entire webcomic cannot be canon, because some scenes do not correspond to the scenes from the game and "Elan Palatinus".
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Nevertheless, we have two Kallens. The old Kallen, who had no real connection to Otto and later fell in love with Sakura and wanted to stay with her in Yae Village. She was sentenced to death because of her homosexual love. She accepted this because she no longer had a reason to live due to Sakura's death.
The new Kallen. She had been friends with Otto since childhood and was shocked when she stumbled upon his experiments with the black box. This left a deep rift in their friendship. She wanted to seal the box and tried to find Fu Hua first before landing in Yae Village. When she was brought back to Fate, she was given the choice of dying or being controlled. With a heavy heart she decided to die and told Otto that she would have liked to marry him.
The old Kallen was certainly homosexual and the new Kallen was heterosexual. Therefore it doesn't matter whether SakuKallen or OttoKallen. Everyone can enjoy its content because they are two different worlds and not a coherent story.
