i have cried so many times in genshin i've lost count, but ones that will always stick with me are:
• reading about how the sunchildren were scapegoated and sacrificed
• xiao using the last of his powers to save the group from the domain in an attempt to sacrifice himself
• karkata attempting to "repair" abattouy
• raju taking his own life after academic pressure and bullying in the akademiya
• the end of the aranara questline
• the traveler dreaming of their sibling while using xianyun's somnium machine only to wake up in tears
• focalors' execution / neuvillette absolving fontaine of their "sin"
• learning the truth about bennett's family
• rerir crossing out the names of targets he killed
• varka returning home to mondstadt underneath windrise
... and so many more moments.
i'm not ashamed to say that i've been incredibly emotional about this game.
some of yall will never admit that genshin has made you cry but not me. nahida falling to her knees and crying after rukkhadevata disappeared IN HER GRASP had me choking on air
It took not a pedophile sex trafficking ring, not a genocide, not millions starving and losing their jobs, BUT a Druski skit to bring our politicians out of hiding.
America.
Most people have forgotten but Asmongold used to literally clean himself with windex on stream.
This is the guy calling you mentally ill on the internet.