Ei's not around anymore?
I've been talking about Itto and the story of oni in Genshin for a while. But there's just so many things to take from this 1 inclusion of the red oni and blue oni story.
We're told by Itto that the whole reason why there was even a story to begin with is that Ei demanded that the oni play nice with the humans. The blue oni decided that wasn't for them and chose exile but both clans were really not well off in the deal. The crimson oni are barely around anymore and we only even know about them because of Arataki Itto. Before him we were led to believe that there were hardly any oni left and even Chiyo who was a good friend of Ei's lost her whole clan after she was corrupted.
But now we're done with the Archon Quest and this quest definitely takes place after it. Two times in this quest we're told about the new circumstances.
Sango tells us that Itto took off for Yashiori because Watatsumi doesn't allow Narukami's Tenryou onto their territories. We learn what that was about in Kokomi's quest and just like back then this doesn't feel like a single nation anymore. Think about it like this. In your country if there's a criminal on the run could any region protect that criminal against federal investigations? On the other hand fleeing the country is a way to get away if those countries don't have extradition agreements with each other.
The quest then makes sure that the only times the Tenryou appear are when we're back on Inazuman territory. We're chased on Nazuchi Beach and then on Kannazuka is where they ultimately arrest the oni.
Also why is it that we hadn't heard anything about the oni until after the Archon Quest? Based on what I theorized the original story had us deposing Ei which left Inazuma in the hands of Kujou Sara for now. In such a weakened state it wouldn't be a stretch to believe a blue oni might venture back into the lands and pillage to feed their hungry families if there was no threat from the Raiden Shogun. Just watch Itto's trailer. You can now put up a ladder and climb Ei's Vision statue. Just imagine doing that while Ei's still around.
I've been saying that while the story was likely changed I don't think MiHoYo ever wanted to make those changes so it feels like they'd already planned for these new stories to play out with their original ending and to get away with not rewriting all of them they just change the script a little to be vague about it. But for all the vagueness there's one thing that I feel like they've gotten stuck on and that's why we haven't seen it for this long. Hopefully they realize it still wouldn't be that hard and we'll get it soon.
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