Can it probably be a coincidence that Honkai: Star Rail‘s March seventh takes her title from the day earlier than Worldwide Girls’s Day? Sure, virtually definitely, particularly contemplating that HSR is the creation of Chinese language devs, for whom March seventh truly falls someday in April on the Western calendar. (Therefore the sport’s launch on April twenty sixth final yr, which was certainly the seventh day of the third month of Gui Mao 12 months… yeah, you see what they did there.) Nonetheless although, she did get her cake day from HoYoverse on social media yesterday, so there’s that.
Apart from this enjoyable coincidence of dates, although, there’s lots to suggest March seventh as among the finest feminine sport characters we met in 2023. As Star Rail’s mascot, she’s the primary companion to affix your group on greater than a trial foundation, sticking together with your Trailblazer via thick and skinny ever since encountering them mid-battle at Herta Area Station within the prologue.
She actually deserves higher than her 4-star character ranking, contemplating that she’s a extremely competent tank who’ll defend her buddies from hazard and draw counterattacks in order that she will be able to freeze enemies in place along with her ice-infused archery expertise, inserting her in a key assist function that varieties the spine of many F2P gamers’ group compositions.
Certainly, after I obtained my 2023 12 months in Evaluation stats from HSR (like Spotify Wrapped, however starkly informing me that I spent 118 hours final yr in a single weeby gacha sport), I wasn’t remotely stunned to study that March seventh was my most frequent sister-in-arms on the turn-based battlefield.
I am nonetheless attempting to wrap my head round her ult line being “Gotta strive laborious typically!”, contemplating that she’s carried the remainder of my Astral Specific crew via 4 prolonged expeditions and counting as a part of the sport’s principal story. Self-effacement is not normally a part of March’s characterisation — nor ought to it’s, why ought to a gifted younger girl be modest about her accomplishments? — however this does at all times make me need to give her a hug and inform her that she works laborious on a regular basis and ought to provide herself a break.
On prime of all this, she’s relentlessly cheerful, capable of recognize the little joys in life – even when confronted with a number of world-ending threats, her personal unsure historical past as an orphaned amnesiac rescued from the depths of house, or all of the uncalled-for derision from the group’s resident dour goth boy who regularly acts put-upon about her efforts to be good to him.
Your Trailblazer can select to take Dan Heng’s half and persistently pull her pigtails — if you happen to’re a monster — however I do not thoughts telling you that my Stelle is persistently type and supportive, as a result of March seventh is the most effective of us, and we do not deserve her.