Genshin Impact fans will be devastated to learn that potentially upcoming character Kamisato Ayato is not, in fact, a horse. As with just about everyone else in the game, Ayato is a regular, bipedal human with next to no equine features. Sad.
As is often the case before a new character is introduced to Genshin Impact, the community has gone into overdrive attempting to deduce what’s to come, which, on this occasion, many believed would be of a horsey nature. VG247 took a closer look at the minutiae of the situation, delving into the rumor’s origins, proponents, and eventual debunking.
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Basically, a Twitter user named Mushi – who literally made their blatant troll account earlier this week – shared a screenshot of a conversation from popular Genshin Discord server Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. The only messages visible in the picture are “give me Ayato crumbs” and the response that kicked this whole fiasco off in the first place: “Ayato is part horse.”
https://twitter.com/adeptigxnyu/status/1472541159318773760
On top of various other prominent Genshin leakers, Mushi themselves has clarified that the tweet was supposed to be a joke. For some strange reason, people either don’t know or don’t care about that follow-up. To Genshin fans, Kamisato Ayato is a horse and that’s it. Case closed.
https://twitter.com/adeptigxnyu/status/1472663401214136321
A bunch of actual leakers with proven track records like UBatcha, 46cba, and BLANK have also taken to Twitter to clarify that, actually, Ayato is not a horse. Still, Genshin players on Reddit are reluctant to let the rumor die without putting up a fight, and are now claiming that Ayato could technically be a centaur (reader, Ayato is not a centaur).
Like many leaks – particularly in extremely online communities like the Genshin one – this was quickly exaggerated and propagated as the truth without any real investigation into its veracity or lack thereof. You’d think “the next character is going to be a horse” would set off alarm bells at some point, but the rumor spread like wildfire. This is despite the fact that Ayaka, Ayato’s younger sister, is a) already playable and b) clearly not a horse.
Then again, we technically haven’t seen Ayato’s face yet… Nah. Not a horse.
… Right?
If you’re still playing Genshin and want to make the most of your time while you wait to see just how equine Ayato’s features are or aren’t, be sure to check out our build guides for Gorou and Arataki Itto. We’ve also got a handy guide with every Genshin Impact character’s age, height, birthday, and more.
Written by Cian Maher on behalf of GLHF.
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