The opening minute sets the entire visual grammar of the show, a woman falling through infinite sky, debris trailing behind her like a comet, the camera refusing to cut away. You're watching someone's last moments before everything changes, and the animation holds you there in the silence before the storm. When the combat finally detonates, it's not flashy for flashy's sake; every impact carries the weight of whatever she's running from. This is a prologue that knows exactly what it's doing: selling you on a character you haven't met yet, a world you don't understand, and a catastrophe you'll want answers to. One episode ends with your entire frame of reference shattered.

Honkai Impact 3rd - Pre-Revelation, also known as Benghuai 3: Qian Qishilu, is a single-episode ONA. It is an action fantasy short, with combat set against a fantastical backdrop.