Gaming🎮 Day Two of My New Life: Why Honkai Star Rail's March 7th was one of last year's best new female characters

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Can it possibly be a coincidence that Honkai: Star Rail's March 7th takes her name from the day before International Women's Day? Yes, almost certainly, especially considering that HSR is the creation of Chinese devs, for whom March 7th actually falls sometime in April on the Western calendar. (Hence the game's release on April 26th last year, which was indeed the 7th day of the 3rd month of Gui Mao Year… yeah, you see what they did there.) Still though, she did get her cake day from HoYoverse on social media yesterday, so there's that.

Aside from this fun coincidence of dates, though, there's plenty to recommend March 7th as one of the best female game characters we met in 2023. As Star Rail's mascot, she's the first companion to join your team on more than a trial basis, sticking with your Trailblazer through thick and thin ever since encountering them mid-battle at Herta Space Station in the prologue.

She really deserves better than her 4-star character rating, considering that she's a highly competent tank who'll shield her pals from danger and draw counterattacks so that she can freeze enemies in place with her ice-infused archery skills, placing her in a key support role that forms the backbone of many F2P players' team compositions.

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