Broken Blossoms

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## Broken Blossoms

### Description

Waiting still as the moon's up high, the eastern wind blows from the curtain inside.

## Obtaining

### Obtained by

* Illusion Hall
* A-Tier Unlock Card

### Cost

1388 Echoes
4888 Fragments

**Broken Blossoms** is an A-Tier Costume for Wu Chang, Xie Bi'an and Fan Wujiu. It was introduced to the Illusion Hall due to Wu Chang being one of the 2019 Deduction Star winners.

## Appearance

### **Xie Bi'an (White Guard)**

#### Physical

Bi'an has pale while skin with a black swirl painted above his left eye. He has silky long black hair tied into a low loose ponytail.

#### Outfit

Xie wears a white Qipao (presumably from the Qing dynasty) embroidered with golden chrysanthemum patterns. Golden flower-shaped fasteners are sewn onto his attire from his collar to the far right of his chest. His undershirt, pants and sleeve collars are black. His face is decorated with streaks of black tattoo.

#### Compass

The shape stay relatively similar to his default, with an add on darker color scheme.

### **Fan Wujiu (Black Guard)**

#### Physical

Wujiu also has pale while skin with a black swirl painted above his left eye. He has silky long silvery hair and shares Bi'an's hairstyle.

#### Outfit

Fan dons the exact same outfit as Xie, but his Qipao is black with white sleeves, pants and undershirt. The fasteners on his clothing, however, face the opposite direction.

#### **Bell**

It takes on a much more petite and modern shape, resemble that of a normal bronze bell with handle.

### **Weapon**

Wu Chang wields a black umbrella covered in golden patterns in shape of a dragon at the top and chrysanthemum embroidery at the rear.

### **Special Effects**

It has dry yellowish leaves falling down.

## Trivia

* This costume is based on actor Richard Barthelmess as Cheng Huan in the 1919 silent drama *Broken Blossoms*, based on the short story *The C\*\*\*\* and the Child* by Thomas Burke.
	+ The name of the short story has been censored for containing a racial slur against the Chinese.
	+ The costume received some controversy due it's based movie's depiction of racial stereotypes and yellowface.
		- Cheng Huan (who is a Chinese born in China) is portrayed by an White American actor, Richard Barthelmess hence meeting the standards of yellow face.
		- The movie portrays Cheng Huan as a "Yellow Peril" stereotype. A harmful stereotype that depicts East/South East Asians as dangerous and destructive to the Western/European's culture and society.
* This costume originally had little to no hair physics when first introduced to the game.
* Despite the costume card depicting Wu Chang with dark pupils, in-game Broken Blossoms has completely white eyes with no pupils.

## Gallery

* In-Game
* Official Art
* Additional Appearances

### Appearance Decoration Menu

Xie Bi'An In-Game Model Front View.Xie Bi'An In-Game Model Back View.Xie Bi'An In-Game Model Left View.Xie Bi'An In-Game Model Right View.Fan Wujiu In-Game Model Front View.Broken Blossoms Entrance Animation.Broken Blossoms Idle Animation.Broken Blossoms Press Animation.
### In-Game

Broken Blossoms CompassBroken Blossoms Bell

### Concept Art & Icons

Broken Blossoms Chinese Concept ArtBroken Blossoms English Concept ArtBroken Blossoms Concept Art from the Official Japanese Art BookBroken Blossoms 3-Perspective and Item Concept Art from the Official Japanese Art BookBroken Blossoms Card SpriteBroken Blossoms Illusion Hall Sprite
### Promotional Art

"On a boat, I dreamt of the valley we have voyaged. Brass chimes clank, with the mist, the echo faded." - Broken Blossoms Poster (Facebook)Deduction Star 2020 Art (Facebook)"Heavenly honeydew that moisturizes the earth. On the beautiful surface of the water like that mirror I feel nostalgic." (Twitter)"Another full moon." - 2020 Xiayuan Festival (下元节) Artwork (Weibo)2020 Hungry Ghost Festival (中元节) Artwork (Lofter)2020 Deduction Star Voting Contest Announcement (Twitter)2nd Anniversary Deduction Star Party Art by @omiso\_negi (Facebook)2020 Loy Krathong Day Art by KAZ (Facebook)Dragon Boat Festival 2021 (Weibo)3rd Anniversary Illustration by @pcpc\_zz (Twitter)2021 Obon (お盆) Artwork (Twitter)2021 Character Day ArtFeaturing standee Evil Reptilian, Mini Wu Chang, Bloody Queen, Mini Geisha, Mini Photographer, Mini Dream Witch, Mini Feaster, Axe Boy and Deduction Star posters Rashomon, **Broken Blossoms** (Twitter)2020 Gozan no Okuribi (五山送り火) Artwork (Twitter)Deduction Star 2021 Voting Comic (Weibo)Deduction Star 2021 Voting Results (WeChat)4th Anniversary Illustration by Rekatsoo (@ainomaruyake) (Twitter)"Dear Detectives, your invitation to the Anniversary party has been stamped, sealed, and sent to you! Join us on this wonderful night where elegance meets grace! credit to @YUNE525neko" (Twitter)4th Anniversary Art by @raion\_tetete (Twitter)Attention all detectives!
A typhoon seems to be approaching,
Please refrain from going out as much as possible!
If you have to go out for work or out of necessity, please be more careful than usual...!
A promise with Emma, huh! (Twitter)Lantern Festival 2023 (Facebook)Global 5th Anniversary Art by @mono96ism (Twitter)
### Merchandise Art

COMICUP27 Venue Limited warm winter night talk (Weibo)COMICUP27 Chibi Merch (Bilibili, Weibo)Sweets Paradise Seventh CollaborationPrimaniacs Promotional ArtIdentity V x Break Time collaboration crepe (Gamebiz)Costume Assort Merchandise (Twitter)

[Graffiti] Wu Chang White Guard - Deduction Star[Graffiti] Wu Chang Black Guard - Deduction Star